Premiership

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

I don’t want a 73-26 thumping to be the last game of my career – Tom Varndell

3 April 2020 0 comments

The Premiership’s record tryscorer talks Yorkshire Carnegie, feeling old, and how important Leicester and Wasps are to him

Northampton Saints lock Api Ratuniyawara

‘It feels like home’ – Api Ratuniyawara agrees Northampton extension

3 April 2020 0 comments

Did you know the Fijian lock named his newborn son Franklin? Ratuniyawara will be staying at Franklin’s Gardens

Bristol prop Jake Armstrong stayed motivated through injury by helping homeless

2 April 2020 0 comments

Pat Lam said the best is yet to come from Armstrong on the pitch – but he’s made up for it within the community

Test-capped front row duo set to bid adieu to Saracens

1 April 2020 0 comments

Rhys Carre has signed a deal to return to Cardiff Blues after just one season at Allianz Park

Five Premiership clubs weighing up move for British & Irish Lion

1 April 2020 0 comments

Wanted by English, Welsh and French clubs

Harlequins No.10 Marcus Smith in Premiership action

What the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans

1 April 2020 0 comments

How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn’t have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?

‘It was quite traumatising’ – Michael Fatialofa speaks publicly for first time

1 April 2020 0 comments

Fatialofa is on the long road to recovery after sustaining a serious neck injury in Worcester’s January clash with Saracens

‘There is something in the pipeline’ – Burns admits to frustation at Bath

31 March 2020 0 comments

Time up at Bath for Freddie Burns?

Wigan star Jackson Hastings is interesting Harlequins

EXCLUSIVE: Harlequins eye Wigan Warriors star Jackson Hastings

31 March 2020 0 comments

A cross-code switch to the Stoop for Super League’s Man of Steel?

Lewis Thiede to leave Bristol Bears who await Sinckler’s arrival

30 March 2020 0 comments

Tighthead prop Thiede will exit Ashton Gate when his contract at Bristol expires

Saracens vice-captain Jackson Wray commits for season in Championship

30 March 2020 0 comments

Wray explains why leaving Saracens was never really an option for him

Rehab in Austria, texts from Eddie, and an Exeter double – we talk to Jack Nowell

27 March 2020 0 comments

The Pumas try cost me dear but it was a beauty! Jack Nowell is chomping at the bit to be back with Exeter and England

Bath become 11th Premiership club to announce wage cuts

27 March 2020 0 comments

Bath chief executive Tarquin McDonald has penned an open letter

7 players who never made their debuts after signing for Premiership clubs

27 March 2020 0 comments

For one reason or another, some moves just don’t work out or don’t feel right

George Kruis supports 25 per cent pay cut administered by Saracens

27 March 2020 0 comments

Kruis speaks out as the row intensifies between players and Premiership clubs over wage cuts

Leicester Tigers back row star Sione Kalamafoni to leave for PRO14

26 March 2020 0 comments

A player who made a huge impact in his first season at Welford Road

Marland Yarde and Jonny May to wing it for Sale Sharks next season?

26 March 2020 0 comments

England winger Jonny May has been asked to take a pay cut at Leicester Tigers

Where Alex Lozowski will be playing next season after leaving Saracens

25 March 2020 0 comments

TRP can reveal Lozowski has turned away interest from other Premiership clubs

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DoR Steve Diamond to adopt interim CEO role at Sale Sharks

25 March 2020 0 comments

Diamond will combine roles at Sale Sharks after existing CEO Jon Dorsett went into self-isolation

Ben Moon signs new long-term contract to stay at Exeter Chiefs

25 March 2020 0 comments

Ben Moon becomes latest component of Exeter Chiefs front row to agree new contract

Lock Jonny Hill is brewing up a storm for Exeter Chiefs

24 March 2020 0 comments

The lock talks England hopes and how he came to start brewing cider with some Chiefs teammates

Tally of Premiership clubs to introduce wage cuts hits 9

24 March 2020 0 comments

Northampton Saints join Harlequins in announcing wage reductions so far this week

Wasps ace Jimmy Gopperth waiting on new deal

24 March 2020 0 comments

Gopperth was asked by a fan on a Facebook Live session what his plans were for the future

Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa making ‘miracle’ recovery from severe neck injury

