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Toulon ............36 Cheetahs ........ 21 DAN Biggar helped steer Toulon past the Cheetahs at Stade Mayol. Thomas Salles cut through the midfield to score the […] The post Biggar keeps Toulon on track appeared first o...

ON THE BLINDSIDEBY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfisslerBILLY Vunipola could signal his intent to fight for his international career by extending his stay […] The post Vunipola poised to stay at Saracens appe...

OSPREYS will be significant underdogs against the Premiership leaders but they have revelled in being this season’s surprise package. They beat both the reigning French […] The post Tipuric: We love being underdogs a...

Two tries from Owen Trout helped Huddersfield Giants to a 26-16 victory against Salford Red Devils and moved them up three places to sixth in the Betfred Super League table.

England………………………….68 Tries: Breach 3, 39, 63; Dow 9, 53, 56, 72; MacDonald 17, 33; Heard 44, Packer 68, 78 Conversions: Aitchison 4, Tuima 45, Sing […] The post Dow gets four as England extend winni...

Four tries from Abby Dow helped England to a convincing bonus-point 68-5 victory over Italy in Sunday’s TikTok Women’s Six Nations match at Franklin’s Gardens.

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By PAUL REES THE Gallagher Premiership will continue to supply eight clubs to the Heineken Champions Cup next season despite two of their number folding […] The post Prem will keep its eight clubs in Europe appeared fi...

By GARY FITZGERALD OWEN Farrell can be the “Jonny Wilkinson figure” England will need to capture a second Webb Ellis Cup in France. Former Test […] The post Farrell can play the Jonny role, says May appeared first ...

FORMER Ireland fullback Felix Jones will leave South Africa’s coaching set-up and join England as an assistant coach after the 2023 World Cup. England head […] The post Ex-Ireland full-back Jones joins Borthwick appe...

SCOTLAND and Exeter full-back Stuart Hogg will retire from rugby after the World Cup in France this autumn. Hogg, who turns 31 in June, recently […] The post Hogg calls it a day appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

FRANCE captain Antoine Dupont has been named the Six Nations player of the championship for the third time in four years. The scrum-half, 26, is […] The post Dupont is No.1 again appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

By BEN JAYCOCK JAMES Haskell feels the door could be open for an international recall for his former England team-mate Billy Vunipola. After spending most […] The post Haskell: Billy can still star for England appeared...

By PAUL REES PAT Lam dismisses claims by former England fly-half Andy Goode that some of his Bristol players, including prop Ellis Genge, are not […] The post Lam dismisses Goode criticism of club spirit appeared first...

A NEW six-year deal between the Welsh Rugby Union and the nation’s four professional teams has been signed. The deal involving the governing body, Cardiff, […] The post Regions agree six year deal appeared first on T...

I HAVE followed all the correspondence and the various comments by your contributors to The Rugby Paper over the interpretation of the yellow and red […] The post I reckon there are three sets of laws… appeared first...

LAST week’s TRP lists a bewildering array of cup, shield, bowl and plate competitions for grassroots clubs. Some are Round 1 ties in a knock-out […] The post This 'mish-mash' does nothing for the game appeared first ...

I HAVE a revolutionary template to improve England’s rugby… try playing some! This obsession with kicking possession away makes for a boring and frustrating spectacle. […] The post Kicking obsession is so boring fo...

By BEN JAYCOCK Champions: Blackheath celebrate after last week’s win at Westcliff BLACKHEATH bounced back up to National 1 last weekend with a resounding victory […] The post Blackheath delight as they go back up app...

JACK ANDREW, THE CORNISH PIRATES AND FORMER EXETER AND PLYMOUTH PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH... 1. Ben Moon – Cornerstone of […] The post Dream Team appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Jack Andrew, the Cornish Pirates and former Exeter and Plymouth prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Ben Moon - […] The post Dream Team with Jack Andrew appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE European Champions Cup doesn’t get mentioned very much when you’re living in Bath these days, but this […] The post Saracens show they can thrive in adversi...