16+ hour, 37+ min ago   (110+ words) The Rugby Paper ■By BEN JAYCOCK THE Red Roses winning machine rolled on as John Mitchell’s side overcame a first half scare to make a statement start to their WXV campaign England players hadn’t been in competitive…...

17+ hour, 17+ min ago   (121+ words) The Rugby Paper half Rob Andrew, later an RFU mandarin, had a season with Toulouse The 1980 Grand Slam No.8 John Scott won almost all of his 34 caps while at Cardiff, and in the same period loosehead Colin Smart played for…...

19+ hour, 8+ min ago   (112+ words) therugbypaper.co.uk THE four-month contract extension announced for Steve Borthwick after the 2027 World Cup has got a few people close to losing the plot, but it didn’t really jump out at me That’s mainly because if things…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago   (110+ words) therugbypaper.co.uk It is little more than a year before the start of the 11th World Cup in Australia The new look tournament features 24 countries split into six groups of four which reduces the chances of an upset and most…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (86+ words) The Rugby Paper The Dogs took an early lead when returning a kick from midfield, Mark Dixon diving over on the right And they extended it at the start of the second quarter, with Tom Walsh bursting down the left…...

1+ week, 18+ hour 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, 18+ hour 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…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (108+ words) The Rugby Paper WXV Global Series Preview By Ben Jaycock Champions: Meg Jones raises the Six Nations trophy PICTURES: Getty Images J OHN Mitchell has challenged England’s players to treat the new-look WXV Global Series as the beginning of…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (152+ words) IN long-term recruitment news that may well prick up the ears of England boss Steve Borthwick, Clermont’s international tighthead prop – and definitive proof of the concept of nominative determinism – Regis Montagne has become, following Toulouse full-back Thomas Ramos and Agen…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (115+ words) The Rugby Paper AUGUST is regarded as the silly season for news with everyone on holiday or working from Rome so when Eddie Hearn opened up about the future of his client Henry Pollock at Northampton, he was not just…...