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ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON

31 October 2021 0 comments

WIN a pair of tickets to England v Tonga or Scotland v South Africa courtesy of Dove Men + Care! Dove Men + Care are […]

Show your hand, Eddie – no more time for bluffing

31 October 2021 0 comments

NICK Cain was spot on last week when challenging what Eddie Jones has been doing and achieving since becoming the rugby world’s most expensive coach. […]

Best Injury Prevention Ploys for Rugby Players

23 October 2021 0 comments

Injuries are just part and parcel of the game of rugby, with there being no way to eradicate the dangers and pitfalls of such a […]

Ignore lower tiers at your peril, RFU

17 October 2021 0 comments

ANOTHER well informed column by Jeff Probyn in TRP (Oct 10). The Premiership has effectively been ring fenced now it is 13 teams with one […]

Oghre incident proves refs can make mistakes

17 October 2021 1 comment

COLIN BOAG Let off: Wasps’ Gabriel Oghre was given only a yellow card for this high tackle on Northampton’s Alex Mitchell last weekend Northampton Saintsgot […]

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

17 October 2021 0 comments

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ALEX MATTHEWS THIS WEEK… WORCESTER BACK-ROW World Cup winner and Worcester Warriors backrow Alex […]

Erasmus delay dreadful says RFU president Jeff

17 October 2021 3 comments

Colin Boag talks to RFU president Jeff Blackett about the state of the game RFU president Jeff Blackett says he shares the fans’ frustration over […]

Jeeps one of many Rolls Royce players

17 October 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless home to two notable […]

Diversity’s problem? Lack of Asian stars

17 October 2021 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why is rugby so keen to raise issues and set out to change things when the […]

Brown on panel to explore women’s Lions tour

17 October 2021 2 comments

By SAM JACKSON Star: Shaunagh Brown ENGLAND international Shaunagh Brown will be part of the 13- strong group set up to examine the feasibility of […]

Hill’s rigid stance led to ‘great schism’

10 October 2021 0 comments

POSSIBLY the most notable Old Blue is George Rowland Hill, an influential rugby administrator in the game’s formative years and the first individual to receive […]

Exodus of players is real threat for game

10 October 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME A few weeks ago this paper had an interview with Peter Winterbottom, probably the best openside […]

Peace talks go ahead in agents’ fees row

10 October 2021 0 comments

By NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP clubs were last night facing massive pressure to back down in their stand-off with players’ agents over the payment of fees. […]

How long will this kow-towing go on?

10 October 2021 3 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] REGARDING Nick Cain’s piece in last week’s Rugby […]

Plan to re-shape and safegaurd our community game

10 October 2021 1 comment

A LOT has been said about players leaving the game due to travel, and commitments in playing lower leagues rugby. Maybe, the RFU needs to […]

Jersey good enough for Lions but not for Prem

3 October 2021 2 comments

JERSEY Reds are top of the Championship. They have outstanding training facilities, complete with altitude training chambers, at the Strive complex which was used by […]

Lam’s chat with Ojomoh triggers transfer talk

3 October 2021 0 comments

PAT Lam was seen in a deep touchline conversation with Bath’s highly-rated inside centre Max Ojomoh after Friday’s West Country derby at Ashton Gate. England […]

O’Shea hunts Eddie’s successor

3 October 2021 0 comments

THE RFU have already started their search for Eddie Jones’ successor as England coach. The Australian has said he will stand down from the Red […]

Loss of county pathway has blocked young stars

3 October 2021 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It’s interesting to note that there are people out there who profess to know about the […]

Regional results

3 October 2021 0 comments

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I agree – it’s not all the RFU’s fault but change is needed

3 October 2021 0 comments

JOHN Allanson, rightly points out (TRP Sep 26) that “the issue of local volunteer succession” is a major concern. He refers to the workers who […]

First-ever Cup final was turning point for Wasps

26 September 2021 1 comment

MOMENT IN TIME WASPS 1985-86 JOHN PLAYER CUP FINALISTS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO MARK RIGBY WASPS are one of the most successful sides of the […]

Sevens U-turn as O’Shea seeks alignment

26 September 2021 2 comments

THE RFU has performed a U-turn and will reinstate its full-time Sevens programme for the start of the 2022 World Series. According to the Daily […]

Regional results

26 September 2021 2 comments

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Regional results

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Questions the RFU’s new boss ignored

19 September 2021 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Ilube’s first Press conference as RFU board chairman was carefully scripted, and the reference to his […]

Wallabies are threat to Eddie’s RWC future

19 September 2021 0 comments

EDDIE Jones’ autumn agenda took a more challenging turn yesterday when Australia – the team that have been whipping boys for England during his period […]

