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Simon Easterby disappointed with comments around Antoine Dupont injury incident

14 March 2025 0 comments

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby has expressed disappointment with accusatory comments made by France head coach Fabien Galthie regarding the Antoine Dupont injury incident. Les […]

Speed wins – Ben Earl reveals pace at heart of England bid for Six Nations glory

14 March 2025 0 comments

Ben Earl has revealed that speed will be at the heart of England’s quest to win the Guinness Six Nations title on ‘Super Saturday’. Head […]

Dillon Lewis Joins the Charge: Are the Dragons Ready to Rise?

13 March 2025 0 comments

By Pete Ryan – @PeterRyanSports We are at this stage in the season, with signings unveiled and strategies unfolding, and the road for next season […]

Katy Daly-McLean backs Gloucester-Hartpury to win third straight Premiership Women’s Rugby title

13 March 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott Watch Gloucester-Hartpury v Saracens in the PWR Final, live on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ from 2pm on Sunday 16th March The Premiership Women’s rugby […]

Marcus Smith restored to England team for Six Nations finale against Wales

12 March 2025 0 comments

England have made extensive changes to their team for Saturday’s final Guinness Six Nations match against Wales including recalling Marcus Smith at full-back. A week […]

Opinion: Now is the perfect time for Wales to deploy Keiran Williams

12 March 2025 0 comments

By Pete Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Welsh rugby is on the brink of a new era, a proud nation striving to reclaim its former glory. With […]

Women’s Six Nations: Wales captain Hannah Jones on coming back after considering retirement

11 March 2025 0 comments

By Paul Eddison Hannah Jones was on the verge of walking away from international rugby before being convinced by her club coach and new national […]

Jack Boyle – Ireland’s future front row star

10 March 2025 0 comments

By Pete Ryan You won’t find a position quite like the prop in any sport. It is a position defined by toughness, strength, and determination. […]

British and Irish Lions watch: How players chances have changed after this weekend’s Six Nations

10 March 2025 0 comments

After the huge announcement that the British and Irish Lions squad and captain will be revealed in front of thousands of fans at the O2 […]

Six Nations stock Risers and Fallers: Ireland the biggest losers after missing huge Grand Slam opportunity

10 March 2025 0 comments

It was another brilliant weekend of Six Nations action, in which France climbed up to pole position with one round to go, after a huge […]

Six Nations Team of the Week: France unstoppable in Dublin with six players included

10 March 2025 0 comments

What a weekend of Six Nations action, after France blew the Championship wide open with a massive win over Ireland in Dublin. England kept up […]

Ollie Lawrence out of Six Nations finale and fearing season-ending lay-off

10 March 2025 0 comments

Ollie Lawrence will miss England‘s Guinness Six Nations finale against Wales and could struggle to play again this season after suffering an Achilles injury during […]

Six Nations: Seven try England thump Italy at Twickenham

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Ethan Bents England piled on seven tries to secure a bonus point win and beat Italy in entertaining fashion at the Allianz Stadium. Ollie […]

We must pull together to grow game – Rob Baxter

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Mark Stevens Rob Baxter believes that the responsibility for growing rugby – both financially and in terms of interest – falls on the entire […]

Fit-again Josh Hodge keen to kick on with Exeter Chiefs

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees Josh Hodge is getting a kick out of life at Exeter as the fullback looks to put himself in contention for England’s […]

I play at my best when I’m vocal, says centurion Jamie George

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Adam Hathaway Man of the moment Jamie George insists not much has changed despite being stripped of the England captaincy ahead of the Six […]

Six Nations: France get back their va va voom to end Ireland’s Grand Slam hopes

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Nick Cain Ireland…………………………. 27pts Tries: Sheehan 43, Healy 77, Conan 81 Conversions: Prendergast 44, 78, 81 Penalties: Prendergast 35, 43 France………………………….. 42pts Tries: Bielle-Biarrey […]

Fabien Galthie: Antoine Dupont injury is looking serious

9 March 2025 0 comments

France head coach Fabien Galthie fears captain Antoine Dupont has sustained a “serious” knee injury. Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne fell on Dupont’s leg at a […]

Six Nations: Lively Maxime Lucu steps up to guide France home

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees It was a tale of two injuries. James Lowe picked up a knock in the warm-up with the crowd only told he […]

Jeremy Guscott – England must put foot on the gas

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Jeremy Guscott – Outspoken & Unmissable every week… Some of the reasons for the changes Steve Borthwick has made against Italy are understandable, although […]

Six Nations: Scotland survive spirited Wales revival

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Brendan Gallagher Scotland ……………………… 35pts Tries: Kinghorn 5, 48; Jordan 11, 33; Graham 27 Conversions: Russell 6, 12, 28, 34, 49 Wales …………………………… 29pts […]

Matt Sherratt: I can’t wait to take on England

9 March 2025 0 comments

Wales interim boss Matt Sherratt praised his team’s fighting spirit and says they cannot wait to tackle England in Cardiff on Saturday. Sherratt said: “Ultimately […]

Six Nations: Wales edge closer to unwanted record

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Peter Jackson At Murrayfield 70 years ago, Wales played the role of polite guests to perfection, enabling their supposedly hopeless hosts to end the […]

Tommy Freeman deserves a run in the centres

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week The England midfield has been a mishmash of failed partnerships, wishful thinking, haphazard revolving-door selection, […]

Pressure is building on the RFU Board to stand down

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week The Whole Game Union has added its weight to the call by Francis Baron for […]

Ben Youngs lifts the lid on Steve Borthwick – but too late

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Nick Cain Ben Youngs lifted the lid last week on Steve Borthwick being a “risk-averse” coach, and stated that the kick-first strategy adopted by […]

