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Who is really to blame for player release furore?

2 May 2021 0 comments

I AM always fascinated by the furore that now precedes Lions tours and I always come back to the all-pervading influence professionalism has had on […]

Austin Healey and Ugo Monye detail online abuse #DrawTheLine

30 April 2021 82 comments

Premiership clubs, unions and cup organisers will boycott social media this weekend in a demonstration against online abuse

Bedford Blues chairman Geoff Irvine to stand down after 20 years

29 April 2021 1 comment

David Gunner will replace Irvine, who took the chair in 2001 at Goldington Road

Francis Baron exclusive – Pt.1: This is how rugby can be saved from peril

25 April 2021 0 comments

Introducing a new series with the former RFU chief executive on how the union in England can right the ship financially

Promotion and relegation are essential at all levels of game – Francis Baron

25 April 2021 0 comments

What does former RFU chief executive Francis Baron think of CVC’s growing influence in northern hemisphere rugby and the strategy plan at HQ?

RFU must rethink its policies and direction – Francis Baron

25 April 2021 2 comments

“I am passionate about the RFU and find it distressing to see it in such difficulties” – what to expect in the three-part series with Francis Baron

Ugo Monye spearheads the fight for rugby diversity

25 April 2021 0 comments

FORMER England wing Ugo Monye hopes that as chair of a new RFU advisory group he can help make rugby more accessible for all. Monye, […]

Alex Mitchell has that Melville quality | Chris Hewett

25 April 2021 0 comments

BACK in the early 1980s, a time when there were no arguments about ring-fencing in England because there weren’t any leagues to ringfence, Nigel Melville […]

Ugo Monye has a big battle to end elitist stigma of rugby | Jeff Probyn

25 April 2021 1 comment

Has the shift in development from its pyramid state two years ago to Premiership-pwned academies kept rugby’s ability to reach more ethnic groups limited?

Eddie Jones is staying, so now it’s all up to the players | Jeremy Guscott

25 April 2021 0 comments

What next for England after Eddie Jones received the full backing from the RFU following a review into the team’s poor Six Nations campaign?

RFU complete Six Nations review and reiterates its ‘full support’ of Eddie Jones

20 April 2021 0 comments

Bill Sweeney and the RFU have completed their review of England’s poor Six Nations campaign

Young Guns: London Irish hooker Joe Vajner

18 April 2021 0 comments

The captain of London Irish U18 talks to Adam Ellis about his hopes of representing England at age-grade level this summer

County Championship reaches crossroads

18 April 2021 1 comment

The County Championship is at real risk of being axed by the RFU, with a survey commissioned seeking input from coaches and players

Robshaw faces op on injured shoulder

18 April 2021 1 comment

MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON CHRIS ROBSHAW’S debut for the San Diego Legion ended in agony as the former England captain suffered a dislocated shoulder […]

Now RFU must sack Eddie’s ‘yes men’, says Bracken

11 April 2021 1 comment

THE RFU must ensure Eddie Jones ditches some of his backroom staff ‘yes men’ if they do decide to stick with him through to France […]

Less can be more for rugby insists Hogan

11 April 2021 0 comments

Should seismic reform to place in the Premiership? A reduction in the number of games would be a good start, says Newcastle director Mick Hogan

Japan is the Top League now, Quade Cooper tells Sanzaar

11 April 2021 0 comments

WALLABIES maverick Quade Cooper sees Super Rugby being turned on its head in the years to come as the growth of rugby in Japan heralds […]

Three gripes to put in Room 101

4 April 2021 0 comments

ALWAYS enjoy the Room 101 column, and I would like to share three rants with TRP. What is going on with Worcester? They were my […]

Time for RFU to get tough on top flight

4 April 2021 0 comments

COME the review of the PGA (Professional Game Agreement) in mid 2023, the RFU need to grab hold of negotiations with Premiership Rugby and insist […]

Bath lose banned captain Charlie Ewels for Challenge Cup clash

30 March 2021 0 comments

A one-week ban for his red card against London Irish rules the England lock out of Bath’s trip to Zebre in the European knockouts

Exclusive: Newcastle Falcons extend Mateo Carreras contract

28 March 2021 1 comment

Newcastle Falcons have finalised terms with Mateo Carreras to extend his stay beyond the current Premiership season, TRP can reveal. The former Argentina U20 wing, […]

Warren Gatland on the radar as RFU probe boss Jones

28 March 2021 5 comments

THE RFU have sounded out Lions boss Warren Gatland and South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus as they seek Eddie Jones’ potential replacement. Jones’ […]

Why such MI6-style secrecy over Eddie’s RFU judging panel? | Nick Cain

28 March 2021 0 comments

Bill Sweeney told the media some of the people involved on the panel overseeing the RFU’s debrief of England’s Six Nations failings will remain unnamed

