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Q&A – Jonathan Davies: Playing in that World Cup semi-final was worth the pain

22 January 2021 0 comments

Jonathan Davies joins Neale Harvey for a special interview reflecting on his time playing for the Lions, Wales, Scarlets and Clermont

Coventry managing director Nick Johnston

Fight to save Championship: Nick Cain talks to Coventry director Nick Johnston

22 January 2021 0 comments

The managing director of the Championship club fumes over the lack of collective agreement over the TEC and the absence of RFU directive

Dream Team: Northampton Saints and Fiji hooker Sam Matavesi

22 January 2021 0 comments

Sam Matavesi, Northampton, Fiji and former Toulouse, Cornish Pirates, Plymouth Albion, Redruth and Camborne, hooker selects a XV based on the best he has played […]

Harry Randall has been a key influencer every week for Bristol | Kyran Bracken

21 January 2021 0 comments

Kyran Bracken considers Bristol Bears to have one of the Premiership’s best scrum-half departments, and it will only get better once Tom Whiteley arrives

Cardiff’s defeat to St Peters brought a call from the Vatican | Peter Jackson

21 January 2021 0 comments

‘The Miracle’ of Cardiff Arms Parks in 1993 had a touch of the unbelievable which stretched as far as the Vatican

My Life in Rugby – Kevin Maggs: Connolly and Foley ruined my Bath team

21 January 2021 0 comments

The Bristol, Bath, Ulster and Ireland centre discusses his career which had plenty of twists and bends

Kyle Sinckler is spoken to by referee Karl Dickson

Leave friendships in changing room, ref! | Nick Cain

20 January 2021 2 comments

Referees should feel free to have a beer with players after matches, but on the pitch the formalities should be enforced to remind players who’s in charge

Maro Itoje’s excellence shows why locks are top earners | Jeremy Guscott

20 January 2021 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott looks at how personal prosperity in rugby lies in the engine room

JAMES HARRINGTON

17 January 2021 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN French pick squad as Six Nations gets the OK Medical joker: Gabriel Ibitoye has finally proved rumours right by joining Montpellier French rugby […]

Screech looms on the Cardiff radar

17 January 2021 0 comments

CARDIFF Blues have targeted Dragons second row Matthew Screech as they seek to strengthen their front five. Screech has impressed for the Dragons and the […]

The Boks are all deserting their barren rugby land | Chris Hewett

17 January 2021 0 comments

Chris Hewett bemoans the overloading of South African talent across European teams, and the effects on rugby in South Africa itself

Refs should pay price for poor performances

17 January 2021 2 comments

COLIN BOAG Red card? Karl Dickson repremands Kyle Sinckler for swearing When a player gets cited, it means one of two things: the referee and […]

Bring back old guard to steady the ship | Shane Williams

17 January 2021 0 comments

A number of Dragons players can hold a big value in Wayne Pivac’s Six Nations plans, writes Shane Williams

‘Yoga-trance’ saw Tim smash kicking records

17 January 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 43 Tim […]

We stuck with the battle as long as we could says Ward

17 January 2021 0 comments

BEN WARD had assured those who would listen that his club were proof that ring-fencing the Premiership was a bad idea. And rather than revel […]

Liam’s lack of remorse as bad as his offence

17 January 2021 0 comments

Human missile: Liam Williams is sent off for his head charge LIAMWilliams’ reaction to his latest red card was almost as shocking as the offence […]

Dead hand of PRL is no help to the game

17 January 2021 0 comments

THE self-importance of the Premiership, reflected in its self-serving administrative approach, is not winning it many friends. Where coaches like Pat Lam, Rob Baxter and […]

Women thrived in wartime

17 January 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher begins a new series charting the history of the women’s game Trailblazer: Emily Valentine Aussie hotspot: New South Wales women’s rugby team, circa […]