Top 14

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Who will be next on the production line?

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER The Junior World Cup makes a welcome return after a four-year hiatus next week down in South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Garbajosa joins list of axed coaches

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It has been a busy week in various corridors of power in French rugby – with, in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 3 years ago

Abendanon: French rugby is far more fun

By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 3 years ago

There’s no stopping Ramos

PETER JACKSON Thomas Ramos is en route to finishing the season 100 or so points clear of his nearest challenger across...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Top two get set to put on the glitz

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It's the final the Top 14 wanted and needed. Toulouse and La Rochelle – the two best...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Cardiff facing battle for prop Rae

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Cardiff are keen on signing Bath tighthead prop D’arcy Rae, below, but they are facing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Sleeping giant that is struggling to wake up

Peter Jackson consults his stats book to see which teams are the best-supported in Europe’s big leagues Crowd pleasers: Leicester Tigers...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Exeter’s Simmonds signs for Pau

TOP 14 side Pau have signed Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds on a twoyear deal. The 26-year-old, who captained Exeter to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Kremer’s red gives Racing easy ride

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Argentinian back-row Marcos Kremer’s last act for Stade Francais was to get sent off - for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Ireland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Colombe try leaves the Aviva stunned

By PAUL REES Leinster............................. 26pts Tries: Danty 19, Seuteni 37, Colombe 71 Conversions: Hastoy 20, 38, 72 Penalties: Hastoy 42, 49...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Falcons set for freshen up after turbulent time

By PAUL REES NEWCASTLE finished bottom of the Premiership after heavy defeats in their last three matches, but they are confident...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Yarde’s heading for exit at Bayonne

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former England winger Marland Yarde will be looking for a new club this summer after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Sharks deserve far more recognition

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rugby has its favourites and we in the media are as guilty as any of promoting them above others...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

All to play for in final days of the season

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Sharks likely to miss out on Latu

Sale's bid to sign hooker Tolu Latu could fail after they appear to have been gazumped at the last minute by...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Thomas defends decision to defect

By PETER JACKSON Henry Thomas will start work on his unprecedented transfer from England to Wales this month – 16 years...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 3 years ago

How a pair of English-born props could foil Red Rose

Tomas Francis, the 71-cap Wales tighthead who has been first choice for Warren Gatland in both his incarnations as Wales coach,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Glynn out, Nowell in at La Rochelle

La Rochelle, who broke Exeter Chiefs’ hearts in the Champions Cup semi-final last weekend, are set for a one-in and one-out...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Saracens close in on England wing Watson

Saracens are growing increasingly confident that Anthony Watson will continue his career in the Premiership by joining them next season. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Boost for finances as recovery continues

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE Commission des Championnats professionnels de l’Autorité de régulation du rugby – the new name for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Simmonds: We can take down holders

By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Simmonds is adamant Exeter Chiefs’ collective desire and mental steel can help them overcome the individual flair...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Lawes, Tuilagi provide boost for England

Courtney Lawes has rejected offers from abroad to sign a new deal with Northampton. The 34-year-old England forward, who has 97...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Sharks in the market for Wallaby Latu

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale Sharks could bring bad boy Tolu Latu to the Premiership this summer after he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Let’s hope this new-look Cup has meaning

So the Premiership Cup is to remuster in yet another guise this autumn as a joint competition with the Championship sides...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 3 years ago

My Life in Rugby with Simon Mannix: ‘I looked confident but, inside, I was a mess’

The former New Zealand, Wellington, Hurricanes, Sale & Gloucester fly-half who has coached at Racing 92, Munster and Pau talks about his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Toulouse look set to lead from the front

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN As the French Top 14 takes a week’s break for the Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals, here’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Champions Cup semi-final preview

The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four...

By Nick Powell

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Falcons wing Carreras on French radar

BY NEIL FISSLER Newcastle wing sensation Mateo Carreras is on the radar of big-spending French clubs despite having another year left...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 3 years ago

100 reasons why Ashton is one of England’s best

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Chris Ashton first came on the scene after leaving Wigan and rugby league...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 3 years ago

After 23 years, it’s all over for Myler

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The longest career of the 21st century came to a cruelly anti-climactic end...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Abendanon joins Bayonne

Former England full-back Nick Abendanon continues to climb the coaching ladder in France and will join a new-look coaching team at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Last-chance saloon for title hopes – Baxter

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road Focused: Aidon Davis and, inset, Jasper Wiese...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Wade stays on at Racing 92

Former Wasps and England winger Christian Wade, below, is set to stay in France next season by signing an extension that...

By Nick Powell

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Itoje warned: Be ready to take pay cut

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England lock Maro Itoje has been warned to lower his salary expectations when his current...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

DREAM TEAM

STEVEN LONGWELL, THE JERSEY REDS AND FORMER OLD GLORY DC, WATSONIANS, AYR, VERONA & EASTERN SUBURBS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Itoje sets sights on toppling champions

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... La Rochelle v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Marcel-Deflandre Visit infinitysportstravel.com to view our packages or call...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Non-stop season to challenge the best

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN No-one has ever denied – no-one has ever been able to deny – that the French rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Lions ……………. 51 Racing 92 ……28

LIONS battled to victory in their first ever Challenge Cup knockout stage game in Johannesburg, crushing Racing 92 despite being down...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Stade F ………. 24 Lyon ……………..41

CHALLENGE Cup holders Lyon had to come from behind twice to win at Stade Français and earn a place in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Scarlets grit it out to set up clash with Clermont

By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ........... 19pts Tries: Fifita 50, Shingler 78 Penalties: Costelow 3, 15, 28 Brive.................... 7pts Tries: Olding 47...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Easy for Clermont as Bears stumble

By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 26pts Tries: Randall 34, Radradra 38 Conversions: MacGinty 35, 39 Penalties: MacGinty 11, 18, 49, 78...

By The Rugby Paper Team