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Ludlam wants to build on World Cup buzz

8 December 2019 1 comment

AFTER a rollercoaster year in which he went from fighting for a new club contract to representing England at the World Cup, battling flanker Lewis […]

Lyon finally break their Champions Cup duck

8 December 2019 0 comments

LYON cruised to their first ever win in the Heineken Champions Cup at Matmut Stadium de Gerland after eight successive defeats in the competition and […]

Storming comeback keep the Warriors’ hopes alive

8 December 2019 0 comments

■By GARY HEATLY On target: Adam Hastings GLASGOW Warriors battled back from 18-6 down just before half-time to defeat La Rochelle in a cracking Champions […]

Kirsten out to bully his Bok mates

8 December 2019 0 comments

SOUTH African bruiser Jannes Kirsten says Exeter are hell-bent on putting one foot into the Champions Cup quarter-finals by making it three wins from three […]

Three-try blitz blows Bath out of Europe

8 December 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY Hot prospect: Samuel Ezeala breaks through to score Clermont’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images Slicing through: Rhys Priestland goes in for Bath’s […]

TEAMS: Leinster take counter-measures to combat Naiyaravoro

6 December 2019 0 comments

Full team news for this weekend’s Champions Cup action

DREAMTEAM

1 December 2019 0 comments

JONO ROSS, SALE AND FORMER HARLEQUINS, BULLS, SARACENS AND STADE FRANCAIS FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Joe Marler […]

Ashton: Faf can spark Sale

1 December 2019 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Fireball: Faf de Klerk CHRIS Ashton insists Faf de Klerk is the best No.9 in world rugby and feels the diminutive Springbok […]

Banned Addison to miss Quins double

1 December 2019 0 comments

ULSTER’S Will Addison has been suspended for four weeks after being cited for his tackle on Paul Jedrasiak during the Champions Cup defeat of Clermont […]

Magical Radradra can cast spell on Premiership

1 December 2019 0 comments

Serious talent: Semi Radradra picks wonderful lines PICTURE: Getty Images PAT LAM has pulled off a sensational coup with the signing of Fijian wing Semi […]

Tom’s in the flow now says Baxter

1 December 2019 1 comment

AFTER watching Tom O’Flaherty destroy Wasps with 14 runs, ten defenders beaten, 146 metres made and a try, Chiefs supremo Rob Baxter said: “His kick-chase […]

Mike Brown set to miss the rest of the season for Harlequins

29 November 2019 0 comments

Paul Gustard reveals Brown has been playing through the injury since preseason

Tipuric: It was time for some fresh ideas at Wales

29 November 2019 0 comments

The Wales flanker tells TRP he felt it was the right time for change after 12 years of success under Warren Gatland

Tipuric: Time for some fresh ideas

24 November 2019 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Welcome change: Justin Tipuric is excited by the arrival of Wayne Pivac, left JUSTIN Tipuric believes the time is right for fresh […]

Care’s taking the Long route back

24 November 2019 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Switch: Sean Long DANNY Care may have endured a miserable start to the season but his spirits have been lifted by having […]

Local Joe thrilled by Bears’ ride to the top

24 November 2019 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA LONG-SERVING Bristol lock Joe Joyce finds it hard to believe how far the Premiership leaders have come since he joined the academy as […]

TEAMS: Elliot Daly handed first start for Saracens in Champions Cup

22 November 2019 0 comments

Elliot Daly returns after World Cup rest period to start at full-back for Saracens

EPCR fine Saracens for Champions Cup media even no-show

19 November 2019 0 comments

EPCR issue statement confirming Saracens have been fined for not sending Mark McCall or Brad Barritt to the Cardiff launch

Munster power makes it so tough for Ospreys

17 November 2019 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS All cheer: Munster’s James Cronin scores the bonus point try as players celebrate PICTURES: INPHO/Gary Carr THE Ospreys’ early season struggles continued […]

Cronin late try so vital for Irish

17 November 2019 0 comments

MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan stressed the importance of Munster’s lastminute try which secured them a winning bonus point. Replacement hooker James Cronin touched […]

Back comes Dillane as Connacht aim to build some fresh Euro memories for fans

17 November 2019 1 comment

By ADAM ELLIS THE return of Ultan Dillane has handed a much-needed boost to Connacht’s depleted second row as Andy Friend prepares to welcome Montpellier […]

Chiefs will help Hogg escape his RWC misery

17 November 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Getting hands on the ball: Stuart Hogg with Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images Talks: Rob Baxter FLYING full-back Stuart Hogg hopes hitting the […]

French clubs likely to cook up a storm in Champions Cup

15 November 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks at the contenders to win the European crown

Champions Cup test can help Matt Kvesic endorse England bid

14 November 2019 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs travel to face La Rochelle this weekend in Round One of the Champions Cup

Gustard: We got nothing from ref

10 November 2019 0 comments

PAUL Gustard was upset with his players and the officials after Quins slid to a surprise home loss to Worcester. Gustard’s men allowed a 14-3 […]

Bristol have some points to prove warns Heenan

10 November 2019 1 comment

We can beat them: Jake Heenan FIRED-UP flanker Jake Heenan says Bristol are ready to dish out some payback as Exeter welcome back their trio […]

