Six Nations Team of the Week: France stars shine in huge win over Italy 

It felt like a true Six Nations weekend again, with some outstanding rugby being played by France, England scraping victory and Wales finally...

Unique Rugby Stadiums You Need to Know About

Rugby has long been a sport built on tradition, camaraderie, and passionate fan bases. Whether it’s the electric atmosphere of a...

Six Nations: Antoine Dupont and France pile on record total in thumping of Italy

By Ethan Bents France thrashed Italy 73-24 in a statement win at the Stadio Olimpico in round three of the Six...

Six Nations: England’s warriors end Scottish curse

By Adam Hathaway England skipper Maro Itoje hailed his side’s warrior spirit as they reclaimed the Calcutta Cup at Twickenham yesterday...

Six Nations: Battling Wales give Ireland a scare

By Roger Panting Matt Sherratt, the Cardiff coach put in charge of Wales only last week, was delighted by the “emotion...

Cam Neild: We need to see return of promotion in Premiership

By Gary Fitzgerald Cameron Neild is a “big fan” of the old automatic promotion and relegation, and wants it brought back...

Tom Baldwin backing new boss at Blackheath

By Ben Jaycock Blackheath captain Tom Baldwin is disappointed that his director of rugby James Shanahan will be moving on at...

I’m glad to be in a ‘beautiful place’ – Tom Curry

By Adam Hathaway Tom Curry has turned back time to when he was a teenager after his recovery from injury. The...

Size isn’t everything, insists Tom Bowen

By Simon Thomas Tom Bowen is aiming to follow in the side-stepping footsteps of his heroes Shane Williams and Cheslin Kolbe...

England 16-15 Scotland: Fin Smith has diamonds on the soles of his shoes

By Nick Cain at Twickenham England ..............................16pts Try: Freeman 9 Conversion: M Smith 9 Penalties: M Smith 56, 67; F Smith...

For Scotland, another Six Nations dream dies at the hands of England…

By Paul Rees England well know the pain of a late missed kick. Little more than three months after George Ford’s...

Cool cat Fin Smith is England’s biggest hitter at 10 since Jonny Wilkinson

By Brendan Gallagher After narrowly losing a couple of games against class opposition in the summer and autumn that they probably...

Six Nations: Triple top for Ireland, new hope for Wales

By Simon Thomas Wales .................................. 18pts Tries: Rogers 43, Morgan 43 Conversion: Anscombe 44 Penalties: Anscombe 23, 35 Ireland............................... 27pts Tries:...

Never can a team have lost and won so much than Wales

By Peter Jackson For more than 60 glorious minutes, the man they call ‘Jockey’ watched his no-hopers dare to cause an...

Italy vs France Preview: Callum Braley urges Italy to take the bold route

By Jon Newcombe Match Preview - Italy v France Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadio Olimpico Former Italy scrum-half Callum Braley has urged...

Thomas Ramos at 10 for new-look France

France head coach Fabien Galthie has made changes to his team following their 26-25 defeat by England last time out. Fly-half...

Ryan Lamb’s backing pair of 10s to be England aces

Jon Newcombe talks to the Plymouth coach who says Fin and Marcus Smith will be in charge for the next two...

Jeremy Guscott – French stars need to get on the same page

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken & Unmissable every week... How will France respond in Rome after losing to England? I don’t...

U20s Six Nations: Ruthless France hit back in style against Italy

By Ben Jaycock Italy ..................... 5 France...............58 France bounced back from their defeat to England last time out with a demolition...

U20s Six Nations: Kepu Tuipulotu leads the charge as England blow away limp Scotland

By Ethan Bents England ........................... 57pts Tries: Ridl 5, Tuipulotu 12, 37; James 29, Raymont 32, Burrow 43, Pearson 54, Bracken...

U20s Six Nations: Ireland have the power but Wales take the glory in surprise triumph

By Ben Jaycock Wales ................... 20pts Tries: Penalty 4, Emanuel 15 Conversion: Wilde 16 Penalties: Wilde 50, Ford 80 Ireland..................12pts Tries:...

This brotherhood of mates is what keeps us together – England U20s Centre Angus Hall

That was an awesome performance from the boys. We were talking all week about putting in an 80-minute display and I...

Kieran Hardy is getting back to his best

By Simon Thomas After going through a challenging spell in his career, Kieran Hardy is now enjoying his rugby again and...

Connacht make Harlequins fight all the way

By Sam Jackson Harlequins.......24 Connacht......... 19 Harlequins battled hard to claim a gritty win over a powerful Connacht outfit at The...

Cut bench in half to make a game of it

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The bench is damaging rugby union, and this Six Nations should...

George Kloska gets his chance to show Steve Borthwick what he can do

By Paul Rees George Kloska was one of the surprise picks in the England A squad but Steve Borthwick had been...

