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So unfair that Ireland are on this path of pain

31 July 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ireland have become the green giants of the game after doing what no home unions nation, or […]

FIXTURES

31 July 2022 0 comments

PRE-SEASON ■ MORE fixtures will be added each week as and when clubs announce their schedules. To any clubs wishing to include their games on […]

Dream Team with Luke Cozens

24 July 2022 0 comments

LUKE COZENS, THE CLIFTON PLAYER-COACH AND FORMER BATH, HARTPURY & ROUEN FLY-HALF CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Yann Thomas […]

Tiger Jack has all the attributes of a top 9

24 July 2022 24 comments

NEIL DE KOCK THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICA AND SARACENS SCRUM-HALF From a scrum-half perspective there were some real standout performers for the Home Unions over […]

Eddie has to decide what style he wants

24 July 2022 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now the tours are over, there is a time to rest and time to reflect on […]

It’s time we made the players the main event

17 July 2022 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The sagacious lexicographer Dr Johnson – we’re talking Samuel here, not Martin – famously caused a ruckus by describing patriotism as […]

Time the laws applied to New Zealand as well

10 July 2022 1 comment

COLIN BOAG It’s quite possible that Saturday’s Test between New Zealand and Ireland will turn out to be hugely significant for the global game. There […]

All Blacks give Irish a lesson in control

3 July 2022 0 comments

■By JOHN FALLON New Zealand ..42pts Tries: Barrett 21, Reece 30, Tupaea 36, Savea 38, 53, Sowakula 70 Conversions: Barrett 22, 31, 36, 39, 55, […]

Much changed Ireland take on Covid-hit New Zealand

30 June 2022 0 comments

Ireland make 14 changes from the team who lost to the Maori All Blacks, as Cian Healy is passed fit enough to start on the […]

Four Irishmen join the South African all-stars

26 June 2022 2 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK THE Stormers lifted the inaugural United Rugby Championship as they saw off the Bulls 18-13 in an all-South African final. The champions […]

European sides need to rise to the SA challenge

26 June 2022 0 comments

BY NEIL DE KOCK If you had said after the first six weeks of the competition that the Stormers would be playing the Bulls in […]

Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Hywl Fawr, Goodbye…

26 June 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At close of business on Friday, 40 Test players boasting a collective stack of 1,368 caps had […]

Thompson hoping Scottish summer can re-ignite form after Warriors woes

22 June 2022 0 comments

Glasgow Warriors fly-half Ross Thompson is hoping that Scotland’s tour to South America can re-ignite his early season form, after a disappointing end to his […]

Leinster scrum-half Nick McCarthy comes out as gay

20 June 2022 25 comments

Leinster scrum-half Nick McCarthy has come out as gay in an interview with the club’s official website. Former Ireland U20 international McCarthy, has made 46 […]

Stormers secure fightback victory

19 June 2022 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Stormers…………18pts Tries: Roos 45, Venter 57 Conversions: Libbok 46 Penalties: Libbok 43 Drop goals: Libbok 74 Bulls ………………13pts Tries: Vorster 3 Conversions: […]

Fans will turn their backs on the Boks

12 June 2022 2 comments

I HAVE travelled to most overseas games in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup in the last 14 years to support Tigers but I will […]

Boks have raised the bar -Cullen

12 June 2022 2 comments

By JOHN FALLON Leinster …………26pts Tries: Sheehan 9, Henshaw 33, O’Loughlin 72, Healy 82 Conversions: Byrne 10, 33, Sexton 82 Bulls………………..27pts Tries: Grobbelaar 20, Coetzee […]

It’s time to step up or face being left behind

12 June 2022 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It’s time for a re-think for the founding nations of the URC feast after the Bulls stepped-up to beat […]

Global vision for the future takes us into a new dawn

12 June 2022 1 comment

PAUL REES ASSESSES WORLD RUGBY’S PLANS TO MODERNISE THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC GAME The prospect of a global season has always seemed a world away. […]

Wilson axed by Warriors

12 June 2022 1 comment

RUGBY SHORTS DANNY Wilson has been sacked as Glasgow Warriors head coach after a humiliating 76-14 URC quarter-final defeat by Leinster. The hammering capped a […]

My body tells me to quit, but I just can’t!

12 June 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY SOANE TONGA’UIHA THE FORMER TONGA, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON, RACING 92, OYONNAX, BRISTOL AND AMPTHILL PROP AND CURRENT PLAYER-COACH AT CHINNOR RFC IT […]

Creation of Welsh regions was a ‘short-term fix that has not worked’, says Eddie Butler

10 June 2022 0 comments

Eddie Butler feels the creation of the Welsh regions was a short-term fix that has not worked for the Welsh game. Speaking to The Rugby […]

Eddie beware! This beast holds all the keys

5 June 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IN the last fortnight Eddie Jones and his England squad have had a rude awakening. The ‘future […]

Who’ll be next ace to ‘do a Niniashvili’?