My Life in Rugby: Former Bath, Toulon and Sharks scrum-half Michael Claassens

1 November 2019 0 comments

A player who loved running out at The Rec before stints with Toulon and the Sharks

Year on sidelines inspires change in Mallinder

27 October 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA NORTHAMPTONfull-back Harry Mallinder has vowed to return a better player and person as he zeroes-in on a long-awaited comeback from […]

Diamond: We won’t let playoff place slip by again

20 October 2019 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Diamond is convinced Sale have the player power to mount a serious push for the top four. Four successive […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

20 October 2019 0 comments

ROB VICKERS THE FORMER NEWCASTLE FRONT ROWER AND CURRENT HEAD COACH OF THE FALCONS’ WOMEN’S TEAM Starting my Falcons career in a sling after having […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

13 October 2019 0 comments

MICHAEL CLAASSENS FORMER SOUTH AFRICA, CHEETAHS, BATH, TOULON AND SHARKS SCRUM-HALF LIKE most kids in South Africa I grew up wanting to be a professional […]

Ford: That Tigers toil has made me better

6 October 2019 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Determination: George Ford breaks away from Matias Moroni and Emiliano Boffelli to score against Argentina PICTURE: Getty Images GEORGE Ford believes his […]

Daniels building on Barcelona template

22 September 2019 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS SCARLETS general manager Jon Daniels is confident the region’s ‘commitment culture’ with an emphasis on home grown talent is the perfect recipe […]

I’ll prove Eddie was wrong to drop me, says Nathan Hughes

17 September 2019 0 comments

“You train all your life for a big goal like the World Cup and sometimes you have obstacles put in your way and this is just one of them” – Hughes

Young guns lead Saints fightback but fall just short

15 September 2019 3 comments

By GEORGE LAWRENCE NORTHAMPTON produced a storming second-half comeback but Leinster held on to make it three pre-season wins from three with victory over their […]

Barritt: World Cup is opportunity to evolve

1 September 2019 1 comment

SARACENS skipper Brad Barritt has thrown down the gauntlet to his young guns by urging them to improve standards and lay claim to a firstteam […]

Young Guns: Saracens wing Elliott Obatoyinbo

29 August 2019 0 comments

Elliott Obatoyinbo is a man in a hurry, metaphorically as well as physically, and a big season lies ahead for the 20-year-old former Stoneyhurst and […]

Stuart: My U20 mates helped lure me to Bath

25 August 2019 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Ambitious: Will Stuart in action for Wasps BATH tighthead Will Stuart says the chance to be reunited with so many of England’s […]

Globetrotter Luke learns from best

25 August 2019 0 comments

Steffan Thomas talks to Luke Charteris about his quest to become a top coach LUKE Charteris hopes picking the brains of Wales’ coaching gurus and […]

YOUNGGUNS

25 August 2019 3 comments

ELLIOTTOBATOYINBO SARACENS WING/FULL-BACK Elliott Obatoyinbo is a man in a hurry, metaphorically as well as physically, and a big season lies ahead for the 20-year-old […]

Scarlets will see best of me now says Uzair

18 August 2019 1 comment

Steffan Thomas talks to Scarlets Springbok No.8 Uzair Cassiem about his hopes for the season In control: Uzair Cassiem wins the lineout ball for Scarlets […]

Bath boys aiming to dodge the cut-price breakfast!

4 August 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY BATH No.9 Will Chudley claims his side were “miles behind” last season and that the club’s rigorous new fitness regime has exposed […]

Bayliss: Bath youth brigade ready to prove their able back row stock

2 August 2019 0 comments

Josh Bayliss, 21, has total faith in Bath’s young guns to step up in place of the World Cup absentees

Would fans travel to a British League?

28 July 2019 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Major slog: Exeter playing Newcastle at Sandy Park The front-page story in last week’s Rugby Paper referred to the ‘long overdue revival’ of […]

If England fail it won’t be fault of the clubs

30 June 2019 0 comments

COLIN BOAG camp: Eddie Jones prepares his World Cup squad last week Depending on your point of view, the clubs and the RFU have worked […]

DREAMTEAM

30 June 2019 0 comments

RHODRI DAVIES, CORNISH PIRATES & FORMER LLANDOVERY, ROTHERHAM, DRAGONS AND WALES 7S SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Wyn […]

Voluntary work pays off for tenacious Gray

30 June 2019 0 comments

Rejuvenated hooker Joe Gray tells NEALE HARVEY how cold-calling Saracens boss Mark McCall saved his career Rebirth at Saracens: Joe Gray. Inset, Danny Care using […]

Ewels: It took too long to settle but we’ve learnt our lesson

30 June 2019 1 comment

ALEX BYWATER CHARLIE Ewels admits it took Bath 12 months to finally learn their lesson but the lock insists his team will not make the […]

Carre can be a breakout star in Japan for Wales

30 June 2019 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Mentor: Rhys Gill Apprentice: Rhys Carré RHYS Gill insists fellow loosehead prop Rhys Carré can follow in his footsteps and go on […]

Delaney forecasts Scarlets resurgence

23 June 2019 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS GLENN Delaney believes the Scarlets’ new coaching team will have no trouble adapting to the rigours of the PRO14 despite their inexperience […]

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