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Features
/ 6 years agoDriven by desire for Bristol’s champagne!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY HAYDN THOMAS THE FORMER EXETER CHIEFS, GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL SCRUM-HALF THE other day we had a 10th anniversary...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 5-1
Brendan Gallagher reaches No.1 in the countdown and tells the stories behind how the five on this list originated
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Features
/ 6 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Jon Davies can still ruffle Bok feathers
Nick Cain pins Wales centre Jon Davies as the main man for the Lions No.13 shirt
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Features
/ 6 years agoShaun Edwards interview – Coming to France has probably taken me out of the Lions job
In such little time, Shaun Edwards has helped France deal with the intensity of sporting cauldrons
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Rugby has benefitted from ill-gotten gains
Colston College has been one of rugby's strongest schools in the country, but play under an infamous name
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Keith Lyons, the bushfire hero who blazed a trail in rugby analytics
Lyons' influence and keen eye for breaking down rugby helped the likes of Alan Davies, Alec Evans and Kevin Bowring
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 10-6
The national anthems of Italy and Scotland appear next in the next phase of our countdown
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: I shudder at the way Dan Carter destroyed the Lions ’05
Carter's return to New Zealand has cast Shane Williams back to the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour when the fly-half...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoHard as nails Des Seabrook was the scourge of All Blacks
Obituary: Brendan Gallagher writes on the life of Orrell, Lancashire and North rugby figure, Des Seabrook
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Departing Wales and Scarlets centre Hadleigh Parkes
The Japan-bound centre chooses a team loaded with Welsh and Kiwi talent
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: 2023 Rugby World Cup draw can’t be held amid the chaos
Set to be held in November 2020, Nick Cain explains why it wouldn't be moral timing to hold the RWC2023 draw
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Fight the good fight but beware disaster in wage cut negotiations
Jeff Probyn believes young players shouldn't be impacted by the push to reduce wage bills
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Players must be given a voice over salary cuts
Jeremy Guscott asserts why comprising agreed contracts in line with an obvious need to reduce spending is never easy when you...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 15-11
The passionate national anthem of Argnetina features on Brendan Gallagher's countdown
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Dan Leo: We won’t be silenced in our fight to weed out corruption
Pacific Rugby Players Welfare chief Dan Leo talks in-depth about Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and World Rugby's governance
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Ospreys and Wales U20 back row Morgan Strong
Told he wouldn't make the top level in rugby as a teen
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 20-16
'Why, why, why Delilah?' enters the first of our four-part countdown of rugby's great anthems
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Ealing Trailfinders scrum-half Craig Hampson
No.9 Hampson cast his eye over past teammates and opponents to choose a dream XV
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Features
/ 6 years agoWinless Namibia escape the repechage
WORLD Rugby have finalised the qualifying procedure for RWC2023 and although the dislocation of Covid-19 means it must remain a little...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLittle Jonny’s huge hits were game changers
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLion-heart Lyons was coach guru to the best
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Golden oldie: Dan Carter runs through drills during a Blues training session PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWe will not be silenced in our fight to weed out corruption
Q&A DAN LEO ON THE RECORD Regret: Dan Leo says Samoa should not have played against England in 2014 PICTURES: Getty...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYarde to be offered one-year Sale deal
Extension: Marland Yarde SALE are close to agreeing an extension with former England winger Marland Yarde who is out of contract...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CHRIST TSHIUNZA EXETER BACK ROW/LOCK From war-torn Congo to the top of international rugby, that’s the dream of 18-year-old back row-cum-lock...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHooker Hansen joins Bristol
BRISTOL are set to raid West Country rivals Gloucester to strengthen their squad for next season with hooker James Hanson in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI was unbeaten in a Scotland jersey!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM RYDER FORMER SCOTLAND, SARACENS, GLASGOW, LEEDS, LEICESTER AND NORTHAMPTON LOCK Victory march: Tom Ryder on the charge...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCheika among candidates for Gloucester job
New name in the frame: Michael Cheika FORMER Wallaby coach Michael Cheika is the surprise name being linked with an interview...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTough-guy Des was scourge of All Blacks
Des Seabrook 1941 – 2020 By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Top of the tree: Coach Martin Green, right, and his assistant Des Seabrook...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSharks set their sights on Eddie
Target: Eddie Jones ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones has been mentioned Down Under as a potential shock candidate for a crosscode switch...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDawn of new age as Captain Kirk’s All Blacks boldly go to world glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 13 1980s...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRobshaw agrees to stay until season end
TRANSFER WRAP CHRIS Robshaw will finish the remainder of the postponed Premiership season with Harlequins after agreeing a contract extension. The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFive Nations free-for-all after Welsh dominance
THE 1980s, with Wales no longer on their lofty perch of the 70s, was an unpredictable decade in the Five Nations...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI shudder at way Carter destroyed the Lions
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND You can’t keep a good man down – and Dan Carter is one of the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGareth’s team start Millfield’s 7s dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new series looking at rugby’s great schools Carrying the torch: Callum Sheedy lifts the 2014 Rosslyn Park...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI applaud Ashton for speaking out
Strong message: Ashton Hewitt with Newport Gwent Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images WRU chairman Gareth Davies wrote to clubs last week to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWHY EDWARDS CHOSE ROSSLYN PARK SEVENS OVER WALES
Great: Gareth Edwards SOME Sevens tournaments are more significant than others and there is no doubt that the 1966 Rosslyn Park...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGreen’s witty classic stays the course as rugby’s bible
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby books and DVDs TOP 20 ...RUGBY BOOKS AND DVDS...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFight the good fight but beware disaster
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Unflinching: RPA chairman Mark Lambert has threatened legal action PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEdwards: I talk to them with body language
NICK CAIN CALLS A VILLAGE IN FRANCE TO TALK TO THE MAN HELPING FIRE LES BLUES Off: Mohammed Haouas punches Scotland’s...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSarries committed to lifting community spirit
BEHIND THE SCENES Inspiring: Sarries RFC kids in kicking practice PICTURES: Matt Impey - Wired Photos/Saracens Sport What does a Premiership...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSHAUN EDWARDS ON…
...Rob Howley’s potential return to the game after his ban I’m totally pleased. I keep coming back to Dean Richards, who...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMoney row is turning best league in world into a joke
COLIN BOAG Exception: Charles Piutau earns a fortune but scores of others get a lot less Remember that song that starts...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThis Fox can still ruffle Bok feathers
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... OUTSIDE-CENTRES Powerful: Wales’ Jonathan Davies...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRugby has benefitted from ill-gotten gains
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Uprise: Edward Colston’s statue is ripped down in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPlayers must be given a voice over salary cuts
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Get the finances right: Lord Myners’ report gives Premiership a chance for a rethink...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Les Kiss: Dec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb
We ask the London Irish head coach about Brentford, the Championship, and the big money outlay last summer paying off
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tuilagi has the power to trouble de Allende
Irish duo in tow for battle of Lions No.12 shirt for tour of South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: In a galaxy far, far away lives World Rugby men
Would the little green men out there in the universe be baffled by rugby?
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