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Boyd got me back on track – Ludlam

2 June 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Lewis Ludlam left the Franklin’s Gardens turf in a Northampton jersey for perhaps the last time on Friday night, six years after […]

Chessum ‘gutted’ to miss out on England

2 June 2024 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Ollie Chessum admits he is “gutted” to be missing out on a busy summer with England in the southern hemisphere. However, the […]

England starting to look like Lions

2 June 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK A year out from the 2025 Lions tour of Australia it’s still hard to imagine that the Irish […]

Smith has final say for Saints

2 June 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Northampton Saints….. 22pts Tries: Odendaal 19 Conversions: Smith 20 Penalties: Smith 28, 31, 40, 62, 70 Saracens ………………………20pts Tries: Lewington 54, Cinti […]

France & Japan are showing the way

2 June 2024 0 comments

Rugby’s governing class might explain it this way: “We’re making the game leaner and meaner by cutting off the excess fat.” Or alternatively: “There’s too […]

Time to let Borthwick pick from the best

2 June 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES SAYS THE ENGLAND COACH SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO ONLY SELECTING PLAYERS WHO PLAY IN THE PREMIERSHIP England’s preliminary training squad for the […]

Sorry, but we don’t need your cup, Wills

2 June 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Of all the trophies dreamt up for international matches over the last 20 years, only one bears […]

Pink city deserves its place at the top

2 June 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Anybody watching the crowd scenes in front of the big screen […]

Dowson’s right, let’s be more like French

2 June 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In agreement: Mark McCall and, right, Phil Dowson PICTURES: Getty Images IT WAS interesting to hear […]

Gopperth misses out on top flight

2 June 2024 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN By JAMES HARRINGTON Jimmy Gopperth won’t be the oldest-ever player to feature in the Top 14 next season after all, after his Provence […]

Where Does “The Best Try Ever” by Gareth Edwards Rank Among Rugby’s Greatest Moments?

31 May 2024 0 comments

Throughout rugby history, few moments have achieved the legendary status of Gareth Edwards’ try for the Barbarians against New Zealand in 1973. Often hailed as […]

Dan Carter: England will want to make ‘statement’ against New Zealand in summer

30 May 2024 0 comments

Former All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter believes England have the talent to move away from “risk-free” tournament rugby and will be out to make a […]

Jack van Poortvliet relishing England return after leaving last camp in tears

30 May 2024 0 comments

Jack van Poortvliet’s last experience of an England camp was being driven out in tears by his mum knowing his World Cup was over before […]

Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six

26 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont revelled in captaining Toulouse […]

Scott can’t wait to pull on the Hong Kong jersey

26 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Calum Scott has put the demise of London Irish behind him and, after a season with National One side Rams, he now […]

Dream Team

26 May 2024 0 comments

Rob Miller, the former Newcastle, Wasps, Sale, Tynedale & England U20 full-back, chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Peter Southern […]

Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance

26 May 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster……………………….. 22pts Tries: van der Flier 93 Conversions: Frawley 94 Penalties: Byrne 18, 43, 46, 65; Frawley 77 Toulouse ……………………… 31pts Tries: […]

Once again, the French wizard calls the shots

26 May 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES Is there anything Antoine Dupont cannot do? Drop a goal with his left foot from his own half, perhaps? Wrestle a scrum penalty […]

Try tsunami sends a mixed message

26 May 2024 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at an increase in points scored but suggests the figures may be hiding a problem for the Premiership. Over the last seven […]

Collier fits the bill for NZ challenge

26 May 2024 0 comments

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK England finished the Six Nations with a resurgence, but their next destination, New Zealand, is usually a Red Rose […]

Time for us to see some new thinking

26 May 2024 0 comments

Remember the elderly joke about the flight from Australia to New Zealand? “There’s a time difference between the two countries,” the captain tells his passengers […]

Fantastic four face final tests

26 May 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE NORTHAMPTON The Saints finished at the top of the […]

The £20m circus which led to a World Cup

26 May 2024 0 comments

David Lord would kick off every email to The Rugby Paper during the last years of his life in the down-to-earth manner of a fair […]

Jennings looking for new challenge

26 May 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Still only 28, Rory Jennings is seeking the seventh full-time contract of his nomadic career after being released by Newcastle. By his […]

Zebo calls time

26 May 2024 0 comments

Munster flyer Simon Zebo will retire at the end of the season. The 34-year-old was capped 35 times by Ireland, helping his country win the […]

