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Peter Jackson: Jamie Cudmore’s crusade to curb risk of concussion

25 August 2016 0 comments

Jamie Cudmore has hurled himself into a crusade this season on behalf of rugby players all over Europe, to raise millions for the proper treatment […]

20 Questions: Tom Price – Scarlets lock

10 August 2016 0 comments

How’s pre-season going? I’ve been back since June 15, earlier than most players because I’m on a bulking programme, so it’s been a while but […]

Dream Team: Tom Savage – Gloucester lock

1 August 2016 0 comments

1. Richard Barrington – I played with Baz at Hartpury. He’s now at Saracens and has gone on to win the Premiership and Champions Cup […]

Peter Jackson: Yes-No interlude for Shaun Edwards

29 July 2016 0 comments

Shaun Edwards could have been forgiven for not knowing whether he was coming or going in recent weeks, an observation which had nothing to do […]

Shane Williams column: Senseless Gatland’s Law should be binned

29 July 2016 0 comments

I wonder how many Rugby Paper readers can give me a definitive explanation of ‘Gatland’s Law’. I know I certainly can’t. There seem to be […]

Nick Cain talks to Nigel Wray and Simon Halliday about the Club v Country crisis

27 July 2016 0 comments

When the new club-country accord between the RFU and the Premiership is announced on Monday, unless there is a cast-iron clause limiting the increase in […]

Goromaru: France should open doors to Japanese players

15 July 2016 0 comments

New Toulon signing Ayumu Goromaru is hopeful that he will be the first of many Japanese players to ply their trade in the Top 14. […]

Boudjellal dismisses Dominguez rumours

12 July 2016 0 comments

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

Six Nations can’t ignore Georgia’s tour glory

9 July 2016 0 comments

Georgia were back home in Tbilisi this week being lauded by one and all after their inaugural Pacific Island tour resulted in two wins and […]

Shane Williams column: Scarlets are on a hiding to nothing in Europe

7 July 2016 0 comments

I fear Welsh interest in next season’s European Champions Cup will not last past Christmas. It is bad enough that Wales has only one team […]

Dream Team: Ollie Phillips- former England 7s, Gloucester and Newcastle wing

13 June 2016 0 comments

1. Nick Wood – The Gloucester loosehead is such an underestimated prop. He is so effective at what he does. So unlucky not to have […]

Jeremy Guscott column: South African route may lead Bath down another dead end

25 May 2016 0 comments

Mike Ford said throughout the season that he was meeting with Bath’s owner, Bruce Craig, on a weekly basis, and that everyone on the playing […]

Brendan Gallagher column: Connacht, the ‘poor relations’ of Irish rugby

20 May 2016 0 comments

That which doesn’t break you, makes you. My favourite rugby pictures, and indeed story of the season so far, were the Scott of the Antarctic […]

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

19 May 2016 0 comments

George Smith has always defied convention, and the 35-year-old veteran Aussie openside continues to do so, capping his first – and most likely last – […]

Eddie Jones has NOT called Steffon Armitage

18 May 2016 0 comments

England head coach Eddie Jones has denied calling Steffong Armitage to ask him to come back to the Premiership as it was claimed by Toulon […]

Steffon Armitage? We’d take him, says Dallaglio

18 May 2016 0 comments

A move by Wasps to sign Steffon Armitage would make sense to everyone involved according to club legend.

Steffon Armitage requests Toulon exit

17 May 2016 0 comments

Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal has revealed that Steffon Armitage wants to leave the club at the end of the season to be able to play […]

Dream Team: Ben Moon – Exeter Chiefs loosehead prop

16 May 2016 0 comments

1. Marcos Ayerza – Regarded as the best loosehead in the world. He is very destructive at the scrum but he is also decent with […]

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

12 May 2016 0 comments

Two years ago Saracens hit the wall. Then, as now, there was a European and Premiership double for the taking, but at that time Mark […]

My Life in Rugby: Jason Strange- former Ebbw Vale Newport, Bristol and Leeds fly-half

26 April 2016 0 comments

I look back fondly on my time at each club I played for but my second spell at Ebbw Vale, and four seasons at Bristol, […]

Champions Cup quarter-finals teams

8 April 2016 0 comments

Racing 92 v Toulon Racing 92: Brice Dulin; Joe Rokocoko, Johannes Goosen, Alexandre Dumoulin, Juan Imhoff; Dan Carter, Maxime Machenaud; Eddy Ben Arous, Dimitri Szarzewski […]

Nick Cain talks to Eddie Jones about the way ahead for his Grand Slam team

30 March 2016 0 comments

Eddie Jones clearly believes in the saying that “success starts on Monday”. No sooner had the England head coach returned from Paris to the squad’s […]

Leigh Halfpenny still caught in Toulon or Wales row

29 March 2016 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny is to make his come-back next Saturday with Toulon refusing to release him for Wales‘ tour of New Zealand. Negotiations between the Welsh […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Time is on your side, Ian, but are Wales?