22 March 2020 0 comments

Fatialofa’s wife has posted a video showing the Warriors player walking unaided

Exeter Chiefs confirm new deal for England prop Harry Williams

22 March 2020 0 comments

Rob Baxter spoke to TRP about how significant Harry Williams is to his plans at Exeter

I want to be the Bristol No.10 of the future, says Ioan Lloyd

20 March 2020 0 comments

“Pat will reward you on your performances” – Ioan Lloyd on reaping the benefits of Pat Lam’s player management

RFU declares end to the 2019-20 season in England

20 March 2020 0 comments

The Premiership has not been affected by the RFU’s announcements

Wasps and Worcester become first Premiership clubs to cut wages

20 March 2020 0 comments

The two Premiership clubs will cut wages by a quarter

Wasps turnover king Jack Willis merges into England’s stiff back row competition

20 March 2020 0 comments

The Wasps flanker talks to Neale Harvey about his Test ambitions with England

Saracens forward to move on loan to Premiership rival

19 March 2020 0 comments

TRP understands the forward is the latest player to move on loan – with Northampton Saints the destination

Wales legend Jamie Roberts shows generosity to NHS staff

19 March 2020 0 comments

Roberts is away in South Africa where he has been playing for the Stormers in Super Rugby

Sean O’Brien can take the Premiership by storm, says London Irish coach

19 March 2020 0 comments

Exiles forwards coach George Skivington also tips prop Harry Elrington to push for an England place in Japan

Marvin Orie won't be moving to Leicester Tigers

South African lock turns back on Leicester Tigers move

19 March 2020 0 comments

Lions lock Marvin Orie appears to have attracted interest from outside the Premiership

Bath star could jump ship to fierce rivals Bristol Bears

18 March 2020 0 comments

Bath’s moves in recruitment opens door for move to West Country derby opponents

Harlequins prop Mark Lambert wants others to reach 250-game milestone

18 March 2020 0 comments

Through five different directors of rugby, Mark Lambert’s career at Harlequins has been complex and in many ways unique

‘He deserves more time to show what he can do’ – Pat Lam on Jake Armstrong

18 March 2020 0 comments

Tighthead Jake Armstrong has signed a one-year extension, and Lam believes the best is to come

Leicester Tigers taken off market as hopes to sell find no suitable buyer

18 March 2020 0 comments

The Premiership club have been on the moment since last June

‘The skinny lads are taking home the weights’ – how are Northampton handling the shutdown?

18 March 2020 0 comments

Saints have issued no guarantees to their squad over their salaries

Dai Young plots next coaching move after Wasps exit

18 March 2020 0 comments

The former Wasps director of rugby says he is ready to go and his batteries are recharged

Billy and Mako Vunipola wanted by ‘several Super Rugby’ teams

17 March 2020 0 comments

The Vunipola brothers are yet to outline whether they will be playing for Saracens next season

Harry Mallinder aims to be England’s next Northampton Saint

13 March 2020 0 comments

Mallinder believes he’s getting back to where he was in his form prior to a very lengthy injury lay-off

Exeter Chiefs centre Sam Hill to join Sale Sharks next season

13 March 2020 0 comments

Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond has found his replacement for Cameron Redpath

London Irish set to tie down star Ben Loader, but Porecki to leave

12 March 2020 0 comments

A player who was garnering interest from Premiership rivals

Geordan Murphy reveals Leicester will be without three senior players

12 March 2020 0 comments

Jonny May is set for an ‘extended period’ on the sidelines after receiving a HIA on Six Nations duty

Saracens and Wales centre Nick Tompkins nears loan move agreement

11 March 2020 0 comments

Nick Tompkins won’t be playing in the Championship next season with Saracens

Gloucester announce signing of Saracens hooker Jack Singleton

11 March 2020 0 comments

The England international will move to Kingsholm on loan next season

Blackett: We can do even better

8 March 2020 2 comments

DESPITEWasps winning three on the bounce, their interim head coach, Lee Blackett, wanted more. “We were really clinical but I believe there’s still a bit […]

Mako leads the charge to cage Tigers again

8 March 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD MAKO Vunipola admitted he was “gutted” at missing out on a 60th Test cap yesterday due to England’s decision to stand him […]

Murphy: We must finish strongly

8 March 2020 1 comment

GEORDAN Murphy called for his Tigers to regroup and finish the season strongly after suffering another loss. The Irishman was disappointed by the result but […]