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Conway forced to call time

12 November 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER IRELAND and Munster wing Andrew Conway has retrired from the game aged 32 because of a knee injury. […]

Healy puts boot into Connacht

12 November 2023 0 comments

■By JOHN FALLON Edinburgh …….25 Connacht ……..22 BEN Healy broke Connacht’s hearts with a drop goal in the final play of the night to end […]

Ulster end Munster’s run

12 November 2023 0 comments

■By JOHN FALLON Ulster …………… 21 Munster ……….14 CAPTAIN Tom Stewart paid tribute to recordbreaker Rob Herring on his 230th appearance and debutant prop Scott […]

Dragons call on Wales cavalry

12 November 2023 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview: Dragons v Leinster Today. Kick-off 1.15pm DRAGONS head coach Dai Flanagan has made nine changes ahead of today’s encounter with Leinster […]

Stade set bar high in bid for new start

5 November 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The Laurent Labit-Karim Ghezal era at Stade Francais officially starts here – and the talk around Stade Jean Bouin is of […]

Dream Team with Lewis Moody

29 October 2023 0 comments

The RWC 2003-winning England flanker and former Bath and Leicester player chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Julian White – […]

Cullen: There’s still plenty to do

29 October 2023 0 comments

Leinster ………. 34 Sharks …………. 13 By JOHN FALLON LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen says they have plenty of work to do despite scoring a bonus […]

Kleyn could never have imagined final with South Africa

24 October 2023 0 comments

Former Ireland player Jean Kleyn has revealed that being involved in a World Cup Final for his native South Africa was “outside the realm of […]

Baxter out to rebuild again

8 October 2023 0 comments

Premiership team-by-team previews: Exeter Chiefs The summer marked a reset for Exeter following the departure of a number of players who were instrumental in their […]

Codling knows it will be tough

8 October 2023 0 comments

Premiership team-by-team previews: Newcastle Falcons ALEX Codling knew what he was taking on when he agreed to become Newcastle’s third director of rugby in little […]

The Tank ready to roll for Bath

1 October 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Thomas du Toit remains on standby for the Springboks but, for now, his focus is on quickly learning the ropes at Bath. […]

Equation is simple now for Fijian bid

17 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Australia v Fiji Sunday September 17. Kick-off 4.30pm, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Return? Will Skelton could be back for Australia THE World […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper this Sunday: 17/09/23

15 September 2023 0 comments

Last weekend saw a thrilling start to the Rugby World Cup, and you can find all the action from the latest round of matches and […]

Farrell’s men on edge of history

3 September 2023 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND Coach: Andy Farrell Captain: Johnny Sexton IF not now, when? Not only are Ireland the number one ranked team in the […]

Robinson’s delight to be back at Bath

20 August 2023 0 comments

Jon Newcombe finds the club’s former captain in fine form as he returns to join coaching team Twenty five years after leading Bath to their […]

My Life in Rugby with Rob Cook: ‘I was happy to fulfil my boyhood dream’

16 July 2023 0 comments

The former Gloucester and Cornish Pirates full-back talks about his life in the game Growing up, all I wanted to do was play professional sport, […]

Prem and URC to make October starts

12 July 2023 0 comments

The Premiership and United Rugby Championship (URC) will both start in October for the upcoming season, with each of their finals taking place in June. […]

90 players in search of a new club

9 July 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON | FRENCH COLUMN What links 16 props, 12 hookers, 10 second rows, 15 back rowers, 13 scrum-halves, 11 wingers, eight centres, two full-backs, […]

Eligibility rules are cause for concern

25 June 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER These newish eligibility regulations are still open to opportunists and if not […]

Nienaber keeps faith with World Cup stars

25 June 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s squad preparing for the Rugby Championship contains 19 players who were involved in the 2019 World Cup final […]

Familiar faces find some new identities

25 June 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Nine New Zealanders, four Australians, a goalkicking Irishman and an English prop are on track to make […]

Champions Cup reverts to multi-pool

18 June 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Triumph: La Rochelle celebrate victory THE Heineken Champions Cup reverts to a multi-pool format next season, but teams from the same league […]

Loader signs two-year deal with Stormers

18 June 2023 0 comments

Ben Loader is moving to South Africa this summer and will play in the United Rugby Championship after signing for the Stormers following the demise […]

The wake of the Northern Hemisphere & the Rugby World Cup

13 June 2023 0 comments

The biggest celebration of the oval ball sport is here – the Rugby World Cup 2023 is just a few months away as France prepares […]

Dream Team with Barry Everitt

28 May 2023 0 comments

Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half, chooses the best XV he’s played with or against… 1. Carl Hayman – A […]

Hodnett grabs the glory for Munster

28 May 2023 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stormers……………………….14pts Tries: Libbok 5, Fourie 49 Conversions: Libbok 6, 50 Munster ………………………..19pts Tries: Barron 9, Nash 28, Hodnett 74 Conversions: Crowley 30, […]

