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Blake out to make No.2 slot his own

13 August 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK A hooker crisis at Kingsholm last season saw tyro Seb Blake chucked in at the deep end but now he wants to […]

Dowson sets sights on Champions Cup success

30 July 2023 0 comments

NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Phil Dowson is targetting the Champiins Cup this season after what he admits have been a couple of ‘poor’ seasons in […]

Sexton escapes World Cup punishment in hearing

17 July 2023 0 comments

Johnny Sexton has been handed a three-match ban for his conduct after the European Champions Cup Final but will be available to play throughout the […]

Time to put ban on tactical subs

9 July 2023 0 comments

IN HIS column last week Chris Hewett suggested imposing a weight limit on teams to restore a game for all shapes and sizes. I can’t […]

Still no openness

2 July 2023 0 comments

SO now we have the Champions Cup draw – or do we? We know which teams are in which group, but with the format this […]

RFU needs to strike the right financial balance

2 July 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EARLIER this week, the RFU president Nigel Gillingham, sent out a newsletter outlining many of the […]

‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England

25 June 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under 20s to the Junior […]

Boyle turns down Exeter approach

25 June 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter have failed with their attempts to land young Leinster prop Jack Boyle who has decided that his immediate future is with […]

Law-tinkerers are a danger to the game

25 June 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST THE odds on Owen Farrell travelling to the World Cup as England’s starting No.10 are even shorter than the lifespan of […]

Irish weren’t given enough time – Ojo

25 June 2023 0 comments

■By NICK POWELL LONDON Irish’s record try scorer Topsy Ojo says it’s regrettable that the club weren’t given more time to try and find someone […]

Series 2, Episode 24: European Cup format and reattempting an England XV

21 June 2023 0 comments

This week on the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little is joined by columnists Brendan Gallagher, Nick Cain and Chris Hewett to discuss the format […]

Let’s hope our new big hitter has a big impact

18 June 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Among the many social media comments on the appointment of Richard Collier-Keywood as the new chair of the Welsh […]

I can’t wait to see Bath get going

11 June 2023 0 comments

■ Am I just being cynical or, with the demise of London Irish, does this give the RFU and PRL exactly what they want? – […]

Abendanon: French rugby is far more fun

11 June 2023 0 comments

By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French club game and worries […]

Top two get set to put on the glitz

11 June 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It’s the final the Top 14 wanted and needed. Toulouse and La Rochelle – the two best sides in the French […]

Sanderson: We want to improve and not just be one-off wonders

4 June 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Sale took their pain to Spain. The day after the Premiership final defeat to Saracens at Twickenham, the players and management flew […]

Enforce laws and game will be safer

4 June 2023 0 comments

WORLD Rugby should abandon their ‘player welfare’ platitudes and make the game safer by merely enforcing its own laws. A fortnight ago in The Rugby […]

Exeter’s Simmonds signs for Pau

4 June 2023 0 comments

TOP 14 side Pau have signed Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds on a twoyear deal. The 26-year-old, who captained Exeter to the 2020 European Champions […]

Time for a drop-goal

28 May 2023 0 comments

AFTER watching Leinster being beaten by one point in last weekend’s Champions Cup final by La Rochelle, I was wondering why in the last few […]

Clock is ticking as Irish eye takeover

21 May 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES London Irish have a week to prove they have the funds to keep their place in the Premiership next season – or […]

Colombe try leaves the Aviva stunned

21 May 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Leinster……………………….. 26pts Tries: Danty 19, Seuteni 37, Colombe 71 Conversions: Hastoy 20, 38, 72 Penalties: Hastoy 42, 49 La Rochelle …………………. 27pts […]

Leinster finally pay the price for their cynicism

21 May 2023 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when Leinster, off the scale […]

Superstar Parisse signs off in style

21 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Glasgow……………………….. 19pts Tries: Steyn 55, 73; Cancelliere 68 Conversions: Horne 56, 74 Toulon …………………………. 43pts Tries: Serin 4, 24, Parisse 17, Wainiqolo […]

Wiese wins the players’ player gong

21 May 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA Standout: Tigers No.8 Jasper Wiese LEICESTER No.8 Jasper Wiese has been named the Rugby Players’ Association players’ player of the year. The 27-year-old […]

Young Guns: Bath & England U20s fly-half/full-back Sam Harris

21 May 2023 0 comments

Sam Harris was delighted with his match-winning conversion for England U19s earlier this month, but is keeping his feet firmly on the ground as he […]

