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Joost faced death with defiant courage

31 December 2017 1 comment

JOOST VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (Blue Bulls and South Africa) Died February 6 aged 45 One of the best scrumhalves the game has seen and one […]

Championship still needs work despite Melville promises

31 December 2017 2 comments

HERE we go again about ring fencing the Premiership in December 17 edition of TRP. Nigel Melville came in as RFU director of professional rugby […]

Ruddock: Add Cotter to the list for Wales

31 December 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are being advised to consider Vern Cotter as their new head coach. Mike Ruddock, the only Welshman to oversee a Grand […]

‘Old Elthamians can bridge top-flight gap in Kent’, says Mike Friday

30 December 2017 0 comments

The USA 7s head coach on taking on the head of academy role at the National One side

Coventry on the roll again after Wasps gave them a sting

29 December 2017 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher on why 15 wins from 15 for the National One side is not the only reason for Coventry to toast to 2017

Wallaby Ken was ‘a flash of light’

24 December 2017 1 comment

KEN Catchpole, who died on Thursday aged 78, is possibly a name that might not resonate with the modern generation but for much of the […]

Friday: OEs can bridge top-flight gap in Kent

24 December 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Academ y boss: Mike Friday AMBITIOUS Old Elthamians will push the boundaries to create a player pathway to rival Premiership clubs, according […]

Cov on the roll again after Wasps gave them a sting

24 December 2017 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER REPORTS ON THE WELCOME REVIVAL OF A ONCE-MIGHTY CLUB IT probably hasn’t escaped your notice that once mighty Coventry are beginning to rumble […]

Wage cap cheats have been able to prosper

24 December 2017 1 comment

Huge win: Josh Adams is mobbed by Worcester team mates after scoring his second try against London Irish on Friday night PICTURE: Getty Images The […]

RFU must Scotch this idea of tartan Warriors

17 December 2017 1 comment

THE notion of Worcester Warriors being bought by the Scottish Rugby Union is one that the RFU, the Premiership, and European Professional Club Rugby should […]

Top English clubs need to play with more adventure

17 December 2017 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Last weekend was a shocker for the Premiership clubs, losing all their games in the European […]

Scots back in pole for takeover of Worcester

12 December 2017 0 comments

By Neale Harvey Worcester are set to agree a takeover by the Scottish Rugby Union after a bid from former Swindon Town FC chairman Jed […]

Scots back in pole for takeover of Worcester

10 December 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Failed bid: Jed McCrory WORCESTER are set to agree a takeover by the Scottish Rugby Union after a bid from former Swindon […]

Boozing fans give true rugby lovers headache

10 December 2017 0 comments

NICK CAIN IT is rare in Rugby Union that the disciplinary focus shifts from what happens on the pitch to what happens in the stands, […]

World Cup ban would end abuse of Test window

10 December 2017 1 comment

ENGLAND’S decision to play four Autumn Tests in 2018 flaunts the World Rugby delineation of three weekends allocated for international rugby in November/December, just as […]

RFU funding for EQPs gives England a big advantage

10 December 2017 2 comments

JEFF PROBYN Money bags: Top 14 contenders Montpellier have a raft of Test stars including François Steyn and Nemani Nadolo PICTURE: Getty Images It’s not […]

Are Game Board now plotting a ten-team Premier?

3 December 2017 0 comments

WE could be heading back into the shadowlands of clandestine decisionmaking, with the idea being floated that the Premiership could be reduced to ten teams, […]

Big increase in RFU funding

3 December 2017 0 comments

A RECORD £99.6m was invested in English Rugby Union in the last year, the RFU have revealed. The annual report shows an 11 per cent […]

Have a Cup for Championship teams as well

3 December 2017 0 comments

REGARDING recent discussions on the Anglo-Welsh Cup, I would agree with Colin Boag that the competition certainly needs a re-vamp. The Welsh sides do not […]

Eddie’s got too much talent to choose from

3 December 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Now that the Autumn internationals are behind us, whose stock rose, and whose fell? Eddie Jones’ problem remains that he has almost too […]

Jackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity

23 November 2017 0 comments

Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy

How Clem seized once in a lifetime opportunity

19 November 2017 2 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, more than 20 years after his death, Clem Thomas remains as central a figure as […]

It’s a mad, mad world as Bernie bashes Bill

19 November 2017 1 comment

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray on Wednesday in London […]

Magnificent Mickey, 93, digs in for another day to cherish

19 November 2017 0 comments

MICKY Steele-Bodger is a name to conjure with, one of those you might find in a ‘Flashman’ novel. What the 93-year-old former England flanker has […]

Plans to expand Tier Two to 14 on hold says Melville

12 November 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY PLANS to expand the Championship from 12 to 14 teams next season have been postponed after clubs failed to reach a consensus […]

