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The Rugby Paper
'Mighty Mouse' dies, aged 83
BRITISH and Irish Lions great Ian McLauchlan has died at the age of 83.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Back to the future again for Biarritz
THE decision, when it came, was no great surprise.
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June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
It will be tough for Bath to retain title
YOU would like to think that last weekend’s Premiership final between Bath and Leicester was the beginning of a new dynastic rivalry between the two clubs like it was back in the day.
5 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
French clubs racking up the most cards
Peter Jackson breaks the news to Gareth Chilcott that his six sendings-off during his career is still a record
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
England red card anguish
STEVE Borthwick defended Immanuel Feyi-Waboso after the wing saw red at Twickenham yesterday as England crashed to an agonising loss to France.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Referees to use orange option for technical reds
FRENCH rugby’s disdain for the 20-minute red card is undisguised.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Wallabies will be a lot better than people think
Joe Santamaria talks to Warren Gatland about his stint coaching in Uruguay and how he thinks the Lions will fare Down Under
5 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
I won't be stopping at 100 caps - Ford
GEORGE Ford is set to become just the seventh man to play 100 Tests for England when he tours Argentina this summer, but the fly-half believes he still has a lot more to give.
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
14-man England fall back into bad old ways
FRANCE scored two tries in the opening 10 minutes and two more in the final 10.
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Mapletoft: We're in a brutal pool this time
ENGLAND may be heading to Italy with the number one target on their backs, but for head coach Mark Mapletoft, this year’s World Championship is a fresh canvas.
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
No need to panic...
THAT Lions defeat by Argentina reminds me of the old joke: Who were the winners? The guys who didn’t play!
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
WGU is hoping to land a longshot
THERE is an RFU AGM on Saturday, and it could pass by with a barely discernible ripple, or deliver a seismic shock which could topple the RFU Board and Bill Sweeney's incumbent administration.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Ponty's Bionic Elbow is a one-club champ
AT 35, Ben Youngs performed the rare feat of spending marginally more than half his life navigating a safe way through the jungle of pro rugby albeit as a Leicester Tiger.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Grant's boy does him proud
AT Lord’s in the summer of 1937, his maternal grandfather made half-centuries in both innings for New Zealand against England.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Farrell reads the riot act after 'unacceptable' performance
BUNDEE Aki revealed boss Andy Farrell read the Lions the riot act in the wake of Friday’s 28-24 defeat to Argentina in Dublin.
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Rugby Paper
YOUNG GUNS
JACK LIGHTBOWN SALE & ENGLAND U18 TIGHTHEAD
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Bordeaux winning the race for crowds, too
Peter Jackson reveals his exclusive club-by-club attendances list for the regulation season in Europe's major leagues
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Seven-try England go on the rampage
Georgia U20 ....14 England U20... 43
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Massie-Taylor: R360 is not a threat to us
PREMIERSHIP Rugby chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor says does not feel the proposed breakaway rugby, R360, is a threat to top-flight rugby in England.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Questions at No.3 are key for Farrell
PROP forwards of the tighthead variety were not put on this earth to be like everyone else, and by and large - extremely large in the case of the French front rower Uini Atonio, who makes the same impact on population density as he does at the scrum - they continue to do things differently.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Leinster's league win in '14 was right up there
AS A kid, I remember going into Donnybrook, as it was then, and watching Leinster playing and thinking these guys are superstars.
5 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Russell signs on for Gloucester
GLOUCESTER have signed back three flyer Rob Russell from Leinster.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Six of the best from the Toulouse globe-trotters
IT'S happened! As predicted in this column some while ago, Toulouse now have six international full-backs who have started for Le rouge et noir this season in the 15 jersey.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Sir Billy, the man Cardiff ignored
THE Welsh Rugby Union has paid due homage to Sir Billy Boston, acclaiming the sailor’s son they somehow managed to lose more than 70 years ago as 'a trailblazer'.
5 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Baird: I am so proud of everyone
LEINSTER second row Ryan Baird revelled in taking his side back to the top of their domestic league after a tough few years for the province.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Crusaders set up final clash with Chiefs
WILL Jordan scored a second half brace as the Crusaders edged out reigning champions, the Blues, 21-14 to host next week's final against Kiwi rivals, the Chiefs.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Pumas will be out to take down Lions
Joe Santamaria looks back on Argentina's draw with the Lions in 2005 and the challenges they will face on Friday
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Leinster make sure as they crush Bulls
LEINSTER breathed a huge sigh of relief as their four-year trophy drought and recent reputation as 'chokers' finally came to an end against a Bulls side who failed to turn up for the most part.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Stu Wilson, a Rolls Royce wing with a smart swerve
THOSE of a certain age will fondly remember All Black Stu Wilson, who died suddenly this week aged 70, as a Rolls Royce wing.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Rugby Paper
29 years on and Russell puts Bath back on top
FINN Russell showed why he is paid a king’s ransom as Bath ended 29 years of torment and landed their first Premiership title in nearly three decades.
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