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We want to win it for Les – Piutau

31 December 2017 0 comments

PREVIEW… Ulster v Munster Monday, January 1, Kick-off 5.35pm ULSTER recall fly-half Christian Lealiifano for their derby with Munster as pressure mounts on director of […]

Choke-tackle must get the big Kiss-off

31 December 2017 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email:[email protected] HOWI applauded Colin Boag’s condemnation of the so-called ‘choke […]

Sexton returns in Leinster shake up

31 December 2017 1 comment

PREVIEW… Leinster v Connacht Monday, January 1, Kick-off 3.15pm. Aviva Stadium JOHNNY Sexton will captain Leinster on his return to the side after missing the […]

Dark day for Dan Robson if Cipriani leaves Wasps for France

30 December 2017 0 comments

The Wasps scrum-half praises his team-mate as being ‘a joy’ to work alongside

Call to cut the subs will cull land of the giants

24 December 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The first substitution at Test level took place 50 years ago next summer and involved one all-time […]

Visser flies in from maternity ward

24 December 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY TIM Visser has revealed how Harlequins’ crippling injury list forced him to make an emergency trip to Belfast last week – just […]

Healy gets to rest over Christmas

24 December 2017 0 comments

CIAN Healy will miss Leinster’s festive PRO14 inter-provincial derbies after being banned for three matches for the reckless use of a forearm against Exeter in […]

Refs need to make sure justice is equal for all

24 December 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Escape: Sean Maitland got away with taking out Clermont’s Isaia Toeava Les Kiss, Ulster’s director of rugby, and formerly Ireland’s defence coach, has […]

Humphreys says No to the top job with Blues

17 December 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Eye for the line: Anthony Watson breaks to score for Bath in their win over Toulon PICTURE: Getty Images JONATHAN Humphreys has […]

Oh, for the leadership of Lawrence or Johnno

17 December 2017 1 comment

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Alack of leadership was an area that Eddie Jones identified immediately as being an Achilles heel of […]

Kid Smith sparkles but Quins swamped after break

17 December 2017 1 comment

By RONAN O’BRIEN European Champions Cup JOHN Cooney scored 27 points as six-try Ulster punished Harlequins late on at Kingspan Stadium to claim back-to-back Champions […]

Warriors whittle it down to three

17 December 2017 1 comment

WORCESTER are believed to now have a threeman short list for their next director of rugby. Blindside understands that Jim Mallinder is not in the […]

Solomons’ attacking philosophy rubbing off on Warriors

17 December 2017 1 comment

By TOM BRADSHAW WORCESTER will attack their way to Premiership survival says Gary Gold. Director of rugby Gold says the arrival of assistant coach Alan […]

You could select six teams of expatriated Springboks

10 December 2017 0 comments

WHILE Allister Coetzee is fighting for his coaching life with South Africa it is impossible not to sympathise with his predicament in that his selectorial […]

RUGBY MATTERS

10 December 2017 1 comment

Cult hero ‘Capo’ craving last hurrah with Uruguay BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Pythonesque: Rodrigo Capó-Ortega ONE of […]

Busby try ends Hartpury hopes

10 December 2017 2 comments

By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury 24 Ulster 29 HARTPURY’S interest in the Cup was ended by David Busby’s last minute try in a game that was […]

International caps are all at sixes and Sevens

10 December 2017 1 comment

COLIN BOAG The recent Rugby League World Cup showed just what a joke the 13-man game’s eligibility rules are – basically they’re not far short […]

Asquith late winner conjured by Evans

10 December 2017 0 comments

Last gasp: Paul Asquith scores Scarlet’s fifth and winning try By ROB COLE SCARLETS head coach Wayne Pivac punched the air with relief as Steff […]

Scotland have an outside chance of a Grand Slam

3 December 2017 1 comment

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT THE outright winners from the Autumn series are Scotland, especially as England and Ireland were pretty well nailed-on to have […]

Piutau could stand in way of England World Cup bid

3 December 2017 2 comments

ENGLANDwill be on a World Cup collision course with the most expensive wing in the game if Tonga succeed in repatriating a few nomadic All […]

Henson is draw card as Dragons dig deep

3 December 2017 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS DRAGONS head coach Bernard Jackman hailed the character of his young side as they thrillingly shared the spoils with Ulster at Rodney […]

Jackson: North’s good for Wales but what about the region?

30 November 2017 0 comments

(Picture: Getty Images) By Peter Jackson George North arrived at Franklin’s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The […]

North ‘s good for Wales but what about the region?

