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We will have a full deck of cards next season – McKellar

26 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Leicester’s dejection at finishing well short of the play-off positions was compounded by the sight of their fierce rivals Northampton sitting at […]

Leicester have the class to rule again

12 May 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Leicester are not where their fans want them to be – and a minority have been warned by […]

Young Guns: Bath & England U18 back row Connor Treacey

14 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK England U18s captain Connor Treacey led his country through an unbeaten Six Nations and now plans to be a sponge at Bath, learning […]

Rugby’s stuck in the ice age. It needs to open up

25 February 2024 0 comments

Ben Jaycock talks to Freddie Burns about life in Japan and what he thinks the sport must do to attract the youngsters FREDDIE Burns is […]

Atkinson gets his chance to prove himself at No.10

28 January 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Starts: Charlie Atkinson CHARLIE Atkinson will make only his third Premiership start since Wasps folded 15 months ago with Gloucester looking to […]

Young Guns: Bath Academy and Bath Uni centre James Short

8 October 2023 0 comments

After excelling in Bath’s successful U18s side, James Short is hoping to impress the England age grade selectors while performing in BUCS Super Rugby. The […]

Burns has his eye on media

6 August 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Freddie Burns says he would love to move into the media if he calls time on his career when his second spell […]

Ex-Tiger Burns making his way back to Japan

2 July 2023 0 comments

Former England fly-half Freddie Burns is heading back to Japan next season after a spell playing in Super Rugby for the Highlanders in New Zealand […]

Dream Team with Dan George

11 June 2023 0 comments

The Old Albanian head coach and former Scarlets, London Welsh, Gloucester, Worcester and Bedford hooker, chooses the Best XV he has played with or against… […]

After 23 years, it’s all over for Myler

23 April 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The longest career of the 21st century came to a cruelly anti-climactic end yesterday, its creator denied […]

Brown agrees new deal with Leicester

2 April 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Patience finally paid off for Mike Brown two months ago when the former England full-back’s determination to show he could still cut […]

Saints show the wit to keep Tigers at bay

29 January 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Leicester ……………………… 18pts Tries: Potter 7, 46 Conversions: Pollard 8 Penalties: Pollard 19, Burns 62 Northampton ……………….. 19pts Try: Sleightholme 49 Conversion: […]

Ramm ‘lucky to stay on the pitch’

29 January 2023 1 comment

James Ramm was relieved to only receive a yellow card for a second-minute challenge on Harry Potter that involved contact with the head. “In a […]

Wigglesworth off to a flier as Leicester cruise home

31 December 2022 1 comment

@therugbypaper Leicester ……….28pts Tries: Porter 43, Watson 57, 65 Conversions: Burns 44, 58 Penalties: Burns 12, 19, 53 Gloucester ……. 13pts Tries: Tuisue 41, May […]

Butt’s late winner makes it three in a row for Bath

13 November 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Bath……………………………….. 19pts Tries: Hill 29, Butt 81 Penalties: Bailey 3, 57, 70 Leicester………………………. 18pts Tries: Nadolo 5, Cronin 39 Conversions: Burns 6 […]

Watson reminds Jones of his class

6 November 2022 0 comments

Friendly Leicester……….33 Italy Select….. 19 ANTHONY Watson fired a reminder of his talents scoring one of Leicester Tigers’ five tries at Welford Road. The 51-cap […]

Reffell shines as Tigers roar at the Stoop

16 October 2022 0 comments

Harlequins…….19pts Tries: Murley 68, 79; Care 80+2 Conversions: Smith 69, 80+3 Leicester Tigers..27pts Tries: Reffell 8, 53; Montoya 33, Watson 76 Conversions: Burns 34, 77 […]

Dazzling Daly the star for Saracens

2 October 2022 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Saracens ……….51pts Tries: Lozowski 14, Earl 22, Malins 30, Van Zyl 38, Daly 60, McFarland 68, Maitland 79 Conversions: Farrell 15, 31, […]

‘We must build on what we achieved’

4 September 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Dan Cole dismisses suggestions Tigers enter the new season as favourites in the same manner he deals with each scrum or ruck…head […]

Potter hits high notes as Tigers march on

28 August 2022 2 comments

Newcastle ……..28pts Leicester ……….42pts By BEN JAYCOCK Harry Potter scored a hat-trick as Leicester Tigers ended their pre-season in style with an emphatic win over […]

Proud Burns ticks off second childhood dream

20 June 2022 0 comments

Freddie Burns delighted in achieving another childhood goal by winning the Premiership after he drop-kicked Leicester Tigers to glory on Saturday. In an interview with […]

Joy for Burns as Tigers grab title

19 June 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD FREDDIE Burns revealed he had “an outer-body experience” of ecstasy and joy after nailing the drop-goal which made him Leicester’s unlikely Twickenham […]

Burns out to claim a Tigers shirt of his own

19 June 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES FREDDIE Burns, who kicked Leicester to victory in yesterday’s Premiership final with a last-gasp drop-goal, has been a key part of Tigers […]

