20 Questions: Bill Meakes – Gloucester centre

Big game against Connacht today? It’s a massive game for us. Winning the Challenge Cup was huge for the club and...

Euan Murray joins Pau

Euan Murray will leave Glasgow at the end of the season to join French side Pau. The tighthead, who retired from...

My Life in Rugby: John Mallett – former Bath and England prop

I was fortunate enough to come into the Bath side on the back of the club’s most successful era, playing in...

Dream Team: Drew Locke – Jersey and former Gloucester and Cornish Pirates centre

1. Sam Lockwood – Up and coming loosehead who was named in the Championship Team of the season a few weeks...

Jeff Probyn: Sam Burgess is different, but does he have the time to deliver

How do you make 50 into one? That was the question most occupying the mind of Stuart Lancaster as he announced...

Peter Jackson’s column: Such a pity Gavin Henson never graced a World Cup

Gavin Henson’s place among the footnotes of rugby history can now be found hidden away beneath a sub-section reserved for the...

Courtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury ‘top locks for England’

Pair must be England’s World Cup starting locks according to Nick Kennedy.

Room 101: Paul Jarvis – Doncaster full-back

1. Wind As a full-back I’m not a big fan of wind. For 40 minutes you’ll spend most of your time...

Nick Cain’s view on England’s World Cup training squad

One of the enduring conundrums of Stuart Lancaster‘s tenure, and that of many England coaching regimes before his, is whether Red...

Shane Williams’ column: Chris Ashton will lift England but Wales won’t be worried

Stuart Lancaster’s die is cast, but this Dai certainly isn’t downcast! England‘s 50-man squad won’t hold many fears for Warren Gatland...

Jeremy Guscott’s column: No Steffon Armitage means no exile will ever get in

The exclusion of Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon had been well documented before the selection of England‘s 50 man World Cup...

Nick Cain’s column: Sir Clive Woodward could make France great again

Sacre bleu! Could Sir Clive Woodward, knight of the realm, England‘s only World Cup winning coach, be about to do a...

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: USA Eagles leave rugby’s old world order at Sixes and Sevens

Last Tuesday evening, when Madison Hughes and his American Sevens squad arrived back at the USA Olympic training centre in Chula...

My Life in Rugby: Jason Forster – former Wales, Dragons and Bedford flanker

It’s only when you look back on your career that you realise how special your time as a professional sportsman was;...

Jennings to captain Barbarians against Ireland

Leinster flanker Shane Jennings will captain the Barbarians against Ireland at Thomond Park on Thursday. Ulster scrum-half Ruan Pienaar is also...

James Haskell won’t be giving up to Sam Burgess without a fight

James Haskell will not give up his England No.6 jersey lightly and has warned Sam Burgess he faces a major battle...

Championship final 2nd leg teams

Worcester v Bristol Worcester: Chris Pennell; Tom Biggs, Alex Grove, Ryan Mills, Cooper Vuna; Ryan Lamb, JB Bruzulier; Val Rapava Ruskin,...

Ceri Sweeney heads back to Wales

Ceri Sweeney will be leaving Exeter this summer to take up a player-coach role with Pontypridd. “Ponty have got some good...

Wasps confirm signing of George Smith

Wasps confirmed the signing of Australian flanker George Smith ahead of next season. The 34-year-old, who has 111 Test caps to...

Dream Team: Jon Fisher – Northampton and former London Irish No.8

1. Alex Corbisiero – Obviously! We’re the same age and I grew up with Corbs at London Irish before linking up...

“I’m lucky to have had supportive clubs,” says Samoa star Kahn Fotuali’i

Kahn Fotuali’i admits Polynesian players are under pressure to quit international rugby in order to secure lucrative overseas contracts. But Northampton‘s...

Young Gun: Tom West – Wasps loosehead

England U20s has provided the stage for much of the country’s current stars to shine over the last few years and...

Wasps announce four new signings

Wasps have today announced four new signings for next season. Centre James Downey will remain at the club having impressed since...

VIDEO: Dylan Hartley previews the Premiership Northampton’s semi-final

Dylan Hartley: Ten months of hard work are on the line Our latest Killik Rugby video is with Northampton Saints and...

Saracens No.8 Billy Vunipola relishing Northampton challenge

Billy Vunipola is fully aware of the challenge awaiting Saracens at Northampton tomorrow in the Premiership semi-finals but the No.8 is...

