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Bath fume at Irne’s short time in the bin

31 March 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Harlequins ………………….. 40pts Tries: Estherhuizen 2, 48; Smith 14, Lynagh 23, Dombrandt 29, Evans 38 Conversions: Smith 3, 14, 25, 40, 49 […]

Time for club owners to come clean on plans

31 March 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN – READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SEETHING financial undercurrents are undermining the main pillars of the game in England, with the professional […]

Red menace? Don’t get sent off in first place

31 March 2024 0 comments

A STRONG contender for the 2024 Quote of the Year award should be The Rugby Paper columnist Chris Hewett for his witty verdict on the […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 31/03/24

29 March 2024 0 comments

Time is running out for the RFU‘s new Professional Game Partnership (PGP) to be agreed, and you can find the latest progress after a meeting […]

Stick with coaches, Dallaglio urges RFU

24 March 2024 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Lawrence Dallaglio hopes the RFU have learned their lesson and will no longer jettison coaches too soon. The World Cup winner insists […]

Relegation saga still a shadow over game

24 March 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is so much that makes so little sense in the English club game. Nothing made this […]

The whistleblowers under the spotlight

24 March 2024 0 comments

Matthew Luddington talks to two referees at the lower end of the game about the trials of taking charge of a match IN TODAY’S digital […]

Lewis full of pride for his Titans in bid for promotion

24 March 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Losing just one game all season would usually be more than enough to finish first, but Rotherham Titans can count themselves unfortunate […]

RPNS7s – U18 Girls: Cardinal Newman celebrate double

24 March 2024 0 comments

Cardinal Newman beat Peter Symonds’ College in the final for a second year in a row to retain the girl’s cup competition. It was another […]

Regional results

24 March 2024 0 comments

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Woods to step down as Tynedale coach

24 March 2024 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE Ben Woods’ time as head coach of Tynedale is coming to an end because the RFU insist that his full-time […]

England A need to face ‘real’ Portugal

17 March 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN Portugal face multiple champions Georgia in the Rugby Europe final at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris today, and the team that they […]

We need to make most of this team

17 March 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN The England U20s won their first Six Nations title since 2021 with a tremendous second-half effort in which they scored 33 points to […]

All set for a race to the finish

17 March 2024 0 comments

With the Premiership resuming next weekend, Paul Rees looks at how the runners and riders are gearing up The Premiership resumes this week after an […]

Beating Ealing proves anything is possible

17 March 2024 0 comments

Matthew Luddington talks to London Scottish flanker Jack Ingall about combining work and play in the Championship ANECDOTES from rugby’s amateur era paint a vivid […]

Regional results

17 March 2024 0 comments

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Joseph third player confirmed by Barbarian F.C. for Killik Cup encounter

13 March 2024 0 comments

Jonathan Joseph will pull on the famous black and white hooped jersey of Barbarian F.C. for the first time in his career this summer, the […]

En garde, England

10 March 2024 0 comments

World rugby’s absurd international residency qualification of just three years should put the RFU on its guard that England will not be facing some of […]

Red Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury back row Sarah Beckett

10 March 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Liverpool Date of birth: 14/02/99 Community club: Firwood Waterloo RFC Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2018 Caps: 34 Why I […]

It’s a huge honour to play for your country

10 March 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Marcus Rose – the former England, Cambridge University, Leicester, Coventry, Harlequins and Barbarians full-back looks back on his career in […]

Wasps better off with URC – Sharp

3 March 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Coventry chairman Jon Sharp is convinced that Wasps’ future, if it has one, lies in the United Rugby Championship, not the RFU […]

No relegation ‘embarrassing’ for the game

3 March 2024 0 comments

AS A fan of Coventry Rugby Club, I’m finding it increasingly awkward when I meet non-rugby fans or those attending their first game at Butts […]

How can coaches be so optimistic?

