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Exiles sign Samoa back row So’otala

6 March 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish have made a swoop to land Brive and Samoa U20 back row So’otala Fa’aso’o on a […]

Clermont join battle for Hughes

6 March 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CLERMONT Auvergne have emerged as a serious threat to London Irish’s plans to sign former England No.8 Nathan […]

Tyro Puma Gonzalez is dreaming big with Exiles

6 March 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Explosive: Juan Martin Gonzalez ARGENTINA international Juan Martin Gonzalez has adjusted well to life in England and wants to be a part […]

Luke Cowan-Dickie and Manu Tuilagi absent from England training camp

2 March 2022 1 comment

England pair Luke Cowan-Dickie and Manu Tuilagi are notable absentees from Eddie Jones’ 25-player squad for a training camp in Bristol. The squad has met […]

Woodburn relishing challenge of unfamiliar territory

27 February 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES Motivated: Woodburn OLLY Woodburn is intent on making up for lost time after missing 24 matches because of a bulging disc in […]

Catt’s influence has got the Irish attack purring

27 February 2022 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK MIKE Catt naturally flowed into coaching, as a lot of 10s tend to do, because they already have […]

Exiles lock Coleman poised to snub Paris

27 February 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER ADAM Coleman is deciding his next move after talking to Racing 92 about a switch to Paris next […]

Exiles bring in Reid to cover midfield

27 February 2022 1 comment

RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed fly-half Noel Reid on a short-term deal from French side Agen. The former Leinster and Leicester Tigers player, 31, […]

Chick banned for three weeks, Coleman let off

27 February 2022 1 comment

RUGBY SHORTS NEWCASTLE No.8 Callum Chick has been banned for three weeks after he was sent off against Exeter last Sunday. The Falcons captain was […]

Lowering salary cap has levelled playing field says Davis

20 February 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD BRAD Davis has urged London Irish’s players to avoid table-watching and keep staying in the fight if they want to snatch a […]

Groom: English game demands different skills

20 February 2022 0 comments

By GRANT SHUB Springbok star: Cobus Reinach played with Nic Groom at Northampton FOR former Northampton Saints and London Irish scrum-half Nic Groom, the development […]

Theo’s a slam dunk to reach top

20 February 2022 1 comment

By ADAM HATHAWAY Big impression: Theo McFarland scores for Saracens against Harlequins PICTURE: Getty Images SARACENS head coach Joe Shaw has seen Theo McFarland put […]

Woolstencroft in for long haul at Sarries

20 February 2022 0 comments

By DANIEL GALLAN SARACENS hooker Tom Woolstencroft is on the cusp of something special. There’s been no indication from Eddie Jones that the 27-year-old is […]

LISTEN NOW: The Rugby Paper Podcast Episode Three with Cadan Murley

17 February 2022 39 comments

This week, Oliver Little is joined by The Rugby Paper’s Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock and exciting Harlequins wing Cadan Murley. With no Six Nations this […]

Episode Three of the The Rugby Paper Podcast with special guest Cadan Murley

16 February 2022 0 comments

The Rugby Paper Podcast returns tomorrow (Thursday) for yet another exhilarating episode. This week, host Oliver Little is joined by The Rugby Paper Assistant Editor […]

Premiership launches PRTV streaming service

16 February 2022 0 comments

THE PREMIERSHIP have announced the launch of a new streaming service that allows supporters to watch all Gallagher Premiership rugby matches not broadcast on ITV […]

Manu Tuilagi returns to England training squad ahead of Wales tie

15 February 2022 1 comment

Manu Tuilagi has returned to the England squad ahead of the fixture with Wales on Saturday 26th February. Tuilagi is part of Eddie Jones‘ 25-player […]

Allow me to leap to Eddie’s defence!

13 February 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT WHENEVER we talk of Edward I, which admittedly is not an everyday occurrence, we invariably refer to him as the “Hammer of the […]

A mauling for Bears as Irish put on style

13 February 2022 0 comments

By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol …………….32pts Tries: Whiteley 16, Naulago 32, Strang 77, Challenger 79, Kerr 80 Conversions: Whiteley 33, Eden 80 Penalties: Whiteley 3 London […]

Gloucester’s away day blues are in the past

6 February 2022 1 comment

By PAUL REES GLOUCESTER are on course for their best season on the road in the Premiership, but George Skivington is not getting carried away. […]

England are torpedoed by Eddie’s call on subs

6 February 2022 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Scotland …………20pts Tries: White 18, Penalty 66 Conversions: Russell 19 Penalties: Russell 41, 72 England …………..17pts Tries: Smith 53 Penalties: Smith 17, […]

Arundell’s pace puts frighteners on Scots

6 February 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland…………24pts Tries: Leatherbarrow 13, 31; Melville 45, Hiddleston 80+3 Conversions: Townsend 33, 85 England…………..41pts Tries: Arundell 23, Knight 38, 64; Carr-Smith 55, […]

Ackermann ‘the beast’ swings it to Gloucester

6 February 2022 1 comment

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester……..24pts Tries: Ackermann 15, 79; Thorley 47 Conversions: Evans 15, 47; Hastings 79 Penalties: Hastings 72 London Irish ……7pts Tries: Cracknell 54 […]

Kidney: Cute play slowed our flow

6 February 2022 1 comment

LONDON Irish’s director of rugby Declan Kidney was disappointed to come away with nothing. He said: “We had a tremendous amount of early pressure but […]

Absent stars level the playing field

6 February 2022 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Enthralling: Wasps come back to beat Exeter by a point yesterday PICTURE: Getty Images There’s a full programme of Premiership matches each Six […]

Ollie’s England call up spurs fit-again Loader

6 February 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD THE spring is back in Ben Loader’s stride and the smile back on his face…now he aims to knock on the […]

Barbeary impresses England coaches as he returns to full fitness

1 February 2022 1 comment

Uncapped back rower Alfie Barbeary has returned to England training with forwards coach Matt Proudfoot pleased with what he’s seen from the 21-year-old. The Wasps […]

Courtney Lawes a doubt for England’s Six Nations opener

1 February 2022 0 comments

England forwards coach Matt Proudfoot confirmed that Courtney Lawes is going through his return to playing practises ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations opener at Murrayfield. […]

Lord Sugar was only person to tell me ‘You’re Fired!’