George Makepeace-Cubitt happy to learn in Smith’s shadow

By Paul Rees George Makepeace-Cubitt is making the most of Fin Smith’s presence at Northampton, knowing there will come a point...

Ethan Roots has been our rock at Exeter Chiefs, says Ricky Pellow

By Mark Stevens Exeter Chiefs flanker Ethan Roots has used the setback of missing out on England selection into a powerful...

George Skivington coup as Ross Byrne signs for Gloucester

Gloucester have signed 22-cap Ireland flyhalf Ross Byrne for next season. In his 177 games for the province, the 29-year-old Dubliner...

Simon Easterby: I’ve had no contact with Wales

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby says he has had no contact from the WRU about replacing Warren Gatland as head coach....

Dream Team – Alun Walker

ALUN WALKER, THE CHINNOR AND FORMER EDINBURGH, NOTTINGHAM, EALING & NEWCASTLE HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......

The time’s ripe for a summit of the egos

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Summits are all the rage right now, “rage” being the operative word, and as the...

Scrums in danger of falling off the stage

By Chris Hewett We do not yet know whether the Sabercats or the Seawolves will emerge the stronger, or whether the...

After delivering one miracle, a second proved impossible for Warren Gatland

Paul Rees says Gatland should be remembered for his remarkable achievements, not his second-term failings Timing is everything in sport, on...

Wyrwas out to get her kicks on route to top

By BEN JAYCOCK Focus: Saracens scrum-half Ella Wyrwas ELLA Wyrwas tasted silverware in her first season with Saracens but having fallen...

Gloucester-Hartpury hitting form at the right time – Sarah Beckett

By Harry Scott-Munro Gloucester-H..52pts Tries: Hunt 20, Aldcroft 24, N Jones 39, 44; Venner 52, Beckett 61, Hendy 66, Else 79...

Wall times it perfectly to snatch it at the death

By LUKE JARMYN Leicester .............................19pts Tries: McBrien 18, Gallagher 30, M Jones 50 Conversions: Gallagher 19, 31 Exeter ................................. 24pts Tries:...

Cool Helena Rowland seals it for Loughborough with last-gasp kick

By Mark Docherty Loughborough 36pts Tries: Treder 8, 36, Scarratt 11, Rowland 15, Campion 57 Conversions: Rowland 8, 11, 36, 57...

Saracens on the rampage as they avoid ‘banana skin’

By Will Roberts Saracens .........66pts Tries: Senft 9, 24; McMillan 18, Gregson 30, 80; Campbell 35, Gondwe 43, Packer 52, B...

Willie Le Roux calling the shots for Bulls

By Ben Jaycock Bulls .................. 31 Lions.................. 19 Willie le Roux starred as his Bulls boosted their top-four credentials with a...

It’s all adding up nicely for Steve Borthwick, says Chris Ashton

Paul Rees talks to the former England winger who says the team’s age profile is looking good to challenge in RWC...

Will Joseph leaves Harlequins to sign for Gloucester

England centre Will Joseph will move from Harlequins to George Skivington’s Gloucester at the end of the season. The 22-year-old, whose...

Continued study a must for academy graduates

Steve Hill talks to Wayne Thompson, below, the head of Gloucester academy What was your playing background and how did you...

Sam Riley: We believe we can make Premiership top four

By Gary Fitzgerald Sam Riley is bullish about Quins prospects of stashing some silverware in the Twickenham Stoop cabinet and confirms...

Two may be better than one for Wales

MICHAEL Cheika has been around more blocks than most on the global coaching merry-go-round: Dublin (Leinster), Paris (Stade Francais), London (Harlequins),...

Ireland or nobody: Tadhg Beirne goes over for his country

To Ireland, via Llandovery PICTURE: Getty Images TADHG Beirne’s road to redemption from Leinster reject to Ireland superstar began at a...

Forward muscle puts Macc back on right path

N2W By DAVID WILKINSON Macclesfield...27 Exeter Uni.........22 TEAMS MACCLESFIELD: Birkett, Jennings, Adu, H Oliver, Harrison, Farrell, Winterburn, Rushton Longmore, Darlington, Blackburn,...

Otley hit Bills with a seven-try blast

National 2 N By NICK DOYLE Otley.......................... 51 Billingham.............. 15 OTLEY moved up to tenth with an emphatic win over Billingham...

Adam steers Fylde to comfortable win

By WILL JUDD FYLDE saw off Lymm in some style with a string of good scores in an entertaining game. The...

Black day for hosts after the visitors’ hot start

By STEPHEN BULL BLACKHEATH caught their hosts Mowden Park cold by scoring after two minutes through Cavubati, and the scores kept...