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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Scarlets looking at Feeney to support Jones

30 September 2018 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA PAUL Feeney has emerged as a leading contender to join the Scarlets’ coaching team next season. Parcy Scarlets bosses hope […]

‘It’s not great at Tigers right now’ admits Cole

30 September 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Work to do: Dan Cole has a big task to get back into Eddie Jones’ England plans PICTURE: Getty Images DISAPPOINTED prop […]

There’s good …and then there’s Goode!

30 September 2018 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Hat-trick hero: Saracens’ Liam Williams scores his third try after collecting Alex Goode’s inside pass PICTURES: Getty Images ALEX Goode is the […]

We’ve not devalued the Prem saysTodd

30 September 2018 2 comments

TODD Blackadder defended Bath’s decision to rest 13 players against Saracens, discounting the suggestion he was devaluing the Premiership as a competition by saying he […]

The Derby match in aid of Rob Horne is a week away

28 September 2018 0 comments

Tickets remain on sale for Northampton versus Leicester

Change to come at Bath as club release open letter to supporters

28 September 2018 0 comments

The club’s plans for the coaching structure have been made transparent

Wasps launch pitch-facing sensory room

26 September 2018 0 comments

Wasps have converted commercial boxes into sensory rooms for children with autism to watch full rugby matches

Dorian West brought in by Steve Diamond as Sale’s new forwards coach

25 September 2018 0 comments

The ex-Northampton Saints coach has a new job with a Premiership club

Gustard: That was all our own fault

23 September 2018 1 comment

DISAPPOINTED Quins DoR Paul Gustard said after his side’s third Premiership defeat in four games that they had shot themselves in the foot. “We conspired […]

Wasps finally get Sale monkey off their back

23 September 2018 0 comments

By COLIN NEWBOULT THESE victories certainly don’t come around very often for Wasps. Since 2010, they have endured disappointment at Sale, even when the Sharks […]

Saints pack monstered as Hartley’s arrows fail to hit target

23 September 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY 7 BATH forwards guru Toby Booth hailed a monster pack effort as his side’s set-piece superiority dashed Northampton hopes of a first […]

Bassett given the plaudits from Dai

23 September 2018 0 comments

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young hailed the performance of Josh Bassett after the wing’s excellent all-round display. Alongside Michael Le Bourgeois, Bassett was Wasps’ […]

Attwood outlines his Test qualities

23 September 2018 1 comment

ASKED IF he still had something to offer England, star man Dave Attwood said: “Oh God, yes! My dominant tackle and ball-carrying numbers are high […]

Stay-at-home Mitchell needs to be hands on

23 September 2018 1 comment

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHN Mitchell polarises opinion in Rugby Union more than anyone with the possible exception of Eddie Jones. […]

Spencer’s reckless tackle did deserve red card

23 September 2018 0 comments

WILL Spencer’s shoulder to the jaw of Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor was high, dangerous, and merited the one month suspension handed out this week to […]

Simmonds sends out a reminder to Eddie

23 September 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs, not for the first time, struggled a little at Kingston Park but in the end ground out a valuable road […]

Deano curses missed chances

23 September 2018 3 comments

NEWCASTLE director of rugby Dean Richards was proud that his side held on for a bonus point but rued missed opportunities. Richards said: “I don’t […]

Evergreen Richard is out to post a big score

23 September 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS stalwart Richard Wigglesworth has vowed to set a mark that is “tough to beat” as he prepares to succeed Steve Borthwick […]

Ludlow relishing his role as defence linchpin

23 September 2018 0 comments

Chopped: Lewis Ludlow tackles Bristol’s Ed Holmes TACKLE-MASTER Lewis Ludlow wants Gloucester to prove their title credentials by stripping away Saracens’ veneer of invincibility. It […]

Ford counting on crowd comfort to spark Tigers

23 September 2018 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE Star man: George Ford has hit a rich vein of form PICTURES: Getty Images GRAHAM Kitchener returns from injury to make his […]

Winless Warriors wary of new Bakewell factor

23 September 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Ready for battle: Marco Mama WORCESTER are desperate to snap a run of three straight defeats and flanker Marco Mama knows his […]

Farrell set to follow Schmidt as Irish boss

23 September 2018 0 comments

Main man: Andy Farrell ANDY FARRELL is being groomed to become coach of Ireland if the current boss, New Zealander Joe Schmidt, stands down following […]

Taylor’s talents in demand

23 September 2018 2 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter:@neilfissler WASPS are fighting to hang onto England hooker Tommy Taylor who is attracting interest from […]

