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Carpenter on a high at Sale

9 October 2022 0 comments

By NICK POWELL JOE Carpenter is relishing the atmosphere in the Sale changing room under Alex Sanderson and says he was ‘euphoric’ to score the […]

RFU must promote spread of pro game

9 October 2022 1 comment

Might it just be that the lack of investment into the game at Championship level is at least in part due to the RFU and […]

Blow for Jones as Manly chase Seibold

9 October 2022 1 comment

EDDIE Jones is set to suffer another blow to his coaching staff after Manly Sea Eagles launched a bid to take his defence coach Anthony […]

Alphonsi: Kabeya is better than me

9 October 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Making a name for herself: England’s 20-year-old flanker Sadia Kabeya Maggie Alphonsi is confident England can win the World Cup and use […]

Regional results

9 October 2022 0 comments

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Regional results

9 October 2022 1 comment

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Red Roses can give us all something to smile about

9 October 2022 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup and full TV coverage for the first […]

Warriors suspended for season and relegated

6 October 2022 1 comment

Worcester Warriors’ seven-year stay in England‘s top-flight has been brought to an abrupt conclusion after their suspension from this season’s Premiership, and subsequent relegation, was […]

Amnesia in rugby’s corridors of power

2 October 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Then there were 12. Less than a month into the new season, the demise of Worcester has […]

Award for Park after fine start to season

2 October 2022 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK AFTER a dominant and unbeaten start to the season, Rosslyn Park were awarded the RFU’s step 3 and 4 Team […]

Worcester Warriors in administration and suspended from all English competitions

26 September 2022 0 comments

Worcester Warriors have been placed into administration and both their teams have been suspended from all RFU competitions after they failed to meet a 5pm […]

Two Welsh clubs lined up to play in England

25 September 2022 1 comment

EXCLUSIVE By NEIL FISSLER Premiership Rugby have had initial discussions with the Welsh Rugby Union about two Welsh regions joining England’s elite club competition from […]

Wales set to take on SA again

25 September 2022 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON The Rugby Paper can reveal that the Springboks will be back in Cardiff on August 19 for what will be the 11th […]

Diamond relieved to get green light but staff ‘angry’

18 September 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Boss: Steve Diamond Having met Friday’s RFU deadline to prove their safety credentials, Worcester Warriors director of rugby Steve Diamond is relieved […]

Difficult job to have so many internationals

18 September 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Rob Baxter faces a massive dilemma with nearly every England international at Exeter out of contract at the […]

Transgender women should play -Dunne

11 September 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Jack Dunne believes that the ban on transgender women from playing full-contact female rugby imposed by the English, Welsh […]

£500m debt could bury 13-club cartel

11 September 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If Premiership owners had made the same mistakes in the multi-million pound enterprises that put them on […]

English Rugby on, Scottish and Welsh games postponed following Queen’s death

9 September 2022 0 comments

All rugby in England can go ahead this weekend following a decision taken by the RFU to play on despite the news of Queen Elizabeth […]

WRU join English and Irish unions in banning transgender women

8 September 2022 0 comments

Welsh rugby‘s governing body the WRU has become the latest union to ban transgender women from playing all forms of rugby. They join the England’s […]

Callard predicts brighter future for Leeds

4 September 2022 0 comments

By NICK POWELL LEEDS Tykes head coach Jon Callard is aiming high for this season. In the 2019/20 Championship season Leeds were in dire financial […]

We need to know when RFU can restore support

4 September 2022 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] IT IS good to read that the RFU […]

England’s Jersey trip leaves RFU all at sea

4 September 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK English club rugby has never been more in need of coherent, strong, farsighted leadership as it enters […]

Fans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride

28 August 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering a little right now […]

The game paying too much for its players

28 August 2022 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Top gun: Semi Radradra is a marquee player for Bristol PICTURE: Getty Images After this week’s […]

No need to read beyond the headline with Jones

22 August 2022 1 comment

Colin Boag Eddie Jones, master of creating headlines and tweaking tails, did it again when he suggested that the English independent schools created a cloistered […]

Worcester Warriors finally release statement over administration rumours

22 August 2022 0 comments

Worcester Warriors‘ owners have released long-awaited a statement, after a day filled with speculation regarding the future of their club. The statement did not deny […]

Davies brings curtain down on his 30-year service with Wales

21 August 2022 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Mark Davies is to end one of the longest careers in Test rugby – 30 years unbroken service with Wales treating casualties […]

