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Can Robbo be crowd pleaser San Diego and USA need?

28 June 2020 0 comments

IT might not have been uppermost in his decision but social-distancing is unlikely to be an issue when Chris Robshaw joins the latest band of […]

Kirwan will add his ferocty to Nottingham cause

28 June 2020 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE Excited: Carl Kirwan CARL Kirwan is delighted to be back in the Championship after signing a part-time deal with Nottingham. The fearsome […]

‘Heartland’ competition will renew old rivalries

28 June 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Jon Sharpe Proposal: Ed Griffiths COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp says a new ‘Heartland’ competition could provide salvation for clubs below the […]

Champion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards

21 June 2020 2 comments

IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up there with the very […]

Everitt puts faith in kids for pyramid climb

21 June 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By JEREMY BLACKMORE NORWICH boss David Everitt says the club are rising like a phoenix from the ashes after winning promotion. The club […]

Ashley Johnson pays thanks to supporters as he leaves Wasps

10 June 2020 0 comments

The hooker/back row was brought to Wasps by Dai Young in 2012

Ambition? Lansdown should ask Ealing!

31 May 2020 0 comments

STEVE Lansdown wants to ring fence the Premier League so that the clubs can get their finances in order. Well, we’ve had over 20 years […]

Overnight success took Chiefs 13 years!

25 May 2020 0 comments

On Tuesday, Exeter Chiefs celebrate the tenth anniversary of winning promotion to the Premiership. NEALE HARVEY marks that momentous day by talking to two of […]

Damian Welch takes the reins at Plymouth Albion and wants Championship chase

19 May 2020 0 comments

The former Exeter Chiefs lock has been named head coach at
National One club Plymouth Albion

Room 101: Coventry No.8 Ryan Burrows abhors bad drivers

19 May 2020 0 comments

The three pet hates which really grind the back row’s gears

Loyalty to Waterloo runs deep for Dick

17 May 2020 0 comments

MY CLUB WATERLOO WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK RICHARD GREENWOOD Visionary: Dick […]

Welch set to take the reins for Albion’s Championship chase

17 May 2020 1 comment

■By NEALE HARVEY New chief: Damian Welch in action for Exeter DAMIAN Welch, former Exeter, Scarlets and Cardiff second row, is relishing his first management […]

Grassroots specialists share skeptical view over RFU £7m aid package

15 May 2020 0 comments

The RFU has been warned by grassroot specialists that its £7m financial aid package will be quickly be swallowed up as clubs descend into a […]

ROOM 101

10 May 2020 0 comments

RYAN BURROWS COVENTRY’S TRP DREAM XV NO.8 TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES 1. Lorry drivers overtaking on major roads Sometimes I think lorry drivers […]

TRP’s GK IPA Championship 2019-20 Team of the Season

8 May 2020 0 comments

The time has come for us to hand out some honours and honourable mentions to the stars of the Championship

Burrows muscles in for hat-trick but super Falcons take top billing

3 May 2020 1 comment

Jon Newcombe picks The Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season Hot-stepper: Newcastle’s Adam Radwan scores against Jersey PICTURE: Simom Hall Stars, from top: Sean […]

Ex-Gloucester prop Gareth Denman one of two signings set to hit trail to Ealing

22 April 2020 0 comments

Neil Fissler reports on the two players set to switch Championship clubs, plus Exeter Chiefs extend deal for veteran

My Life in Rugby: Ex-Canada, Sale, London Welsh and Esher utility back Phil MacKenzie

21 April 2020 0 comments

Three relegations haven’t dampened the Canadian’s outlook on his time in English club rugby

Wasps must play without fear to get the fans behind us

19 April 2020 0 comments

Q&A LEE BLACKETT ON THE RECORD New head coach Lee Blackett tells NEALE HARVEY how he intends rising to the challenge of bringing back the […]

Warrior Will targets role as defence commander

19 April 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY STROKE victim Will Hurrell aims to forge a new career in coaching after revealing how his life might have been in danger […]

Coventry were just half an hour from closure

12 April 2020 1 comment

Future looks good: Peter Rossborough watches his beloved club A s a supporter, player, captain, coach and leading club official, Peter Rossborough has been through the […]

Kingsholm’s poet waxes lyrical about superstar Sinbad

5 April 2020 0 comments

Colin Boag starts his series on Super Fans with Gloucester’s Alfred Lord Tension To support your club for more than 70 years is some feat, […]

Dream Team: Ex-Leicester, Sale and now Coventry centre Andy Forsyth

3 April 2020 0 comments

The former England U16, U18s and U20s back walks us through his team based on the best he’s played with or against

Dream Team: Worcester and ex-Saints prop Ethan Waller

27 March 2020 0 comments

Ethan Waller shows brotherly love and includes older sibling Alex in his Dream Team

ROOM 101

22 March 2020 0 comments

HEATH STEVENS THE COVENTRY UTILITY BACK TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Poor hygiene We’ve got a player […]

Retiring Griffiths must bid farewell from afar

22 March 2020 0 comments

■ By GUY WILLIAMS CLIVE Griffiths, director of rugby at Doncaster Knights, won’t see the club again, or his players, before he retires at the […]

