There are always some surprises in the Six Nations. This year, it was the fact that Ireland didn’t win it again, with France pipping them to the […]
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New free-to-air deal sees England on ITV for Six Nations
By Sam Jackson The BBC and ITV have agreed a new four-year deal for the Men’s Six Nations to remain on free-to-air TV until 2029. […]
Cambridge’s steep learning curve
By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE have endured problems on and off the pitch this term, with COO Rowland Winter revealing they can’t rely on any income […]
Ex-Aussie flanker Rocky Elsom faces jail in France
By Sam Jackson Former Australia flanker Rocky Elsom has been sentenced to two years in prison after a French court found him guilty of misusing […]
Exeter Chiefs’ Ben Coen aiming to hit the heights
By Mark Stevens To become the ultimate leader in any sport, you need to learn from the best. The greatest players and captains don’t just […]
Six Nations: It is no surprise to me but Maro Itoje proves his captaincy credentials
By Brendan Gallagher It was Eddie Jones who insisted that Maro Itoje was not captaincy material, an opinion that seemed plain daft at the time […]
Wales all washed up with nowhere to go…
By Peter Jackson Every living English Grand Slam captain, from Sir Bill Beaumont to Dylan Hartley via Will Carling and Martin Johnson, shares another common […]
Six Nations: France in seventh heaven
By Bryn Palmer France………………. 35pts Tries: Moefana 18, 62; Bielle-Biarrey 43, Ramos 57 Conversions: Ramos 18, 44, 58 Scotland ………… 16pts Penalties: Ramos 4, 26, […]
Battling Italy make it tough for Ireland
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Italy ………………………………. 17pts Tries: Ioane 12, Varney 63 Conversions: Allan 13, 65 Penalty: Allan 33 Ireland…………………………. 22pts Tries: Keenan 24, Sheehan 40, […]
That was closer than it should have been, admits Simon Easterby
Ireland head coach Simon Easterby was pleased to sign off with another bonus but said it was closer than it should have been. “There’s a […]
Jeremy Guscott: Time to shrug off the straitjacket, England
By Jeremy Guscott – Outspoken & unmissable every week… If you put the England backs behind the French pack would they be as good as […]
Opening blitz gives Italians vital edge over Ireland
■By BEN JAYCOCK Italy ……………….. 15pts Tries: Drago 7, Caiolo-Serra 12 Conversion: Celi 13 Penalty: Celi 2 Ireland…………… 12pts Tries: Walker 47, Wood 62 Conversion: […]
U20s Six Nations: Tempers flare as England fail to get better of dogged Wales
By George Wellbelove Wales …………………………. 23pts Tries: Emanuel 34, Rees-Weldon 41 Conversions: Wilde 34, 42 Penalties: Wilde 18, 30, 69 England ……………………….13pts Try: McEachran 2 […]
France take title after Scots push them all the way
■By ETHAN BENTS France……………… 45pts Tries: Daunivucu 1, Akrab 12, Tilloles 19, Cowie 22, Echegaray 33, 45 Cotarmanac’h 58 Conversions: Cotarmanac’h 1, 12, 23, 34, […]
U20s Six Nations: Defeat has fuelled World Cup desire for England
Tom Burrow – England U20 Captain We’re all pretty gutted, that’s the biggest loss a lot of us have had to take in our careers […]
Antoine Dupont injury: We must face reality
Injured: Antoine Dupont is helped off last weekend France’s memorable 42-27 Six Nations victory in Ireland last weekend has a sad downside showing World Rugby’s […]
Day when I was out in middle
BRENDAN Gallagher’s reference to the Somerset knock out semi-final between Gordon and Bath in Sunday’s Rugby Paper brought back memories, as I refereed that game. […]
Sir Bill Beaumont on renewing English rugby
Sir Bill Beaumont – Interim RFU Chair Spring is now upon us, and thoughts naturally turn towards regeneration and renewal after the cold, dark days […]
The 7-1 bench split must be given the boot
By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week The reality of the 7:1 bench split is unmasked. The development ushered in first by […]
Northampton Saints right to give Tommy Freeman his chance
Tommy Freeman’s rise to become England’s most potent back provides a salutary twist on the “big is best” academy selection policies enshrined at some Premiership […]
White-line fever leaves England with nowhere to go
THE England U20s class of 2025 learned a valuable lesson when their repeat age group Six Nations title hopes were wiped out by a Welsh […]
Northampton Saints boss calls for salary cap to be lowered
Northampton Saints chief executive Julia Chapman says the Premiership’s salary cap must be lowered again if the game is to become profitable. The cap – […]
Prem Rugby Cup Final Preview: Ruaridh McConnochie’s on a mission
By Jon Newcombe Match Preview – Exeter v Bath Ruaridh McConnochie insists Bath will be winners this weekend even if they don’t lift the Premiership […]
We’ll have this time, fire in the belly admits Roots
■By PAUL REES In the mood: Ethan Roots in action for Chiefs IT was 11 years ago today that Exeter won their first major trophy […]
Fans wil get chance to invest in Irish
nBy SAM JACKSON LONDON Irish plan to return to competitive rugby under a fan ownership model in September 2026 – ruling them out of the […]
