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Features

/ 8 years ago

Strauss for Falcons? No, he’s off to Toulouse

SCOTLAND No.8 Josh Strauss won’t be moving to Newcastle Falcons when his contract with Glasgow Warriors runs out at the end...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Scots look good so why is Cotter on the way out?

Nick Cain investigates the strange case of the Scots jettisoning their ace coach SCOTLAND’s 27-22 win over Ireland was one of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Cockerill courted by rival clubs in Top 14

FORMER Leicester boss Richard Cockerill is on the radar of several French clubs after moving to France to work with Mike...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Scotland prop joins Brive immediately

Scotland prop Ryan Grant has left Glasgow to join Brive on loan in the Top 14 with immediate effect. The loosehead...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Hook to leave Gloucester and return to Ospreys

James Hook will leave Gloucester at the end of the season to return to the Ospreys. The 31-year old has signed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Carl Fearns – I’m looking to tear it up at Gloucester with Ross

Carl Fearns has revealed his ambition to form an aggressive new back row partnership with Ross Moriarty to help reawaken the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 8 years ago

Nick Cain: Stay put George, it’s your best move of all

George Ford had a weird training week as part of the England team preparing to take on South Africa. First, a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 8 years ago

Nick Cain: Dan Carter & Co need to be protected from medics

Rugby Union should be on red alert following the cortisone injections given to Dan Carter, Joe Rokococo and Juan Imhoff to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain: Springboks must look North to stop the rot

When Adriaan Strauss stepped onto the broadcasting plinth at King’s Park in Durban after South Africa had suffered a humiliating record...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn: No-brainer, Steve? Afraid not, more like brain dead

Talk about letting the inmates run the asylum! Sometimes you have to wonder if those working in the professional game have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Solution is needed to get Ospreys flying again

According to people who know about these things, the last confirmed flight of an Osprey over Wales took place some 12...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Saracens bring in French hooker

France international hooker Christopher Tolofua will join the Saracens on a two-year deal from the beginning of next season. The Toulouse...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Harlequins confirm signing of Alofa Alofa

Harlequins have confirmed the signing of Samoan international Alofa Alofa. The news, revealed on Sunday by The Rugby Paper, follows the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Saracens set for dynasty – like Bath, Wasps and Tigers

Every new season brings renewed excitement, and with it changes in the pecking order in terms of who qualifies for Europe,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain column: Matt Burke’s law on summer season is good sense

Matt Burke was not only a great Wallaby full-back, he is a measured and respected commentator on the game. That’s why...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 9 years ago

Shane Williams column: Answers to this Pro12 predicament lie within

Is the world going mad or are the Pro12 administrators really considering sending players to the United States, South Africa or...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Boudjellal dismisses Dominguez rumours

Rapidly growing rumours of Toulon coach Diego Dominguez exiting the club have been played down by Mourad Boudjellal. Toulon’s owner has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

London Irish confirm George Robson signing

As revealed by The Rugby Paper on June 19, London Irish have signed experienced second-row George Robson. The 30-year-old former Harlequins...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain looks at the Wallabies’ key personel

All’s fair in love and war – and baggage searches – when England play Australia in any sport. That’s why, after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 9 years ago

Shane Williams column: That Twickenham horrow show will be a blessing in disguise

The only positive for Wales to take out of their pretty desperate performance against England last Sunday was at least that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn column: Your players have stepped it up Eddie Jones, now it’s your turn

While reading another interview with Eddie Jones imploring his players to raise the bar yet higher, I must admit to being...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain column: Wallabies will be formidable on fast ground Down Under

George Smith has always defied convention, and the 35-year-old veteran Aussie openside continues to do so, capping his first – and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain column: Mercenaries under fire as Agustin Pichot cries foul

Agustin Pichot was always a visionary scrum-half and the former Argentine captain has wasted no time in getting stuck into the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain column: Saracens can batter down the gates of Europe

Two years ago Saracens hit the wall. Then, as now, there was a European and Premiership double for the taking, but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 9 years ago

Young Gun: Levi Douglas- Bath flanker

Levi Douglas was happy playing in France but an unexpected turn of events has brought him back to England. The 20-year-old...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn column: Sorry Jerry Guscott, but I disagree with your Pro12 prognosis

I read with interest last week’s article by Jerry Guscott and his thoughts on why he thinks the Pro12 has failed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 9 years ago

Dream Team: Bryce Heem- Worcester and former Chiefs and New Zealand sevens wing

1. Ben Franks – The London Irish prop is such a big guy and he can be as strong and powerful...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Premiership’s policy to attack is welcome surprise for Tom Marshall

Gloucester‘s Kiwi full-back Tom Marshall admits he has been pleasantly surprised by the attacking intent he has witnessed in Premiership rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain column: Gypsygate opens a can of worms for World Rugby

Where does offensive, derogatory or discriminatory language, or behaviour, begin and end? That is the question that World Rugby are going...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn column: I see Italy becoming a real powerhouse of the North

Brendan Gallagher’s feature on the future of Italian rugby last week got me thinking – and not just about the Azzurri...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

European dates announced for 2016/17

With the knockout stages of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup approaching, EPCR has announced the key dates for the 2016/17....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Why France are at sixes and sevens over David Smith

There was a time when rugby enjoyed a titter at football’s expense over their nationality laws and the amusing case of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Exeter sign Wallaby Lachlan Turner

Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their wing option with immediate signing of Australian international Lachlan Turner. The 28-year-old touched down at Sandy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Intense competition at Bath will make Taulupe Faletau even better – Luke Charteris

Luke Charteris reckons Bath can bring the best out of Taulupe Faletau. The Wales pair and former Newport Gwent Dragons team-mates...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Springbok Olivier signs new Warriors deal

South Africa international Wynand Olivier has committed his future to Worcester after signing a new contract with the club. The 2007...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Ian Madigan to leave Leinster and join Bordeaux

Leinster confirmed yesterday that Ian Madigan will leave the Irish province at the end of the current season to join Bordeaux...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Jones believes strong start to the season is a sign of things to come for Quins

Adam Jones may be a softly spoken, modest character when sat down in an interview but the forward has much to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 9 years ago

Shane Williams column: Our packs lack skillset of the giants down South

It’s no fluke that this weekend’s World Cup semi-finals are like a UKIP manifesto – with no mention of Europe. Over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

World Cup hooker joins Worcester

Worcester Warriors have bolstered their options in the front row by signing Georgian international hooker Jaba Bregvadze. The powerhouse forward joins...

By The Rugby Paper Team