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Challenge Cup

/ 1 year ago

The French out in front? That’s not how it looks

With 12 victories in 16 games, Paul Rees reflects on a promising start by English clubs in the Champions Cup It...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 1 year ago

O’Gara’s problems keep on coming

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Australian hooker Tolu Latu went straight into La Rochelle’s matchday squad for pre-Christmas trip to Stade Francais,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 1 year ago

Mercer leads the charge at Kingsholm

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester .........28pts Tries: May 16, Socino 32, 35 Conversions: Carreras 32, 35 Penalties: Carreras 40, 56, 68 Clermont................

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 17/12/23

Alongside a report from their Saturday night clash with Cardiff, we talk to Bath’s Finn Russell and how he’s moved to...

By Nick Powell

European Challenge Cup

/ 1 year ago

Challenge Cup round two Friday and Saturday preview

Having got their campaign underway with victory last week, Gloucester are now back to nearly full strength for a crucial match...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Bordeaux blitz and Hansen injury add to Connacht woes

By JOHN FALLON Connacht ............ 5pts Tries: Hurley-Langton 18 Bordeaux .......... 41pts Tries: Buros 10, 54, Uberta 43, 78; Penaud 25,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 1 year ago

Clermont dominate to see off Edinburgh

By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont........... 31pts Tries: Moala 25, Newsome 31, 62; Bibi Biziwu 69 Conversions: Belleau 27, 32, 64, 70 Penalties:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 1 year ago

Challenge Cup round one Friday and Saturday preview

Gloucester will be looking to get their season back on track as they face Black Lion, with their opposition becoming the...

By Nick Powell

James Harrington

/ 1 year ago

Laporte & Co hit the panic button

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A week after ripping out their coaching set-up and employing an Etch-a-Sketch style reset to their season,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 1 year ago

Cockerill goes out, Collazo comes in

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TIME was very firmly called on Richard Cockerill’s brief run as Montpellier manager six days ago, after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 1 year ago

Welsh warrior bows out in style

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Rugby – even thoroughly modern professional rugby – sometimes proves it still has at least a little...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 1 year ago

Clermont claim first away win with Urios

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The smile on Christophe Urios’s face said it all, as his Clermont side ended a year-long losing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Lions of Europe would be a fine team to watch

A long time ago I concluded that the self-interest of the Six Nations runs so deep, and they are so frightened...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

If I’d known about my ADHD, I’d have quit

MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALY MULDOWNEY THE FORMER MOSELEY, GLASGOW, EXETER, CONNACHT, GRENOBLE AND BRISTOL LOCK ALOT of things are starting to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 1 year ago

Stade set bar high in bid for new start

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The Laurent Labit-Karim Ghezal era at Stade Francais officially starts here – and the talk around Stade...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Toulon have prop Sinckler in their sights

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Toulon have launched a double raid on Steve Borthwick’s World Cup squad to lure Kyle...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

We’re all set for the real start to season

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TODAY, as fans get their breaths back after the Rugby World Cup final and the end of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Itoje is too expensive for French

French clubs have gone cold on signing England and Lions lock Maro Itoje when his contract with Premiership champions Saracens runs...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 2 years ago

Shot Clock at the World Cup Warm-Ups! Pools to Change!

The upcoming Rugby World Cup warm-up matches will feature several innovations to enhance the game and the viewer experience for those...

By Sam Emery

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Bordeaux put their faith in Gazzotti

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FRANCE U20 sensation Marko Gazzotti has swapped the Alps for the Atlantic and the ProD2 for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Georgia and Israel in line for Challenge Cup

By JON NEWCOMBE Teams from Georgia, Israel and South Africa are in the running to fill the two vacant spots in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Matters

/ 2 years ago

Toulouse play to win…everything!

Toulouse aren’t short of a bob or two and can, if they so wish, buy virtually any player on the planet....

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Garbajosa joins list of axed coaches

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It has been a busy week in various corridors of power in French rugby – with, in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Top 14

/ 2 years ago

Abendanon: French rugby is far more fun

By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Scarlets make van den Berg forwards coach

FORMER South Africa lock Albert van den Berg, 49, is the Scarlets new forwards coach, replacing Ben Franks who has returned...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Kremer’s red gives Racing easy ride

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Argentinian back-row Marcos Kremer’s last act for Stade Francais was to get sent off - for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

All to play for in final days of the season

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Sharks likely to miss out on Latu

Sale's bid to sign hooker Tolu Latu could fail after they appear to have been gazumped at the last minute by...

By Nick Powell

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Boost for finances as recovery continues

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE Commission des Championnats professionnels de l’Autorité de régulation du rugby – the new name for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Toulouse look set to lead from the front

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

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Falcons wing Carreras on French radar

BY NEIL FISSLER Newcastle wing sensation Mateo Carreras is on the radar of big-spending French clubs despite having another year left...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Scarlets grit it out to set up clash with Clermont

By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ........... 19pts Tries: Fifita 50, Shingler 78 Penalties: Costelow 3, 15, 28 Brive.................... 7pts Tries: Olding 47...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Easy for Clermont as Bears stumble

By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 26pts Tries: Randall 34, Radradra 38 Conversions: MacGinty 35, 39 Penalties: MacGinty 11, 18, 49, 78...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Parra has his eye on a final flourish

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For a while, it looked as if Morgan Parra’s season – and possibly his career – had...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Irish out to replace Simmons

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER London Irish are searching for someone to replace veteran Wallaby star Rob Simmons who is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Wallaby Simmons says au revoir to Irish Exiles

NEWS EXTRA LONDON Irish lock Rob Simmons will join Clermont Auvergne on a two-year deal as the exodus of top-line players...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Six Nations squads in-depth: France

Grand Slam champions France go into this year’s Six Nations without several key players as Fabien Galthie endures an ever growing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Gibbes given his marching orders after Tigers mauling

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Christophe Urios will take charge at Top 14 side Clermont on Monday, after the “breathing space” afforded...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Pollard pleased to play his part

WORLD Cup-winning fly-half Handre Pollard was pleased to play his part with 14 points for Tigers. He said: “It’s always special...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Sharks look for repeat performance over Toulouse

By JON NEWCOMBE Fully fit: Sale’s Akker van der Merwe in action Akker van der Merwe admits Sale Sharks will have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Pollard on hunt for game’s top trophies

By GARY FITZGERALD Handre Pollard plans to use his Tigers stripes to go club trophy hunting and also put him in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 2 years ago

My Life in Rugby with Nic Groom: ‘It was my warrior spirit that paid off with Rassie’

The former Western Province, Stormers, Northampton, Lions, Edinburgh and London Irish scrum-half talks Jon Newcombe through his journey in the game My...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Why the South Seas need to feel the love

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Western Samoa surprised Wales by beating them in Cardiff during the pool stage of the 1991...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Bayonne turning home into a fortress

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HEADING into the three-week international break, two Top 14 teams in particular will be pretty happy with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Davidson’s departure puts Mela on the spot

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Of the three words in Arnauld Mela’s week-old job title ‘interim head coach’ at Top 14 side...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Verdict on corruption charges is awaited

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tuesday, December 13. That’s the date a Paris court delivers its verdicts on FFR President Bernard Laporte,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Jalibert in line to join Barrett at Racing 92

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international fly-half Matthieu Jalibert’s unfortunately timed early-season travails continued on Saturday, amid renewed questions over his...

By The Rugby Paper Team