Premiership

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

22 teams raring to go in new-look Cup

3 September 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK THE Premiership Cup returns on Friday in the new-look format involving Championship clubs for the first time. Exeter Chiefs secured their third […]

Bassett gets ready to roar for Tigers

27 August 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Chris Ashton will take some replacing but Josh Bassett has come to Leicester hoping to make a splash of his own. Bassett and […]

Rowe confident Chiefs will be back in the black soon

27 August 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES TONY Rowe is confident Exeter will move back into the black by the end of the season after three years of financial […]

Sarries fight to keep hold of big stars

27 August 2023 0 comments

BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens are looking to head off potential interest in some of their big-name stars out of contract at the end of the […]

Codling needs more money

27 August 2023 0 comments

Newcastle boss Alex Codling is weighing up asking for an increase in his budget to bring in at least another player before the start of […]

RFU will honour Watson contract

27 August 2023 0 comments

The RFU are set to continue picking up the tab for Anthony Watson despite the winger being ruled out of the World Cup with a […]

Robinson’s delight to be back at Bath

20 August 2023 0 comments

Jon Newcombe finds the club’s former captain in fine form as he returns to join coaching team Twenty five years after leading Bath to their […]

Volavola chosen ahead of Grayson

20 August 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Northampton Saints fly-half James Grayson was a target for French ProD2 outfit Agen when they […]

Blake out to make No.2 slot his own

13 August 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK A hooker crisis at Kingsholm last season saw tyro Seb Blake chucked in at the deep end but now he wants to […]

Hoyland out to shine on Barbarians duty

13 August 2023 0 comments

Scotland winger Damien Hoyland will be looking to put himself in the shop window for a move to the Premiership when he plays for the […]

Pumas include 11 players from English top flight

13 August 2023 0 comments

Squad Watch: ARGENTINA Nicolás Sánchez and Sale’s Agustín Creevy will play in their fourth Rugby World Cup after coach Michael Cheika included the experienced duo […]

Sanderson looking for an extra 12%

6 August 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson believes Sale will need to improve by at least 12 per cent if they are going to go one better […]

Quins form partnership with Honda Heat

6 August 2023 0 comments

Harlequins and top tier Japanese side Mie Honda Heat have entered into a long-term strategic partnership designed to help support the growth and development of […]

Carcassonne the next stop for Graham

6 August 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Gary Graham is linking up with his former Newcastle Falcons teammate Carl Fearns in […]

Codling can’t wait to take on ‘fantastic challenge’

30 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Having coached in multiple leagues in Wales, Northern Ireland, England and France, it is fair to say Alex Codling has never shied […]

Treat players well and they will stay here, says RPA’s Day

30 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE RPA chairman Christian Day believes making English players the best-looked after in the world will help to combat the player drain from […]

Fed-up Falcons angry over limited telly time

23 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Newcastle Falcons are said to be seething after what they perceive to be another snub in the 2023/24 Gallagher Premiership TV fixture […]

Sale Sharks part company with chief exec Sutton

23 July 2023 0 comments

Sale Sharks CEO Sid Sutton has left the club after almost three years in the role. Sutton, who joined the club in November 2020, has […]

Hill keen for a new adventure Stateside

23 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Bored with the Premiership rugby landscape, former Exeter and Sale Sharks centre Sam Hill is hoping for a fresh challenge abroad. Hill […]

Smith has unfinished business at Quins

23 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Marcus Smith wants to repeat Harlequins 2021 Premiership triumph next season insisting he has unfinished business at the club. The England star […]

Season’s starter for 10! Champions travel to Exeter for the big kick off

23 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Premiership Rugby is hoping that less will turn out to be more next season. A year ago, the top flight had 13 […]

Bears keeping an eye on Gonzalez

23 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol are believed to be showing an interest in former London Irish back Juan Martin Gonzalez Samoso, who is […]

Postlethwaite waits

23 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter Chiefs are set to offer former Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite a contract for next season after he impressed during a […]

Tigers in line to keep Watson

23 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Leicester Tigers have emerged as the favourites to re-sign Anthony Watson following the World Cup later this year after the RFU agreed […]

Slade testing the (housing) market

23 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Henry Slade, out of contract at the end of the forthcoming season, has just put his five-bedroom house in Exeter up for […]