Biljon: Feels like RFU are trying to grow the divide

28 March 2021 0 comments

Jersey Reds boss Harvey Biljon has something to say about clubs receiving almost £400,000 less this season from the RFU than they had two years ago

‘It’s game-changing’ – new test can detect concussion through saliva

24 March 2021 0 comments

The University of Birmingham has had its study into a new concussion detection test published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, bringing new hope to rugby

RFU will seek input from England players on whether Eddie Jones should remain

23 March 2021 0 comments

Bill Sweeney and Conor O’Shea will oversee a review into England’s fifth-place finish in the 2021 Six Nations

England’s Lions hopefuls hit skids with Triple Frown | Brendan Gallagher verdict

21 March 2021 0 comments

Critics have raised the alarm bell over England’s slump, so why hasn’t Eddie listened? Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on the loss to Ireland

Potential stars will quit ‘treadmill’ warns Jones

14 March 2021 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY RICHMOND No.9 Luc Jones predicts potential England players will go part-time or quit the game unless the RFU reverse their decision to […]

RFU need a French lesson | Nick Cain

14 March 2021 1 comment

NICK CAIN ARGUES THAT THE FOREIGN INVASION IS HARMING HOME-GROWN PLAYERS – UNLIKE IN FRANCE THERE is still a field of dreams out there, and […]

Arrogant Sarries deserved their Cornish pasting

14 March 2021 1 comment

SARACENS’ defeat to Cornish Pirates did not come as a surprise to those of us living in the far south-west and should be a wake-up […]

Exiles centre Terrence Hepetema and Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley receive bans

10 March 2021 0 comments

Ollie Thorley contested his charge but will receive a ban longer than London Irish centre Hepetema

RFU hunt down the furlough cheats

7 March 2021 0 comments

The RFU is investing intermidiaries who may have been claiming government cash while brokering player contract talks

Government hand RFU £45m in survival fund

7 March 2021 0 comments

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney welcomes government support after revenues totalling £140m has been lost over the last year

Clifton’s hackers caused public school stand-off

7 March 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALTHOUGH Clifton will reluctantly concede that the annual game between Edinburgh academy and Merchiston Castle, […]

Grassroot rugby set to return at end of March

7 March 2021 1 comment

GRASSROOTS rugby in England is set to return at the end of the month. A statement from the RFU states: “Following the government’s announcement that […]

Letters to editor: Rich clubs bypass Nat League salary cap thresholds

28 February 2021 0 comments

I COULDN’T agree more with Chris Taylor’s concerns (TRP Feb 21) at the distorting effect on community rugby of the lack of constraints on clubs […]

Guildford make history in Daily Mail U15 Cup

28 February 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GUILDFORD’S finest hour, and major claim to rugby fame, was winning the inaugural Daily Mail […]

National League caps need stricter policing

21 February 2021 0 comments

I TOTALLY agree with the comments from Martin Hothersall last week but I think we need to look at why playing budgets are so high […]

Why spend if academy system works so well?

21 February 2021 1 comment

Expensive import: Stormers back row Juarno Augustus is set to join Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images IT SEEMS to me that Premiership Rugby has got rather […]

BT Sport favourites to show key Championship games

21 February 2021 0 comments

A source tells TRP how close the Championship is to getting a TV broadcast partner

BT money is crucial for the Premiership’s well-being

21 February 2021 1 comment

THE newly ring-fenced Premiership will be hoping that BT do not decide to reconsider their position over the new four-year £110m contract, although BT’s concern […]

Exeter Chiefs fight ‘unfair’ RFU proposal to limit imports

21 February 2021 0 comments

The RFU will challenge the Chiefs on their recruitment of players from the US, Canada and Japan in a new policy for the Premier 15s

Edgy, the thinking man’s super hero | Chris Hewett

18 February 2021 0 comments

Chris Hewett pays a very personal tribute to Bath and England No.8 David Egerton

Lack of leadership on and off the field | Jeff Probyn

14 February 2021 0 comments

Jeff Probyn points the finger at England’s lack of leaders on the pitch for their loss to Scotland at Twickenham

Championship clubs reject deal with Premier Sports

14 February 2021 1 comment

Warren Muggleton reports on the Championship’s search for a TV broadcast partner to source a much-needed cash injection ahead of the new season

Sale 22-27 Bath: Bath find their flow at last to stop rot

14 February 2021 0 comments

Bath end their barren run to beat Sale Sharks on their own patch, as Alex Sanderson tastes defeat for the first time

Exclusive: BT Sport may reconsider £110m deal with Premiership

14 February 2021 0 comments

The task facing Premiership Rugby chief executive Darren Childs to keep TV broadcast partner BT Sport happy after confirmation that relegation would be scrapped

All about the money

14 February 2021 2 comments

HOWcurious that the RFU Council are postponing a decision over relegation for the Premiership – all to do with money I suspect. When it came […]

Make playing budgets sustainable

14 February 2021 1 comment

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] CHINNOR chairman Simon Vickers in his letter published […]