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Champions Cup

/ 5 months ago

We didn’t convert, admits Jacques Vermeulen

Exeter Chiefs captain Jacques Vermeulen felt his side left points out on the field playing back on his old stomping ground...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 5 months ago

Get rid of the regions and call for Cotter, says Ring

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW MARK Ring never thought Welsh rugby would come to this; their four regional...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 5 months ago

Lowe’s running out of time to win the big one

Cutting a dash: James Lowe in action for Leinster PICTURE: Alamy NOBODY in recent seasons has cut a deeper swathe through...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 5 months ago

If you’re out for a 15, call Toulouse

WHERE have all the full-backs gone? Well you could start looking for them at Toulouse. When Belgium’s Matias Remue made an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 5 months ago

France won’t play All Blacks in USA

French Column - By James Harrington The FFR has rejected a proposal from New Zealand to relocate the third Test of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Ghezal’s job is to drag Lyon out of a hole

GOOD news has been hard to come by at Top 14 strugglers Lyon in recent weeks. Last Saturday’s defeat at Pau,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 5 months ago

Champions Cup potential breakout stars

Every year, an unexpected player rises to perform on the European stage, with it being a great place for both young and fringe talent...

By Charlie Elliott

Champions Cup

/ 5 months ago

Will this be the year a South African club lifts the Champions Cup trophy?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The most significant competition in club rugby kicks off this weekend as the Champions Cup gets...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 5 months ago

Scotland must not waste potential

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... An assessment of where Scotland and England are after the autumn series,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 5 months ago

Leinster make it seven wins in a row

By Jim Short Ulster................20 Leinster............27 Leinster's second string proved far too strong for Ulster to make it seven wins on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 5 months ago

Jacques Vermeulen excited to visit old friends

By Paul Rees Exeter start their Champions Cup campaign away in South Africa on Saturday, but Jacques Vermeulen will feel very...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Stade are heading in right direction Racing

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN IS there an early winter equivalent to the idiom about solitary swallows and the impending arrival of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

I can’t wait to prove what I can do, says fit-again Tua

■ By MARK STEVENS TAMATI Tua is looking to make up for lost time after finally getting his chance to shine...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 5 months ago

Time to recognise Etzebeth’s talents

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S THE World Rugby annual awards tonight, held...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Sadourny gets nod to replace Davidson

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick man: Toulon wing Gael Drean runs in to score against Bayonne PICTURE: Getty Images IN April...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 5 months ago

Battling Argentina make it tough for Ireland

By Brendan Gallagher Ireland...............22pts Tries: Crowley 3, Hansen 5, McCarthy 31 Conversions: Crowley 3, 32 Drop goal: Crowley 21 Argentina .........19pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Josh Hodge to the fore as Exeter Chiefs finally begin to find their feet

By Mark Stevens Exeter Chiefs .. 54pts Tries: Fisilau 9, 26, 42, Hodge 21, 51, Frost 39, Rigg 55, Skinner 75...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Townsend ready to leave the dark days behind him

By MARK STEVENS STU Townsend says he’s ready to put the ‘dark times’ behind him and help ignite a new charge...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 months ago

Roll up, roll up: Crowds are rising to record levels

CROWD numbers in French rugby’s top two professional leagues have risen to record levels, according to figures released from the Ligue...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Darcy Graham ruled out of Scotland’s clash with South Africa with head injury

Darcy Graham has been ruled out of Scotland’s showdown with South Africa on Sunday after failing to pass head injury protocols....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Galthie turns his sights to the future

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Not wanted: Charles Ollivon has been omitted from the France squad by coach Fabien Galthie PICTURES Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

French exclusion zone is growing

It seems a criminal waste that players of the calibre of flanker Jack Willis and winger Henry Arundell are unavailable for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Maverick Jalibert makes his case

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HOW do you solve a problem like Matthieu Jalibert? The 25-year-old Bordeaux fly-half is, undoubtedly, one of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Bowring’s proud links to grand Welsh dynasty

THE rugby world was awash with tributes, praise and thanks from grateful coaches – many English as it happens from Stuart...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 months ago

Life with Welsh was such a roller coaster

MY LIFEIN RUGBY MATT CORKER THE CANTERBURY HEAD COACH AND FORMER WASPS, LONDON WELSH & RICHMOND FORWARD TO play professional rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Gustard needs to get Stade rocking

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE November break cannot come quickly enough for Stade Francais, no matter what happens against Clermont in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 months ago

Dafydd Jenkins to miss Wales’ Autumn Internationals as lock targets mid-December return

Exeter lock Dafydd Jenkins will miss Wales’ autumn internationals as he recovers from knee and shoulder operations. The 21-year-old, Wales captain...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Mastering the engine room – The crucial role of second row combinations

By Will Hartshorn – @RugbyCollective In a world where people 6 foot 6 and above make up for less than 1%...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

French lessons inspire Joe El-Abd

By Adam Hathaway Joe El-Abd, England’s new defence coach, revealed his time with Toulon’s Galacticos helped him realise you need more...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 7 months ago

Japan will be latest destination for Richie Gray

By Bryn Palmer Scotland lock Richie Gray will link up with World Cup winners Pieter-Steph du Toit and Aaron Smith when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 months ago

Playing out in France was brutal -it really was

MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRIAN MULLEN THE FORMER LONDON IRISH & CLERMONT FLY-HALF NOWADAYS it is a trend: players moving across the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 7 months ago

Manu Tuilagi makes mark for Bayonne

French Column, by James Harrington While the focus of French rugby attention is on Stade Ernest Wallon and the return to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 7 months ago

Antoine Dupont & Co need to take on the very best

Rugby Matters By Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game's other talking points I think we established long ago...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Gray opts for overseas role

SCOTLAND second row Richie Gray will leave Glasgow at the end of November to pursue a playing opportunity abroad. Glasgow say...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Stade get back into winning routine

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN WHEN does a bad start become a crisis? For Stade Francais it was the morning after last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Top 14

/ 7 months ago

Galthie’s plans will need a re-think

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FOUR weeks into the Top 14 season and six weeks out from France’s opening Autumn Nations Series...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Paper News

/ 7 months ago

The Football Tactic That Could Revolutionise Rugby

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Rugby union has evolved by leaps and bounds since its conception in the small English town where...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 months ago

Bordeaux enjoy a 10-try feast

BORDEAUX-Begles finished last season at the end of June on the receiving end of the most one-sided of all French finals,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 8 months ago

Henry Chavancy notches No. 400 for Racing 92

French Column - By James Harrington Racing 92’s veteran centre Henry Chavancy reached a remarkable career milestone on Saturday when he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 8 months ago

The Football Tactic That Could Revolutionise Rugby

By Peter Ryan (@PeterRyanSports) Rugby union has evolved by leaps and bounds since its conception in the small English town where the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 months ago

DREAMTEAM

MURRAY M cCALLUM, THE NEWCASTLE AND FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH AND WORCESTER PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH... 1....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 months ago

Baffled by alliances at ‘the Allianz’

THE word “succession” has taken on a different, darker hue since Brian Cox effed and blinded his way through four whole...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 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