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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSharks cut loose to confirm title credentials
■ By ROSS HEPPENSTALL FIVE-STAR Sale smashed Perpignan to pieces to confirm a home quarter-final and encourage hopes of going all...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRock bottom Falcons rue one that got away
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Touch of class: Filip Nakosi scores Toulon’s second PICTURES: Getty Images Michael Young of Newcastle Falcons breaks through...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath swoop to sign four players from various Premiership rivals
"We are going into next season even stronger" - Blackadder
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoIreland international defies injury doubts to return for Munster
Peter O'Mahony fit to face Exeter
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLawes: I’ve not been at my best, but a place at the World Cup is my motivation
The Northampton Saints lock talks Six Nations, almost beating the All Blacks and signing a new deal at Franklin's Gardens
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGloucester’s Ollie Thorley has opened up about his England call-up
Ollie Thorley's England call up took him by surprise
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSpringboks star fly-half set to announce shock retirement, according to reports
28-year-old has been battling concussion symptoms
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson column: Battered Adam Hughes finds refuge as a referee after concussion agony
The former Exeter and Dragons wing talks in-depth about his shift from the team dressing room to the neurosurgeon's office
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoUlster’s Marcell Coetzee sets Springbok return in his sights
"I'm very passionate about playing for the Boks" - Coetzee
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEngland lock set for new Saracens contract
Maro Itoje is likely to remain at Saracens
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRichard Cockerill names unchanged side to face Montpellier
Edinburgh name unchanged team for Montpellier clash
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChampionship is a tougher beast this season, says Hartpury boss
Hartpury welcome Doncaster Knights to Gillman's Ground at the weekend
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWasps continue recruitment in New Zealand with addition of prop
Hurricanes tighthead joins Malakai Fekitoa in joining Wasps next season
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoCan England 7s end their wait for a Sevens Series crown? We talk to Ollie Phillips
Phillips is undertaking a sizeable challenge to Mount Everest in April... and he's taking a rugby ball with him!
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones announces squad for England’s Six Nations opener against Ireland
New faces in squad, but co-captain Dylan Hartley misses out through knee injury
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChallenge Cup fixtures preview
Friday will see two more exciting European matches take place. Agen will host Harlequins and Timisoara Saracens head to Franklin’s Gardens...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJoe Schmidt reveals Six Nations squad
"There have been a number of tight calls" - Schmidt
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoNewcastle Falcons vs Toulon: Champions Cup Preview
Newcastle Falcons vs Toulon – 18/1/19 Dean Richard’s Newcastle Falcons suffered a heavy 8-45 defeat to French side Montpellier in their...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEdinburgh vs Montpellier: Champions Cup Preview
Edinburgh vs Montpellier – 18/1/19 It’s first versus second on Friday night in Pool 5 of the Champions Cup. Edinburgh have...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoGregor Townsend announces Scotland Six Nations squad
Scotland name seven uncapped players in their squad for the upcoming Six Nations. Hookers Jake Kerr, Dave Cherry and Grant Stewart...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWasps secure World Cup winner Fekitoa
Wasps have announced the signing of New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa, who is set to join the club next season. The...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 years agoGloucester prop Paddy McAllister set for return back to Ireland
The Lisburn-born prop agrees to join Connacht
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSinoti Sinoti commits future to Newcastle Falcons
'The supporters have been awesome right from day one' – Sinoti Sinoti
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLuke McGrath ruled out of Six Nations with knee injury
Leinster scrum-half sustained ligament damage in Champions Cup victory over Toulouse
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarren Gatland names his final Wales Six Nations squad
Wasps flanker Thomas Young included in 39-man squad
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWillie le Roux to leave Wasps amid interest from Japan and South Africa
Does this leave Wasps short at full-back?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWasps’ Nathan Hughes makes Premiership switch to Bristol Bears
Hughes signs three-year deal to make Premiership switch
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales dealt major back row blow with Taulupe Faletau setback
Bath have confirmed that talisman Taulupe Faletau fractured his forearm during their clash with Wasps in the Champions Cup. The Wales...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoResourceful Blues deal with Ealing’s powergame
By SAM ROBERTS THIS was a game that lived up to its billing. The cut and thrust of Bedford was more...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRampant Amps hammer Albion
By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….48 Plymouth A ….15 AMPTHILL ran in five second-half tries to race away from Plymouth Albion and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSin-bins no skin off nose of rampant Bears
By KIERAN WELLINGTON Firwood W ………0 Bristol Bears…14 TWO sides in desperate need for a win went headto- head but Bristol...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCarbery’s masterclass dismantles Gloucester
By NICK CAIN ‘CASTLE Grim’ is the Gloucester nickname for Kingsholm. It stems from the old estate the ground was built...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoPriestland gives fans reason to remember
By GARY FITZGERALD RHYS Priestland was praised by Todd Blackadder after helping Bath regain some European pride and leave a despairing...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFoden provides a fitting farewell
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………31 Sheffield T ….27 ENGLAND international Ben Foden signed off from his stint with boyhood club Chester...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMcLean: Ringfence talk adds pressure
By NEALE HARVEY No mistakes: Luke McLean No fear: Steve Hill EXPERIENCED London Irish wing Luke McLean insists talk of ring-fencing...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStortford press home advantage
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St ….29 Sale ………………15 LATE tries from Nick Hankin and Jack Scantlebury confirmed victory for Bishop’s Stortford...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLightning back to their best in Sharks success
By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks ….14 Loughboro ……53 Bonus try: Olivia Jones LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning got back to winning ways with an...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoJohan: We need action not words
GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann was critical of his side’s inability to match words with actions after a collapse against Munster...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoJoe rap for late penalty decision
JOE Launchbury kept his cool after remonstrating with referee Ben Woodhouse over the late penalty which piled on Wasps’ European misery....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFylde keep pace with the leaders
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …………….14 Leicester L……13 FYLDE battled their way to victory in tough conditions against Leicester Lions. It looked...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWe start over again now says Carnegie boss Sirling
By JON NEWCOMBE Return: Jacob Umaga CHRIS STIRLING says Yorkshire Carnegie have erased 2018 from the memory banks as they look...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSisi’s set to seize his new chance with Italy
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY RENAISSANCE man David Sisi admits he can barely believe his stroke of good fortune after being...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Hardie stays at Falcons SCOTLAND international flanker John Hardie has signed a new two-year deal at Premiership side Newcastle Falcons. The...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoWe want to be the ones dominating says Lees
By NEALE HARVEY CHIEFS talisman Jack Nowell returns as Exeter embark on a revenge mission against Castres to keep their Champions...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoNow only Wasps stand in the way of Leinster
By RONAN O’BRIEN LEINSTER reclaimed top spot in Pool 1 as second-half tries from Dave Kearney, Sean Cronin and Adam Byrne...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER NEWCASTLE FALCONS SCRUM-HALF HALL CHARLTON IWAS part of the new generation of Newcastle players coming through immediately after the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBattling Brynmawr keeping tight grip on crown
WELSH BOWL & PLATE ROUND-UP By JAY BAYFORD BRYNMAWR marched into the quarter-finals of the WRU National Plate with a hard-earned...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRees: Young bloods need to stand up
By ALEX BYWATER Courage: Matthew Rees has called on his Blues to show their spirit PICTURES: Getty Images MATTHEW Rees has...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCullen: We took the legs off them
LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen was delighted with his side’s patience and eagerness for the battle as they gained revenge on Toulouse...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Ebbw Vale……27 RGC 1404 ………26 EBBW Vale ensured they remain in the title race by battling back from a sixpoint deficit...