Crowley has final say in epic contest

14 May 2023 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………………………15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster ………………………..16pts Tries: Beirne 45 Conversions: Crowley 46 Penalties: […]

Why Ojomoh could be in with a shout

14 May 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST SO Bath won the big one against Saracens Under-12s and secured their Champions Cup qualification at the final tap of the […]

Doris looking for revenge against La Rochelle

14 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of last season’s Champions Cup […]

Too many matches had no real meaning to them

14 May 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now, as we reflect and are drawing closer to the end of this varied season, we […]

Joy for Kidney as Gonzalez seals it

7 May 2023 0 comments

By GARY FIZGERALD London Irish…………………17pts Tries: Gonzalez 26, 71; Pearson 62 Conversions: Jackson 27 Exeter ……………………………14pts Tries: Vermeulen 21, Hendrickson 64 Conversions: Slade 22, 66 […]

Chiefs keen to add Boyle to their roster

7 May 2023 0 comments

NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are in the bidding to bring young Leinster prop Jack Boyle to the Premiership this summer when his contract with the […]

Glynn out, Nowell in at La Rochelle

7 May 2023 0 comments

La Rochelle, who broke Exeter Chiefs’ hearts in the Champions Cup semi-final last weekend, are set for a one-in and one-out in the number of […]

Leinster’s double dream is on track

7 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster……………35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24, 51, R Byrne 75 […]

Wales prop Smith staying at Ospreys

7 May 2023 0 comments

NICKY Smith has signed a contract extension with Ospreys. The 29-year-old Wales loosehead had been touted as a possible recruit for Exeter, who have signed […]

Boost for finances as recovery continues

7 May 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE Commission des Championnats professionnels de l’Autorité de régulation du rugby – the new name for the financial auditors of the […]

Leinster school system a major advantage – Ferris

5 May 2023 0 comments

Ex-British & Irish Lion Stephen Ferris says it will be a huge challenge for other Irish provinces and clubs across Europe to match the level […]

Series 2, Episode 17: Irish superiority in Europe with Stephen Ferris

1 May 2023 0 comments

In a blockbuster weekend of rugby, the Red Roses claimed the Grand Slam in a record-breaking decider at HQ, and La Rochelle and Leinster set […]

La Rochelle set up Leinster rematch with dominant Exeter win

30 April 2023 0 comments

By Nick Powell, Online Editor La Rochelle………………47 Tries: Rhule 9, 44; Seuteni 23, Aldritt 34, Kerr-Barlow 40, 68 Conversions: Hastoy 10, 24, 40+1, 45, 69 […]

Simmonds: We can take down holders

30 April 2023 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Simmonds is adamant Exeter Chiefs’ collective desire and mental steel can help them overcome the individual flair and brilliance of holders […]

Treviso standing on the edge of history

30 April 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points AT the last count, Benetton Treviso had won 15 Italian Championships and, […]

Welsh quartet deserve no favours

30 April 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Cardiff lost 50 per cent of their matches in the URC and duly failed to finish in the Champions Cup qualifying zone. That […]

Toulouse look set to lead from the front

30 April 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN As the French Top 14 takes a week’s break for the Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals, here’s a look at the […]

Bedford centre aiming for Wasps revenge

30 April 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Michael Le Bourgeois has enjoyed regular game time at Bedford after being cut by Wasps and is looking forward to locking horns […]

Atkinson enjoying life at Gloucester

23 April 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as it had started following […]

Whitten keen to finish on a high

23 April 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but Ian Whitten says recent […]

Cardiff show their class to overcome problems

23 April 2023 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Ospreys …………… 21pts Tries: Parry 45, Thomas 63, Lake 67 Conversions: Anscombe 45, 63, 67 Cardiff ……………. 38pts Tries: Young 25, 58; […]

Munster get it right in the end

23 April 2023 0 comments

By TOM SHEEDY Sharks ………….22 Munster ……….22 Munster head coach Graham Rowntree knew it would be another gruelling outing in Kings Park but the resilience […]

Extra-time joy for Exeter as hero Cairns bags winner

23 April 2023 0 comments

By NICK POWELL EXETER retained the men’s BUCS Championship by beating Loughborough in a 13-try thriller at the StoneX Stadium. With the sides locked at […]

Premiership’s boring compared to Europe

23 April 2023 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] I AM fed up of TV commentators saying […]

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