5 June 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Is it me or is there suddenly a raft of brilliant young […]

Relegation freeze makes sense in World Cup year

5 June 2022 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There’s actually a reason the Premiership have been paid such a premium by the RFU for […]

Former England flanker Tom Wood announces retirement from rugby

30 May 2022 0 comments

Former England flanker Tom Wood has announced he will retire from professional rugby next month following 12 seasons at Northampton. Wood won 50 England caps, […]

Wasps aim to give legend Jimmy a perfect send-off

29 May 2022 0 comments

LEE Blackett has paid tribute to Jimmy Gopperth who this weekend plays his final game for Wasps – against Leicester, the team he is joining […]

Top talent Steward must be managed so carefully

29 May 2022 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK THE only surprise with Freddie Steward winning the double of the RPA England Men’s Player of the Year […]

La Rochelle keep their cool to rule in Europe

29 May 2022 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………..21pts Penalties: Sexton 5, 8, 22, 40+1, 47, 57 R Byrne 65 La Rochelle ……24pts Tries: Rhule 10, Bourgarit 60, Retiere […]

Europe’s elite clubs are facing trip into unknown

29 May 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE European Cup final in Marseille was not billed as a watershed moment, but Europe’s elite club […]

Fixtures

29 May 2022 0 comments

FRIDAY, JUNE 3 URC Play-off Ulster v Munster (7.35pm) Women’s Premier 15s Final Saracens v Exeter (3pm) SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Premiership (all 3pm kick-offs) Exeter […]

World Cup will be won and lost in the run-up

29 May 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fifteen months out from the 2023 World Cup, the rugby debate in host nation France is getting around to the workload […]

Leinster are taking Europe to next level

22 May 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is often argued, usually by politicians reneging on a manifesto promise, that “the perfect is the enemy of the good”. […]

Pivac’s wrong on Jac, but I’m sure he’ll be back

22 May 2022 1 comment

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Ihave to confess I couldn’t believe it at first when I heard that Wayne Pivac hadn’t selected Jac Morgan […]

Hosts breeze to 1872 Cup win

22 May 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh ……28 Glasgow ……….11 DOMINANT Edinburgh took the honours in a winner-takes-all derby against Glasgow Warriors in the URC at Murrayfield. Mike […]

Larmour shines bright

22 May 2022 0 comments

By KEVIN FALLON Leinster………………35 Munster …………….25 A SECOND-STRING Leinster side who were already guaranteed top spot were still too strong for an almost full-strength Munster […]

Europe’s best too hot for England

15 May 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama that have made it […]

England rugby still has a long way to go

15 May 2022 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The failure of any of the Premiership teams to make it to the semifinals of the […]

Tigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings

8 May 2022 1 comment

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster …………23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16, Henshaw 21 Conversions: Sexton […]

We did not stop fighting -Genge

8 May 2022 0 comments

LEICESTER captain Ellis Genge urged his Tigers to regroup quickly in order to continue their successful Premiership campaign. Genge had no complaints overall but regretted […]

Max Ojomoh feels Bath will reap rewards of home-grown policy

3 May 2022 0 comments

Bath centre Max Ojomoh feels that Bath will reap the long-term rewards of having a squad made up 50% home-grown players. Speaking to The Rugby […]

Bravo to WRU for giving grassroots day in the sun

1 May 2022 1 comment

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It has been open season on the Welsh Rugby Union recently, and quite rightly in many instances, but sometimes […]

Losing bonus secures Leinster’s play-off spot

1 May 2022 0 comments

By KEVIN FALLON Stormers …………….20 Leinster ………………13 LEINSTER fell to their second defeat in a row in South Africa but a losing bonus point was […]

Leinster’s push for top spot held up by Sharks

24 April 2022 0 comments

By KEVIN FALLON Sharks ………………..28 Leinster………………23 CHAMPIONS Leinster missed out on the opportunity to secure top spot in the URC when an understrength side were […]

Orange could replace grey area

17 April 2022 0 comments

PAUL REES CANVASSES OPINION ON RUGBY’S 20-MINUTE RED CARD EXPERIMENT World Rugby is considering making the 20-minute red card, which was trialled in the south […]

Contepomi ready for Pumas return

17 April 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEINSTER are set to suffer a blow to their coaching staff when they lose their influential backs coach […]

Chris Ashton set to start as Leicester Tigers make five changes for second leg against Clermont

15 April 2022 0 comments

Chris Ashton is set to start his first European game for Leicester Tigers as they look to defend a 19-point aggregate lead in the second […]

What to find in Sunday’s The Rugby Paper

15 April 2022 0 comments

The Rugby Paper returns this Easter Sunday as we once again focus on the European Champions and Challenge Cups. What can you find in Sunday’s […]

Ellis Genge leads Leicester to historic first leg victory at Clermont

10 April 2022 0 comments

Leicester Tigers claimed a first leg away win at Clermont Auvergne to take a stride towards the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals. After an early Clermont […]