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Jeff Probyn: Get Martin Johnson on board to pass on lessons learned in 2011

16 October 2014 2 comments

So Martin Johnson is reliving the nightmare that was the 2011 RWC England campaign. Although it has been virtually three years, it is obvious that […]

Globetrotter Asaeli Tikoirotuma takes aim at European glory

16 October 2014 0 comments

Flying Fijian believes his big game experience can help Harlequins scale the heights both domestically and in Europe this season.

My Life in Rugby: Steve Hanley – former Sale and England wing

14 October 2014 0 comments

I must be the only person to have started a season playing junior rugby in the old Fourth Division (North) and then go on and […]

Peter Jackson: Thanks so much Roy, whoever you are!

9 October 2014 0 comments

Roy Giddings had been on the WRU Board for so long that when he started Margaret Thatcher had just become the longest-serving British Prime Minister […]

My Life in Rugby: James Merriman – former Bristol, Gloucester and Wales Sevens flanker

7 October 2014 1 comment

Winning the Rugby Sevens World Cup with Wales five years ago has to be the standout moment of my career. We were written off before […]

Peter Jackson: Imports are making a mockery of IRB rule

24 September 2014 0 comments

During his time in charge of Wales, Graham Henry took what could be politely described as a cavalier attitude to capping players who had no […]

Brendan Gallagher: When rugby passed its screen test

19 September 2014 0 comments

Gareth Thomas is launching his new updated biography Proud on Thursday – which is probably why that amiable old Hollywood slugger Mickey Rourke was on […]

Nick Cain talks to Exeter’s Henry Slade about his outside hopes for the World Cup

18 September 2014 1 comment

How could Henry Slade give up on the dream of winning the 2015 World Cup final for England when the last one was won by […]

Nick Cain: Magician who turned invisible for England

17 September 2014 0 comments

James Simpson-Daniel was one of those players, who, like David Campese and Gerald Davies before him, was touched by the rugby genius that left you […]

Halfpenny to have his contract terminated by Toulon?

16 September 2014 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny’s contract with Toulon could be terminated before the Welsh star even played a single game for the double European champions. The full-back was […]

Peter Jackson: A friendly settlement? Don’t you believe it

11 September 2014 0 comments

Just about a fortnight ago, the warring Welsh factions were ‘miles away’ from ending their stand-off. Now that the smoke of conflict has lifted, they […]

Your FREE Season Preview Guide to the Aviva Premiership, Guinness Pro12 & the Greene King IPA Championship

4 September 2014 0 comments

The Rugby Paper, the UK’s leading Rugby publication have produced a FREE guide for the start of the upcoming season. To download this FREE guide, […]

Andy Powell’s fighting for his last chance with Wales

30 August 2014 0 comments

Revitalised No.8 wants to stake a claim for a place in the Wales squad at next year’s Rugby World Cup.

Peter Jackson: Wales pay price for the pursuit of money

29 August 2014 1 comment

Gareth Edwards achieved many famous things, not least playing 53 consecutive matches for Wales. From start to finish, it took him fully 11 years. The […]

‘Angry-man’ Owen Farrell can fire World Cup success

29 August 2014 0 comments

All Black legend Earle Kirton backs England to go all the way behind their “angry young man”

The Welsh war is OVER – Statement

28 August 2014 0 comments

A £60 million Rugby Services Agreement which provides a new and positive contractual relationship between the WRU and its four Regions for the next six […]

Brendan Gallagher: They think the ball’s over … it isn’t now!

28 August 2014 1 comment

Today – August 17 – is exactly 20 years since a certain George Gregan made his Bledisloe Cup debut in Sydney and pulled off possibly […]

Gloucester offer James Hook route back with Wales

22 August 2014 0 comments

Fly-half looking to win trophies with club before nailing down starting place with country.

Nick Cain: Revealed – Referees do turn blind eye to some laws

21 August 2014 0 comments

Refereeing at the elite end is reaching crisis point, and the IRB’s professional referees’ manager, Joel Jutge, needs to get a grip on it or […]

England U18s name side to take on Wales in SA

14 August 2014 1 comment

England U18s have named their side to take on Wales in the opening game of their summer tour to South Africa in Cape Town. Gloucester […]

Peter Jackson: Anscombe and the case of vanishing Kiwi stars…

14 August 2014 0 comments

Buying a Kiwi for the sole purpose of wrapping him up in your national jersey alongside the natives can be more trouble than it’s worth. […]

Sam Warburton out in cold as Cardiff Blues kick-off pre-season

13 August 2014 1 comment

As revealed exclusively in The Rugby Paper last Sunday, Sam Warburton will not be available for the Cardiff Blues‘ friendly game against Exeter this Friday. […]

Wayne Pivac confirmed as Scarlets new head coach

12 August 2014 2 comments

Scarlets today confirmed that the region’s new assistant coach Wayne Pivac will take over the reins as Head Coach in West Wales. The New Zealander, […]

“We just have to beat big guns this autumn” – Chris Robshaw

8 August 2014 0 comments

England skipper targeting a perfect international season as the countdown to the 2015 World Cup begins.

