PAUL REES charts the remarkable transformation that made Quins champions The Premiership season finished as it had started more than seven months before with Harlequins […]

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THREE generations of the same family made history […]

LEE JARVIS, THE FORMER WALES, CARDIFF, PONTYPRIDD, NEATH, DRAGONS & CORNISH PIRATES FLY -HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. […]

By ADAM ELLIS Ireland …………..15pts Tries: Soroka 58, De Buitlear 74 Conversions: Doak 59 Penalties: Doak 43 England …………24pts Tries: Brantingham 16, Richards 45, 54; […]

Scotland …………3 Italy………………43 ITALY stunned Scotland with a six-try demolition job at Cardiff Arms Park to keep Sean Lineen’s team winless. Scotland’s poor Six Nations […]

By SAM JACKSON France …………..36pts Tries: Haddad 3, Tchaptchet 16, 36, Reybier 30, Debaes 55 Conversions: Le Garrec 4, 31, 37, 56 Wales …………….19pts Penalties: […]

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ENTIRE books have been written about William Webb Ellis and the origins of Rugby, as […]

RONNIE Poulton-Palmer might have attracted the attention of Adrian Stoop at an early stage but the Quins captain wasn’t the only scout to spot his […]

CAN someone tell me how Manu Tuallagi got only ten minutes in the bin and no post match citing for poleaxing Richard Capstick with a […]

QUESTION: When is a forward pass not a forward pass? Answer: Almost never, it seems. How many times this season have we seen forward passes […]

I AM sorry that Jeff Probyn did not enjoy the recent London Irish v Wasps encounter; he was probably the only person in the crowd […]

DO WE keep grassroots principles of promoting the game for all, at all levels – therein supporting ambitious clubs to succeed – or support and […]

SAM OLVER, THE DONCASTER AND FORMER ENGLAND U20, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND MOSELEY FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Robin […]

By BEN JAYCOCK TRANS-TASMAN FINAL  Blues …………….23 Highlanders ….15 THE BLUES’ 18-year wait for a Super Rugby triumph is over after victory in the all-New […]

By STEFFAN THOMAS Scotland ….7pts Tries: Gourlay 21  Conversions: Scott 22 Ireland ….38pts Tries: Soroka 4, Penalty 36, Illo 42, Kendellen 56, S Jennings 62, […]

FRANCE ENGLAND’S opening round opponents have retained 2019 World U20 Championship winners Matthias Haddad and Paul Mallez as Les Bleuets bid to win a first […]

IRELAND COACH Richie Murphy has only six players from last year’s squad that helped put Ireland U20 in pole position until the tournament was cancelled, […]

SCOTLAND SEAN Lineen is confident his novice lock pairing of Alex Samuel and Max Williamson will get the job done for Scotland. Glasgow’s 6ft 9in […]

ITALY ITALY have named a 32- man squad ahead of their opening round match against tournament hosts Wales. Alessandro Garbisi, the younger brother of Italy […]

Pressure: Jamie George SARACENS hooker Jamie George says the play-off final could prove to be one of the most important matches in his career. Saracens […]

THE big issue in English rugby in the immediate future will be the RFU Council meeting to sanction, or not to sanction, Premiership ring fencing. […]

Concern: Francis Baron FAIR play to Francis Baron for speaking out against the proposed ringfencing for the Premiership in Nick Cain’s cover story in the […]

I MUST disagree with Sir Francis Baron’s comments about promotion/ relegation in the Premiership. The list of clubs in the league for the last 18 […]

Joy: Rachel Burford, captain of Harlequins, lifts the Allianz Premier 15’s trophy PICTURE: Getty Images APART from an extremely intense and thoroughly enjoyable experience what […]