Premiership

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

Marcus Street is making big strides in quick time at Exeter Chiefs

30 December 2020 0 comments

Tighthead Street, 21, discusses his battle in the front row ranks at Sandy Park, with Tomas Francis and Harry Williams for company

Exclusive: George Barton aims to gain from mentor Cips’ Gloucester departure

30 December 2020 2 comments

Barton started the year with England U20s, and finished it with one of Gloucester’s most memorable moments of 2020 in the Champions Cup

Rob Baxter proud of Exeter’s response in win over Gloucester

27 December 2020 1 comment

Rob Baxter admits there were some ‘hairy moments’ in 14-man Exeter’s win over Gloucester in the Premiership

Worcester Warriors rue their wasted chances against Saints

27 December 2020 1 comment

Alan Solomons offers his reaction to his side’s four-try defeat away at Franklin’s Gardens

Half-time rollicking did trick for Bears, says Yann Thomas

27 December 2020 1 comment

Bristol Bears prop Thomas reveals how Pat Lam inspired the team to victory with a second-half fightback against Harlequins

Champion Chiefs sign off superb year with bonus win

27 December 2020 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs, understandably rusty in the first half after their recent Covid travails, signed off a momentous year with yet another BP […]

Northampton 29-10 Worcester: Dan Biggar puts the wind in Saints’ sails

27 December 2020 1 comment

Rob Wildman reports from Franklin’s Gardens where Northampton Saints ended their long, long way for a win

Faf de Klerk tells Sale it’s time to move on

27 December 2020 0 comments

Ahead of facing Wasps on Sunday afternoon, Faf de Klerk calls on the Sharks squad to move on from Steve Diamond’s exit

Wasps’ Academy gems get another chance to shine

27 December 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Top prospect: Wasps forward Alfie Barbeary WASPS will again unleash their youthful No.8-9-10 axis of Alfie Barbeary, Will Porter and Charlie Atkinson […]

Chris runs 12 in 12 marathons to support dad Roy

27 December 2020 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY Bond: Chris with dad Roy CHRIS LAIDLAW, the son of Scotland and British & Irish Lions rugby legend Roy Laidlaw, […]

Furious Lam spurs his Bears into the mood

27 December 2020 2 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Momentum: Dan Thomas scores Bristol’s first try despite the efforts of Marcus Smith PICTURES: Getty Images Doubling up: Quins’ Louis Lynagh is […]

Alex Waller working to steady Northampton Saints ship

26 December 2020 1 comment

Saints co-captain Waller addresses the Premiership club’s worrying form since their return to rugby in August

‘No hurry’ as Cipriani decides to take a break

26 December 2020 3 comments

What are the next steps for Danny Cipriani after his exit at Gloucester early in the season?

Harlequins No.8 Alex Dombrandt sheds the pounds to cash in with Eddie

26 December 2020 2 comments

Quins talisman Dombrandt, yet to be capped by England, tells Neale Harvey how he has grafted to get into Test condition

Postive tests at Leicester sees Premiership clash with Newcastle called off

23 December 2020 0 comments

Tigers trip to Kingston Park on Boxing Day cancelled due to positive tests and resulting number of squad forced to self-isolate

Consistency key for high jumper Freddie Steward, after breakthrough year at Leicester Tigers

23 December 2020 1 comment

Former England U20 star Steward reflects on 2020, ending the year as Leicester’s nailed-on starter at full-back

Newcastle confirm signings of Argentina pair Santiago Grondona and Mateo Carreras

22 December 2020 3 comments

As reported in TRP, Falcons have completed deals for Pumas flanker Grondona and wing Carreras

Argentina prop Chaparro joins Bristol Bears

21 December 2020 1 comment

Capped 54 times by Los Pumas, tighthead Chaparro is set to move to Ashton Gate next month

The mood’s positive at Wasps and we’re ready now for Sale says Thomas Young

20 December 2020 1 comment

Wasps flanker Thomas Young is raring to go as attentions switch back to the Premiership

EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Melville is PRL’s new executive chairman

20 December 2020 0 comments

Former RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville takes senior position at Premiership Rugby

Argentina U20s star Mateo Carreras set to sign for Newcastle Falcons

20 December 2020 0 comments

NEWCASTLE FALCONS are about to sign Argentinean Sevens winger Mateo Carreras. Carreras, who also plays for the Jaguares, has been released from a four-year deal […]

Steve Borthwick gives his agent top Leicester Tigers job

18 December 2020 1 comment

New Tigers head of recruitment Richard Wilks was involved in the start-up of reputable player management firm Green Room Sports

