-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoMidweek pile-ups impossible to avoid | James Harrington
James Harrington explains why the Top 14 schedule is in a bottleneck
-
Features
/ 5 years agoLions need to heed that Prem warning or else!
COLIN BOAG Predictably, there was a reaction to my comments on the Lions, and my view that perhaps the world has moved on...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRousseau’s romp has never been explained
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here?...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoThis top ten would have a real pop at the Springboks | Jeremy Guscott
The players who need little mulling from Gatland as he selects his Lions squad to be announced this Thursday
-
Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoBT Sport must stay in rugby if only for our sanity | Chris Hewett
Can BT Sport rope in more rugby rights to save rugby fans from a fragmented landscape?
-
Features
/ 5 years agoI wouldn’t play rugby now, outside-halves have to tackle!
PAUL REES talks to Lions great Barry John on the 50th anniversary of his star role in New Zealand Fifty years...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoLions will need Underhill at his explosive best says Calder
By GARY HEATLY FINLAY Calder, Lions captain for the series victory in Australia in 1989, has backed England’s Sam Underhill to...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGlorious nearly men of St Peter’s will keep trying
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools St Peter’s York might be the third oldest school in the...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoBleddyn Jones, voice of an angel and heart of gold | Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson pays tribute to Bleddyn Jones with Leicester Tigers great Martin Johnson
-
Latest News
/ 5 years agoLions beware those slips before lift-off
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Was it Homer or Robbie Burns – it’s...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Coventry back row Adam Peters
THE COVENTRY BACK ROWER AND CLUB CAPTAIN TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Breathing...
-
Latest News
/ 5 years agoJuggling act with Japan doesn’t cry commitment
RUGBY MATTERS SO Eddie Jones was coining it over in Japan this January helping coach Suntory, and Beauden Barrett in particular,...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoRock-bottom, but Jake Farnworth finds silver lining at Green & Whites
Daniel Gallan talks to Nottingham vice-captain Jake Farnworth about life at bottom of Tier Two
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors step in for fly-half Owen Williams
Worcester Warriors are interested in the fly-half/centre currently playing in Japan's Top League
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRichard Wigglesworth not set on retirement just yet at Leicester
One more year?
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNick Schonert fills the WillGriff gap at Sharks
Done deal at Sale Sharks for the Worcester tighthead
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHarlequins eye Tommaso Allan to deputise for Marcus Smith
With Brett Herron and James Lang moving on, Quins are looking for immediate depth behind Smith
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJohn Dobson in pole to take over at Harlequins
Neil Fissler reports on where Quins' search for a permanent head coach may lie
-
Features
/ 5 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.1: This is how rugby can be saved from peril
Introducing a new series with the former RFU chief executive on how the union in England can right the ship financially
-
Features
/ 5 years agoRFU must rethink its policies and direction – Francis Baron
"I am passionate about the RFU and find it distressing to see it in such difficulties" - what to expect in...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoRainbow Cup loses its meaning without Bok monsters | Shane Williams
IT’S a real shame the PRO14 Rainbow Cup began this weekend with confirmation the four South African teams won’t be coming...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoCould fan power stop Super League in rugby? | Chris Hewett
After a bitter week in football fuelled by greed, Chris Hewett considers whether fan power in rugby bears any weight against...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoGeorge Skivington interview – Long-term success will be worth us suffering now
George Skivington and Lee Blackett, as the two youngest head coaches in the Premiership, share the lessons they have learnt in...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWave of English optimism sweeps Trafalgar Square
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoMaro Itoje form is trump card in Lions call | Peter Jackson
Maro Itoje can be assured of his Lions place this summer, writes Peter Jackson
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo place for basketball scorelines in rugby | Nick Cain
PREMIERSHIP cheerleaders itching to break out the bunting in support of ringfencing should think again. The successful football fan rebellion against...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins centre Lennox Anyanwu
After stints on loan at Esher and London Scottish, Anyanwu is now benefitting from a year under new coaching arrival Jordan...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoUgo Monye has a big battle to end elitist stigma of rugby | Jeff Probyn
Has the shift in development from its pyramid state two years ago to Premiership-pwned academies kept rugby's ability to reach more...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoJOSH CAULFIELD
ROOM 101 THE CORNISH PIRATES LOOSE FORWARD TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES 1. Bad drawer etiquette You don’t see a chest...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoCONNIE POWELL
WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY HOOKER Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players THIS WEEK... Gloucester-Hartpury hooker Connie Powell sustained...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTruro get their timing right in Daily Mail Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SIXTH form colleges competing against schools became a hot topic in...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoWe will be rusty but ready for the Lions
PAUL REES talks to Japan coach Jamie Joseph about Murrayfield date after 18 months with no internationals Japan generated such interest...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoThrowing to Kruis has got Sakate on form
ATSUSHI Sakate believes the decision of the Lions to invite Japan to play them ahead of the tour to South Arica...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Neil Doak: Lara wicket highlight of my international career!
SPORT has played a huge part in my life. I played quite a lot of sports – football, golf, tennis –...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Pass master John Dawes had a natural born genius
John Dawes played with the speed and accuracy of the NFL's best quarterbacks and basketball's best point guards
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoChilds’ departure from Premiership Rugby was so secret
Club executives left in the unknown about Darren Childs' pending departure as Premiership Rugby CEO
-
Features
/ 5 years agoTMO’s not perfect but don’t give him red card
COLIN BOAG Big call: TMO ruled out this try for Ben Youngs against All Blacks in 2019 Why after more than 20...
-
Latest News
/ 5 years agoFind that lost slice of 50s life at Ealing
RUGBY MATTERS TRYING to celebrate your 150th anniversary with the usual array of dinners, golf days and social gatherings during a...
-
Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Gloucester lock Ed Slater
The former Leicester and England Saxons lock selects his dream XV
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoDwayne Peel looks destined for the very top like Stephen | Shane Williams
WHEN we used to have backs’ meetings with Wales during my career there were always two men who were very vocal...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoMassimo Cuttitta was heart and soul of Azzurri | Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher remembers Massimo Cuttitta and the Italy of the late prop's era
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoForget Six Nations form, Maro Itoje can rattle the Boks | Jeremy Guscott
Itoje is so good that he will rise to the occasion in South Africa as a standout player for the Lions,...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoPremiership’s treatment of Lions is a scandal | Nick Cain
Nick Cain aims both barrels at Premiership Rugby for playing innocent of being misinformed over Warren Gatland's timetable for the Lions...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoTandy has the talent to muzzle Springboks | Shane Williams
Shane Williams and Lions defence coach Steve Tandy go way back to when both were apprentices at Neath
-
Features
/ 5 years ago‘Medical joker’ Barry joins Vannes ex-pats
RUGBY SHORTS NEWCASTLE lock Darren Barry has joined Gloucester centre Harry Trinder as a ‘medical joker’ signing at French Pro D2...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoGeorge Kruis interview – Don’t panic! It would be madness to boot Eddie
The England lock reflects on his excursion to the Top League and how it may impact his Lions chance, in discussion...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoGleave on board for Rainbow Cup
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER hooker Todd Gleave has joined Ospreys on loan for the rest of the season. The 25-year-old has made...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoKruis’ Lions experience will keep him in the conversation
THERE are unlikely to be many bolters from the blue, if any, in the Lions squad for the tour to South...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Chris Czekaj: I won Challenge Cup after leg break horror
FOUR years after I’d scored on my Wales debut in 2005 against Canada, I did so again in the same corner...
-
Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: London Irish hooker Joe Vajner
The captain of London Irish U18 talks to Adam Ellis about his hopes of representing England at age-grade level this summer















