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The blond Russian bombshell ambitious to explode at top level

6 October 2019 1 comment

By TOM BRADSHAW Wig-wam man: Gadzhiev FORMER MMA fighter Tagir Gadzhiev has been turning heads in Japan with a series of impressive displays for Russia […]

HOW ALL THE OTHER WORLD CUPS STARTED

22 September 2019 1 comment

1987 New Zealand v Italy (Eden Park): The ceremony consisted of schoolkids and scouts shambling around the ground with the 16 flags. The rugby though […]

No money yet for Carnegie’s players

15 September 2019 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE DISAFFECTED former Yorkshire Carnegie players have yet to receive a penny from the club’s Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), The Rugby Paper can […]

WRU dish out ‘confetti’ caps to their reserve team

1 September 2019 1 comment

THERE was a time when the Welsh Rugby Union went to elaborate lengths to avoid awarding caps, almost as if it were a cost-cutting measure. […]

DREAMTEAM

25 August 2019 1 comment

JAMES TIDESWELL, THE MOSELEY AND FORMER PLYMOUTH, LONDON IRISH, LONDON WELSH AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE PROP PICKS HIS BEST XV 1. Marcos Ayerza – Standout Premiership […]

DREAMTEAM

11 August 2019 0 comments

SEB STEGMANN, THE EALING AND FORMER HARLEQUINS, LONDON WELSH AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE WINGER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Pete […]

Income protection insurance is a must

21 July 2019 1 comment

At a time when there is little happening in the world of rugby as we wait for the excitement of the World Cup and new […]

WELSH COACHES WORKING ABROAD

21 July 2019 2 comments

LYN JONES Russia head coach After a successful reign at the Ospreys, Jones has had spells with the Dragons, London Welsh and Namibia. KINGSLEY JONES […]

World Cup snub will fire up Chiefs’ back row rejects

21 July 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S failure to embrace Exeter’s array of “world-class” back rowers should spark fear throughout the Premiership, according to departing lock forward Mitch […]

DREAMTEAM

7 July 2019 0 comments

KIERAN MURPHY, EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER LLANDOVERY, SCARLETS, BRIVE & LONDON WELSH NO.8 CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Gethin […]

Richard’s the Conquerer of Normandy wasteland

7 July 2019 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Taking on the big boys: Richard Hill has led Rouen to two promotions Richard Hill is a popular Englishman in the […]

Relegation holds back young talent warns Newcastle Falcons Darren Barry

4 July 2019 0 comments

The new arrival at Kingston Park shares his reasoning for ring-fencing the Premiership

Shingler’s key to the Griffiths masterplan at London Welsh

23 June 2019 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Brains trust: Cai Griffiths and Stephen Shingler LONDONWelsh director of rugby Cai Griffiths hopes the addition of Ealing player Stephen Shingler to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk 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 […]

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