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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby stadiums countdown: 15-11
Southern hemisphere stadia dominate the latest countdown towards the No.1 spot
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby stadiums countdown: 20-16
Brendan Gallagher begins his countdown to No.1 with grounds in Japan, England and Argentina
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWelch set to take the reins for Albion’s Championship chase
■By NEALE HARVEY New chief: Damian Welch in action for Exeter DAMIAN Welch, former Exeter, Scarlets and Cardiff second row, is...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTop quality coaching will be priceless
WILL CROKER FORMER BOURNEMOUTH COACH Rugby is going bust, slowly but surely. We have already seen the likes of Leeds approaching...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TUI URU NORTHAMPTON No.8 Tui Uru’s name will not be on many lists of ‘England stars of the future’ right now...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLoyalty to Waterloo runs deep for Dick
MY CLUB WATERLOO WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCruel for Richmond but game’s moved on
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN Star signing: Katy Daley-McLean has become playercoach at Sale Sharks PICTURE: Getty Images For rugby...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEvans’ policy turns erratic England into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 9 1953-1959...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions go on the attack to capture imagination
Try-a-match: Tony O’Reilly NOT only did this era (1954-59) include two of the greatest ever Lions tours - 1955 to South...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSad day as blind Fleury bails out the All Blacks
YOU don’t often hear a New Zealand crowd cheering loudly for the opposition so you know something pretty special must have...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBattered captain Brooks calls time at Drovers
■By ROB COLE LLANDOVERY captain Richard Brooks is leaving the club after nine seasons in the Welsh Premiership. No.8 Brooks, 31,...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPlaying for the Lions was special honour
MY LIFEIN RUGBY RORY UNDERWOOD THE FORMER ENGLAND, LIONS AND LEICESTER WINGER Roaring in: Rory Underwood scores for the Lions on...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoDon’t let the gifted little ones get away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Too small? Jeff Probyn won a record number of caps for an...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Gatland has such riches in key No.7 role
England flanker Sam Underhill leads the way in area where Wales, Scotland and Ireland are also all strong
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Bill Beaumont wears the crown, others wield the power
Chris Hewett shares his view that World Rugby's governance makes FIFA look like a beacon of democracy
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: New 50:22 kicking law will fuel more drama
The 50:22 kicking law to be trialled by World Rugby will heighten the importance of positioning, writes Shane Williams
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWhat has gone wrong with the once-mighty Leicester Tigers?
The Premiership's most successful team are still well supported, but their DNA has changed
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: South Sea Bubble could provide tonic for rugby
Brendan Gallagher looks at how Pacific Island countries were left behind at the turning of amateurism to professional
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Featured
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Premiership clubs will need to take this time to reset goals
Financial pressures aside, there is a need for squads to be in suitable condition for when rugby returns
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Global game? Germany are decades behind
Given Germany's size and appetite for sport, what are the chances of them making a World Cup?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Bill’s right, Six Nations owe Sanzaar nothing
Nick Cain slams the revolutionary-styled bid of Agustin Pichot, geared towards a Sanzaar bias borne out of envy
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSpringboks ruled the roost in Second World War POW camp contest
Brendan Gallagher tells the fascinating story of Stalag 1VB, the prisoner of war camp housing captured soldiers from all over the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTRP’s GK IPA Championship 2019-20 Team of the Season
The time has come for us to hand out some honours and honourable mentions to the stars of the Championship
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Courtney Lawes can win showdown with du Toit
Nick Cain explains why Lawes fits what Warren Gatland needs from his No.6
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJonny Hill: I’m my worst critic, when I watch myself on TV I cringe
With a Premiership title and Champions Cup knockout stage to fight for, Exeter lock Hill is full of optimism
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: ’57 old farts’ and one nauseous reporter
Brendan Gallagher recalls when the RFU top brass went for the jugular at Will Carling's dig at humour
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pandemic ends Brock James chance at fitting farewell
Synonymous with the Top 14, Peter Jackson finds how La Rochelle's Brock James is in esteemed company with other No.10s
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Steve Hansen still sucking sour grapes over Lions
Reversal of penalty against Ken Owens in the third Test still rankles with the Kiwis three years on
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Bath need a 9-10 combination which gives them quick ball
Jeremy Guscott analyses how Bath can produce a style of rugby to take them to being regular play-off challengers in the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Enforced rest period will boost Wales team
The downtime in rugby will be welcome to players who toured with the Lions in 2017, with rest hard to come...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby shock wins and upsets
Brendan Gallagher recalls rugby’s biggest ever shocks, at club and internaitonal level, and ranks each for the magnitude of the upset....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Plan for rugby’s global calendar sees Six Nations run into May
Peter Jackson exclusively reports on how the club and international calendar could be about to shift its axis
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTen of Premiership Rugby’s 13 member clubs consider breakaway
BT Sport's deal with PRL is up next year and has hastened talk of a breakaway to allow club's outright control...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Itoje can compete with Bok giants
Nick Cain ranks the locks who can form a formidable second row to unsettle the Boks in 2021
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPicking a greatest England team from the four World Cup squads to have reached finals
Nick Cain selects a composite XV mined from the four England teams to have reached a Rugby World Cup final
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Easy does it when we finally get green light
The Welsh rugby icon contemplates rugby's return to training and matchdays
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Don’t mess up this crucial changeover
Brendan Gallagher points out that no-one from rugby's professional era has chaired World Rugby
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: WRU hard ball killed Test dreams of Steven Shingler
Peter Jackson sheds lights on the 'injustice' which came the way of fly-half Steven Shingler
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby election: Agustin Pichot could be five votes short of winning
Pichot appears unlikely to win chairmanship as European powers stands behind Beaumont's bid
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Our Golden Goose is an endangered species
Nick Cain says rugby can come through its most precarious challenge if it becomes more transparent
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Featured
/ 6 years agoSpecial report: Question time at Twickenham
The RFU has been accused of showing 'disrespect' towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Empty stadiums? You would be surprised by the chatter
How can the remainder of the Six Nations be played in a safe manner?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEllis Genge’s rare feat in the Six Nations shows how props are changing
Willie John McBride told TRP last week props weren't built like they used to
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAnalysis: So, how do you fix this mess called the scrum?
TRP's mailbag is teeming with letters regarding the scrum every week. Nick Cain examines what's wrong and how it can be...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Presidents scrap over playoff principle
The 'hellscape' facing France's Top 14 with TV and player welfare ramifications
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby hard cases countdown: No 5-1
The hard men who wouldn't take a step back on the rugby pitch
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – test of strength at tighthead could sway series
Nick Cain looks at the depth available to Warren Gatland at tighthead for the Lions
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Big guns will back Bill Beaumont to save them cash
Jeff Probyn contemplates what Bernard Laporte's running for World Rugby vice-chairman means for Bill Beaumont's bid to be re-elected
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU column: We’re here to help and will do all we can
Direct from the RFU, director Steve Grainger outlines the work they are doing to prevent clubs from going to the wall
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby hard cases countdown: 10-6
British & Irish Lions icon Willie John McBride enters the list, as we near revealing No.1
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