Room 101: Guy Thompson – Wasps flanker

1. Insomnia Insomnia is not something I tend to suffer from but, now and again, particularly when I know I have...

Challenge Cup round 6 teams 

POOL 1 Grenoble v Cardiff Blues              Grenoble: Fabien Gengenbacher (Capt.); Ratu Alipate Ratini, Jackson Willison, Louis Marrou, Daniel Kilioni; Jordan Michallet,...

Peter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Law only applies to James Hook

The writing has been on the wall for so long now that James Hook could be forgiven for ignoring it and...

Brendan Gallagher: The Test job? It’s a real loss but mavericks need not apply

Last November Jim Greenwood, who died in 2010, was voted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame and next week his...

Sean Maitland signs for London Irish

London Irish today announced the signing of Scotland International and British and Irish Lion Sean Maitland from Glasgow Warriors on a...

White commits to Exeter

Ben White has committed his long-term future to the Exeter Chiefs after putting pen to paper on a new deal with the...

No ambush in Cardiff this time, vows Chris Robshaw

England will be ready for anything fired-up Wales can throw at them.

Paice suspended for three weeks

David Paice has been suspended for three weeks following his red card against Grenoble in the Challenge Cup on Saturday. The...

Schools mid-week round up

Will Attfield scored two tries to help Hampton School beat fierce rivals RGS High Wycombe 20-8 and reach the seventh round...

20 Questions: Miles Benjamin – Leicester wing

Pleased to be having a run of games? I’m just really thankful to be fit and able to play as a...

Northampton snap Jamie Gibson from Leicester

Northampton Saints today announced that Jamie Gibson will be joining Franklin’s Gardens ahead of next season. Gibson joined the Tigers in...

Nick Easter and Danny Cipriani included in Six Nations squad

Harlequins No.8 and Sale fly-half named in 34-man squad by Stuart Lancaster.

Yoann Huget warned for ‘diving’

Toulouse wing Yoann Huget has received a formal warning for diving against Bath in the Champions Cup on Sunday. As tempers...

Nick Cain: A global season must still cater for the British & Irish Lions

A global season is one of the items at the top of World Rugby‘s new year agenda, and great institutions like...

Jeremy Guscott: Luther Burell must tackle his weight to be world class

Luther Burrell is playing well in a Northampton team that is sitting on top of the league with 48 points having...

Lewis-Roberts and Tuitupou sign new Sale deals

Sale Sharks have been handed a double dose of good news with confirmation that loosehead Eifion Lewis-Roberts and centre Sam Tuitupou...

Foden out for the rest of the season

Ben Foden has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left...

Joe Schmidt’s steer put Exiles on Tom Coventry’s trail

Exiles chairman reveals appointment came on the recommendation of Ireland boss.

My Life in Rugby: Luke Sheriff – former Nottingham, Harlequins, Oxford and England Sevens flanker

It was great to be back amongst friends at Meadow Lane the other week for Nottingham’s 136th and final Champion- ship...

Anscombe included in Wales’ Six Nations squad

Gareth Anscombe has been named in Wales’ squad by Warren Gatland ahead of the Sxi Nations. The former New Zealand U20s...

Cotter brings youth to Scotland squad

Scotland Head Coach Vern Cotter has again targeted form and youthful ambition with selection of his squad for the forthcoming RBS...

Dream Team: Adam Kwasnicki – London Scottish and former London Welsh hooker

1. Alex Corbisiero – I played with him in the London Welsh academy and although he wasn’t the lean-muscular specimen he...

Will Welch agrees new two year deal

Newcastle Falcons today announced that captain Will Welch has agreed a new two-year contract with the Kingston Park outfit. A home...

London Irish confirm Ben Franks’ arrival

As widely reported since last week, London Irish have signed All Black loosehead Ben Franks on a three year deal. The...

Dai Young said ‘no’ to national job to stay at Wasps

DoR turned down an international coaching offer before re-signing with Wasps to run their Coventry revolution.

England students name squad for Portugal clash

England students have named their 23-man squad to take on Portugal’s national team in Lisbon on Saturday. More than 50 students...