All that glitters isn’t necessarily gold…

23 July 2023 0 comments

Paul Rees looks at the big name players who have been on the move in the Premiership during this close season Player movement this summer […]

Exeter sign O’Connor from Munster

23 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Exeter Chiefs have signed Munster second row Eoin O’Connor. The 22-year-old moves to Sandy Park after four years with the United Rugby […]

Smith signs new Quins contract

19 July 2023 0 comments

Marcus Smith has signed a new contract extension with Harlequins that will see him stay at The Stoop beyond the end of the 2023/24 season. […]

No Six Nations overlap as Premiership Fixtures released

18 July 2023 0 comments

Champions Saracens will head to Exeter Chiefs in the opening round of a Premiership season that will see no games clash with the Six Nations. […]

Home of Premiership Rugby TNT Sports goes live

18 July 2023 0 comments

TNT Sports goes live today throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, replacing BT Sport and is the new home of Gallagher Premiership Rugby with […]

Now Bears to stage ‘Big Game’ in Cardiff

16 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Bristol Bears are set to be the latest club to adopt the ‘Big Game’ concept by taking one of their home […]

Neild sets his sights on the next challenge

16 July 2023 0 comments

By NEIL FISSLER Former Sale and Worcester flanker Cameron Neild believes he still has a lot to give at the top level as the search […]

Premiership Cup fixtures

16 July 2023 0 comments

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Now Racing get ready to tempt Ford

16 July 2023 0 comments

BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler George Ford is the latest England star to interest Top 14 giants Racing 92, who are shopping […]

Leicester offer was too short for Burns

16 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Freddie Burns has revealed that he turned down the chance of another year with Leicester Tigers to return to […]

Prem and URC to make October starts

12 July 2023 0 comments

The Premiership and United Rugby Championship (URC) will both start in October for the upcoming season, with each of their finals taking place in June. […]

Chandler ready for his next episode

9 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Chandler Cunningham-South is hoping to fly off to Portugal on holiday in just over a week’s time as an U20 World Cup […]

Radford keen to put steel into the Saints

9 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Never one to shy away from a challenge as a child growing up on the largest council estate in Europe, Northampton’s new […]

Leicester squad keeps on growing

9 July 2023 0 comments

Leicester have signed scrum-half Joe Powell, back row Matt Rogerson and fly-half Kieran Wilkinson (pictured) and re-signed lock Mike Williams. Leicester have now brought in […]

Radwan’s aiming to fly high with Falcons

9 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Despite finishing bottom and with relegation set to return in next season’s top flight, Newcastle Falcons winger Adam Radwan insists his side […]

Sanderson delight as Cowan-Dickie signs up

9 July 2023 0 comments

Sale Sharks have signed England and British and Irish Lions hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie from Exeter Chiefs. The 30-year-old had been set to join Montpellier following […]

Postlethwaite goes on trial at Exeter

9 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs have taken former Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite on trial this week after reading about his availability […]

Racing 92 rule out move for Smith

9 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Marcus Smith staying with Harlequins beyond the final year of his contract, which ends next summer, moved a step closer after Top […]

French to keep eye on hooker

9 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE | Neil Fissler French Top 14 sides will monitor Luke Cowan-Dickie’s progress with Sale Sharks with interest after Blindside can reveal that […]

James: We’ll just keep improving

9 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Lifelong Sale Sharks fan Sam James is hoping his side go one step further next season and lift the Premiership to pave […]

Halliday’s collective ultimatum

2 July 2023 0 comments

By NICK CAIN New Championship chairman Simon Halliday says the survival of many of the clubs in the second-tier professional league depends on the RFU/Premiership […]

Cardall set to fire for the Falcons

2 July 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES As Tim Cardall reflects on the eventful last nine months for the career, his hope for the new Premiership season is that […]

Sharks move for Creevy

2 July 2023 0 comments

Sale Sharks have brought in Argentina hooker Agustin Creevy to replace Akker van der Merwe, who has returned to South Africa. Creevy, 38, joins after […]

Gloucester are keen to get Savage

2 July 2023 0 comments

Gloucester have been linked with a move for their former star Tom Savage who has been playing in Japan with Suntory Sungoliath since leaving Kingsholm […]