-
-
Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
MATT EVERARD NOTTINGHAM CAPTAIN How’s your summer been? Studious. We had one week off at the end of the season and...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoLions attacking skills were shining ‘diamond’ bright
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE Sean O’Brien try against New Zealand in the first Test was the best of...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoCometh the hour, cometh the man
PETER JACKSON analyses the numbers to reveal the major Lions contributors PETER JACKSON Clocking time: Taulupe Faletau in action against the...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoI planned on a two-year stay, but I’m heading home after 11!
NEIL DE KOCK ON THE RECORD Q&A Scrum-half Neil de Kock returns to South Africa later this summer after 11 years...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoWill president Spencer fight to save the Lions?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Roaring with the Lions: Manager John Spencer celebrates at the end of...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoFiji reap the benefits of early RWC qualification
Brendan Gallagher rounds up the recent international action that has seen early qualifiers for RWC2019 Away from the excitement of the...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoWallaby win shows Scots way forward
Gregor Townsend turned down the opportunity to help coach the Lions to ensure he was available to start his career in...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoPremiership imports who have been pure Gold …
Jon Newcombe discovers the overseas stars who have impressed Gary Gold most in the Premiership Jon Newcombe Being a World Cupwinning...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoWho’d have thought it? Sam a radio role model
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW No matter what happens from now on, nothing will stop Sam Warburton taking...
-
-
Features
/ 8 years agoBlink and you’d have missed these eight Test debutants
THE Lions having been the only game in town since the end of the domestic season, it would have been nigh...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■MMA star Conor McGregor, pictured, was on a worldwide publicity tour with Flood Mayweather...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoVintage crew quits Top 14
FOR the first time this century, a quartet of Test veterans will be missing when the Top 14 come under starter’s...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoMcKenzie close to joining Tigers
LEICESTER TIGERS are believed to in advanced talks with All Blacks fullback Damian McKenzie about a move to Welford Road. Blindside...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoDid Poite let Lions off twice?
AMIDthe microscopic analysis of Romain Poite’s volte face on the penalty decision in the last Test, another question over the same...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoItoje set to become Prem’s first £1m man
Expensive! Maro Itoje MARO ITOJE will become the Premiership’s first million pound a season player after returning from the Lions tour...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CALLUM SIRKER ENGLAND SEVENS WING Callum Sirker ended the past two seasons at Twickenham but what a journey the last 14...
-
Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: George Stokes – Glasgow flanker
Growing up in Spain, George Stokes always faced an uphill battle to make it as a rugby player without the professional...
-
Room 101
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Gavin Lach – Old Elthamians director of rugby
1. Wrong club attire I’m quite old-school in that I believe a team should look as one and wear the same...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoQ&A: Ex-Wallaby James Horwill goes on the record as the new Harlequins captain
New Harlequins captain James Horwill outlines his expectations for the Twickenham Stoop outfit and explains to NEALE HARVEY why the British...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoJudgement: The Fox was simply outstanding in all three Tests
Player of the Tour: Wales‘ Jonathan Davies, below, played every minute of the Tests and was in world class form throughout....
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens chairman proposes a balancing act to solve Lions/Premiership Rugby dispute
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray reckons staging Lions ‘tours’ within the British Isles would offer a radical solution to the rancorous issue...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLionhearted Saracens won’t buckle after going for so long without a break, says Wyles
LONG-SERVING Saracens wing Chris Wyles is confident that the club’s large Lions contingent will not suffer from a post-tour hangover and...
-
20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Jeff Williams – bath wing
Enjoying pre-season? As much as you can enjoy pre-season I guess! I’ve started earlier than most of the squad along with...
-
Columnists
/ 8 years agoGarces moved beyond see-no-evil culture when it comes to Kiwi misdemeanours
By Peter Jackson Sonny Bill Williams probably thought he would get away with it just as generations of All Blacks had...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoReview: Slow start saw Lions move from strength to strength before springing into life
Match 1, June 3: Provincial Barbarians 7 British and Irish Lions 13 Okara Park, Whangarei, 19,951 Barely 72 hours off the...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoSpencer at war with Bill Beaumont over shorter Lions tour schedule
JOHN Spencer launched an unprecedented attack on World Rugby on the eve of the Lions third Test decider against New Zealand,...
