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Boyd’s building an arsenal for all-out attack on the top two

16 June 2019 1 comment

Q&A MATT FERGUSON ON THE RECORD Game-changer: Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd imparts his wisdom PICTURES: Getty Images Predicting big things: Matt Ferguson Aseason […]

Championship clubs tell Prem: You can’t ride roughshod over us

9 June 2019 1 comment

PREMIERSHIP Rugby faces a battle to get plans for a 13-team top-flight over the line after Championship clubs rejected an initial offer to buy their […]

TRP’s Championship Dream Team XV 2018-19

11 May 2019 0 comments

Jon Newcombe has canvassed opinion from the second tier to select a dream XV

Clubs eye Warrior Kirwan

7 April 2019 0 comments

Options: Carl Kirwan WORCESTER Warriors back row Carl Kirwan is attracting interest from Premiership clubs with his time at Sixways coming to an end this […]

Ealing have a ground fit for the Premiership says Ward

3 March 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY EALING have a stadium on standby and would be able to take a place in the Premiership if they can overhaul London […]

Wales have a way to go to emulate JPR’s record

3 March 2019 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ferocious: JPR Williams on the Lions tour of 1971 The sideboards are still as long as when […]

Saracens keep it simple to power past Warriors

10 February 2019 3 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Line in sight: Rotimi Segun beats the tackle to touch down for Saracens’ second try PICTURES: Getty Images Stretch: Tom Howe scores […]

Dismayed at these reasons to ring-fence

3 February 2019 0 comments

AMI alone at being dismayed at some of the arguments being used to support ring-fencing (Stephen Rodgers, Jan 27). His reasoning that the gap is […]

Carl fighting for chance to keep battling world’s best

3 February 2019 1 comment

■By NEALE HARVEY Support: Alan Solomons WORCESTER back rower Carl Kirwan has lifted the lid on the mental anguish of his two-year fight for fitness […]

Gap getting wider between the tiers

27 January 2019 1 comment

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] WELL done to Colin Boag in last week’s […]

When JPR started at openside

20 January 2019 0 comments

■Andrew Trimble, one of a veritable battalion of ex-players to migrate from the dressing room to the commentary box, summed up the roar of a […]

DREAMTEAM

13 January 2019 1 comment

MITCH LEES, EXETER AND FORMER EASTWOOD AND LONDON WELSH LOCK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Cian Healy – British & Irish […]

We start over again now says Carnegie boss Sirling

13 January 2019 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Return: Jacob Umaga CHRIS STIRLING says Yorkshire Carnegie have erased 2018 from the memory banks as they look to build on their […]

Promotion stays but 16 teams is good move

9 December 2018 0 comments

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Concerns: Ealing Trailfinders have gates of around 1,000 APremiership table in which there is only a nine point gap […]

Young Gun: Northampton Saints hooker Samson Ma’asi

7 December 2018 0 comments

A look at one of Northampton’s up-and-coming front row forwards

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

2 December 2018 0 comments

FORMER NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT & WALES FLY-HALF NOW HEAD COACH AT AMPTHILL PAUL TURNER Probably the first results I look for on a Saturday are those […]

Bolter Holmes has Lions pair in his sights

2 December 2018 0 comments

NEALE HARVEY WALES’ newcomer Jonah Holmes insists he will not consider himself a Test player until he is named in the Six Nations squad. Holmes, […]

Thrills and spills but no score on the board

14 October 2018 0 comments

A 0-0 draw is a collector’s item these days so we should cherish London Welsh’s scoreless London Three Northwest encounter with Old Streetonians in apocalyptic […]

Pointless? Not these streetwise stars

14 October 2018 0 comments

OLD Streetonians in London’s east end profess to having ‘a story like no other rugby club’, one formed by ‘artists and vagabonds’ in Shoreditch during […]

Winter restocks

30 September 2018 1 comment

COVENTRY boss Rowland Winter has added more international class to his squad with the signings of Tonga back five forward Daniel Faleafa and Canada fly-half […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

30 September 2018 0 comments

LEE STARLING THE FORMER LONDON WELSH, ESHER AND EALING BACK ROW My wife is American and did not have a great understanding of rugby or […]

Jackson proves point to the extreme

16 September 2018 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY AFTER defying medical opinion to complete his second mountain walk, miracle man Ed Jackson is aiming to scale new heights in the […]

Shock and awe in first week, now it should settle down

9 September 2018 1 comment

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Talk it up as much as you like but, to me, last week seemed to be […]

Nobody wants to help clubs like us say Ealing

26 August 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY EALING managing director Ben Ward admits he is “frustrated” by Premiership Rugby’s dismissive attitude towards the Championship and has called for an […]

