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Plymouth Albion left stunned by RFU points deduction and £20K fine for administrative error

28 July 2020 0 comments

TRP has been given access to the letter written by Plymouth Albion owner Dave Venables to the RFU

How did Ealing academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo come to be signed by Toulon?

23 July 2020 0 comments

Obatoyinbo, 19, signed for Toulon last week after being approached by the Top 14 club

Yorkshire Carnegie academy product Alex Rieder livid at programme’s collapse

22 July 2020 0 comments

Former Wasps flanker Alex Rieder labels the disbandedment of Yorkshire Carnegie’s academy ‘a joke’

Ex-Saracens chief executive Ed Griffiths

Exclusive: Championship clubs plan massive shake-up following review by ex-Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths

21 July 2020 0 comments

Is the Championship heading towards a collective bargaining agreement and upheaval of its structure?

Preston Grasshoppers head of rugby Gareth Dyer proposes blanket salary cap for National Leagues

17 July 2020 0 comments

Gareth Dyer lays out the options available to National League clubs and why an even salary cap is suitable all round

Judge me by my skill not my ethnicity, says Ashley Johnson

17 July 2020 0 comments

Johnson is now pursuing his coaching ambitions at Moseley and wants no prejudice in rugby

Exclusive: Yorkshire Carnegie disband academy as RFU pull funding support

14 July 2020 0 comments

The likes of Stuart Hooper, Danny Care and Jordan Crane came through the academy at Leeds

Delon Armitage closing in on surprise move in England

14 July 2020 0 comments

The ex-England full-back has spent the past eight years in France with Toulon and Lyon

Carl Kirwan on his Nottingham move and news of one more Green & Whites signing

3 July 2020 0 comments

Flanker Kirwan says he is looking forward to the competition in the back row at Championship level

London Scottish’s Mark Bright in no hurry to hang up boots at 41

1 July 2020 0 comments

The ex-England 7s forward may have his touring days behind him, but his desire to play rugby still burns

Charlie Walker during his Harlequins days

Charlie Walker explains why he chose Ealing over Premiership offers

29 June 2020 0 comments

The former Harlequins winger also had a year left at Zebre but was impressed by a chat with Ben Ward at Ealing

Saracens sign fly-half Will Hooley after leaving Bedford Blues

23 June 2020 0 comments

15-cap USA international says it was an ‘easy decision’ to join Saracens

Fred Tuilagi has signed for London Scottish

Tuilagi brothers agree Championship moves to London Scottish

17 June 2020 0 comments

The Tuilagi family’s influence to English rugby grows further as Brian and Fred agree deals with Exiles

Ealing Trailfinders confirm signing of Leicester’s Guy Thompson

11 June 2020 0 comments

Thompson’s move to Ealing was exclusively revealed by TRP on April 26

New regime at Old Redcliffians as Kevin Coster leaves

11 June 2020 0 comments

Old Redcliffians were relegated from National Two South along with Sutton & Epsom and Bournemouth

Premiership and Championship clubs cleared to return to training

2 June 2020 0 comments

Cleaning controls, PPE and temperature checks to be administered as rugby squads cleared to return

Remembering Exeter Chiefs’ promotion to the Premiership ten years on

26 May 2020 0 comments

Rob Baxter and Tommy Hayes look back on the success of their Championship-winning season 2009-10

RFU looking for new sponsor for Premier 15s as Tyrrells end deal

26 May 2020 0 comments

RFU begins search for new partnership as Premier 15s at risk starting new cycle without title sponsor

Damian Welch takes the reins at Plymouth Albion and wants Championship chase

19 May 2020 0 comments

The former Exeter Chiefs lock has been named head coach at
National One club Plymouth Albion

Grassroots specialists share skeptical view over RFU £7m aid package

15 May 2020 0 comments

The RFU has been warned by grassroot specialists that its £7m financial aid package will be quickly be swallowed up as clubs descend into a […]