The Rugby Paper Magazine - May 28, 2023
The Rugby Paper Magazine - May 28, 2023
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In this issue
May 28, 2023
Super Saracens lift sixth crown
Battling Saracens take their sixth title
3 mins
Prime to cover World Cup warm up games
PRIME Video are planning on broadcasting Rugby World Cup 2023 warm-up matches involving all the Six Nations teams this summer.
2 mins
Barbarian test will give me a chance
ADAM Radwan aims to use the warm sun and “iconic” Barbarians jersey on his back to give Steve Borthwick a gentle nudge in his explosive, speedy direction.
3 mins
Kvesic: I want to get my teeth stuck into Cov
MATT KVESIC gets constant reminders of what went wrong at Worcester but rather than looking back on events gone by, the 31-year-old flanker is focusing on his future with Coventry.
5 mins
Borthwick must pull off a minor miracle
STEVE Hansen isn’t wrong when he says that the 2023 World Cup draw is lopsided, but we’ve known for some time that the five top-ranked sides in the world are stacked together in one half of the draw.
4 mins
Hodnett grabs the glory for Munster
MUNSTER, producing a performance to match anything in their glorious history, landed the URC title last night in Cape Town with a dramatic but well deserved win over holders Stormers.
2 mins
Strewth, mate! Fast Eddie's cash jackpot
EDDIE Jones returned to Twickenham this week as an RFU-made millionaire coach. Jones, who was paid over £700,000 p.a. for most of his seven-year tenure as England head coach, is almost certainly one-of-a-kind as the first rugby union coach in the world to reach that level of remuneration.
4 mins
Masterful Skelton is the talk of the town
IF Simon Shaw of England was a 20-storey tower block of a lock blessed with penthouse levels of skill and self-restraint, Michel Palmie of France was no match when it came to the tale of the tape – unless we’re talking about his liberal use of orthopaedic strapping, which left him looking like the profoundly unromantic lead in The Mummy’s Curse. The Beziers bruiser of old hit his heights, among other things, in other areas: aggression, intimidation, general malevolence.
3 mins
We need more time to prepare the 2025 Lions
I WAS fortunate enough to go on two tours with the British & Irish Lions and then to be called up briefly for a third in 2013. They were incredible experiences, the final seal of approval on your career as an international player.
4 mins
Nothing could top that 38-38 draw with England
MY LIFEIN RUGBYBYRON MCGUIGAN THE FORMER SCOTLAND, GLASGOW, EXETER AND BORDER BULLDOGS WINGER WHO HAS JUST BROUGHT THE CURTAIN DOWN ON HIS SALE SHARKS PLAYING CAREER
6 mins
Top two get ready for county showdown
THE Bill Beaumont County Cup has been overlooked and underfunded by the RFU in recent years, but finalist head coaches Taff Gwilliam and Alex Loney both still see the competition as the ‘lifeblood’ of the community game ahead of today’s final at Twickenham.
3 mins
Burns delight as Aitchison blooms
HOLLY Aitchison was nominated for Women’s Six Nations player of the tournament and her former teacher Gill Burns says the England fly-half is the most determined sports woman she’s ever seen.
2 mins
Ireland mustn't copy this breakdown flaw
THE tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were on such a large scale that it would be remiss not to revisit the two European finals one more time before we set our sights firmly on the build up to the World Cup and then the tournament itself.
4 mins
Blackheath take lion’s share
NATIONAL TWO EAST DREAM TEAM >> THE BEST XV FROM THE 2022-23 SEASON | Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our National Two East reporters to compile The Rugby Paper’s 2022-23 Team of the Season
6 mins
Trio complete an incredible journey
Ben Jaycock talks to Ed Jackson, the former Wasps forward who took up mountaineering after hurting his back
3 mins
It's right that Wasps start again from the bottom
AS I look at the Wasps saga, I can’t help thinking that this was something that was always on the cards, given the way that Wasps reacted to the advent of the professional game.
4 mins
Toulouse look set to take top spot
TONIGHT, more than 24 hours after both the Premiership and URC celebrated their champions for the 2022/23 campaign, the Top 14 reaches its last regular season round, with three weeks of post-season play-off phase still to come.
4 mins
Fakatava the star as Highlanders steal it
Super Rugby Pacific round-up
3 mins
The Rugby Paper Magazine Description:
Publisher: Greenways Publishing
Category: News
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Rugby Paper, the UK's number 1 selling rugby title, brings you exclusive stories, reports and features on your device, published in exceptional clarity. It contains renowned journalists such as Nick Cain and Peter Jackson, and famous former players as columnists including Jeremy Guscott and Jeff Probyn. Published every Sunday, The Rugby Paper covers Rugby Union from national teams and Premiership / Rabo Direct down to grass roots.
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