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Champions Cup Round of 16: Fixtures, Where to Watch and Previews

31 March 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott For exclusive stories and all the detailed rugby news you need, subscribe to The Rugby Paper website, digital edition, or newspaper from as little […]

URC: Tadhg Beirne looking for Munster to step up

30 March 2025 0 comments

By John Fallon Connacht…….. 24 Munster………..30 Munster skipper Tadhg Beirne said they will need to improve for next weekend’s Champions Cup trip to La Rochelle […]

Itoje ready to follow in steps of Sir Gareth

30 March 2025 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Mr Consistent: England captain Maro Itoje goes past Italy’s Ange Capuozzo PICTURES: Getty images MARO Itoje has […]

Gustard to stay at Stade after all

30 March 2025 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN SO, Paul Gustard will remain at Stade Francais next season after all, despite asking to be released from the final year […]

Northampton Saints 0-33 Leicester Tigers: Spirited Tigers too smart

23 March 2025 0 comments

By Rob Wildman Northampton Saints …….. 0pts Leicester Tigers ………… 33pts Tries: Radwan 4, van Poortvliet 10, Cracknell 13, Clare 75 Conversions: Pollard 10, 75 […]

United Rugby Championship: Glasgow Warriors have to dig deep against Munster

23 March 2025 0 comments

Glasgow………..28 Munster………..25 By Bryn Palmer Glasgow remain on track for a home quarter-final playoff but had to dig deep from 25-14 down with 15 minutes […]

Crusaders blow away champions

23 March 2025 0 comments

World Rugby Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK THE Crusaders sent a message to the rest of the competition by destroying the reigning champions […]

Simon Easterby disappointed with comments around Antoine Dupont injury incident

14 March 2025 0 comments

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby has expressed disappointment with accusatory comments made by France head coach Fabien Galthie regarding the Antoine Dupont injury incident. Les […]

Dr Bill Mulcahy put his college on the map

9 March 2025 0 comments

Ireland lock Dr Bill Mulcahy will be remembered for many things not least being a rumbustious Ireland lock who also won six Lions caps while […]

Six Nations: ‘Really smart rugby brain’ – Jamie Osborne backed to shine in unfamiliar role

7 March 2025 0 comments

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby is confident versatile back Jamie Osborne can shine in unfamiliar territory during Saturday’s crunch Guinness Six Nations clash with title […]

URC: Matt Currie’s hat-trick sparks Edinburgh

2 March 2025 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Munster ………28 Edinburgh …… 34 Matt Currie scored a hat-trick as Edinburgh ran out surprise winners in Cork to secure their first […]

When Ireland’s warriors sent French packing

2 March 2025 0 comments

Rugby Matters – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, by Brendan Gallagher With eight wins against France since 2014, it’s sometimes difficult […]

Moscow blizzards did not stop my Lions tour

2 March 2025 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER IRELAND, LIONS, SARACENS, MUNSTER & GARRYOWEN WINGER RICHARD WALLACE I WAS in Moscow of all places when I finally got […]

Ireland or nobody: Tadhg Beirne goes over for his country

23 February 2025 0 comments

To Ireland, via Llandovery PICTURE: Getty Images TADHG Beirne’s road to redemption from Leinster reject to Ireland superstar began at a club nicknamed The Drovers […]

Fin, not Finn, for Lions XV -Chalmers

23 February 2025 0 comments

The Rugby Paper Podcast ■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER Scotland flyhalf Craig Chalmers believes it might be best to exclude the ageing Finn Russell in the […]

Munster partner with Collinson Tensile for new training facility

20 February 2025 0 comments

Collinson Tensile are delighted to be working with Munster Rugby to create their new Indoor training pitch that forms part of their impressive Cork Centre […]

Six Nations – Great that we found a way to win, says Ollie Sleightholme

16 February 2025 0 comments

By Adam Hathaway Ollie Sleightholme insists England have finally broken their glass ceiling but urged them to take a leaf out his club Northampton’s book. […]

Gavin Coombes gives Munster the edge over Scarlets

16 February 2025 0 comments

By Sam Jackson Munster …………29pts Tries: McCarthy 21, Coombes 45, 64, Kendellen 52, Farrell 80 Conversions: Burns 22, 53 Scarlets ………….. 8pts Try: Page 57 […]

Leinster manage to hold off Ospreys

16 February 2025 0 comments

By Roger Panting Ospreys …………. 19pts Tries: Deaves 36, Lewis 47, Jones 74 Conversions: O Williams 36, Walsh 74 Leinster ………….22pts Tries: McGrath 13, Tector […]

Dragons without their big names

16 February 2025 0 comments

Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Dragons v Glasgow Today. 2pm DRAGONS’ injury crisis continues as the league’s bottom side go into today’s meeting with champions Glasgow […]

Dad’s Army boosted by O’Mahony’s return

9 February 2025 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Old warrior: Ireland’s Peter O’Mahony PICTURE: Getty Images WHEN it comes to hanging tough through the strife […]

USA Rugby: The sleeping giant struggling to wake

9 February 2025 0 comments

In the US, rugby is now ready to converge with the American passion for sports to produce a major new sport – that’s what USA […]

Coach Stuart Lancaster sacked by Racing 92

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Sam Jackson Former England boss Stuart Lancaster has been sacked from his job as Racing 92 head coach. The 55-year-old joined Racing in 2023 […]