30 January 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEINSTER, CONNACHT, LONDON IRISH & IRELAND U20 FLANKER AND RECENT STAR OF THE APPRENTICE CONOR GILSENAN Leading from front: […]

Record crowd set for Irish vs Chiefs

28 January 2022 0 comments

London Irish host Exeter Chiefs at the Brentford Community Stadium in what is set to be Irish’s biggest attendance since moving back to west London. […]

House-hunting Hughes looks at the Exiles

23 January 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Off: Nathan Hughes’ contract at Bears is ending LONDON Irish have enquired about the plans of England No.8 […]

Rivals grab the ones that got away

23 January 2022 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER EVEN in these difficult cash-strapped times, with many redundancies and cuts at the RFU in recent years their generosity in producing […]

My Bedford team could have made it in the Prem

23 January 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BEDFORD, LONDON IRISH, BARBARIANS AND MIDLANDS CENTRE BEN WHETSTONE RUDI STRAEULI used to have a saying, ‘Bedford players, friends […]

Farrell out with new ankle injury and Underhill takes head bang

23 January 2022 0 comments

ENGLAND captain Owen Farrell is set to miss the Six Nations opener against Scotland after suffering an injury while training with Saracens. Farrell was retained […]

Know-how from Lions tour can help beat England

23 January 2022 1 comment

By BRYN PALMER SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend believes the insight his eight British & Irish Lions gained on last summer’s tour of South Africa […]

Stephen Payne OBE praises Paddy Jackson

17 January 2022 2 comments

Stephen Payne OBE pays a personal tribute to Paddy Jackson to mark his 30th rotation of the sun. Stephen Payne is a naval architect who […]

DREAM TEAM

16 January 2022 1 comment

ALLAN DELL, THE SCOTLAND AND LONDON IRISH PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Cian Healy – One of the […]

Prem will make Boks better says Benhard

16 January 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD JAKE White has urged the Springboks to stop picking overseas-based talent but Benhard Janse van Rensburg has no regrets about joining the […]

Watson and Joseph will stay at Rec – for now

16 January 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BATH chairman Ed Griffiths has moved to keep England stars Anthony Watson and Jonathan Joseph at The Rec […]

Prop Ryan on Sarries’ radar

16 January 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SARACENS are showing an interest in signing veteran Munster tighthead John Ryan, who is out of contract at […]

You’re fired! Conor’s hope over

16 January 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FORMER Ireland U20 international and London Irish back row Conor Gilsenan last week saw his dreams of a […]

Quins defeat cost me my form admits Simmonds

16 January 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES A YEAR after captaining Exeter to the Premiership and Champions Cups double, Joe Simmonds found himself on the bench and reflecting on […]

Bath record first win of the season over 14 man Worcester

9 January 2022 1 comment

Bath………….22 Tries: Rokoduguni, Ojomoh, De Glanville Cons: Bailey 2 Pen: Bailey Worcester….19 Tries: Shillcock, Batley, Simpson Cons: Smith 2 HT 14-19 Bath’s first win of the season came against a defiant Worcester Warriors […]

I didn’t ask Deano about money, I just said yes!

9 January 2022 2 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND STUDENTS, LEEDS, JERSEY & NEWCASTLE PROP SAM LOCKWOOD ALL my family are from Yorkshire and my dad played […]

Something must give, says Judge, but not us!

9 January 2022 0 comments

CHRISTIAN Judge returns to Bath today surprised to see them marooned at the bottom of the Premiership. The 26-year old prop was a starter when […]

Exeter awarded Premiership Rugby Cup victory over covid stricken Bath

4 January 2022 0 comments

Exeter have been awarded a 28-0 Premiership Rugby Cup third-round win after opponents Bath were unable to field a team due to coronavirus and injuries. […]

England U20s announce 2022 squad

3 January 2022 1 comment

Ahead of the U20 Six Nations, England have selected their 32-man Elite Player Squad (EPS) for 2022. Head coach Alan Dickens has selected ten players […]

Leicester Tigers 31 – 0 Newcastle Falcons: Tigers remain unbeaten

2 January 2022 0 comments

Leicester Tigers maintained their unstoppable start to the season with a bonus-point win over Newcastle Falcons. Ford kicked Tigers into an early lead before the […]

More may follow Watson out in big Bath shake-up

2 January 2022 1 comment

By NEIL FISSLER ANTHONY Watson might not be the only big name leaving Premiership basement dwellers Bath when their contract runs out this summer. Flyer […]

Improving Irish aim to stay the course

2 January 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD Looking up: London Irish scrum-half Nick Phipps is hungry for trophies PICTURES: Getty Images Boxing Day blip: Ali Crossdale scores as Wasps […]

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