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My Life in Rugby

/ 12 months ago

You lived on the edge with Scotland

My Life in Rugby with Neil Edwards - The former Scotland, Barbarians, Rosslyn Park, Harlequins & Northampton second row talks about...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 1 year ago

Reds in the pink in Baa-baas show

■By MICK JACOBS Old Redcliffians....43 Redruth....................24 THERE was a ‘Barbarians-esque’ feel at Scotland Lane, the two sides trading 13 tries in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Loader still has England in sight

Ben Loader still dreams of playing for England and is hoping his performances in Cape Town for the Stormers will one...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Cruse, 35, announces retirement

Grateful: Northampton’s Tom Cruse NORTHAMPTON hooker Tom Cruse will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season. The 35-year-old...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 1 year ago

Care to make his Baa-Baas debut against Fiji

DANNY Care will make his Barbarians debut against Fiji at Twickenham in June. The 37-year-old scrumhalf, who announced his international retirement...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 1 year ago

I’m ambitious. I want to coach as high as I can

My Life in Rugby with Alex Rae - The former Northampton Saints, Saracens, Wasps and Bedford Blues lock, now head coach...

By The Rugby Paper Team

World

/ 1 year ago

Joseph third player confirmed by Barbarian F.C. for Killik Cup encounter

Jonathan Joseph will pull on the famous black and white hooped jersey of Barbarian F.C. for the first time in his...

By Nick Powell

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 1 year ago

Baxter turns his attention to top Ealing pair

ON THE BLINDSIDE - EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Having already snapped up Coventry’s star centre Will Rigg in a mid-season swoop,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 1 year ago

It’s a huge honour to play for your country

My Life in Rugby with Marcus Rose - the former England, Cambridge University, Leicester, Coventry, Harlequins and Barbarians full-back looks back...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Summer Tours

/ 1 year ago

Second Barbarian chance for Mercer

Zach Mercer will pull on the famous Barbarians jersey again this summer in the Killik Cup clash against Fiji. Mercer, 26,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Summer Tours

/ 1 year ago

Wales to play Boks in double header at HQ

Four heavyweights of world rugby will grace the Twickenham turf in an historic double header on June 22 – with a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

O’Shea wants more England A fixtures

By PAUL REES Twickenham is looking to arrange up to four England A fixtures in the coming years following the resurrection...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 1 year ago

Riley scores again as Wild Knights march on

Japan League One The gap between the Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights and the rest is widening at the top of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 1 year ago

Exeter prop on way to Glasgow

Exeter tighthead Patrick Schickerling, 25, is set to join Glasgow Warriors on a multi-year contract. Schickerling’s commitment comes on the heels...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 1 year ago

Legend who had no wish to be one

Paul Rees says it was hard not to fall in love with rugby as a young boy, watching his hero play...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

I loved it! Cipriani calls it a day at 36

DANNY Cipriani has retired from professional rugby, describing it as a “sobering but freeing moment”. Cipriani, 36, left Bath at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 1 year ago

Red Rose legends can’t wait for Lions to set sail

By PAUL MARTIN Maggie Alphonsi and Danielle Waterman share 156 England caps between them but both would have traded a few...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 1 year ago

Millar Mills on course to emulate his star sisters

By PAUL REES Elliot Millar Mills this week joins up with the Scotland squad to prepare for the Six Nations little...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 1 year ago

Ben for Baa-Baas

Former England scrumhalf Ben Youngs will return to Twickenham with the Barbarians this summer. The most-capped male player and Leicester Tigers...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 1 year ago

Now Slade holds talks with Stade

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs centre Henry Slade, who is out of contract at the end of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Ratuniyarawa jailed for sexual assault

Former Fiji international Api Ratuniyarawa has been jailed for three sexual assaults committed in the days leading up to a match...

By Nick Powell

British and Irish Lions

/ 1 year ago

Wales legend JPR Williams dies aged 74

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions fullback JPR Williams has died aged 74. The Bridgend and London Welsh legend won...

