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Latest News

/ 6 months ago

O’Driscoll: Ireland don’t fear ABs

BRIAN O’Driscoll predicts Irish eyes will be smiling again this week as they stick a hefty boot into the All Blacks’...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

DREAM TEAM

SCOTT HALL, THE NOTTINGHAM AND FORMER NORTHS EAGLES AND LEICESTER BACK ROW, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Wallabies have ability to spring a surprise

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... It would be a mistake to underestimate the abilities of Joe Schmidt,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Doncaster let it slip as Sale come from behind

■By ANDREW SMITH Doncaster .........37pts Tries: Olowofela 33, 43; Wacokecoke 37, Currie 40, Veainu 65 Conversions: Bennett 33, 37, 40 Penalties:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Spirited Caldy give Falcons a workout

■By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .......................12pts Conversion: Rabbette 58 Tries: Rabbette 57, Wynn 69 Newcastle ............ 33pts Tries: Spencer 4, O’Sullivan 8,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Ealing delight as Sarries cut down

■By OLLIE AUST Ealing ..................... 29pts Tries: Farrar 2, Bird-Tulloch 5, 25, Penalty 32, Kernohan 43 Conversion: Jones 3 Saracens ...............19pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Bears get in the mood with Blues demolition

■By MARK STEVENS Bristol ............. 67pts Tries: J Jenkins 2, Marmion 6, Fricker 12, Thacker 19, 71; Bates 23, Elizalde 25,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Ten-try Chiefs show Pirates no mercy

■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates .................. 7pts Try: Houston 23 Conversion: Houston 23 Exeter .................... 68pts Tries: Rigg 2, 40; Brown-Bampoe...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

South America look to keep on building

By JOE SANTAMARIA Top dogs: Argentina celebrate beating Australia in Rugby Championship PICTURES: Getty Images AS Sebastián Piñeyrúa’s historic six-year term...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Maesteg Harlequins a beacon of hope

AT a time when too many clubs all over England and Wales have gone to rack and ruin, Maesteg Harlequins shine...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

From shelf stacker to first-team contender

■By PAUL REES GEORGE Makepeace-Cubitt was stacking supermarket shelves at the start of the year but the England Under-20 outside-half is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Sylvester unhappy to be missing out on Prem Cup

■ By BEN JAYCOCK MOST Championship sides spent this week gearing up for the Premiership Cup but Cambridge and Chinnor were...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Davies keen to bring new direction to Barnes

■ By BEN JAYCOCK RECENT retiree Josh Davies has moved into the world of coaching at the age of 31 and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 months ago

I’d just signed for the dirtiest team in France

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, ROUEN, EL SALVADOR, GRASSE, HARTPURY COLLEGE AND ENGLAND U20 FLY-HALF NOW HEAD COACH AT CLIFTON...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

We will see fewer full reds -Pearce

Podcast By CHARLIE ELLIOTT LUKE Pearce believes that with the introduction of the new 20-minute red card law, direct sending-offs will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Heartbreak for England as All Blacks leave it late

England 22-24 New Zealand By Ben Jaycock at Twickenham George Ford missed a late penalty and last gasp drop goal as...

By Ben Jaycock

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

England vs All Blacks – Autumn Nations Series Match Preview

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The autumn internationals get kicked into high gear this Saturday as England look to get their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 6 months ago

Scarlets – A good bet to make the URC playoffs?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Now that the first block of URC games is ending, the league table is beginning to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Elliot Daly calls for another All Blacks demolition

By Adam Hathaway in Girona Elliot Daly has not had a crack at the All Blacks in five years but has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Matera to miss Italy clash

ARGENTINA flanker Pablo Matera will miss next month’s Test against Italy after being suspended for two weeks for receiving a red...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Dominant All Blacks get in the mood for England

■By BEN JAYCOCK Debut delight: Super sub Ruben Love reaches out to score a try and, PICTURES: Getty Images NEW Zealand...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Recall for Allan but no room for Varney