Saracens defence coach Sanderson is man Sale want to replace Diamond

18 December 2020 2 comments

A move which Sale Sharks hoped would happen last summer

Carl Fearns on verge of making Premiership return

17 December 2020 0 comments

The former Bath back row is attracting interest from the Premiership

Georgian centre Giorgi Kveseladze signs for Gloucester

16 December 2020 0 comments

George Skivington welcomes new recruit who impressed in the Autumn Nations Cup to Kingsholm

Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings agrees Gloucester move in 2021

15 December 2020 0 comments

Hastings will leave Glasgow Warriors when his contract at Scotstoun expires next sum

Gloucester confirm Danny Cipriani has left the club with immediate effect

15 December 2020 2 comments

Danny Cipriani’s stay at Kingsholm is cut short in the final year of his contract, as Adam Hastings is set to sign with Gloucester

Steve Diamond rescued Sale Sharks from abyss but courted controversy

15 December 2020 3 comments

Jon Newcombe charts the highs and lows of Steve Diamond’s tenure at Sale Sharks

Alex Gray is back from NFL ready to become Eddie’s new hybrid super star

10 December 2020 0 comments

After playing for Atlanta Falcons, Bath signing Alex Gray tells NEALE HARVEY he has returned from the NFL determined to fulfil Eddie Jones’ vision of […]

Harlequins centre Andre Esterhuizen hit with four-week ban

9 December 2020 0 comments

The Springbok will be unavailable for the next month after catching Gloucester fly-half Lloyd Evans with an elbow

Skivington has been a breath of fresh air says Varney

9 December 2020 0 comments

From Italy U20s to the Azzurri, Varney credits his sharp development through 2020 with the arrival of ‘Skivs’ at Kingsholm

Steve Diamond leaves Sale Sharks in shock exit

8 December 2020 0 comments

A huge shock in the Premiership at the club that challenged for a play-off spot last season

A West Country battle looms over Beno Obano signature

8 December 2020 0 comments

And is Bath No.8 Zach Mercer set to leave the Rec?

Earle: I’d like to think my mental strength got me through injury rehab

7 December 2020 0 comments

Harlequins winger Nathan Earle had been in Eddie Jones’ plans prior to suffering a knee injury in 2019

Dombrandt keeps armband as Ashton starts at 15

6 December 2020 1 comment

Captain: Dombrandt GLOUCESTER head coach George Skivington makes two changes to the team that beat Wasps last weekend. Lewis Ludlow returns at openside flanker […]

Preview: London Irish must up tempo to sap Sharks power

6 December 2020 0 comments

Exiles full-back Tom Homer talks to Neale Harvey ahead of the visit of Sale Sharks to the Brentford Community Stadium on Sunday

Kick fest at Falcons was excruciating says Sale’s Sam James

6 December 2020 0 comments

Sale Sharks centre Sam James reflects on the defeat to Newcastle Falcons that had viewers in despairs of boredom

Cropper’s coming, but not just yet says Deano

6 December 2020 0 comments

By ROB WILDMAN NEWCASTLE continue to defy the pundits and thoroughly deserved this win over a flat and depleted Wasps team. Dean Richards’ unheralded squad […]

Blackett: Gutted as basics let Wasps down

6 December 2020 0 comments

Last season’s Premiership finalists fall to successive defeats in 27-17 loss to Newcastle Falcons

Tigers put up a fight but Chiefs power in for a bonus

6 December 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD EXETER’S well-drilled, well-oiled machine ground Tigers into submission with another formidable pack-driven performance at Welford Road. The champions took a while getting up […]

Exeter captain Jack Yeandle eager for Glasgow Warriors challenge

6 December 2020 0 comments

Yeandle is already looking ahead to the Chiefs’ Champions Cup opener against Glasgow after easing past Leicester in the Premiership

Bath weather fly-half storm to canter home

6 December 2020 0 comments

By TOM BRADSHAW A MUSCULAR display by the Bath pack laid the foundations for a bonus-point win that got the West Country side’s season up […]

Alan Solomons frustrated Worcester’s by poor finishing

6 December 2020 1 comment

Warriors director of rugby Solomons bemoans botched attacking phases in 33-17 defeat to Bath

Bristol’s super sub Sam Bedlow kicks Saints into submission

6 December 2020 0 comments

All the drama from Bristol’s last-gasp victory over Northampton Saints on Friday night, when Sam Bedlow was the hero

Boyd: We should have won, we’re not waving white flags yet

6 December 2020 0 comments

The post-match reaction of Northampton director of rugby Chris Boyd to Saints’ defeat to Bristol in the Premiership

Evans aims to put on a variety show for the fans

6 December 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS fly-half Lloyd Evans says Gloucester will happily eschew a slavish kicking game if his side keep racking up thrilling victories like […]