-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoMurray’s eagle eye earns the advantage
THERE were all sorts of difficult calls for our referees to make in Europe last weekend – and in real time...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoCheetahs tighthead Botha set to sign on at Ospreys
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS will today confirm the signing of Toyota Cheetahs tight-head Tom Botha. The powerful prop has...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoBananaman Hernandez could take your breath away
JUAN Martin Hernandez circa 2007 was an astonishing player touched by genius who added a good deal of X-factor to the...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoProud Lemi moving on
DAVID Lemi will depart Bristol Rugby at the end of the season, having made 139 appearances. The club’s record tryscorer, who...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Hopefully commonsense will prevail in Spain case BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points In spotlight: Mathieu...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRAF getting closer to Forces parity by parachuting into the Stoop
The RAF celebrated its Centenary last week and it’s always been something of a bugbear, stoically borne, that for all sorts...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoHopefully I’ll be given a luckier break this time!
England captain TOM MITCHELL assesses his side’s chances on the Gold Coast TOM MITCHELL Team to beat: South Africa win the...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoGlover is one to watch after impressing in debut season
Men’s Sevens SIMON Amor is backing politics student Harry Glover to swing the vote in Team England’s favour at this week’s...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoBailey turning women into world beaters in double quick time
Women’s Sevens TEAM England women’s Sevens coach James Bailey knows his side must overcome “super high competition” if they are to...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoCrying shame that Wilson’s magic will be lost to Wales
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Miracle man: Blues coach Danny Wilson PICTURE: Getty Images Danny Wilson is one...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoHard to fathom their understanding of ‘neutral’
WHEREwould the Champions’ Cup be without Ireland’s big two? Leinster (51,700) and Munster (26,265) accounted for more than 80 per cent...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoAshton shows he’s class act
CHRIS Ashton, derided by many as more a show-off than a showman, ought to have won a host of admirers over...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoObviously some WRU policies aren’t fit for purpose
ANOTHER week, another example of how one family’s expensive day out to support Wales ended up being ruined by drunken fans...
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoAustralia skipper left ‘heartbroken’ after attack by thug fractures his skull
James Stannard misses the Commonwealth Games after punch by British man led to hospital stay
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoJuan Martin Hernandez calls time on his rugby career
'El Mago' forced into retirement after 15 years as a pro
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoIsrael Folau sparks controversy on his birthday with comments about gay community
The Wallabies full-back says God will condemn gay people to 'hell'
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPoints machine du Preez puts in flawless display
By SAM JACKSON 38-point haul: Sharks playmaker Robert du Preez ROBERT du Preez scored 38 points as the Sharks crushed the...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoWilliams close to joining Deano
DEAN RICHARDS is looking to complete the signing of London Irish centre Johnny Williams once the Exiles’ relegation from the Premiership...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ LEICESTER TIGERS prop Logovi’i Mulipola has been made an offer to join Pro...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSharks are circling around prop Matt
Move? Matt Mullan is being tempted away from Wasps The Scarlets are set to sign electric Cheetahs full-back Clayton Blommetjies. Blommetjies,...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoNot-guilty Jackson on his way to Premiership
IRELAND international Paddy Jackson could look to rebuild his career with a move to the Premiership next season. Blindside understands Premiership...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPaul’sgoing strong – 15 years after his first cap
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Any day now Paul James will qualify for membership of an exclusive club,...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoMystery of Murdoch ends with his death
EVER since Keith Murdoch stepped off the team bus on that wintry Monday morning in Cardiff, those left behind clung to...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPainting the town Scarlet
IN THE best of all Scarlet worlds, the Basque city of Bilbao will be in for a Welsh language make-over next...
-
Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoLondon Calling: Don’t miss out on Sevens action!
This year’s HSBC London Sevens will be a celebration of everything that makes the capital great, as the World Series visits...
