The Rugby Paper

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Why persist with a team who clearly aren’t up to task?

26 February 2017 0 comments

THE escalating debate concerning the future of the Six Nations tournament seems to miss the most obvious solution – go back to Five Nations. Colin […]

RFU must not forget the grassroots game

26 February 2017 1 comment

AS a proud Cornishman I read with incredulity Neale Harvey’s article about the RFU’s potential “cost cutting” measures which could see the demise of the […]

English backs must pay more attention

19 February 2017 0 comments

HAVINGread many extensive Wales v England match reports, I am astonished to see no analysis of Liam Williams’ try for Wales. Watching on TV, was […]

Cain’s right, sort scrum mess or risk league-style farce

19 February 2017 0 comments

NICK Cain was 100 per cent correct in his column about raising the issue of crooked feeds in the scrum and refs turning a blind […]

Anyone else had enough of Butler?

19 February 2017 1 comment

YET another year goes by with the BBC continuing to regard biased Eddie Butler as the best commentator for the big games. His anti-English bias, […]

Weight limits would improve spectacle

12 February 2017 1 comment

IS there really such a need for these big players? How about introducing a weight limit in rugby? It might sounds crazy at first but […]

Simple tweaks can make the calendar run a lot smoother

12 February 2017 1 comment

FROM 2020, how best to accommodate the new rugby calendar for the Northern Hemisphere? To start with, have the Champions Cup quarter-finals take place in […]

There’s a reason it’s called a Test match

12 February 2017 1 comment

AS a relative newcomer to the ‘modern’ rugby football game, I would beg to differ with Colin Boag’s assertion that the step up on physicality […]

Relegation play-off? That’s protectionism

5 February 2017 0 comments

I’M a supporter of Championship rugby but not the relegation proposal, and neither are other supporters whose views I have canvassed. Last week’s Rugby Paper […]

Exiles were lured by hopes of glory

5 February 2017 2 comments

WHILE I feel a huge amount of sympathy for London Welsh players and staff, I still cannot believe that the second tier of English rugby, […]

Let the execs play five weeks in a row

5 February 2017 0 comments

I THINK we should trial the suggestion by Premiership Rugby that all Six Nations matches be condensed into five consecutive weekends. For this trial, I […]