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Mike Brown: Quins form won’t ruin my England Test dream

16 October 2013 0 comments

Mike Brown has scotched suggestions that Harlequins are in terminal decline, claiming a misfiring backline will not harm his hopes of nailing down England’s No.15 jersey.

Jeff Probyn: Lancaster must be able to pick on-form players

16 October 2013 2 comments

The first European break gives us time to look back at what has been a hectic start to the season. Five games in and the […]

Jeremy Guscott: Robshaw has credentials to captain England again

16 October 2013 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster’s comments this week about selecting the England captain, and putting off the decision to do so, are intriguing. The England head coach said: […]

Premiership TV audience rise by 90%

15 October 2013 1 comment

Aviva Premiership Rugby‘s first month on BT Sport has been hailed as “an outstanding success” with viewing figures up by 90%. In the first five […]

Heineken Cup: Round One wrap

13 October 2013 0 comments

Pool 1 Leinster started their campaign on a high beating the Ospreys 19-9 at the Liberty Stadium. Dan Biggar put the host 6-0 in front but two penalties […]

Nick Cain looks at the opening rounds of the final Heineken Cup

11 October 2013 3 comments

The 19th Heineken Cup has been billed as the last of its kind, the collector’s edition. And winning it will be a huge accolade irrespective […]

20 Questions: Mark Mapletoft – Harlequins backs coach

9 October 2013 0 comments

Pleased with your coaching career so far? Crikey, yes. I started as an academy coach at Saracens, then worked for the RFU before joining Quins […]

Jeremy Guscott: Lancaster’s dilemma is who plays 10, Farrell or Burns?

9 October 2013 2 comments

Having watched the best team in the world, New Zealand, beat the second best, South Africa, 38-27 in a humdinger of a match in Jo’burg, […]

Aviva Premiership round 5: teams

4 October 2013 0 comments

Gloucester v Exeter Gloucester: Martyn Thomas; Charlie Sharples, Mike Tindall, Billy Twelvetrees, James Simpson-Daniel; Freddie Burns, Tavis Knoyle; Yann Thomas, Darren Dawidiuk, Rupert Harden; Tom Savage […]

“Henry Trinder can bridge that Manu Tuilagi gap,” say James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies

4 October 2013 1 comment

Gloucester duo James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies are convinced Henry Trinder is the man to fill Manu Tuilagi’s massive shoes this autumn.

James O’Connor released by ARU

3 October 2013 0 comments

James O’Connor has been released from his contract with the Australian Rugby Union, it was announced today. Three weeks after being thrown out of Perth […]

Nick Cain: These weakened teams undermine competition

2 October 2013 4 comments

There are occasions when it is hard to fathom the workings, and the culture, of the English Premiership. Why, at a time when the English […]

USA and Russia to meet at Allianz Park in November

2 October 2013 2 comments

The United States Eagles will play the Russian Bears at Allianz Park on Saturday, November 23 it was announced today. These emerging rugby powers will […]

England Sevens name squad for Gold Coast tournament

1 October 2013 1 comment

Phil Burgess will make his HSBC World Series debut for England Sevens after being named in the squad that will travel to the Gold Coast […]

Nigel Wray warns the IRB a Euro Cup veto would end in court

1 October 2013 1 comment

Saracens chairman Nigel Wray has warned that any attempt by the International Rugby Board to veto the proposed Rugby Champions Cup will end up defeated in court.

Aviva Premiership round 4: teams

27 September 2013 2 comments

Bath v London Irish Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Rob Webber, David Wilson; […]

Nick Cain talks to Bath’s Dave Attwood about his second coming for England

26 September 2013 1 comment

Dave Attwood has that combination of brains as well as brawn that is a treasured commodity in most sports, but in Rugby Union especially. Attwood […]

Rugby Championship round 5: preview

26 September 2013 1 comment

Argentina v New Zealand Argentina have made six changes for their clash against New Zealand in La Plata on Saturday. After narrowly losing 14-13 to […]

“I’d say No to England if they called,” says James Simpson-Daniel

26 September 2013 0 comments

James Simpson-Daniel believes he would turn England down if Stuart Lancaster came calling, even if the national side was ravaged by injury.

Welsh clubs in talks over Heineken breakaway

24 September 2013 0 comments

Two Welsh regions have declared their interest in joining the new Europe under Anglo-French direction from next season. PRL chief executive Mark McCafferty confirmed the Welsh move yesterday along with others but refused to name names.

Dream Team: Craig Newby – former Leicester, Blues, Highlanders & New Zealand flanker

23 September 2013 0 comments

1. Tony Woodcock – He has played 100 tests for the All Blacks and is my best mate. We played in the early days together […]

Young Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half

20 September 2013 0 comments

Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after joining Worcester this summer, […]

Aviva Premiership round 3: teams

20 September 2013 0 comments

Leicester v Newcastle Leicester: Blaine Scully; Vereniki Goneva, Manusamoa Tuilagi, Dan Bowden, Adam Thompstone; Toby Flood (Capt.), Ben Youngs; Boris Stankovich, Neil Briggs, Logovi’i Mulipola; […]

VIDEO: Matt Garvey – “Bath can achieve big things”

19 September 2013 0 comments

Bath flanker Matt Garvey talks exclusively to The Rugby Paper about the West Country team’s great start to the season and the challenges of facing […]

Nick Wood hit by eight-week ban for stamping

18 September 2013 0 comments

Nick Wood was tonight suspended for eight weeks by a RFU Disciplinary Panel. The Gloucester prop was found guilty stamping on Saracens flanker Jacques Burger last […]

Welsh clubs urged: Join Heineken breakaway

17 September 2013 0 comments

The four Welsh regions are being invited to break Celtic ranks and join the Anglo-French plan for a new Europe.

Nick Wood to know his fate tomorrow

17 September 2013 0 comments

Nick Wood will appear in front of a RFU hearing panel tomorrow (Wednesday) following his sending off against Saracens on Sunday. The Gloucester prop was […]

Peter Jackson: Ten years on, Coombs is overnight sensation!

13 September 2013 1 comment

When it comes to recurring rejection in pursuit of a professional career, Andrew Coombs deserves to be out on his own at the top of […]

Brendan Gallagher: When Pooler were top dogs, amid the blood, mud and beer

12 September 2013 2 comments

Exactly 30 years ago Pontypool embarked on a season, the likes of which we will never see again in Britain or Ireland. In just under […]

Brendan Gallagher finds an intriguing cultural exchange occurring at the Stoop

6 September 2013 1 comment

Nick Evans may be on the verge of becoming a British citizen and proud UK passport holder and he has chosen to make his home […]

Henry Thomas got his shot in the dark now he’s ready to shine for Sale

5 September 2013 1 comment

Henry Thomas, as one of the few beacons of light in a dark season for Sale, has been forced to learn his trade on the job – but England’s latest prop idol would have it no other way.

Jeremy Guscott previews the 2013-2014 Aviva Premiership season

4 September 2013 1 comment

A new season approaches and I’m really looking forward to a great fight to see who becomes Champions and who avoids relegation. At the top […]

2013-2014 England U20s squad named

2 September 2013 0 comments

Nick Walshe and Ian Peel have named their England Under 20s squad for the new season The 32-man group, which include 11 members of the […]

Moment in Time: Sharks show class to rip chunks out of the Tigers

2 September 2013 1 comment

Leicester and Wasps had dominated English rugby for seven years. The Tigers, under Dean Richards, had claimed four consecutive league titles between 1999 and 2002, […]