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Latest News
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 years agoJapan blossom into contenders
Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable rise of Japan under coach Eddie Jones.
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English Championship
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoEXCLUSIVE: National League One Dream Team
Rosslyn Park pushed Doncaster Knights all the way to the final day in National One…and now they have equalled their efforts...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoSort out your attack, Neil Back tells Leicester Tigers, or win nothing
Tigers must improve “woeful” attacking game - or face more trophyless years.
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Courtney Lawes about England’s welcome strength in depth
Courtney Lawes on the bench? If ever there was a register of the growing confidence and depth of the England squad...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson’s verdict: Willie-o-the-wisp leads Wales up garden path
Wales were shaking their heads in bewildered search of some explanation for their torment when Willie le Roux rather let the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: It’ll be a fight to the death for Saracens and Toulon
The seeding process for the inaugural European Champions Cup is just as unfathomable as its Heineken Cup predecessor but one thing...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years ago“I’ll prove a point to Harlequins,” says Tom Guest
London Irish recruit Tom Guest admits he spent too long wasting his prime years stuck on the bench at Harlequins.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Play Manu Tuilagi in centre with Luther Burrell
The experiment of playing Manu Tuilagi on the right wing didn’t work yesterday and if England want to end this tour...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Yes, it’s time for All Blacks to end their Pacific shame
Guys, it’s not the dark side of the moon. No fewer than four airlines, including the national carrier Air New Zealand,...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Top 14 cash could tear apart the All Blacks
The suggestion that Aaron Smith, the New Zealand scrum-half, has been sounded out by Toulouse about joining the French club after...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoPiri Weepu: That stroke was never going to stop me
Piri Weepu’s has always been a rugby life less ordinary.
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Featured
/ 12 years agoEngland beat Crusaders
Second-string England score six tries to secure first win in New Zealand tour.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Gory story of Welsh failure in South Africa
South Africa. The graveyard of Welsh rugby. Nowhere in the world, over the last 50 years, have Wales been put away...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Victor Matfield’s return can help Wales come good
Wales made their first stand in the Southern Hemisphere 50 years ago in the place they used to call the last...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoHenry Slade’s definitely in frame for World Cup says Jon Callard
Exeter starlet a viable candidate for an England fly-half berth at next year’s World Cup according Jon Callard.
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoLondon Welsh confirm four more signings
London Welsh today continued their shopping spree confirming the signings of James Sandford, Cameron Goodhue, Paul Rowley and Jesse Liston. The...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to England full-back Mike Brown about his remarkable transformation
Mike Brown is England‘s torch-bearer, but one with a difference. He is the man at the back, rather than the front,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Tour from Hell did English rugby the power of good
Isn’t it strange how a perception of history over time can appear to alter what actually happened? Like all the fuss...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoManu Tuilagi to wing it for England in second Test against All Blacks
Leicester star named on the wing as five others return to starting XV
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Referee Nigel Owens let All Blacks off hook with his card calls
Chris Robshaw and his troops will be mightily disappointed at this defeat which speaks volumes as nobody gave them a chance...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Bravo London Welsh, now give them level playing field
London Welsh‘s against-the-odds victory in the Championship final, beating runaway league leaders Bristol by a healthy 48-28 aggregate margin over two...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNorthampton Saints fear exodus of stars unless salary cap is raised
President Keith Barwell fears Northampton may struggle to keep top stars in future unless salary cap restrictions are lifted.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNew-look London Wasps give Elliot Daly licence to thrill fans
Elliot Daly looking to emulate his hero Brian O’Driscoll in a resurgent Wasps side next season.
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European Rugby
/ 12 years agoChampions and Challenge Cup draws revealed
Aviva Premiership champions Northampton have been drawn in Pool 5 of the inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup. Following the pool draw...
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European Rugby
/ 12 years agoEnglish clubs react to European Cups draw
Jim Mallinder – Northampton Director of Rugby “We haven’t played Racing Metro before, and going to Paris will be an exciting...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHooker test positive for bodybuilding drug
Chiliboy Ralepelle has reportedly failed a drug test for the second time in his career. The Toulouse and Springbok hooker, who...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoEngland U20s through to JWC semi-finals with Argentina win
England U20s have recorded their third win of the Junior World Championship beating Argentina to set up a semi-final clash against...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoBarkley joins London Welsh
London Welsh have celebrated their return to the Premiership by announcing the arrival of Olly Barkley. The fly-half, 32, arrives from...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Regional academies would reduce number of lost players
So that’s the end of European Rugby Cup Ltd’s involvement in Europe – and what an end, as both teams ensured...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Willie John’s Lions are dwarfed by Toulon titans
When the Lions secured their only series win against New Zealand in 1971, they did so with a pack averaging 15...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoEuro Cup place ‘will keep’ Joe Launchbury at London Wasps
Fears that England lock Joe Launchbury could be the next Wasps star pinched by Saracens have eased now that qualification for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: We’ve had hell and miracles, so what next for England?
England rugby tours of New Zealand – with some just fleeting visits in these furious fast forward times – are always...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Surely Steffon Armitage warrants exceptional treatment
Steffon Armitage’s omission from the England squad for the tour of New Zealand raises an interesting question. If, before the 2019...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoEngland boss justifies latest Steffon Armitage snub
Percentage of EQPs in Premiership justifies the rule that prevents overseas based stars from donning a red rose jersey.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Kyle Eastmond must seize this chance to show his skill
Kyle Eastmond can skin players in his sleep with his speed, footwork and swerve, and one of the things I’d most...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks ahead to England’s opening test in New Zealand on Saturday
,Freddie Burns is a big fan of the endurance magician David Blaine. Blaine has found fame and fortune as a modern...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDave Ward not prepared to settle for only being No.4 at No.2
England new boy Dave Ward has revealed how he nearly quit Harlequins last summer before staying to enjoy the best season...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why Bruce Craig’s vision for global season will fail to see the light
Last week’s interview encapsulating Bath chairman Bruce Craig’s vision of the future of global rugby showed some interesting, if slightly naive...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Yes, it all goes South when we head South
Every June the home countries fly south of the Equator in a battered state of semi-resignation to what awaits them. Almost...
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