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English Championship
/ 11 years agoLondon Scottish dual-register Quins quintet
London Scottish have announced an agreement with Harlequins to dual-register five of their players. Lock Sam Twomey extends his stay in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Agony of 2010 can spur us to title in WRWC
A hard core of determined World Cup veterans may lay at the heart of England’s World Cup squad but equally it...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Nothing small about Justin, especially his ambitions
Justin Burnell would be hard to beat if there was a prize for the greatest comeback of last season. There is...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoLondon Welsh announce 24th summer signing
London Welsh have signed Cardiff Blues second row James Down. Of the 24 signings the exiles have now made, Down will...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoI’d wing it with Wade says supremo Robinson
World Cup winner backs Wasps' flyer to rise to the top of wing options.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoClermont say attacked trio could return to training in a month
Clermont Auvergne have stated that the three squad members attacked in Millau should return to training in a month. France internationals...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoMagnus Lund rejoins Sale
Sale Sharks have re-signed back row Magnus Lund from Biarritz. Lund, 31, returns to the club where he made his professional...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoFriday to balance jobs between exiles and Eagles
London Scottish Director of rugby Mike Friday has agreed to become Head coach of the USA 7s squad. The former England...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Why Rhys Thomas is rooting for US star to win Open
When Erik Compton walks onto the first tee at the Open Golf Championship next week, a Welsh international front row forward...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Professional rugby seriously damages the Scottish team
As Vern Cotter comes to terms with the enormity of the task facing him and his management team in having to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoLondon Irish recruit new skills coach
London Irish have added former Ireland assistant coach Mark Tainton to their backroom staff. The former Bristol fly-half joins as a skills...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoEasterby leaves Scarlets to become Ireland forwards coach
Simon Easterby will replace John Plumtree as Ireland‘s new forwards coach after two years spent in charge at Scarlets. The 38...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Kenya national side hope to lift the nation
They could be dancing in the streets of Nairobi by sundown tonight, well more than normal. Nearly 1,500 miles away to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoFalcons sign Chiefs lock
Newcastle Falcons have signed second-row Kane Thompson from Super Rugby side The Chiefs. The Samoan international has 28 caps for the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Life at No.10 hots up but don’t forget big Sam
Despite an influx of 10s, Jeremy Guscott tips Sam Burgess to make the biggest impact.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: IRB’s lack of Sevens’ plan could spell chaos
Bernard Lapasset has been waxing lyrical about the fantastic growth in the popularity of Sevens this week. That this popularity has...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoMike Tindall retires
Mike Tindall has announced his retirement from rugby, becoming the last member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning England squad...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoDwayne Peel stays loyal to Bristol’s ambition
Former Wales scrum-half set to start next season with Bristol despite failing to win promotion.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Precision under pressure is key to the All Blacks
Reflecting on the latest Test series made me realise that the one major difference between the big three Southern Hemisphere teams...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: The eternal debate: King John or Benny?
The surest way to start an argument in any clubhouse is to ask one question and then step smartly out of...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland name Sevens squad for Commonwealth Games
England Sevens head coach Simon Amor has gone for tried and tested as he named his squad ahead of the Commonwealth...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoJames Hook is expecting David Humphreys to inspire Gloucester
Welsh star excited by appointment of David Humphreys.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: it’s time for Stuart Lancaster to decide on his style of forward play
The heat has been turned up following England’s blackwash in New Zealand with the All Blacks and their cheerleaders in the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Get the players fully fit, Stuart, and cut down on your subs
The biggest mental plus that New Zealand have over England at the end of their three-Test summer series is Julian Savea’s...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoEngland ‘will benefit from Ford-Farrell fight at No.10’
Dad Mike predicts son George will challenge Farrell for No,10 shirt.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoAviva Premiership clubs could lose stars to Sevens call
Premiership Rugby’s battalion of overseas stars have been warned that accepting a call to represent their countries in next season’s IRB...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoGlint of gold sustains Ben Ryan on Fiji’s rocky road to Rio
TRP meets Ben Ryan after one year in charge of the most famous Sevens rugby team.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Girls go full-time and and full-on for big prize
Without fanfare or fuss a minor revolution has been taking place in and around Surrey Sports Park in Guildford this summer...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Aussie man-mountain can Eclipse England
The Aussies are more inventive than most when it come to nick-names, and the one in the news most Down Under...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoAll Blacks name Sevens squad for Commonwealth Games
New Zealand have named an experienced Sevens squad for the Commonwealth Games. The All Blacks will be led once again by...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoMike Friday: Top tier link-up is a must for Championship
Takeover by Premiership Rugby would transport the second tier on to a different level.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasp Hayter joins England Sevens
Wasps centre Charlie Hayter has signed for England Sevens becoming a member of Simon Amor’s centrally-contracted core group. The 25-year-old has...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoKyle Eastmond will show he’s the right fit for England
Bath head coach back rugby league convert and brands critics “uneducated”.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHogg added to Scotland Sevens squad for Commonwealth games
Stuart Hogg has been called to the Scotland Sevens squad ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The Glasgow full-back replaces injured team-mate...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Coaches must acknowledge their part in Dunedin defeat
Well that’s it, the tour is over but if you are a pessimist it really ended last week when the second...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Let’s lament passing of cricketing rugby stars
Whatever happened to the rugby playing cricketer or indeed the cricket loving rugby player? There was a time when the most...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Gerald Davies jinks in to put the record straight
Gerald Davies managed many an electrifying move in his time but none more so than the one that took him centre...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: At least one England team has belief to beat the world
Character. It’s a hard one to define on a big sporting occasion, but what we do know is that where Nick...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVideo: Brazilian women take on Sevens
CNN’s Christina MacFarlane meets the women leading the Brazilian Rugby Sevens team in their charge for the Olympics. Video courtesy of...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Brothers bring Rugby Sevens to the favelas
CNN’s Christina MacFarlane meets two brothers who have introduced Rugby Sevens to the Brazilian favelas. Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘Rugby...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoBath ambition makes up for end to Luke Arscott’s Test dream
Full-back's England dreams may remain unfulfilled but can replace those ambitions by bringing glory to The Rec
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: England must get fit to compete
Stuart Lancaster will have learned some important lessons on this tour, first and foremost that you cannot chop and change a...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain gives his verdict on England’s losing tour to New Zealand
If England are sick of coming second, and return home determined to do a clean sweep in the autumn of their...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Sorry Wales, but this is becoming inexcusable
And so for all their big-game heroics by the banks of the Crocodile River, somehow it still ended in tears as...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoJapan blossom into contenders
Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable rise of Japan under coach Eddie Jones.
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoDoncaster Knights packing down with a Transatlantic accent
Doncaster Knights boss Clive Griffiths is close to finalising his forward pack for next season’s Championship campaign with a second Canadian...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBrake and Ellery to make England Sevens return in Moscow
John Brake and Mike Ellery will make their long-awaited return for England Sevens when they take the field in Moscow for...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years ago“I can break down coaching’s male only culture,” says Giselle Mather
London Irish academy manager has her sights on becoming the first female Premiership coach.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Yes, Stuart Lancaster has makings of World Cup-winning squad
During last week rugby was a bit like the Clint Eastwood film, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. The Good...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Greatest Lions of all miss their lost mates
At a push, they could pass for a platoon of D-Day veterans rather than the only rugby team to survive three...












