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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Downes double eases champions’ nerves

22 September 2019 0 comments

By IAN GOLDEN Merthyr ……….42 Ebbw Vale ……21 CHAMPIONS Merthyr bounced back from their defeat at RGC with an emphatic home win. Ebbw drew first […]

Llanelli crushed as Cardiff slip into overdrive

22 September 2019 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli …………10 Cardiff …………33 CARDIFF’s impressive start continued with a bonus-point 33-10 win at Parc y Scarlets. Barney Nightingale opened for them […]

Breakaway tries leave RGC on back foot

22 September 2019 0 comments

By ROB COLE Llandovery ….29 RGC 1404 ……20 LEE Rees raced away for two tries to steer the Drovers to an impressive opening victory, while […]

Ponty up and running but Quins make it tough

22 September 2019 0 comments

By GUTO DAVIES Pontypridd ….20 C Quins …………17 PONTYPRIDD bagged their first win of the season but were run close. The west Walians edged the […]

Pooler’s day but the pack are still chasing

22 September 2019 1 comment

Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL made it two bonus point wins out of two as they ran out 38-15 victors over newly-promoted Ystalyfera. […]

Cross-coder Curtis Rona aims to excite London Irish fans

18 September 2019 0 comments

Rona spoke to Sekope Kepu and a number of League players about life in England

Champions Sarries begin season where they left off

15 September 2019 0 comments

By GEORGE LAWRENCE First silverware: Saracens celebrate title defence SARACENS defended their title with a thrilling 35-19 triumph over Wasps at Franklin’s Gardens. In a […]

Jason Woodward frustrated by England snub but hopes for more chances

12 September 2019 0 comments

Gloucester full-back Jason Woodward admits to feeling “hard done by” over his failure to win a first England cap on last year’s tour of South […]

Jordan Crane plots coaching career announcing this season will be his last for Bristol Bears

12 September 2019 0 comments

“The opportunity to stay in Bristol was a massive part of the decision for me” – Crane

‘Pedal the Prem’: Wasps fan gets on his bike for men’s mental health

11 September 2019 0 comments

Stuart Baker will travel to all 12 stadiums plus Twickenham on his cross-country tour in aid of mental health

Dylan Hartley stands down as Northampton Saints captain

10 September 2019 0 comments

Chris Boyd appoints co-captains to lead Saints through the 2019-20 season

Prop Max Lahiff joins Bristol Bears after Bath release

6 September 2019 0 comments

Lahiff left Bath at the end of last season but will remain in the West Country

Father figure Ackermann can bring best out of Jaco Kriel at Gloucester

30 August 2019 0 comments

Jaco Kriel has more going on in his life than you may see on the surface

Sean Long and his eye for detail can be a game changer for Harlequins’ Marcus Smith

16 August 2019 0 comments

Sean Long was part of Paul Gustard and Billy Mallard’s plan for next season at Harlequins

Johan Ackermann has put Gloucester on the path to challenge for top prizes

15 August 2019 0 comments

After seven years with Gloucester, departing chief executive Stephen Vaughan says the club is in a strong position

Former Leicester Tigers wing Steve Booth has died suddenly aged 42

14 August 2019 0 comments

English rugby has been shocked by the sudden passing of former Leicester Tigers and Bath wing Steve Booth at the age of 42. The two-time […]

Olowofela: I’ll make my mark with Saints just like McConnochie did at Bath

13 August 2019 0 comments

Northampton flyer Ryan Olowofela insists he has no intention of hanging around in the race to replicate Ruaridh McConnochie’s stunning rise to stardom. McConnochie has […]

We can break the cycle of underachievement, says Worcester co-owner Goldring

7 August 2019 0 comments

Worcester Warriors’ new owners are looking to use Sixways Stadium as a multi-purpose sports venue

Bayliss: Bath youth brigade ready to prove their able back row stock

2 August 2019 0 comments

Josh Bayliss, 21, has total faith in Bath’s young guns to step up in place of the World Cup absentees

‘A British & Irish League has to happen urgently’ – former PRO14 club chairman

30 July 2019 0 comments

How might CVC’s strategy for a British & Irish League may work, according to former Cardiff Blues chairman Peter Thomas

Argentina star Diaz Bonilla aims to join compatriots in the Premiership

30 July 2019 0 comments

Fly-half Joaquin Diaz Bonilla and prop Enrique Pieretto want to leave the Super Rugby finalists Jaguares

‘A British League will happen in two years’ – the story that has the country talking

22 July 2019 0 comments

CVC takeover of Premiership and soon-to-be finalised PRO14 deal heralds new opportunity for British League

Why London Irish might be content in spurning £750,000 in order to stay up

17 July 2019 0 comments

Championship winners London Irish are working to long-term goals to ensure their Premiership status, no matter the cost

