Brendan Gallagher rates the magic moments when superb defence topped mighty attacks Unbelievable: Sam Underhilll launches himself at Scott Williams to save a certain try […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY MICHAEL LYNAGH THE FORMER AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, TREVISO AND SARACENS FLY-HALF EVERYONE needs opportunities to get on in life, whether it’s through good luck, […]

SURELY the fairest way to extrapolate results for the rest of the season is to calculate the average return each team has achieved from matches […]

SWING low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home. Swing low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home. If sung at the right […]

I UNDERSTAND why the RFU have now cancelled the rest of this season – sadly, I didn’t originally agree with the RFU’s decision to suspend […]

I’M a junior referee (L9) and while I’m moving towards my dotage still referee Seniors, Age Grade and University teams. My huge frustration is the […]

KYRAN Bracken is spot on with his views on replacing Eddie Jones. None of the English coaches seem to be interested in the job and […]

NOT so long ago Mako Vunipola was an intergral cog in England’s pack. Now, with new scrum coach Matt Proudfoot on board, he might be […]

I CANNOT believe that Sale have let their most dangerous player leave – especially to a rival Premiership club. Steve Diamond says his wing stocks […]

I READ with much interest two articles in last week’s Rugby Paper. The first was brilliantly written by your Nick Cain, who highlighted the plight […]

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] SOUTH Africa in Six Nations? Surely not. The […]

ONEmust congratulate the RFU with their latest attempt to destroy this completely under valued second level and ensure the Premiership becomes even more immune from […]

NICKCain got it right in his article on Eddie Jones. Despite the scrambled win over a poor Scottish side, England clearly have many problems. Unfortunately, […]

IN his column last week Peter Jackson stated that the Lions had broken their unwritten rule about not playing at home on just two occasions, […]

I READ with interest and certain amusement Colin Boag’s piece in last week’s Rugby Paper. In his seventh paragraph he writes: “Maybe what we also […]

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] WHEN England won the World Cup in 2003, […]

WHEN Eddie Jones began coaching England I thought that he had cured the previous malaise of poor selection, now I think we are back to […]

I READ with interest Brendan Gallagher’s article on the 1920 Five Nations Championship. The exploits of WJA Davies, Cecil Kershaw and Cyril Lowe laid the […]

REGARDING law change trials, while I understand why Colin Boag welcomes the removal of subjectivity by referees, I take issue over his support for the […]