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Irish sign Wallaby Simmons

2 August 2020 2 comments

AUSTRALIA lock Rob Simmons will join London Irish when he completes the Super Rugby season with NSW Waratahs, as revealed in last week’s Rugby Paper. […]

World 7s cancel winter legs

2 August 2020 0 comments

THEDubai and Cape Town rounds of the 2021 Rugby World Sevens – due to take place in November and December this year – will not […]

Underdogs Cranleigh are kings of the circuit

5 July 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Jumping for joy: Cranleigh clinch the Daily Mail trophy with a win over Cranford Back-to-back […]

World Rugby calls end to 2020 World Sevens Series

30 June 2020 0 comments

New Zealand Men’s team win first title since Gordon Tietjens left and Black Ferns Sevens go back-to-back

Gareth Edwards-led Millfield really started Rosslyn Park Sevens dynasty

23 June 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher begins a new feature looking at Britain’s esteemed rugby schools

So stylish even Sir Clive came for a lesson

21 June 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE are very few rugby clubs that can claim to have been at the cutting […]

Champion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards

21 June 2020 2 comments

IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up there with the very […]

Top 20 rugby anthems countdown: 10-6

18 June 2020 0 comments

The national anthems of Italy and Scotland appear next in the next phase of our countdown

Guscott column: Eddie Jones makes a good point I’ve been hammering for years

11 June 2020 0 comments

Eddie Jones recently suggested one way rugby could be changed for the better in the second half of contests

Jackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back

28 May 2020 0 comments

The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour left him ’emotionally scarred’

Kolbe’s call on Lions is sign of true rugby man

25 May 2020 1 comment

THERE are plenty of things to like about Cheslin Kolbe, the tap-dancing wing from the Cape Town suburbs whose late try for the Springboks in […]

Mike Friday holds fear for the future of Sevens at the Olympics

20 May 2020 0 comments

The USA Sevens head coach reveals wha he wants World Rugby to do to safeguard rugby at the Olympics

Top 20 rugby stadiums countdown: 15-11

19 May 2020 0 comments

Southern hemisphere stadia dominate the latest countdown towards the No.1 spot

Friday’s fear for Sevens at Olympics

17 May 2020 1 comment

■By NEALE HARVEY Slade sets his priorities Henry Slade has a dual ambition in the coming months…to be a great dad for his new baby […]

Unbeaten season champions Caldy

17 May 2020 0 comments

The Rugby Paper’s National 2 North correspondents pick a Team of the Season Key man: Rhys Hayes shone at full-back for Caldy PICTURE: Gareth Lyons […]

Kick cost-cutting off with Sevens

10 May 2020 0 comments

WITH the RFU in a financial mess due to poor management, including overpaying their management and international players, why can they not make sensible cuts […]

Ex-Harlequins wing Charlie Walker opts for homecoming after stint with Zebre

6 May 2020 0 comments

Walker had been a target to replace Jonny May for Leicester Tigers

Canterbury and Adidas lose out to rival as England confirm new kit sponsor deal

5 May 2020 0 comments

England Men’s team, Red Roses, Sevens and age grade teams will no longer wear Canterbury

Jenkins earns deal at Dragons

3 May 2020 1 comment

WING Owen Jenkins has signed a long-term deal to stay at Dragons after an impressive first season. The 26-year-old joined the Newport-based region at the […]

Rugby risks being banished from the Olympics amid homophobia row

29 April 2020 0 comments

Calls for World Rugby to face probe from IOC over breach of code of ethics

Northampton in advanced talks to sign South African flanker based in France

27 April 2020 0 comments

Former Bulls back row closing in on move to Franklin’s Gardens after two years in France

Room 101: England Sevens forward Richard de Carpentier

27 April 2020 0 comments

De Carpentier submits one consideration we don’t think we’ve had offered before…

Proud brother Luke Whitelock tips Crusaders flanker to hit the big time

27 April 2020 0 comments

Four brothers raised on a dairy farm who have hit the heights of New Zealand rugby

QUINS DOMINATE THE NEW MIDDLESEX SEVENS COMPETITION

19 April 2020 2 comments

A MAJOR development in the 1920s was the establishment of the end-of-season Middlesex Sevens which were organised by a London Scot – Russell Cargill – […]

Worcester fly-half Jono Lance set to take the Tartan shilling

15 April 2020 0 comments

Billy Searle’s pending arrival at Worcester leaves door open for Lance to make PRO14 move

