Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

Fonotia relishing link up Crusader Mooar

■ By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA KIERON Fonotia has told his Scarlets team-mates they will feel like they are in Disneyland...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

Billingham hit skids in Kirkby downpour

■ By DAVID LAWRENCE REGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP JUST one game survived the rain and Kirkby Lonsdale ignored the wretched conditions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

O’Gara: Crusaders is a player-driven club just like Munster

Neale Harvey meets up with the Crusaders backs coach in Australia

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

Tahs win marred by SCG cow-pat

By ADAM ELLIS Aerial ace: Alex Newsome dives over to score for Waratahs PICTURE: Getty Images THE WARATAHS made the most...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

Sunwolves break their duck at last

By ADAM ELLIS Starring role: Sunwolves fly-half Hayden Parker PICTURE: Getty Images THE SUNWOLVES have rarely had a crumb of comfort...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Ronan O’Gara plotting route to senior coaching job with Crusaders… or All Blacks

'Everything is possible' says former Ireland fly-half

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

Hooper laments narrow escape

By ADAM ELLIS Narrow escape: Israel Folau scored for the Waratahs PICTURE: Getty Images WARATAHS and Australia captain Michael Hooper accused...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

Plummer blows his big chance

By LUKE JARMYN Return: Double World Cup winner Ma’a Nonu made his comeback after a three-year stint in France PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

All Black commitments may stretch Crusaders

Glenn Delaney insists Crusaders will still be the team to beat when Super Rugby returns on Friday.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

All Black commitments may stretch Crusaders

By NEALE HARVEY Champions: Crusaders celebrate their success in 2018 GLENN Delaney insists Crusaders will still be the team to beat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 6 years ago

DREAMTEAM

TONY FENNER, COVENTRY AND FORMER AUCKLAND, OTAGO, EASTERN PROVINCE, EDINBURGH AND BEDFORD UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Currie Cup winner Nick Easter to join Sharks for Super Rugby

Nick Easter has found his calling in South Africa

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Quade Cooper gets Queensland Reds exit after icy relationship with Brad Thorn

Quade Cooper has spoken out against his treatment at the Queensland Reds after sealing a move to the Melbourne Rebels for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Rugby players lift up car to rescue drunk teammate who had been run over

The prop had taken a lie down in the street before the incident on Sunday

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Ma’a Nonu to re-join Blues after leaving Toulon

A third stint with New Zealand's underachieving Super Rugby outfit

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Easter: I learned more in adversity with Quins than if we were on hot form

Nick Easter speaks to Neale Harvey about leaving the Stoop and how he got the job in Durban with the Sharks

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Ace Mo’unga has frustrated Lions chasing his shadow

By NICK CAIN On their way: David Havili dives over to score Crusaders’ second try PICTURES: Getty Images Show time: Crusaders...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Boyd sure his ‘Canes can go up a level in last four

By JOHN DANIELS Energised: Brad Shields Hurricanes… 32 Chiefs … 31 THE Hurricanes became the first team to qualify for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Sharks torn to shreds by classy Crusaders

By GEORGE LAWRENCE Composed: Sam Whitelock Crusaders … 40 Sharks … 10 DEFENDING champions Canterbury Crusaders demolished the Shark in Christchurch....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Ace Foley spearheads Waratahs fightback

By SAM JACKSON Waratahs … 30pts Highlanders… 23pts BERNARD Foley scored a Super Rugby personal best 25-point haul to help Waratahs...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Jantjies shows his class to kill off Jaguares

By MARK WILSON Lions … 40 Jaguares … 23 FLY-HALF Elton Jantjies produced his best performance of the season to lead...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Crusaders guarantee home run to the final

■ By SAM JACKSON THE CRUSADERS cemented top spot in the table with a big win over the Highlanders to celebrate...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Samurai win final two legs to secure series title

NEWS EXTRA SAMURAI Rugby retained their title in the Super Sevens Series at Ealing Trailfinders last weekend. Samurai and the British...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Blues bring in Thornton

RORY Thornton has joined Cardiff Blues on a yearlong loan deal. The 23-year old Ospreys lock is the third addition to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

It’s no home comfort yet for Umaga’s woeful Blues

By ADAM ELLIS Bad day at the office: Jerome Kaino of the Blues PICTURE: Getty Images MELBOURNE Rebels heaped more woes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Barbarians put the brakes on a few England careers

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Poor preparation: England were humbled by the Barbarians last weekend PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Underdogs Castres have their day again

TOP 14 FINAL Montpellier 13 Castres 29 DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The Castres flags waved wherever you looked and those who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Hurricanes outmuscled by clinical Crusaders

By JAKE JONES In the clear: Heiden Bedwell-Curtis scores for Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders took a major step towards...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Lancashire clubs highlight need for level playing field

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Ambitious: Ealing Trailfinders are pushing hard for the Premiership I was not...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Lion Williams passes on

FORMER Wales and British & Irish Lions player Gareth Williams has died aged 63 after a battle with a rare nervous...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Falcons double gong

NEWCASTLE director of rugby Dean Richards and winger Vereniki Goneva have been named Premiership Rugby’s top coach and player for 2018....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Durham City in mourning

TWO amateur rugby players for Durham City have died after being admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties after a night out...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Summer off could spell the end for new Saint Haskell

JEFF PROBYN Hanging by a thread: James Haskell’s England career could be over PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW VIEW OF...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Ashton loses his golden touch at wrong time

DAVID BARNES Dismay: Chris Ashton missed two chances to score, costing Toulon defeat PICTURE: Getty Images FRENCH COLUMN The sureness of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

‘Tahs finally end the Kiwi winning run over Aussies

By JAKE JONES Try time: Israel Folau scores for the Waratahs THE Waratahs ended Australia’s unwanted record of 40 games without...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Stunning comeback puts Crusaders top

By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Surprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops

JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Lions feel the bite as Hurricanes’ predator extends purple patch

■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Dangerman: Ben Lam scores for Huricanes PICTURE: Getty Images BEN Lam scored a hattrick as Hurricanes beat Lions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Jubilant Jaguares stun Blues in Auckland

By SAM JACKSON Close to tears: Nicolas Sanchez and Javier Ortega Desio celebrate the Jaguares’ victory over the Blues PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Fixtures

Week beginning Sunday, April 29, 2018 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Pinnacle: Charles Piutau...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Sharks grab SA bragging rights with Du Toit’s try

By SAMUEL JACKSON Breaking through: Sharks’ prop Thomas du Toit PICTURE: Getty Images BURLY prop Thomas du Toit crashed over for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Read out of NZ Tests with France

NEWS EXTRA STEVE HANSEN has been dealt a major blow ahead of the All Blacks series against France by being told...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Erasmus brings in de Bruin for June campaign

NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON LIONS head coach Swys de Bruin will join the Springbok coaching staff on a consultancy basis...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Jaguares bare teeth to shock the Rebels

By SAM JACKSON Masterclass: Beauden Barrett starred for Hurricanes PICTURE: Getty Images THREE second-half tries inspired the Jaguares to a comefrom-...

By The Rugby Paper Team