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Columnists

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Transfer market that never sleeps

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Accepted wisdom has it that the shortest period of time is the New York Second – helpfully...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Tuilagi set for payday in Japan

By NEIL FISSLER Manu Tuilagi is edging towards a move to the Far East to play in the Japan Rugby League...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Top four finish is the target for White

By PAUL REES London Irish are in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first time in 10 years, but scrum-half Ben...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Talent everywhere you look in URC

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND With the United Rugby Championship season fast approaching I’ve been having a good look at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

The Rugby Paper’s Rugby Stadium World Cup

Following Sunday’s twitter poll that saw 2,081 people vote for their favourite Premiership stadium, the Rugby Paper will this week conduct...

By Nick Powell

Dream Team

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Dream Team with Luke Cozens

LUKE COZENS, THE CLIFTON PLAYER-COACH AND FORMER BATH, HARTPURY & ROUEN FLY-HALF CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Top eight to follow in Spring’s footsteps

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Young Racing 92 fullback Max Spring earned careful praise from France head coach Fabien Galthie after a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Kpoku hopes French move will inspire him

By BEN JAYCOCK Having witnessed his brother Joel’s star performance in the Challenge Cup final, Jonathan Kpoku’s hunger has been reignited...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Hywl Fawr, Goodbye…

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At close of business on Friday, 40 Test players boasting a collective stack...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Top 14 Final Preview – Castres and Montpellier eye the big prize

Castres will be the narrowest of favourites as they play Montpellier in what promises to be a classic French Top 14...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

George Kruis to sign off with Barbarians outing against England at Twickenham

George Kruis is set to play his final game as a professional rugby player after being named in the Barbarians starting...

By Ben Redwood

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Parisse returns for more – at 38!

LEGENDARY Italian number eight Sergio Parisse has signed up for another year of Top 14 rugby with Toulon – at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Baa-baas working to Galthie’s Grand Plan

By PETER JACKSON You’re in: Dylan Cretin has received a Baa-baas call THE Barbarians have chosen three more of France’s all-conquering...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Breakthrough star Henry Arundell pens long-term contract at London Irish

Exciting full-back Henry Arundell has penned a new long-term contract at London Irish. Arundell has had a breakthrough season with the...

By Ben Redwood

International Rugby

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Henry Arundell: Nerves over entering England’s big dog zone eased in pub session

Henry Arundell has revealed that his nerves over entering England’s “big dog zone” were eased during a pub session with Ellis...

By Ben Redwood

Features

/ 3 years ago

Who’ll be next ace to ‘do a Niniashvili’?

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Is it me or is there suddenly a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

No dead rubbers in final round of Top 14

JAMES HARRI NGTON FRENCH COLUMN Decider: Challenge Cup winners Lyon face Champions Cup winners La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images In less...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

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At last! Long wait is over for elated Lyon

By BEN JAYCOCK Lyon ....................30pts Tries: Couilloud 7, Penalty 45, Barassi 47 Conversions: Berdeu 9, 49 Penalties: Berdeu 20, 59, Ngatai...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

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Taufua: We won on our defence

LYON captain Jordan Taufua was delighted with the historic win and credited his side’s resilient defence in matching Toulon’s physicality. He...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

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Europe’s elite clubs are facing trip into unknown

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE European Cup final in Marseille was not billed as a watershed moment,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Couilloud can push Dupont all the way

ON THE evidence of Baptiste Couilloud’s command performance in Lyon’s 30-12 European Challenge Cup victory over Toulon in Marseille, they have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

World Cup will be won and lost in the run-up

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fifteen months out from the 2023 World Cup, the rugby debate in host nation France is getting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Cheslin Kolbe returns in time for Challenge Cup Final

Springbok superstar Cheslin Kolbe returns for Toulon in time for their European Challenge Cup final against Lyon at the Stade Velodrome...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Big Joe can be England’s ‘point of difference’ if Tuilagi hit by injury

By ADAM HATHAWAY EDDIE Jones is confident he can get injury prone Manu Tuilagi to the World Cup but admits he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Lost boy Kpoku’s found new lease of life in Lyon

By ADAM HATHAWAY JOEL Kpoku admits he was losing his way in the rugby world before decamping across the Channel, but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 3 years ago

Leinster are taking Europe to next level

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is often argued, usually by politicians reneging on a manifesto promise, that “the perfect is the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Warriors keen on Nakawara

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER WORCESTER are in the market for a new second row and Fiji star Leone Nakawara –...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Simmons has faith Irish can bridge gap in consistency

By PAUL REES Test centurion: London Irish lock Rob Simmons ROB Simmons says consistency is the ingredient London Irish need if...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Gas, power and guts are key

PAUL REES HEARS ENGLAND COACH EDDIE JONES EXPLAIN WHAT HE EXPECTS TO SEE FROM HIS 36-MAN TRAINING SQUAD England’s team in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

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Chris Ashton: I’m never satisfied, I want a lot more!

Paul Rees talks to Chris Ashton about his insatiable desire to keep scoring tries Chris Ashton is at an age when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Racing 92 play down any move for Jones

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Try double: Matthieu Jalibert helped Bordeaux book their place in the play-offs England head coach Eddie Jones...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Toulon too strong as Saracens crash out

By SAM JACKSON Toulon ................25pts Tries: Villiere 2, 39; Wainiqolo 60 Conversions: Carbonel 4, 61 Penalties: Carbonel 33, 52 Saracens ..........16pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Matt Garvey: I preferred the game when it was slower!

PAUL REES speaks to Worcester Warriors lock Matt Garvey about why the time is right to step away from rugby Matt...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 3 years ago

The Boks are here, there and everywhere

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some things in rugby are so difficult to find, they drive astrophysicists to drink. Scientists operating the Giant...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 3 years ago

Now’s the time for the French revolution

CHRIS HEWETT AS a rule of thumb, English teams good enough to fight their way into a Champions Cup final eventually...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Young banks on Timani to be king of collisions

NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS DAI YOUNG insists the signing of former Wallaby Lopeti Timani along with the significant improvement of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Wasps boss Lee Blackett in dark about potential return for Christian Wade

Wasps boss Lee Blackett is unaware of Christian Wade’s possible return to rugby union after revealing there has been no contact...

By Ben Redwood

Champions Cup

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Alex Sanderson: Reduction of Premiership salary cap making it harder for English teams to compete in Europe

Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson feels the reduction of the Premiership salary cap is making it harder for English...

By Ben Redwood

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Coleman’s ready for battle with his old rival Etzebeth

By PAUL REES ADAM Coleman will be up against a familiar foe when London Irish take on Toulon in the quarter-final...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

Bath surrender nothing to do with no relegation

COLIN BOAG Predictably, last weekend’s abject capitulation by Bath was seen by some zealots as evidence that with no relegation, teams...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Bucketloads of tries not a winning formula

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK AT the same time as Bath collapsed to a record 64-0 defeat against...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Big guns starting to fire for Saracens

By TOM BRADSHAW Gloucester ........15pts Tries: Singleton 31, Rees-Zammitt 74 Conversions: Twelvetrees 74 Penalties: Hastings 43 Saracens ..........44pts Tries: Davies 8,...

By The Rugby Paper Team