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Probyn column: Do late developers stand a chance of England selection?

13 June 2019 0 comments

As we start what will be a short summer break for those players who hope to play a part in the Eddie Jones’ World Cup […]

Q&A: Todd Blackadder goes on the record about his time at Bath

12 June 2019 0 comments

Todd Blackadder on his time at Bath, Stuart Hooper, the relentless of the Premiership fixture list, and the salary cap

Ronan O’Gara to leave Crusaders for move closer to home

12 June 2019 0 comments

O’Gara said in May that he is always in contact with Munster amid ‘two or three other options’

Warren Gatland confirmed as Lions coach for 2021 tour

12 June 2019 0 comments

Tour to South Africa will be the Kiwi’s third as head coach

Jackson column: Callum Sheedy must pledge allegiance to one flag

6 June 2019 0 comments

England? Wales? Ireland? The Bristol Bears fly-half faces a predicament few others can claim

Guscott column: The culture which keeps Saracens and Exeter streets ahead of the rest

5 June 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott on Mark McCall and Rob Baxter and how the chasing pack are faring

TRP Awards 2019: James Haskell – Special Achievement

5 June 2019 0 comments

England, Wasps and Northampton Saints flanker James Haskell was honoured at the inaugural The Rugby Paper Awards

Saracens star Will Skelton declines Wallabies World Cup call

4 June 2019 0 comments

The Melbourne Rebels had shown interest in Skelton, writes Neil Fissler

Young Gun: Sale Sharks lock Rouban Birch

1 June 2019 0 comments

An up-and-comer at Carrington eager to learn from incoming Springbok star Lood de Jager

No Saracens and no Exeter, how the best Premiership XV would shape up

1 June 2019 0 comments

TRP picks a Best of the Rest on Premiership final day

Jackson column: Sale’s workhorse Sam James is as durable as Red Rum

31 May 2019 0 comments

Never out of the Sale Sharks team this season

Guscott column: Sorry George Ford, the thought of Cipriani coming off the bench is too good to go to waste

30 May 2019 0 comments

Take three fly-halves if you must, but reality is England can only take two

Ealing Trailfinders back Premiership-Championship play-off plan on one condition

30 May 2019 0 comments

Ealing Trailfinders owner Mike Gooley wants more reward for the likes of Jersey and Cornish Pirates for developing top tier players

Probyn column: Strong words from Dean Ryan on RFU

30 May 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn examines Dean Ryan’s comments made on the RFU’s pathway structure and Eddie Jones

Blindside: The rugby transfer column

24 May 2019 0 comments

News concerning Wasps and Sale Sharks, Newcastle Falcons, Harlequins, and Pat Lam not being finished with adding to his pack

Williams column: Taskmaster Dean Ryan won’t let the Dragons rot

24 May 2019 0 comments

Ryan’s appointment shows the Dragons board means business, says Shane Williams

I’m looking to play at 13 for Saracens, says Elliot Daly

23 May 2019 0 comments

The versatile Wasps back on where he sees himself playing in Mark McCall’s plans

TRP’s National Two North Dream Team 2018-19

23 May 2019 0 comments

Tynedale, Sheffield Tigers, Preston Grasshoppers all represented, along with champions Hull Ionians

Guscott column: Bath and Leicester backs are being sold short by the packs

23 May 2019 0 comments

Neal Hatley has a big job on his hands upon his return to Bath, says Jeremy Guscott

Dream Team: Worcester Warriors and former Ulster hooker Niall Annett

22 May 2019 0 comments

The forward picks a XV of the best he has faced and played with

Youngs Guns: London Irish back row Izaiha Moore-Aiono

22 May 2019 0 comments

After London Irish splurged the cash on big-name players, we met one of their academy prospects

Pat Lam rewarded with mega contract at Bristol Bears

22 May 2019 0 comments

Staying put at Ashton Gate to the next World Cup

Revered flanker George Smith announces retirement

21 May 2019 0 comments

Evergreen back row calls it a day with 111 Australia caps to his name

Williams column: British & Irish Lions call will prove Gatland as one of the best

18 May 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams says there’s no better man for the job of leading the Lions to South Africa in 2021

TRP’s National One Dream Team 2018-19

17 May 2019 0 comments

The Rugby Paper picks its XV of top performers in one of English rugby’s most competition leagues

Israel Folau £2.15m contract with Australia terminated after panel backs union’s decision

17 May 2019 0 comments

Wallabies superstar won’t be heading to the World Cup, but has 72 hours to lodge appeal and continue legal battle

