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Les Bleus announce themselves to the world

20 June 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 64 South Africa […]

Undercooked Wales set for gruelling week of fitness work

20 June 2021 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER Experienced head: Wales captain Jonathan Davies WALES head coach Wayne Pivac admits he fears his team will be underdone for their summer […]

Coombes states case for Ireland with four-try haul

13 June 2021 2 comments

By JOHN FALLON Zebre ………………….11 Munster …………….54 GAVIN Coombes sent out another signal that he’s ready to take over from the retiring CJ Stander as […]

Knox grabs late winner to keep Munster in running

30 May 2021 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Munster …………31pts Tries: N Scannell 30, 37, Wycherley 35, Knox 75 Conversions: Carbery 30, 36, 38, 75 Penalties: Carbery 51 Cardiff …………….27pts […]

Fan power caused TV U-turn on Six Nations

23 May 2021 1 comment

THE salvation of the Six Nations from vanishing behind a television paywall is being acclaimed as another victory for people power. Protests at the tournament […]

CHEICK KONE

23 May 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS Warriors so lucky Kone popped up WORCESTER WARRIORS LOCK As the newest member of the Worcester Warriors senior academy, Cheick Kone admits there is still plenty […]

Crowley steps up for Azzurri

23 May 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS BENETTON coach Kieran Crowley has replaced Franco Smith as Italy’s coach. Smith had been in the role since 2019 having succeeded Conor O’Shea, […]

Kieran Crowley to lead Italy at the next World Cup as FIR reshuffle coaching staff

19 May 2021 1 comment

Current head coach Franco Smith will step into a director of high performance role with the FIR

North v South final is on

16 May 2021 0 comments

PRO14 Rainbow Cup organisers are close to finalising plans for a June final in Europe between the best Europebased team and their South African counterparts. […]

Cardiff to host entire U20 Six Nations

9 May 2021 0 comments

THE 2021 U20 Six Nations will take place entirely in Wales, TRP can reveal. It was confirmed in January that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic meant […]

Harlequins sign 61-Test Tommaso Allan to reinforce fly-half stock

5 May 2021 1 comment

As first revealed in The Rugby Paper last month, Quins have finalised an agreement to sign Italy fly-half Tommaso Allan from Benetton

Harlequins eye Tommaso Allan to deputise for Marcus Smith

25 April 2021 1 comment

With Brett Herron and James Lang moving on, Quins are looking for immediate depth behind Smith

Alun Wyn Jones deal lets him go to World Cup

25 April 2021 0 comments

Signed to a new deal at the WRU and Ospreys this week, a contract clause could take the Wales captain through to the 2023 World Cup

Promotion and relegation are essential at all levels of game – Francis Baron

25 April 2021 0 comments

What does former RFU chief executive Francis Baron think of CVC’s growing influence in northern hemisphere rugby and the strategy plan at HQ?

Ireland 25-5 Italy: Irish finish in style to seal third place

25 April 2021 1 comment

IRELAND signed off with a win to secure third place in the Six Nations. Dorothy Wall barged over in the corner for a ninth-minute try. […]

Simon Middleton names England squad for Six Nations final

22 April 2021 1 comment

Emily Scarratt to lead the Red Roses against France on Saturday, as captain Sarah Hunter is named on the bench

Massimo Cuttitta was heart and soul of Azzurri | Brendan Gallagher

22 April 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher remembers Massimo Cuttitta and the Italy of the late prop’s era

Rainbow Cup in tatters as PRO14 cancel cross-hemisphere matches

21 April 2021 2 comments

Restrictions prohibiting travel between South Africa and the UK & Ireland forces PRO14 to offset Rainbow Cup dates

RFU complete Six Nations review and reiterates its ‘full support’ of Eddie Jones

20 April 2021 0 comments

Bill Sweeney and the RFU have completed their review of England’s poor Six Nations campaign

Scotland 20-41 Italy: Captain’s hat-trick kills off Scotland

18 April 2021 0 comments

ITALY captain Manuela Furlan grabbed a hat-trick as the Azzurre secured second place in the Women’s Six Nations Pool A behind England. The visitors ran […]

Benetton denied in the final frantic moments

11 April 2021 0 comments

Montpellier….31 Benetton ……..25 A TREMENDOUS defensive effort in the closing minutes saw Montpellier book their place in the semi-finals after back row Yacouba Camara had […]

Italy 3-67 England: Nine-try England book date in final

11 April 2021 23 comments

Italy played their best rugby in years in a first half which England still managed to score two tries in, before upping the intensity in the second half

There’s still room for skill in the women’s game

11 April 2021 2 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last the women’s game has an equal platform to the men. The BBC finally handed them […]

Captain Sarah Hunter returns to England starting line-up

8 April 2021 1 comment

Hunter will form a completely new back row selected by head coach Simon Middleton for the trip to Italy

Northampton Saints go shopping in Italy

4 April 2021 0 comments

Chris Boyd is looking to go talent-searching at Benetton

England’s ‘power’ scrum looks more powder puff | Nick Cain

4 April 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain looks at England’s troubles at the scrum, with the same errors holding back the front row that occurred at the 2019 Rugby World Cup final

