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Jacques Nienaber lauded Malcolm Marx for a blockbuster performance in his 50th Test for South Africa, who beat the All Blacks 26-10 in Nelspruit. The post Jacques Nienaber: Malcolm Marx embodies what it is to be a Spring...

Alex Woolford, The Bedford Blues and former Northampton, Moseley, London Welsh & Coventry second row, chooses the best XV he has played with or against […] The post Dream Team with Alex Woolford appeared first on The R...

FOLLOWING last week’s letter on Tony Richards, I played with him at St Paul’s College, Cheltenham in the 1960s. I was also in the 4x110 […] The post Tony deserved cap appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

By STEFFAN THOMAS GARETH WILLIAMS is comfortable he has made the right decision leaving the Wales coaching team and is confident he can help fire […] The post Williams: Some people may think I'm crazy but switch to Sca...

Leeds jumped into the top six in the Betfred Super League with an impressive 34-14 win over Salford as they registered their fifth victory from their past six games.

Winger Fouad Yaha scored a first-half hat-trick to help a depleted Catalans Dragons take a 20-16 win over Wakefield at Belle Vue.

It is our round-up of this week's social media in rugby union. The post Sunday Social: All Blacks lose again and support pours in for Wallabies captain Michael Hooper appeared first on PlanetRugby.

St Helens bounced back from their shock defeat at Salford a week ago to re-open a four-point lead at the top of the Betfred Super League with a hard-earned 20-12 win over Castleford.

All Blacks scrum-half Aaron Smith was "proud" of his team for the halftime score but lamented their breakdown woes in their loss to the Springboks. The post Aaron Smith: Veteran rues breakdown woes after staying in the g...

Wallabies stand-in captain James Slipper revealed the team's goal was to honour Michael Hooper with a win over Argentina. The post James Slipper: Wallabies wanted to 'make Hoops proud' appeared first on PlanetRugby.

Action from Argentina v Australia in the Rugby Championship. The post Rugby Championship highlights: Wallabies fight back to beat Pumas in spirited opening display appeared first on PlanetRugby.

By PETER JACKSON THE Welsh Rugby Union has issued its 51,229 registered players a health warning over the dangers of concussion causing brain damage. Their […] The post Now WRU lists brain warnings to players appeared ...

By NEIL FISSLER GLOUCESTER are poised to win the race to land Zach Mercer on a four-year contract when his deal with Montpellier runs out […] The post Gloucester set to win race for Mercer appeared first on The Rugby P...

By PAUL REES THE Premiership celebrates its 25th birthday later this month and the inaugural champions, Newcastle, are so determined to make more of an […] The post Falcons preparing to relive the glory days appeared f...

By BEN JAYCOCK PREMIER 15s side DMP Durham Sharks are in danger of having to pull out of next season’s competition due to a “shortfall” […] The post Shortfall in funding may force Sharks to pull out appeared firs...

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE JAMES FLYNN is the latest Jersey Reds player to be snapped up by a Premiership club with Saracens signing the 28- […] The post Saracens swoop as Flynn returns to top flight appeared first on T...

By BEN JAYCOCK BEN LOADER is hoping to put last season’s injury-ridden season behind him and help London Irish make a mark in their first […] The post Loader out to put his injury woe behind him appeared first on The...

By PAUL REES WHEN Rory O’Loughlin met Exeter’s director of rugby Rob Baxter earlier this year to discuss moving from Leinster to Devon, he was […] The post Marines help O'Loughlin get in shape for Exeter appeared f...

I AGREE with Arthur Grun’s letter last week, regarding rucking. When I played it was a dynamic part of the game and the ball was […] The post Agree entirely with Arthur's appraisal appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

THE Lionesses deserve all their recognition for winning the Euros. However, comparatively smaller acclaim has been given to England’s women winning World Cups in rugby […] The post Red Roses merited more recognition ...

COLIN BOAG I’D really like my grandkids to be able to play and watch rugby, but I’m far from sure that they will be able […] The post We need bigger squads to reduce playing time appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

KYRAN BRACKEN FORMER ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF IT’S interesting that, in England, scrum-half has traditionally been considered less influential tactically than fly-half, with the focus almost always […] The post Jack's auth...