Luke’s contract stalemate has clubs buzzing

23 September 2018 0 comments

Attracting attention: Luke Cowan-Dickie LUKE Cowan- Dickie is attracting serious interest from Premiership rivals wanting to obtain his services as a contract standoff with Exeter […]

Fekitoa may go home to New Zealand for RWC bid

23 September 2018 0 comments

TOULON centre Malakai Fekitoa, who has been attracting interest from the Premiership, could return home to New Zealand. Blindside understands that Fekitoa, who is out […]

Bears maul Quins as yellow fever strikes

23 September 2018 1 comment

By NICK CAIN BRISTOL went into this first wet weather encounter of the campaign knowing that survival this season depends on winning their home games […]

Henry Trinder says Cipriani has got Kingsholm rocking and can ignite his own England career

19 September 2018 0 comments

The Gloucester fan favourite talks about the Cherry and Whites’ playmaker

Murphy’s law can make Manu Tuilagi lethal for Leicester, says George Ford

19 September 2018 0 comments

“We are looking a bit more threatening” – Geordan Murphy can put right the ‘disservice’ done to Tuilagi

Leicester Tigers Will Spencer handed four-week ban for red card against Wasps

19 September 2018 0 comments

Spencer was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Tommy Taylor

Penalty count killed us – Lam

16 September 2018 2 comments

BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam was annoyed at the way in which his side imploded in the second half. He said: “The biggest issue […]

Gustard blasts lethargic first half

16 September 2018 2 comments

TODD Blackadder hailed his new juggernaut out wide, Joe Cokanasiga, after his try-double. “Joe was sensational today, not just his finishing but his workrate, he […]

Hooker Tolofua wanted by Clermont

16 September 2018 1 comment

SARACENS look set to lose French hooker Christopher Tolofua when his contract runs out at the end of the season. Blindside understands that Tolofua is […]

French are sniffing for Armand

16 September 2018 0 comments

EXETER CHIEFS flanker Don Armand is attracting the interest of French teams with his Sandy Park contract up at the end of the season. It […]

Marx can make mark in Europe

16 September 2018 1 comment

Convert: Marx SPRINGBOK hooker Malcolm Marx might be under contract to the South African Union until 2020 but his CV is already doing the rounds. […]

Vito looking to cross the Channel from La Rochelle

16 September 2018 0 comments

Eyeing Premiership: Victor Vito FORMER All Black Victor Vito is looking at his options in the Premiership next season with his contract with La Rochelle […]

Warriors face loss of big three star men

16 September 2018 0 comments

Move? Ben Te’o WORCESTER Warriors are facing losing three of their best players who are all out of contracts at the end of the season. […]

Deano hails effort of his 13-man Falcons

16 September 2018 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD DEAN Richards feels his side took a big step to climbing up the Premiership table after ‘refusing to be bullied’ at Sixways. […]

Solomons: We could have 12 points now

16 September 2018 2 comments

ALAN Solomons was left frustrated by his Warriors lack of killer instinct after seeing another game slip away. But the Worcester boss refused to blame […]

Sensational Slade keeps Chiefs on maximum momentum

16 September 2018 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR CLOSE-UP JACK NOWELL Exeter wing U DENNY SOLOMONA Sale wing Nowell, Eddie Jones’ preferred England choice, made a highenergy first appearance of […]

Diamond: We can still make top six

16 September 2018 2 comments

BETTER but not good enough! That was the honest verdict from Sales Sharks boss Steve Diamond who said: “Our performance was better than the last […]

Self-assured Searle ready for Ford test

16 September 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY UNSUNG Wasps duo Billy Searle and Joe Atkinson aim to buck conventional wisdom by proving academy routes are not always best when […]

Guy’s primed for ‘war’ against his old mates

16 September 2018 0 comments

New Tiger: Guy Thompson LEICESTER TIGERS back rower Guy Thompson is braced for a huge battle on his first return to Wasps as a visiting […]

Craig’s right, lose control and you don’t get it back

16 September 2018 0 comments

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Non-starter: American Football is not a role model for the English Premiership PICTURE: Getty Images Isn’t […]

Peter Pan Strettle hooks in the Saints

16 September 2018 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Prolific: Alex Lewington dives over for the first of his two tries PICTURES: Getty Images THESE sides met four times last campaign […]

Saints will try to unleash Taqele

16 September 2018 1 comment

NORTHAMPTON boss Chris Boyd said that he hoped to utilise huge Australian wing Taqele Naiyaravoro –who marked his Franklin’s Gardens debut by bowling over Bill […]

Bristol concede five in second half shake-up

16 September 2018 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING GLOUCESTER stayed unbeaten but they remain the most infuriating of sides by being incapable of producing a consistent performance over the whole […]