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England World Cup star George Kruis set to exit Saracens

8 January 2020 0 comments

A big name departure could be on the cards for Saracens and the England lock department

England try to tempt Louis Rees-Zammit away from Wales

7 January 2020 0 comments

Gloucester’s uncapped prodigy has verbally stated his intention to represent Wales – but that hasn’t stopped Jones calling about England duty

Alan Dickens names first squad as England U20 head coach

3 January 2020 0 comments

Alan Dickens has retained eight players who played for England U20s in 2019 in a 32-man squad

Obituaries: The rugby players and pioneers we lost in 2019

2 January 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher remembers those influenced the sport greatly

The most spectacular tries of the 2019 Rugby World Cup

27 December 2019 0 comments

Josh Adam – WALES v Fiji In a breakthrough year for the former Worcester Warriors wing, the highlight arguably came against Fiji and their electric […]

I can still cut it at Test level insists Bath and Wales centre Jamie Roberts

27 December 2019 0 comments

The two-time Lions tourist is eager to play a role for Bath to ease the pressure on Stuart Hooper

The Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s

27 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot – and we mean, a lot – of rugby this decade. So we asked him to pick a team of the decade

Six Nations aim to draw £750m TV mega deal as CVC near stakeholding

23 December 2019 0 comments

Could the era of free-to-air Six Nations viewing be coming to an end?

Analysis: Eddie Jones’ little helpers will need to be strong men

20 December 2019 0 comments

Nick Cain surveys the coaches who can join Eddie Jones’ coaching staff as we enter a new World Cup cycle

Greig Laidlaw follows senior Scotland figures into international retirement

19 December 2019 0 comments

The scrum-half joins John Barclay and Tommy Seymour in ending their Scotland careers

Kyle Sinckler admits he can’t remember anything from World Cup final

19 December 2019 0 comments

The England prop reveals his distress at having his World Cup final cut short

Alun Wyn Jones – BBC Sports Personality of the year?

19 December 2019 0 comments

Anybody who saw Wales‘ excellent run of form in the Rugby World Cup will recognise the fact that it was Alun Wyn Jones who was […]

Nick Phipps fears the damage Israel Folau has done to Australian rugby

18 December 2019 0 comments

London Irish and Wallabies scrum-half Phipps talks to Neale Harvey about the controversy stirred by Folau

The players will fight to keep B&I Lions tours alive roars Jack Nowell

18 December 2019 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs, England and Lions wing Nowell talks South Africa 2021 and the preserving of future tours

World Cup final frustration still eats at ex-England scrum coach Neal Hatley

12 December 2019 0 comments

Neal Hatley is trying to put the loss of the final behind him by throwing himself into the revamp of Bath

Exclusive: Fire to play for England still burns bright for Joe Launchbury

11 December 2019 0 comments

The England and Wasps lock shares his reasons for staying loyal to Dai Young

Tommy Seymour retires from international duty after 55 caps for Scotland

11 December 2019 0 comments

Seymour retires at the age of 31 and follows John Barclay in calling time on his Scotland career

Who let the ‘dawgs’ out – Mike Friday has made USA a major force

5 December 2019 0 comments

Can Mike Friday take USA Men’s Sevens one step further to their maiden World Sevens Series crown?

Eddie Jones offers a pointer to Wallabies on how to fix their failures

5 December 2019 0 comments

England head coach Eddie Jones believes Rugby Australia need to loosen up to help Dave Rennie

HSBC World Sevens Series: England begin road to Tokyo in Dubai

5 December 2019 0 comments

A look at the opening round of the Men’s World Sevens Series, which sees England seeking to banish their wait for a circuit crown

Five of the best rugby scrum-halves in history

4 December 2019 0 comments

The rugby scrum-half is perhaps the most influential and important position on the field; the link between the forwards and the backs, the scrum-half removes […]

British & Irish Lions 2021 tour of South Africa schedule release

4 December 2019 0 comments

The Lions will play the world champion Springboks at three massive stadiums in 2021