That Rome weekend puts block on Georgia | Chris Hewett

4 April 2021 1 comment

If Italy are not all washed up as a permanent member of the Six Nations elite –a sporting society so exclusive, it makes the Hurlingham […]

Three gripes to put in Room 101

4 April 2021 0 comments

ALWAYS enjoy the Room 101 column, and I would like to share three rants with TRP. What is going on with Worcester? They were my […]

Paolo Odogwu was given an explanation why England didn’t play him

31 March 2021 2 comments

Wasps winger Odogwu saw no game-time with England and was not released back to Wasps during the Six Nations

Sarah Hunter back to lead England’s challenge

28 March 2021 2 comments

Previewing the Red Roses hopes of defending their Women’s Six Nations title

Rachel Malcolm heads Scots’ charge

28 March 2021 0 comments

WINGER Elizabeth Musgrove and scrum-half Jenny Maxwell return to the Scotland squad after long-term injuries. Evie Gallagher, Shona Campbell, Coreen Grant and Evie Wills are […]

What’s Wrong With England’s Rugby Stars?

27 March 2021 0 comments

England invented the game of rugby. You already know that because the press rarely misses an opportunity to tell you. The country also invented the […]

It’s your fault Eddie, blasts Woodward

21 March 2021 2 comments

ENGLAND’S World Cup winning boss Sir Clive Woodward blasted Eddie Jones after the disaster in Dublin. “Eddie has to look in the mirror,” he said. […]

Now Stade Francais keep their eyes on Ollie Lawrence progress

21 March 2021 0 comments

Stade Francais have a void to fill after
midfield star Gael Fickou appears set to join Racing 92

TRP’s 2021 Six Nations team of the tournament

21 March 2021 0 comments

15 Stuart Hogg (Scotland) Scotland have been patchy but their skipper has been superb throughout both in attack and defence. Once a fiery character he has […]

CVC cash must be shared with the needy

21 March 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT IT DOES not require years of detailed analysis from a political theorist to reach the conclusion that Rugby Union has never been much interested […]

No protests this time about unequal TV cash!

21 March 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Penalty try? Henry Slade’s kock-on prevents Matthieu Jalibert from scoring PICTURE: Getty Images It’s amazing how time […]

England’s Lions hopefuls hit skids with Triple Frown | Brendan Gallagher verdict

21 March 2021 0 comments

Critics have raised the alarm bell over England’s slump, so why hasn’t Eddie listened? Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on the loss to Ireland

Scotland 52-10 Italy: Worst-ever finish for under-fire Italians

21 March 2021 1 comment

Scotland wrapped up the try bonus point within the first half-four at Murrayfield

No Leigh Halfpenny for Wales’ Grand Slam pursuit

18 March 2021 4 comments

Alun Wyn Jones will equal Richie McCaw’s record for the number of Test caps against France

England head coach Eddie Jones named team to face Ireland

18 March 2021 0 comments

Henry Slade has been ruled out with a calf injury for England’s trip to Dublin

Fired-up Wales eye payback in Paris

14 March 2021 0 comments

WAYNE Pivac has warned France they will face a different side to the one which was hammered in Paris last autumn when Wales bid for […]

I’m backing wonderful Wales all the way in Paris | Shane Williams

14 March 2021 0 comments

The Grand Slam is on for Wales, Shane Williams considers the likelihood after their win in Rome

Italy 7-48 Wales: A Golden Slam beckons as Italians self-destruct in tragedy of errors

14 March 2021 0 comments

George North equals Shane Williams’ tally of tries in the Six Nations, as Wales run riot in Rome

The secret of youth for Richard Wigglesworth? Luck and excellent player rotation

11 March 2021 1 comment

DURABLE Leicester No.9 Richard Wigglesworth says luck allied to an insatiable appetite for self-improvement are fuelling his desire to keep playing. Wigglesworth, by some distance […]

Halaholo: ‘I was involved in heavy drinking and in my last year at high school I had my daughter’

11 March 2021 1 comment

Halaholo opens up on the trials of his youth on the rough side of Auckland, his dark past with the bottle, and his salvation being the birth of his daughter

Grand Slam-hunting Wales rest Adam Beard for trip to Italy

9 March 2021 0 comments

Wales head coach Wayne Pivac has revealed who is the preferred No.9 now Kieran Hardy will miss the rest of the Six Nations

Galthie in clear but French day trips forbidden – Laporte

7 March 2021 0 comments

FRENCH federation boss Bernard Laporte says there was no wrongdoing by the France squad before a coronavirus outbreak caused the postponement of their Six Nations […]

No tantrums from Callum Sheedy just a focus on the team | Peter Jackson

7 March 2021 1 comment

It’s been a rapid rise for Callum Sheedy to the Wales Six Nations set-up, Peter Jackson looks at the Bristol No.10’s route to the top

Lam’s ‘kick up backside’ made Sheedy Wales’ star

7 March 2021 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY In control: Callum Sheedy dictates play against England in Cardiff Inset, Pat Lam PICTURES: Getty Images MODEST Wales hero Callum Sheedy believes […]

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