Six Nations casualties would put on quite a match

2 February 2025 0 comments

The one certainty about the Six Nations is that not all those who came under starter’s orders this weekend will be in one piece when […]

Cheika to leave Tigers at end of the season

2 February 2025 0 comments

HEAD coach Michael Cheika will leave Leicester Tigers when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 57-year-old, below, took the job last […]

Saracens sign up Clarke

2 February 2025 0 comments

RUGBY NEWS SARACENS have signed hooker Eoghan Clarke from Munster to replace Kapeli Pifeleti, who has left the club to join French second-tier side Provence. […]

Lancaster leaves Racing

2 February 2025 0 comments

On his way: Stuart Lancaster and Racing 92 have parted company PICTURE: Alamy STUART Lancaster and Racing 92 have parted ways with less than half […]

Time to be brave and start with Henry Pollock at flanker for England

26 January 2025 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week Are England fit for purpose going into the Six Nations? Steve Borthwick listed a lack […]

Rampant Munster give Dragons the run-around

26 January 2025 0 comments

By Roger Panting There can’t have been many more one-sided contests in the first half than this as hapless Dragons were left chasing shadows by […]

Ireland Six Nations Preview – Jack Crowley is the man to call the shots at 10

26 January 2025 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher puts the case for the Munster fly-half to get the nod ahead of Sam Prendergast David Humphreys or Ronan O’Gara? Ronan O’Gara or […]

Ireland U20s Six Nations Preview – Neil Doak’s charges will have to start quickly

26 January 2025 0 comments

Ireland U20s will be desperate to go one better this year and return to the top of the Six Nations. The 2022 and 2023 Grand […]

Gallagher keen to take chance

26 January 2025 0 comments

By BRENDAN McGILLIGAN MATT Gallagher is ‘excited’ for his debut Six Nations following his call-up to the Italy squad. The Benetton Treviso full-back, who left […]

Holloway on his way to San Diego

26 January 2025 0 comments

AUSTRALIAN lock Jed Holloway has left Leicester Tigers for Major League Rugby side San Diego Legion. The former NSW Waratahs and Munster forward’s commitment to […]

S4, E19: England & Scotland hit by injuries, French clubs fire and South Africans slump

22 January 2025 0 comments

What to make of that Champions Cup weekend? On one hand we saw a classic in Northampton’s victory over Munster, however the issues with the […]

Champions Cup Team of the Week: Toulouse stars shine and Damian Penaud runs riot

20 January 2025 0 comments

The pool stage of the Champions Cup reached a close, with teams now knowing their fate in either the round of 16 or elsewhere. Defence was […]

Ollie Lawrence and Henry Slade can work in Six Nations – Brad Barritt

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Brad Barritt backs the misfiring duo of Henry Slade and Ollie Lawrence to continue together in midfield for England, stressing the importance […]

Prop Jack Boyle called up to Ireland Six Nations squad after Tom O’Toole ban

19 January 2025 0 comments

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has called up Leinster’s uncapped prop Jack Boyle, 22, for the Six Nations to replace the suspended Tom O’Toole. […]

Tom Seabrook hat-trick as Northampton Saints edge a thriller over Munster

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Rob Wildman Northampton ………………. 34pts Tries: Seabrook 13, 48, 67; Langdon 40, Ramm 54 Conversions: Smith 40, 54, 67 Penalty: Smith 59 Munster ………………………. […]

Alex Mitchell should be fit for England – Phil Dowson

19 January 2025 0 comments

Saints boss Phil Dowson hopes England scrum-half Alex Mitchell should be fit for the Six Nations campaign ahead. Mitchell needed treatment for a first-half knee […]

Owen Farrell brings spark to Racing 92

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Sam Jackson Racing 92 …….. 31 Stormers ……….22 Match Action Racing 92 booked their place in the round of 16 at the expense of […]

Match Preview – Brad Barritt backing the new boys as Saracens welcome Castres

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, StoneX Brad Barritt won the Champions Cup three times with Saracens and believes the club are on course to […]

Mark McCall – Saracens’ most meaningful game of the season so far

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees Mark McCall is expecting a highly motivated Castres when they take on Saracens at the StoneX Stadium this afternoon with a home […]

Encore for exiled prop star Rabah Slimani

19 January 2025 0 comments

French Column by James Harrington Last Wednesday, Fabien Galthie named six uncapped players in his 42-strong list for the first match of the senior men’s […]

Champions Cup: Permutations of Final Pool Games

17 January 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott The Champions Cup enters its final round of fixtures in the pool stage over the course of the weekend. With plenty still at stake, […]

Uncapped prop Jack Boyle named in first Ireland squad under Simon Easterby

15 January 2025 0 comments

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle in a 36-man squad for the Guinness Six Nations. The 22-year-old Boyle […]

Stade Francais 45-35 Northampton Saints: Henry Pollock power show can’t rescue Saints

12 January 2025 0 comments

By Adam Hathaway at Stade Jean Bouin Stade Francais- 45 Tries: Dakuwaqa 22, Van der Mescht 29, Tanga 40+2, 57, Penalty 46, Ezeala 51, Gabrillagues […]

Munster 17-12 Saracens: Saracens miss out but still in contention

12 January 2025 0 comments

Saracens – high in effort, determination and ticker but low in poise, finesse and attacking nous – missed a golden opportunity to claim a rare win at Thomond and take control of their pool going into Round 4.