26 November 2017 0 comments

George North arrived at Franklin ‘s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The Welsh colossus reported for duty […]

Late Trimble try rescues victory for young Ulster

26 November 2017 0 comments

By RONAN O ‘NEILL ULSTER director of rugby Les Kiss was thrilled with the resolve his young side showed as they fought back for a […]

RUGBY SHORTS

26 November 2017 0 comments

Brookes out for 6 weeks TIGHT-HEADKieran Brookes has been ruled out for six weeks after fracturing his hand in Saints ‘ defeat to Worcester Warriors […]

Aussies offer acid test of Eddie’s back row mobility

12 November 2017 1 comment

Payback. It’s 4-0 to ‘English’ Eddie Jones on Michael Cheika’s watch, and that bashing by the Poms will be more toxic to the Wallaby coach […]

World Rugby report recommends South Africa as 2023 host in a blow to Ireland and France

31 October 2017 0 comments

Tight vote sees South Africa the preferred bidder in close race – official decision made 15 November

Aki gets green light as Zebo bombs out

29 October 2017 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Qualified: Connacht centre Bundee Aki NEW Zealand-born centre Bundee Aki has won his first Ireland call-up for the autumn internationals, after completing […]

Chiefs set for toughest assignment in Europe

22 October 2017 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Familiar face: Nic White EXETER captain Jack Yeandle has challenged his men to take it to the mammoth French pack as the […]

What ever happened to that war on gouging?

22 October 2017 0 comments

Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a gouging offence like no other during 20 […]

Scottish RFU could step in to boost Worcester

15 October 2017 1 comment

WORCESTER Warriots could find an unlikely saviour in the form of the Scottish Rugby Union according to Blindside sources. We understand that discussions between the […]

Tuohy relishing his stint with Leicester

15 October 2017 0 comments

ON-LOAN Leicester lock Dan Tuohy says he has an open mind over his future after joining the Premiership giants from hometown outfit Bristol. Tuohy, capped […]

DREAMTEAM

15 October 2017 0 comments

JACKSON WILLISON, WORCESTER AND FORMER GRENOBLE, BLUES & CHIEFS CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Tony Woodcock – The […]

Lamb shows his teeth to savage the Quins

15 October 2017 1 comment

■By NICK CAIN Flying Frenchman: Geoffrey Doumayrou runs in to score for La Rochelle PICTURES: Getty Images RYAN Lamb may have been surplus to requirements […]

Storming Stockdale takes the sting out of Wasps

15 October 2017 0 comments

■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER FORMER Wasp Charlies Piutau provided the x-factor and Jacob Stockdale the cutting edge as Ulster got their European campaign off to an […]

Young: It’s not going our way

15 October 2017 1 comment

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young said: “When the luck’s not with you it’s not with you, but it’ll turn. When you’re down there it […]

‘We learnt our lesson’ says Cipriani, as Wasps prepare for Ulster test

12 October 2017 0 comments

By Adam Ellis Ahead of Wasps‘ trip to face Ulster in the Champions Cup under the lights of the Kingspan Stadium on Friday evening, Danny […]

Jackson column: Time to end Scarlets’ Euro Cup heartbreaks

11 October 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson No contender for Europe’s blue riband trophy can have endured more heartache in their pursuit than the Scarlets, a point acknowledged by […]

Cain column: Kyle Sinckler can consider himself lucky as inconsistency in bans perpetuate

11 October 2017 0 comments

By Nick Cain KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton lock Michael Paterson’s eyes […]

Guscott column: Champions Cup pools draw make it sure to be a thrilling start

11 October 2017 0 comments

By Jeremy Guscott THE European Cup is a tougher, harder tournament under EPCR than it was four years ago when the change of format happened. […]

Thrilling to have a re-run of last year’s final so early

8 October 2017 0 comments

Battle royal: Saracens take on Clermont in the pool this season PICTURE: Getty Images THE European Cup is a tougher, harder tournament under EPCR than […]

Sinckler’s a lucky boy to get off so lightly

8 October 2017 0 comments

KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton lock Michael Paterson’s eyes last weekend. The […]

Wasps feeling sting of fixture congestion

8 October 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY WASPS fly-half Jimmy Gopperth has urged Premiership and European rugby bosses to review their match scheduling after conceding his side have been […]

McCall demands greater consistency ahead of Europe

8 October 2017 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON SARACENS boss Mark McCall has urged his side to produce a more complete 80-minute performance against Wasps today before embarking on their […]

Stockdale wings in to give Ulster Euro boost

8 October 2017 0 comments

By BILL KIELY CONNACHT’S hopes of a first win in Belfast since 1960 were dashed when Jacob Stockdale got through for the key score at […]

Time to end Scarlets’ Euro Cup heartbreaks

8 October 2017 1 comment

No contender for Europe’s blue riband trophy can have endured more heartache in their pursuit than the Scarlets, a point acknowledged by the most ruthless […]

Mighty Montpellier are team to beat

8 October 2017 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER casts his eye over the main contenders for this season’s European crown Super signing at Montpellier: Ruan Pienaar THE European Cup – alas […]

Abendanon, Strettle in French talks

1 October 2017 0 comments

CLERMONT Auverge have stepped up their efforts to keep former England internationals Dave Strettle, below, and Nick Abendanon. The pair are out of contract at […]