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Yes we want promotion but only when it’s on fairer terms

23 June 2019 0 comments

Q&A ALISTAIR BOW ON THE RECORD With Championship finances precarious and the future structure of top-flight professional rugby under review, Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow offers […]

Delaney forecasts Scarlets resurgence

23 June 2019 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS GLENN Delaney believes the Scarlets’ new coaching team will have no trouble adapting to the rigours of the PRO14 despite their inexperience […]

DREAMTEAM

9 June 2019 0 comments

MARK TAMPIN, NEWCASTLE AND FORMER EALING, JERSEY, ROTHERHAM, LEEDS AND WHARFEDALE PROP, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV 1. Sam Lockwood – Poor ‘Tham’ can’t say his […]

TRP’s National One Dream Team 2018-19

17 May 2019 0 comments

The Rugby Paper picks its XV of top performers in one of English rugby’s most competition leagues

5-starAmps are leading lights in our Dream XV

12 May 2019 2 comments

The Rugby Paper’s reporters have put their thinking caps on to come up with our National One Team of the Season Strong man: Soane Tonga’uiha […]

Smith faces huge task to turn Knights’ fortunes

28 April 2019 1 comment

By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER’S heavy defeat in their final game of the season showed up brutally the extent of the problems facing the newly-appointed head […]

Worley shows his wheels as Cooper puts squeeze on

28 April 2019 0 comments

By MARK WOOD FREE-SCORINGBedford Blues blew away Nottingham as Storm Hannah battered Goldington Road on Saturday. Victory secured the Blues back-to-back third place Championship finishes […]

Touch Rugby is feeling its way towards a bright future

28 April 2019 1 comment

CHRIS WEARMOUTH previews what will be the biggest ever Touch World Cup Touch down: England flyer Kamil Shahabdeen scores against Scotland at the 2018 European […]

Gritty Greens keep Reds’ second half rally at bay

21 April 2019 1 comment

■By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAMcombined grit and speed to fend off a determined rally by Jersey at Lady Bay. Tries by wings Jack Spittle and David […]

Trailfinders insist they will only get stronger

21 April 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY EALING’S promotion dream is over for now but defiant rugby director Ben Ward insists they are not going away. Ward believes the […]

Arnie’s hopping it after 450 games,

14 April 2019 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to a National Leagues iron man who has decided to call it a day Well done, old boy: Paul Arnold retires after […]

Injury-free MacGinty delighted to be back

7 April 2019 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Fit again: AJ MacGinty, left, tackles Tom Daly of Connacht HAVING fully recovered from the injuries that have dogged him for the […]

Jersey chasing best-ever season

7 April 2019 3 comments

By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY Reds director of rugby Harvey Biljon says their comprehensive win over Richmond last week puts them on course for the best […]

Parker preps for revenge mission

24 March 2019 0 comments

Preview Nottingham v Richmond Today, kick-off 3pm BUOYED after snapping a ten-game league losing streak with a stunning win over title-chasing Ealing a fortnight ago, […]

Trailfinders bounce back to leave Cov embarassed

24 March 2019 1 comment

■By PAUL SMITH LED by a Reon Joseph hattrick and 21 points from Craig Willis, Ealing kept their promotion hopes alive with a convincing win […]

Hamstring injury forces Coman out

24 March 2019 1 comment

LONDONIrish prop Mike Coman is retiring from professional rugby with immediate effect. Coman sustained a hamstring injury in February 2018 and the severity of the […]

Peter Lydon signs new contract with Ealing Trailfinders

22 March 2019 0 comments

130 points in the Championship so far this season

Rampant Pury put Trent to the sword

17 March 2019 1 comment

■ By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP A FINAL bit of league action was completed on Wednesday with two rearranged games confirming the cup quarter-finals. Hartpury’s […]

Exiles replace head coach Rouse with Steadman

3 March 2019 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE NIC ROUSE is looking for new opportunities after being told he is to be released as London Scottish’s head coach. He […]

Bath’s bonus point victory keeps title race alive

3 March 2019 1 comment

By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP THE title race will go down to next week’s final round after Bath scored a stunning bonus point win away […]

DREAM TEAM

24 February 2019 1 comment

ALEX LEWINGTON, SARACENS, ENGLAND SAXONS AND FORMER LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM AND LONDON IRISH WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Boris […]

Kitchener heading home to Sixways

10 February 2019 3 comments

WORCESTER have re-signed Leicester lock forward Graham Kitchener after eight years away from Sixways. Kitchener, 29, left to join Leicester in 2011 but he now […]

Leicester bolster hooking options

10 February 2019 1 comment

LEICESTER Tigers have signed 27-year-old Bedford hooker Charlie Clare on a two-year deal. Clare, 27, is approaching 100 appearances for Bedford and has previous Premiership […]

Quins eye Carnegie centre Forsyth

3 February 2019 1 comment

Move? Andy Forsyth HARLEQUINS have spoken to Yorkshire Carnegie centre Andy Forsyth about making a move to the Premiership next season. The former England U18 […]

Vernon takes centre stage as Scottish earn revenge

27 January 2019 3 comments

By JONATHAN LANDI REVENGE was indeed sweet for Scottish as they continued their positive start to the New Year with a bonus point win. Beaten […]

