All posts tagged "World Rugby"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThe modern game is better -and here’s why
COLIN BOAG With no live rugby to watch, the broadcasters have been replaying games from years ago. Sky showed the three...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThinking cap back on please, Bernie!
ONE of Rugby Union’s greatest failings is that it often does not recognise the value of what it has until it...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLondon Welsh aim to harness their steeped history in rebuild
The Exiles are putting things in place to climb through the leagues
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Now World Rugby has to help out the needy
Shane Williams on the severity of the situation facing Welsh rugby, but believes the WRPA is much-improved from his playing days
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: End the 50:22 sideshow and sort out the scrum
Jeremy Guscott argues why the proposed 50:22 kicking law is an absurd oversight of the game's more pressing changes required
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby vice-chairman candidate Bernard Laporte proposes axing Champions Cup
Laporte sees a radical improvement on the Champions Cup which would incorporate teams in both hemispheres
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWales’ All Blacks tour faces the axe
NZ virus lockdown In the balance: Nick Tompkins’ move to Cardiff Blues has hit a problem – see Blindside P10 PICTURE:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNow 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...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExiles aim to build on Welsh legacy
Steffan Thomas finds out London Welsh have gone back to their roots to mount a recovery Ambitious: Cai Griffiths, inset, coaching...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTime for these slow-goers to get a move on with their kicks at goal
Clocking the players who take their time kicking penalties - who is the worst culprit?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEnd these crooked feeds at the scrum, says ref Nigel Owens
No referee is more experienced in Test rugby, so what does Nigel Owens see wrong with the scrum?
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTOP10 RUGBY DOCUMENTARIES TO WATCH IN SELF-ISOLATION
By WARREN MUGGLETON Coronavirus has now brought a halt to all rugby in England, with the rugby community encouraged to practice social...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago7 players who never made their debuts after signing for Premiership clubs
For one reason or another, some moves just don't work out or don't feel right
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Now, more than ever, the game needs strong leadership
Never let a good crisis go to waste. Winston Churchill, no less, was busily preparing the ground for the formation of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTe’o’s season ends at Exiles before it starts
■ By JON NEWCOMBE New plan: Mike Te’o will go back to the USA. Inset: Paul Lasike HAVING represented his country...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoU20 World Championship in Italy set to be scrapped by World Rugby
France's defence of their 2019 title to be put on hold - reports
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Features
/ 6 years ago1980 GRAND SLAM HEROES…
15 Dusty Hare (Leicester) Took 11 Test seasons to accumulate 25 Test caps. The selectors said he was too slow –...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJapanese flyer Kida rises to challenge in Pacific
NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE INTERNATIONAL rugby wasn’t totally wiped out over the weekend with Junior Japan claiming their first-ever World...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoJoe Marler deletes Twitter account after being hit with 10-week ban
A ban which effectively ends Marler's season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs centre Sam Hill to join Sale Sharks next season
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond has found his replacement for Cameron Redpath
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU tell Eddie Jones to be careful with his comments after slamming referee
Head coach Eddie Jones was critical of Kiwi referee Ben O'Keeffe
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: England’s win over Wales leaves regret over Paris
Jeremy Guscott's reaction to England claiming the Triple Crown in beating Wales
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Features
/ 6 years agoThere’s not enough cash for a Tier Two
COLIN BOAG Honesty: Christophe Ridley refereeing Quins v Exeter Every so often you hear people praising New Zealand’s rugby model, and...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe Pay-TV Golden Goose may be a turkey
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over and out: England’s game yesterday will be their last in this...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoIt just makes you regret that display in Paris
JEREMY GUSCOTT Impressive: Anthony Watson scored a superbly executed try ENGLAND have built on their performances week to week throughout this...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: It is about time CVC told us what they are up to
As CVC plot a takeover of major competitions in northern hemisphere rugby, Nick Cain writes about how little is known
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFunds aren’t available to follow French route
Decline: Yorkshire Carnegie over-extened to fund huge wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images SO now the answer to English rugby’s problems is...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby to assemble working group to deliberate breakdown rules
Coaches, players, team medics and game administrators will meet in Paris next week to discuss the function of the ruck
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoScarratt: England are a team for all seasons
By ADAM ELLIS High hopes: England’s Emily Scarratt TEAMS ENGLAND: McKenna, Dow, Scarratt, Reed, Breach, Daly- McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Davies, Bern,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoU20s need to have top teams on parade
THE England U20’s 39-21 defeat by their Irish counterparts at Franklin’s Gardens on Friday night put an end to their hopes...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWales face top two in world rankings
WALES will face World Cup winners South Africa and New Zealand in two of their four 2020 Autumn Internationals. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoChairman Davies may ask to break own rule
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA THE WELSH Rugby Union is already head hunting a new chief executive to replace Martyn Phillips...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby to hold expert forum before outlining transgender policy
London forum will discuss the biology of transgender rugby players to ascertain selection guidelines
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Game in Spain flying high after Rugby World Cup anguish
Brendan Gallagher insists Spain shouldn't be disappointed by their defeat to Georgia last weekend, as they close the gap in the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Fabien Galthie and the new-look France set to maximise potential
France have a rich depth of talent to pick from in the Top 14. James Harrington examines JIFF rules and Galthie's...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGalthie’s new look is Made in France
FRENCH COLUMN Unlike his Six Nations’ counterparts who, on the whole, opted for continuity selections after the World Cup, new France...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSix Nations will keep its slot says the boss
BENJAMIN Morel, the Six Nations chief executive, has insisted the tournament will keep its slot and that the autumn window is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPRL must hand over control of salary cap
COLIN BOAG Under scrutiny: Saracens in better times. Lord Myners I have questioned whether Premiership Rugby would include supporters in their...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoAdams up there with world’s best says new boss
HAT-TRICK hero Josh Adams was labelled one of the world’s best by boss Wayne Pivac after the prolific winger followed up...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGeorgia will use the Boks to gatecrash Six Nations
Brendan Gallagher looks at the strength of the countries playing in the European Nations Cup WHILE the clamour for Georgia to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTough lessons will make us all stronger – Gustard
By GARY FITZGERALD PAUL Gustard says he has learned a lot about himself during Harlequins’ struggle to ignite their season. He...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMatt Proudfoot: How England’s new forwards coach left a mark on Pieter-Steph du Toit and Schalk Brits
The two Springboks reveal the inner teachings of Proudfoot who worked under Rassie Erasmus in the World Cup triumph
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoFarrell got away with another cheap shot
It seems that Saracens just cannot keep out of the headlines for all the wrong reasons, no matter what they do....
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSupporters deserve voice to be heard
READING last week’s letters, the overriding conclusion is that World Rugby, Premiership Rugby and CVC are overlooking the one area which...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoA wishlist for rugby in 2020: Nick Cain’s wants an England Grand Slam
Nick Cain reveals his wishlist for England and the sport of rugby in general this year
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMan of steel who nurtured Baa-Baas
Grand master: President Micky Steele-Bodger visits the Barbarians dressing room after the Killick Cup match with Argentina last year MICKY STEELE-BODGER...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEagles must hope Irish don’t poach 20st man
THE US Eagles – slightly downcast at not doing themselves justice at RWC2019 but generally on an upward curve – are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoClub fans miss out
IT is becoming increasingly obvious that World Rugby is only interested in international games. Of course the attendances and TV rights...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUnions should concentrate on amateur side of game
COLIN BOAG Last week’s Rugby Paper gave fuel to those who want to claim that the game is in rude health,...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Rugby is forgiving and Rob Howley deserves that
Corruption had nothing to do with Howley's suspension handed by World Rugby, writes Nick Cain