17 March 2016 0 comments

As career records go, it surely stands supreme – three Six Nations’ tournaments, three Six Nations titles and two Grand Slams. Out of a grand […]

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

3 March 2016 0 comments

There was a time when rugby enjoyed a titter at football’s expense over their nationality laws and the amusing case of a balding Cockney centre-half. […]

Signing Cipriani will help Wasps conquer Europe

24 February 2016 0 comments

Fly-half’s long-awaited homecoming can help Wasps cement place among European rugby’s elite – Ashley Johnson.

Why Sam Warburton really stayed in Wales

23 February 2016 0 comments

Modest Sam Warburton insists he is not guaranteed his place against France next weekend and revealed how a dog kept him firmly at home in […]

Exeter sign Wallaby Lachlan Turner

16 February 2016 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their wing option with immediate signing of Australian international Lachlan Turner. The 28-year-old touched down at Sandy Park this morning to […]

Statement – Paul O’Connell retires

9 February 2016 0 comments

It is with deep regret that I have decided to retire from professional rugby following medical advice. I would like to take this opportunity to […]

20 Questions: Ben Jacobs – Wasps centre

27 January 2016 0 comments

How big is today’s game in Toulon? It’s huge. If we win we qualify for the quarter-finals but if we lose they overtake us and […]

Champions Cup round 6 teams

22 January 2016 0 comments

Pool 1 Ulster v Oyonnax Ulster: Jared Payne; Andrew Trimble, Darren Cave, Luke Marshall, Craig Gilroy; Paddy Jackson, Paul Marshall; Kyle McCall, Rob Herring (Capt.), […]

Quade Cooper joins Australia Sevens

21 January 2016 0 comments

The Australian Rugby Union have today announced that Quade Cooper has joined their Sevens program and will be available for selection for the Rio 2016 […]

Bath centre Joseph to hit 50 against Toulon

8 January 2016 0 comments

Jonathan Joseph will make his 50th appearance for bath on Sunday as they travel to Toulon for their rescheduled Champions Cup match. The match, which […]

Peter Jackson column: Craig Joubert and Rupert Murdoch make it a year to remember

1 January 2016 0 comments

Half a century from now, when Georgia win the Ten Nations and two clubs from Mars replace the Italians in the Pro 12, history will […]

Brendan Gallagher: New hope for British clubs as the old empires crumble in Europe

31 December 2015 0 comments

How the mighty have fallen. We still have two rounds of the Pool stages left – in fact some teams have three ties remaining after […]

Nick Cain: Here’s how Eddie Jones could make some big changes

31 December 2015 0 comments

Never underestimate the electric-shock speed at which things can change in our sport. It is just under three months since England crashed out of the […]

Peter Jackson: Out for the count, Europe’s big three

31 December 2015 0 comments

There have been six multiple winners of what is now known as the Champions’ Cup and two have gone already, counted out with indecent haste. […]

Sam Warburton: Let Leigh Halfpenny play for Wasps if he wants

30 December 2015 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny should be free to play where he chooses according to Wales captain Sam Warburton. Halfpenny is wanted by Wasps and would join exiles […]

Just £25k would have stopped Bath signing Taulupe Faletau

15 December 2015 0 comments

Bath would have missed out on Taulupe Faletau had the Welsh Rugby Union been willing to pay an extra £25,000-a-year. Newport Gwent Dragons believe they […]

Champions Cup round 3 teams

11 December 2015 0 comments

Pool 1 Oyonnax v Saracens Oyonnax: Quentin Etienne; Silvere Tian, Guillaume Bousses, Alaska Taufa, Dug Codjo; Rory Clegg, Fabien Cibray; Soane Tonga’uiha, Jeremie Maurouard, Horace […]

Shane Williams column: So, could Dai Young and Rob Howley work together?

3 December 2015 0 comments

Rob Howley and Dai Young could be the dream ticket to succeed Warren Gatland. Wales will need a new head coach after the 2019 World […]

Leigh Halfpenny discusses move back to Wales

1 December 2015 0 comments

Full-back Leigh ready to open talks over a return to Wales even if it means taking an annual pay cut of £200,000.

Jeff Probyn column: Clubs flex muscles over European postponements

27 November 2015 0 comments

The disruption of the European Champions Cup first round caused by the Paris atrocities last week has inadvertently shown what appears to be the ambitions […]

Dave Denton ‘can cure Bath’s hangover’ from Sam Burgess

21 November 2015 0 comments

Bath’s new back row signing David Denton will make a huge impact at the Rec according to first team coach Toby Booth, who admits he […]

Dream Team: Jack Yeandle – Exeter captain and former Doncaster hooker

17 November 2015 0 comments

1. Cian Healy – What he does on the international scene is pretty impressive. A very strong ball carrier. Ben “the Truffle Pig” Moon deserves […]

A preview of the Champions Cup pools

13 November 2015 0 comments

By Brendan Gallagher Pool 1: Saracens, Ulster Toulouse and Oyonnax Overview: Saracens had 15 players involved in the World Cup but have regrouped quickly and […]

Euro clubs must not let RWC have all the epics

13 November 2015 0 comments

By Brendan Gallagher To borrow heavily from the great Tom Petty, “too much ain’t enough”, although I fancy the rock maestro had something other than […]