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Promotion on the agenda as Chinnor move to next level

28 July 2024 0 comments

CHAMPIONSHIP ■ By BEN JAYCOCK Top dogs: Ealing Trailfinders celebrate winning the Championship last season PICTURE: Nick Phipps CHINNOR’S promotion to the Championship brings an […]

Young players should all aspire to excellence

28 July 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Dominic Brockes, below, the head coach of Dorking RFC Colts, winners of the RFU National Colts Cup 2023/24 Why […]

Top of the world

21 July 2024 0 comments

England U20s too strong for France in final showdown By BEN JAYCOCK Head coach Mark Mapletoft praised the England U20s as some of the most […]

Unwise to invest in the hope of reaching the top

21 July 2024 0 comments

JON Newcombe writes about how Blackheath in Kent have agreed a £1.5m deal to buy their ground in south-east London. He also describes how they […]

Macclesfield ready for the long haul…

21 July 2024 0 comments

Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to new Macclesfield director of rugby Matt Coleridge, bottom, about the challenges his newly promoted side will face after being shifted […]

It takes a long time to learn ‘the dark arts’

21 July 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SO IT was a second defeat in New Zealand for an England team that promised so […]

You are only ever as good as your players

21 July 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to David Marshall, below, head coach of Westcombe Park in National Two East and backs coach of Kent’s County Championship […]

Borthwick approach tempted Strawbridge

14 July 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Assistant coach Andrew Strawbridge reckons England are a team on the up and that persuaded him to throw in his lot with […]

I am really proud of our back-to-back promotions

14 July 2024 0 comments

Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Myles Landick, below, head coach at Jersey RFC Why did you get into coaching rugby and […]

Hunslet become dual-code outfit

14 July 2024 0 comments

■ By JON NEWCOMBE A DUAL-CODE rugby club is set to return to the Rugby League heartland of Leeds, with Jason Robinson’s former club Hunslet […]

Halliday calls for clarity on Championship funding issues

7 July 2024 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Championship clubs are calling for the funding issues surrounding next season’s reintroduction of promotion-relegation to be ratified urgently. While a home and […]

RFU still has urgent questions to answer

7 July 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The biggest story of the season in the domestic game in England came three weeks ago when […]

Jeff’s right about game’s direction

7 July 2024 0 comments

I AGREE totally with Jeff Probyn’s column (June 23) “heading in different directions”. How disappointing that the only minor “give-away” by the Premiership/RFU is the […]

Jack’s philosophy? Win today, win tomorrow…

7 July 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Of all the enduring memories from Jack Rowell’s tumultuous time in charge of England, two stand out, […]

Dangers of brain trauma not new

7 July 2024 0 comments

The perceived wisdom is that rugby was not overly aware of the dangers of concussion and brain trauma back in the day but I’m not […]

Scratch XV that downed Boks

7 July 2024 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher was at Sixways when a National League One team caused a big upset – here he looks back to the year 2000 and the […]

Boden is happy to take on Coventry challenge

7 July 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE STEVE Boden is enjoying being back in rugby in a more hands on coaching role in an environment with people that share […]

It’s just a question of standards

30 June 2024 0 comments

IT has almost gone under the radar that Tom Ilube’s recent bid to secure a new three-year term as RFU Board chairman was opposed by […]

Golden oldies who had speed to burn

30 June 2024 0 comments

Rob Cole looks back at rugby players like Ken Jones and Jack Gregory who enjoyed success at the Olympic Games… It’s a question that is […]

I’d love to see a proper derby

30 June 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Garry Law, below, the head coach at Darlington Mowden Park RFC Why did you get into coaching rugby and […]

Honesty is best policy, says Old Reds’ Cox

23 June 2024 0 comments

Coach to Coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Dan Cox, below, head coach at Bristol-based club Old Redcliffians Why did you get into coaching […]

We’re all heading in different directions

23 June 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sunday Mixed signals: The Championship is being seen as development tool – but not everything makes […]

An explosion of young talent…

23 June 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER LOOKS BACK AT THE 1974 ENGLAND SCHOOLS TEAM’S TOUR OF AUSTRALIA Over the coming weeks, Brendan Gallagher will be taking a deep dive […]

Deadlock broken as promotion restored

16 June 2024 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Promotion and relegation between the Premiership and Championship has been restored from next season after the Championship clubs secured significant concessions from […]

Cov’s chief: We’ll drop to Nat leagues

16 June 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Coventry chief executive Nick Johnston says the Championship club remains prepared to drop down to the national leagues if they can’t reach […]