Festive fun as Pivac signs on and Gat signs off

1 December 2019 2 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Opportunist: Curwin Bosch score for the Baa Baas Expert finisher: Josh Adams goes over for Wales’ fifth try and his second PICTURES: […]

All go for Gatland as he takes the cheers

1 December 2019 1 comment

THE Principality Stadium rose to its feet to give Warren Gatland one final farewell. For once, the man who masterminded three Grand Slams and four […]

Wales finish strong after Baa-Baas hit first-half high five

1 December 2019 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Fast start: Dyddgu Hywel goes over to score the Barbarians’ second try THE Barbarians ran riot in the first half to score […]

Tipuric: It was time for some fresh ideas at Wales

29 November 2019 0 comments

The Wales flanker tells TRP he felt it was the right time for change after 12 years of success under Warren Gatland

Conor O’Shea replaces Nigel Melville in senior RFU post

29 November 2019 0 comments

The former Harlequins DoR left Italy last month after almost four years in charge of the Azzurri

Roses thorns cut Italy to ribbons

24 November 2019 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Try of the match: Abby Dow beats Sara Barattin to score in the corner PICTURE: Getty Images Double: Heather Kerr ENGLAND crushed […]

Lillicrap leads Wales to victory

24 November 2019 0 comments

Crawshays……8 Wales ……29 WALES Women eased to a five-try victory against invitational side Crawshays at Ebbw Vale. Tries from Kayleigh Powell, Paige Randall, Caitin Lewis, […]

England were too fancy says Springboks star Jean de Villiers

21 November 2019 0 comments

The former South Africa and Leicester centre believes Eddie Jones got the selection wrong for the World Cup final

No-one asked if I wanted Warren’s job, says Shaun Edwards

20 November 2019 0 comments

After accepting a new role with France, Shaun Edwards speaks to Peter Jackson about his time with Wales and what he wanted

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend considers backroom reshuffle

20 November 2019 0 comments

The Ospreys coach tempting Gregor Townsend with a post-World Cup shake-up

Dave Rennie leaves Glasgow Warriors for Wallabies

20 November 2019 0 comments

Glasgow Warriors have already found their successor, as the Wallabies pick Rennie to replace Cheika

Fiji’s new stars are on show in Twickers thrill-a-thon

17 November 2019 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Five-star: Fiji’s Temo Mayanavanua celebrates Johnny be good: Johnny Dyer of Fiji drives over for his side’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images […]

Baa-baas just the tonic for Jones

17 November 2019 1 comment

EDDIE Jones revealed he is one step closer to recovering from England’s World Cup final defeat – after a week with the Barbarians. The England […]

It was North’s finest hour – 40 years ago today

17 November 2019 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Red devils: Steve Smith kicks ahead in the 1979 win over New […]

Haden had an All Black shocker three times

17 November 2019 0 comments

IF LOSING once for New Zealand against non-Test opposition can be regarded as unfortunate and to lose twice as careless, what do we make of […]

Broughton’s mighty roll of honour

17 November 2019 3 comments

BROUGHTON Park, solid citizens of North West 1 these days, are not a big name in the modern rugby world and indeed they were never […]

Lions and Barbarians lined up for Twickenham

14 November 2019 0 comments

The Lions plan to host a match at Twickenham before they jet off to tour South Africa in 2021

Tom Curry is England’s best player, says Chris Robshaw

13 November 2019 0 comments

No major changes needed with England in the view of former captain Chris Robshaw

Lions Tour 2021 has tasty look to it says former Springbok captain John Smit

13 November 2019 0 comments

John Smith and Francois Pienaar look ahead to the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021

Scarlets hit with injury blows to Wales duo

12 November 2019 0 comments

How do injuries to Jonathan Davies and Rhys Patchell impact an already beat up Wales backline?

Ben Youngs was exposed in Japan says Kyran Bracken

12 November 2019 0 comments

Kyran Bracken believes Eddie Jones made a mistake in only taking two scrcum-halves to Japan

Hunter leads the French conquest

10 November 2019 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Immaculate: Emily Scarratt kicked ten points for England ENGLAND began their autumn internationals with their first victory on French soil for seven […]