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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDiamond: We won’t let playoff place slip by again
NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Diamond is convinced Sale have the player power to mount a serious push for the...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoFive-star S&E ease to victory
By JACK FRANCKLIN SUTTON & EPSOM secured a hard-fought away victory against struggling Barnes to clinch their second victory of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBlue & Blacks battle hard to stay perfect
By GUTO DAVIES CARDIFF made it four wins from four with this bonus-point win. It was Carmarthen, however, who struck first,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoJosh is hunting down Shane’s try record
Alex Bywater talks to Wales wing Josh Adams who has scored five World Cup tries so far JOSH Adams never thought...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoEngland defence can win World Cup says Farr-Jones
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Glory day: Nick Farr-Jones lifts the World Cup in 1991 The middle-aged man occupying seat 91 in Row...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWeir lands the points in a tragedy of errors
By ROGER PANTING THIS was a dreadful advert for Premiership rugby but Worcester won’t care a jot as they made it...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoDevon proves a constant threat
By JOHN WHITE DEVON Constant scored twice as Leicester Lions withstood a late Dings fight-back to secure a bonus-point victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDrama as Rochford’s run comes to end
London & South East Premier IN the battle of the top two at Barnham Road, it was ding-dong right to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFelinfoel keeping up the pressure in West
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD IT’S as you were at the top of West with the top two both...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoHuget: My sloppiness killed the mood in Six Nations
YOANN Huget admits the pain of his Six Nations horror show against Wales still hurts as he plans to make amends...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoEddie will need all his cunning to beat these!
From ADAM HATAHAWAY AS WARNINGS to England and the rest of the world this was as emphatic as it gets from...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe were nervous admits Solomons
WORCESTER’S director of rugby Alan Solomons was relieved to claim a tense game. He said: “If you start the Premiership with...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoStortford fightback leaves I’s on a low
By MALLY KNOWLES TWOpoints gained or three points lost for Hull Ionians in this enthralling contest? Ionians held a 26-8 lead...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoSorry Lions tamed by merciless Titans outfit
By NICK CROWE A GALLANT Westcliff succumbed to a highly-disciplined and formidable Taunton side at Aviation Way, fighting tooth and nail...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNuneaton test nerves before Aley strikes
Midlands Premier NUNEATON continued their surging promotion push with an extremely tense but entertaining 16- 14 win against Sandbach at Liberty...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWarburton red card still haunts me today
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THERE is a picture of me after our 2011 World Cup semi-final defeat by France....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWe’ve got even more to come – Smith
NEW ZEALAND scrumhalf Aaron Smith claimed the world champions had more in the tank ahead of next week’s showdown with England....
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoFully-fit hooker Taylor aims to show what Wasps and England have been missing
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER All Blacks hitman Malakai Fekitoa is handed his Premiership debut as Wasps take on newly-promoted London Irish...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBacon looks crisp as Titans prevail
By JACK JOHNSON ROTHERHAM Titans ended a two-match losing run as a heroic defensive effort earned victory at Chinnor. The visitors...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoDiscipline costs TJs in historic Hawks win
By GARETH WITHERS TONBRIDGE Juddians’ head coach Peter Dankert was left to rue his side’s ill-discipline after Henley Hawks clinched a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMcManus holds his nerve to seal win
South West Premier A KYRAN McManus penalty enabled Barnstaple to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a dramatic and...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoRaise a glass to stickler Gardner
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S that time again. Who deserves a jouer de rugby gallant t-shirt this week for their class...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks were good but Irish looked spent
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT If ever you want a text book example of a team peaking 12 months too early, Ireland and...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSquad lists all for 12 Premiership teams 2019-20
Take a look at the forwards, backs, coaches and captains which will make for another exciting season of Premiership rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership kick off! Sale Sharks must show more bite
