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The Rugby Paper
England's demolition crew roar like Lions
ENGLAND head coach Steve Borthwick saw Maro Itoje lead from the front in this 68-14 demolition of Wales - then tipped the lock to lead the Lions in Australia this summer.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Newcastle can't live with Bath late show
GREAT rugby teams know how to win even when they aren't firing on all cylinders, and league leaders Bath highlighted their quality with a late comeback to keep their hopes of a domestic double alive on Friday night.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Larkham delight as Brumbies rule
BRUMBIES coach Stephen Larkham had a tear in his eye at full-time and compared his side's victory at the Blues on Friday to being as rare as playing the British & Irish Lions.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Falcons flyer on the crest of a wave
ELLIOTT Obatoyinbo is hoping he can ride the crest of Newcastle's wave and return to the sort of form that he showed when he first arrived on Tyneside two-and-a-half years ago.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Stade are willing to fight for Gustard
STADE Francais' billionaire owner hinted last week that head coach Paul Gustard's reported move to Leicester may not be quite as cut-and-dried as sections of the British press have suggested.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Freeman deserves run on centre stage
THE England midfield has been a mishmash of failed partnerships, wishful thinking, hap-hazard revolving-door selection, injury disruption, and endless frustration for followers of the Red Rose for the best part of 20 years.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
We must pull together to grow game - Baxter
ROB Baxter believes that the responsibility for growing rugby both financially and in terms of interest falls on the entire game, not just individual clubs.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
We need to play for the full 80, says Daly
ELLIOT Daly has urged England to put their foot on Italian throats today and keep it there in finally delivering a Six Nations statement performance at Twickenham.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Scotland survive spirited Wales revival
SCOTLAND - so accomplished for the first 50 minutes but so miserably poor for the final half hourmade heavy weather of beating a Wales team that refused to go quietly.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Robinson praise for cross-league rivalry
ANDY Robinson has spoken about the positive experience of playing Championship clubs in what looks set to be the final season of crossleague rivalry.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Tykes get revenge as Lymm crushed
TABLE-toppers Leeds Tykes cemented their position at the summit of National Two North with a crushing victory over Lymm at The Sycamores.
1 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Wales edge closer to unwanted record
At Murrayfield 70 years ago, Wales played the role of polite guests to perfection, enabling their supposedly hopeless hosts to end the longest losing run British rugby had ever known.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Baron: It's time for the entire RFU Board to go
FRANCIS Baron has called for the replacement of the entire RFU Board, adding a radical dimension to the demand for change at Twickenham which has led to the SGM on March 27.
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
I just loved sport. It was my get-out. My freedom
FOR the last season-and-a-half I've been back in Camborne, as player-coach of my hometown club, looking after the defence and still trying to run around as well, while also working as the club's community officer and as a consultant for the club's main sponsor, CLX. I've been all over the world playing rugby, for various clubs and also for Fiji, but this is where my roots are, and it's great to be back among my family.
6 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Eligibility journey of Janse van Rensburg
AT Eden Park on June 20, 2014, the cream of England's teenaged crop edged past South Africa's to win the Junior World Cup.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Georgia's flyer on his way to the top
IT'S THE Rugby Europe Championship final next week between Georgia and Spain at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi which would be an ideal time and place for Georgia's try machine Akaki Tabutsadze to pull ahead of Brian O'Driscoll on the all-time list of Test try scorers.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Ealing go close but Chiefs sneak home
EXETER Chiefs have gambled their entire season on Premiership Rugby Cup success but their high-stakes bet almost backfired in a dramatic semi-final clash with Ealing Trailfinders.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
John on hand to lead Cambridge fightback
CAMBRIDGE made it three Varsity wins in a row for the first time since 2007 as they completed an astonishing comeback at StoneX Stadium.
2 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Fit-again Hodge keen to kick on with Chiefs
JOSH Hodge is getting a kick out of life at Exeter as the fullback looks to put himself in contention for summer England's tour to Argentina.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Dominant Ealing run Saints off the park
EX-SAINTS wing Tom Collins led Ealing Trailfinders to a comfortable win over his former club by six tries to four.
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Survival the name of game for Stade
AS approximately no one once said, a year is a long time in rugby. After the 17th round of the 2023/24 season, Stade Francais had 55 league points and proudly sat at the head of the Top 14 table.
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Pearson excited as Saints facing 'a big couple of months'
TOM Pearson says he and his Northampton teammates are targeting a 'big couple of months ahead' as they look to make their mark, both in terms of domestic and European action.
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Barnstorming Curry shows Earl how it shoiuld be done
BEING in England camp with Tom Curry has shown Ben Earl what a world class player looks like behind the scenes.
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Time to put foot down and let the turbo kick in
Paul Rees looks back on England's performances so far and says they should take the hand brake off and race ahead
7 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
England's critics hit by Sinfield broadside
KEVIN Sinfield has hit back at critics of England’s style of play declaring they are in it to win it after a year of near misses.
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Quins fall short as Bath turn on power
BATH'S bomb squad arrived in the nick of time to haul them out of the mire and secure a semi-final trip to Newcastle on Friday.
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Saracens hold on to book their final place
SARACENS secured a pulsating win over rivals Harlequins to book their spot in a home PWR final at StoneX Stadium.
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Steelmen take big step to final
Super Rygbi Cymru Cup
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Playing for A team a real eye opener, says Hendy
GEORGE Hendy hopes to enjoy more chances of strutting his stuff on the international stage after helping his country overcome the Irish.
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Rugby Paper
JVP pleased to have Youngs for support
JACK van Poortvliet knows that the road back to England’s No.9 jersey will be tough, but in clubmate Ben Youngs he has the perfect guiding light to assist him on his onward journey.
2 min |