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‘It’s about being the best player you can be’

7 July 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees finds out what drives new Tigers head coach Michael Cheika and what he plans to do at Welford Road Despite their chequered past […]

Scratch XV that downed Boks

7 July 2024 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher was at Sixways when a National League One team caused a big upset – here he looks back to the year 2000 and the […]

I’m proud of the culture we have created here

7 July 2024 0 comments

Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Anthony Howcroft, below, head coach at Sale FC Why did you get into coaching and how […]

Bordeaux-Begles swoop for Gray

7 July 2024 0 comments

Allez: Jonny Gray agrees French deal SCOTLAND second row Jonny Gray has joined Top 14 runners-up Bordeaux-Begles following his exit from Exeter Chiefs. The 30-year-old […]

Mako agrees two-year contract with Vannes

7 July 2024 0 comments

Probyn: Recalls for Marler and Cole is good news for England By SAM JACKSON Legend: Mako Vunipola is on his way to France PICTURES: Getty […]

Boden is happy to take on Coventry challenge

7 July 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE STEVE Boden is enjoying being back in rugby in a more hands on coaching role in an environment with people that share […]

History to be made in first-of-its-kind women’s u20s series

4 July 2024 0 comments

By Sebastian Barrett England coach LJ Lewis believes the inaugural Women’s Summer Series will give young players something to aspire to as they look to […]

Freeman ready to roast the All Blacks

30 June 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY in Auckland Tommy Freeman has one more box to tick before he packs his golf clubs for a well-earned break in Majorca […]

Cheika will be good for Tigers – Richards

30 June 2024 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Dean Richards, the most decorated coach in Leicester Tigers’ history, has given Michael Cheika’s appointment the big thumbs up. Cheika this […]

Premiership final tickets for 2025 going fast

30 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Ticket sales for next year’s Premiership 2024/25 final are double what they were at this stage last year, reflecting the renewed buzz […]

Ex-England centre calls time on career

30 June 2024 0 comments

FORMER England playmaker Billy Twelvetrees has retired at the age of 35 after helping Ealing Trail-finders lift the Championship crown. The Gloucester legend played at […]

Falcons move for Gordon

30 June 2024 0 comments

NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed flanker Tom Gordon from Glasgow Warriors on a two-year deal. New Zealand-born Gordon, 27, made 76 appearances in six years with […]

Hunter-Hill joins Smith at Saints

30 June 2024 0 comments

PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton Saints have signed Callum Hunter-Hill after the second row left rivals Saracens earlier this week at the end of his contract. The […]

Vakatawa to leave Bristol

30 June 2024 0 comments

FRANCE centre Virimi Vakatawa will leave Bristol this summer following the end of his contract. The 32-year-old signed on a one-year deal last September when […]

DREAM TEAM

30 June 2024 0 comments

HARRY SLOAN, THE AGEN AND FORMER HARLEQUINS, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING AND SARACENS CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Richard […]

Time for England’s rock-steady crew

30 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NOW comes the acid test of England’s attacking progress. When Steve Borthwick side face New Zealand in […]

Whistler’s authority must be protected

30 June 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED In the middle: Sara Cox took charge of the Women’s Premiership final between Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images […]

Borthwick is right to keep faith with Smith

30 June 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees Looks at the challenges facing England in New Zealand… While another Aussie steps in at Leicester Steve Borthwick hopes to name an unchanged […]

Cheika knows he will be judged on results

30 June 2024 0 comments

Leicester were once a byword for stability. Like Liverpool FC, they had a reputation for promoting from within and benefiting from a boot room that […]

Gloucesterer are facing a defining season

30 June 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR COACH GEORGE SKIVINGTON AND CEO ALEX BROWN AT KINGSHOLM Gloucester marked their 150th anniversary last season. Celebrated […]

I’m thrilled to see Bath enjoying its success

30 June 2024 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY GJ VAN VELZE THE FORMER BULLS, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND BATH BACK ROW/LOCK My journey with rugby began at the age of […]

Gatland hits the 50-mark for Wales

30 June 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Unless they change the habit of a lifetime in Australia over the next fortnight, Wales will be […]

Hunt and George lead the way in a team packed with talent

30 June 2024 0 comments

Ben Jaycock talked to our reporters to select The Rugby Paper’s Women’s Premiership Team of the Season 2023-24 Premiership Women’s Rugby finalists Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol […]

Jamie George wants his England team-mates to ‘love’ facing the All Blacks

28 June 2024 0 comments

England have only won two Tests against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Jamie George has urged his England team-mates to embrace the challenge of […]

Michael Cheika out to win ‘biggest trophies’ after taking over at Leicester

28 June 2024 0 comments

Dan McKellar parted company with the Tigers on Saturday after only one season in charge. Michael Cheika is aiming to restore Leicester to the pinnacle […]

