-
Features
/ 7 years agoLet battle commence for the final place in Japan
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE RWC2019 repechage tournament – the first of...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoFight Kiwi fire with fire to rekindle Chicago flame
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks ahead to next week’s clash in Dublin between the world’s top two teams Breaking the duck: Conor Murray...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MIKE UMAGA FORMER SAMOA AND ROTHERHAM BACK AND DoR AT BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE BEING booed by 60- odd thousand South Africans...
-
Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoZach Kibirige on Newcastle’s competition for places with Goneva, Sinoti Sinoti and the emerging Adam Radwan
Radwan is a massive 'weapon for us' says Falcons teammate
-
Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Wales will be ready for the Aussies now
Limit the game to forwards play and Wales can be victorious over Wallabies
-
Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: How Melon made a real prune out of Ronan O’Gara
A whopping 134 Tests epitomised by one moment of prop brilliance in 2005
-
Features
/ 7 years agoWatching this, I wouldn’t let my kid play League
COLIN BOAG With a dearth of ‘proper’ rugby last weekend, I was reduced to watching Rugby League, something I haven’t done...
-
-
Features
/ 7 years agoBad times are good for facing All Blacks
OVER the decades, playing New Zealand has provided the ultimate Test with teams needing to be in top shape mentally and...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoCov give Canuks World Cup tuning
Warm-up: Robbie Povey CANADA will be renewing old friendships at Coventry tomorrow night when they play their final warm-up before the...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoRUGBY MATTERS: Carling can teach these modern players so much
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE appointment of Will Carling as a leadership mentor/guru to...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoBeware rope-a-dope tactics
England must be wary of the All Blacks sucker punch on counter attack NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO THE BIG ONE...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s a wipeout for Red Rose in the best team selection
OWEN Farrell, Maro Itoje and a fit Manu Tuilagi, left, are the only England players who would tempt the All Black...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoEvans: Kiwis ‘are trying new moves’
By ADAM HATHAWAY FORMER New Zealand flyhalf Nick Evans has warned Northern Hemisphere fans not to read too much into the...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoRowntree’s expertise can help the Lelos breakthrough
Brendan Gallagher looks at the testing Autumn series awaiting Georgia’s World Cup squad Expert tuition: Graham Rowntree, below, is working with...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s going to get brutal out there for the Pumas
Brendan Gallagher analyses the task ahead of new Pumas head coach Mario Ledesma Barnstorming flanker: Pablo Matera SO which Pumas team...
-
-
Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
TOM CHEESEMAN THE FORMER BATH, HARLEQUINS & ESHER CENTRE Getting dropped a week after scoring a hat-trick against Worcester in the...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE: Prop Boyce on the Wasps radar
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @ neilfissler WASPS are keeping tabs on Harlequins loosehead Lewis Boyce who could quit the...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
WORCESTER CENTRE OLLIE LAWRENCE Worcester’s academy is providing a rich seam of talent right now and amongst the promising teenagers pushing...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoSarries and Tigers eye Ewels bid
Talks: Charlie Ewels SARACENS and Leicester Tigers are both showing an interest in England second row Charlie Ewels who is out...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoQuickfire try double fires Bath to top of the table
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES RESULTSwent with form as a full ticket of Wednesday fixtures gave some shape to the table....
-
Features
/ 7 years agoBurgess Mk 2 set to switch
GEORGE BURGESS, below, the younger brother of controversial former England international Sam, has admitted he would be interested in making a...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoJoseph may need to cut £300k wage to stay at the Rec
On the move? Jonathan Joseph JONATHAN Joseph’s future at Bath seems uncertain with Premiership rivals waiting to speak to him at...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoDevoto yet to agree new deal with Chiefs
OLLIE Devoto could be set to leave former Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs when his contract runs out at the end of...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Where have Eddie’s bullying forwards got to?
Time is running out for Eddie to sort out his pack
-
Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Bath second row Dave Attwood
Attwood picks a XV from his time at the Rec, Bristol, Gloucester and Toulon
-
-
Features
/ 7 years agoWhy altitude sickness is the main Irish enemy now
BRENDAN GALLAGHER IDENTIFIES AN ONGOING SENSE OF CAUTION IN A NATION’S RUGBY PSYCHE Needs starts: Jordan Larmour Ireland and the Irish...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoMaori wanderlust thrilling the world for 140 years
Brendan Gallagher is left to marvel at the missionary zeal of the game’s great tourists Famous win: NZ Maori beat England...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER PREMIERSHIP REFEREE ASHLEY ROWDEN DO I miss refereeing? I don’t miss the training, I don’t miss the travelling, but...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BRISTOL UTILITY BACK CHARLIE POWELL HOMEGROWN Bristol players have been thin on the ground in recent seasons but Charlie Powell is...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoBeck’s late score helps in Cutting down the champs
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES ANOTHER set of tableturning results compressed the league table yet further on Wednesday night in Round...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoTackle flaws have already devalued European Cup
COLIN BOAG No escape: Danny Cipriani just braced himself for impact It is hard to overstate the parlous situation that rugby...
-
-
Features
/ 7 years agoPicking Tuilagi at 12 will give the forwards a target
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Firing on all four: Manu Tuilagi has brought a new dimension to Leicester’s play in Europe...
-
Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Bristol Bears flanker Steven Luatua picks his XV
A team steeped with All Blacks
-
Featured
/ 7 years agoYoung Gun – Sale Sharks fly-half Kieran Wilkinson
... A fly-half named Wilkinson
-
Features
/ 8 years agoGain-line busters will give England a new dimension
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Risk worth taking: Joe Cokanasiga is in devastating attacking form but could be a defensive liability...
-
-
Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler SARACENS are weighing up a move for Western Province captain Chris van Zyl as...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoStormers prop duo sought by Diamond
Tight-head: Frans Malherbe SALE SHARKS have made no secret of the fact that they want to strengthen their front row and...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoWasps fancy Ibitoye to fill Wade gap
Exciting wing talent: Gabriel Ibitoye WASPS have put Gabriel Ibitoye, one of the most exciting wing talents in the Northern Hemisphere,...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoScarlets ramp up search for a new playmaker
SAM Davies and Owen Williams have been identified by the Scarlets as potential new playmaker options for next season. The Llanelli-based...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoSingleton starts new contract talk
WORCESTER are keen to build on their good start to the new season by opening contract talks with hooker Jack Singleton....
-
Features
/ 8 years agoWelsh stars to stay put
THE WELSH Rugby Union are keen to stop players moving between regions when their contracts are coming to an end. Blindside...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoLet’s hope we have a bolter like George!
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Left field choice: Leicester wing Jonah Holmes PICTURE: Getty Images OVER the course of ten...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
FORMER ORRELL AND LEEDS HOOKER ROB RAWLINSON OUR celebrations lasted well into the night when we beat Bath to lift the...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
KIERAN WILKINSON SALE FLY-HALF Sharing your surname with one of England’s greatest players might be seen as a double-edged sword by...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoStiles strikes late winner to get the Rec rocking
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES BATHexacted revenge for last season’s home defeat by Leeds Beckett with a last gasp 29-27 win...
The best betting sites
