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The Rugby Paper
Falcons £5m loan is the final straw
THE £5m loan to Newcastle Falcons is the final straw for me, and I say this as a Harlequins fan: the Premiership is a cartel that does not want anyone to join.
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March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Regional powers will help grow the game
WITH the SGM now concluded, the English game will be waiting to see if the agreed increase in regional power distribution to all levels of the game will in fact happen. Which poses the question: where will that take England rugby in the near future?
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
destroy Nottingham
game from Luke Frost put the cherry on the cake for Bedford to wrap things up.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Diamond: There's still fight in Falcons
STEVE Diamond believes there is still fight in his Newcastle side, despite them slipping to a late loss at fellow strugglers Exeter.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Beirne looking for Munster to step up
Munster skipper Tadhg Beirne said they will need to improve for next weekend’s Champions Cup trip to La Rochelle despite producing their best display of the season.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Horne leads the way for Glasgow
GEORGE Horne became Glasgow Warriors’ record try-scorer as the Scottish side gave the Scotstoun faithful plenty to celebrate with a lethal showing in truly conditions on Saturday night.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Dynamic Gloucester give Bears a mauling - Wade
GLOUCESTER secured the double over their West Country rivals to climb to third in a devastating display of attacking rugby.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Bench come on to give Coventry extra push
A REMARKABLE end-to-end game featuring 11 tries and four yellow cards end-ed with Coventry claiming a thrilling come-from-be-hind bonus-point win.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
The day Grizz gave pack a monstering
T’S A shame fly on the wall sports documentaries weren’t a thing back in the 1980s because, as a result, we have been denied concrete evidence of the only scrummaging session at training that realistically mattered. An infamous beasting that Jim Telfer inflicted on the 1997 Lions in Pretoria.
5 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Williams: We have to work harder on our defence
BRISTOL have a licence to thrill but James Williams acknowledges that if they are to win the Premiership for the first time, they will need to front up defensively.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Dangers of not jumping at lineout
CHRIS Hewett's article stating that a hooker's try from a 5m lineout is all but inevitable and indefensible was an interesting look at a problem in the game. However, I believe that there is another factor at play.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Itojeready to follow in steps of Sir Gareth
MARO Itoje has climbed so high so swiftly that he will soon reach a place above the clouds where Gareth Edwards planted a Welsh flag almost 50 years ago.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Savea leads the way to trounce Crusaders
MOANA Pasifika beat serial tournament winners the Crusaders for the first time in their history as talisman Ardie Savea produced another inspirational display.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Pollock shines but Sale take honours
HENRY Pollock is a bolter for the Lions squad, Sale's play-off bid is alive and well and Northampton's title defence is all but over.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Don't rule out a Faz&Son reunion
IF Thomas Ramos was eligible for the 2025 Lions tour of Australia, the French full-back's 82 per cent goal-kicking strike rate would make him one of the first names on head coach Andy Farrell's team sheet.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Stooke sets sights on a Prem return
ELLIOTT Stooke is loving life in Japan but claims he has unfinished business to take care of in the form of a Premiership title.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Play-offs are still on cards for Scarlets
SCARLETS beat their fiercest rivals for the first time since New Year's Day 2022 by winning a remarkable game to keep their play-off hopes alive.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Cooper urges U18s to throw off shackles
AHEAD of the U18s Women's Six Nations, England head coach James Cooper is urging his side to take the shackles off and have confidence in their abilities.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Wigglesworth delight as he joins Lions team
RICHARD Wigglesworth's meteoric rise to the top of the coaching ladder may have surprised some but it is all part of the former scrum-half's masterplan.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
France get their act together to finish off Scotland
A CLINICAL secondhalf performance saw Les Bleues secure backto-back wins and hand Scotland their first loss of the tournament.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Stortford snatch it in ding-dong affair
THIS was a ding-dong battle between two sides, playing only for mid-table pride, but fiercely contested, nevertheless.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Explosion of tries is turning into a circus
SOME of us remember “Mr Creosote”, the Monty Python character who, after a light dinner of pate, shellfish, frogs’ legs, caviar, jugged hare with a cream and Grand Marnier sauce, a superabundance of egg dishes, another helping of pate, half a dozen bottles of claret, a Methuselah of bubbly, enough brown ale to fill an ocean-going liner, and a single wafer-thin mint…finally reaches breaking point… and explodes, all over the restaurant. That was in 1983.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Cheika: Home advantage is a key factor
AS the Premiership campaign approaches the home straight, Michael Cheika is looking for home advantage to take Leicester into the play-offs.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Schmidt is getting better, admits Farrell
LIONS coach Andy Farrell fears Australia boss Joe Schmidt has stepped up a level and is a notch above the coach he was when he left the Ire land job.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Cambridge can't keep tight grip on Hartpury
HARTPURY went away from Grantchester Road with five points but were pushed all the way by a determined Cambridge side who felt themselves unlucky not to pick up a couple of bonus points.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Van Graan: Brilliant! The Rec was really rocking today
BATH coach Johann van Graan cut a satisfied figure at the end.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
I'm prepared to rip anything up to improve - Hunter
NEW Exeter head coach Rob Hunter says he has taken charge at the right time even though the Chiefs are enduring their worst Premiership campaign since they were promoted 15 years ago.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Sweeney's survival is good news-Diamond
STEVE Diamond believes calls to oust the RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney, who last week survived a no confidence vote at a special meeting of clubs, were misguided.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Greenwood: Fin could play at 10 for Lions
FIN Smith has emerged as a live contender to wear the Lions No.10 Test jer sey down under, accord ing to Will Greenwood.
1 min |
March 30, 2025
The Rugby Paper
McCall is urging his charges to show some fight
MARK McCall admits his players need to start \"fighting and scrapping together\" if they want to One end their stuttering sea son with a bang.
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