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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence on a mission to make most of life at Bath
By JON NEWCOMBE Having gone through “a rollercoaster of emotions”, Ollie Lawrence is determined to make the best of his good...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSchoeman happy to be back and set to inject some flair into the Falcons
By TOM BRADSHAW Fit-again fly-half Tian Schoeman is ready to get the Falcons flying high as he brings a self-confessed streak...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSharks keen to lure more fans after good start
By PAUL REES Sale are looking at ways of filling the AJ Bell Stadium to capitalise on a strong start to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoTime to cut salary costs which are burying clubs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Wasps went into self-administration some weeks ago, even from a distance you knew...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLate Hastings penalty swings derby thriller
By PAUL REES Gloucester ........31pts Tries: Reid 11, Ruskin 31, 58; Clarke 39 Conversions: Hastings 12, 32, 40, 59 Penalties: Hastings...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSinckler back to his best – Lam
Pat Lam expects Kyle Sinckler to be named in the England squad tomorrow after the prop went on the rampage at...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence dazzles as Bath show real fight
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens ..........37pts Tries: Goode 2, Malins 41, Daly 51, Lewington 55 Conversions: Farrell 3, 42, 52, 56 Penalties:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcCall: Defence not up to standard
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall rued his side’s ‘sloppy’ defence. “It’s not a performance we are happy with,” he said....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints hold on as epic fightback falls short
By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton....32pts Tries: Sleightholme 5, 53; Matavesi 12, Collins 43, Augustus 49 Conversions: Grayson 44, 50 Penalties: Grayson 24...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoThe boys lack confidence and belief to win, says Walder
Dave Walder was frustrated to lose after such a brave fightback and admitted his side lack the belief to win. “It...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExiles fail to contain deadly Shark attack
By BEN JAYCOCK Sale ....................37pts Tries: D du Preez 12, Carpenter 37, Roebuck 43, 55; Ashman 78 Conversions: R du Preez...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe lost gain-line battle – Kidney
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson was pleased with the performance and says things are coming together for his team, just...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMatson expecting a tough test from wounded Tigers
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop Harlequins are expecting a fierce response from Premiership champions Leicester...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe’re working hard on our game, insists Heyes
By JON NEWCOMBE JOE HEYES says complacency and the burden of expectation are not behind Leicester’s stuttering start to the season....
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoSpreading sense of anger and dislocation
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK It was always odds-on that Lawrence Dallaglio’s recent calls for Premiership clubs to...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoPumas will have inside track on England
NICK CAIN Argentina will know the England players they face at Twickenham three weeks from now better than any of the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJames stars as seven-try Saints surge to top of pool
By NICK POWELL Northampton ..49pts Tries: Sylvester 10, Scott-Young 14, Collins 18, 40; Hendy 25, Lockett 32, James 53 Conversions: Grayson...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoHow one coach cut through the silence
Saracens coach Joe Shaw back in his playing days at Newcastle in 2003 CHRIS HEWETT English club rugby at the top...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy it’s time to prioritise the players
CHRIS HEWETT SO what does Jack Willis do now? And what control can Eddie Jones, the England coach, and his employers...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoMyler keeps his nerve as Ospreys find late leveller
By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ............16pts Tries: Baldwin 75 Conversions: Myler 75 Penalties: Myler 35, 50, 68 Stormers ..........16pts Tries: De Wet...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoTwo-try Costelow puts his hand up for Wales
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ............36pts Tries: Costelow 7, 43; Lousi 29, Davies 40, Conbeer 79 Conversions: Halfpenny 8, 30, 40, 44,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff hit 15 wins in a row over Dragons
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................31pts Tries: Adams 12, Carre 15, Botham 28, Young 73 Conversions: Evans 12, 15, 28, 73 Penalties:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCarreras can wing in again for Pumas
By PAUL REES Dave Walder expects Mateo Carreras’s fast start to the season to earn the 22-year-old wing a recall by...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLovejoy working hard to repay Exiles loyalty
By GARY FITZGERALD Pumped up: Lovejoy Chawatama PICTURES: Getty Images Lovejoy Chawatama is simply loving being back on the field producing...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPolledri tipped to be back in blue for Six Nations
By TOM BRADSHAW There are “no short cuts” to Jake Polledri regaining Premiership and international sharpness, says Gloucester George Skivington, after...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoTime for Pivac to put faith in Keelan