Anscombe eyes 2027 World Cup
WALES fly-half Gareth Anscombe wants to play at the 2027 World Cup having returned to the side during this year’s Six Nations. Former head coach […]
PWR Final Preview: Sean Lynn’s hoping for fantastic farewell with Gloucester-Hartpury
By Ben Jaycock Gloucester-Hartpury have the chance to send boss Sean Lynn off with a perfect farewell as they chase an unprecedented hat-trick of consecutive […]
Daley-McLean: Champions have the edge
KATY Daley-McLean is backing Gloucester-Hartpury to secure an unprecedented threepeat today and cement themselves as the greatest English club rugby side in the modern era. […]
We’d go to war for each other -Galligan
■By BEN JAYCOCK Striding out: Rosie Galligan in action for Saracens SARACENS will have the unusual scenario of preparing for today’s final in their visiting […]
Should I have focused on one position? I don’t know
Paul Rees looks back at Mathew Tait’s career and finds out how he – and his family – are now living and working in Dubai […]
Spain aiming for a Georgia upset
■By JON NEWCOMBE Preview Georgia v Spain Today. Kick-off 12pm, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi LOOSE forward Matt Foulds insists Spain can do what no other […]
Farrar: We can take on the best
■By MARK STEVENS EALING Trailfinders captain Rob Farrar believes his side have what it takes to compete with the very best in English rugby having […]
Nayacalevu hits the right notes as he prepares for battle
■By SIMON THOMAS WAISEA Nayacalevu is yet to play for the Ospreys, but the Fiji captain has already made his presence felt with his new […]
Dream Team – Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas
OSKAR HIRSKYJ-DOUGLAS, THE BLACKHEATH AND FORMER WASPS, HENLEY HAWKS, CHINNOR, ENGLAND SEVENS, LOUGHBOROUGH, BEDFORD AND SALE FC CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED […]
British and Irish Lions’ support team keeps on growing
By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know The 1974 Lions took off from Heathrow with a management team of two. No specialist […]
Erasmus still has faith in Fourie
DEON Fourie began the week back on Springbok duty, at 38 going on 39 still refusing to abandon hope of socking it to Father Time […]
Final laps for the wacky races
PAUL REES SAYS PLAYER WELFARE IS TAKING A BACK SEAT AS THE PREMIERSHIP PREPARES TO RESUME NEXT WEEKEND Under pressure: Northampton’s Alex Mitchell, Henry Pollock […]
If you lose all five, then you should be bottom
THE Six Nations eventually acted when it was pointed out that a team could win the Grand Slam but not the title. Five victories without […]
I joined in with La Marseillaise – but quietly…
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER RACING 92, SYDNEY UNIVERSITY, STADE FRANCAIS, RICHMOND, WASPS, BEDFORD & LONDON WELSH BACK ROWER FLORENT ROSSIGNEUX AS A player you […]
Time to talk about the 1995 you-know-what
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S ODD how some Grand Slams get lost in the mists of […]
No Grand Slam is good for the Lions
NO Grand Slam for anybody this year … but that might be a decent omen for the Lions. In the last 50 years there have […]
Sorry, Benhard, but stick with the Springboks
I WISH Benhard Janse van Rensburg no ill, in fact I thoroughly enjoy watching him play for Bristol and I admire his retro mullet, but […]
Easson’s impressed by strength in depth
SCOTLAND SCOTLAND head coach Bryan Easson believes for the first time he’s been awarded the luxury of leaving good players out of his squad due […]
Celtic Challenge stars get chance
IRELAND HAVING taken notable scalps in 2024, a much-improved Ireland go into this year’s tournament without talismanic skipper Sam Monaghan. The Gloucester-Hartpury PWR winner, who […]
Red Roses want to make it seven in a row -Mitchell
ENGLAND ENGLAND head coach John Mitchell has had to prepare for his title defence without players in the PWR final. Mitchell called up 12 players […]
Lynn plans to bring calm to troubled waters
WALES Positive: Wales captain Hannah Jones SEAN Lynn’s first week in charge of Wales sees him instantly thrown into the coalface as his side take […]
Feleu: We just need to get back to basics
FRANCE FRANCE will be desperate to end England’s grip on the Six Nations and win a first Championship since 2018. Last year’s runners up, who […]
Roselli excited as she gets ready for debut
ITALY FABIO Roselli takes charge for the first time next weekend as her Italy side visit serial winners England. Roselli took over at the start […]
Cameron hat-trick decisive as Park hold edge
■By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park ..29 B Moseley …….22 ROSSLYN Park held off a late charge by Moseley to secure a bonus-point win. The visitors […]
It’s many happy returns for Luckas
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ………38 Sedgley Park ……..29 WINGER Luckas Sableman-Blue marked his return to Rotherham Titans with a try as the promotion contenders […]
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