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Boulton’s respect for game he loves

25 August 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW COLIN Boulton of Derby County stands astride the Himalayan peaks of Football League champions, the only uncapped […]

Six-try Fiji prove too strong for Samoa

25 August 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE FIJI started their bid for a sixth Pacific Nations Cup title with a 42-16, six-try win over arch rivals Samoa in Suva […]

Young Guns – Ben Coen

25 August 2024 0 comments

Young Guns – England u20 fly-half Ben Coen, by Ben Jaycock Ben Coen has enjoyed an incredible season that saw him go from a bench […]

Tainton is right to highlight problems

25 August 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME TOM Tainton, Bristol Bears’ chief operating officer, has said that the professional game is at a […]

BBC will be covering all 32 World Cup games

25 August 2024 0 comments

By PAUL MARTIN On top: WXV champions England are favourotes to lift the World Cup WORLD Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin believes a groundbreaking partnership with […]

Carbonel will add the flair for Stade

25 August 2024 0 comments

James Harrington French column Last season, Stade Francais finished second in the Top 14 to qualify directly for the semi-finals – where an after-the-hooter conversion […]

Matt Gallagher Foundation: Charity cricket match entertains

18 August 2024 0 comments

Bumper crowds supported a charity all-star cricket match between The Matt Gallagher Foundation and Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club last week.

Ulster CEO Hugh McCaughey says Ireland Women are evolving

18 August 2024 0 comments

The Ireland women’s national team will be “unrecognisable” in the next three to five years says Ulster chief executive Hugh McCaughey.

Alex Lozowski, John Gallagher open rugby academy in Canterbury

18 August 2024 0 comments

Saracens centre Alex Lowzoski and ex-All Black John Gallagher will help launch an ambitious new rugby academy at Canterbury Rugby Club.

South American sides facing unfair hurdles

18 August 2024 0 comments

AFTER World Rugby confirmed the qualification process for the 2027 World Cup, frustration among South American nations was tempered only by the fact that they were expecting nothing better.

Classy Jordan shows the way as All Blacks get back in old routine

18 August 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY New Zealand………………. 42pts Tries: McKenzie 6, Savea 17, Clarke 24, Jordan 30, 42; B Barrett 36 Conversions: McKenzie 7, 18, 25, 31, […]

Boks put on the burners to deck Aussies

18 August 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Australia………………………. 12pts Penalties: Lolesio 3, 21, 36, 47 South Africa …………………30pts Tries: Fassi 17, van Staden 43, Marx 63, 73 Conversions: Feinberg-Mngomezulu […]

No scrums? No problem for Springboks

18 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER LAST week in Brisbane Pieter Steph Du Toit famously asked Luke Pearce: “Where’s the scrum?” when presented with a choice of three separate […]

Vivre Le Stade! I’m smitten by fabulous stadium

18 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS Stunning: The Stade de France during the Olympics closing ceremony PICTURE: Alamy IT has taken decades to fall in love with the Stade […]

Road to next World Cup lacks jeopardy

18 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s not unknown – qualification […]

Women aiming to hit 100,000 mark by World Cup

18 August 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND women returned to their roots, visiting local clubs across the country with Alex Teas-dale, executive director of the women’s game at […]

How Irish Fans Can Get More Involved with Rugby

13 August 2024 0 comments

Whether they are players or spectators, for many Irish enthusiasts and fans of rugby, the sport is a huge part of their lives. This article […]

We must all share the blame -Youngs

11 August 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar who exited as head […]

Sweeney defends change

11 August 2024 0 comments

CHIEF executive Bill Sweeney says the RFU has not “sold out” by renaming Twickenham in a sponsorship deal worth more than £100m. The 82,000-seater stadium, […]

Matthews stepping into Pellegrini shoes

11 August 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK REPLACING World Cup star Pat Pellegrini could be perceived as a daunting prospect but Coventry new signing Tommy Matthews is confident he’s […]

Don’t put Marcus in a box, warns Mo’unga

11 August 2024 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON RICHIE Mo’unga says England must not put Marcus Smith in a ‘box’ if they are to get the best out of the […]

I’m at Tigers for the long haul – Cheika

11 August 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Hard-nosed: George Martin on the attack for Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images TROUBLE-shooter Michael Cheika has told Leicester fans he is not just […]

LETTER: World Rugby made the game too complicated, attritional

11 August 2024 0 comments

This is a follow on from Raymond Howell’s letter in last weekend’s Rugby Paper about rugby’s loss of wide appeal.

Springboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate

11 August 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Australia………………………… 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa ……………….. 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24, Arendse 35, 64; Smith […]

Whisper it, but these Boks may deserve our love

11 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE are many of you out there, often to be found in the noisy corner of X, who don’t think back-to-back world champions […]

Argentina grab their chance to stun New Zealand

11 August 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand ………………..30pts Tries: Darry 15, Lienert-Brown 35, Tele’a 52 Conversions: McKenzie 16, 36, 53 Penalties: McKenzie 12, 27, 47 Argentina […]

Creevy & Co show England how it’s done

11 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANEW Pumas generation is beginning to flex their muscles, but it was the veteran Gus Creevy, 40 next birthday, who got them over […]

Former Wales star Carter dies aged 59

11 August 2024 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wales flanker Alun Carter died last week while out on a walk at the age of 59. Carter made his Wales debut […]

How the sun keeps shining for Spain

11 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Impressive: Joel Merkler in action for Toulouse PICTURE: Getty Images IT’S been […]

Frenchman Fourcade put Italy on the right track

11 August 2024 0 comments

FRENCH coach Bertrand Fourcade, whose death at the age of 81 was announced this week, rarely gets mentioned for his contribution to Italian rugby these […]

Sponsorship deal will really help grassroots

11 August 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THE news that the cabbage patch is to get a name change which will ensure increased […]

Twickenham to be renamed Allianz Stadium in first rebrand since 1907

5 August 2024 0 comments

Twickenham is to be renamed Allianz Stadium from September after the Rugby Football Union signed a long-term deal with the insurance company. For the first […]

Tonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby

4 August 2024 0 comments

Coventry’s Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.

Exeter Chiefs star Henry Slade to miss start of season after surgery

4 August 2024 0 comments

Exeter centre Henry Slade will miss the start of the upcoming Premiership season after having shoulder surgery.

Great Britain sevens star Kayleigh Powell signs for Harlequins

4 August 2024 0 comments

Harlequins have swooped to sign another of Great Britain’s sevens players in Welsh international Kayleigh Powell.

Haydn Thomas urges England U20s to push on to the next level

4 August 2024 0 comments

As the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and potential.

Bristol Bears sign Argentina U20 star Benjamin Elizalde

4 August 2024 0 comments

One of the stars of the U20 World Championship, Argentinian full-back Benjamin Elizalde, has joined Premiership side Bristol Bears.

Ex-Leicester Tigers centre Guy Porter retires at 27

4 August 2024 0 comments

Former Leicester Tigers and England centre Guy Porter has retired from rugby at the age of 27 after suffering issues around concussion.

Jeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor

4 August 2024 0 comments

New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.

Golden girls put in final flourish

4 August 2024 0 comments

By WILLIAM GUPWELL New Zealand……………. 19pts Tries: Pouri-Lane 2, Blyde 8, Waaka 13 Conversions: Pouri-Lane 2, King 8 Canada ……………………… 12pts Tries: Corrigan 7, Daniels […]

Hastings opens up options for Townsend

4 August 2024 0 comments

By JOE SANTAMARIA IF YOU were to ask two different Scotland fans for their assessment of the tour of the Americas, you would be forgiven […]

South American quintet who could sparkle in Europe

4 August 2024 0 comments

BRISTOL made headlines this week with the signing of Argentina U20 full-back Benjamin Elizalde, below, ahead of the new season. Elizalde arrives in the West […]

Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions

4 August 2024 0 comments

Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat under Joe Schmidt.

Why SVNS makes sense for the future

4 August 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in rebranding it – used […]

Wallabies need to get back in swing

4 August 2024 0 comments

SO here’s the question: will they be any good? The Wallabies, that is. Joe Schmidt, the latest New Zealander to cross the ditch, is the […]

Farrell loves it, says Robinson

4 August 2024 0 comments

■By JOE HARVEY JASON Robinson always knew that his Wigan Warriors teammate Andy Farrell would go onto great things as a coach – he just […]

Increase the teams in Olympic Sevens

4 August 2024 0 comments

SOMETIMES you just have to say well done. To witness six days of raucous sell-outs at the Stade de France for the two Sevens competitions […]

McCall out to build new dynasty at Saracens

4 August 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES FACING EX-CHAMPIONS AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE WITHOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO LAST season marked the end of an era for Saracens. […]