Racing all set to raid Prem in hunt for prop

19 September 2021 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RACING 92 are looking at the Premiership to strengthen their squad next season and have a tight-head prop […]

Australia 30-17 South Africa: Wallabies trample on Boks’ crown

19 September 2021 1 comment

THE Springboks‘ claim to be the best side in world rugby was dealt a devastating blow as Australia handed out a pasting in Brisbane. Two […]

Ealing have one

12 September 2021 2 comments

Jon Newcombe previews the new Championship season, a voyage into the unknown for all, including the RFU Final chance? Ealing lost the play-off to Saracens […]

Foulkes sees Coventry cast off their millstone

12 September 2021 0 comments

MOMENT IN TIME COVENTRY 1982-83 SUNDAY TELEGRAPH MERIT TABLE WINNERS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO DAVID FOULKS AND PETER ROSSBOROUGH THE Seventies was a golden era […]

Scarratt in leg op

12 September 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND Women’s vicecaptain Emily Scarratt has had surgery on a broken leg – almost a year out from the start of the delayed […]

Eddie Jones open to all offers post World Cup

5 September 2021 1 comment

EDDIE Jones dropped his biggest hint yet that he will be leaving his job as England coach following the 2023 World Cup in France. Jones has […]

Sevens ace Richard in Bath switch

5 September 2021 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Trial: De Carpentier BATH have had former England Sevens star Richard de Carpentier training with them in pre-season […]

Spreadbury set for RFU exit

5 September 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER THE exodus from the RFU continues with referees’ boss Tony Spreadbury set to leave and join European Professional […]

Effectiveness of RFU incentives needs scrutiny

5 September 2021 0 comments

THANK you, Jeff Probyn for again highlighting the duty on the RFU to support all club rugby by distributing the revenue coming into the game […]

Quins beware, Clapp’s Sarries mean business

29 August 2021 0 comments

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS By SARAH RENDELL Driven: Saracens skipper Lotte Clapp PICTURES: Getty Images Fixtures Saturday, September 4 Saracens v Wasps Bristol Bears v […]

We ignored coach, played our fast 15-a-side rugby and claimed the day!

29 August 2021 0 comments

MOMENT IN TIME LONDON WELSH 1994-95 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO KEY PLAYERS THE record books show that Welsh won promotion from Courage League Five South […]

RFU funds needed to maintain leagues

29 August 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The way it was: a great Championship clash between Ealing Trailfinders and Cornish Pirates PICTURE: Lissy […]

JP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby

22 August 2021 0 comments

What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby

Joke isn’t on fun figure Cockerill any more | Chris Hewett

22 August 2021 1 comment

Richard Cockerill in as England’s forwards coach? Chris Hewett on a bullish Midlander transitioning into coaching

Richard Cockerill now in frame to replace Eddie Jones

15 August 2021 0 comments

Set to become England’s forwards coach this week, where does Richard Cockerill’s arrival leave England’s plan for post-RWC2023

Lions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs

15 August 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a loss that’s still hard […]

Everything was stacked against Lions from the start | Nick Cain

8 August 2021 0 comments

No, rugby is not coming to an end. This Lions tour posed significant challenges to both teams, it was just the Lions who handled it with better grace

Richard Cockerill ponders England job after talks with Eddie Jones

1 August 2021 0 comments

England’s new forwards coach?

Agreeing to Prem divorce amounts to rugby treason

1 August 2021 1 comment

I COULDN’T agree more with Ian Stein’s letter of last week regarding Exeter chairman Tony Rowe. So Mr Rowe now wants help for the Championship […]

Hargreaves: Law changes could destroy Union ethos

30 July 2021 2 comments

As the DCMS releases a report as a result of a four-month inquiry into the impact of concussion in sport, Alistair Hargreaves fears rugby may be changed beyond its foundations

Two more players join concussion lawsuit

25 July 2021 0 comments

FORMER England prop Jason Hobson and retired Exeter hooker Neil Clarke have joined the lawsuit against World Rugby, the RFU and WRU. Hobson and Clarke […]

Women’s Game in Focus: Harlequins and England full-back Ellie Kildunne

25 July 2021 1 comment

A new recruit at Harlequins after leaving Wasps this summer, the England full-back explains her shift in mindset to focus on the World Cup rather than Olympics

Welsh show their warrior spirit after Deaves’ red

18 July 2021 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Scotland ……….24pts Tries: Harrison 10, Gray 18, Muncaster 49 Conversions: Scott 11, 19, 50 Penalties: Scott 3 Wales …………….32pts Tries: Tshiunza 5, […]

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