Jackson column: Champions Cup hasn’t spread rugby beyond Six Nations unions

16 May 2019 0 comments

Bilbao stands alone as the only time the European Cup finals have been spread further than London, Paris, Newcastle or Marseille, writes Peter Jackson

Dream Team: Northampton Saints and England centre Luther Burrell

16 May 2019 0 comments

Northampton Saints centre Luther Burrell will bring to a close a 13-year love affair with rugby union to switch codes and join the Warrington Wolves […]

Pat Lam opens the door for Genge to return home

16 May 2019 0 comments

Pat Lam would like to have Ellis Genge return to the Bristol Bears, three years after the forward left his hometown club. Lam said: “There […]

Wallabies name Christian Lealiifano in training squad ahead of World Cup two years after cancer remission

16 May 2019 0 comments

Lealiifano’s renewed hope of making the Wallabies squad heading to Japan

Guscott column: Tom Curry or Sam Underhill? Who should start at 7 for England

16 May 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott envisages a great rivalry forming between the two flankers who are the solution to England’s run of using 6-and-a-halves

Cain column: Galacticos at London Irish need a general like Jonny

15 May 2019 0 comments

Nick Cain questions whether Paddy Jackson will be able to unify an Exiles dressing room packed with southern hemisphere stars

Dave Ellis turns Kenilworth RFC into triple kings at HQ

15 May 2019 0 comments

Ellis hopes to continue coaching next season at Kenilworth after clinching historic treble at Twickenham

TRP’s Championship Dream Team XV 2018-19

11 May 2019 0 comments

Jon Newcombe has canvassed opinion from the second tier to select a dream XV

Guscott column: Owen Farrell and Jonny Sexton tactical battle will be box office

10 May 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott examines the battle of the 10s ahead of the Champions Cup final

New Tottenham Hotspur stadium to host 2021 European rugby finals

10 May 2019 0 comments

A stadium with a capacity of 62,062

Cain column: Yet again the RFU let Shaun Edwards slip through the net

9 May 2019 0 comments

What options do the RFU have available to them if they move on from Eddie Jones after the World Cup?

Fraser Balmain: From benchwarmer at Welford Road to Kingsholm titan

8 May 2019 0 comments

The former Leicester prop is thriving after stepping out of Dan Cole’s shadow at Welford Road to join the Cherry and Whites

Jackson column: Shaun Edwards will always be one of Wales’ own

8 May 2019 0 comments

A strange timeline of events and the outcome of Wales’ World Cup won’t impact regard for Edwards

Guscott column: Danny Cipriani can rain on Saracens dream of a double

3 May 2019 0 comments

Saracens are on course to compete for a Premiership and Champions Cup double – but the Gloucester fly-half can spoil that

Dream Team: Cornish Pirates, ex-Sandbach and Leeds Beckett fly-half Will Cargill

3 May 2019 0 comments

The Pirates goal-kicker picks the best XV based on who he has played with and against

Probyn column: The Premiership has a long way to go to return the sort of profit CVC desires

3 May 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn addresses the gulf that will form between grassroots rugby and the top level with the CVC’s influence on the PGB

The Rugby Paper Awards 2019: The Championship and National League stars shooting for silverware

2 May 2019 0 comments

We’re looking at some of the front-runners for the Championship and National Leagues’ Players of the Year to honour in our inaugural Rugby Paper Awards. […]

Cain column: Get Anthony Watson in the England no.15 shirt

1 May 2019 0 comments

How would the return of the Bath full-back figure in England’s 31-man World Cup squad?

The best betting offers for rugby punters

1 May 2019 0 comments

What’s best, Rugby Union or Rugby League? It’s an argument that will keep diehard followers of either sport up all night and it’s a debate […]

Wallabies prop brings the hammer down on Rugby Australia for their treatment of Israel Folau

1 May 2019 0 comments

Has the Wallabies Rookie of the Year award winner just jeopardised his Rugby World Cup?

The Rugby Paper Awards 2019: Which youngster deserves recognition?

30 April 2019 0 comments

We’re looking for your Young Player of the Year to honour in our inaugural Rugby Paper Awards. Youth has had a wonderful season in rugby. […]

What next for Shaun Edwards after rejecting Wigan Warriors?

30 April 2019 0 comments

In August 2018, Shaun Edwards made a verbal commitment to returning to his former club in rugby league, Wigan Warriors, once his contract as Wales’ […]