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News, features and match reports from The Rugby Paper, the UK-based newspaper which specialises in rugby union at all levels ready for your viewing every Sunday of the year.

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therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > 492626 > kolisi-calls-for-nfl-to-help-grow-the-game-stateside

Kolisi calls for NFL to help grow the game stateside

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (127+ words) The Rugby Paper ■By SAM JACKSON SPRINGBOK captain Siya Kolisi wants NFL teams to “buy into rugby” in an effort to expand the sport into the American market The US will host the 2031 World Cup and Kolisi feels…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > 492555 > spain-look-to-kick-on-after-japan-win

Spain look to kick on after Japan win

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (106+ words) The Rugby Paper Kick-off 5.30am, Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground, Hong Kong SPAIN begin the WXV Global Series Challenger campaign – the second tier for emerging nations – against a Fiji side ranked 12th in the world and buoyed by a 15-12 warm-up…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > all > domestic-club-rugby-union > national-leagues > national-league-one > 492063 > green-hat-trick-highlights-sales-title-aspirations

Green hat-trick highlights Sale’s title aspirations

1+ week, 1+ day 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…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > letters > 492025 > refs-are-not-there-to-listen-to-players

Refs are not there to listen to players

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (118+ words) The Rugby Paper LOBBYING was not once mentioned by Paul Rees in his otherwise excellent review of Matt Carley and his refereeing of the South Africa/New Zealand game I am reminded of what Nigel Owens said in a French…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > miscellaneous > 492029 > madness-of-world-cup-draw

Madness of World Cup draw

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (111+ words) The Rugby Paper THE idea of a 2027 World Cup in which the two leading teams in the world, South Africa and New Zealand, are on the same side of the draw is difficult to understand It becomes even more perplexing…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > 491618 > kolisis-sa-make-amends

Siya Kolisi’s South Africa make amends with series-levelling victory against New Zealand

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (229+ words) Ben joined The Rugby Paper in December 2021 as assistant editor. During his time at TRP he has covered all levels of rugby from Aberavon to the All Blacks - you name a league, he has covered it! Ben’s role at the…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > 491669 > sir-billys-legacy-will-last-a-lifetime

Sir Billy’s legacy will last a lifetime

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (114+ words) The Rugby Paper In the most exclusive of league tables as reserved for footballing knights of the realm, Sir Billy Boston stands above both Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Gareth Edwards Their ceremonial ranking, based on the number of statues…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > miscellaneous > 491643 > all-blacks-gave-hope-to-rest-of-chasing-pack

All Blacks gave hope to rest of chasing pack

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (231+ words) NEW Zealand against South Africa last weekend was one of the best Test matches I have watched in a long time. What impressed me most was how well coached and prepared New Zealand looked. South Africa’s great superpower has been…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > miscellaneous > 491658 > ferocious-lions-give-all-blacks-a-workout

Ferocious Lions give All Blacks a workout

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (103+ words) The Rugby Paper HARKING back to last week’s musings about modern-day touring by international teams, the midweek contest between the Lions of Johannesburg and the All Blacks was highly instructive What did the game tell us? That a provincial…...


therugbypaper.co.uk > latest-news > 491331 > sinckler-could-be-back-for-england

Sinckler could be back for England

3+ week, 1+ day 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…...