COLIN Boag is right to flag up the potentially massive loophole in the new Premiership salary cap rules represented by provisions for marquee player exemptions. […]

TODAY’S England v France final is only viewable live on Amazon Prime. At a time when fans are unable to go to Twickenham, or a […]

IN Colin Boag’s column on November 29 he refers to Welsh referee Nigel Owens’ achievement of reaching the remarkable milestone of officiating in his 100th […]

I READ in last week’s TRP that there are 44 south African players now playing in the Premiership. Sale have around ten alone and have […]

■By STEFFAN THOMAS IOAN Lloyd was starstruck during his first few weeks in Wales camp but says working with Leigh Halfpenny and Liam Williams has […]

Highlight: Toby Flood scores the winning try for Newcastle against Sale PICTURE: Getty Images I SETTLED down to watch Newcastle v Sale on TV thinking […]

CALLUM Gibbins is looking forward to a new chapter of his career as he prepares to move to Major League Rugby in America with Old […]

READING Brendan Gallagher’s moving tribute to Ray Prosser reminded me of a story I once heard about an incident on the 1959 Lions tour to […]

DEAN Ryan admits Dragons must be “careful” with their planning and player welfare over the Christmas period. A string of positive Covid-19 tests forced the […]

By JAMES HARRINGTON France ………………….36pts  Tries: Danty 35, Villiere 55, Serin 61, Thomas 63, Macalou 80  Conversions: Jalibert 36, 56, 62, 80  Penalties: Jalibert 3 […]

By DECLAN ROONEY PREVIEW… Ireland v Georgia Today. Kick-off 2pm, Aviva Stadium ROB Kearney’s retirement from Test rugby robbed Ireland of a full-back with 98 […]

GEORGIA have lost each of their previous four meetings with Ireland and are yet to score a point in the Autumn Nations Cup. But captain […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IT seems that one of the requirements to be a top level coach is also to be a fully-fledged […]

THE volume has been turned up on World Rugby to allow socalled ‘capture’ players to have dual international eligibility, with James Haskell the most recent proponent. […]

THEY say it every year, but this could be the most thrilling Premiership season yet! Exeter will still take some catching at the top but […]

IN response to Mr Tony Dunkerley’s letter in last Sunday’s paper that England have become boring and staid. This is precisely the reason my late […]

I MAY be a little biased here, as a Tiger through and through, but to me the referee and the TMO in last week’s Leicester […]

SO Colin Boag thinks rugby has improved since the days of Willie John McBride and that’s up to professionalism. Let’s have a look. Before professionalism […]

WALES have produced oustanding centres since the 1970s that would have been the envy of all the other Home Nations. Jonathan Davies is still the […]

■ By SAM JACKSON Argentina ………………0pts New Zealand……..38pts Tries: Coles 12, Savea 52, Jordan 68, 70, Tuipulotu 80 Conversions: Mo’unga 13, 53, 69, 72, 80 […]

By NICK CAIN @therugbypaper Wales……………………13pts  Tries: Williams 10  Conversions: Halfpenny 11  Penalties: Biggar 55, 58 England………………..24pts Tries: Slade 14, M Vunipola 50  Conversions: Farrell 51  […]

@therugbypaper SHANE WALES AND LIONS WILLIAMS  LEGEND That was the strangest Wales and England game I can remember for a long time. For the first […]

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Rare run: Josh Adams needs more ball  Eddie Jones was telling us last week that England were not really practicing attacking at present… […]

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By BRYN PALMER SCOTLAND No.8 Matt Fagerson intends to follow the example of brother Zander and nail down a starting spot ahead of next year’s […]

THE government finds £135m for rugby and guess who’s at the bottom of the pile –Mr Sweeney’s favourites “the life blood of our sport” – […]

Qualified: Shields ENGLAND under Eddie Jones have not been slow to slap a red rose on those born some way beyond the shires. A list […]

BRENDAN Gallagher’s article about the 1938 international between England and Scotland was very interesting. Brendan writes that Scotland had just scored a try, and from […]

By JON NEWCOMBE Barrels of fun: Will Cliff, right, with Tom Holmes and Jesse Coulson, left PICTURES: John Marfleet IF Sale Sharks win the Premiership […]

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COLIN BOAG Last week saw the Premiership clubs hold their first Press conferences of the new season, and it’s always a time when everyone’s geese are swans […]

BILL SWEENEY says much of the £44m the RFU will receive from the government’s £135m survival package for Rugby Union will go to the community […]

SHANE WILLIAMS COMMENT Well it was a win and a win is what Wales will take right now. It would have been unthinkable to lose […]

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester …………….38pts Tries: Van Wyk 7, Youngs 11, Wigglesworth 23, Clare 74 Conversions: Henry 7, 23, Bonilla 74 Penalties: Henry 34, 53, […]

By NEALE HARVEY EXETER chairman Tony Rowe has revealed doublewinning supremo Rob Baxter was far from a unanimous choice as head coach following Peter Drewett’s […]

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