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Northern clubs break away from RFU league structure

20 May 2018 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE TWENTY-FOUR clubs in Lancashire have voted to break away from the RFU League structure to form their own separate competition. Faced with […]

Odds are England will look abroad

20 May 2018 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] MICK Lockwood (TRP May 6) describes the ‘arrogance’ […]

Cohen urges reform over second ‘marquee’ player

6 May 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY SOARING wage bills allied to a slump in the sponsorship market contributed to Premiership clubs reporting record losses of £30m for season […]

Wales to get £1.25m payout from Lions tour of New Zealand

2 May 2018 0 comments

All is good for Wales, but Peter Jackson says all is not well as future Lions tours face threats

Sorry, but this Shields talk just smacks of desperation

29 April 2018 1 comment

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Pinning his colours: Brad Shields was part of the New Zealand U20 team that won the […]

Probyn column: If this is how pros run our game, give me amateurs

26 April 2018 0 comments

Jeff Probyn takes at look at how the PR machines of national governing bodies and player Unions haven’t got things right in recent weeks

Johnson banned for drugs

22 April 2018 1 comment

WASPS forward Ashley Johnson has been suspended by the RFU after failing a drugs test. He is accused of testing positive for a ‘prohibited substance’ […]

If this is how pros run our game, give me amateurs

22 April 2018 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over-zealous pursuit: Denny Solomona was sanctioned by the RFU PICTURE: Getty Images Over the last few […]

Cattle: Rugby needs a knockout cup

15 April 2018 0 comments

CORNISH Pirates coach Gavin Cattle has called for a FA Cup style knock-out tournament to replace the British & Irish Cup next season. Currently there’s […]

Disciplinary panels have entered silly season early

15 April 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG It’s disappointing that disciplinary issues keep distracting from the action in the Premiership. The season is coming nicely to the boil with fierce […]

Itoje and Faletau’s agent banned by the RFU for betting spree

12 April 2018 0 comments

Matt Hart banned for 22 months for breaching RFU and World Rugby betting regulations

Clubs needs to get costs in sync with their revenue

8 April 2018 2 comments

JEFF PROBYN Wise words: former Harlequins CEO and Saracens director of rugby Mark Evans PICTURE: Getty Images You can tell we are getting to the […]

Melville rubbishes Championship playoff conjecture

1 April 2018 0 comments

RFU professional rugby director Nigel Melville insists promotion and relegation between the Championship and Premiership will operate as normal in 2019, despite suggestions a play-off […]

Prem must stand on its own so RFU can fund grassroots

1 April 2018 2 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Grassroots rugby: Smaller teams are in need of RFU funds Sometimes the simplest act can make […]

England wing Denny Solomona charged by RFU over alleged homophobic comment

29 March 2018 0 comments

Sale back will appear in front of disciplinary panel next month over incident in match against Worcester Warriors

London Calling: Don’t miss out on Sevens action!

28 March 2018 0 comments

This year’s HSBC London Sevens will be a celebration of everything that makes the capital great, as the World Series visits Twickenham Stadium on 2-3 […]

Why not expand Premiership but split conferences?

25 March 2018 0 comments

ANY reformatting of the Premiership has to take into account many conflicting requirements. Ring-fencing the league is an aim for many and unpopular with as […]

Bigger club squads would aid England

25 March 2018 0 comments

Potential stars: Lower league players like Jake Polledri deserve a chance PICTURE: Getty Images COLIN BOAG It’s been open season on Eddie Jones, England Rugby, […]

England go on the road to find new supporters

25 March 2018 0 comments

By NICK CAIN THE RFU are set to take their England team on the road to make it more appealing to the next generation of […]

Brown’s ready to ride the wave with Eddie

25 March 2018 0 comments

EDDIE Jones was sacked by Australia after a seven Test losing run in 2005. On Wednesday at Twickenham I asked the RFU chief executive, Steve […]

RFU are right to let Eddie sort out this sorry mess

25 March 2018 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Even before the echos of the Fields of Athenry had faded from the stadium, the sharks […]

Ritchie confirmed as Kurdi successor

25 March 2018 0 comments

FORMER RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie has been named as Premiership Rugby’s new chairman. Ritchie, who oversaw the appointment of Eddie Jones in 2015, stepped […]

Slow down Eddie and do job you are paid for

18 March 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones tipped a frying pan of egg over his face this week after comments made at […]

RFU’s shameful treatment of North

18 March 2018 0 comments

JEFF GAGE Eddie Jones says lessons will be learnt following England’s abysmal defeat against France. But the big lessons won’t be learnt because the right […]

ON THE BLIND SIDE

18 March 2018 1 comment

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ FORMER RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie could be on his way back to the sport as chairman […]

