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Australia are 1-0 up in the three-match Ashes series against England after an emphatic 26-6 drubbing of England at Wembley Stadium.

Teenage winger Noah Caluori has been included in the England squad for their upcoming Quilter Nations Series. The post Noah Caluori named in England squad for Quilter Nations Series appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Teenage winger Noah Caluori has been selected in the England squad for the Autumn Nations Series.

By SAM JACKSON SARACENS are heading the race to sign Wales skipper Jac Morgan as he considers a move away from the Ospreys. The openside is out of contract next summer and French and English clubs are understood to be i...

Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam believes artificial pitches are partly to blame for the high number of injuries in the top flight this season. The post Injury concern over artificial pitches - Bristol Bears direc...

By PAUL REES PAT Lam believes artificial pitches are partly to blame for the high number of injuries in the top flight this season. More than 100 players were unavailable for last weekends round of Premiership matches, ...

By PAUL REES TOM Curry is expected to return to action next month having had wrist surgery following the Lions tour with England and Sale in discussions about his workload for the season. Curry, below, is rehab-bing wit...

Ethan Roots believes Exeter Chiefs resurgence this season will boost his bid to add to the four England caps he won last year. The post Ethan Roots hoping his Exeter Chiefs form will impress England appeared first on The...

By PAUL REES Main man: Ethan Roots on the attack for Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images ETHAN Roots believes Exeters resurgence this season will boost his bid to add to the four England caps he won last year. The Chiefs back ...

The number of professional mens teams in Wales is to be cut from four to three within three years. The post Welsh regions to be cut to three, announces WRU appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

THE number of professional mens teams in Wales is to be cut from four to three within three years. The Welsh Rugby Union had been in favour of a two-team solution but last week announced there will be money for only thre...

By SAM JACKSON BRISTOL wing Louis Rees-Zammit is back in the Wales squad after a two-year absence and an attempt to make it in the NFL. The 2021 British and Irish Lions winger, who won the last of his 32 caps at the 202...

By SIMON THOMAS FEW people know new Wales squad member Morgan Morse better than Mark Jones. He worked with him at Wales U20s and is now his coach at the Ospreys. So what has he made of the progress of the 20-year-old ba...

By SAM JACKSON BRITISH and Irish Lions centre Sione Tuipulotu will captain Scotland in the autumn Tests with Gregor Townsend recalling Magnus Bradbury and naming three uncapped forwards. Australia-born No.8 Alex Masibak...

THE attendance figures for Leinster v Munster (51,589) and Lions v Scarlets (1,771) on October 18 highlight a major problem with the URC - the lack of supporter interest in fixtures with unfamiliar teams. The impossibili...

I DISAGREE with Paul Sheehans complaints about swan dives in general, and in particular about Chris Ashtons patented Ash Splash version in the letters column on October 19. Rather than being arrogant or disrespectful I v...

I READ Nick Cains article last week regarding the Gloucester-Bristol game last Friday with interest and whilst he made some valid points I feel he and many other commentators have an element of selective reporting regard...

Rout: Harvey Skinner scoring in Exeters win LAST weekend saw Exeter beat Harlequins 38-0in the Premiership, and Saracens put 65 points on Sale. Newcastle lie bottom with four defeats from their first four games, and a ne...

ONCE upon a time a winger was chosen because they were fast and elusive, not nowthey have to be able to jump in the air. Once upon a time hookers hooked, not nowthe ball is never put in straight and a strike against the ...

HAVING read Jeremy Guscotts article last week on Problem Laws, I agree with everything he says. However I do not see if common sense and old values will change the current laws, so we will still be beholden on the refere...

JEREMY Guscotts contribution in The Rugby Paper last week expressed what I have been trying to understand, and failing miserably for quite some time. I am confused and agitated when it comes to some aspects of the game e...

MALIQ HOLDEN, THE FORMER DONCASTER KNIGHTS, HARTPURY UNIVERSITY AND CORNISH PIRATES WING WHO IS NOW HEAD OF RUGBY AT HULL IONIANS, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH 1. Connor Davidson - Can play 80 minutes without a...