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Winterbottom: New tackle law ‘unhelpful’

17 December 2023 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Peter Winterbottom believes that the RFU’s new tackle height laws are pointless because community rugby never had a problem with high tackles […]

Henry’s French leave won’t hold him back

17 December 2023 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT IT’S time for the RFU/Premiership to wake up and go, ‘Wow, what’s wrong with us that a young player with the talent of […]

Hunt is on for next generation of props

17 December 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Five years ago there was a scrum feature in The Rugby Paper which forecast that unless England […]

So-called ‘partners’ deserve justice

17 December 2023 2 comments

NICK CAIN One of the most incomprehensible aspects of this season is that the PGP (Professional Game Partnership) is missing one crucial component. There is […]

Setting the agenda for rugby

17 December 2023 1 comment

Paul Rees looks ahead to the issues that will be addressed in this week’s meeting of the Premiership’s top men The 10 Premiership directors of […]

Ryan has to wise up and show respect

17 December 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maybe one day James Ryan will find it in him to send a note of gratitude to […]

Letters

17 December 2023 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk ABC is not so easy for RFU […]

Coach to Coach with Richie Williams

17 December 2023 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill talks to Cambridge director of rugby Richie Williams Steve Hill: How and why did you get into coaching […]

Social media can hurt even the best

17 December 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Last weekend saw some of the best rugby we have seen this season, including the World […]

Regional results

17 December 2023 0 comments

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Baron: RFU heading for £59m loss this year

10 December 2023 0 comments

Baron accuses RFU of ‘deliberate obfuscation’ By NICK CAIN Francis Baron has accused the RFU hierarchy of publishing misleading interpretations of its own financial position, […]

Williams: I’d back call to get rid of Sweeney

10 December 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN The Championship’s joint top try scorer David Williams has called for Sport England or another organisation to get involved and provide some […]

£750,000 payoff for Jones just staggering

10 December 2023 0 comments

We have now discovered that Eddie Jones was almost certainly paid the equivalent of a full year’s £750,000 salary in a severance package negotiated with […]

Rocketing ticket prices proving tough on fans

10 December 2023 0 comments

Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock surveys the top two divisions to find out which clubs charge the most – and where you could find a bargain […]

We need the game to be more exciting

10 December 2023 0 comments

Former RFU President Bob Reeves on how to solve rugby’s problems WHAT game do we want? If we asked, ‘what game do we need?’, we […]

Toxic social media

10 December 2023 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] THE recent decision by Owen Farrell to remove […]

Coach to Coach with Paul Morris

10 December 2023 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill talks to Cinderford director of rugby Paul Morris Steve Hill: How and why did you get into coaching […]

Is promotion to Championship far too big a gamble to take?

10 December 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Blackheath have aspirations to go as far as they can in the rugby pyramid, but head coach James Shanahan questions why any […]

Extreme views we can do without

10 December 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I can’t help but wonder what is happening to this game of rugby that I love […]

Regional results

10 December 2023 0 comments

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Vickery & Regan named in lawsuit

3 December 2023 0 comments

Two of England’s 2003 World Cup winners, Phil Vickery and Mark Regan, are among the 295 players taking legal action against rugby authorities over brain […]

Pirates rule out move for new Truro stadium

3 December 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Cornish Pirates have sold Truro City FC to the Canadian sports consortium that owns Cornwall Rugby League FC, Ontario Inc (OI) meaning […]

Lawes delays decision on his future until Six Nations

3 December 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Courtney Lawes will make a decision on his Northampton future during the Six Nations window in February. Lawes announced his retirement from […]

Itoje is the best man to captain England

3 December 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN – READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Maro Itoje should be England’s next captain following Owen Farrell’s decision to make himself unavailable for […]

Game is bigger than RFU Board and Premiership

3 December 2023 0 comments

THE more I learn of the dire situation English rugby finds itself in, the more I worry that our government is not the only institution […]

High-scoring games make it great ‘fun’ for Campbell

3 December 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK National Two West has been the highest-scoring division in the National Leagues so far this season and Hinckley director of rugby Chris […]

Sweeney reports £4m profit for RFU

3 December 2023 0 comments

The RFU made a profit of £4m in 2022-23 despite three Premiership clubs and the Championship winners Jersey Reds going out of business because of […]

Regional results

3 December 2023 0 comments

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Ludlam closing in on move to Toulon

28 November 2023 0 comments

Northampton Saints back row Lewis Ludlam’s highly anticipated move to Toulon, first rumoured in The Rugby Paper’s Blindside Column in early October, is set to […]

Baron calls for block on £296m PGP plan

26 November 2023 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Francis Baron has called for the RFU Council to insist that the RFU Board puts a moratorium on the current PGP negotiations […]

Dallaglio: We need clarity on Prem 2

26 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Lawrence Dallaglio is calling for clarity from the RFU and Premiership Rugby over plans for a Premiership 1/Premiership 2 which could see […]

Sinfield has a taste of Carrington

26 November 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England defence coach Kevin Sinfield was at Manchester United’s Carrington training base last week on a coaching exchange day. […]

Arundell may be first to get hybrid contract

26 November 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England star Henry Arundell could be one of the first players offered a new hybrid contract by the RFU […]

Fearing players going abroad is a false storm

26 November 2023 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK WORLD Cups provide rugby union with an opportunity to reset, and the actions taken following the 2023 tournament, […]

20 years on and little to give us any real hope

26 November 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THIS week saw the 20th anniversary celebrations of the 2003 England squad winning the World Cup for […]

Coventry show right style to pull in crowds

26 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Rugby attendances are mostly on the decline in the top two divisions in England, but Coventry’s scintillating style of play is getting […]

A game in desperate need of some answers

26 November 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IF THERE is one thing I have learned over the last six […]

Winger Walker revelling in the freedom of his new Park life

26 November 2023 0 comments

By EDDIE MCATEER With 16 tries from ten games, Rosslyn Park winger Charlie Walker is thriving in National One this season. Walker retired from a […]

Young England hopefuls meet at St George’s

26 November 2023 0 comments

England U18s met at St George’s Park this weekend for their first northern regional camp of the 2023/24 season. Head coach Jonathan Pendlebury and assistant […]

Osborne still believes that Dons belong in National 2

26 November 2023 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Last season Wimbledon won Regional 1 South Central, accumulating 105 points with a sole loss in their opening match against Camberley. The […]

Returning from the ‘dead’ to play again

26 November 2023 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to Morgan MacRae, the Welsh hooker determined to resurrect his career HAVING gone into cardiac arrest and having been resuscitated four times […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 26/11/23

24 November 2023 0 comments

Following a consequential round of derby action in the Premiership, the league continues with four more reports and a preview in The Rugby Paper this Sunday. […]

Police investigating racial abuse of Monye

20 November 2023 0 comments

Police are investigating Ugo Monye’s accusation of racist abuse by a supporter following an appearance he made as a pundit at Exeter vs Gloucester on […]

Sweeney’s PGP plan facing big obstacles

19 November 2023 0 comments

By NICK CAIN The Championship’s unanimous rejection of the RFU’s plans to turn it into a ‘Premiership 2’ franchise league is a serious obstacle to […]

Baxter: Focus on all the good stuff

19 November 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Rob Baxter believes that the 15 per cent drop in Premiership attendances from last season, revealed by The Rugby Paper last week, […]

We keep pressing self-destruct button

19 November 2023 0 comments

It is high time English rugby with its huge resources, in both player and financial terms, ceased pressing the wretched self-destruct button. As Nick Cain […]