I AM chairman of Eccleshall RUFC, a small community rugby club in Staffordshire. I have tried to highlight to the powers that be that they, […]

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email:[email protected] TRP December 3 gives examples of clubs whose ambitions […]

I HAVE to disagree with Nick Cain’s view on rolling subtitutes, as the practice has been used successfully in the grassroots game for a number […]

THE outcome to last week ‘s amazing match against Australia shows Jeff Probyn was wrong to suggest Eddie Jones ‘bottled it ‘ by not starting […]

WE all know by now that referees have been given permission to change laws in the rugby handbook. It is now obviously legal for a […]

WARREN Gatland can protest his innocence but not even the most rabid Welsh supporter I know thinks Gatland and Wales played fair last weekend. Wales […]

I WOULD like to agree with Tom Rodwell ‘s letter last week. I was also at the Richmond v Doncaster match on November 10 and […]

LAST Friday it was my pleasure to be at Richmond against Doncaster in the Championship. It was a close victory for the home team, and […]

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] IT MUST be because of contractual obligations, but […]

I WOULD like to congratulate Nick Cain for his excellent article on the Dylan Hartley captain saga, never have truer words been said. I do […]

I READPeter Jackson’s piece ‘How do refs miss so much’ on Oct 29 and he’s absolutely right. Surely we chould go the Rugby League way […]

NICK Cain made a compelling case for South Africa hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup (“World Cup vote would save Boks from disaster,” November 5). […]

AS an ‘old school’ believer in the need to treasure the game’s ethos and values, I was saddened at the failure of the RFU to […]

IF there is indeed a “injury crisis” at the higher levels of the game then please don’t ask the “managers of the game” to provide […]

ACROSS 1. Tonga-born 2016 Bath No.8 of Melbourne Rebels and Japan (4) 3. Ireland 1999 World Cup scrum-half – a leading Leinster points scorer (6) […]

THE selection of two fly-halves at 10 and 12 for the 2017 Lions was not a fresh idea. The 1971 Lions used this combination in […]

ONE thing you can be sure of on any Premiership weekend is that a player (sometimes several) will leave the field for a Head Injury […]

I’M not questioning Eddie Jones’ ability to motivate a team and produce results, but I must say I’m disappointed with some of his selctions for […]

WITH both Gloucester and Worcester seeking investment to secure their futures, who in their right mind would put money in any Premiership rugby club ? […]

By JON NEWCOMBE HARLEQUINS’ pocketrocket Charlie Walker is enjoying cutting opponents down to size as he enjoys a fine start to the Premiership season. With […]

THERFU’s proposal to condense the Six Nations Championship into a sixweek schedule from 2020 has been rejected by the other five Unions. The RFU motion […]

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] LAST Saturday, the third weekend of a brand […]

I FOUND last weekend one of the saddest days for professional rugby in many years. It was sad to see the PRO14 forced to go […]

REGARDING Wayne Barnes’ comment last week: “Most of the Premiership clubs are now hooking and everyone in the England set-up is doing so, so everything […]

AS an Exeter Chiefs supporter I suggest new Gloucester head coach Johan Ackerman keeps his trap shut about refereeing and realises that these things have […]

REGARDING the front page story of Newcastle allegedly failing to pay the full amount to Ospreys for Josh Matavesi, I’m surprised Falcons agreed such a […]

I WAS infuriated by Peter Jackson’s article regarding Welsh ticket prices. Since I retired from playing rugby I started to attend internationals but this will […]

JEFF Probyn wrote last week about money to help smaller clubs pay for things such as 3G pitches. I want to make sure that smaller […]