Premiership clubs keen to offer Australia aces way out

14 April 2020 0 comments

Recruitment hasn’t been shut down for some Premiership clubs

Dougie never got the credit he was due

12 April 2020 2 comments

SCOTLAND’S Dougie Morgan, who passed way this week aged 73, was one of those individuals who was underrated as a player and coach and as […]

Rugby Matters: Rugby’s quickest ever player? Look no further than the man dubbed ‘Marlon Brando’

9 April 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher pieces together rugby’s fastest ever players in a 100m heat – speedster John Young features

7 players who never made their debuts after signing for Premiership clubs

27 March 2020 0 comments

For one reason or another, some moves just don’t work out or don’t feel right

Mike Te’o’s season ends at London Scottish before it starts

26 March 2020 0 comments

The unfortunate story of the USA international who landed in London to play in the Championship in the week the shutdown was announced

U20 World Championship in Italy set to be scrapped by World Rugby

19 March 2020 0 comments

France’s defence of their 2019 title to be put on hold – reports

Leeds’ relegation led to great days on the 7s circuit

8 March 2020 1 comment

MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHRISTIAN LEWIS-PRATT FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS, NORTHAMPTON, LEEDS AND LONDON IRISH FLY-HALF Dream move: Christian Lewis- Pratt scores for England 7s PICTURE: Getty […]

England face early exit after shock defeat to Spain

1 March 2020 1 comment

■By ADAM ELLIS On the rebound: Dan Norton scores against Wales ENGLAND were left needing a miracle win over New Zealand to claim a semifinal […]

England Sevens captain Tom Mitchell feels change in the wind post-Tokyo Olympics

25 February 2020 0 comments

RFU cuts to the Championship have given rise to questions over the future of the England Sevens programme

sends Eddie a two-try reminder

23 February 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Here I am Eddie: Ruaridh McConnochie runs in for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images WING ace Ruaridh McConnochie issued a timely reminder to […]

Rugby Matters: Game in Spain flying high after Rugby World Cup anguish

14 February 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher insists Spain shouldn’t be disappointed by their defeat to Georgia last weekend, as they close the gap in the world rankings

Transfers: Wasps lose flanker Thibaud Flament to Toulouse

5 February 2020 0 comments

News regarding the packs of Wasps and Harlequins

Middleton: It’s great to have Harriet Millar-Mills back in camp

1 February 2020 0 comments

It’s been a long time coming for the Wasps back row to be back in an England shirt for the Red Roses

Kunatani opts for Castres

26 January 2020 0 comments

Move: Semi Kunatani CASTRES look to have won the race to land Harlequins ace Semi Kunatani in the face of competition from Northampton Saints. Blindside […]

Sevens circuit helps get Rosser up to speed

19 January 2020 1 comment

News DRAGONS speedster Jared Rosser is lighting up the PRO14 with the everimproving Dragons and his team have two American Sevens heroes to thank for […]

Winger Lam on the list for Tigers

12 January 2020 0 comments

LEICESTER TIGERS are keen on landing Hurricanes winger Ben Lam, the nephew of Bristol Bears boss Pat. The Tigers have put a winger at the […]

Patient Ponty hold their nerve for rare win

12 January 2020 0 comments

Premiership By GUTO DAVIES PONTYPRIDD recorded only their third ever league victory over RGC but had to endure some nervous moments before sealing it. It […]

Room 101: England Sevens captain Tom Mitchell

10 January 2020 0 comments

A phobia we don’t think we’ve had proposed to Room 101 before…

ROOM 101

5 January 2020 1 comment

TOM MITCHELL THE ENGLAND SEVENS CAPTAIN TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND. 1. Parking tickets and petty road violations […]

Rugby Matters: Macho Makis can make their mark in Sevens

27 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher marks Madagascar as one of rugby’s growing nations who can utilise the creation of the Challenger Sevens Series

Aigbokhae doubles up as Caldy keep rolling

22 December 2019 1 comment

By JAMES LEWIS CALDY will be clear at the top of the table at Christmas after scoring seven tries to impressively smash Chester on their […]

England flop in Cape Town cauldron

22 December 2019 0 comments

Front runners: Kiwis got revenge on South Africa By ADAM ELLIS MEN ENGLAND equalled their worst ever finish in Cape Town by missing out on […]

Dan’s the man for Six Nations says Thomas

15 December 2019 1 comment

WAYNE Pivac has been urged to select Dan Thomas in his first Wales Six Nations squad. Openside Thomas – who represented Wales at U20 level […]

Letters

15 December 2019 2 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] Cutting the format could kill Sevens THOUSANDS of […]