Webber to run the Hounds

16 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Former England hooker Rob Webber has been appointed interim head coach of Chicago Hounds for the remainder of the MLR season. Webber […]

Return of relegation is reason to cheer

16 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN The restoration of promotion and relegation, which this column has advocated non-stop since the RFU’s ring-fence moratorium in 2021, is cause for celebration. […]

I think RFU will bow to Prem clubs

16 June 2024 0 comments

LETTERS SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@ therugbypaper.co.uk ON Friday the RFU, Premiership clubs, […]

Team Brittany show what might have happened in Cornwall

16 June 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS GO west young man. The phrase, attributed to American newspaper editor Horace Greeley, became a byword for the expansion of the United States […]

Kent hold on to take honours in thriller

16 June 2024 0 comments

Men’s Division 1 Kent …………………. 31pts Tries: Denham 48, Jones 50, 65 Conversions: Evans 49, 51, 66 Penalties: Evans 5, 36, 62 Yorkshire…………30pts Tries: Taylor […]

Pirates were one hell of a club to be at for so long

16 June 2024 0 comments

Feature MARLEN WALKER THE NOW-RETIRED CORNISH PIRATES PROP MY LIFE IN RUGBY Beating Saracens when we hadn’t played for almost a year was probably the […]

RFU opens books to Team England Rugby as player contract talks reach key stage

11 June 2024 0 comments

The Rugby Football Union has opened up its books to Team England Rugby Ltd as talks over future player contracts reach a key stage. England […]

Championship clubs seeking more talks

9 June 2024 0 comments

Championship clubs have called for more talks with the RFU and claim they face being pushed into bankruptcy unless they receive a fairer deal in […]

Hampson can keep on playing and coaching

9 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Craig Hampson has come to an agreement that will allow him to continue playing with Ealing Trailfinders while also remaining as head […]

Connection to the elite is missing

9 June 2024 0 comments

In last week’s paper, Nick Cain raised issues for Premiership clubs and their acolytes at the RFU to ponder. He asks why the governing body […]

Borthwick needs a clear direction

9 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The fog around England’s take-off as an attacking force in the latter stages of the Six Nations […]

RFU Council must halt PGP or face turmoil

9 June 2024 0 comments

GET ready for a fracture in the English club game resulting in months of strife if the RFU Board’s attempt to get the RFU Council […]

Time for Borthwick to stamp his mark

9 June 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It’s been well worth waiting until the end of the season to see some of the […]

Bristol’s rise built on solid team values

9 June 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to former hooker Dave Ward, the head coach at Bristol Bears Women Why did you get into coaching and how did […]

Twickenham security ‘all over’ any attempted protests at Premiership final

6 June 2024 0 comments

Premiership Rugby has been assured that security at Twickenham is “all over” any potential repeat of last year’s protests when Northampton and Bath meet in […]

McCaw’s vision for harmony

2 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If the current power struggle in New Zealand rugby intensifies, with the NZRPA and the provincial unions […]

Only one full house in ‘greatest season’ finale

2 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN Here’s something for the RFU mandarins and Premiership owners who are hell-bent on keeping England’s top league ring-fenced to ponder. The greatest Premiership […]

Find a style of play you believe in

2 June 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill talks to Peter Evans, below, the player/head coach at Billingham RFC who have just finished their first season at Level 4 Why did […]

Dowson’s right, let’s be more like French

2 June 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In agreement: Mark McCall and, right, Phil Dowson PICTURES: Getty Images IT WAS interesting to hear […]

Loney fears for future of the County Champs

26 May 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire boss Alex Loney is fired up for next weekend’s must-win ‘War of the Roses’ against Yorkshire and believes it’s just the […]

Concern over refereeing

26 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Chester fourth official Martin Buck was part of the elite refereeing group between 2007-12 and believes the standards of officiating outside the […]

There’s too much dangerous play around the ruck

26 May 2024 0 comments

AS a long-standing player and supporter of local rugby I feel like tearing my hair out when I see or hear about what is being […]

I think RFU could have opinions, too

26 May 2024 0 comments

SO the Premiership name might have to go. Premiership Rugby now have a new “chief growth officer” called Rob Calder who has joined from the […]

Talk of jeopardy is wide of the mark

26 May 2024 0 comments

THINKING ALLOWED It happened during the early stages of the 2003 World Cup in Australia, when two of the union game’s leading administrators – Syd […]

Too many law changes-just let players play

26 May 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to James Shanahan, the head coach of Blackheath RFC and Cambridge University Why did you get into coaching rugby and […]

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