Loughborough Lightning fly-half Birthplace: Doncaster Date of birth: 19/09/99 Community club: Aylesbury RFC Red Roses debut: vs Italy November 2020 Caps: 28 Why I play […]
By THOMAS LLEWELLYN Gloucester-Hart …. 29ptsTries: Beckett 25, Buggy 36, Else 56, Matthews 63, K Jones 79 Conversions: George 57, 65 Sale Sharks ………….. 3pts […]
By SAM JACKSON FORMER Wales rugby league star Regan Grace has signed a short-term contract with Bath. The 27-year-old switched to rugby union and joined […]
ACADEMIES ROUND-UPBy TOM JEFFREYS NORTHAMPTON and Bath will face off in today’s final of the U18s Academy League at Kingsholm. Bath’s 39-19 win over Gloucester […]
By JON NEWCOMBE Ollie Sleightholme takes huge encouragement from seeing his Saints mates get England recognition as he looks to further his own international ambitions. […]
ENGLAND flanker Lewis Ludlam will leave Northampton at the end of the season, with Toulon understood to be his destination. The 28-year-old Saints captain, who […]
Bath have emerged as the leading contenders to sign Wales wing Mason Grady, below, when his Cardiff contract expires this summer. Saracens, Sale and Exeter […]
HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF Birthplace: Swansea Date of birth: 02/02/2000 Community club: Amman United Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2021 Caps: 16 Why I play rugby: […]
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Gloucester v Bristol Today. Kick-off 2pm PREMIERSHIP champions Gloucester-Hartpury will be looking to continue their unbeaten start to the season but […]
Dylan Hartley believes his successor as England captain Owen Farrell will come back from France a better player and does not think his international career […]
Preview: England U20s vs Wales U20s (Friday, 7:15pm) England U20s will be looking to secure back-to-back wins in the Six Nations on Friday night for […]
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ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Stade Francais are expecting former England centre Joe Marchant, who only moved to the French capital after the World […]
By JON NEWCOMBE Bath boss Johann van Graan has hailed Ben Spencer’s England return as a triumph of perseverance after his captain and scrum-half was […]
By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Marler has urged England’s fresh faces to “embrace the historical” Six Nations stage and show off their “super strengths”. The veteran […]
By BEN JAYCOCK EXETER CHIEFS WINGER Birthplace: Mansfield Date of birth: 31/07/03 Community club: Mansfield RFC Caps: 0 Why I play rugby: For the feeling […]
Six Nations team-by-team previews: Wales Paul Rees finds the coach in bullish mood about his team’s chances in the coming weeks WELSH rugby is going […]
Six Nations team-by-team previews: England Paul Rees says that, this time around, the fixture list has been kind to the World Cup semi-finalists IT IS […]
Six Nations team-by-team previews: Scotland Paul Rees listens to Gregor Townsend as he admits that it’s about time his team got their act together GREGOR […]
RUGBY MATTERS I don’t know about you but it’s occasionally been a bit of a torture watching Owen Farrell struggle with himself ever since England’s […]
After a two-week break for European action, the Premiership is all set for its final round of matches before the Six Nations. With Steve Borthwick’s […]
Owen Farrell’s much-rumoured move to Racing 92 has been confirmed, ending his 15-year career at English champions Saracens. Farrell, 32, captained England in their most […]
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath full-back/winger Matt Gallagher is in advanced talks with Munster about a return to Thomond Park when when his […]
England won’t have Jack Willis available for selection for at least another two years after he activated a one-year option in contract to remain playing […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ONE of the biggest talking points of Steve Borthwick’s 2024 Six Nations squad is the selection of Jamie […]