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Dream Team with James Williams

28 January 2024 0 comments

James Williams, the Bristol and former Birmingham Moseley, Hartpury, Worcester & Sale fly-half/centre, chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Ellis […]

Time for Borthwick to deliver

28 January 2024 0 comments

Six Nations team-by-team previews: England Paul Rees says that, this time around, the fixture list has been kind to the World Cup semi-finalists IT IS […]

Saints on course to face Bath in the final

28 January 2024 0 comments

ACADEMY LEAGUE By TOM JEFFREYS Bath continued their perfect record to all but secure a spot in the play-off final in the Premiership Rugby U18s […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 28/01/24

26 January 2024 0 comments

The countdown is well and truly on for the Six Nations, and you can find an in-depth look at each team’s prospects with expert analysis […]

Dream Team with Morgan Eames

21 January 2024 0 comments

The CS Bourgoin-Jallieu and former Nottingham, Doncaster, Bristol & Beziers lock, chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Campese Ma’afu – […]

Tough for Falcons as Diamond gets ready

21 January 2024 0 comments

■ By PAUL REES NEWCASTLE’S players will have their fourth boss in less than a year when Steve Diamond starts work as consultant director of […]

Borthwick puts club form at top of his list

21 January 2024 0 comments

SIX NATIONS COUNTDOWN Paul Rees says change will be gradual rather than sudden as teams renew after World Cup THE first Six Nations after a […]

Cooper names U18 EPS for Six Nations

21 January 2024 0 comments

ENGLAND U18 women head coach James Cooper has selected his 2024 Elite Player Squad ahead of this year’s U18 Six Nations Festival. Worcester-based trio Nat […]

All clubs must be able to reach top

21 January 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN SO it’s back to the future with the RFU CEO Bill Sweeney telling the Championship that they either don’t understand or have been […]

Saints are only team to record away win

21 January 2024 0 comments

ACADEMY LEAGUE By TOM JEFFREYS After a four month hiatus, the Premiership U18s league returned to action in the new year with the fourth round […]

Diamond replaces Codling at struggling Falcons

19 January 2024 0 comments

Steve Diamond has replaced Alex Codling in charge of the Premiership’s bottom club Newcastle Falcons. Codling was appointed head coach over the summer to replace […]

With Smith and Mitchell, there should be fireworks

14 January 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees talks to Topsy Ojo and finds the TV pundit in optimistic mood for both club and country Topsy Ojo gets a reminder every […]

Reed takes charge as Bears put on a show

14 January 2024 0 comments

By STEWART MCCULLOGH Leicester T……. 12pts Tries: Martin 37, Brody 50 Conversions: Gallagher 50 Bristol Bears …50pts Tries: Wills 19, Varley 24, Smith 28, Burns […]

Former Scotland star’s ‘fan club’ get a tasty treat

14 January 2024 0 comments

By PAUL BOLTON Bournville……………37 Old Redcliffians….26 FORMER Scotland centre Alex Grove put on a show for his fan club to help Bournville start the New […]

Saints and Bath academy lads top of class

14 January 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS As the sevens season approaches and the finest school talent don their academy/national jerseys, 15-a-side school rugby is sparse. Nonetheless, […]

Board cause so many problems

7 January 2024 0 comments

THERE remain many problems in the structure of English rugby, all attributable to the Board of the RFU. To deal with only one aspect which […]

Mass rotation could end up a crowd killer

7 January 2024 0 comments

The Premiership wants to be taken seriously, but then makes the cardinal error of not taking itself seriously by trashing its own ‘product’. How can […]

Cheika brought an axe in and wielded it about

7 January 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Jono Lance – the former Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs, Worcester and Western Force utlity back talks about his life in […]

Rae: Championship has much to offer

31 December 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Coventry head coach Alex Rae has launched a staunch defence of the Championship in the wake of Bill Sweeney’s disparaging comments about […]

Langdon in right place at Saints

31 December 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES Curtis Langdon’s world was thrown upside down when Worcester folded last season three matches into his contract with the Warriors, but the […]

RFU has utterly failed to bring the game together

31 December 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HERE’S wishing The Rugby Paper’s loyal readers, and fans of the game everywhere, a happy and healthy […]

Reasons to be cheerful for rugby’s year ahead

31 December 2023 0 comments

Paul Rees canvasses the views of Premiership directors of rugby and finds there is a fair amount of optimism IT IS another year the professional […]

Jersey boys happy to stay on island

31 December 2023 1 comment

By LUKE JARMYN Despite it being three months since Jersey Reds collapse and the club’s dream of climbing to the Premiership bursting, you’re still likely […]

Duhan signs new deal

31 December 2023 1 comment

SCOTLAND winger Duhan van der Merwe has extended his contract with Edinburgh until June 2025. The 28-yearold South Africa-born player returned to Edinburgh in October […]