Shock as McKellar quits

23 June 2024 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER are reported to be in talks with former Australia coach Michael Cheika after they announced the sacking of head coach Dan […]

We’ll get it right this time, insists Darbon

23 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE WITH the dust barely settled on their Premiership-winning season, Northampton Saints CEO Mark Darbon has insisted that the mistakes of 2014 won’t […]

Evans unhappy with player release options

23 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Dismayed: Mark Evans MARK EVANS has taken a swipe at Top 14 and Premiership clubs for having double standards over inter national […]

Lawrence ready for All Black challenge

23 June 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY OLLIE Lawrence revealed England’s current tour of Japan and New Zealand is the perfect tonic for his Premiership hangover. The Bath centre […]

Burke keen to step out of Farrell’s shadow at Sarries

23 June 2024 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Star: Fergus Burke in action for the Crusaders SLIPPING into the boots of a departed club and England legend would fill most […]

Why less might not be more for stars

23 June 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED MARTIN Johnson spent a rugby eternity perfecting his survival skills in the engine room of the scrum – the nearest thing […]

Sing is on song for a double triumph

23 June 2024 0 comments

■By MARK STEVENS Gloucester-Hartpury…. 36pts Bristol Bears ………………. 24pts Tries: Hunt 25, Hendy 54, Sing 58, Venner 62, Jones 68 Conversions: Sing 26, 55, 59, […]

This will be tricky to take – Ward

23 June 2024 0 comments

BRISTOL Bears head coach Dave Ward refused to be too downbeat despite seeing his side’s slip to defeat in their first-ever Premiership Women’s Rugby final. […]

SpongeBob glad of his place in the Oldies XV

23 June 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW TWENTY years ago this very week on the banks of the Clyde, New Zealand won the Junior […]

I was offered a NFL trial but it was too big a risk

23 June 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY IAN DAVEY THE FORMER BATH, BEDFORD, EL SALVADOR AND PERTEMPS BEES WINGER WHEN I was 16, in my first season for Colston’s, […]

Diamond must find gems for Newcastle

23 June 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FACING STEVE DIAMOND, THE MAN AT THE TOP AT KINGSTON PARK IT SEEMED that the only way for Newcastle […]

We’re all heading in different directions

23 June 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sunday Mixed signals: The Championship is being seen as development tool – but not everything makes […]

Marcus Smith given the keys as Borthwick goes all guns blazing

18 June 2024 0 comments

By Tom Jeffreys Steve Borthwick has decided there is no room for experimentation as he names his strongest squad for this weekend’s fixture against Japan. […]

Deadlock broken as promotion restored

16 June 2024 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Promotion and relegation between the Premiership and Championship has been restored from next season after the Championship clubs secured significant concessions from […]

Cov’s chief: We’ll drop to Nat leagues

16 June 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Coventry chief executive Nick Johnston says the Championship club remains prepared to drop down to the national leagues if they can’t reach […]

Fresh calls to get rid of the caterpillar ruck

16 June 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury’s director of rugby John Barnes has called for the eradication of the caterpillar ruck – and for scrums to be left […]

Carpenter looking to make his mark

16 June 2024 0 comments

From ADAM HATHAWAY in Japan Sale’s Joe Carpenter is aiming for a cap with Steve Borthwick’s Red Rose touring side but admits his heart is […]

Four-match Obano ban

16 June 2024 0 comments

BATH prop Beno Obano has been given a four-match ban after being sent off during last Saturday’s Premiership final defeat by Northampton. Obano was shown […]

Saints chief confident they will build on title triumph

16 June 2024 0 comments

NORTHAMPTON chief executive Mark Darbon is confident Saints can build on their Premiership title and be a force for season to come. Saints beat Bath […]

Tuima: I have to move up the ladder

16 June 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS Even by his own expectations, it’s been quite the year for Exeter Chiefs forward Rusi Tuima. Handed his chance to shine by […]

Ward and Hunt both delighted by Mitchell’s impact

16 June 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS With just over a year to go until the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, excitement is certainly building up and […]

Borthwick should go with Marcus first up

16 June 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK It will be a choice between Harlequins’ Marcus Smith and Northampton’s Fin Smith at fly-half for the first […]

Exeter confirm signing of former Irish prop

16 June 2024 0 comments

EXETER have confirmed the signing of former London Irish prop Will Goodrick-Clarke from Ealing Trailfinders. As revealed in The Rugby Paper in March, the Chiefs […]

Mistake to select Tom and not Ted

16 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ted Hill must be wondering what else he has to do to get back into an England […]

Return of relegation is reason to cheer

16 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN The restoration of promotion and relegation, which this column has advocated non-stop since the RFU’s ring-fence moratorium in 2021, is cause for celebration. […]

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