Young Guns – Will Jeanes

26 May 2024 0 comments

WILL JEANES – BATH SECOND ROW England Students second row Will Jeanes has progressed through the age groups at Bath and hopes to play a […]

TV deal hits the €700m jackpot

26 May 2024 0 comments

By JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Jeroboams of champagne all round at Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) headquarters earlier this week, after its TV rights tender […]

Big Ben strikes at right time for Sale

19 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Ben Curry is often referred to as the twin brother of Tom, the 50-cap England flanker who has missed the entire season […]

Danny hails departing ‘Quins legend’ Collier

19 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins’ household names are nearing the end of their careers but scrum-half Danny Care believes their new coaching team has built a […]

Williams is still the centre of attention

19 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES When Bristol signed Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Virimi Vakatawa last year to boost their midfield, few would have picked James Williams […]

Lam so keen to keep hold of Vakatawa

19 May 2024 0 comments

Pat Lam wants Virimi Vakatawa to extend his stay at Ashton Gate and is in talks with the France centre over a new deal. Vakatawa […]

Ex-Wasps buzzing for European glory

19 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Thibaud Flament has risen from Loughborough University’s fifth team to become a French international with the intention of next weekend becoming a […]

A tribute to unlucky Rory…

19 May 2024 0 comments

On the charge: Exeter’s Rory O’Loughlin powers forward against Munster PICTURES: Getty Images Another week ends with another player forced to accept the grim reality […]

Slade extends his stay at the Chiefs

19 May 2024 0 comments

ENGLAND centre Henry Slade has agreed a new contract with Exeter. The 31-year-old has won 62 caps for England and started all five Six Nations […]

Flyer Kildunne wins player of Championship

19 May 2024 0 comments

Full flight: England star Ellie Kildunne ENGLAND full-back Ellie Kildunne has been named the Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship – one of nine […]

Lawes is level with England’s greatest

19 May 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS Members of the Rugby Writers club have recently been voting for the Pat Marshall award which we scribes use to honour the outstanding […]

Mias made his mark in land of the giants als

19 May 2024 0 comments

Lucien Mias, below, who died this week aged 93, was never a giant of a man physically but when the force was with him, the […]

Kildunne crowned Women’s Six Nations Player of the Tournament

17 May 2024 0 comments

England’s Ellie Kildunne has been named as the Player of the Tournament for the 2024 Women’s Six Nations. After a shortlist of the competition’s standout […]

Game in England is good, says Ford

12 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES George Ford feels English rugby is on the up after a testing couple of years on and off the field and has […]

Tiueti out to make most of Cov move

12 May 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Inspired by his old Uni mate Will Rigg, Dafydd-Rhys Tiueti is hoping that joining Coventry this summer will do wonders for his […]

Time to put an end to marquee players

12 May 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ARE marquee players, or coaches, worth it, or are they just a Premiership owners’ vanity project? Judging […]

Rugby’s holy trinity prove the difference

12 May 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED SINCE time immemorial, rugby has been cloaked in its own cliches: Prince Obolensky was always “dashing”; Colin Meads lived his life […]

Power of the four musketeers

12 May 2024 0 comments

A common theme of last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals was the influence of the four scrum-halves, the catalysts of teams that look to get the […]

Davies the leading light in Welsh quartet

12 May 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Four international fly-halves took flight from Wales last year, understandably so given the alternative of staying put […]

50 years ago, the Lions start to sweat

12 May 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER At the start of the year, this column promised to dip into […]

Ex-England stars May and Ribbans set for BaaBaas bows

9 May 2024 0 comments

The Barbarians have confirmed the inclusion of two more England internationals for the Killik Cup clash against Fiji this summer, with Jonny May and David […]

Saints so close to stunning Leinster

5 May 2024 0 comments

From ADAM HATHAWAY at Croke Park Northampton boss Phil Dowson was left to rue the one that got away after Saints went down 20-17 to […]

Fit-again Ewels enjoying new life under Johann

5 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES When Charlie Ewels suffered knee ligament damage on England’s 2022 tour to Australia, his club Bath were at rock bottom. They had […]

Quins have to climb very steep mountain

5 May 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK WHEN Harlequins face Toulouse this afternoon in their first European Cup semi-final in south-west France, it will be […]

It’ll be tough for us but we’ll meet fire with fire, says Care

5 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Toulouse vs Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadium de Toulouse WHEN Harlequins went to Bordeaux last month they vowed to swing the […]

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