Premiership semi-finals teams

Bath v Leicester Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Ross...

Jeff Probyn’s column: World Cup wage cap would promote level playing field

With the domestic season more or less over and sights set firmly on the World Cup, we are once again forced...

Dean Mumm on mission to prove he’s World Cup ready

Exeter skipper Dean Mumm insists he will have no qualms over returning to England as ‘public enemy No.1′ if he achieves...

Room 101: Marco Mama – Bristol flanker

1. Being called South African I was born in Nigeria but brought up in Zimbabwe yet people seem to always mistake...

Sharks sign up All Black lock for next season

Sale Sharks have made their second signing in a week by landing All Black lock Bryn Evans on a two-year deal....

Brendan Gallagher’s Premiership play-offs preview

Northampton (1) Story of the season The reigning champions may have wobbled badly in Europe with those big defeats against Racing...

Peter Jackson’s column: If ‘Gatland’s Law’ is not upheld there’s no point in being loyal to Wales

Warren Gatland‘s eponymous law has been further exposed by his refusal to rule Jamie Roberts out when the good doctor lines...

Harlequins prop Matt Shields now ready for his crack in big league  

Rookie Harlequins tighthead Matt Shields has endured a baptism of fire since joining from Darlington Mowden Park in February and emerged...

20 Questions: Matt Hopper – Harlequins centre

How do you rate Harlequins‘ season? It’s been quite disappointing at times and it’s the first time we haven’t made the...

Nick Cain: Why Manu Tuilagi deserves just a little sympathy

If any England player was likely to stray off the straight-and-narrow then Manu Tuilagi was always a prime candidate. That was...

Carnegie bring in Forsyth

Yorkshire Carnegie have agreed a two-year contract with Sale Sharks centre Andy Forsyth from the start of the 2015-16 Greene King...

Burgess and Itoje in England World Cup training squad

Sam Burgess and Maro Itoje have today been named in Stuart Lancaster’s England World Cup training squad. Rugby League superstar Burgess...

London Scottish sign Scotland Sevens scrum-half

London Scottish have confirmed the signature of Scotland Sevens scrum-half Russell Weir ahead of the 2015/16 season. The 25-year-old former age...

Jeremy Guscott’s column: This Bath side has the ability, now they must finish the job

Bath have arrived as true Premiership contenders again, and with a home semi-final already secured I would bet on them at...

Glenn Delaney: The salary cap cheats must be hammered

London Irish coach insists there can be no second chances for Premiership salary cap cheats beyond the end of this season.

My Life in Rugby: Rob Vickerman – former England Sevens captain, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie centre

I appreciate that having read this feature a fair few times over the years  it usually starts with a remarkable memory...

Elliot Daly and Joe Simpson among seven extensions at Wasps

Wasps have today announced that seven players have put pen to paper to remain at the club – including Elliot Daly...

Young Gun: Jamie Shillcock – Worcester scrum-half

Juggling school and rugby is part of Jamie Shillcock’s routine but the Warwick School and Worcester scrum-half will take it to...

20 Questions: Sean Holley – Bristol head coach

The final against Worcester is finally around the corner, excited? Yes very much so. It’s great for the club but we’ve...

Nick Cain looks at the likely composition of Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup squad

There’s a spaghetti of conflicting views surrounding the long-squad of around 50 players – initially billed as 45 – that Stuart...

Shane Williams’ column: World-class Matthew Morgan needs to play in Premiership

I don’t say this lightly but Matthew Morgan is one of the most naturally gifted players in the world. Yes, I...

Championship final 1st leg preview: “Our big-hitters must nullify Matthew Morgan” – Ryan Lamb

Defence will decide the outcome of the Championship final, according to Worcester fly-half Ryan Lamb, whose half-back battle with livewire Welsh...

Peter Stringer off to Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks have strengthened their squad for next season by signing ex-Ireland international Peter Stringer on a one-year contract. Stringer, 37,...

Manu Tuilagi ‘will be worried about his big brother’

Leicester Tigers are to ask Tuilagi’s elder brother Freddie to keep a closer eye on their young star and ensure he...

Tom Casson to join Yorkshire Carnegie

Yorkshire Carnegie have completed their seventh signing of the close season with the signing of Harlequins centre Tom Casson on a...