By Nick Powell

My Life in Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Cheika brought an axe in and wielded it about

My Life in Rugby with Jono Lance - the former Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs, Worcester and Western Force utlity back talks...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Proud men who graced the game

Brendan Gallagher recalls the achievements of those from across the globe that the world of rugby lost in 2023 Sydney Millar...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 1 year ago

Day when the tears flowed for Devereux

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE Brewery Field in Bridgend last Wednesday night offered more than a few...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Hastings close to Gloucester return

By PAUL REES Adam Hastings is close to a return for Gloucester after an injury-plagued 2023 that has seen the Scotland...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Schools / Universities

/ 1 year ago

Rugby celebrate historic win over Baa-Baas

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Rugby School celebrated the end of their bicentennial season in style with a double win in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 1 year ago

Only right that the Lions play in Ireland

The Lions used to go out of their way to make friends in little towns not much bigger than villages. Now...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 1 year ago

To play for the Baa-Baas was a nice way to finish

My Life in Rugby with Graham Kitchener - The former England XV, Worcester & Leicester lock talks about his career in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 1 year ago

Young Guns: Northampton scrum-half Archie McParland

BY BEN JAYCOCK Under the close guidance of Will Parkin, Archie McParland has made the transition from fly-half to scrum-half and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 1 year ago

Matavesi happy he is back home in Cornwall

By MARK STEVENS Among the quaint villages and historic towns that dot the local landscape, Josh Matavesi has once again discovered...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 1 year ago

Garry’s laying down the Law in bid to find consistency

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON In their ninth consecutive season in National One, Darlington Mowden Park’s director of rugby Garry Law possesses a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Record turnover for Saints

Northampton have posted a record turnover of £21.96m in their annual report for the year ending June 2023. The club made...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 1 year ago

All Eyes on the Six Nations 2024

We’ve seen the Six Nations teams in action in France in the concluded Rugby World Cup, and based on form, it...

By Sam Emery

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Vakatawa grateful to Lam for giving him a chance at Bears

By PAUL REES Virimi Vakatawa says he feels blessed to be playing rugby again after being told last year that a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

Scottish genie turning on the magic at Bath

Paul Rees looks at Finn Russell, the big-money signing who is making a name for himself in the West Country Big-name...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership Women's Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Llewellyn looks to stengthen girls game in Bristol

By BEN JAYCOCK South Bristol Girls, in their second season, appear to be thriving at their permanent base of Bristol Barbarians...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Heartbreak for Scarlets as Van Wyk try steals it

By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ............23pts Tries: Rogers 17, Elias 68 Conversions: Lloyd 18, 69 Penalties: Lloyd 3, 48, 54 Lions.................. 24pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Red Roses

/ 1 year ago

Red Roses: Marlie Packer

BACK ROW, CAPTAIN Birthplace: Yeovil DOB: 02/10/1989 Community Club: Ivel Barbarians, now known as Yeovil RFC Club: Saracens Red Roses Debut:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Halfpenny prepares to bow out against Baabaas

Leigh Halfpenny is set to make his final appearance for Wales, as Warren Gatland‘s men prepare to take on a Barbarians...

By Nick Powell

Rugby World Cup

/ 2 years ago

Village teams which gave stars their start

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WHEN the Principality Stadium crowd rises to salute Leigh Halfpenny as he makes his final...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Tipuric on fine form as Ospreys hold out

By ROB COLE Ospreys ...............................34pts Tries: Morgan-Williams 15, Protheroe 21, Nagy 42, Smith 49 Conversions: Walsh 16, 22, 43; O Williams...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Stormers too good as Scarlets suffer

By ROB COLE Stormers...........52pts Tries: Theunissen 7,12, de Wet 25, 42, Blommetjies 28, Loader 35 Feinberg-Mngomezulu 58, Skosan 71 Cons: Blommetjies...

By The Rugby Paper Team