Referee Tempest is setting a great example

15 March 2020 0 comments

MARLON ZOGLOWEK TO THE letter published last week from junior referee Nick Loone, highlighting discrepancies in law enforcement, can I add a couple. First, hookers […]

There’s not enough cash for a Tier Two

8 March 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Honesty: Christophe Ridley refereeing Quins v Exeter Every so often you hear people praising New Zealand’s rugby model, and bemoaning the state of […]

Leeds’ relegation led to great days on the 7s circuit

8 March 2020 1 comment

MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHRISTIAN LEWIS-PRATT FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS, NORTHAMPTON, LEEDS AND LONDON IRISH FLY-HALF Dream move: Christian Lewis- Pratt scores for England 7s PICTURE: Getty […]

PRO14 bid makes Blackett wait on Cov offer

1 March 2020 0 comments

Decision: Blackett COVENTRY look to have late competition in their bid to land Lee Blackett as they look to replace head coach Nick Walshe. The […]

RFU executives should take pay cut

23 February 2020 1 comment

THE outrageous decision by the RFU to cut funding of the Championship by 50 per cent from next season is a huge blow to Coventry […]

Bristol Bears move quick to sign Henry Purdy to new deal

19 February 2020 0 comments

It has taken Purdy two games to persuade Pat Lam to offer a substantial extension

England prop Harry Williams anticipates damaging impact on second two

18 February 2020 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs prop speaks out about how cuts to the second tier ‘are not ideal’

NEWS EXTRA

16 February 2020 0 comments

Fatialofa on feet again WORCESTER lock Michael Fatialofa has taken his first steps after a serious spinal injury. Fatialofa spent four weeks in London’s St […]

Worsley in the frame for Wasps return

16 February 2020 0 comments

JOE WORSLEY could make a return to Wasps who are set to confirm they are parting company with Dai Young. Young was last week relieved […]

Harlequins hunt Ealing Trailfinders front-row trio

14 February 2020 0 comments

Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones set to have more than just Wilco Louw coming into the front row

Jersey Reds typify Championship disbelief with damning condemnation of RFU

12 February 2020 0 comments

Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan criticises Bill Sweeney for ill-thought actions and lack of clarity given to Championship clubs by RFU

Blues’ brick wall stands tall to deny late onslaught

9 February 2020 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH AN outstanding defensive display saw Bedford register their fourth league win in five games. Led by skipper Sean McCarthy and back row […]

Deadeye Olver has howitzer at ready for Pirates

9 February 2020 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE HE’S been involved in picking that many opponents’ pockets, Oliver not Olver would be more of an apt name for the man […]

Eden’s late strike puts Hartpury in wonderland

26 January 2020 0 comments

By LAURA SHANA On the run: Coventry’s Max Trimble HARTPURY notched a last-gasp win over high-flyers Coventry in an enthralling game decided by nerves of […]

Stuttering Bears finally remember their lines

26 January 2020 2 comments

By NICK CAIN In at the corner: Henry Purdy scores the opening try for Bristol PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL have had a lean time of […]

Coventry sack Walshe after their Ampthill defeat

19 January 2020 0 comments

News By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE NICK Walshe has become the second coaching casualty of the Greene King Championship season. Walshe joins another ex- England scrum-half, […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

12 January 2020 0 comments

THE FORMER NEW ZEALAND, BLUES, CHIEFS, WORCESTER, MUNSTER, SALE SHARKS AND COVENTRY CENTRE. SAM TUITUPOU WINNING Super Rugby in 2003 as a young buck playing […]

My Life in Rugby: Former Wasps, Bath and Yorkshire Carnegie prop Charlie Beech

4 January 2020 0 comments

Now shifting his career into an office after 15 years in the front row

DREAMTEAM

29 December 2019 2 comments

IGNAS DARKINTIS, DARLINGTON MOWDEN PARK, LITHUANIA AND FORMER THANET, BIRMINGHAM, ORDIZIA, COVENTRY AND EALING PROP, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Soane […]

Dominant Durutalo leads way for Ealing

15 December 2019 0 comments

By OLI SHAPLEY Flyer: James Cordy Redden breaks free to score for Ealing PICTURE: PRiME Media Images Limited EALING Trailfinders booked themselves a home quarter-final […]

Pirates maul their way back from brink

15 December 2019 1 comment

By MIKE SINCLAIR CORNISH Pirates recovered from an early self-inflicted 14-0 deficit to clinch their first victory over London Scottish in three attempts this season. […]

Record-chaser Tait gets set for Christmas clash

15 December 2019 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Playing on: Alex Tait is chasing a new contract ALEX TAIT is playing for a new contract – and the chance to […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

15 December 2019 0 comments

THE FORMER WASPS, BATH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, DONCASTER & COVENTRY PROP CHARLIE BEECH TWO weeks ago I started my new life, as a business growth executive […]

New stadium will end talent drain to Exeter says Matavesi

15 December 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY Big chance at Saints: Sam Mataves SAM Matavesi believes the ambition of Cornish Pirates will blow the Premiership’s ringfencing brigade clean out […]

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