Duo extend contracts with Bath

Bath duo Dave Attwood and David Wilson have extended their contracts with the Club. Lock Atwood has become an important member of...

Luke Cowan-Dickie hooked on new role

Even by England‘s precocious standards loosehead prop Luke Cowan-Dickie stood out as an early developer – now the Chiefs teenager has...

Gloucester capture James Hudson

Gloucester Rugby have bolstered their second row option with the signature of Newcastle lock James Hudson ahead of the 2013-14 season....

Room 101: Mike Friday – Kenya Sevens head coach

1. Cunning Cats I’m a big lover of cats from the big ones found roaming around in the jungle to those...

Nick Cain looks at the England build-up to Italy – and beyond to the Lions

When teams which have battled to get within reach of big prizes start to batten down the hatches and ban words...

Young Gun: Owen Williams – Scalets fly-half

Man of the match on your senior league debut is what every youngster dreams of but after following it up with...

Jeremy Guscott: Launchbury has been the find of the season

Joe Launchbury has been the find of the international season. The England lock has a great range of skills for a...

Dan Braid has the appetite to satisfy Sale hunger

Sale flanker Dan Braid was so confident that 2013 would turn out to be a good year he saw it in...

LV=Cup final: teams

Harlequins: Ross Chisholm; Tom Williams, George Lowe, Tom Casson, Sam Smith; Ben Botica, Karl Dickson; Mark Lambert, Rob Buchanan, Will Collier;...

Exiles sign Andy Fenby

Andy Fenby will leave the Scarlets at the end of this season after four years with the Welsh region to join...

Nick Cain: Welsh are embroiled in new fight for justice

There are times, as we all know, when the law is an ass. Usually this coincides with legal technicalities getting in...

Wales v England: teams

Owen Farrell will lead the attack in England’s Grand Slam decider against Wales at the Millennium on Saturday. The Saracens playmaker...

My Life in Rugby: David Barnes – former Bath and England Saxons prop

When I joined Bath in 2000 I don’t think they had ever lost a cup final – by the time I...

20 Questions: Ally Hogg – Newcastle No.8

Enjoy Scotland‘s win over Ireland? They hung in there, that’s the best way to put it! When the opportunity presented itself...

France v Scotland: teams

South Africa born flanker Antoine Claassen will make his first start for France as Philippe Saint-Andre makes three changes to face...

Italy v Ireland: teams

Jonny Sexton has been ruled out of Ireland‘s last game of the Six Nations with a foot injury. The Leinster playmaker,...

Blair Cowan joins London Irish

London Irish have bolstered their back row options for next season with the signing of Blair Cowan from Worcester Warriors on...

Soane Tonga’uiha confirms Racing Metro move

Soane Tonga’uiha has ended speculations about his future by confirming he will be linking up with Top 14 side Racing Metro...

Peter Jackson: It’s whisky galore if Telfer tribe triumph

When Scotland last won three matches on the bounce in the same Championship, they showed their gratitude to Wales by sending...

Jack Nowell wins 2013 LV=Breakthrough Player award

Exeter Chiefs Jack Nowell has been named the LV=Breakthrough Player this season following his eye catching displays in the Anglo-Welsh competition....

Michael Owen backs Tom Wood for Lions No.8 spot

This time last year Tom Wood feared he would never properly recover from his toe injury – 12 months on and...

O2 Inside Line: Episode 5

In this week’s episode, James Haskell and Toby Flood explain how England plan to attack Wales at the breakdown. Joe Marler...

Dream Team: Victor Ubogu – Former England, Bath and Moseley prop

1. Jason Leonard – The ‘fun bus’ was an uncompromising scrummager and a top bloke to boot. He was world class...

Jeff Probyn: President Jason can use his powers to help grassroots

The action of the RFU Council in overturning their nominations panel’s choice of president for the 2015 World Cup is probably...

Little and large are big-time with Bath

Matt Banahan has hailed his ‘little and large’ midfield partnership with Kyle Eastmond, likening their relationship to the 1988 comedy classic...

Ryan Jones blow for Wales

Ryan Jones will miss Saturday’s Six Nations decider against England after it was revealed the Welsh captain suffered a broken bone...