Five-year deal will give Cup boost – Grainger

21 August 2022 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE Steve Grainger, RFU director of rugby development, is confident the new five-year partnership between England Rugby and Papa Johns pizza company will […]

Stadium for Cornwall will happen – Durkin

14 August 2022 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates chairman Paul Durkin has reassured fans that plans for a proposed Stadium for Cornwall – and the dream of Premiership […]

DMP find funding to continue in Premier XVs

14 August 2022 1 comment

DMP Durham Sharks will compete in this season of the Premier 15s after finding the required funding. The club set up a crowdfunding bid to […]

It’s time we introduced brain injury passports

14 August 2022 0 comments

KYRAN BRACKEN FORMER ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Floored: Wales tighthead Tomas Francis, right, is knocked out in Six Nations Rugby Union has been at the crossroads before […]

Take time to polish leaders, Eddie

14 August 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS I HAVE absolutely no problem with Eddie Jones having his less than complementary say on the influence of our public schools on England […]

Participation In Elite Adult Rugby May Present Risks of Head Injuries

10 August 2022 0 comments

For many, rugby is the best sport in the world owing to its strategic nature, fast pace, team play, and diverse membership. It’s a sport […]

Now WRU lists brain warnings to players

7 August 2022 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON The Welsh Rugby Union has issued its 51,229 registered players a health warning over the dangers of concussion causing brain damage. Their […]

Shortfall in funding may force Sharks to pull out

7 August 2022 2 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Premier 15s side DMP Durham Sharks are in danger of having to pull out of next season’s competition due to a “shortfall” […]

We need bigger squads to reduce playing time

7 August 2022 1 comment

COLIN BOAG I’d really like my grandkids to be able to play and watch rugby, but I’m far from sure that they will be able […]

Lawsuits for injuries may carry on rising

31 July 2022 3 comments

By PETER JACKSON Another acclaimed Wales international has cited his own alarming reasons for taking legal action over rugby‘s brain injury crisis. His plight, following […]

Mayor ban highlights dangers of HGH

31 July 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN The four-year ban given to Chris Mayor (right), the former Sale, Northampton and Wasps centre, after the RFU charged him with attempting to […]

Show us the money men in Premiership

24 July 2022 0 comments

NICK Cain wrote about ‘the complete contradiction at the heart of the Premiership of having a salary cap at the same time as allowing a […]

Get-out clause sparks interest in Robertson

24 July 2022 0 comments

Premiership clubs and the RFU have been put on red alert after being tipped off that Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has got a get-out clause […]

Kirk gets his hands on inaugural World Cup

24 July 2022 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 120 All […]

‘Get Farrell & Edwards together for England’

17 July 2022 1 comment

Jason Robinson would love to see both Andy Farrell and Shaun Edwards brought back into the Twickenham fold. The former England star hopes the pair […]

Coastal pride and bursting with history

17 July 2022 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher Fylde have been producing significant players on the northern circuit for many decades and if big time honours have eluded the club itself […]

Life in the front row is tough for Stuart

10 July 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN All Test props have to relish the head-to-head confrontations with their opposite number, and the chance physically and psychologically to put their team […]

Heady days at Falmouth when Jackett boys wore the jersey

10 July 2022 0 comments

CORNWALL has always been a rugby stronghold in England and Falmouth – now Falmouth Eagles – have been part of that story since 1873 and […]

Bedfordshire fixture clashes not helpful

3 July 2022 1 comment

email: [email protected] IT is unbelievable that Ampthill and Bedford Blues have home matches scheduled on the same day on eight occasions next season. Does anyone at […]

Lions trailblazers set sail for Down Under in 1888

3 July 2022 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here? IT is, I […]

Twin Tours: A Look at England’s and Wales’ Summer Internationals

27 June 2022 0 comments

With the world cup drawing ever nearer, this summer’s tours for both England and Wales were always going to be crucial in their preparations towards […]

Head injury rates reach all time high in England

26 June 2022 1 comment

Concussion rates in elite English rugby have hit their highest levels since records began in 2002 according to the latest injury audit with the RFU […]

Aled Davies cited as podcast guests weigh in on controversial yellow

22 June 2022 4 comments

Saracens‘ scrum-half Aled Davies has been cited for the controversial yellow card he received against Leicester in Saturday’s Premiership Final. Davies, 29, made a high […]

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