Biljon wants another Reds letter day

27 January 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY FRESH from signing a bumper new five-year contract, Jersey Reds supremo Harvey Biljon urges his men go for the jugular and bag […]

Championship clubs consider legal action over threat of Premiership ring-fencing

26 January 2019 0 comments

Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow talks to TRP following a meeting between second tier clubs a fortnight ago

Tier 2 consider legal action over threat of ring-fencing

20 January 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY CHAMPIONSHIP clubs are united in their determination to see off the threat of ending promotion and relegation, according to Nottingham chairman Alistair […]

Tired Exiles cling on after being given the runaround

20 January 2019 3 comments

■By ROB WILDMAN LONDONIrish head coach Les Kiss praised Nottingham’s attacking zeal on a night when the power of his pack proved the key factor. […]

Exeter top at Christmas as Cardiff prop up the table

23 December 2018 0 comments

By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP THEfinal round of fixtures before the long Christmas break saw the top half of the table reaffirm their title credentials […]

McConnell’s early score sets up big away day win

16 December 2018 1 comment

■By STEVE HOSSACK A DOMINANT first-half display saw Nottingham clinch the final quarterfinal spot at Castle Park. The two teams finished level on points with […]

Kicking king Daryl set to hand over the tee

9 December 2018 0 comments

■ By JON NEWCOMBE Banter: Veenendaal IT will be with much reluctance on his part if Nottingham scrum-half Daryl Veenendaal hands over the kicking duties […]

Trimble leads Cov romp but Nottingham earn plaudits

25 November 2018 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH MAX Trimble’s hat-trick took Coventry to the top of the pool one table. However, head coach Nick Walshe was far from happy […]

Carnegie fightback means Cov have to wing it

18 November 2018 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH LED by two tries apiece from wingers Junior Bulumakau and Max Trimble, Coventry claimed a Pool 1 home win over Yorkshire Carnegie. […]

Revitalised Knights on charge for cup glory

18 November 2018 1 comment

By ROB WILDMAN A DETERMINEDDoncaster display allowed Clive Griffiths to declare that his squad and himself were “on the way back” after a third win […]

Tigers cub Heyes hard at work to mimic Cole

4 November 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY UPWARDLY mobile Leicester prop Joe Heyes is ready to burst into the limelight and show why Dan Cole is not the only […]

Stiles strikes late winner to get the Rec rocking

21 October 2018 1 comment

BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES BATHexacted revenge for last season’s home defeat by Leeds Beckett with a last gasp 29-27 win in The Anniversary Game […]

Fowkes wants big response at the Bay

14 October 2018 2 comments

NOTTINGHAM are looking to get back to winning ways after losing 36-28 to Cornish Pirates in Penzance last weekend. The Green and Whites have won […]

Ton-up Lloyd helps Beckett down the champions

14 October 2018 1 comment

BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES ROUND 3 defied expectations as Leeds Beckett, Cardiff Met, Bath and Durham all prospered on another Wednesday night of breathless […]

Pirates batten down the hatches

7 October 2018 0 comments

Preview Cornish Pirates v Nottingham HIGH-FLYING Pirates will stiffen their defence for the visit of improving Nottingham, vows home lock Toby Freeman. Having won their […]

Trent leave it late to create their own bit of history

30 September 2018 0 comments

By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP BUCS returned with a bang with four Wednesday fixtures, the first kicking off at a sun drenched Lady Bay. Nottingham […]

USA forward Cameron Dolan set to join Nottingham

27 September 2018 0 comments

New signing to add extra ballast to the Green and Whites’ pack

Slow starts giving Carnegie mountains to climb

23 September 2018 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE BRENDAN COPE knows Yorkshire Carnegie cannot afford another poor start if they are to preserve their unbeaten home record against Nottingham. In […]

Hartpury kick off hat-trick bid with tough trip to Cardiff

23 September 2018 0 comments

By JAMES COFFEY BUCS PREVIEW BUCS Super Rugby returns this week following another successful showing since its maiden season in 2016. The tournament continues to […]

Dollman’s journey can finish with a pot of gold

16 September 2018 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW There at the start: Phil Dollman was Rob Baxter’s first recruit at Exeter Chiefs PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Exiles caught in the blocks again by 4-try first half blitz

16 September 2018 0 comments

By ROB WILDMAN AN impressive start fired Nottingham into a winning lead to leave London Scottish dissecting a third successive league defeat. Nottingham scored three […]

Edwards’ extra time try seals win over Sweden

16 September 2018 0 comments

A WILL Edwards extra time try saw England finish seventh at the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series in Lodz after beating Sweden 29-24. England […]

Ref Sara is on the up

9 September 2018 1 comment

SARA COX, below, is being tipped by many observers to become the first female to referee in the Premiership before the end of this season. […]

Eight-try Exiles bring in the bonus by half-time

9 September 2018 0 comments

By RAY CHILD LONDON Irish forwards coach George Skivington was delighted with his side’s resounding eight-try bonus-point victory at the Madejski. The Exiles, buoyed by […]