Six-week ban for Darren Dawidiuk

Darren Dawidiuk has been hit by a six-week ban for a tip-tackle on Bath lock Dave Attwood. The Gloucester hooker, who...

Ben Skirving joins the Bristol revolution

Ben Skirving is the latest Premiership player to join the Bristol revolution after the Bath No.8 agreed to join the Championship...

Jason Robinson on the Rosslyn Park HSBC National School Sevens

With less than a week to go until the Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens, 2003 Rugby World Cup legend, Jason...

Rob Howley: England showdown is so huge

Rob Howley last night (Saturday) billed Wales‘ Six Nations clash with England as one of the biggest of their lives. Wales,...

Peter Jackson talks to Maesteg coach Richard Webster about the startling decline of Welsh club rugby

There was a time when the Welsh club game was the envy of the rugby world, when popular legend had it...

Under-par England beat Italy and still hope of Grand Slam

England are 80 minutes away from their first Grand Slam in a decade despite an under-par display which saw them struggle...

Room 101: Junior Fatialofa – Cornish Pirates centre

1. Long Team Meetings I’m not a fan of long, drawn out team meetings. While I understand that coaches have to...

Nick Cain assesses the dramatic fight for survival at the bottom of the Premiership

If relegation is meant to be all about dull, unambitious, lock-tight rugby then London Welsh and Sale have not been listening....

Young Gun: Tom Collins – Northampton centre

Northampton youngster Tom Collins was very nearly a Cobbler rather than a Saint but the centre insists he has no regrets...

Jeremy Guscott: Breathless, but the Referee didn’t blow

Stuart Lancaster spoke before this game about the last 20 minutes being crucial, about how England‘s now superior fitness would pay...

Mike Scott banned for life

Mike Scott was today suspended from the management, coaching or playing of rugby union and membership of any club for life...

20 Questions: Stephen Myler – Northampton fly-half

Relieved to have signed your new contract? Definitely. It’s a difficult time for players and clubs and I’m delighted my future’s...

LV=Cup semi-finals: teams

Harlequins v Bath Harlequins: Chisholm; Williams, Lowe, Casson, Smith; Botica, Dickson; Lambert, Buchanan, Collier; Twomey, Matthews; Fa’asavalu, Wallace (Capt.), Guest. Replacements:...

Nick Cain: Lions levy hits their own fans

The latest twist in the Lions Test ticket story is that the Australian Rugby Union has refuted the statement from a...

England v Italy: teams

Mako Vunipola will make his first Test start for England after being named in the team to face Italy at Twickenham...

London Welsh left bottom with 5-point deduction and £15,000 fine

London Welsh have been deducted five league points and fined £15,000 after being found guilty to have fielded an ineligible player...

Shane Geraghty’s enjoying tough love with London Irish

Playmaker Shane Geraghty puts London Irish‘s recent upturn in form down to a tough new approach. The Exiles may have taken...

My Life in Rugby: Robert Jones – former Lions, Wasps and Swansea scrum-half

I had to do something to unsettle Wallaby captain Nick Farr-Jones in the second Lions Test now known as the ‘Battle of Ballymore’ in 1989...

Ireland v France: teams

Cian Healy has been named at loosehead for Ireland‘s clash against France at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday in the fourth...

Scotland v Wales: teams

Duncan Weir will make his first start for Scotland in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match against Wales at Murrayfield. The...

“Six Nations is very important on Lions year” – Gavin Hastings

As Scotland continue to go from strength to strength in the 6 Nations we hear from one of Scottish rugby’s all-time...

Peter Jackson: Tragic Nick helps pal Huw keep injury in perspective

Sometime on Wednesday morning Huw Bennett will bow his head and remember the day they buried his friend in a churchyard...

Phil Vickery set for gruelling summer on behalf of Wooden Spoon

World Cup winner and former England captain Phil Vickery will embark in an extreme eight-week journey that will see him cycle...

I’d answer England’s wing call says Manu Tuilagi

Manu Tuilagi is England‘s most dangerous midfield weapon but the 21-year-old juggernaut insists he will have no problem moving out to...