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Injuries could be key, says Schmidt

11 February 2018 0 comments

JOE Schmidt admits injuries could be a factor for Ireland after Tadhg Furlong and Robbie Henshaw both left the field early in Ireland’s big win […]

No laughing matter, Finn – get it right!

11 February 2018 1 comment

IT’s not going to be the game either coach, or indeed set of fans, dreamed of – but this afternoon’s ‘auld alliance’ match at Murrayfield […]

In comes Laidlaw as Townsend decides to take a more pragmatic approach

11 February 2018 0 comments

Recall: Greig Laidlaw SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend has made six changes from the side that lost so badly to Wales with the most significant […]

Archer shines as Tigers maul Blues

4 February 2018 0 comments

By LEE SIMS Sheffield T……10 Macclesfield…0 SHEFFIELD Tigers claimed their first victory of the new year at the expense of Macclesfield, to end a run […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

4 February 2018 1 comment

ADRIAN DAVIES THE FORMER WALES, NEATH, CARDIFF, CAMB UNIV AND RICHMOND FLY-HALF In five years of Test rugby I played under four head coaches so […]

France find it difficult to feel love for Altrad

4 February 2018 1 comment

DAVID BARNES Montpellier chairman Mohed Altrad, born to a Bedouin tribe in the desert, has built a global empire that turns over billions. Unfortunately for […]

Momentum will carry us to Twickenham with belief

4 February 2018 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS Midfield maestro: Centre Hadleigh Parkes That was more like it! I’ve said for a long time that Wales have the players to take […]

Sexton sets Irish eyes smiling with one of the great drop goals

4 February 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER JOHNNY Sexton broke French hearts in Paris last night with a match winning 45 metre dropped goal with the last play of […]

Johnny’s so glad he got last chance…

4 February 2018 0 comments

IRELAND’S Grand Slam remains on track thanks to Johnny Sexton’s lastgasp winner. The fly-half said: “It was one of those moments – I’m just happy […]

Stockdale and Aki named in Ireland team to play France

1 February 2018 0 comments

Ireland’s last trip to Paris in the Six Nations ended in a 10-9 defeat

Jacques Brunel must turn France’s Cup aces into champs

31 January 2018 0 comments

Can the 64-year-old turn France into a team to fear? He’s certainly making changes in selection

Deano: Eddie Jones can do the Slam and win the World Cup if Farrell and Vunipola stay fit

31 January 2018 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons head coach Dean Richards talks England’s prospects in Six Nations and beyond

Jackson column: Rhys Webb has become the victim of politics

31 January 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson suggests Rhys Webb may never play for Wales in Cardiff again given he will be 32 when his Toulon contract ends

Guscott column: Scotland can beat Wales if they play fast and error-free rugby

31 January 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott pins Scotland’s hopes of victory in Cardiff on the axis of Price-Russell and dangerman Huw Jones

Six Nations spotlight – Ireland: Joe Schmidt must unleash his terrifying dogs of war

30 January 2018 0 comments

Ireland head coach spoilt by riches of big-name players and new dynamics brought to the table by young up-and-comers

Halfpenny’s kicking can win it for Wales, says Sir Gareth Edwards

30 January 2018 0 comments

Wales legend gives his backing to the Scarlets full-back to kick Wales to victory against Scotland

France

28 January 2018 0 comments

■FRANCE are desperate to get their hands on the title again after a disappointing third-place finish last season. They improved steadily through the year to […]

Strange gives Welsh boys licence to thrill

28 January 2018 0 comments

Round-up FRANCE were runners-up last season but must do without 19-year-old fly-half sensation Matthieu Jalibert, who was called up to the senior squad. In his […]

Rhys has become the victim of politics

28 January 2018 0 comments

Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing out with a World […]

Burton knew how to pick a winner when he took Liz to Cardiff

28 January 2018 0 comments

FROM his vantage point somewhere in Milan, Marvin Hagler will be keeping a beady eye on Ireland’s fortune over the coming weeks. The ‘Marvelous’ one […]

wait for a win

28 January 2018 3 comments

On target: Sale’s Chris Johnson kicks more points PICTURES: Steve Wells Menace: Hinckley’s Jonny Sykes threatens the line The theme continued in the second half […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

28 January 2018 0 comments

PETER DODS THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it with a bust eye. […]

Knights look to hit Notts for six

28 January 2018 0 comments

DONCAST go in search of a sixth successive league win over Nottingham after coming from behind to beat the Green and Whites 32-26 in September. […]

Tigers mauled as Tynedale run riot

28 January 2018 1 comment

By BRIAN TILLEY SHEFFIELD Tigers were blown away at a windswept Tynedale, where the rampant hosts ran in 11 tries. The Yorkshire side looked good […]

Trailblazer Brown aiming to hammer down on Italy

28 January 2018 0 comments

SAM PARKHOUSE talks to the England flanker who’s no stranger to international competition FRANCE Lise Arricastre, Cyrielle Banet, Camille Boudaud, Caroline Boujard, Pauline Bourdon, Patricia […]

