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Planet Rugby's James While caught up with the England and Bristol Bears tighthead prop as he eases into his sixth season of Six Nations rugby. The post Kyle Sinckler: The maturing England prop opens up ahead of Scotland ...

England have suffered yet another setback in advance of their Guinness Six Nations opener against Scotland after Joe Marchant tested positive for Covid-19.

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Recap Sunday's Gallagher Premiership action as Sale Sharks and Wasps picked up impressive wins over Leicester Tigers and Saracens respectively.

Sale and Wasps kept their Premiership top-four hopes alive after they claimed wins over the top-two teams, beating Leicester and Saracens. The post Premiership: Sale comeback stuns leaders Leicester while Wasps beat Sara...

Rugby league has paid its respects to former Great Britain winger Des Drummond, who has died at the age of 63.

We preview each of the teams ahead of the opening weekend of the 2022 Six Nations Championship, starting with Kieran Crowley's Italy. The post Six Nations preview: Italy set for another winless Championship appeared firs...

Chiefs new signing Josh Ioane is relishing his new environment as he looks to kick start his career in the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific season. The post Super Rugby: Chiefs signing Josh Ioane eager to get back in the 10...

England head coach Eddie Jones is backing his young players to shine when they face Scotland at Murrayfield in the Six Nations next Saturday. The post Eddie Jones: England boss tells Scotland that they are ‘coming for ...

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says that he would prefer a lack of injuries to matches at provincial level ahead of their Six Nations opener. The post Ireland: Andy Farrell insists players will not be underdone for Six ...

London Irish head coach Les Kiss was overjoyed that his side rewarded a record home crowd with a stunning 18-14 comeback against Exeter. The post Premiership: Les Kiss believes record crowd powered London Irish to comeba...

Anyone who watched Chantelle Crowl in action during last year's Betfred Women's Super League Grand Final would not have been surprised to see the prop claim the player of the match accolade for her role in St Helens' win...

I READ Chris Hewett’s article in last week’s edition with great interest as the idea of a B&I League is one that has intrigued me […] The post How to make B&1 league a success appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

JEFF Probyn is right to flag the reduction in participants in rugby but, while the misguided diversion by some clubs of resources away from their […] The post Parents of Minis players are the salvation for rugby appear...

NORTHAMPTON Saints centre Fraser Dingwall was delighted to have been made captain for the day.“It has been a very cool week and I’m very grateful […] The post Proud day for captain Dingwall appeared first on The Ru...

JAMES HARRINGTONFRENCH COLUMN Forty-nine days after he last played rugby, scrum-half, Antoine Dupont returned to action last night, alongside international half-back partner Romain Ntamack, as […] The post Relief as Du...

REGARDING the growing gulf between ‘elite’ and ‘community’ rugby, Jeff Gage felt that Colin Boag’s debatable views meritted a response from the RFU.If the sheer […] The post Silence of the RFU appeared first ...

I AM a Falcons supporter so I read Jeremy Guscott’s column with interest last week on the progress of Adam Radwan. I was surprised when […] The post Trick was quick, too, Jeremy! appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v Scotland courtesy of Dove Men+Care!Wales continue their 2022 Guinness Six Nations campaign against Scotland on February 12 […] The post WALES v SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS TICKETS TO ...

COLIN BOAG Packed out: A full Principality Stadium but where are crowds for regions?PICTURE: Getty ImagesrAt last the Welsh regions are starting to speak out […] The post Wales fans don't care about clubs appeared firs...

IF this game ‘gets its very breath from the Community’ as Derek Gilbert states, and we have lost 65 per cent of participants in the […] The post We are losing heart and soul of game appeared first on The Rugby Pape...

KYLE Sinckler is relishing the gauntlet of fire that England players will endure from opposing fans during the Six Nations – especially the Scots.The prop […] The post Hostile Murrayfield fans will bring the best out...