Premiership

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

EXCLUSIVE: Premiership Rugby Cup gets the surprise go-ahead

27 January 2021 0 comments

Jon Newcombe reports exclusively on the PRL’s plan to slot the ‘cancelled’ Premiership Rugby Cup into the 2020-21 schedule

Sharks want Andre Esterhuizen back from Harlequins

27 January 2021 2 comments

The American consortium that has bought a majority share in the South African franchise is ready to finance the Quins centre’s return to Durban

Leicester Tigers in new deal with Dan Cole

27 January 2021 0 comments

The England tighthead is now set to finish his career at Welford Road

Care: There were rumours around Harlequins about Gustard leaving

26 January 2021 1 comment

The Quins scrum-half says the playing squad and organisation ‘haven’t been good enough’ in recent seasons

Newcastle Falcons keep their eye on Ollie Lawrence contract

26 January 2021 0 comments

The England centre signed a contract extension with Worcester last year

Chris Ashton has signed for Worcester Warriors

Quins wing Chris Ashton makes mid-season switch to Worcester Warriors

25 January 2021 0 comments

Ashton makes splashdown at Sixways Stadium, leaving Harlequins after ten months at the Stoop

Bath to reshuffle coaching staff after agreeing deal with old friend of Neal Hatley’s

24 January 2021 1 comment

Will Girvan Dempsey be worked into another role at the Rec?

Paul Gustard looks set to move abroad

24 January 2021 0 comments

Neil Fissler reports on where the defence guru will do next to devlop his career

Waisake Naholo injury hell goes on at London Irish

24 January 2021 1 comment

The career of the World Cup-winning All Black is under threat, TRP understands, after having a knee operation last April

Danny Care signs up for a 16th season at Harlequins

22 January 2021 1 comment

As reported by TRP on December 27, 84-cap England scrum-half Care has agreed an extension at the Stoop

Rob Baxter voted Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year 2020

22 January 2021 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs director of rugby is the recipient of the Pat Marshall award after a Premiership and Champions Cup winning 2019-20 campaign

Bath at the centre of major mix-up by Covid testing operators Randox

22 January 2021 1 comment

Randox, the company contracted by PRL to carry out coronavirus testing, admits to ‘human error’ which led to Bath closing its training facilities this week

Bristol boy Joe Joyce done with clapping Exeter Chiefs

22 January 2021 0 comments

Spurred by a state-of-the-art training ground, lock Joyce says the squad already assembled by Bears can want for nothing in their race against the champions

Extrovert Sanderson will be great for Sale says Petrus du Plessis

21 January 2021 0 comments

Wallabies scrum coach Petrus du Plessis worked as a player under Sanderson at Saracens, and believes his appointment at Sale to be astute business

Leicester Tigers have signed Julian Montoya

Borthwick adds Argentina hooker Julian Montoya to Leicester squad

20 January 2021 0 comments

Montoya becomes the latest Pumas player to sign for Tigers

Paul Gustard departs Harlequins with immediate effect

20 January 2021 1 comment

Harlequins general manager Billy Millard will oversee first-team operations for the rest of the season

Bath at their Farleigh House training ground

Bath shut down training ground after positive tests

19 January 2021 0 comments

Bath’s Premiership clash against Bristol Bears cast into doubt as a ‘number of positive tests’ among players and staff lead to shutdown

Exclusive: Relegation scrapped in Premiership this season

19 January 2021 39 comments

Jon Newcombe reports on the increased likelihood that the Premiership will revert to a 13-team league at the end of the season

Wasps’ Ben Vellacott ready to relocate to Scotland?

