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Players will go from feast to famine, says Alan Solomons

22 September 2020 0 comments

The Worcester Warriors director of rugby is envisaging development players to bear the impact of unprecedented times in rugby

Government hits pause button on return of fans to stadiums

22 September 2020 0 comments

Fears for RFU, Premiership and Championship finances as government orders matches to be played behind closed doors

Solomons: Players will go from feast to famine

20 September 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER supremo Alan Solomons fears player development will be halted in its tracks unless Championship and National League sides get back up […]

Bangor lead the way – when will RFU follow?

20 September 2020 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE THE long wait for community rugby to be played in the UK has finally come to an end – in Northern Ireland. […]

Give RFU a break, they have been hit hardest

20 September 2020 0 comments

AS a long-time public advocate for community rugby, I have often been critical of the RFU’s inability to lend greater support to grassroots clubs, but […]

Makes no sense to relegate Saracens

20 September 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Small steps forwards: Gloucester play Harlequins in front of 1,000 fans at Kingsholm Sometimes we have to push our prejudices or our desire […]

ROOM101

20 September 2020 0 comments

BEN RANSOM 1. 24th man This is a pet hate but also something I have lear nt to enjoy. You have trained hard all week […]

Probyn column: Bill Sweeney’s legacy will hinge on talks with Premiership

12 September 2020 0 comments

Sweeney’s skill for collective bargaining will be his biggest test, writes Jeff Probyn

Rugby Matters: Rosslyn Park Sevens will be even more prestigious

11 September 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher views how the current health crisis is affecting schools rugby

Bristol Bears appeal three-game ban for Siale Piutau

10 September 2020 0 comments

A hearing with an appeals panel will now take place on Thursday, as Alan Solomons offers his views on the matter

Two Premiership players test positive for COVID-19

9 September 2020 0 comments

A total of seven personnel at Premiership clubs have tested positive after the latest round of screening

Sweeney’s legacy will depend on Prem talks

6 September 2020 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Rich pickings: Players are paid more to represent England than any other country PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Yorkshire Carnegie renamed and pledge to get ‘back to roots’

3 September 2020 0 comments

Carnegie will become Leeds Tykes once again, says new chairman

Frustrated Blackheath director of rugby James Shanahan calls for 2020-21 start

2 September 2020 0 comments

Shanahan wants the governing bodies involved in sport’s return to take the brakes off rugby

RFU pushes to have 20,000 fans permitted to attend October clash with Barbarians

2 September 2020 0 comments

Fans wishing to buy tickets can only do so for themselves and others in their household

Dual-role Alex Brown shares his blueprint for Gloucester success

1 September 2020 0 comments

Brown is tasked with the smooth running of the Gloucester team under its new coaching heads, while keeping things tight off the field

Bill Sweeney urged to take the axe to untouched RFU-Premiership fund

1 September 2020 0 comments

Is the RFU chief executive keeping Premiership clubs happy so they release England players this autumn?

Sweeney urged to battle the ‘fat cats’

30 August 2020 0 comments

■ By NEALE HARVEY TAKING an axe to Premiership funding would earn RFU boss Bill Sweeney applause from the community game, says Berkshire RFU and […]

Brown’s got blueprint for long-term success

30 August 2020 1 comment

■ By NEALE HARVEY Rookie head coach: George Skivington, left, watches on as Gloucester warm-up for the Worcester match last week PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER […]

Frustrated Blackeath boss Shanahan calls for action

30 August 2020 1 comment

■ By WARREN MUGGLETON BLACKHEATH director of rugby James Shanahan says ‘stop messing about’ and get community rugby started again. NCA Rugby have been forced […]

Saracens prop Alec Clarey calls for return of England Students

26 August 2020 0 comments

The England Students programme is on hold while the RFU exacts cutbacks in funding

Calls for more volunteers to help maintain grassroots pitches

25 August 2020 0 comments

Time is paramount to prepare pitches at the local level for winter, says Grounds Management Association boss

Clarey calls for return of students’ stepping stone

23 August 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Progress: Alec Clarey SARACENS prop Alec Clarey believes the RFU must find a way of resuscitating the England Students side, citing how […]

Grassroots need more matches to kick-start interest

23 August 2020 1 comment

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] SURELY the lower leagues, Level 5 down, need […]

