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Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Lousy law changes are killing the game

WORLD Rugby’s strategy to attract a new, younger, bigger audience to rugby union rests on a totally bankrupt plan currently being...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Six-try Scotland too good for Wales

Scotland ........40 Wales...............14 SCOTLAND cruised to a six-try victory in Edinburgh to make it back-to-back wins over Wales in 2024. Wales...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 9 months ago

Too much of a good thing can be overkill

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED "People might think it’s arrogant,” said Rian Oberholzer, the chief executive of the Springbok domain, just the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Marx on parade to make it four in a row

By Paul Rees South Africa ………………… 18pts Tries: Kolisi 48, Marx 73 Conversions: Pollard 49 Penalties: Pollard 31, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 54 New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

When it really matters, Pollard gets the vote

Brendan Gallagher So in the week that we learnt a proper All Blacks tour of South Africa is likely in 2026,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

I’d fear the worst for Wallabies and Pumas

SO what to make of New Zealand’s proposed tour of South Africa in 2026, in fact it’s more than just a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 months ago

Hard to pin the blame on unions

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

PATRICK HOGG

YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE & ENGLAND U18 FORWARD England U18s captain Patrick Hogg is using his time at Newcastle Falcons to pick...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

A French triumph against the odds

Brendan Gallagher on the ten-match tour which changed rugby in France for ever FRANCE’S ten-match tour and series win in South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

When the butterfly, the bison, the rocket, the barker, Popeye (and a vegetarian) took control

15. Pierre Lacaze (Lourdes) Diminutive fullback, nicknamed Papillon (the butterfly) but counter intuitively commanding in the air. Snared by Rugby League...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

It’s an honour to sign for Cardiff-Mulder

■ By SIMON THOMAS SOUTH African scrum-half Johan Mulder says he is shocked and honoured to have been signed up by...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Argentina embarrass Australia in record-breaking victory

By Joe Santamaria Just a week after a 20-19 victory appeared to reinforce Joe Schmidt’s modest Australian rebuild, they were humbled...

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International Rugby

/ 9 months ago

Tommy Freeman: England will be ready for All Blacks

Tommy Freeman has November 2 circled in his diary and has urged England to make home advantage count against the All...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Junior International Rugby

/ 9 months ago

England’s Jonathan Pendlebury: U18 world champs unworkable

Since England's U20 World Championship win, many have called for an U18 edition, but coach Jonathan Pendlebury says it would not...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

LETTER: Finn Russell third choice for 2021 British & Irish Lions

How can Jeremy Guscott claim Finn Russell was the No.1 fly-half selection after the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

England must find answers …and fast

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Left in the lurch: England boss Steve Borthwick and, inset, Felix Jones, left,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Round 1 to Boks in battle of the big beasts

By ADAM HATHAWAY South Africa ..................... 31pts Tries: Mbonambi 16, Smith 68, Williams 75 Conversions: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 69, 76 Penalties: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 29,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Once again, the world champs find a way to win

BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE scoreline would suggest a classic for the ages, the exuberant commentary team sounded like they were going to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

Borthwick faces starting again

ANALYSIS PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE DEPARTURES OF FELIX JONES AND ALED WALTERS AND WONDERS WHAT IT MEANS FOR ENGLAND ONE...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

Price glad he played under old regime

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AT Pontypool Park on September 24, 1986, with the sweet chestnut trees in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 months ago

Catch this team of nations on camera

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FLY on the wall sporting documentaries seem to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

A valiant stand against apartheid

THE name of Jim Roxburgh may not ring many bells for rugby fans up here in the north but the former...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

ELLIOTWILLIAMS HARLEQUINS & ENGLAND U20 LOCK

YOUNG GUNS England U18s enforcer Elliot Williams is hoping to reach the heights of beefy senior lock George Martin after playing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Ringer was the fall guy on a day of carnage

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE TWICKENHAM BLOODBATH AND PAUL RINGER’S DISMISSAL IN 1980 PICTURES: Alamy Grudge match: Bill Beaumont competing...

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Latest News

/ 9 months ago

England moved on to take Grand Slam with victory over Scotland

WHAT happened next? If the build up to the match is complicated, so is its legacy. The short term is easier...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 9 months ago

Blow for England as Jones quits

By Ben Jaycock Back-to-back World Cup winning defence coach Felix Jones has left his role with England after sources revealed he...

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British and Irish Lions

/ 9 months ago

Farrell in danger of being lost in France

Jeremy Guscott Outspoken and unmissable... Every week Finn Russell’s statement about how much he’d like to reunite with Owen Farrell for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 9 months ago

It’s time to call for three-man scrum

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Uncontested scrums are a blight on the fifteens game, and my solution to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

New pair join Chiefs

EXETER have signed centre Tamati Tua and loosehead prop Kwenzo Blose. Tua, 26, joins from ACT Brumbies but the New Zealander...

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Chris Hewett

/ 9 months ago

Robertson needs to redress the balance

Chris Hewett Thinking allowed It was a cheap shot, admittedly, but only a pacifist or a fool would spurn the opportunity...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

Stick or twist? The choice at 10

Paul Rees looks ahead to New Zealand's heavyweight matches against world champions South Africa The Rugby Championship title could be decided...

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James Harrington

/ 9 months ago

Carbonel will add the flair for Stade

James Harrington French column Last season, Stade Francais finished second in the Top 14 to qualify directly for the semi-finals –...

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International Rugby

/ 9 months ago

Youngsters were quick to take their chances

Ben Jaycock caught up with England U18s assistant and backs coach Will Parkin Reaching out: Noah Caluori scores for England against...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 9 months ago

England can’t keep South Africa at bay

By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa.....39pts England.............. 17pts EXETER Chiefs scrum-half George Newman scored a first half wonder try but England U18s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 9 months ago

Finn Russell: I’d love to forge creative axis with Owen Farrell on Lions tour

The rivals butted heads for years as influential playmakers for Scotland and England but struck up a friendship during the 2021...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 9 months ago

Dan Biggar sees promising signs with Warren Gatland’s Wales rebuild

Wales are on a run of nine successive Test match defeats. Dan Biggar believes Wales have something to build on after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

All Blacks gear up for Springbok showdown

NEW Zealand inflicted revenge on Argentina after last week’s disappointing show in Wellington to set up a massive clash against South...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Ewers: I’m thrilled to be joining Stormers

AS the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue over Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain, Dave Ewers stepped off...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 months ago

Aussies on a long road to recovery

EXPECTATIONS in Australia will be pretty low after back-to-back defeats to South Africa in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Classy Jordan shows the way as All Blacks get back in old routine

By ADAM HATHAWAY New Zealand................... 42pts Tries: McKenzie 6, Savea 17, Clarke 24, Jordan 30, 42; B Barrett 36 Conversions: McKenzie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Boks put on the burners to deck Aussies

By BEN JAYCOCK Australia............................ 12pts Penalties: Lolesio 3, 21, 36, 47 South Africa .....................30pts Tries: Fassi 17, van Staden 43, Marx...

By The Rugby Paper Team