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Features
/ 9 years agoEddie must hope his shooting stars don’t crash to earth in Argentina
NICK CAIN TALKS TO ENGLAND’S HEAD COACH ABOUT THE KIDS HE IS SENDING INTO THE PUMAS’ LAIR IF England minus the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRobshaw and Ford will shepherd youngsters against the Baa-baas
CHRIS ROBSHAW and George Ford will co-captain an England squad featuring eight uncapped players against the Barbarians at Twickenham today. It...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSQUADS for Twickenham, kick off 3pm
ENGLAND: * new cap Mike Brown (Harlequins, 60 caps), *Nathan Earle (Saracens), *Sam James (Sale Sharks), *Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Jonny May...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Josh Gray – Barnard Castle No.8
Josh Gray was just 12 when his brother Alex led England U20s to the Junior World Cup final in 2011 and...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoHarry hoping to follow dad’s lead in Argentina
Harry Mallinder is hoping for another summer where he feels on top of the world after what he admits has been...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Ollie Dawe – Bristol prop
1. Second-hand jokes It annoys me when I tell a funny story or a joke and someone else repeats it shortly...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoNational League One Dream Team
Hartpury College became the first team in history to win 30 from 30 in National League One as the West Country...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoBlackadder takes swipe at below-par Bath stars
Bath rugby director Todd Blackadder has put his star players on notice after admitting standards of professionalism had fallen below his...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Joe Munro – Ealing Trailfinders centre
How do you look back at the semi-finals against Yorkshire Carnegie? We self-imploded for 20 minutes in the first half at...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoI can’t wait to get back to Leicester says Ford
George Ford is focused on another successful summer in white before returning to former club Leicester determined to win some silverware...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Simon Binns – former Leicester fly-half
I experienced some memorable wins as a player – beating Bath at home while at London Scottish, for example – but...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoGenge eyes overtime as stars near game limit
Leicester prop Ellis Genge is committed to going the extra mile for England in Argentina despite the likelihood of him busting...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Brendan McKibbin – London Irish scrum-half
1. Tom Court – Nothing to do with his rugby abilities really, it’s just that he’s so old he can be...
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Features
/ 9 years agoOut go Aviva, but who will sponsor Premiership?
PREMIER RUGBY are confident of having a new title sponsor in place to replace Aviva who end their sponsorship of the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSaints battle to keep Picamoles away from France
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Tug-of-war: Louis Picamoles NORTHAMPTON SAINTS are digging their heals in with Montpellier over...
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Features
/ 9 years agoKings of Europe in command position
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS BEST PREMIERSHIP TEAM FROM THE 2016-17 SEASON SARACENS’ exceptional European Cup double explains why they have almost...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLow key NZ Baa-baas tour paved the way for ‘87 All Blacks success
Unearthing a gem: All Blacks flanker Michael Jones starred on the NZ Barbarians tour THE most predictable thing about the inaugural...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRebels vote to break old guard’s resistance
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back 30 years at how the inaugural Rugby World Cup came to pass Inner circle: Wavell Wakefield It’s...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
MAX CLARK BATH CENTRE Enjoying the off-season? It came a bit earlier than we were expecting as we missed out on...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALI CROSSDALE ENGLAND U20s FULL-BACK Ali Cossdale is living the dream by training with the best team in Europe every day...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBath figures swell with move to HQ
PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to reveal a big climb in Europe’s attendance numbers PETER JACKSON Thriller: Bath’s Anthony Watson...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
JIMMY RICHARDS THE FORMER BEDFORD, WORCESTER, LEICESTER & HARLEQUINS HOOKER. Growing up in a small fishing village in North Pembrokeshire, it...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLeo: Islanders need a professional pathway
By GRAHAM JENKINS FORMER Samoa lock Dan Leo has urged World Rugby to dig deep to stem the flow of talent...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAngry Maggs takes swipe at Moseley
KEVIN Maggs remains disappointed by the ‘shocking’ manner of his exit from Moseley but is relishing his new role as a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSlimani’s coming back on again – and again
COLIN BOAG Controversy: Rabah Slimani, third from left, comes back on as Wales protest Cast your mind back a few weeks...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNakarawa demands high price for move
Expensive: Leone Nakarawa RACING 92 lock Leone Nakarawa could end up pricing himself out of a return to the UK unless...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act to reverse a...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Sam Grahamslaw – Leicester prop
Switching from the back row to prop is no easy feat fresh out of school, but Sam Grahamslaw will not have...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoToo much rugby? No, I want to play more says Marchant
John Kingston might think Joe Marchant has played too much rugby this season, but the young Harlequins centre is desperate for...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Mark Wilson – Newcastle flanker
1. Topknot hairstyles Admittedly I’m not the most fashionable person around, but I can’t see why anyone would want to have...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoMercer: I’ll prove why I should be in Argentina
Teenage back row sensation Zach Mercer aims to show Eddie Jones why he should have been on the senior tour to...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Will Owen – Rotherham centre
How do you look back at the season two weeks on? It wasn’t great and very frustrating. We started the season...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoFrancis out to prove his versatility in Argentina
Gobsmacked Auckland Blues fly-half Piers Francis has revealed how he thought a 5am phone call from Eddie Jones advising him of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Peter Scrivener – former Wasps No.8
In the early days of professionalism, I was officially the highest paid player in the world which still makes the lads...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will need big guns firing – Franks
Double World Cup-winning Kiwi prop Ben Franks reckons the array of “world-class” talent within the Lions ranks, led by the indomitable...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half
1. Joe Marler – One of the hardest men in rugby and that’s why he’s going on the Lions tour this...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRevitalised Broncos are bucking the trend
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Local heroes: Deri Broncos celebrate their final match victory over Markham The Deri...
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Features
/ 9 years agoChampions Cup play-off farce is poor advert for organizers
WHENthe clubs wrestled control of their major European competition from the Unions they did so on the basis that they would...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHistory is on the side of Irish in PRO12
FOUR of the seven PRO12 Grand Finals have been all-Irish affairs, most recently Connacht- Leinster at Murrayfield last year. Nobody will...
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Features
/ 9 years agoChiefs to beat Saracens but Wasps for title
Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for next week’s Premiership semi-finals …and picks his winners THERE’s no guarantee a cracking regular season...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWasps – 1st
STORY OF THE SEASON: Can be summed up in one word: Attack. Wasps have gone for broke from the off and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoExeter Chiefs – 2nd
STORY OF THE SEASON: The Chiefs endured a rocky start with just two wins in their first seven Premiership games including...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSaracens – 3rd
STORY OF THE SEASON: Hugely impressive when at full strength and then hanging tough when short handed. Saracens know they are...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLeicester Tigers – 4th
STORY OF THE SEASON: How long have you got? Horrendous injuries not least the ongoing Manu Tulagi situation and the eventual...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCastleford accused of breaching contract
DENNY SOLOMONA will claim that Castleford Tigers ‘belittled’ him as the case over his switch to Sale Sharks heads to trial...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
EALING CENTRE JOE MUNRO How do you look back at the semi-finals against Yorkshire Carnegie? We self-imploded for 20 minutes in...











