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LETTER: Twickenham name change to Allianz Stadium welcome

18 August 2024 0 comments

I wholeheartedly agree with Chris Hewett regarding the forthcoming Twickenham name change to the Allianz Stadium.

Once again, Pumas fail to back it up

18 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Running riot: All Blacks No.8 Ardie Savea ONE of the most question able truisms in rugby is that wet weather is a great […]

Erasmus now the creator supreme

18 August 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN RASSIE Erasmus is a breath of fresh air, a coach who combines innovative out-of-the-box thinking with a detailed understanding of the core strengths […]

Glad to see clock ticking on scrum

18 August 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THOSE of us who have spent our entire careers writing against deadline know all there is to know about the tyranny of the […]

I just want my players to realise their full potential

18 August 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to former England Saxons fly-half Ryan Lamb, below, the head coach at Plymouth Albion RFC Why did you get into […]

England get in right mood for SA crunch

18 August 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK England U18…..27pts Georgia U18 ….. 20pts ENGLAND overcame a shaky first half to score 17 unanswered second half points to beat an […]

Potent Rawlins helps England U18s bounce back with victory over Georgia

16 August 2024 0 comments

England overcame a shaky first half to score 17 unanswered second half points to beat an impressive Georgia 27-20 as Jonathan Pendlebury’s side now turn […]

We must all share the blame -Youngs

11 August 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar who exited as head […]

LETTER: World Rugby made the game too complicated, attritional

11 August 2024 0 comments

This is a follow on from Raymond Howell’s letter in last weekend’s Rugby Paper about rugby’s loss of wide appeal.

Seven-try Pirates put Redruth to the sword

11 August 2024 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates….47pts Redruth………………… 5pts THE full-timers of Cornish Pirates proved too strong for their National 2 West neighbours as they ran in […]

Scrums create an open game for backs to exploit

11 August 2024 0 comments

RAYMOND Howell’s letter in last week’s Rugby Paper certainly raises some interesting issues over my article last week including whether or not I was describing […]

Teenager swept out to sea in SA

11 August 2024 0 comments

A RISING teenage star of French rugby was swept out to sea in South Africa, where he was a member of the national Under-18 squad […]

Harlequins star Danny Care calls for more free-to-air TV games

4 August 2024 0 comments

Danny Care says free-to-air television coverage is essential if rugby is to grow its audience and avoid other clubs going under.

Tonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby

4 August 2024 0 comments

Coventry’s Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.

Sir Gareth Edwards: Antoine Dupont ‘has a buzz about him’

4 August 2024 0 comments

Simon Thomas talks to Sir Gareth Edwards, rated by many as the greatest rugby player of all time, about the brilliance of Antoine Dupont.

Leigh Halfpenny and Wyn Jones join Harlequins

4 August 2024 0 comments

Premiership side Harlequins have signed full-back Leigh Halfpenny and prop Wyn Jones for the 2024/25 season.

Dan Thomas signs for Cardiff with the help of former teammates

4 August 2024 0 comments

Dan Thomas has revealed the significant part his former teammates, including England star Ellis Genge, played in his recent move to Cardiff.

LETTER: World Rugby allows scrums to be boring, dangerous

4 August 2024 0 comments

Jeff Probyn says that it takes a long time to learn the ‘dark arts’ of the scrum while David Flatman claims everyone loves a scrum.

Cardiff sign another scrum-half in Johan Mulder

4 August 2024 0 comments

Cardiff have announced the signing of 24-year-old South African scrum-half Johan Mulder from fellow United Rugby Championship side the Lions.

Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions

4 August 2024 0 comments

Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat under Joe Schmidt.

Fearless beach boy who ran with Lions

4 August 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER Morgan’s day would begin at the crack of dawn on a Pembrokeshire shore with his faithful […]

’74 Lions failed to impress the doyen

4 August 2024 0 comments

NO sooner had I finished my trip down memory lane last week with the 1974 Lions than I stumbled across John Reason’s book on the […]

Mitchell names 40-player training squad

4 August 2024 0 comments

Top of the world: Red Roses with the WXV 1 trophy PICTURES: Getty Images JOHN Mitchell has named a 40-player Red Roses squad for the […]

The game is always about the players

4 August 2024 0 comments

Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Will Knight, below, the head coach of recently promoted Havant RFC Why did you get into […]

Antoine Dupont inspires France to Olympic gold in Paris

28 July 2024 0 comments

Nine months on from their heartbreaking quarter-final loss in the World Cup to South Africa, Antoine Dupont inspired France’s Sevens side to win Olympic gold at the Stade de France.

