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Bath down London Wasps to reach Amlin Cup final

27 April 2014 1 comment

Bath will take on Northampton in the Amlin Challenge Cup final after beating London Wasps 24-18 at Adams Park today. Rob Webber scored two second-half […]

WIN a signed Lions jersey

26 April 2014 0 comments

Win your chance to meet some of your Lions heroes as they prepare for their epic summer cycle ride across the UK & Ireland The […]

England U20s name squad for Junior World Cup

25 April 2014 0 comments

England U20s have named their squad to head to New Zealand for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in Auckland. Coaches Nick Walshe and Ian […]

Heineken Cup semi-finals preview

25 April 2014 1 comment

Saracens v Clermont Saracens have named an entire new team to take on Clermont at Twickenham tomorrow. The Premiership have made 15 changes from the […]

Greene King IPA Championship round 23 teams

25 April 2014 1 comment

Bedford v Jersey Bedford: James Pritchard; Pat Tapley, Brendan Burke, Michael Le Bourgeois, Ollie Dodge; Jake Sharp, Harry Peck; Darren Fearn, Charlie Clare, Phil Boulton; […]

Premiership Player of the Year shortlist

25 April 2014 0 comments

Premiership Rugby today confirmed the shortlist for Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season. Leading the list is Worcester full-back Chris Pennell who has been […]

Amlin Cup semi-finals preview

24 April 2014 1 comment

London Wasps v Bath London Wasps have made only one change to their team to take on Bath at Adams Park on Sunday. Jake Cooper-Woolley, […]

London Wasps sign Ruaridh Jackson

23 April 2014 0 comments

London Wasps have signed Scotland international fly-half Ruaridh Jackson from Glasgow Warriors. The 26-year-old Jackson, who has 23 caps to his name, becomes the fifth […]

Tom Biggs signs for Worcester

22 April 2014 1 comment

As revealed in The Rugby Paper weeks ago, Bath winger Tom Biggs has signed for Worcester Warriors. Neil Fissler revealed on March 30 that the winger’s […]

Sam Warburton left out in the cold by regions

21 April 2014 2 comments

Sam Warburton has no regional team to play for next season after the Welsh regions reaffirmed their stand against central contracts. The Lions captain signed […]

Wins for Saracens and Northampton

20 April 2014 2 comments

Northampton are a step closer to a home semi-final following their 36-21 bonus-point win over London Irish at Franklin’s Gardens today. With Leicester losing at […]

England U18s win third consecutive FIRA crown

20 April 2014 0 comments

England U18s have won their third consecutive FIRA/AER European Championship beating Ireland 30-14 in Wronki, Poland. Two tries from Taylor Prell and one apiece from […]

Sky Sports steal Top14 rights from BT Sports

18 April 2014 1 comment

Sky Sports have signed a broadcasting deal to show the French Top14 for the next five years. The French league is currently shown on BT […]

Aviva Premiership round 20 teams

18 April 2014 0 comments

Bath v Worcester Bath: Nick Abendanon; Anthony Watson, Matt Banahan, Kyle Eastmond, Horacio Agulla; George Ford, Micky Young; Nathan Catt, Rob Webber, David Wilson; Stuart Hooper […]

Greene King IPA Championship round 22 teams

18 April 2014 0 comments

Bristol v London Welsh (preview) Bristol: Jack Wallace; George Watkins, Jack Tovey, Ben Mosses, Andy Short; Nicky Robinson, Luke Baldwin; James Hall, Rhys Lawrence, Gaston […]

RaboDirect Pro12 round 20 teams

18 April 2014 0 comments

Cardiff Blues v Scarlets Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Alex Cuthbert, Cory Allen, Dafydd Hewitt, Chris Czekaj; Gareth Davies, Lewis Jones; Gethin Jenkins (Capt.), Matthew Rees, Taufa’ao […]

EXCLUSIVE video from Waisele Serevi

17 April 2014 0 comments

In this EXCLUSIVE teaser to next week’s CNN Rugby Sevens Worldwide, Waisele Serevi remembers his best Hong Kong Sevens memories. The full show will be released […]

Harlequins v Leicester preview

17 April 2014 0 comments

Harlequins have kept faith in the team that beat Stade Francais and Sale to take on Leicester tomorrow. Last week’s win against the Sharks kept […]

Bristol v London Welsh preview

17 April 2014 1 comment

Bristol have made four changes ahead of their top of the table clash with London Welsh at the Memorial Stadium tomorrow. Jack Tovey comes into […]

Season and Gloucester career over for Tavis Knoyle

16 April 2014 0 comments

Tavis Knoyle’s season is over after the Gloucester scrum-half was banned for for four weeks for punching Bath No.8 Leroy Houston. The Welshman was sent […]

Newcastle bolster front row options

16 April 2014 1 comment

American international prop Eric Fry has signed for Newcastle Falcons ahead of next season. The 26-year-old, who has spent two seasons with London Scottish, will […]

Mike Brown wins Gatorade Game Changer award

16 April 2014 0 comments

Harlequins and England full-back Mike Brown has added another award to his growing list of recent achievements winning the Gatorade Game Changer Award for March following […]

Harry Mallinder strikes to send England U18s to European final

15 April 2014 0 comments

A late Harry Mallinder penalty put England U18s into their fourth successive European Championship final as they beat Wales 11-9 in Pobiedziska, Poland today. Prop […]

Unfair, cry clubs over huge loss at Sarries

15 April 2014 2 comments

Questions have been raised over the state of financial fair play in the Aviva Premiership after huge losses were reported by Saracens and Bath. Premiership […]

