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Latest News

/ 6 months ago

A look at Liam Belcher – Wales’ future hooker?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Often referred to as the heartbeat of the pack, the hooker position is vital to the...

By Cam Stephens

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Twelvetrees determined to drive Hartpury on

By MARK STEVENS JUST spending a few minutes in the company of Billy Twelvetrees, it’s fair to say there’s plenty of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 6 months ago

Charlie celebrates happiest birthday

■By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC..................... 12 Leicester L ............. 15 LEICESTER Lions secured just their second win of the season with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Stop messing with Marcus – Campese

By BEN JAYCOCK DAVID Campese believes England are going backwards under Steve Borthwick, who is ‘messing around’ with talisman Marcus Smith....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 months ago

Coach who gave Hastings brothers their debuts

THERE was a time when the strength of rugby in the Borders was a weathervane for Scottish rugby generally. That period...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 6 months ago

A brace from Botterill is key to victory for Esher

■By MIKE DAVIS Leicester L ....... 31pts Tries: Romano 7, Allen 11, Sterland 24, Murdoch 47, Tebbatt 80 Conversions: Bouchier 8,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Leaking 42 points at home is ‘unforgivable’ – Jamie George

By Adam Hathaway at Twickenham Deflated Jamie George declared his side were not up to scratch after they slumped to another dismal...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

More heartache for England as Aussies steal it at the death

By Nick Cain at Twickenham England ............................. 37pts Tries: Cunningham-South 5, 12; Sleightholme 57, 68, Itoje 78 Conversions: Smith 13, 68,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Townsend: We’ll have to be at our very best

■By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Scotland v South Africa Today. Kick-off 4.10pm, Murrayfield GREGOR Townsend may have several wins over South Africa...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Priceless memories from across the union landscape

Masterly: Steve Bale MORE often than not, guests on this paper’s weekly podcast are subjected to a quickfire round of 15...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

The one-man choir whose class shone like a beacon

STEVE Bale had more, far more than a voice worthy of the Albert Hall on the Last Night of the Proms...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Farewell Baler, the dedicated driver of our gang of misfits

SO farewell then Baler – Steve Bale – a prince among men as well as a most talented versatile wordsmith mainly...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 6 months ago

DMP enjoy being in the winning circle at long last

■By TOM EASTWAY Darlington MP .......36 Leicester Lions ....29 IN a game that almost felt like a must-win fixture for a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Bouchier sees only positives in local link with top-flight Tigers

■By BEN JAYCOCK Cool head: Leicester Lions fly-half Luke Bouchier LEICESTER Lions feel fortunate to be beneficiaries of their partnership with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Podcast

/ 6 months ago

S4, E10: Alex Cuthbert joins as England drop ball against NZ + Wales set for crucial Autumn Nations Series

With an eight-point lead, England seemed in control at Twickenham, only for a New Zealand fightback and some questionable substitutions to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Itoje full of hope for new PGP deal

■ By ADAM HATHAWAY MARO Itoje has given a snapshot of how the new PGP agreement between clubs and the RFU...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

England will need to tame Sua’ali’i

THE Wallabies may be stuck between a rock and a hard place, but England will still need to be wary of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 months ago

Elliot Daly calls for another All Blacks demolition

By Adam Hathaway in Girona Elliot Daly has not had a crack at the All Blacks in five years but has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 months ago

Now Jonny Gray harms his chance to be a Lion

By the time the British and Irish Lions head for Wallaby country next summer, it will be 32 years since a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Leinster made to dig deep

■ By KEVIN FALLON Leinster........... 24 Lions................... 6 LEINSTER maintained their winning start to the URC but they dropped a point...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 7 months ago

Park run rampant to tame battling Lions

By GARETH COLLINS Leicester L ..... 24 Rosslyn Park . 48 AN entertaining 11try game between two attack-minded sides went the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Hancox joins the 200 club

AFTER 10 years of donning the red, black and yellow shirt for Bournemouth, skipper Grant Hancox made his 200th appearance this...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Scarlets vs Zebre Parma – United Rugby Championship Match Preview

It is another Friday night game for the Scarlets as they welcome Zebre Parma to Llanelli. We are entering the final...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 months ago

No rest for Leicester Tigers as Michael Cheika puts foot down

By Adam Hathaway Match Preview Leicester v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road Leicester boss Michael Cheika has shelved thoughts of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Zebre ……………… 9 Lions ……………. 10

THE Lions continued their unbeaten start to the season by edging Zebre in a rain-soaked tight affair. Ivan van Rooyen’s side...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 7 months ago

Richmond are still not at full potential – Powell

By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ........ 43pts Tries: Monson 4, McMillan 19, Woollard 23, Litchfield 51, Obonna 63, Schwarz 68, O’Meara 78...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

It’s not a wing and a prayer for Esher’s bigger boys

By BEN JAYCOCK Prop star: Esher’s Conor Ganley HAVING previously been unbeaten for several years in Hong Kong and only tasting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

That’s my lot, says Davies

FORMER British and Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies has announced his retirement from professional rugby. The 36-year-old left the Scarlets at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 7 months ago

A tribute to Jonathan Davies – One of Wales’ best ever

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Wales said goodbye to another legend recently Jonathan Davies’ professional rugby career is over. It has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 months ago

Insight into Heol-y-Cyw – An incredible Welsh grassroots club

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyan Sports From cities to the valleys, rugby is a way of life; it is the heartbeat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Premiership Rugby chief defends Phil Morrow approach

By Adam Hathaway Premiership chiefs have rushed to defend their handling of the Phil Morrow situation which caused a split among...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Darcy Graham gets the ball rolling for Edinburgh

By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh ......38 Stormers ........... 7 Edinburgh earned a much-needed bonus-point win to kick-start their season after three straight...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Double boost for the Dragons

Preview Dragons v Lions Today. 3.30pm THE Dragons are boosted by the return of Wales prop Leon Brown and back row...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 7 months ago

Titans put lid on Lions first-half control

■By HENRY WILLIAMS Leicester L ...... 17 Rotherham T . 34 ROTHERHAM turned around a half-time deficit to secure a fifth...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Harri Deaves – Wales’ next backrow superstar?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports At a time when the national team is looking for world-class talent across the pitch, the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 months ago

England is still my target – Ben Spencer

By Jon Newcombe Ben Spencer will continue to put his best foot forward – either his left or his right, it...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Ulster blown away in Pretoria

By THOMAS DANIELS Bulls ................ 47 Ulster ............... 21 Last season’s finalists the Bulls secured backto-back wins by scoring seven tries...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Three defeats in a row for sorry Edinburgh

By BRYN PALMER Lions ................55 Edinburgh ......21 EDINBURGH suffered a savage mauling by a rampant Lions outfit to leave their ambitions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 months ago

Remembering those early trips

THE Lions staged three tours to Argentina in the early days before giving up on the idea. The 1910 tour was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 months ago

I put in three good shots on Jonah Lomu

MY LIFEIN RUGBY JOHN DUDLEY THE FORMER ROTHERHAM & NORTH OF ENGLAND LOCK/BACK ROW Take that: John Dudley celebrates Rotherham’s famous...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 7 months ago

Rams celebrate 100 years with Lions mauling

■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................54 Leicester Lions ....29 RAMS celebrated their centenary in style with an eight-try home success against Leicester...

By The Rugby Paper Team