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoWales legend Adam Jones announces retirement from rugby
The 37-year-old will move into coaching at the end of the season with Quins
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoHighlanders led to slaughter by Lam’s brilliant strikes
By SAM JACKSON THE Hurricanes delivered a lesson in clinical finishing to beat the Highlanders 29-12 in a fierce match in...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoDiamond upbeat despite Charnley project failure
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE SHARKS boss Steve Diamond says he wouldn’t hesitate to make another crosscode raid – if the right...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSaints to part ways with Myler
NORTHAMPTON standoff Stephen Myler is to leave the club at the end of the season with Wales No.10 Dan Biggar joining...
-
International Rugby
/ 8 years agoHartpury reunion as Red Rose face Wales
PREVIEW Wales v England ENGLANDU18s face Wales today at Sardis Road in Pontypridd looking to build on last week’s emphatic 64-0...
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoRory Best and Rob Kearney extend IRFU contracts
Grand Slam winners sign new deals with Ulster and Leinster
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland grab second spot as Waterman sets record
■ By SAM JACKSON Take that: Tryscorer Marlie Packer takes on the Irish defence PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND Women ended their...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoScots out to back up Irish win
PREVIEW Italy Women v Scotland Women Today. Kick-off 1.30pm SCOTLAND have made two changes to their lineup for the match in...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years ago‘Sick man’ Willemse inspires Stormers to banish the Blues
By SAM JACKSON STORMERS bounced back from a winless tour of Australasia with victory over the Blues to move second in...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoLes Bleues seal Grand Slam with six-try rout of Wales
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Wales Women …3 France Women …38 Grand! France celebrate PICTURE: TRP photographer FRANCE regained the Women’s Six...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoMaunder skippers England against Scotland
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND U18s head coach John Fletcher has made sweeping changes to his side to play Scotland at Stirling County...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSlow down Eddie and do job you are paid for
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones tipped a frying pan of egg over his face this week...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRoberts heading west to fill Tapuai gap at the Rec
TRANSFER WRAP WALES centre Jamie Roberts will join Bath from Harlequins at the end of the season. Roberts has won 94...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRolland must act to end this mis-use of his refs
HAVING made the crass error of allowing an assistant referee for England- Ireland, Marius van der Westhuizen, to referee an England...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoOfficials aren’t pals
IT’S time to bring greater formality to the way officials talk to players. There are times when it sounds like a...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland in free fall as Irish light up Twickenham
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Early score: Garry Ringrose pounces to score after Anthony Watson fumbles FORTRESS Twickenham no more, stormed...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoBrunel confident French on upward curve
Frustrated: Brunel FRANCE coach Jacques Brunel was frustrated after his team lost 14-13 to Wales in their last Six Nations game,...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoCome on Eddie, it’s time to show you’re worth it!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Wasted talent: Ben Te’o is not being used the right way by England England find...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAt last,there’s loads of talent for Gatland to work with
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND If I was to give Wales a mark for their Six Nations campaign, it would...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIreland hardly hit top gear and they’re only going to get better
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT World class: Conor Murray People have short memories, even your correspondent! Two months ago at the annual Rugby...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSo cruel for Italy as TMO sides with the Scots
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER A LATE penalty from Greig Laidlaw delivered a much-needed Scotland win on the road but Gregor Townsend’s side...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoVictors Wales finish off with a lap of honour but this was poor fare
By ALEX BYWATER WALES’ narrow victory over France in front of a sell-out Cardiff crowd secured them a second-place Six Nations...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoOur fitness counted in the end says happy Townsend
SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend hailed their great escape and said: “That will put us in good stead, winning away from...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHome advantage key this season as fresh faces light up tournament
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back at the defining moments that swung the tournament Ireland’s way Nerveless: Johnny Sexton breaks French hearts Star...
-
Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGallagher’s Six Nations gongs
Best newcomer: Jacob Stockdale Player of the tournament: Dead heat between Conor Murray and Guilhem Guirado. The former is consumate, calm,...