Hogan insists Newcastle will make the grade

12 November 2017 0 comments

NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan insists his club will meet its English-qualified player (EQP) targets despite falling short over the first third of the Premiership […]

Beal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham

12 November 2017 1 comment

Over the last 20 years almost as many embryonic Lions have taken their first steps at what must be the most productive nursery in the […]

Pumas rugby needs a re-boot starting with new selection policy

12 November 2017 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Misfiring: Juan Martin Hernandez VERDICT Patience is a virtue – as the Pumas discovered when they went through 30 phases at the death […]

Vunipolas in cash boost for Welsh kids

5 November 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WELSH rugby has found inspiring new sponsors – England’s Vunipola brothers. Their financial support for the grass-roots game in the town where […]

Backwards step to block 17-year-olds

5 November 2017 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] I’VE learned recently during a briefing from our […]

Increased funding would help us to house more teams

5 November 2017 1 comment

IT WAS disappointing to read Jeff Probyn’s apparent dismissal of the benefit to be had from the proposed increase in RFU funding for grassroots rugby. […]

Who do loan deals benefit in long run?

5 November 2017 1 comment

WHEN is a rugby club not a rugby club? When it is merely an accommodation for a Premiership club. Last week I believe Loughborough Students […]

Robshaw so honest in messy Marland affair

5 November 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG The saga of Marlon Yarde’s ignominious departure from Quins, and his move to Sale, finally got resolved last week, and it’s probably good […]

Cain column: NFL ‘partnership’ will be far from friendly

1 November 2017 0 comments

Nick Cain examines the NFL’s growing access to the European market which has seen two matches played at Twickenham this autumn

Set an example with more cash for struggling Samoa

1 November 2017 0 comments

With no mandatory obligation to cough up more money, Colin Boag writes why the RFU should offer cash-strapped Samoa a higher share

EDDIE JONES ON.…

29 October 2017 2 comments

…Beach training in Portugal We have got a couple of different coaches coming up. Physically some players need something different, mentally they need something different. […]

Throwing money at problem won’t help grassroots grow

29 October 2017 0 comments

Ambitious plans: RFU chief executive Steve Brown PICTURE: Getty Images The well known Bible quote, “let he who is without sin cast the first stone”, […]

Aki gets green light as Zebo bombs out

29 October 2017 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Qualified: Connacht centre Bundee Aki NEW Zealand-born centre Bundee Aki has won his first Ireland call-up for the autumn internationals, after completing […]

Set an example with more cash for struggling Samoa

29 October 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Making a fist of it: Samoa should be well rewarded for their Twickenham date The new chief executive of the RFU, Steve Brown, […]

It’s time the RFU honoured first black international

27 October 2017 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher takes a look at the distinguished moment in history set by Plymouth player Jamie Peters

What ever happened to that war on gouging?

22 October 2017 0 comments

Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a gouging offence like no other during 20 […]

Hill calls for Championship expansion and axe for cup

22 October 2017 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN EXPANDING the Championship to 14 teams and scrapping the British & Irish Cup is the only move that makes financial sense, according […]

Blues build momentum with big win in Toulouse

22 October 2017 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER IN WHAT must rank as one of the best results in their recent history, Cardiff Blues claimed a famous win over fourtime […]

RUGBY MATTERS

22 October 2017 3 comments

It’s time the RFU honoured the first black international BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE RFU and Premiership […]

Cain column: ‘Teflon Rob’ could have done so much more

18 October 2017 0 comments

By Nick Cain ROB Andrew’s reputation as the Teflon man of English rugby may have taken a knock when he was sacked as the RFU‘s […]

Teflon Rob could have done so much more

15 October 2017 2 comments

ROB Andrew’s reputation as the Teflon man of English rugby may have taken a knock when he was sacked as the RFU’s professional rugby director, […]

Prem clubs need more RFU backing

15 October 2017 1 comment

IF Stephen Brown, the new man at Twickenham, expects England to rule the world he must start by helping the owners of all the Premiership […]

My simple way to stop threatened player walk-out

8 October 2017 0 comments

Natural break: Wasps’ Guy Armitage is tackled by Ospreys’ Joe Thomas as he runs in to score in last season’s Anglo Welsh Cup PICTURE: Getty […]

Leonard, Brown join Lions board for 2021

8 October 2017 1 comment

JASONLeonard and Steve Brown have been appointed to the board of the British & Irish Lions as representatives from the RFU. Past RFU president and […]

Surely consistency across the board is not too much to ask

8 October 2017 0 comments

WHEN will the RFU take action regarding ongoing inconsistency of refereeing. In Sunday’s Wasps v Bath game, Nathan Hughes, when charging with the ball, collided […]

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