Premiership

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

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‘Nut case’ Martin Gleeson will sort out England

19 September 2021 1 comment

ENGLAND’S new attack coach Martin Gleeson is a ‘mad genius’ – but a world-class operator in breaking down defences. That is the view of the […]

Robshaw: Lewies and Quins will have a target on their backs as champions

17 September 2021 1 comment

Chris Robshaw has warned Harlequins to expect a target to be on their back this season as Stephan Lewies bids to join Geordan Murphy and […]

Sanderson: Saracens are favourites for Premiership title

12 September 2021 1 comment

ALEX Sanderson has piled the pressure on his old Saracens pals by labelling them firm favourites to lift the title again. The Sale boss believes […]

Sale Sharks on look-out for prop in Russia

12 September 2021 1 comment

ALEX Sanderson is looking to bolster his options in the front row with a move for a Russian prop just a week before the new […]

French keep an eye on Slade and Simmonds

12 September 2021 2 comments

HENRY Slade’s name is appearing on the long term shopping lists of several French clubs that are also keeping tabs on the international future of […]

Josh Matavesi all set for switch to Japan

12 September 2021 2 comments

JOSH Matavesi is set to complete a move to Japan to join Freddie Burns’ former club Shokki Shuttles as The Rugby Paper predicted last month. Bath […]

Ben Earl expects warm welcome in Bristol Bears

12 September 2021 0 comments

BEN Earl labels Bristol ‘my second club’ and is relishing a swift return to the place he claims has helped make him a better player […]

Worcester 52-39 Connacht: New-look Warriors get monkey off their back

5 September 2021 0 comments

IT MAY have been only a pre-season friendly but Worcester recorded their first win since November 21. Since then they have endured a miserable run […]

Coventry 21-52 Wasps: Thomas Young puts his toe down for Wasps in 11-try thriller

5 September 2021 2 comments

A SCINTILLATING 90-metre sprint to the line by Thomas Young was the pick of the 11 tries served up by Wasps and Coventry in a […]

Ulster 21-45 Saracens: Hat-trick from Ben Harris gets Sarries over the line

5 September 2021 1 comment

SARACENS coach Mark McCall was content as his men ran in seven tries against his former side in a good pre-season workout at Kingspan Stadium. […]

Aussie agents in hot pursuit of Luke Cowan-Dickie

5 September 2021 0 comments

LUKE Cowan-Dickie is on the radar of Australian NRL clubs after Eddie Jones said the Exeter hooker would make a fantastic Rugby League prop forward. […]

Chunya Munga hungry for more after his taster at Twickenham

5 September 2021 2 comments

CHUNYA Munga has developed a huge appetite to feast on the international scene following his call up to train with Eddie Jones’ squad. The 21-year-old […]

Harlequins wing Louis Lynagh chasing spot in France …but who for?

5 September 2021 1 comment

TWICKENHAM hero Louis Lynagh has set his ambitious sights on playing in the 2023 World Cup – the question is which country will his choose? […]

Jersey 0-19 Sale: Quickfire treble puts Sharks in open water

5 September 2021 0 comments

SALE’S first pre-season match, and their first trip to the Channel Islands to play Championship side Jersey Reds ended in a solid three try win. […]

Exclusive: Premiership players urged to take the Covid vaccine

29 August 2021 0 comments

PREMIERSHIP Rugby have asked clubs to take a hard-line approach with players who refuse a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the new season that starts on […]

Ealing Trailfinders 34-29 Gloucester: Uzokwe at the double to down Gloucester

29 August 2021 0 comments

First blood to Ealing ahead of their reverse fixture with Gloucester next week at Kingsholm

Saracens prop Mako Vunipola in new contract talks as Top 14 watch

29 August 2021 0 comments

Saracens are set to ask England prop Mako Vunipola to take a salary cut, TRP understands

Sale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City

22 August 2021 0 comments

How a stadium carousel in Manchester could leave the Sharks ground-sharing the AJ Bell with Salford City FC

JP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby

22 August 2021 0 comments

What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby

Leicester Tigers team with Lichfield

22 August 2021 1 comment

LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby. The club announced the […]

The Baxter family have Exeter blood flowing in their veins

22 August 2021 0 comments

How the Baxters have impacted Exeter Chiefs since the 1960s

Lions pain will fuel Sarries title charge, says Alex Lewington

15 August 2021 0 comments

The Saracens winger expects the club’s contingent of Lions to be ready and raring to go for the new Premiership season