Briggs is back to guide Irish

28 January 2018 1 comment

Ireland NIAMH Briggs returns to the Ireland set-up after missing last year’s tournament because of injury. The full-back made her comeback at fly-half in the […]

Amid all the tension and turmoil French rugby had its finest hour

21 January 2018 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher recalls the times rugby exploded in France with the 1968 Grand Slam Heroes: How the French media hailed the Grand Slam Stars: Walter […]

Those who also manned the barricades during the 1968 Five Nations

21 January 2018 1 comment

Bernard Duprat (Bayonne): Proud Basque who made over 400 appearance for Bayonne in a 15-year career. Scored nine tries in 15 Tests for France Jean […]

Top 14 helps top refs to learn right language

21 January 2018 0 comments

THE France national rugby team might be all over the place at present but French referees are flying the flag in some style. Remarkably France […]

Old king Cole gets set to repel youngsters

21 January 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY FIRED-UP tight-head Dan Cole says he is relishing his ninth Six Nations campaign as much as his first eight years ago as […]

Donnacha will know all our secrets admits O’Mahoney

14 January 2018 0 comments

Preview Racing 92 v Munster Today, Kick-off 3.15pm SIMON Zebo starts at fullback for Munster against the club he will join in the summer as […]

Care: Quins can build a team around fly-half Smith

14 January 2018 0 comments

Partners for club and country: Danny Care and Marcus Smith in England training MARCUS Smith’s new contract has been hailed as “great business for Harlequins” […]

Wronged Jon will get chance to state case

14 January 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Dejection: Greig Laidlaw, left, and Finn Russell are devastated after Scotland’s last-gasp loss to Australia in the 2015 World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images […]

RUGBY SHORTS

14 January 2018 0 comments

Lydiate out for season OSPREYS and Wales flanker Dan Lydiate has been ruled out for the rest of the season after surgery on a bicep […]

Leinster and Ireland dealt injury blow as Ringrose ruled out for over a month

9 January 2018 0 comments

Centre out for remaining Champions Cup pool matches and first two Six Nations matches

Bring back magic of Six Nations trial matches

7 January 2018 0 comments

THE first week of January always used to be the occasion of the final England trial at Twickenham – England v the Rest – with […]

Sale find groove after a first-half setback

7 January 2018 0 comments

By STEVE SMITH Sheffield T……16 Sale ………………27 SALE maintained their drive for promotion after coming from behind to secure a bonus-point triumph on the road […]

Fagerson injury blow for Scotland

7 January 2018 2 comments

SCOTLAND will be without tighthead Zander Fagerson until at least the Six Nations meeting with Ireland on March 10 after the 21-year-old prop suffered a […]

Wales advised to consider Vern Cotter as successor to Gatland

2 January 2018 0 comments

Mike Ruddock urges the WRU to consider the former Scotland boss he describes as a ‘class act’

The rugby people we lost in 2017

1 January 2018 0 comments

In a series of obituaries, we remember the former players and club personnel who graced the sport

Choke-tackle must get the big Kiss-off

31 December 2017 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email:[email protected] HOWI applauded Colin Boag’s condemnation of the so-called ‘choke […]

Ruddock: Add Cotter to the list for Wales

31 December 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are being advised to consider Vern Cotter as their new head coach. Mike Ruddock, the only Welshman to oversee a Grand […]

We want to win it for Les – Piutau

31 December 2017 0 comments

PREVIEW… Ulster v Munster Monday, January 1, Kick-off 5.35pm ULSTER recall fly-half Christian Lealiifano for their derby with Munster as pressure mounts on director of […]

Stack knew how to make most of his many talents

31 December 2017 0 comments

BRIAN ‘STACK’ STEVENS (Cornish Pirates, Cornwall, England and Lions tourist) Died October 10 aged 76 Cornish farmer and a rock of a man who made […]

Williams column: Ability of new caps offers Wales reasons to be cheerful after below-par 2017

29 December 2017 0 comments

Shane Williams says Welsh provinces enjoyed a better 2017 than the national team

Furlong focused on happy future

24 December 2017 0 comments

Preview Munster v Leinster Tuesday Dec 26, Kick-off 3.15pm LEINSTER head for a raucous Boxing Day at heaving Thomond Park with tighthead Tadhg Furlong at […]

Call to cut the subs will cull land of the giants

24 December 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The first substitution at Test level took place 50 years ago next summer and involved one all-time […]

O’Connell answers call

24 December 2017 1 comment

PAUL O’Connell is to take up a new coaching role with Ireland U20s. The former Ireland and Munster lock, 38, will become assistant coach alongside […]

Stander signs on for another three years

24 December 2017 1 comment

LIONS and Ireland back-row CJ Stander has signed a new three-year IRFU deal to keep him at Munster until 2021 The 27-year-old No.8, who has […]

Refs need to make sure justice is equal for all

24 December 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Escape: Sean Maitland got away with taking out Clermont’s Isaia Toeava Les Kiss, Ulster’s director of rugby, and formerly Ireland’s defence coach, has […]

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