It's time for Steve Diamond to aim for a top four finish, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Make Pacific Islands rugby’s West Indies
The West Indies cricket team can be selected from 15 Caribbean island nations. Brendan Gallagher asks if the same can be...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTommy Reffell will be a star for club and country says Leicester’s Thompson
The future of Wales' back row? Guy Thompson think so after being impressed with the young flanker's displays at Leicester
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSchmidt: ‘We aren’t going to sneak up on the All Blacks’
Can Ireland reach a first-ever World Cup semi-final by beating New Zealand?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland change George Ford’s role for Australia showdown
Eddie Jones makes bold selection call ahead of World Cup quarter-final with the Wallabies
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoPolice called to disturbance involving Uruguay players at restaurant
Members of the Uruguay squad accused of assault by restaurant staff and punching mirrors
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDragons tie six academy prospects to extensions
Last week's tryscorer against Connacht Taine Basham pens new deal
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Kamikaze man ‘Shiggy’ has made real impact
Peter Jackson charts role of Shigeru Konno as one of the forefathers of Japanese rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCancelled France match negates Eddie’s shot at experimenting with Farrell
Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo in find Eddie Jones lacking room to manoeuvre if Farrell or Vunipola suffer mishap
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Featured
/ 6 years agoHagibis was a shock but Eddie did warn us says Jamie George
England hooker Jamie George on the team's move north away from Tokyo to avoid the effects of Typhoon Hagibis
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Semi Radradra has been my player of the tournament
Jeremy Guscott was impressed by Fiji's performance, albeit ending in defeat, against Wales
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoI can’t call All Blacks versus England, says Zinzan Brooke
The New Zealand great doesn't see Ireland as a problem for Steve Hansen and co.
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Cancelled game will help Welsh chances
WALES are battered and bruised, but they are also battle-hardened for the World Cup‘s quarter-finals and that is where you want...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Crooked feed call has cost Scotland
Jeff Probyn examines Gregor Townsend's comments made about Japan's win against Samoa, a result aided by a call by referee Jaco...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRavers soar high thanks to early try blitz
By RICHARD GORE TWO tries in the first three minutes set Caldy on their way an impressive bonuspoint win away at...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoEddie gets a reminder from super Spencer
By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Spencer shrugged off his World Cup snub to showcase his prodigious all-round skills and help secure Sarries...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarrogate still on shoulder of the leaders
Northern Premier BILLINGHAMstill head the table, albeit having played one more game than Harrogate, but a bonus point 33-10 win at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSeventh heaven for Lloyd as Lough run riot
By BETHAN ZIEDLER LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning thumped Firwood Waterloo to secure their second win of the new season. Waterloo were not helped...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRampant Tyne are on Cloud Nine
By MAL YATES TYNEDALE produced a brilliant nine-try showing to comfortably overcome Scunthorpe. After an initial Scunthorpe foray into the visitor’s...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoFreddie’s try turns it into a horror for Glos
By ROGER PANTING GLOUCESTER crashed to an embarrassing defeat to see them leave the competition without a win. It was the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten Barum give Students lesson
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE made it five wins from five matches as they stretched their advantage at the top of the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBears stung late on as Wasps sneak win
By GEORGE WEST Try sorer: Wasps’ Claudia MacDonald WASPS Ladies came out on top in a fiery encounter with Bristol Bears...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoClinical Tigers roar past wasteful Dale
By JOHN CLARK WHARFEDALE were overpowered by a determined Sheffield Tigers outfit who were superior in the scrummage, effective in mauls...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoAshton double proves Sharks are big threat on the wings
By NEALE HARVEY CHRIS Ashton lit up a compelling contest with a sniper’s try-double as Sale secured a fourth successive Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCrooked feed call has cost Scotland
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the storm crashing in, you can understand the desperation of the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoUnstoppable Quins ease past toothless Sharks
By TOM BULMER HARLEQUINS maintained their perfect start to the season with a bonus point win at the Northern Echo Arena...