Henry Trinder opts for Ampthill over top flight return

15 August 2021 1 comment

The Gloucester stalwart discusses his return to English rugby in the Championship with Ampthill, where he will start coaching as well as playing

Tom O’Flaherty eager to right the wrongs of painful Premiership final

15 August 2021 1 comment

The Exeter Chiefs winger says the feeling is they ‘let things slip’ in the final against Harlequins

Josh Matavesi could be heading out of Bath

15 August 2021 1 comment

Bath could free up space on the salary cap by allowing Josh Matavesi to explore interest from Japan, and have space for the addition of a hooker

‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan

15 August 2021 0 comments

The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith

Exeter Chiefs add two new signings to tight five

13 August 2021 0 comments

Exeter have confirmed the signings of overseas players Ryan McCauley from Australia and Sam Nixon from the Top 14

London Irish announce surprise departure of Blair Cowan

13 August 2021 0 comments

The Exiles co-captain will leave the Premiership to pursue opportunities in Japan

Leicester Tigers set George Worth free

12 August 2021 1 comment

LEICESTER have released utility back George Worth from his contract by mutual agreement. The 24-year-old made 62 appearances for the club but spent the 2021 […]

Harlequins announce capture of Viliami Taulani from Chiefs

11 August 2021 0 comments

Harlequins head coach Tabai Matson has recruited a player he coached at former club Waikato Chiefs

Munster have eye on Newcastle Falcons ace George McGuigan

8 August 2021 0 comments

The Newcastle hooker is Irish-qualified and wanted by Johann van Graan, TRP understands

Stormers lock pairing look for move to Britain

8 August 2021 2 comments

Is a move north for the David Meihuizen and JD Schickerling on the horizon?

Exeter boss Rob Baxter keen on Aussie giant McCauley

8 August 2021 0 comments

Rob Baxter goes hunting for Aussie lock to join Chiefs

Leicester Tigers academy product Tandoh to head to France

8 August 2021 0 comments

The Tigers back row has the option to return to Oval Park after deciding to take a year to play for Stade Francais and study in Paris

EXCLUSIVE: Premiership clubs in stand-off over players’ agent fees

8 August 2021 0 comments

Neil Fissler exclusively reports on a new feud developing between Premiership clubs and players’ agents

Worcester Warriors go green for brighter future

8 August 2021 1 comment

The Premiership club have pledged to reduce their climate footprint, director Peter Kelly outlines how the Warriors are overhauling their ways of operating

Ambitious Harlequins are a match for Jack Walker

8 August 2021 0 comments

Harlequins hooker Jack Walker discusses his switch from Premiership rivals Bath to the Stoop

Eddie Jones completes recruitment of Martin Gleeson to succeed Amor

6 August 2021 1 comment

As revealed by TRP back on April 11, Martin Gleeson will leave Wasps to join the England programme as attack coach

CVC Capital Partners agrees cash injection in La Liga

4 August 2021 1 comment

Stakeholders in Premiership Rugby and Six Nations agrees £2.7bn investment in Spanish football league

Tom de Glanville aims to make Eddie Jones re-consider

1 August 2021 0 comments

Bath full-back Tom de Glanville discusses his England hopes with Adam Ellis after call-ups to two of Eddie Jones’ training squads

Corey Baldwin coming back to Scarlets

1 August 2021 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs centre is leaving Sandy Park and returning to the Scarlets

Craig White calls time on Sale Sharks job

1 August 2021 2 comments

FORMER British & Irish Lions conditioning coach Craig White, who joined Sale Sharks when Alex Sanderson took over at the AJ Bell Stadium, has left […]

Harry Mallinder set to take Goode’s place in Japan

1 August 2021 0 comments

Where will Harry Mallinder be playing after announcing he will leave Saints for the Top League?

Q&A – Gethin Watts: Bristol’s bear cubs will be crucial after cap reduction

1 August 2021 1 comment

Gethin Watts tells Adam Ellis about the work being done in the academy at Premiership contenders Bristol Bears

Sale Sharks confirm Nick Schonert switch from Worcester

30 July 2021 1 comment

As revealed by TRP back in April, the tighthead is on his way to the AJ Bell Stadium

Hargreaves: Law changes could destroy Union ethos

30 July 2021 2 comments

As the DCMS releases a report as a result of a four-month inquiry into the impact of concussion in sport, Alistair Hargreaves fears rugby may be changed beyond its foundations

Saints scrum-half Henry Taylor calls time at 27

30 July 2021 1 comment

NORTHAMPTON scrum-half Henry Taylor is retiring from rugby to “pursue a career in the city”. The 27-year-old, who was part of the England side that […]