Fun Bus gets set to roll out one more time

11 March 2018 0 comments

■ By MATTHEW EMERY Rival: Mike Ross Marathon man: Jason Leonard, ‘The Fun Bus’, on his way to his record 114 caps for England PICTURE: […]

All Black invasion will boost the Quins

4 March 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN THE deal that Harlequins have struck with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to turn the Premiership club into a sabbatical host for All Blacks […]

Six Nations needs no hype – it’s all genuine – and raw – emotion

4 March 2018 0 comments

IF Eddie Jones was not warned by his RFU minders about the pitfalls of buying a standard class rail ticket from Edinburgh to Manchester the […]

Top flight stitch-up nearing completion

4 March 2018 0 comments

JEFF Probyn wrote in last week’s Rugby Paper about the agreement between the RFU and Premiership Rugby under which ‘the Championship cannot supply any players […]

Love, not money’s name of the Welsh now game for London

4 March 2018 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher charts the progress of London Welsh’s amateur side who maintain the great name It was Robert Browning, without a drop of Welsh blood […]

Where are they now…Former top flight clubs who plummeted down the Leagues

4 March 2018 3 comments

ORRELL (1988-1997): Doughty battlers in the top flight for a decade and only a narrow final day defeat at Harlequins prevented them taking the title […]

Eddie should realise he got his back row wrong

4 March 2018 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME While the dust settles after England’s defeat and the Scots are celebrating their unexpected win, it’s […]

Saxons on schedule again ahead of World Cup 2019

25 February 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S second string Saxons will be revived next year with World Cup preparations in mind. Planning is at an early stage but […]

Melville: 11-month season is non-starter

18 February 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND players no longer face the threat of an 11-month season as talks between Premiership Rugby and the players’ union reach a […]

Newport ensure ‘Monkey’ sits at the top of the tree at last

11 February 2018 1 comment

EVEN now virtually 100 years after his death, Arthur ‘Monkey’ Gould retains a unique place in the Welsh rugby pantheon. He is the only player […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

11 February 2018 1 comment

THE FORMER BEDFORD, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND ENGLAND LOCK BOB WILKINSON Iwent to Wales versus Scotland with a friend last Saturday – only the second time […]

RUGBY MATTERS

4 February 2018 2 comments

Trailfinders are on long trek towards Premiership BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points COULD Ealing Trailfinders be the next […]

Ring-fence ‘would threaten Carnegie’s future’

4 February 2018 0 comments

ENDING promotion and relegation would place a “huge question mark” over Yorkshire Carnegie’s future, according to chief executive Gary Hetherington. After seven seasons outside the […]

We must replace Cup says Connacht coach

4 February 2018 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN CONNACHT Academy coach Mossy Lawler has called on the Irish Rugby Football Union and other governing bodies to bring in […]

Cut squad bugets… invest in grass roots

28 January 2018 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] DUSTY Hare’s comments last Sunday were yet more […]

Bigger squad sizes are answer to injury crisis

28 January 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG One positive: Freddie Clarke got his chance at Gloucester through injuries In last weekend’s Sunday Times, Stephen Jones highlighted the injury ‘crisis’ sweeping […]

Forget ring-fencing and just cut wages instead

28 January 2018 0 comments

THE price of freedom in Rugby Union, as with freedom in a wider context, is eternal vigilance. Nothing underlines this more than the Premiership ringfencers […]

Cain column: Eddie won’t hang about if England flop again

24 January 2018 0 comments

Nick Cain gives his thoughts about England renewing Eddie Jones’ contract and including a get-out clause should the team disappoint in Japan

The class of 68 – the team that took the Grand Slam in Cardiff

21 January 2018 0 comments

I5 Claude Lacaze (Angouleme): A fixture in the French side during most of the 60s until he retired in 1969 with 33 caps. Originally from […]

Jones wants his succesor to grow legacy

21 January 2018 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones has outlined why it is so important his successor is taken under his wing in order to turn his desire […]

Succession planning only way after that 12-year blip

21 January 2018 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sideways star: Harlequins No.10 Marcus Smith PICTURE: Getty Images Don’t you just love this time of […]

‘Sort out season to end injury mayhem’

14 January 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Warning: Toby Booth BATH coach Toby Booth has urged Premiership Rugby to come clean over season structure changes amid an injury crisis […]

TheRUGBYPaper

7 January 2018 0 comments

‘We’re giving everyone else’s coaches experience’ By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Cornish Pirates director of rugby Ian Davies has branded the RFU’s coaching pathway a “farce” […]

Four year drug ban

7 January 2018 0 comments

SPARTANS lock Craig Hoare has been banned from all sport for four years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. The 20-year-old was tested after […]