Evergreen Grifiths can’t hear the fat lady singing just yet

26 August 2018 1 comment

Jon Newcombe talks to Doncaster coach Clive Griffiths about the challenges ahead Passionate: Clive Griffiths loves the game CLIVE Griffiths’ passion for rugby still bur […]

Englishgamemay stagnate if top-flight are untouchable

5 August 2018 0 comments

Jeff Gage, rugby expert and author of Rugby‘s Blazered Buffoon Questions: Former All Black prop Ben Franks during his time with London Irish PICTURE: Getty […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

1 July 2018 0 comments

THE FORMER BEDFORD, PLYMOUTH AND DONCASTER FLANKER ADAM KETTLE My parents are fullfledged Scousers and my uncle Brian played a handful of first-team games at […]

Stadium green light renews Pirates hope

1 July 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Coaching role: Pirates back rower Chris Morgan CORNISH Pirates are in a ‘strong place’ to challenge for the Championship title now that […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

17 June 2018 0 comments

THE BAY OF PLENTY, CHIEFS, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL LOCK MARK SORENSON Iwas different to the norm in New Zealand because I played soccer until […]

Lucock should be next to step up says Davies

20 May 2018 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE BATH signing Alex Davies has backed former Yorkshire Carnegie team-mate Pete Lucock to follow him and make the leap into the Premiership. […]

Tupai urges caution over pursuing top flight dream

29 April 2018 0 comments

Been there, done it: Bedford enforcer Paul Tupai AMBITIOUS Championship clubs must beware following London Welsh into the financial abyss in pursuit of Premiership rugby, […]

Park ditch the arrogance to secure their survival

29 April 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Opener: Nick Lovell scores Park’s first try PICTURES: David Whittam HEAD coach Kieran Power vowed to improve Rosslyn Park’s strength in depth […]

DREAM TEAM

15 April 2018 0 comments

MIKE DENBEE, THE OLD ELTHAMIANS AND FORMER LONDON WELSH BACK ROWER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Alec Hepburn – […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

1 April 2018 0 comments

THE NEATH AND WALES FULL-BACK PAUL THORBURN Born in Germany but Welsh through and through, to captain my country on ten occasions was a huge […]

Wakefield’s wily RAF ‘juniors’ are still punching above their weight

1 April 2018 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER celebrates the heroes of RAF Rugby since its inception 100 years ago THE RAF is officially 100 years old today and their commitment […]

Love, not money’s name of the Welsh now game for London

4 March 2018 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher charts the progress of London Welsh’s amateur side who maintain the great name It was Robert Browning, without a drop of Welsh blood […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

18 February 2018 1 comment

TONY GULLIVER THE FORMER COVENTRY LOCK AND CURRENT TEAM MANAGER All I wanted to do once I started playing rugby at Whitley Abbey School was […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

4 February 2018 1 comment

ADRIAN DAVIES THE FORMER WALES, NEATH, CARDIFF, CAMB UNIV AND RICHMOND FLY-HALF In five years of Test rugby I played under four head coaches so […]

Whirlwind year for new Irish prop star Lovejoy

7 January 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY AFTER beating England cricketer Gary Ballance to become Zimbabwe’s UKbased sports person of the year for 2017, unheralded London Irish prop Lovejoy […]

Canucks record breaker forced to call time

7 January 2018 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA AARON Carpenter confirmed his retirement from rugby, bowing out on medical grounds following a series of head injuries. The 34-year-old Doncater Knights lock […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

10 December 2017 1 comment

THE FORMER CARDIFF BLUES, SALE SHARKS AND NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS FLY-HALF NICK MACLEOD Whenever I found myself in pressure situations, and there were plenty when […]

ON THE BLIND SIDE

26 November 2017 0 comments

BY NEILFISSLER ■ EXETER CHIEFS look to have been successful in their battle to keep Australian-born forward Mitch Lees at the club beyond the end […]

Don’t miss this night of Lions magic

19 November 2017 0 comments

SPECIAL OFFER Tour heroes: Sam Warburton, centre, hails the fans TWO great Lions captains are coming together for a night to remember. Willie John McBride, […]

From Exiles junkyard to Test starter for Scotland

17 November 2017 0 comments

Neale Harvey talks to Scotland new cap Darryl Marfo about his time with the Exiles and working with Richard Cockerill

New lock star Salmon aiming for big catch

12 November 2017 2 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8 Sam Simmonds to the […]

Hill calls for Championship expansion and axe for cup

22 October 2017 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN EXPANDING the Championship to 14 teams and scrapping the British & Irish Cup is the only move that makes financial sense, according […]

Stop moaning and enjoy game says heroic Ed

15 October 2017 1 comment

Neale Harvey meets a former player who is defying the medics after a cruel accident Today’s fighter: Ed Jackson Former Dragons No.8 Ed Jackson has […]