Talented players will still miss out

31 December 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the start of a new year, it’s the beginning of a new RFU and Premiership […]

Agree new PGP deal quickly, urge DoRs

24 December 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES Premiership clubs expect the details of the new Professional Game Partnership (PGP) with the RFU to be agreed early in the new […]

Being called to the bar was my proudest day

24 December 2023 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WORCESTER AND HARLEQUINS SECOND ROW TURNED NFL PLAYERCHRISTIAN SCOTLAND-WILLIAMSON Crashing home: Scotland-Williamson scoring for Worcester against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Time of goodwill to all (well, nearly all)

24 December 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER hands out his Christmas goodies… HO HO HO. I’m normally more of a scrooge than a Santa at Christmas but, to […]

Day when the tears flowed for Devereux

24 December 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE Brewery Field in Bridgend last Wednesday night offered more than a few famous old faces in […]

Support the survivors, not fallen

24 December 2023 0 comments

WHAT would be the point of resurrecting London Irish and Wasps? Wasps were never financially viable at High Wycombe or in Coventry and Irish weren’t […]

Setting the agenda for rugby

17 December 2023 1 comment

Paul Rees looks ahead to the issues that will be addressed in this week’s meeting of the Premiership’s top men The 10 Premiership directors of […]

Yapp to take the reins of Wallaroos

17 December 2023 0 comments

FORMER England captain Jo Yapp has been appointed head coach of Australia women’s team on a two-year deal. Yapp, 44, becomes the first female head […]

Newcastle need help to survive -Varndell

17 December 2023 0 comments

By NICK POWELL TOM Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle’s form at the start of the season and feels the league must urgently improve […]

Varndell pushes for better governance to support Falcons

15 December 2023 0 comments

Former Premiership top try scorer Tom Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle’s form at the start of the season and feels the league must […]

Bristol looking to kick on

10 December 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES What a difference a win makes. Bristol’s frustrating run of five successive Premiership defeats, four by single figure margins, ended last weekend […]

Diamond looking to return

10 December 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE FORMER Sale and Worcester director of rugby Steve Diamond, below, is waiting in the wings with pressure mounting on Gloucester boss George […]

Slade leads Chiefs on smash and grab raid

10 December 2023 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS Toulon ………………………….. 18pts Tries: Gigashvili 20, White 24 Conversion: Herve 21 Penalties: Herve 35, 38 Exeter …………………………… 19pts Tries: Skinner 16, Norey […]

Prolific wing Macrae is aiming high with Dorking

10 December 2023 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Following the highest finish in the club’s 102-year history last season, Dorking sit top of National 2 East with aspirations of an […]

To play for the Baa-Baas was a nice way to finish

10 December 2023 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Graham Kitchener – The former England XV, Worcester & Leicester lock talks about his career in the game IF I […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 10/12/23

8 December 2023 0 comments

This weekend marks the return of European rugby, and you can find reports from all the action across Friday and Saturday in the Investec Champions Cup […]

Pirates rule out move for new Truro stadium

3 December 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Cornish Pirates have sold Truro City FC to the Canadian sports consortium that owns Cornwall Rugby League FC, Ontario Inc (OI) meaning […]

Dominant Saracens get ready for lift-off

3 December 2023 0 comments

By EDDIE MCATEER Harlequins ……………………0pts Saracens …………………….31pts Tries: Campbell 25, Packer 38, Farries 59, 78; Penalty 65 Conversions: De Goede 26, 60 SARACENS continued their […]

Don’t give lifelines

3 December 2023 0 comments

IF Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish are gifted lifelines, then it would be an absolute disgrace – surely it can never be allowed to happen? […]

Oghre enjoying life with Bristol

3 December 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Gabriel Oghre was one of a number of players who last season found themselves having to pick up the pieces after their […]

Matavesi happy he is back home in Cornwall

3 December 2023 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS Among the quaint villages and historic towns that dot the local landscape, Josh Matavesi has once again discovered the magic of his […]

Sweeney reports £4m profit for RFU

3 December 2023 0 comments

The RFU made a profit of £4m in 2022-23 despite three Premiership clubs and the Championship winners Jersey Reds going out of business because of […]

Dallaglio: We need clarity on Prem 2

26 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Lawrence Dallaglio is calling for clarity from the RFU and Premiership Rugby over plans for a Premiership 1/Premiership 2 which could see […]

Record turnover for Saints

26 November 2023 0 comments

Northampton have posted a record turnover of £21.96m in their annual report for the year ending June 2023. The club made an overall loss before […]

Lawrence is hungry for more, says JVG

26 November 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Johann van Graan is excited to see how good a player Ollie Lawrence can become with the England international potentially still having […]

Dream Team with Matt Kvesic

26 November 2023 0 comments

Matt Kvesic, The Coventry and former England, Worcester, Gloucester, Exeter and Zebre flanker, chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Ben […]

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