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Road to next World Cup lacks jeopardy

18 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s not unknown – qualification […]

The good, bad and the ugly…

18 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TOUR BY NEW ZEALAND EVER IN 1972-73 Brendan Gallagher looks back at the highs and lows – from scuffles […]

Halliday: I’m proud of united approach

11 August 2024 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE SIMON Halliday has left his role as chairman of the Championship Clubs’ board both proud and frustrated by his 12 months […]

We must all share the blame -Youngs

11 August 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar who exited as head […]

Easter ‘appalled’ by Prem Cup exclusion

11 August 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE NICK Easter has described the decision to exclude his Chinnor side and Cambridge from next season’s Premiership Cup as “appalling and astonishing.” […]

Matthews stepping into Pellegrini shoes

11 August 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK REPLACING World Cup star Pat Pellegrini could be perceived as a daunting prospect but Coventry new signing Tommy Matthews is confident he’s […]

LETTER: RFU not helping English rugby

11 August 2024 0 comments

Steve Borthwick is doing a great job in charge of the national side as are his players and our recent U20 world champions.

DREAM TEAM

11 August 2024 0 comments

STUART CORSAR, THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM & DONCASTER PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Tom Smith – […]

Erasmus: We didn’t cherish ball and look after it like gold

11 August 2024 0 comments

AFTER easing past Australia with a phenomenal all-court game in Brisbane, South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus is expecting a reaction next week from the […]

Springboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate

11 August 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Australia………………………… 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa ……………….. 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24, Arendse 35, 64; Smith […]

Whisper it, but these Boks may deserve our love

11 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE are many of you out there, often to be found in the noisy corner of X, who don’t think back-to-back world champions […]

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

11 August 2024 0 comments

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 Do you fancy yourself […]

Seven-try Pirates put Redruth to the sword

11 August 2024 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates….47pts Redruth………………… 5pts THE full-timers of Cornish Pirates proved too strong for their National 2 West neighbours as they ran in […]

What counts is how the money is spent

11 August 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT WAS a close-run thing but, after crunching the numbers harder than a caffeine-fuelled psephologist on election night, we can now […]

JUNIOR KPOKU

11 August 2024 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS RACING 92 & ENGLAND U20 LOCK Junior Kpoku is learning from some of the biggest stars in rugby at Racing 92 and during […]

The matchday vibe in Bath was awesome

11 August 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY DOMINIC DAY THE FORMER WALES, SCARLETS, BATH & SARACENS LOCK AND FOUNDER OF FOURFIVE I DIDN’T play rugby until I was 16, […]

How the sun keeps shining for Spain

11 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Impressive: Joel Merkler in action for Toulouse PICTURE: Getty Images IT’S been […]

Fantasy Rugby 2024-25 – Enter Now

4 August 2024 0 comments

Do you fancy yourself as a Fantasy Rugby expert? Well, here is your chance to prove it as The Rugby Paper launches the TRP Fantasy […]

Tonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby

4 August 2024 0 comments

Coventry’s Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.

Cambridge and Chinnor ruled out of Premiership Cup

4 August 2024 0 comments

Last year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.

Cornish Pirates: Richard ‘Dicky’ Evans knighted

4 August 2024 0 comments

In terms of Rugby Royalty, the Cornish Pirates’ Richard ‘Dicky’ Evans certainly ranks among the historical greats.

Haydn Thomas urges England U20s to push on to the next level

4 August 2024 0 comments

As the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and potential.

Bristol Bears sign Argentina U20 star Benjamin Elizalde

4 August 2024 0 comments

One of the stars of the U20 World Championship, Argentinian full-back Benjamin Elizalde, has joined Premiership side Bristol Bears.

Dan Thomas signs for Cardiff with the help of former teammates

4 August 2024 0 comments

Dan Thomas has revealed the significant part his former teammates, including England star Ellis Genge, played in his recent move to Cardiff.

Julian Salvi relishing his role as Georgia defence coach

4 August 2024 0 comments

Julian Salvi has never been one to shy away from a good challenge. Now he is relishing his job as Georgia’s defence coach.

Cardiff sign another scrum-half in Johan Mulder

4 August 2024 0 comments

Cardiff have announced the signing of 24-year-old South African scrum-half Johan Mulder from fellow United Rugby Championship side the Lions.

Jeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor

4 August 2024 0 comments

New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.

Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions

4 August 2024 0 comments

Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat under Joe Schmidt.

Why SVNS makes sense for the future

4 August 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in rebranding it – used […]

Wallabies need to get back in swing

4 August 2024 0 comments

SO here’s the question: will they be any good? The Wallabies, that is. Joe Schmidt, the latest New Zealander to cross the ditch, is the […]

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

4 August 2024 0 comments

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 Do you fancy yourself […]

Call me The Stag – but I was stuck with Bambi

4 August 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND GLASGOW HAWKS/WARRIORS, WATERLOO AND BEDFORD BACK ROWER RORY McKAY IT’S been great watching the Rugby Sevens […]

McCall out to build new dynasty at Saracens

4 August 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES FACING EX-CHAMPIONS AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE WITHOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO LAST season marked the end of an era for Saracens. […]

New leaders for old rivalries

4 August 2024 0 comments

The Rugby Championship preview Paul Rees predicts that New Zealand and South Africa will battle for top spot – but it might come down to […]

YOUNG GUNS

4 August 2024 0 comments

CAIOJAMES WALES U18 & GLOUCESTER FLANKER Pocket rocket back row Caio James is unusually short for his position among the piano shifters but the Welsh […]

Dupont, the catalyst and the creator

28 July 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER WE live in an age of superlative sports stars. Tadej Pogacar is very possibly the greatest cyclist we have ever seen, the triumvirate […]

Promotion on the agenda as Chinnor move to next level

28 July 2024 0 comments

CHAMPIONSHIP ■ By BEN JAYCOCK Top dogs: Ealing Trailfinders celebrate winning the Championship last season PICTURE: Nick Phipps CHINNOR’S promotion to the Championship brings an […]

Saints swoop to sign up Langdon Mk2

28 July 2024 0 comments

NORTHAMPTON have signed hooker Nathan Langdon from Sale FC. The 23-year-old has followed brother Curtis to Franklin’s Gardens, having impressed in National One since graduating […]

Gatland less sure-footed on his return

28 July 2024 0 comments

WARREN Gatland has made more mis-steps in his second stint as Wales’s head coach than he did in his first 12 years at the helm. […]

I wanted to finish at the highest level possible

28 July 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALEX LEWINGTON THE FORMER SARACENS, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER AND NOTTINGHAM WINGER IWAS still in Notts County’s football academy when I first took […]

The Bears blueprint: Go and play without fear

28 July 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES ON HOW BRISTOL HEAD COACH PAT LAM PLANS TO GUIDE THE WEST COUNTRY OUTFIT BACK TO THE TOP Class act: Steven Luatua in […]

Staying up’s going to be a challenge

28 July 2024 0 comments

Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to Devonport Services head coach Ben Russell, below, as they prepare for life in National Two West Happy days: Devonport Services […]

CRAIG WRIGHT

28 July 2024 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS NORTHAMPTON & ENGLAND U20 HOOKER Having concluded his time in the England U20s setup with a World Championship medal, Craig Wright is now […]

Young players should all aspire to excellence

28 July 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Dominic Brockes, below, the head coach of Dorking RFC Colts, winners of the RFU National Colts Cup 2023/24 Why […]

Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain can do ‘something special’ at Paris Olympics

26 July 2024 0 comments

Ciaran Beattie’s side face Ireland on July 28 in their opening pool match at the Stade de France. England full-back Ellie Kildunne feels “something special” […]

Bryan Habana expects ‘box office’ Antoine Dupont to light up sevens at Olympics

23 July 2024 0 comments

The Les Bleus captain skipped the 2024 Six Nations to focus on the shortened version of the sport. Bryan Habana expects “box office” Antoine Dupont […]

Collecting Rugby Memorabilia

23 July 2024 0 comments

The world is going sports memorabilia crazy with some incredible prices reserved for the rarest items. While many of these originate in America, with a […]

Top of the world

21 July 2024 0 comments

England U20s too strong for France in final showdown By BEN JAYCOCK Head coach Mark Mapletoft praised the England U20s as some of the most […]

Holden keen to learn the McGeechan way

21 July 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Maliq Holden admits he couldn’t have asked for a better role model to learn from than Sir Ian McGeechan after landing his […]

By WILLIAM GUPWELL England………………………………………….21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France……………………………………………13 Tries: Ferte 80 Conversions: Reus 80 Penalties: Reus 10, 41 England emerged victorious […]

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