Tavis Knoyle and Sila Puafisi facing RFU hearing tomorrow

15 April 2014 0 comments

Gloucester duo Tavis Knoyle and Sila Puafisi will appear before a RFU Disciplinary Panel in London tomorrow following Saturday’s Premiership match against Bath. Following a […]

Competition: Northampton v London Irish tickets

14 April 2014 0 comments

The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Official Breakdown and Recovery Supplier to Premiership Rugby, Green Flag, to offer fans the chance to win four […]

Schoolboy threw bottle at West Country derby

14 April 2014 0 comments

Gloucester confirmed a bottle was thrown at referee Tim Wigglesworth and his assistants on Saturday after an ill-tempered West Country derby against Bath at Kingsholm. […]

George Chuter retires from rugby

14 April 2014 1 comment

Leicester Tigers hooker George Chuter has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The first man to make 250 appearances in Premiership Rugby […]

Saracens beat Northampton to stay top

14 April 2014 0 comments

Saracens remained at the top of the table after disposing of Northampton 28-24 at Allianz Park. Sarries are now ten points clear of the Saints […]

Sale to play home games on Saturdays

11 April 2014 0 comments

Sale Sharks have confirmed that they will play their home games next season at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday afternoons at 2pm. Co-Owner Brian […]

Premiership, Pro12, Championship teams

11 April 2014 1 comment

After a thrilling weekend of European rugby, everyone’s attention returns to the domestic leagues and a thrilling finish is on the cards. There are only […]

England anthem singer to run (and sing) at the London marathon

11 April 2014 37 comments

England rugby‘s official anthem singer Laura Wright, one of the UK’s leading classical artists, will be running the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon to raise […]

The new face of European Rugby

11 April 2014 0 comments

After months of negotiations, the future of European rugby has finally been sorted with all the European stakeholders agreeing the new format of the European […]

Rugby Regional Wales statement on European Rugby

11 April 2014 1 comment

On behalf of the four Welsh Regions, the Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Newport Gwent Dragons, Regional Rugby Wales (RRW) has issued the following statement […]

Aviva Premiership round 19 teams

10 April 2014 2 comments

Gloucester v Bath Gloucester: Martyn Thomas; Charlie Sharples, Henry Trinder, Mike Tindall, Jonny May; Billy Twelvetrees (Capt.), Jimmy Cowan; Nick Wood, Dan George, Shaun Knight; Elliott […]

Greene King IPA Championship round 21 teams

10 April 2014 0 comments

Cornish Pirates v Rotherham Titans Cornish Pirates: Kieran Goss; Max Bodilly, Tom Riley, Junior Fatialofa, Craig Holland; Kieran Hallett, Tom Kessell; Shane Cahill, Tom Channon, […]

ERC Statement on European Rugby

10 April 2014 0 comments

As European rugby‘s stakeholders today (Thursday, 10 April) confirm an agreement for a new phase in the development of the European club rugby tournaments, ERC […]

RFU statement on European Rugby

10 April 2014 0 comments

RFU Chairman Bill Beaumont CBE said: “The benefits will be seen far and wide, from the clubs to the supporters, sponsors and everyone who has […]

Premiership statement on European Rugby

10 April 2014 0 comments

Premiership Rugby today commented on the confirmation by all parties that an exciting new set of European club competitions will start next season under the […]

European Rugby Broadcast Statement

10 April 2014 0 comments

BT and Sky have reached an agreement in principle concerning arrangements for the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup competitions, both […]

Mallinder to captain England U18s against Portugal

10 April 2014 0 comments

England U18s have named their side to take on Portugal tomorrow as they kick off their defence of the European Championship in Poland. Northampton centre […]

RaboDirect Pro12 round 19 teams

10 April 2014 1 comment

Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues Edinburgh: Jack Cuthbert; Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Matt Scott, Andries Strauss, Tom Brown; Harry Leonard, Grayson Hart; Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford, Willem Nel; […]

Exeter sign Mitch Lees from London Welsh

10 April 2014 0 comments

London Welsh forward Mitch Lees will be joining Exeter Chiefs next season after signing a two-year deal with the Devon club. The 25-year-old Australian, who […]

New Bath deal for Gavin Henson

10 April 2014 2 comments

Bath announced that Gavin Henson has signed a one year extension to his contract. The 32-year-old, who was named man of the match on Sunday […]

Jared Payne banned for two weeks

9 April 2014 1 comment

Jared Payne has been suspended for two weeks following his red card against Saracens in the Heineken Cup quart-finals on Saturday. The Ulster full-back was […]

Danny Cipriani voted Premiership player of the month

9 April 2014 0 comments

Danny Cipriani has been voted the March Premiership player of the month following his recent form with the Sale Sharks. The fly-half, who is trying […]

Peter O’Mahony to have shoulder surgery

9 April 2014 0 comments

Munster Heineken Cup hopes have been dealt a big blow with the news that captain Peter O’Mahony is to undergo reconstructive shoulder surgery today and […]

Geoff Parling set for Leicester return

9 April 2014 0 comments

Geoff Parling could be in line for his first game in four months on Saturday against London Wasps after recovering from shoulder surgery. The Leicester […]

Newcastle sign Worcester back row Semesi Taulava

9 April 2014 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons have landed Semesi Taulava from Worcester Warriors on a two-year deal. The 31-year-old is the second new signing to be announced in the […]

Jared Payne red card hearing

8 April 2014 0 comments

Jared Payne will appear in front of a disciplinary committee tomorrow over the red card he received during the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Saracens on […]

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