-
Columnists
/ 8 years agoVocal sea of red prove rugby still has its romance, says Lions legend John Taylor
It was Ian McGeechan, long before he was knighted, who said one of the most difficult things you have to come...
-
Columnists
/ 8 years agoRef Poite got it wrong but Warburton worked his diplomatic magic
By Shane Williams THIS WAS an incredible achievement by the Lions. I don’t understand those people who are saying it was...
-
Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Faletau came of age and put Read in his shadow
IT’S been one hell of a series and no-one involved with this Lions team should feel anything other than immense pride...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoSale axe drove me to suicide bid but help has helped me, admits Dan Mugford
Plymouth fly-half Dan Mugford has spoken out over how his failure to gain acceptance and win a regular first team place...
-
My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ben Gotting – former Wasps and Worcester hooker
To play in the 2004 Premiership final and make a significant contribution to our 10-6 win over Bath was undoubtedly a...
-
British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Finn’s brief encounter a lot longer than Lane’s!
By Peter Jackson According to official figures, Finn Russell’s fleeting role as a Lion amounted to one carry, two passes and...
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoGibson quashes report suggesting he’s lost the Waratahs dressing room
Waratahs head coach Daryl Gibson has dismissed media reports suggesting his squad has lost faith in his methods following their 40-27...
-
Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Matt Everard – Nottingham captain
1. Simon McIntyre – I was lucky to play with him at Wasps coming through the ranks at the same time....
-
-
Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Jacob Atkins – London Irish fly-half
Mistakes can be costly in professional rugby but fly-half Jacob Atkins reckons embracing his is the reason behind his storming season...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoSaili adds potency to Quins’ midfield blend
Harlequins head coach Mark Mapletoft insists Jamie Roberts still has a big future at the club and expects the 96-cap Wales...
-
Room 101
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Phil Boulton – Coventry captain
1. Pointless pets I’m a dog and cat owner and I don’t understand why anyone would want to have any other...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoDennis: Proof is there, tries win you trophies!
Exeter star Dave Dennis reckons a change in attacking mindset throughout Premiership rugby has boosted England‘s chances of lifting the 2019...
-
20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Dougie Flockhart – Doncaster wing
Back in training yet? We’ve been back for a week now. We’re trying to ease the players in gently so I...
-
English Championship
/ 8 years agoRichmond captain Warden on full alert for next test of endurance
Richmond retained their Championship status last season but club captain Will Warden reckons doing so again will pose a greater challenge....
-
My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tom Johnson – former England and Exeter flanker
I was a bag of nerves before my first Test against South Africa in 2012. Geoff Parling told me afterwards that...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoSalary cap cheats cost Northampton trophies
Outgoing Northampton chief executive Allan Robson admits he will always remain bitter over instances of salary cap abuse that he claims...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoNew dawn at Cov under Winter’s rule
WHILE Wasps are basking in the success of their move to the Ricoh Arena, Jon Newcombe finds that Coventry RFC are...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoFinn’s brief encounter a lot longer than Lane’s!
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON According to official figures, Finn Russell’s fleeting role as a Lion amounted to...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoAussies in freefall but Coetzee’s putting bums back on seats for Springboks
BACKin 2001 when the Wallabies followed their second World Cup success by coming from behind to beat Martin Johnson’s Lions, the...
-
-
Features
/ 8 years agoBath join hunt for Springbok ace Kriel
BATH are believed to have held talks with Springbok flanker Jaco Kriel, who has also been linked with a switch to...
Latest News
Bristol’s revenge mission
Latest News
Welsh pair will feel at home – Skivington
Latest News
Men’s Six Nations debut for Davidson
Features
OSCAR WILSON
BUCS Super Rugby
Cardiff Met’s Gus Patterson on becoming Bridgend’s next rugby star
The best betting sites