3 March 2024 0 comments

I KNOW untimely injuries have not been helpful but what a disappointing showing over all three games (and quite a few at the World Cup […]

Dump the old brigade, Steve

3 March 2024 0 comments

BRIAN Clough always told us: “Football is a simple game complicated by coaches. Ping the ball to teammates along the ground – short distances and […]

National Leagues should go back to old tackle laws

3 March 2024 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Jack Heald, below, the director of rugby at Barnes RFC Why did you get […]

McGeechan named Doncaster director of rugby

29 February 2024 0 comments

Coaching legend Sir Ian McGeechan has taken up the position of consultant director of rugby at Doncaster Knights. The Yorkshire-born ex-Scotland international boasts a CV […]

Yet again, Ealing prove they have what it takes

25 February 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ealing Trailfinders’ narrow defeat by Leicester in the Premiership Cup semi-final last weekend has blown most of […]

Lawes can bring some order

25 February 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees says the former England captain who has signed for Brive will have much to offer when he retires Brive will be delighted that […]

When the B grade was full of A stars

25 February 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AS England A crank back into action today against Portugal A after […]

Minikin ready to see battle going right down to wire

25 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Hull Ionians finished third in National Two North last year but are up against it at the wrong end of the table […]

We need to progress, both on and off pitch

25 February 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME NOW the teams have had their week off hopefully they have had the chance to reassess […]

Regional results

25 February 2024 0 comments

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Joe puts his faith in Martin to impress

18 February 2024 0 comments

By PAUL MARTIN Joe Launchbury has backed the returning George Martin to make an instant impact in England’s Six Nations campaign. The Leicester forward, 22, […]

O’Shea wants more England A fixtures

18 February 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Twickenham is looking to arrange up to four England A fixtures in the coming years following the resurrection of the side this […]

Dowson hoping Lawes will stay

18 February 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson still harbours some hope that Courtney Lawes has a future at Franklin’s Gardens beyond the end […]

We want to create some more history, says Ward

18 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK No fear: Coach Ben Ward EALING Trailfinders finished top of Pool D following a clean sweep of victories at home to Northampton […]

A new spirit of unity is in the air

18 February 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN For the moment it is jaw-jaw rather than war-war in the Championship’s dispute with the RFU over their right to be part of […]

University rugby should be part of RFU pathway

18 February 2024 0 comments

Coach to Coach Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to John Barnes, below, director of rugby at Hartpury RFC Why did […]

Five capped players named in England A squad

15 February 2024 0 comments

England have named five capped internationals in their ‘A’ squad to face Portugal on 25th February. Jamie Blamire, Nick Isiekwe, Tom Pearson, Harry Randall and […]

Anglo-Welsh league ‘depends on money’

11 February 2024 1 comment

By PAUL REES Premiership coaches have given their backing to Warren Gatland’s call for an Anglo-Welsh league – as long as the finances add up. […]

Why the RFU needs to justify its CVC payments

11 February 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent observation by CVC that rugby union is too fragmented on the broadcast and commercial fronts, […]

Take away the contact and you don’t have a game left

11 February 2024 0 comments

With the Six Nations now in full swing the last thing the game needs is further condemnation about how it’s played but last week the […]

Dings aim to avoid derby slips as title race hots up

11 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Despite a title-pushing campaign, Dings Crusaders director of rugby Stean Williams doesn’t shy away from how predictable the top half of the […]

My first foreign mission was in deepest Siberia

11 February 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Rob Debney – The former international and Premiership referee talks about his journey in the game RUGBY refereeing took me […]

Leicester, Sale hit by points cut

11 February 2024 0 comments

FIVE-POINT league deductions have been placed on Premiership Women’s Rugby clubs, Leicester Tigers and Sale Sharks for failing to achieve a minimum average of 13 […]

RFU double standards alive and well

4 February 2024 0 comments

Surprise, surprise, double standards are alive and well at the RFU. The latest example is the decision is to give a dispensation to Junior Kpoku, […]

Diamond’s dual role can’t be right

4 February 2024 0 comments

The Twickenham suits are also not averse to turning a blind eye when a conflict-of-interests is involved. Perhaps the RFU’s performance director, Conor O’Shea, can […]

Clubs must unite to force real change

4 February 2024 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU Email: [email protected] IT strikes me the RFU are not fit […]

England require clearer pathway to unearth gems

4 February 2024 0 comments

MANY rugby followers want to see the return of a clear player pathway for ambitious players within the community rugby structure. The RFU / Premiership […]