Sports
The Rugby Paper
Heartbreak for Munster after penalty shoot-out
MUNSTER were left in tears as they lost a dramatic quarter-final kicking competition in Durban.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Dorrell following in father's footsteps
HARD-HITTING England Students captain Lucas Dorrell is following in the footsteps of his father, Dean, and hopes to break into the fold at Exeter Chiefs next season.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Bath put on show for the future
BATH director of rugby Johan van Graan saw several reasons to be cheerful after defeat at the StoneX to Saracens. He said: \"We wanted to be tough to beat and for the guys to be themselves and we achieved both goals and took a try bonus as well.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Sorrell leaves Saracens
KEVIN Sorrell is leaving Saracens following a 30-year playing and coaching career at the London club.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Skivington backing for more one-club players
GEORGE Skivington believes the tighter finances in the Premiership will lead to more one-club players having reduced the threat of poaching.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
I can't wait for the Club World Cup
IT’S an unpopular opinion for sure but I am chomping at the bit for the proposed Club World Cup in three years’ time.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Farrell in line for a return to Saracens
OWEN Farrell could be on his way back to Saracens after director of rugby Mark McCall confirmed the club has held talks with Racing 92 about a possible return for their former club captain.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
McConnochie: GB 7s talent is up for grabs
RUARIDH McConnochie believes there are some rich pick-ings to be had for clubs following the RFU’s decision to disband the full-time GB 7s programme.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Carpenter's keen to join his England pals
JOE Carpenter has watched on patiently as his mates have excelled for England - now he wants a piece of the action for himself.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Hamer-Webb to quit Cardiff
CARDIFF wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb will leave the club this summer with Leicester favourites to sign him.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Date for Rugby World Club Cup revealed
THE first Rugby World Club Cup will be held in 2028 after “unanimous” agreement from the relevant leagues and unions.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Care still shines in list of the finest 9s
ON THE face of it, the easiest way to get noticed in big-time rugby is to bag a contract with Harlequins, which gives you automatic access to a shirt that resembles a bad chemical trip at a Grateful Dead concert and might have left Van Gogh fearing that his sunflower paintings were insufficiently vivid.
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
An uphill battle for Champ winners
AMI the only person who thinks the idea of the Championship setting up a new idea of multiple play-offs to decide the club that wins the Champ, as it will now be called, before facing a duo of challenging home and away matches against the bottom club of the Premiership is a no win situation?
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
ProD2 climax to be shown on YouTube
AWAY from the troubles of Biarritz, there’s good news for British-based fans of French rugby’s second-tier ProD2 - it’s back on our screens after a five-year hiatus.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
McMillan at the double as Scottish put on show
LONDON Scottish cruised to victory in their final home game of the season as their physical display in both attack and defence proved too much for Caldy.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Reece enjoying life on route 66
Super Rugby Pacific round-up
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Women added to RPA board
THE Rugby Players Association (RPA) Players' Board have approved a proposal to add Premiership Women's Rugby player representatives to its Players' Board from the 2025/26 season.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Staffs & Cheshire unbeaten at top
CHESHIRE look unassailable in Pool 1 after scoring 12 tries in an 80-14 win over Durham at Bowden RFC.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Mark Jones, the battler who fought for Neath, dies aged 59
WHEN the original All Blacks dared to be the last Welsh team to go the distance with the New Zealand version, nobody gave more to the Neath cause, as usual, than the back row forward they nicknamed 'Scooby-Doo'.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Borthwick is spoilt for choice on the wings
the state of the game to Tom Varndell, the former England, Wasps, Bristol and Leicester winger
10 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Biarritz made to pay price - again
HISTORIC French rugby side Biarritz were relegated from the ProD2 on Monday for financial reasons, just over a year after they were saved from the same fate when they were bought for a nominal €1.
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Bath may be favourites but it's too close to call
ATH may be the favour-ites to win the Premiership after dominating the regular season, but Anthony Watson will never forget what happened when they reached the final 10 years ago.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Call for concussion protocols to be revised
DOCTOR Ben Jones, a former scrum-half with Northampton, Worcester and England 7s, has called for concussion guidelines to be revised to improve player safety.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Sherratt backs experience for Japan
WALES coach Matt Sherratt has revealed how the absence of recent captains Jac Morgan and Dafydd Jenkins has had a significant bearing on the selection of the squad for the summer tour of Japan.
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Not such a Goode day for ref Pearce
‘M a big Luke Pearce fan but must join the consensus that he-and his team of officials —didn’t enjoy the best of days at Northampton last week when the Saints staged their second-half comeback to defeat Saracens.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
I've achieved way more than I thought I would
KNOW most people probably thought I had already retired but now it’s official. After years of my body trying to finish me off, the time has finally come.
5 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
DREAMTEAM
SAOPE SOKO, THE FORMER CHESTER, OLD ALBANIANS, RAMS, HENLEY, WORTHINGTON AND ZIMBABWE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Chinnor can't resist Bedford's battering
BEDFORD wrapped up second place in the Championship table with a game to spare thanks to a nine-try victory over Chinnor.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
GB to cut its sevens project
GREAT Britain will cease to run full-time sevens programmes at the end of July.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Doncaster celebrate anniversary in fine style
DONCASTER celebrated their 150th anniversary match by moving up to third place in the Championship as they won their ninth consecutive league game by six tries to two at Castle Park.
1 min |