Courtney Lawes out of Six Nations opener

Courtney Lawes will miss start of the Six Nations because of a minor ankle surgery. The England lock, who suffered the...

Paddy Jackson doubtful for Six Nations

Ulster fly-half Paddy Jackson could miss the Six Nations after he suffered a dislocated elbow against Toulon on Saturday. The Irish...

Bath and Northampton on par for Champions Cup quarter-finals

Bath have kept their Champions Cup quarter-finals hopes alive with a sensational 35-18 bonus-point win in Toulouse yesterday. The West Country...

Exeter through to Challenge Cup quarter-finals

Exeter have joined Gloucester and the Dragons in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after their 33-24 win at Connacht yesterday. The Chiefs...

Young Gun: Lewis Ludlam – Northampton and Coventry flanker

It definitely did not seem like it at the time, but being released by Northampton at the age of 14 is...

Champions Cup round 5 teams

POOL 1 Saracens v Munster Saracens: Alex Goode; Chris Ashton, Marcelo Bosch, Brad Barritt, David Strettle; Owen Farrell, Richard Wigglesworth; Mako...

Jeff Probyn: Give promoted teams more money to level playing field 

Here we are at the start of another year and, as usual, the hopes and aspirations of all rugby players and...

Brendan Gallagher: Get ready for a crescendo…. just like the Olympics

Suddenly it’s World Cup year and the tournament is hurtling towards us as the pace quickens. No longer can we talk...

Challenge Cup round 5 teams

Bordeaux-Bègles v London Welsh Bordeaux-Bègles: Romain Lonca; Paulin Riva, Metuisela Talebulamaijaina, Charles Brousse, Lucas Blanc; Pierre Bernard, Baptiste Serin (c); Laurent...

Greene King IPA Championship round 12 teams

Bristol v Yorkshire Carnegie Bristol: Auguy Slowik; Tommaso Benvenuti, Gareth Maule, Ben Mosses, David Lemi (Capt.); Matthew Morgan, Craig Hampson; Kyle...

Dickson extend Harlequins contract

Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson has extended his contract with the Club until the end of the 2016/17 season. The 32-year-old has...

Room 101: Jon Brennan – Jersey prop

1. Shopping for Jeans As a prop your legs are either too short or too fat to be able to buy...

Collier and Sinckler extend Harlequins stay

Harlequins today announced that tighthead duo Will Collier and Kyle Sinckler have both signed contract extensions to remain at The Stoop....

France name Six Nations squad

Noa Nakaitaci is in line to make his France Test debut after being named in Philippe Saint-André’s 31-man squad ahead of...

Ma’afu banned for a week

Salesi Ma’afu has been suspended for one week by an RFU Disciplinary Panel. The Northampton prop had been cited after receiving...

Hepburn joins the Chiefs while three agree extensions

Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their front-row options with the signing of Junior World Cup winning prop Alec Hepburn from Australian club...

Nick Cain meets Jamie Gibson who has left academia to chase his rugby dream

Jamie Gibson is a scholar and a gentleman, a true blue Oxford University-educated boffin who, inspired by the philosophy of Socrates,...

Peter Jackson: Ryan Bevington still has time to climb out of the wreckage

The old year took an unusually savage toll of the toughest, meanest, ugliest breed in the game, the prop. From the...

Matt Banahan’s backing Bath masterplan

Winger is adamant Sam Burgess’s Union integration will not detract from Bath’s charge for silverware.

20 Questions: Peter Richards – London Scottish backs coach

Enjoying the coaching gig at Scottish? Loving it. It’s a brand new set of fixtures, a different challenge against different teams...

Rennie forced to retire

Bristol flanker Ross Rennie has retired from rugby with immediate effect due to persistent injury. The Scotland international, who has won...

Matt Hopper re-signs for Harlequins

Matt Hopper has committed his future to Harlequins having re-signed until at least June 2017. The centre joined Harlequins in 2011...

Jeremy Guscott: Bring back rucking and watch the game take off

My New Year’s rugby resolutions start with a return to rucking. To this day I don’t understand why rucking ever changed....

Nick Cain: C’mon Joel Jutge get a grip of your referees!

Forget New Year wish lists, because where the current crisis in elite refereeing is concerned what we need is a hit...