19 January 2021 0 comments

Dan Robson holds the keys to the Wasps backline and that has seen one PRO14 side contact Vellacott

Chris Ashton could join the exodus to Japan

19 January 2021 1 comment

Neil Fissler reports on the future of Harlequins and former England wing Chris Ashton

‘Homesick’ Kelly Brown set for return to Saracens

19 January 2021 0 comments

TRP understands Kelly Brown could be on his way back to Saracens, following the departure of Alex Sanderson to Sale

Hougaard’s off, so Worcester headhunt replacement at Bath

17 January 2021 0 comments

Neil Fissler reports on Worcester’s plans at scrum-half, with Francois Hougaard destined to return home to South Africa

Quins fly-half Brett Herron looks across Channel

17 January 2021 0 comments

Herron has held talks over departing the Stoop at the end of the season

Highs and lows of Will Taylor’s rollercoaster rugby career, now settled at London Welsh

17 January 2021 0 comments

Taylor is now involved with London Welsh and runs a gym in Richmond

Jones: Be like Harry Kane and stay loyal to your club

17 January 2021 0 comments

New Worcester Warriors coach Mark Jones has advice for the Premiership club’s England starlets

Cameron Redpath revelling in leadership role at Rec

16 January 2021 0 comments

Redpath is being worked into a position of seniority in the Bath backline by director of rugby Stuart Hooper

Wasps grab Doncaster Knight stalwart Robin Hislop

16 January 2021 1 comment

Hislop spent the end of last season in the Premiership on loan at Saracens

Gloucester hooker James Hanson hankers for Oz return

16 January 2021 1 comment

Hanson could return to Australia at the end of the season when his contract is up at Kingsholm

Tizard: My time training with England has made me want to emulate Joe Launchbury

16 January 2021 2 comments

LESSONS learned from England’s finest are underpinning Hugh Tizard’s push to mix it with the best. Harlequins lock Tizard, 20, right, began last year on […]

Saracens agree to release Alex Sanderson to become new Sale Sharks DoR

15 January 2021 0 comments

Sale Sharks formally announce appointment of former captain Sanderson as their director of rugby with immediate effect

Worcester co-owner: Our budget is on the £7m salary cap limit

14 January 2021 0 comments

Jason Whittingham says there is a ‘misconception’ over Worcester’s spending and their lowly position in the Premiership

Superkids keep Dan Robson on his toes at Wasps

14 January 2021 1 comment

Influential Wasps No.9 Robson discusses the emergence of Will Porter and Ben Vellacott keeping him on his toes, and his return for England

Attwood’s choice: His kids or rugby

14 January 2021 2 comments

Single parent Dave Attwood opens up on the difficulty of providing childcare while maintaining his rugby career at Bristol Bears

Glasgow Warriors confirm signing of Duncan Weir from Worcester

13 January 2021 0 comments

As reported by The Rugby Paper in Sunday’s edition, Weir will move to Scotstoun at the end of the season

Saracens scrum-half Tom Whiteley to make Bristol switch

12 January 2021 1 comment

A former Millfield School teammate of Bristol fly-half Callum Sheedy

Edinburgh raid Harlequins for two of their first-team stars

12 January 2021 1 comment

James Lang and Glen Young will both move north to Edinburgh at the end of the season

Worcester No.10 Duncan Weir keen for move home to Glasgow

12 January 2021 4 comments

Duncan Weir is in discussions with both Worcester Warriors and Scottish Rugby over his future

Josh Beaumont is happy to get back in line in Sale’s pack

12 January 2021 2 comments

After 14 months out with a knee injury, Beaumont marked his return to rugby in the most dramatic way with a match-winning score at Gloucester

England prop Kyle Sinckler cited for use of profanity at referee in Bristol match

11 January 2021 0 comments

Sinckler will appear before a disciplinary panel on Tuesday after directing abuse towards referee, Karl Dickson

Bath 44-52 Wasps: Paolo Odogwu sparkles in 11-try thriller

10 January 2021 0 comments

Winger Odogwu puts on a show at the Rec in 96-point Premiership game

Frustrated Stuart Hooper laments costly individual errors

10 January 2021 1 comment

Bath fall to Wasps despite scoring over 40 points on home soil

Newcastle 22-10 Gloucester: Adam Radwan gets the Falcons off to flier

10 January 2021 2 comments

HOOKER George McGuigan’s pick-andgo try as the clock went into overtime capped a Newcastle win against a struggling Gloucester side who have been dumped to […]