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Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Fans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

The game paying too much for its players

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Top gun: Semi Radradra is a marquee player for Bristol PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 3 years ago

No need to read beyond the headline with Jones

Colin Boag Eddie Jones, master of creating headlines and tweaking tails, did it again when he suggested that the English independent...

By Nick Powell

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Worcester Warriors finally release statement over administration rumours

Worcester Warriors’ owners have released long-awaited a statement, after a day filled with speculation regarding the future of their club. The...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

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

By PETER JACKSON Mark Davies is to end one of the longest careers in Test rugby – 30 years unbroken service...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Five-year deal will give Cup boost – Grainger

By JON NEWCOMBE Steve Grainger, RFU director of rugby development, is confident the new five-year partnership between England Rugby and Papa...

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Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Stadium for Cornwall will happen – Durkin

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates chairman Paul Durkin has reassured fans that plans for a proposed Stadium for Cornwall – and...

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Latest News

/ 3 years ago

DMP find funding to continue in Premier XVs

DMP Durham Sharks will compete in this season of the Premier 15s after finding the required funding. The club set up...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

It’s time we introduced brain injury passports

KYRAN BRACKEN FORMER ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Floored: Wales tighthead Tomas Francis, right, is knocked out in Six Nations Rugby Union has been...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 3 years ago

Take time to polish leaders, Eddie

RUGBY MATTERS I HAVE absolutely no problem with Eddie Jones having his less than complementary say on the influence of our...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 3 years ago

Participation In Elite Adult Rugby May Present Risks of Head Injuries

For many, rugby is the best sport in the world owing to its strategic nature, fast pace, team play, and diverse...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Now WRU lists brain warnings to players

By PETER JACKSON The Welsh Rugby Union has issued its 51,229 registered players a health warning over the dangers of concussion...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Shortfall in funding may force Sharks to pull out

By BEN JAYCOCK Premier 15s side DMP Durham Sharks are in danger of having to pull out of next season’s competition...

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Columnists

/ 3 years ago

We need bigger squads to reduce playing time

COLIN BOAG I’d really like my grandkids to be able to play and watch rugby, but I’m far from sure that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Lawsuits for injuries may carry on rising

By PETER JACKSON Another acclaimed Wales international has cited his own alarming reasons for taking legal action over rugby‘s brain injury...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 3 years ago

Mayor ban highlights dangers of HGH

NICK CAIN The four-year ban given to Chris Mayor (right), the former Sale, Northampton and Wasps centre, after the RFU charged...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

Show us the money men in Premiership

NICK Cain wrote about ‘the complete contradiction at the heart of the Premiership of having a salary cap at the same...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Get-out clause sparks interest in Robertson

Premiership clubs and the RFU have been put on red alert after being tipped off that Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Kirk gets his hands on inaugural World Cup

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

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Latest News

/ 3 years ago

‘Get Farrell & Edwards together for England’

Jason Robinson would love to see both Andy Farrell and Shaun Edwards brought back into the Twickenham fold. The former England...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

Coastal pride and bursting with history

Brendan Gallagher Fylde have been producing significant players on the northern circuit for many decades and if big time honours have...

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Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Life in the front row is tough for Stuart

NICK CAIN All Test props have to relish the head-to-head confrontations with their opposite number, and the chance physically and psychologically...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

Heady days at Falmouth when Jackett boys wore the jersey

CORNWALL has always been a rugby stronghold in England and Falmouth – now Falmouth Eagles – have been part of that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

Bedfordshire fixture clashes not helpful

email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT is unbelievable that Ampthill and Bedford Blues have home matches scheduled on the same day on eight occasions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Lions trailblazers set sail for Down Under in 1888

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Summer Tours

/ 3 years ago

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

With the world cup drawing ever nearer, this summer’s tours for both England and Wales were always going to be crucial...

By Sam Emery

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Head injury rates reach all time high in England

Concussion rates in elite English rugby have hit their highest levels since records began in 2002 according to the latest injury...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Aled Davies cited as podcast guests weigh in on controversial yellow

Saracens’ scrum-half Aled Davies has been cited for the controversial yellow card he received against Leicester in Saturday’s Premiership Final. Davies,...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Three teams to be promoted from National Two

By JON NEWCOMBE RFU COUNCIL voted through proposals for automatic one up, three down promotion and relegation from National League One...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Cornwall fear for future of County Cup

CORNWALL chairman Dave Saunter is proud to have secured a trophy treble this season but fears the County Championship’s days could...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Rebels return after structural review

■By JON NEWCOMBE Inspiration: Caldy clinched promotion from National 1 to the Championship FOUR years after they broke away to form...

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Bill Beaumont Cup

/ 3 years ago

Cornwall take centre stage at Twickenham

By BRIAN QUINN DIVISION 1 Cheshire............24pts Cornwall ..........37pts Champions: Cornwall celebrate with the Bill Beaumont Cup PICTURE: RFU TEAMS CHESHIRE: Barlow,...

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Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Smart and Solly hat-tricks blow Berkshire away

By CIERAN EDWARDS WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 Berkshire ..........5pts Leicestershire..40pts Ecstatic: Leicestershire show of their Gill Burns trophy PICTURE: RFU SARAH Smart...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

Second tier is worth backing

THIS column has been at the forefront of lionising the Championship over the years, highlighting the massive disservice to the English...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

Relegation freeze makes sense in World Cup year

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There’s actually a reason the Premiership have been paid such a premium...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

National Two is to be split in to three

THE RFU have confirmed the structural changes to level three for the 2022/23 season with National Two set to be split...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

League ‘pyramid’ now has a flat-top

REGARDING the restructuring of the National Leagues next season, please, please RFU stop using phraseology such as “re-branding, re-booting, re-energising” as...

By The Rugby Paper Team