Peter Jackson: Hair Bear goes on the endangered species list

8 August 2014 0 comments

At close of business on Friday, Adam Jones had spent another week out of work without a club to call his own. In a matter […]

Nick Cain talks to Joe Lydon and Mike Friday about the GB challenge in the Rio Olympics Sevens

7 August 2014 0 comments

Joe Lydon and Mike Friday used to share the same vision of Sevens when they worked together at the RFU from 2001 to 2004, with […]

EXCLUSIVE: Warren Gatland’s contract wish list

6 August 2014 0 comments

Warren Gatland has drawn up a hit list of ten Welsh-based players to be offered dual club-and-country contracts for the coming season.

Loyal Dwayne Peel blown away by quality in Bristol’s squad

3 August 2014 1 comment

Scrum-half had no hesitation in turning down a loan move to a top-flight club.

Peter Jackson: ‘In the best interests of rugby’. Come off it WRU!

1 August 2014 0 comments

Ever since the mucky stuff began hitting the fans a depressingly long time ago, the Welsh Rugby Union have repeatedly used one catch-phrase to justify […]

Bradley Davies out to prove he is a big fish in England

31 July 2014 0 comments

New Wasps lock reckons spell outside the “goldfish bowl” of Wales will boost World Cup dream.

Peter Jackson: George North and Alex Cuthbert are giants, but Fiji have a monster

24 July 2014 0 comments

Nemani Nadolo has been a rock for Fiji and Crusaders, Peter Jackson warns Australia, England and Wales about the 129kg winger.

Cardiff Blues to sign Gareth Anscombe

24 July 2014 0 comments

Cardiff Blues have signed Gareth Anscombe on a ‘long-term deal’. The Chiefs‘ back qualifies for Wales through his mother and can play at fly-half or […]

Wales team in turmoil as Regions crank it up

24 July 2014 0 comments

With an agreement between the WRU and RRW seeming a long shot, the November tests could be in jeopardy

Nick Cain: Nothing small about Justin, especially his ambitions

23 July 2014 1 comment

Justin Burnell would be hard to beat if there was a prize for the greatest comeback of last season. There is nothing undersized about the […]

My Life in Rugby: Ian Davies – Cornish Pirates DoR

22 July 2014 0 comments

I wasn’t as good as my old friend Scott Quinnell playing for the New Dock Stars as a youngster but I was never expecting my […]

Roberts returns to the Ospreys

11 July 2014 0 comments

Scrum-half Martin Roberts has left Bath Rugby to join Ospreys on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old, who also spent two years at Northampton, returns to […]

Peter Jackson: The eternal debate: King John or Benny?

10 July 2014 0 comments

The surest way to start an argument in any clubhouse is to ask one question and then step smartly out of the firing line: Barry […]

Nick Cain: Aussie man-mountain can Eclipse England

8 July 2014 0 comments

The Aussies are more inventive than most when it come to nick-names, and the one in the news most Down Under is the one coined […]

Exiles sign Saracens academy scrum-half

3 July 2014 1 comment

London Scottish today confirmed the signing of former Wales U18s scrum-half Ben Calder. The 19-year-old has put pen to paper on his first professional deal […]

Peter Jackson: Gerald Davies jinks in to put the record straight

30 June 2014 0 comments

Gerald Davies managed many an electrifying move in his time but none more so than the one that took him centre stage in Port Talbot […]

Peter Jackson: Sorry Wales, but this is becoming inexcusable

27 June 2014 2 comments

And so for all their big-game heroics by the banks of the Crocodile River, somehow it still ended in tears as it always does in […]

Japan blossom into contenders

26 June 2014 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable rise of Japan under coach Eddie Jones.

MUST WATCH! – The Power of the Haka

26 June 2014 1 comment

Auckland Grammar and King’s College face off with their traditional haka ahead of the annual derby. Goose bumps guaranteed! Earlier this week, Wales U20s hooker […]

Doncaster Knights packing down with a Transatlantic accent

26 June 2014 2 comments

Doncaster Knights boss Clive Griffiths is close to finalising his forward pack for next season’s Championship campaign with a second Canadian lock thought to be […]

Dan Parks retires from rugby

25 June 2014 0 comments

Dan Parks has today announced his retirement from rugby. The former Scotland fly-half, who won 67 Test caps in his time, had been released by […]

Wales prop hit by five-week ban

25 June 2014 0 comments

Samson Lee has received a five-week ban for headbutting South African lock Flip van der Merwe last Saturday. The Scarlets tighthead pleaded guilty to the […]

Clifton College Rugby Course with Ryan Jones

25 June 2014 0 comments

The aim of the course is to improve the player in four aspects technical, physical, mental, tactical. Technically the course will aim to improve the […]