Alan Dickens happy to take Newcastle Falcons role

28 July 2024 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons have appointed former England U20s boss Alan Dickens as senior coach as they look to break a run of 21 consecutive Premiership defeats.

A golden finish for greatest showman

28 July 2024 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK ANTOINE Dupont cemented himself as one of the greatest cross-code rugby players of all time as his second half performance guided France […]

DREAMTEAM

28 July 2024 0 comments

MAX BODILLY, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER EXETER CHIEFS AND CORNISH PIRATES CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH… 1. Alec Hepburn – […]

JPR: It was the worst time to lose my cool

28 July 2024 0 comments

IT’S time to conclude our ‘real time’ look back at the 1974 Lions tour which finished exactly 50 years ago yesterday with a 13-13 draw […]

Wales in danger of a Lions wipe out

28 July 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON – THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW EVER since the ‘British Isles Rugby Union Team’ became the Lions 100 years ago this summer, they […]

Davies back in the running for Wales

28 July 2024 0 comments

■By SIMON THOMAS ALED Davies is the first to admit that being barred from playing for Wales for the past four years was hard to […]

Heart surgery for Youngs

28 July 2024 0 comments

FORMER England scrum-half Ben Youngs had heart surgery this year after collapsing during an open training session with Leicester Tigers. The 34-year-old, who is England’s […]

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 […]

By WILLIAM GUPWELL England………………………………………….21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France……………………………………………13 Tries: Ferte 80 Conversions: Reus 80 Penalties: Reus 10, 41 England emerged victorious […]

Battling Wales run out

21 July 2024 0 comments

7TH PLACE PLAY-OFF ■By BEN JAYCOCK CUP Wales………………. 31pts South Africa ….. 47pts Tries: Price 36, 74, Boshoff 50, Emanuel 63, Conquer 80 Conversions: Wilde […]

Best team in the world, I screamed

21 July 2024 0 comments

OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U20 SECOND ROW Friday night was the highlight of my short-lived rugby career so far and was the perfect way to start […]

Mapimpi hat-trick sparks Springboks as Portugal go under

21 July 2024 0 comments

■By SAM JACKSON DISCIPLINE was an issue for a much changed South Africa but, despite their numerical disadvantage, the Springboks had more than enough to […]

All Blacks spreading the word in San Diego

21 July 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand……………………………………47 Tries: Clarke 8, Ratima 12, Proctor 26, Savea 34, Reece 44, de Groot 59, Bell 77 Conversions: McKenzie 9, 14, 35, 45, […]

That was a hell of a game – Davies

21 July 2024 0 comments

SCRUM-HALF Gareth Davies, who was a late call-up as Welsh captain, accepted that the Reds were fierce opposition. He said: “All fairness to Reds they […]

England need to beat the big boys

21 July 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK It is intriguing to see England being touted already as serious 2027 World Cup contenders on the […]

Wrong that Hill was picked in the first place

21 July 2024 0 comments

GIVEN the dysfunctional state of their national game, perhaps only Wales could find a long-overdue win mired in a sorry controversy entirely of their own […]

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 […]

England crowned Junior World Cup champions

19 July 2024 0 comments

Under a full moon at the DHL stadium, the Under 20’s World Championship came to an enthralling end as England emerged victorious for the first […]

Underhill so impressed by England’s improvement

14 July 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Sam Underhill is a decent barometer of England’s progress in the last 12 months having watched them from in and outside the […]

Agony for England as they fail to breach the All Black fortress

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Adam Hathaway in Eden Park New Zealand………………. 24pts Tries: Tele’a 11, 61 Conversions: McKenzie 12 Penalties: McKenzie 21, 38, 69, 75 England ………………………… 17pts […]

A thunderous match that had no losers

14 July 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES The first thing that needs to be said is that this was an absorbing Test match between two teams which on their current […]

Hat-trick for Ashman as Scots down the Eagles

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Sam Jackson USA …………………… 7pts Tries: Boni 32 Conversions: MacGinty 33 Scotland ………. 42pts Tries: van der Merwe 6, Ashman 19, 26, 40+3; Horne […]

Aussies made to fight all the way

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Roger Panting Australia……………………… 36pts Tries: Daugunu 7, 67; Gordon 25, Alaalatoa 54 Conversions: Lolesio 8, 26 Penalties: Lolesio 15, 31, 39; Donaldson 77 Wales…………………………… […]

Future’s looking bright up front

14 July 2024 0 comments

There were reasons to be cheerful in wet and windy Cape Town in midweek. England might have a better scrummaging future judging by the efforts […]

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