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND This week Wayne Pivac will name his squad to take on New Zealand, Argentina, Georgia,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoSouth Africa plan to tire Fiji
Preview Fiji v South Africa Today, 5.45 am STANLEY Raubenheimer has named an unchanged starting XV as he hopes his South...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoScotland left heartbroken by Marsters’ late decider
By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland............12pts Tries: Skeldon 8, Penalty 26 Australia ..........14pts Tries: Terita 58, Marsters 74 Conversions: Cramer 60, 73 Ashley...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoScarratt sees Red Roses into last eight
By MARK DOCHERTY France ..................7pts Tries: Hermet 63 Conversions: Drouin 63 England ..............13pts Tries: Scarratt 23 Conversions: Scarratt 23 Penalties:...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoKelter takes centre stage as Eagles dig deep
USA ....................30 Japan................17 By MARK DOCHERTY Star turn: Alev Kelter An inspring performance from Alev Kelter led the USA to a...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoWales ‘have nothing to lose’ in battle with Black Ferns
PREVIEW... ■By BEN JAYCOCK Wales v New Zealand Today. 3.15 am CAPTAIN Siwan Lillicrap returns to the Wales starting XV as...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoCanada ready for Italian challenge
Preview Italy v Canada @therugby Today. 12.45 am CANADA will be looking to strengthen their World Cup title credentials as they...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoHappy it’s Hunter who will take on my baton
ROCKY CLARK WORLD CUP WINNER Captain marvel: Sarah Hunter Influential: Marlie Packer What an encounter! It promised to be special and...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThe man who kept Wasps on the road
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Malcolm Sinclair holds the distinction of being Wasps‘ first full-time professional, an appointment...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCardiff’s faithful still being kept in the dark
PETER JACKSON YET another Chancellor of the Exchequer has been and gone and still not a peep from Cardiff Rugby Club...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBroken and broke: Why it’s time to change the way top club rugby is run
Thirteen has not been a lucky number for Premiership Rugby. Wasps are set to follow Worcester into administration and relegation after...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoFive star! Our hard work is paying off, says Biljon
By BEN JAYCOCK Jersey Reds have made a great start to the campaign, with director of rugby Harvey Biljon seeing it...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHayes happy to be part of the ‘hunted’
By BEN JAYCOCK On target: Richard Hayes scores for Rotherham RICHARD Hayes is enjoying a stellar season with Rotherham Titans, who...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoStaying in the game is what matters most
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Like all of you out there, I have...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoBishop’s edge out battling Moseley
Bishop’s S.........29 Moseley............23 By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop's Stortford came from behind at half-time to see off the challenge of visitors Moseley....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAlbion late show foils Chinnor bid
Chinnor.....................22 Plymouth Albion... 30 By JACK JOHNSON Plymouth Albion completed a fine comeback to claim a superb win on the road...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSale miss chance to steal the points
Cinderford...............27 Sale FC.....................26 By JOSHUA MATHESON Cinderford survived a late penalty scare to edge to a one-point win over visitors Sale...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoReynolds full of praise as Rams hold on for win
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams...................29pts Tries: McRae 9, Collis 24, Seers 31, Stapley 42 Conversions: Seers 10, 25, 43 Penalties: Seers 47...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPerfect Park topple hosts to go six from six
Darlington MP.......28 Rosslyn Park..........33 By TOM BULMER Rosslyn Park maintained their perfect start to the season with a bonus-point win against...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTitans hold firm to triumph at Esher
Esher......................... 21 Taunton Titans.....29 By STEPHANIE FRANKLIN Taunton Titans defended superbly to hold off Esher and secure victory on the road....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoDavies try seals a treble for Tykes
Hull............................22 Leeds Tykes...........27 By RICHARD PRICE-PIERCE Leeds Tykes secured a third successive win as a last-minute try dashed Hull’s hopes. The...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFive tries for Rhys as Park dominate
Blaydon............. 15 Sedgley P........ 42 By CHRIS NUNN Rhys Henderson ran in five super tries as Sedgley romped to victory at...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoOtley in charge as they power home
Chester.....................22 Otley......................... 24 By DESMOND HICKIE The game turned largely on three Otley charge downs worth 14 points to the visitors....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoChristian’s treble seals big triumph
Harrogate................22 Sheffield..................47 By TIM THORLEY Christian Hooper scored three tries as Sheffield claimed a convincing victory. The visitors started strongly and...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTitans fall as Briders hails ‘best of season’
Rotherham T.... 16pts Fylde................... 41pts By DAVID BEDDOWS FYLDE punctured Rotherham’s long unbeaten home record and cemented top spot in the...
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