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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoGoodchild’s late show too much for Newport
Welsh Cup finals By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Dragon Joe Goodchild’s incredible late try secured a 13-10 victory for Cardiff against Newport...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNarberth push Pooler all the way
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL were forced to come from behind three times before holding onto their unbeaten record in...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse look set to lead from the front
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN As the French Top 14 takes a week’s break for the Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals, here’s...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoMagical McKenzie puts Chiefs on top
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By CAM STEPHENS A late surge saw the Chiefs edge the Crusaders 34-24 in a thrilling contest...
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World
/ 3 years agoMaartens double helps Cheetahs see the light – eventually
Currie Cup round-up By CAM STEPHENS The Cheetahs moved to the top of the Currie Cup standings with a resounding 33-10...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBedford centre aiming for Wasps revenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Michael Le Bourgeois has enjoyed regular game time at Bedford after being cut by Wasps and is looking...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup semi-final preview
The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRed Roses and Les Bleues prepare for Twickenham slam decider
For a third consecutive year, the outcome of England vs France will be the final and deciding match of the women’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGoalkicking needs better coaching – Muir
Red Roses prop Maud Muir says that the key to improved goalkicking in the women’s game is more emphasis on coaching...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 2 Episode 16 – Maud Muir on Six Nations decider and record-breaker
This weekend’s Women’s Six Nations decider is set to set a new record for attendance at a standalone women’s rugby fixture....
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPremiership-Championship Cup confirmed
The addition of Championship teams to the Premiership Rugby Cup, first reported in The Rugby Paper on 9th April, has been...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWales face danger of no team in Heineken Champions Cup
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Wales are in danger of not having any representation in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEvans is plotting another Fiji shock
By PETER JACKSON A globe-trotting Welshman has become a major part of Fiji‘s grand plan to make World Cup history repeat...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoChange to tackle law height
The legal tackle height in community rugby will be lowered from below the shoulders to the base of the sternum from...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWilliams: Give more to the Championship
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol centre James Williams believes the Championship is overlooked by Premiership clubs and deserves more funding from the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoYoung suspended
Dai Young has been suspended as Cardiff director of rugby. The 55-year-old was not with the team for yesterday’s final game...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAtkinson enjoying life at Gloucester
By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExit for Wilson
Mark Wilson will leave Newcastle Falcons’ coaching team at the end of the current season, as revealed on Blindside earlier this...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcGuigan set for coach job
Sale winger Byron McGuigan will retire at the end of the season and move on to the club’s coaching staff. The...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m quicker, stronger and better, says Lynagh
By GARY FITZGERALD Louis Lynagh claims he has returned from his injury nightmare “quicker, stronger and better than ever”. And the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson backs his ‘squadfather’
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson says Sale will be a different proposition in the Premiership play-offs than they were two years...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhitten keen to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years ago100 reasons why Ashton is one of England’s best
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Chris Ashton first came on the scene after leaving Wigan and rugby league...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence on fire as Bath find their mojo
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ....................... 35pts Tries: Murley 6, Wallace 23, Smith 35, Gjaitema 55, Dombrandt 70 Conversions: Smith 7, 24,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBayliss: We are proud of our effort
Bath back rower Josh Bayliss, who came on early in the first half, felt their win against Harlequins showed that things...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoStuck with rotten fruits of ring-fenced Prem
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ANOTHER of the RFU’s anonymous review panels reported this week that England were...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoMarch of the Saints does us no good at all
NICK CAIN The boast that the Premiership is the most competitive league in the world has been trashed. This was demonstrated...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSimmonds lands late winner to stun Bears
By GARY FITZGERALD Exeter ................................ 22pts Tries: Whitten 25, Ewers 36, Iosefa-Scott 70 Conversions: J Simmonds 26, 71 Penalties: J Simmonds...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe made it far too easy for Exeter, admits coach Lam
Pat Lam was left with a sour taste in his mouth after watching his Bears fail to finish the job off...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale take hard route to land a home semi
By ADAM HATHAWAY Gloucester ....................... 22pts Tries: Ludlow 47, Rees-Zammit 56, May 80+2 Conversions: Hastings 48, 57 Penalties: Hastings 31 Sale...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSharks told to get on fun bus
ALEX Sanderson, the Sale director of rugby, praised his side’s guts – then promised a big night out on the bus...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoSounds like Lam putting someone else’s money in his mouth
CHRIS HEWETT Precisely none of the owner-investors who finance professional club rugby in England are in obvious need of a tin...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoSwitching codes is harder than you think
CHRIS HEWETT Top tip for rugby league players looking to make a name for themselves on the far side of the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCollins double keeps Saints in the running
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Newcastle........................... 5pts Tries: Radwan 4 Northampton................... 66pts Tries: Mitchell 8, 57, Collins 15, 29; Augustus 40, Hill 44,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson lines up Leicester friendly
Tom Collins is hoping he has not made his final appearance for Northampton. The popular long-serving winger, whose brace against Newcastle...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish must be sharp, says Van Rensburg
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Saracens v London Irish Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium PUTTING a kitchen accident to one side, Benhard...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcCall: We need to hit our peak form for the play-offs
Saracens can secure first place in the league today but all DoR Mark McCall really cares about is hitting peak form...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoA great showcase…now let us unite on all fronts
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS I ENJOYED some great days out at the Principality Stadium, but among the most special...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoAmbitious Wales out to end France’s title hopes
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... France v Wales Today. Kick-off 3.15pm Wales are looking to bounce back from last weekend’s humbling by...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoRed Roses stay on course for Grand Slam
By BEN JAYCOCK Ireland.................................0pts England ............................48pts Tries: Beckett 2, Heard 16, Kildunne 21, M Packer 26, Talling 36, Reed 71, Matthews...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSkeldon on hand to help Scots end losing streak
By SAM JACKSON Scotland ..........29pts Tries: McMillan 11, Skeldon 35, 67, Bartlett 46, 51 Conversions: Nelson 47, 53 Italy................... 21pts Tries:...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years ago‘Competitive games will help game grow’
By CAM STEPHENS As Shaunagh Brown resides in the Cayman Islands, coaching and inspiring the next generation of girls wanting to...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoWarriors keep home run going
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow .........29 Connacht .......27 Glasgow extended their unbeaten home record to 17 matches as they finished their URC...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoYoungsters get a lesson
By RONAN O’NEILL Bulls ................62 Leinster ............ 7 Former Ireland flanker Sean O’Brien watched on as his first game in charge...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff show their class to overcome problems
By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ............... 21pts Tries: Parry 45, Thomas 63, Lake 67 Conversions: Anscombe 45, 63, 67 Cardiff ................ 38pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDragons take chances to stun Scarlets
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ............14pts Tries: Hardy 23, Tuipulotu 71 Conversions: Costelow 23, 71 Dragons............. 31pts Tries: Dee 4, J Williams...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoNohamba stars as Lions finish strong
Lions ............. 50 Zebre .............35 Sanele Nohamba scored 20 points as the Lions beat Zebre in Pretoria to end their URC...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoClassy second half earns Stormers home quarter
Stormers ......38 Benetton ......22 Stormers turned on the style in the second half to claim a bonus-point victory over that sealed...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoMunster get it right in the end
By TOM SHEEDY Sharks .............22 Munster ..........22 Munster head coach Graham Rowntree knew it would be another gruelling outing in Kings...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoUlster seal second spot
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ............... 18 Edinburgh .......14 John Cooney crowned his midweek contract extension with a stunning display to secure...
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