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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Dean Ryan could give Eddie Jones a shoulder to lean on
Nick Cain reflects on recent comments by RFU chairman Andy Cosslett about the future of head coach Eddie Jones
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChris Ashton leaves Toulon to sign for Sale Sharks
Heading 'home' to play his rugby in the North-West
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCrusaders reveal the special way they will honour veteran prop Wyatt Crockett
Super Rugby side will rename their stadium in honour of the loosehead against the Highlanders
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Featured
/ 7 years agoInternational team sleep rough in the street ahead of World Cup qualifier
They also were held at the airport for six hours
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSimon Easterby steps in for Ulster until McFarland’s arrival
The Ireland forwards coach will provide support to the province
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Features
/ 7 years agoMay’s electric but Eddie’s in dark
NICK CAIN GIVES HIS ENGLAND MAN-BY-MAN RATINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA THIS was a tour in which only five players – Jonny...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRyan could give Eddie shoulder to lean on
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones jokes that since England started losing games on his watch he...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLack of TV footage makes refs Fall-guys
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Benjamin Fall goes up for a high ball and his midair opponent, Beauden...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBristol can offer Ash the Splash route back to England
WITH one maverick repaying England’s faith in him, when Danny Cipriani’s magic cross kick bounced kindly for Jonny May in Cape...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIoane joins quick-fire hat-trick club
RIEKO Ioane has been in a hurry ever since the All Blacks rushed him into their team as a teenager, a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThis law is pie in sky
AERIAL challenges are becoming a headache for match officials because the law at the moment is an ass. How can one...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGermany are out of two World Cups!
GERMANY have now completed the fiendishly difficult trick of disappearing from two World Cups in the same week. In marked contrast...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRelegation? No, Solomons has Champions Cup spot in his sights
ALAN SOLOMONS ON THE RECORD Q&A Widely travelled Alan Solomons, director of rugby at Worcester, tells NEALE HARVEY his plans for...
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Features
/ 7 years agoShaun has date in Japan
NOT a week goes by this summer without Shaun Edwards being linked to a job other than the one he has...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIrish pop up everywhere
ON a green field far away in a corner of Halifax, Nova Scotia last weekend, a pair of fly halves from...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGold’s Eagles have found wind beneath their wings at long last
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Dan Lyle about the changing landscape of rugby in America OVER the years we have heard so...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy all-time US Eagles XV
15. Chris Wyles, below Native of Stamford Connecticut. High quality multiple trophy winner with Saracens where he made 254 first-team appearances....
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER BEDFORD, PLYMOUTH AND DONCASTER FLANKER ADAM KETTLE My parents are fullfledged Scousers and my uncle Brian played a handful...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIn honour of the rugby heroes of WWI
BRENDAN GALLAGHER explores the fascinating history of Scottish rugby players in World War I Paying tribute: HRH Princess Anne, with book...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLondon Scottish 1913-14: The Club 1st XV assembled before the match against the United Services
BACK ROW Private J Ross (London Scottish Regiment): Killed November 1 1914, Messines. Won 5 Scotland caps. A Fettes boy before...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFielding knew Huggan bravery warranted a Victoria Cross
RUGBY famously honours four Victoria Cross winners for conspicuous bravery among its former internationals – England’s Arthur Harrison and the Irish...
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Features
/ 7 years agoExiled Bath enforcer in battle for fresh deal
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Dave Attwood describes himself as a traditional kind of lock. In other words, he loves a scrap...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TIAAN THOMAS-WHEELER OSPREYS CENTRE You’ve got to be good to wear bright orange boots and Ospreys academy product Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler is...
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Features
/ 7 years agoOld stagers set to return as England stumble on
NICK CAIN gives his thoughts on where the South African tour has left England preparations THE leading question following England’s twoone...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHow meaningful were those summer tours?
COLIN BOAG Now that the summer tours have ground to an end, what’s the verdict on how the northern countries fared?...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Junior Fatialofa – Former Cornish Pirates, Exeter and Bristol centre
One of my earliest rugby memories was watching Western Samoa, captained by my Uncle Peter, beat Wales at the 1991 World...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBarnes column: The golden generation give hope to Bernard Laporte
David Barnes reacts to Les Bleus Under-20 World Championship victory on home soil
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStephen Myler relishing new challenge at London Irish
After the release of the GK IPA Championship fixtures last week, Exiles fly-half Stephen Myler talked to Neale Harvey
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGloucester CEO Stephen Vaughan defends stance over foreign signings
The Cherry and White's chief executive cools scrutiny over the signing of banned steroid user Gerbrandt Grobler
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has a plan for life without Billy Vunipola
Any coincidence that England's 2018 losing streak came when Big Billy was out injured?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDan Lydiate is aiming for fresh Test glories
Wales aren't short of depth in the back row
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSpringboks star quashes Bath link with Japan move
He starred against England in the June Tests
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Dylan Hartley will be back as captain for the autumn
Jeremy Guscott gives his verdict on England's tour of South Africa
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath fans can breathe easy as club announce Dave Attwood won’t be signing for Toulon
Attwood returns to The Rec after Toulon's attempts to buy him out of his Bath contract fall flat
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDavid Strettle has no doubt he can still star for England
Saracens-bound Strettle hasn't lost hope of adding to his 14 England caps
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRugby comes together to support local and national charities in fight against cancer
Bristol Bears forward Joe Batley joins efforts after receiving the news he is in remission for Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTypical injuries sustained whilst playing rugby
More than 3 million players all over the world take part in rugby at various levels, from professionals to those who...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMaverick Erasmus glad to see Cips spice up the game
RASSIE Erasmus and Eddie Jones have been coaches at opposite ends of the spectrum over the last few weeks. Where the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPRO14 gives South Africa the best of both worlds
Battlers: Cheetahs have exceeded expectations in the PRO14 but they have lost Clayton Blommetjies, above, to the Scarlets In many ways...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFantastic Mr Brits can play on for one more year
HAVINGretired from club rugby, only to be called up by the Springboks two weeks later, Schalk Brits is facing a dilemma....
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Features
/ 7 years agoShackles are off for Gold’s Scots slayers
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Gary Gold about the challenge of building on last week’s historic win US EAGLES head coach Gary...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll eyes on America now but ‘shock’ Bath axe still grates
UNCEREMONIOUSLY dumped by Bath in December 2013, Gary Gold has successfully rebuilt his career and is now in a position to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSouth Wales stands as Britain’s best star maker
New international: Owen Watkin PICTURE: Getty Images In their swift climb to the giddy heights of third in the world rankings,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAussies rely on the Islanders
AUSTRALIA’S dependence on players from the Pacific Islands has never been more pronounced. During the series against Ireland the Wallabies picked...
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Features
/ 7 years agoVisionary Francis gets recognition at long last
OF all the players ostracised by the WRU for ‘going north,’ a powerful case can be made to show that nobody...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
LONDON IRISH FLANKER JACK COOKE When sifting through the debris of last season’s relegation, Declan Kidney, London Irish’s new director of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAcid test awaits against All Blacks
NICK CAIN sits down with former Springboks captain Gary Teichmann – a hero in South Africa and Newport… Cornerstone: Tenda Mtawarira...