Rugby Matters: England Sevens scrapping sounds alarm bell for World Sevens Series

18 August 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher believes the England Sevens programme did everyything for player development, but nothing for silverware on the Sevens circuit

England Sevens flyer Dan Norton becomes latest London Irish signing

18 August 2020 0 comments

The World Sevens Series tries record-holder has been on the circuit for the past 12 years

Sad to say but 7s had lost its way

16 August 2020 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rare win: Dan Bibby celebrates with Ethan Waddleton as England defeat South […]

Rowe: Prem clubs will not survive without fans

9 August 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY EXETER chairman Tony Rowe fears Premiership clubs may go bust by Christmas unless crowds return and income levels are restored to something […]

Rugby used to be for all sizes

9 August 2020 0 comments

THEgame has changed… if I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that, rich I might be. But has the game changed? Or is […]

Community game is sadly bottom of list

9 August 2020 0 comments

THIS week we saw the excruciating decision by the game to make every community rugby coach and regional development officer redundant. This is terrible news […]

Use this dire situation to better our great game

9 August 2020 0 comments

TWELVE months ago we were poised to enjoy a groundbreaking World Cup being played in Japan away from the home of traditional giants of the […]

Toby Booth earns big endorsement from Ospreys great

6 August 2020 0 comments

Former Wales and Ospreys prop Paul James believes the region have bagged themselves a ‘big asset’ in new head coach Booth

Wallace: ‘New expectations’ at Leicester Tigers under head coach Steve Borthwick

6 August 2020 0 comments

New signing Luke Wallace says Borthwick has already been inspiring the Tigers squad with a team meeting held in the stands at Welford Road

Cain column: Ed Griffiths must bin four-year promotion-relegation moratorium in proposal

4 August 2020 0 comments

The 76-page Championship revamp proposal drafted by Ed Griffiths would see promotion to the Premiership offset for four years

Premiership ring-fencing inevitable says Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton

4 August 2020 0 comments

St Quinton is staunch in his belief that all 13 members of PRL should be in the Premiership

RFU must stop being transfixed on top level says Lewis

2 August 2020 1 comment

By JACK ZORAB BOURNVILLE director of rugby Dean Lewis has labelled the RFU ‘diabolical’ in their selection process for the women’s Premier 15s. Lewis argues […]

Tigers will be fierce again under Borthwick

2 August 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Getting up to speed: Luke Wallace training with Leicester this week BACK row warrior Luke Wallace has shone a revealing light on […]

Booth will be a big asset for Ospreys says James

2 August 2020 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER All-rounder: Toby Booth coaching at Bath “CLASS ACT” Toby Booth has been backed to bring the good times back to the Ospreys […]

‘Heartland’ has chance of success but boost to 14 teams

2 August 2020 0 comments

AS Jeff Probyn wrote last week, if Ed Griffiths’ comprehensive proposals for the future of England’s second tier are to have a chance of success, […]

Ring-fence inevitable says owner of Gloucs

2 August 2020 1 comment

By COLIN BOAG GLOUCESTER owner Martin St Quinton believes ring-fencing the Premiership is inevitable, describing the current situation of a team spending a season against […]

RFU should get grassroots playing again, not the Prem

2 August 2020 3 comments

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrum is danger area: Sixteen players in a tiny space breathng the same air PICTURE: Getty […]

Griffiths’ plan gets the nod to carry on talking

26 July 2020 2 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Blueprint: Edward Griffiths ED GRIFFITHS hopes his plan to restructure Championship rugby will help end “the Punch & Judy” style politics that […]

Albion blast ‘culturally and spiritually illiterate RFU’

26 July 2020 2 comments

NEALE HARVEY PLYMOUTH Albion owner Dave Venables has accused the RFU of displaying “Dickensian authoritarian arrogance” after seeing his club docked 20 points and effectively […]

Witcher wants Valkyries to ride on Roses success

26 July 2020 3 comments

By ADAM ELLIS Big plans: Mark Witcher PORTSMOUTH Valkyries head coach Mark Witcher believes the club is perfectly situated to heighten the exposure for women’s […]

Is Griffiths getting his own back on the Prem?

26 July 2020 0 comments

Finally, the Champi-onship has a championin Edward Griffiths,who is going to shine alight at the end of thelong tunnel that hasbeen the clubs’ battle tosurvive […]