Freddie Burns ready to complete ‘unfinished business’ in Premiership final

15 June 2022 0 comments

Freddie Burns says that a Gallagher Premiership title triumph would “mean the world” to him as his 13th season of professional rugby heads towards a […]

Bayliss sets high bar for Bath boys to follow

27 March 2022 2 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE IN three years, Josh Bayliss has gone from being a breakthrough academy player to one of Bath’s leaders and a full-blown Scotland […]

Tigers keep it tight to curb Bath spirit

20 February 2022 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bath ………………..20pts Tries: Muir 9, Ojomoh 29, Bayliss 31 Conversions: Bailey 29 Penalties: Bailey 22 Leicester ……….24pts Tries: Wiese 6, Wrigglesworth 12, […]

I was just glad to get on the pitch says six-club Ashton

13 February 2022 0 comments

CHRIS Ashton confessed he was just “grateful to be here” after his Leicester debut. The 34-year-old, who has now played for six Premiership clubs, made […]

30 January 2022 25 comments

ROOM 101 THE LEICESTER FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Wet door knobs There is nothing worse […]

Captain Genge is given the Euro chop

19 December 2021 2 comments

Preview Leicester v Connacht Today, Kick-off 1pm DEPARTING prop Ellis Genge has been left out of the squad for Leicester’s Champions Cup game against Connacht […]

Not even a bonus point for Hooper

7 November 2021 0 comments

STERN-FACED Stuart Hooper admitted he was thoroughly frustrated by Bath’s latest defeat. “We are leaving here with nothing,” he said. Defeat number seven for the […]

Far East life rekindles Freddie’s rugby fire

7 November 2021 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER his career hit an all-time low at Bath, Freddie Burns says playing in Japan’s Second Division helped him grow as a […]

Worcester 3-48 Leicester: Tigers rip toothless Warriors to pieces

17 October 2021 1 comment

STEVE Borthwick was thrilled with both human bull-dozer Nemani Nadolo and England fly-half George Ford as Tigers ripped Worcester to shreads in a one-sided contest […]

Teenage flyer Cusick cruises in for first-touch try

29 August 2021 1 comment

By TOM INNES Jersey ………………7pts Leicester ……….17pts A TRY from 18-year-old wing Jacob Cusick with his first touch in senior rugby helped Leicester to a […]

Top League: Rocket man Alex Goode burns off Freddie

18 April 2021 1 comment

Matt McIlraith reports on the elimination play-offs in Japan’s Top League, as Goode’s NEC Green Rockets advance over Freddie Burns’ Shokki Shuttles

Freddie Burns knows what it means to be a Tiger says Neil Back

28 March 2021 0 comments

Neil Back has his say on what the signing of Freddie Burns can do for Steve Borthwick’s plans at Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers confirm the return of Freddie Burns

23 March 2021 0 comments

As reported in The Rugby Paper on March 14, Burns will return to Welford Road from his stint in Japan ahead of the 2021-22 season

Bath will have to wait until summer on Danny Cipriani

16 February 2021 1 comment

Cipriani remains unsigned after leaving Gloucester last year, with Bath told they will have to wait until the summer for a decision

Chris Ashton could join the exodus to Japan

19 January 2021 1 comment

Neil Fissler reports on the future of Harlequins and former England wing Chris Ashton

Exclusive: George Barton aims to gain from mentor Cips’ Gloucester departure

30 December 2020 2 comments

Barton started the year with England U20s, and finished it with one of Gloucester’s most memorable moments of 2020 in the Champions Cup

EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Burns on what went wrong at Bath

16 September 2020 0 comments

The former Bath fly-half, bound for Japan’s Top League, was adamant he would not be sitting on the bench no longer

Nurture English lads or it may be trouble

23 August 2020 0 comments

This law is an ass! THE ruck law needs to change now. This picture shows it’s currently just a joke. Dick Tyson YOU recently reported […]

Cueto and Hodgson believe Manu Tuilagi can banish any doubts over Sale’s staying power

22 July 2020 0 comments

Sale Premiership winners Mark Cueto and Charlie Hodgson offer their two cents on the boost Tuilagi offers the Sharks

Bath make splash for Ben Spencer, Will Spencer and Sharks prop

5 June 2020 0 comments

Bath have provided a squad update on the departures, extensions and new signings set to come and go this summer

Sun shines on the Goode

25 May 2020 0 comments

ALEX GOODE, the connoisseur’s choice of full-back, is on his way to Japan, as is Freddie Burns, a seat-of-the-pants No.10 who is usually worth a […]

Revealed: Where Alex Goode will be playing next season after agreeing terms to leave Saracens

13 May 2020 0 comments

Saracens stalwart Alex Goode won’t be playing in the Championship, Neil Fissler reports

Premiership told to stop shackling the mavericks

10 May 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLISH rugby’s failure to embrace mavericks like Danny Cipriani is one of the travesties of the modern game, according to former Wasps […]