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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoThe ringfence which is encouraging open play
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE have been a few articles written about how the Premiership has...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoCHAMPIONSHIP
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWorboys: I’m aiming to be first-choice 10 at Ealing
By BEN JAYCOCK George Worboys endured ‘the most testing five years of his life’ at Bath but is looking forward to...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoPerenara tops try list as ’Canes march on
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK TJ Perenara became the all-time top Super Rugby try scorer as his table topping...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten Wild Knights finish in fine style
Japan League One round-up By TOM JEFFREYS Saitama Wild Knights sealed an unprecedented unbeaten league season with a 43-14 win over...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoTop two set up a final showdown
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE THE top two teams in the regular Premiership season will face off in the final on...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed show their worth
Championship round-up ALREADY crowned champions, Bargoed ran in nine tries as they came from 14-0 down to record a 59-21 victory...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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News Extra
/ 2 years agoEngland set up NZ date
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND Women will play world champions New Zealand at Twickenham on September 14 in preparation for October’s WXV 1...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoWales can’t stop England barrage
England ran out convincing 45-5 winners over Wales in a Women’s U20 international at Bristol’s Shaftesbury Park. A first half try...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoBiarritz’s fight for survival goes on
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Ten days ago, under-new-management ProD2 strugglers Biarritz gave themselves what looked a lot like a crucial safety...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 05/05/24
For only the second time in eight seasons there are two English teams in the Champions Cup semi-finals, and we’ll have action...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEPCR Challenge Cup semi-final preview
For the second year in a row each of the four Challenge Cup semi-finalists come from a different country, but it’s...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRed Roses announce first Twickenham match against Black Ferns for 12 years
England women will play their third standalone fixture at Twickenham in less than 18 months later this year, taking on New...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoItoje avoids ban for Barbeary tackle
Saracens second row Maro Itoje has avoided a ban for the last two games of the regular season of the Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 36: Ruan Ackermann on Prem weekend, residency rules and EPCR semis
Following a pivotal weekend of Gallagher Premiership action – not without its controversies – Ollie Little, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cain...
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World
/ 2 years agoSuper Rugby Americas Review: Week Ten
By JOE SANTAMARIA Round Ten of the Super Rugby Americas season kicked off with a thumping 43-15 victory for Selknam against...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland could be one of world’s best teams – Care
England legend Danny Care feels it is “frightening” to consider just how good the national team can become. Care called time...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBaxter: “We are overachieving” this season
Rob Baxter praised his young side’s competitive edge and their ability to learn from mistakes after their comfortable victory against Gloucester....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVunipola arrested and tasered twice in Majorca incident
Saracens and former England number eight Billy Vunipola has been arrested following a violent incident in a bar in Majorca. According...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChiefs boost top-four hopes with five-try win at Kingsholm
By TOM JEFFREYS Gloucester…………………………………………..17 Tries: May 29, Clement 40, Clark 50 Conversions: Atkinson 52 Exeter Chiefs……………………………………….38 Tries: Vermeulen 14, 60; John...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland celebrate Grand Slam treble
By BEN JAYCOCK England secured their sixth straight Six Nations title and third Grand Slam in a row yesterday by beating...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBattle for top four reaching climax
The battle for the Premiership play-off places heated up yesterday with leaders Northampton losing to Harlequins and a revitalised Bristol Bears...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoI’ll never stop looking for hidden gems – Lam
By PAUL REES Pat Lam says he will never stop plundering the rugby mine of the Championship and the leagues below...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoLineout ace Parling joins Wallabies
Former England lock Geoff Parling has joined Joe Schmidt’s Australia coaching set-up as the build-up to next summer’s Lions tour intensifies....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoNo space for Georgia
Wales will not be playing Georgia this autumn, with Fiji, Australia and South Africa lined up on November 10, 17 and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens know how to win – Tompkins
By BEN JAYCOCK With the Premiership run-in hotting up, Saracens centre Nick Tompkins claims ‘experience matters’ in these blockbuster end-of-season contests...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 years agoWizard Kildunne is in a league of her own, says Monye
By STEFAN FROST Ugo Monye believes Red Roses flyer Ellie Kildunne has achieved her aim of being the best rugby player...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeicester in discussions to hire new attack coach
By PAUL REES Dan McKellar has told Leicester fans to buckle up for the ride next season as the club closes...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLangdon is quick to make his point
By PAUL REES Northampton have placed an emphasis this season on putting pace in the legs of their players and that...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFalcons face battle to break their duck
By PAUL REES Time is running out for Newcastle as they seek to avoid joining Rotherham and London Welsh as clubs...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoScarlets move in to sign Hepburn
Scarlets have signed Scotland prop Alec Hepburn from Exeter for next season. The Australian-born 31-year-old helped the Chiefs win the Champions...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLeinster all-stars set for blockbuster battle
By BEN JAYCOCK Having finally toppled their Champions Cup bogey team La Rochelle, next up for Leinster is Premiership pacesetters Northampton...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Ben Adams
The Cambridge and former Coventry, Bedford Blues, Queensland Country & Australia Sevens back rower, chooses the best XV he has played...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoTime for Saints to be true to themselves
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE contest between the 9-10 pairings of Leinster’s Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPorter delivers as Quins stay in hunt
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........................41pts Tries: Northmore 1, 26; Lewies 33, Murley 45, Porter 67, 73 Conversions: Smith 27, 34, 46;...
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Premiership
/ 2 years ago‘For us today, it was do or die’
Quins skipper Alex Dombrandt was delighted after the Londoners' crucial victory over Northampton. “We make it tough for ourselves sometimes," he...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeicester stunned by Bristol late show
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester Tigers .............19pts Tries: Ollie Hassell-Collins 17, 48; van Wyk 63 Conversions: Pollard 18, 63 Bristol Bears ....................21pts...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoThacker made the difference, says Lam
Bristol boss Pat Lam lauded substitute Harry Thacker after his team had overturned a 19-0 deficit to beat Leicester. “This game...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens take advantage in battle for top two spot
By ROGER PANTING Bath........................................... 12pts Tries: du Toit 57, Redpath 62 Conversions: Spencer 62 Saracens.................................15pts Tries: Parton 12, Segun 40 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe managed to rediscover our energy, says McCall
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall hopes his side’s improved display at Bath will be a springboard for the rest of...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSharks look to have edge in Diamond derby
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park SALE boss Alex Sanderson has thanked Steve...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoDiamond still confident he can make a big difference
By PAUL REES Starting: Guy Pepper LAST season’s beaten Premiership finalists would not seem the ideal opponents after conceding a record...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoVermeulen: It’s payback time for the Chiefs
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Gloucester v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm BRUISING back rower Jacques Vermeulen wants Exeter to put...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSkivington looking for players to prove themselves
By PAUL REES Dasher: Josh Hathaway GEORGE Skivington has told his players ahead of today’s clash with Exeter at Kingsholm that...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLeinster’s workload merits little sympathy
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK LEINSTER are worried about the pressure that could prevent them from winning a...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoCrunch time for red lines
The crunch is coming as negotiations between the Championship and the RFU/Premiership over promotion-relegation intensify, with the Premiership ring-fence moratorium finishing...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoKick off with Cup
The Papa Johns Cup has staggered into its second season with almost as many walk-overs as matches played, despite an increase...