O’Mahony praise for ‘excellent defence’

28 May 2023 0 comments

Munster’s winning captain Peter O’Mahony was delighted with the result as his side won their first URC title since 2011. “We performed really well in […]

Ireland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw

28 May 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were on such a large […]

Leinster finally pay the price for their cynicism

21 May 2023 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when Leinster, off the scale […]

Crowley has final say in epic contest

14 May 2023 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………………………15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster ………………………..16pts Tries: Beirne 45 Conversions: Crowley 46 Penalties: […]

Miotti can be the main man for Glasgow – McDowall

14 May 2023 0 comments

By BRYN PALMER Domingo Miotti can step up and fill the boots of banned fly-half Tom Jordan as Glasgow aim to become the first Scottish […]

My Team of the Season shows promise for future

7 May 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The silverware for the season is set to be handed out without any Welsh involvement. The quarter-finals of the […]

Jordan’s red halts Glasgow

7 May 2023 0 comments

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow……………. 5pts Tries: Steyn 67 Munster …………..14pts Tries: Fekitoa 22, Frisch 27 Conversions: Crowley 23, 28 Glasgow’s twin assault on glory ended […]

Forthcoming fixtures

7 May 2023 0 comments

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, MAY 7 CUP COMPETITIONS Bill Beaumont Division 2 – Pool 3 East […]

In this Sunday’s TRP: 07/05/23

5 May 2023 0 comments

With the Women’s Six Nations finished and all play-off places decided in the Premiership, there is something of a feeling of the calm before the […]

Reynolds: Don’t prop up failures like Wasps

30 April 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES Wasps’ presence in the Championship next season after going bust with debts of more than £100m will send out the wrong signal […]

Kolisi a major World Cup doubt

30 April 2023 0 comments

Springboks captain Siya Kolisi may miss this year’s World Cup with a knee injury sustained playing for the Sharks against Munster. Kolisi suffered a partial […]

My Life in Rugby with Simon Mannix: ‘I looked confident but, inside, I was a mess’

30 April 2023 0 comments

The former New Zealand, Wellington, Hurricanes, Sale & Gloucester fly-half who has coached at Racing 92, Munster and Pau talks about his life in the game […]

Champions Cup semi-final preview

28 April 2023 0 comments

The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four familiar semi-finalists will make […]

Munster get it right in the end

23 April 2023 0 comments

By TOM SHEEDY Sharks ………….22 Munster ……….22 Munster head coach Graham Rowntree knew it would be another gruelling outing in Kings Park but the resilience […]

Exeter’s O’Brien signs for Munster

16 April 2023 0 comments

The exodus from Exeter shows no sign of abating, with centre Sean O’Brien set to become the next player through the Sandy Park exit door […]

Tall poppy syndrome or a case to answer?

16 April 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For all sorts of reasons, all conquering Leinster seemed to be getting […]

Nienaber to replace Lancaster at Leinster

16 April 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA LEINSTER have confirmed the appointment of Springbok head coach Jacques Nienaber to their coaching team after the World Cup in France. He will […]

Ex-Ireland full-back Jones joins Borthwick

2 April 2023 0 comments

Former Ireland full-back Felix Jones will leave South Africa’s coaching set-up and join England as an assistant coach after the 2023 World Cup. England head […]

Heineken Champions Cup Last 16 Preview

31 March 2023 0 comments

For the first time in the tournament’s history, the Champions Cup will see one-off Last 16 games played to decide who progresses to the quarter-finals. […]

Away form is work on for Bedford says French

12 March 2023 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Winging in: Sean French scores Blues Bedford Blues have turned Goldington Road into a fortress this season but Sean French believes the […]

My Life in Rugby with Dave Tiueti: ‘I loved the Mem – it got me a Tonga recall’

12 March 2023 1 comment

The former Tonga, Bristol, Neath & Ospreys centre talks about his life in the game Fond memories: Dave Tiueti in action for Bristol PICTURE: Getty […]

Former Wasp Fekitoa agrees deal at Treviso

12 March 2023 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA BENETTON Treviso have signed former All Blacks centre Malakai Fekitoa on a three-year deal. Munster revealed last month that the 30-year-old would be […]

Farrell leaves Munster for ‘new opportunity’

5 March 2023 2 comments

IRELAND centre Chris Farrell, 29, has left Munster to “pursue a new playing opportunity”. Farrell, who joined the club in 2017 after a three-year stint […]

My Life in Rugby with Andy Long: ‘Bitter-sweet Test career taught me a hell of a lot’

26 February 2023 0 comments

The former England, Bath, Munster, Rotherham, Newcastle and Northampton hooker talks about his life in the game When I was with Matt Perry the other […]

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