Nathan couldn’t ask for a better start than playing Bath at home says delighted Lam

14 July 2019 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Buzzing: Nathan Hughes is eager to impress at Bristol HELPING to fire Bristol into the Premiership big time is the only pick-me-up […]

Former Harlequins coach John Kingston on hand to help Rams

11 July 2019 0 comments

Kingston will work with National Two South champions Rams

Sale Sharks recruit Jake Cooper-Woolley sees club hitting next level

11 July 2019 0 comments

The departing Wasps prop has been impressed by the signings announced by Sale

FIXTURES: Premiership clubs discover their 2019-20 schedules

10 July 2019 0 comments

London Irish’s return to be broadcast on TV with trip to Wasps

Relegation holds back young talent warns Newcastle Falcons Darren Barry

4 July 2019 0 comments

The new arrival at Kingston Park shares his reasoning for ring-fencing the Premiership

Leicester change tack in recruitment with Jan McGinity appointment

26 June 2019 0 comments

“I see my role as supporting Geordan (Murphy) and all of the coaching staff in constructing the best squad possible” – McGinity

Danny Cipriani set to get England recall for training camp

25 June 2019 0 comments

One last chance for Cipriani to impress prior to 4 July’s training squad announcement?

Leicester Tigers put up for sale in hopes to ‘reclaim dominance’

25 June 2019 0 comments

Club statement alludes to interest taken in club following CVC’s investment to acquire PRL minority stake

London Irish add defence coach Brad Davis to their backroom staff

24 June 2019 0 comments

Revered at Wasps and part of the Ospreys set-up last season

Who is Premiership rugby’s richest club owner?

21 June 2019 0 comments

No one comes close to the wealth of no.1

Sean Long interview: My meeting with Eddie Jones before joining Harlequins

21 June 2019 0 comments

Sean Long talks crossing the divide to become a Harlequins coach – and says there will be more coaches switching league for union

Rugby League ace Martin Gleeson joins Wasps coaching staff

18 June 2019 0 comments

A two-time winner of the Super League

Worcester Warriors DoR Alan Solomons extends stay

13 June 2019 0 comments

Staying at Sixways through to 2021-2022

Arrival of Zach Kibirige takes Wasps signings past 11

11 June 2019 0 comments

As revealed in TRP on 26 May

Gloucester add to centre ranks with addition of Chris Harris

6 June 2019 0 comments

More variation in Gloucester’s midfield for next season

Breakthrough Bath winger Ruaridh McConnochie pens lengthy extension

5 June 2019 0 comments

The ex-England Sevens man is most definitely a part Stuart Hooper’s long-term plans at Bath

It’s a stunner as Saracens summon up late storm

2 June 2019 0 comments

From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Getting the party started: Saracens celebrate their epic victory PICTURES: Getty Images In front: Sean Maitland scores Sarries’ fourth try […]

TEAMS: Brad Barritt a shock inclusion for Premiership final

31 May 2019 0 comments

Saracens and Exeter Chiefs team news ahead of the climax to the Premiership season

Pat Lam is building England-ready contingent at Bristol Bears

31 May 2019 0 comments

Pat Lam reiterates his desire to turn Bristol in a Champions Cup regular – and says that’s the perfect gateway to England

“I have to believe I can get to Japan” says Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley

30 May 2019 0 comments

An under the radar prospect as Eddie Jones’ Rugby World Cup plan unfolds?

O’Flaherty gamble pays off for Chiefs – and Saints count the cost

26 May 2019 0 comments

From MIKE SINCLAIR at Sandy Park EXETER boss Rob Baxter’s wing and a prayer gamble paid off as surprise choice Tom O’Flaherty’s stunning solo try […]

Baxter’s warning for Sarries: We’ve got better

26 May 2019 1 comment

Improving: Rob Baxter EXETER boss Rob Baxter last night promised Saracens that the Chiefs are a better side now than the one they they beat […]

Tompkins in hat-trick blitz as Sarries go storming on

26 May 2019 2 comments

■From NICK CAIN at Allianz Park They’re off: Sean Maitland touches down for Saracens’ first try All over: Nick Tompkins scores his hat-trick try and […]

McCall: Nick will make up for loss of Barritt

26 May 2019 0 comments

SARACENS supremo Mark McCall backed hat-trick hero Nick Tompkins to repeat his heroics in the absence of Brad Barritt. Sarries’ talismanic captain will miss the […]

Lozowski: We weren’t perfect – we’ll be better against Chiefs

26 May 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Hunger to improve: Alex Lozowski ALEX Lozowski says Saracens’ insatiable appetite for silverware will be the driver for Saturday’s Premiership final against […]