U20s six Nations: Historic win for poweful French outfit over Ireland

9 March 2025 0 comments

By William Bull Ireland…………… 12pts Tries: Penalty 40+5, Mangan 80+1 France…………….22pts Tries: Echegaray 14, Leveque 18, Akrab 33, 52 Conversion: Keletaona 53 Corentin Mezou led […]

U20s Six Nations: Double red for Wales allows Scotland to take the high road

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Scotland …………. 27pts Tries: Douglas 18, 74; Moncrieff 27, Brown 34 Conversions: Urwin 18, 34 Penalty: Coates 65 Wales ………………..12pts Tries: Emanuel […]

U20s Six Nations: Showdown in Cardiff will be huge challenge – Olamide Sodeke

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Olamide Sodeke – England U20s & Saracens Lock Not many people can say they’ve won a Grand Slam, whether that’s as an U20s player […]

Howzat! Azzurri are left stumped

9 March 2025 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Box office: England’s Elliot Daly scores against Italy in last year’s Six Nations match PICTURE: Alamy AS the BBC’s top brass […]

Lytchett Minster 2s? Now they were decent…

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed Anyone seeking to capture the essence of rugby’s transformation over recent decades need not wrestle with the demise of […]

Prem Rugby Cup: Ealing Trailfinders go close but Exeter Chiefs sneak home

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Mark Stevens Exeter ………………………….. 28pts Tries: Hodge 26, Penalty 33, E Roots 63, Wyatt 70 Conversions: Hodge 27, 64, 71 Ealing Trailfinders …….. 24pts […]

Prem Rugby Cup: Louie Tonkin ‘gutted’ to miss chances against Exeter Chiefs

9 March 2025 0 comments

Ealing Trailfinders coach Louie Tonkin rued missed opportunities as he watched his side bow out of the Premiership Cup. “We’re gutted,” said Tonkin. “We were […]

PWR: Gloucester-Hartpury set sights on making it three in a row

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock This season’s truncated Women’s Premiership sprint will be rounded off next Sunday as Gloucester-Hartpury bid for an unprecedented threepeat, while previous serial […]

Newcastle Falcons flyer Elliott Obatoyinbo on the crest of a wave

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe Elliott Obatoyinbo is hoping he can ride the crest of Newcastle’s wave and return to the sort of form that he showed […]

John Mitchell names England Women’s Six Nations squad

9 March 2025 0 comments

Millie David, Charlotte Fray, Jade Shekells and Sarah Parry have all been called into the England training squad for the first time before the Women’s […]

Santi Carreras will be fighting for Gloucester until the end, insists Trevor Woodman

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Gary Fitzgerald Santiago Carreras may be about to wave adios to Kingsholm but he will certainly not be “downing tools”. The Argentina star, who […]

Eligibility journey of Benhard Janse van Rensburg

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know At Eden Park on June 20, 2014, the cream of England’s teenaged crop edged past […]

Questions over Garry Ringrose’s ‘lenient’ ban refuse to go away

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know The Rugby Paper’s investigation into the Six Nations giving Romain Ntamack and Garry Ringrose different […]

Bucs Super Rugby: Loughborough made to fight all the way

9 March 2025 0 comments

Bucs Rugby By Tom Jeffreys Loughborough survived the biggest threat to their league title hopes by the skin of their teeth against Leeds Beckett to […]

Georgia’s flyer Akaki Tabutsadze on his way to the top

9 March 2025 0 comments

Rugby Matters – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, By Brendan Gallagher It’s the Rugby Europe Championship final next week between Georgia […]

Honours even in thrilling ten-try battle between Richmond and Birmingham Moseley

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Jon Meadows B Moseley …….35 Richmond ……..35 Moseley had to defend a late rally from their visitors to secure an exciting draw in what […]

Mali Satala try sums up top day for Leicester Lions

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Jean Bull Leicester Lions …. 75 Darlington MP …… 0 Leicester Lions kept their survival hopes alive with a dominant display of running rugby […]

Sedgley Park topple Rams in nailbiter

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Tom Markham Sedgley Park …….. 34 Rams …………………… 33 Sedgley Park just held on to celebrate a nailbiting triumph. The game was quite close […]

Early blitz from Balckheath is too much for Sale FC to handle

9 March 2025 0 comments

By Gareth Daniels Sale FC…………… 19pts Tries: Priestley-Nangle 20, Roberts 73, Brady 80 Conversions: Robins 21, 74 Blackheath ……33pts Tries: Hirskyj-Douglas 4, Burns 6, 33; […]

Red-hot Rhys leads the way as visitors triumph

9 March 2025 0 comments

■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ……………28 Rosslyn Park ………40 RHYS Charalambous led the way as Rosslyn Park won at Stortford. The hosts started slowly and […]

Jimmy stars as Dings hold edge

9 March 2025 0 comments

By BAZ JOHNSON Dings Crusaders .. 47 Esher…………………….35 IT was a slow start for the home side, as the pressure of 11th v 12th was […]

Dings returned to Player Jimmy NH

9 March 2025 0 comments

By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A…………. 23 Rotherham T………. 20 PLYMOUTH extended their run of successive victories to 10 matches with a hard-earned win over Rotherham. […]

Chester make Hull pay for sloppy handling

9 March 2025 0 comments

By RICHARD GORE Hull………………… 17 Chester…………..40 HULL came away with nothing from a game they started well, scoring three first-half tries, but their failure to […]

Grant kicks his side over the line

9 March 2025 0 comments

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………..43 Sheffield Tigers….38 BOTH scored six tries in a ding-dong battle, but a superb performance by Tynedale kicker Cam Grant sealed a […]

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