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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Uninsured Unions to lose big money if tour folds

NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON THE home unions will be uninsured for any financial losses if the British and Irish Lions tour...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Patchell set for return as Scarlets chase top table

By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW... Scarlets v Connacht Monday. Kick-off 8pm, Parc y Scarlets GLENN Delaney admits budgetary uncertainty is making life...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

From amateur to pro: George is ready for his club trial

Kyran Bracken reports on his progress of transforming Wanstead scrum-half George Hardy, 28, into a professional inside 12 months We are...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Dark cloud over Cardiff despite losing the Blues

By ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF Blues – who will officially become Cardiff Rugby from August 1 – have admitted they are hugely...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Pivac could use some of Warren’s mindgames | Shane Williams

Shane Williams delves into how Warren Gatland made the 'underdogs' tag work for Wales in their endeavour to win the Six...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Williams fears for a lost generation of Wales U20s

TRP Probyn: Saracens must stay down for two seasons By ALEX BYWATER Promise: Wales U20 beat France last season WALES U20...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

WRU set for £40m bailout

THE Welsh Rugby Union are set to receive priceless financial support from the Welsh Government funding this week. The WRU believe...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Steve Phillips isn’t right man for the top WRU job insists Moffett

Current WRU chief executive doesn't hold the acumen to turn things around in the long-term, according to ex-Welsh rugby boss

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Rearing Dragons’ kids could be costly for Dean Ryan

Dragons risk losing members of their next generation with WRU cuts projected to hit regions

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Cain column: Irish prudence poses more questions to the RFU

Now is the time that unions are releasing their financial accounts - Nick Cain looks at the numbers and finds disparity...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 5 years ago

Irish prudence poses RFU more questions

NICK CAIN Major contsruction: Ireland’s Aviva Stadium PICTURE: Getty Images RUGBY Union is fourth in the pecking order of popular team...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Williams column: Gethin Jenkins is a great fit for Sam’s sizeable shoes

Shane Williams says that if you are to lose Sam Warburton from your staff, Gethin Jenkins is an ideal replacement

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Queen’s Birthday Honours for rugby quartet

WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones, former skipper Gareth Thomas, ex-head coach Warren Gatland and former England captain Sue Day are among...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Exclusive: The 30 Welsh clubs fighting to be saved from extinction

Peter Jackson reports on the toll the pandemic is taking on Wales' vulnerable clubs

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 5 years ago

Wales 7s star Luke Treharne to turn to XVs to keep Olympic dream alive

A Team GB veteran from the Rio Olympics four years ago, the suspension of funding for Wales 7s has Treharne plotting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 5 years ago

Tackling Radradra? I used to face Billy Vunipola in training, says Nick Tompkins

Dragons centre Nick Tompkins is already looking forward to the Challenge Cup quarter-final against Bristol Bears

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Irked Broad takes aim at WRU governance

WRU chairman Gareth Davies and chief executive Martyn Phillips are to blame for the problems the game is facing in Wales...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Ieuan Evans joins race to be the next chair of WRU

Incumbent WRU chairman Gareth Davies faces challenges from Ieuan Evans and Nigel Davies

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Pay row must be sorted out quickly

WE ALWAYS seem to be lurching from one crisis to another in a Welsh drama. As a nation we never seem...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Welsh regions trying to fast-track wage cuts

By ALEX BYWATER WELSH rugby has been plunged into an even deeper crisis with all four regions desperately trying to negotiate...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Rugby world now smelling the coffee

Alex Bywater talks to WRU board member Julie Paterson about changing landscapes Chief exec: Martyn Phillips Passionate: Julie Paterson JULIE Paterson...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 6 years ago

Cardiff Met implore WRU to lead the fight against racism

Club chairman John Pugh has documented to WRU what needs to be done to eradicate racism in Welsh rugby

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Gareth Anscombe looking forward to marking his comeback with Webb at Ospreys

A Wales half-back combination coming to the Liberty Stadium

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 6 years ago

Lead fight against racism, WRU told

By PETER JACKSON THE Welsh Rugby Union are being urged to spearhead a global movement within the sport under the banner...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Welsh regions fret over government’s ban on scrums

The Welsh Assembly has issued a blanket ban on scrums from taking place due to fear of COVID-19 spike

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Welsh trio caught in rugby’s growing ‘minefield’

By ROB COLE Banned: Jesse Patton,Maredydd Francis and Mike Burgess WELSH rugby was back in the dock last week after bans...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Young Guns: Cardiff Blues flanker Gwilym Bradley

A No.7 who started out at London Irish before moving over the Severn Bridge

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Euros signs five to drive his Drovers up the table

NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE EUROS Evans got his recruitment for next season over and done early doors this year and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Ieuan Evans states his case for a seat on WRU Council

The former Lions winger believes he can help contribute a positive impact to the governance of rugby in Wales

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Ellis Jenkins on verge of return to full fitness for Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues head coach John Mulvihill provides an update on the recovery of Ellis Jenkins from a severe knee injury

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 years ago

Williams column: I shudder at the way Dan Carter destroyed the Lions ’05

Carter's return to New Zealand has cast Shane Williams back to the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour when the fly-half...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 years ago

Top 20 rugby anthems countdown: 20-16

'Why, why, why Delilah?' enters the first of our four-part countdown of rugby's great anthems

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

I applaud Ashton for speaking out

Strong message: Ashton Hewitt with Newport Gwent Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images WRU chairman Gareth Davies wrote to clubs last week to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 years ago

Williams column: So Super that rugby is back on the TV

Rugby will be back on our screens this weekend when the Highlanders host the Chiefs

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 6 years ago

Six Nations WILL move for global season plan

By PETER JACKSON RUGBY’S global powerbrokers have confirmed that the Six Nations is in the process of being moved out of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Thomas Young signs new Wasps contract, losing Wales eligibility

Wales flanker, capped three times, sticks with Wasps in the Premiership

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 years ago

Hewett column: Bill Beaumont wears the crown, others wield the power

Chris Hewett shares his view that World Rugby's governance makes FIFA look like a beacon of democracy

By Chris Hewett

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Change at Ospreys as Asian-based Y11 Sports & Media complete takeover

'Multi-million pound deal' agreed for majority buyout of the Ospreys

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Greggains geared for action after injury layoff

■By ROB COLE Fit again: Former Wales U20 star Lennon Greggains NOBODY is missing rugby more than Lennon Greg- gains and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 6 years ago

Special report: Question time at Twickenham

The RFU has been accused of showing 'disrespect' towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 years ago

Williams column: Riches of Japan spell big trouble for players in England and Wales

Growth of game in the Far East will leave unions short given selection criteria, writes Shane Williams

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 6 years ago

Now World Rugby has to help out the needy

THE FINANCIAL situation rugby in Wales is facing is bleak – but the Welsh Rugby Union and their players are taking...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 6 years ago

Falcons have rule of their own says Shingler

EALING Trailfinders flyhalf Steven Shingler believes Newcastle Falcons’ promotion to the Premiership was not inevitable, despite his side trailing the league...

By The Rugby Paper Team