TOMMASO Allan returns from a break and Harlequins lock Dino Lamb is back from injury in Gonzalo Quesada’s Italy squad, while...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Snyman back to add his weight for Boks

LEINSTER lock RG Snyman is one of four returning World Cup winners in the South Africa squad for their autumn internationals...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 months ago

To play in two World Cups was a dream

MY LIFEIN RUGBY DAVID SISI THE FORMER ITALY, ZEBRE, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LEEDS, LONDON IRISH & ENGLAND U20 LOOSE FORWARD RUGBY...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Borthwick needs to have a bigger pool

Winning feeling: Marcus Smith breaks clear during the victory against Ireland at Twickenham in last season’s Six Nations and, inset, Elliot...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Bear keen to be a big hit Down Under

■ By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams has flourished in making the difficult transition from rugby union...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

‘Team’ should be at centre of everything

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Rob Powell, below, head coach at Richmond RFC Why did you get into coaching...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 6 months ago

Symes snatches it for Ponty

Premiership Cup round-up A LAST-GASP penalty goal from outside-half Jacob Symes sent Pontypridd through to the semi-finals of the WRU Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Robson keen to make it to the top with Coventry

■ By CHRIS COLLYER COVENTRY ended the first five-match block of fixtures as the Championship’s only unbeaten side and full-back Charlie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 6 months ago

Connacht vs Dragons – United Rugby Championship Preview

By Peter Ryan The Dragons will hit the road this weekend and travel to Northern Ireland to face Connacht. Dai Flanagan’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 6 months ago

Ospreys vs Edinburgh – United Rugby Championship Match Preview

By Peter Ryan The Ospreys will host Edinburgh at the iconic Brewery Field as the URC’s first block of games concludes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

All Blacks vs Japan – Autumn Internationals Match Preview

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports New Zealand will head to Japan to take on the Cherry Blossoms in their first game...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 6 months ago

Scarlets vs Zebre Parma – United Rugby Championship Match Preview

It is another Friday night game for the Scarlets as they welcome Zebre Parma to Llanelli. We are entering the final...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

An enormous honour – Caelan Doris to captain Ireland in Autumn Internationals

Caelan Doris will captain Ireland in an Autumn Nations Series that begins against New Zealand on November 8. Back-row forward Doris...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 6 months ago

Gareth Davies calls time on Test career

Wales scrum-half Gareth Davies, 34, has announced his retirement from international rugby. The Scarlets half-back won 77 Wales caps and toured...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 6 months ago

Restoration of trio cannot be justified

IT appears to me that the authorities at the RFU have lost their moral and ethical compass in inviting these three...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 6 months ago

Figures don’t add up

IN his column in a recent edition of The Rugby Paper, Peter Jackson states that the RFU are set to earn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 6 months ago

Return of the big clubs has my vote

I UNDERSTAND the arguments against offering an olive branch to the three ‘Phoenix clubs’, as detailed in Nick Cain’s column last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 6 months ago

Are we watching Quins Reserves?

Ace: Harlequins’ U20 World Championship-winning centre Sean Kerr starred for London Scottish last week PICTURE: Getty Images I’M sure the London...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

All Blacks will have to be at their best against England

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable, every week... In some ways the New Zealand system means that they are not...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Time for England to walk the walk

By Nick Cain Right here, right now, English rugby union craves forward momentum. It needs something to knock the negatives surrounding...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 6 months ago

It would be grand for Wasps to return

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Prize assets: Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and, inset from top, Tom Willis, Gabriel Oghre, Alfie Barbeary, Asher...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 6 months ago

Richman keeps his cool to win it for Cov

■ By LUKE JARMYN Caldy ..................15pts Tries: Cartmill 25, Hearn 55 Conversion: Barker 56 Penalty: Barker 73 Coventry ...........17pts Tries: Hitchcock...

By The Rugby Paper Team