21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (117+ words) The Rugby Paper DESPITE a couple of arid seasons at pressure-cooker side Grenoble, winger Kaminieli Rasaku was always likely to be a good summer pick-up for Soyaux-Angouleme And so he proved in his third outing at 11, scoring a double in…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (107+ words) The Rugby Paper ■By DAVID PHILLIPS New Zealand maintained their unbeaten start under Whitney Hansen as a powerful defensive display and scrum dominance carried them to victory in Lyon The Black Ferns scored four converted tries through Justine McGregor,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (145+ words) Ben Jaycock looks ahead to next week’s Champ kick-off as Ealing Trailfinders try to make up for last season’s anguish Ealing Trailfinders will begin their bid to wrestle the Champ title back from Worcester Warriors with fresh competition throughout their…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (111+ words) The Rugby Paper THERE has been much rejoicing of late in a little place called Spiesen-Elversberg over the football team’s sensational debut in Germany’s equivalent of the Premier League They had the nerve to mark the occasion last…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (108+ words) The Rugby Paper DESPITE the best efforts of World Rugby, the non-governing governing body, the scrum refuses to go away In fact, it is digging in its heels far more effectively than many of those Wallaby packs of the â…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (113+ words) The Rugby Paper CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED WHEN the Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth, one of rugby’s “forever names”, sank a thumb into the left eye of Alex Mann, the upstart insurgent of the Wales back row, at the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (109+ words) The Rugby Paper MY LIFEIN RUGBY JOSH HALLETT FORMER SARACENS, OLD ALBANIAN AND AMPTHILL CENTRE W INNING the Premiership with Saracens in 2023 was the point where everything I had worked towards finally felt real For a long time, I had…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (112+ words) The Rugby Paper PAUL REES LOOKS AT WHY SOUTH AFRICA’S HEAD COACH MAY BE PLAYING FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE LAWS OF THE GAME THERE was little chance of the four-Test series between South Africa and New Zealand, which…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (112+ words) The Rugby Paper NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WELCOME to a new season where the Prem ring-fencers’ idea of progress was not only to shut the door on their Champ “partners” participating in the Prem Cup,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (128+ words) DREAMTEAM MAX NORTHCOTE-GREEN, THE FORMER BATH, COVENTRY, ROSSLYN PARK, LONDON IRISH, EXETER CHIEFS AND EALING TRAILFINDERS FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Tom Smallbone – Tom was a top-class loose-head and was definitely heading towards 100-plus…...