ENGLAND centre Will Joseph will move from Harlequins to George Skivington’s Gloucester at the end of the season. The 22-year-old, whose only England appearance so […]
ENGLAND UNDER-18 HEAD coach Jonathan Pendlebury selected his England U18 squad for a four-day training camp at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre which concludes today. […]
LEE DICKSON, THE FORMER ENGLAND, NORTHAMPTON & NEWCASTLE SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… Forwards 1. Sione Tonga’uiha – An […]
ACADEMY RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS BATH secured a rematch of last season’s Premiership Academy U18 final against Northampton with a 46-14 win over Gloucester. […]
By Paul Rees Phil Dowson has joined Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton in questioning the Premiership salary cap increasing at a time when clubs are […]
ACADEMY RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS NORTHAMPTON U18s booked themselves into a fourth consecutive academy league final with a 62-17 thrashing of closest rivals. There’s no […]
By Paul Rees World Cup winner Trevor Woodman is confident Afolabi Fasogbon will fulfil his early promise and become one of the game’s leading tight-head […]
By Paul Rees When London Irish went into administration two seasons ago, Jonathan Fisher was among those who suddenly found themselves out of a job. […]
Main men: Santi Carreras playing for Gloucester and, inset, George Skivington SANTI Carreras stood out for Gloucester in the two seasons before this one when […]
Michael van Vurren, the former junior Springbok, Cheetahs, Stade Francais, Kings, Leicester, Bath, London Scottish, London Irish, Northampton, Bedford, Ampthill, Ealing, Wasps, Lions & Newcastle […]
By Jon Newcombe Former England international Matt Banahan has hailed Anthony Watson as the ‘ultimate team man’ and a ‘true professional’ who had an unparalleled […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MICHAEL VAN VUUREN THE FORMER JUNIOR SPRINGBOK, CHEETAHS, STADE FRANCAIS, KINGS, LEICESTER, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LONDON IRISH, NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, AMPTHILL, EALING, WASPS, […]
England and Leicester wing Anthony Watson has been forced to retire from professional rugby on medical grounds. The 30-year-old has had a number of injury […]
Saracens full-back Tom Parton has left the club to join Japanese side Panasonic Wild Knights. The 26-year-old, who also plays wing, joined Sarries from London […]
By Jon Newcombe Match Preview… Exeter v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park Gloucester director of rugby George Skivington is confident his team are close […]
By Sam Jackson Henry Arundell, one of rugby’s most exciting talents, is poised to join Bath next season from Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92, opening the […]
By SAM JACKSON HENRY Arundell, one of rugby’s most exciting talents, is poised to join Bath next season from Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92, opening the […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND LA ROCHELLE FLY-HALF, NOW HEAD COACH AT PLYMOUTH ALBION RYAN LAMB THERE were […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND LA ROCHELLE FLY-HALF, NOW HEAD COACH AT PLYMOUTH ALBION RYAN LAMB THERE were […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND LA ROCHELLE FLY-HALF, NOW HEAD COACH AT PLYMOUTH ALBION RYAN LAMB THERE were […]
SCHOOL RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS GORDON’S beat 12-time champions Hartpury 34-24 to win their first ever ACE League title at Sixways Stadium. Gordon’s, the […]
■ By CAMERON STEPHENS TOPSY Ojo believes that England’s lack of experimenting in the Autumn Nations Series meant that they didn’t learn as much about […]
England got back to winning ways with a routing of Japan at Twickenham on Sunday. However, after five consecutive defeats prior, questions burn even stronger […]
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SACKING head coach Steve Borthwick and RFU CEO […]
By DAN ROBERTSHAW Stepping up: Northampton’s Archie McParland on the attack PICTURES: Getty Images Class: Antoine Dupont NORTHAMPTON scrum-half Archie McParland feels he has returned […]
SCOTT HALL, THE NOTTINGHAM AND FORMER NORTHS EAGLES AND LEICESTER BACK ROW, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen […]
By JOE SANTAMARIA Top dogs: Argentina celebrate beating Australia in Rugby Championship PICTURES: Getty Images AS Sebastián Piñeyrúa’s historic six-year term as President of Sudamérica […]
■By PAUL REES GEORGE Makepeace-Cubitt was stacking supermarket shelves at the start of the year but the England Under-20 outside-half is now expressing himself at […]
SALE have signed Tadgh McElroy from Ulster until the end of the season. Luke Cowan-Dickie is with England and Tommy Taylor is injured, leaving Ethan […]
Paul Rees talks to Ethan Grayson who heard from two rugby legends after he helped Newcastle end their 25-match losing run Delight: Ethan Grayson celebrates […]
By GARY FITZGERALD a Speed merchant: Ollie Hassell-Collins scoring against Gloucester last weekend MICHAEL Cheika is backing “raw” Ollie Hassell-Collins to force his way back […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY DAVID SISI THE FORMER ITALY, ZEBRE, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LEEDS, LONDON IRISH & ENGLAND U20 LOOSE FORWARD RUGBY started quite late for […]
Winning feeling: Marcus Smith breaks clear during the victory against Ireland at Twickenham in last season’s Six Nations and, inset, Elliot Daly takes a selfie […]
By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed Prize assets: Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and, inset from top, Tom Willis, Gabriel Oghre, Alfie Barbeary, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Greg Fisilau and […]