Too many promises, too little scrutiny

After London Irish became the third club casualty of a brutal season, Paul Rees considers what might happen next If thoughts...

Safety first as red cards rise to an all-time high

Peter Jackson finds that only Ireland kept on the right side of every referee as the game gets to grips with...

Crusaders give Gats a blueprint to beat Fiji

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Thank you, Scott Robertson and your Crusaders players for showing Wales the way to beat...

Wrong to sell the family silver

Francis Baron, former CEO of the RFU, is concerned with rugby's deal with private equity firm CVC THE CVC ACQUISITION OF...

Young Guns: Saracens & England U18 full-back Jack Bracken

Jack Bracken is hoping to replicate his father Kyran’s career but has switched positions from scrum-half to full-back. Bracken, 17, made...

Mapletoft excited to face SA challenges

By BEN JAYCOCK England have announced their 30-man squad for the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa that gets underway...

Jones puts his faith in Woodman to lead

By BEN JAYCOCK Wales interim head coach Mark Jones has appointed Dragons forward Ryan Woodman as captain of the 30-player squad...

Top Cat happy to recall the glory days

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE only man to captain Wales, coach Wales, select Wales, manage Wales, and...

There’s no stopping Ramos

PETER JACKSON Thomas Ramos is en route to finishing the season 100 or so points clear of his nearest challenger across...

After this, Prince Harry could be calling AWJ

PETER JACKSON Alun Wyn Jones continues to treat ‘the media’ with such contempt that it may be but a matter of...

When Kirk took the All Blacks right to the top of the world

Brendan Gallagher begins a series on the star man at each global gathering Being the first in anything often confers iconic...

How a boat trip on the Seine swung the vote

The IRB took the momentous decision to stage a first World Cup in March 1985 in strange circumstances. Prior to their...

My Life in Rugby with Wayne Kilford: ‘Moore told me – The work starts now’

The former Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Midlands full-back talks about his life in the game My first captain in senior rugby...

We must find a way to stop vicious spiral

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Heaven knows The Rugby Paper has been warning...

When I needed a helping hand…

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER You could fill a noisy bar with the journalists past and present queuing to buy David Emery...

Brady’s Bream bunch capture stunning haul

By BEN JAYCOCK Bream RFC have made a miraculous rise through the leagues in recent years with their youthful squad and...

Folau call was TV turn-off for Gareth

By NICK POWELL Gareth Thomas “refused” to watch the Barbarians vs World XV match last month due to the “contradiction” of...

Game is spending above its means

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Just as we all thought it couldn’t get any worse now the...

Top two get set to put on the glitz

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It's the final the Top 14 wanted and needed. Toulouse and La Rochelle – the two best...

Heroic Brumbies fly the flag for Australia

By CAMERON STEPHENS Super Rugby Pacific round-up The Brumbies produced a heroic goal line stand to book their place in this...

Cheetahs ruin it for Steyn to bag first position

By CAMERON STEPHENS Currie Cup round-up The Cheetahs spoiled Morne Steyn’s Loftus swansong as they mounted a 19-point comeback to win...

Rising Stars: 10 College Players Primed to Elevate Their NBA Draft Stock in the 2023-24 Season

The 2024 NBA Draft presents an opportunity for college basketball players to enhance their stock and potentially secure a place in...

THE MOST LUCRATIVE SPORTS BETTING BONUSES: FROM SIGN-UP OFFERS TO FREE BETS

Sports betting is a great way to make money and have fun. Once you have mastered reading odds, researching teams, and...

Series 2, Episode 22: Nick Abendanon on his career and French vs English domestic rugby, tributes to David Emery

In April earlier this year Bath and Clermont legend Nick Abendanon called time on a stellar 17-year career. Nick joins host...

I would have always aimed for a career in rugby – O’Driscoll

Brian O’Driscoll has said he would’ve got involved in rugby in some capacity regardless of whether he was a player or...

Premiership in freefall as Irish suspended

London Irish became the third club in eight months to be removed from the Premiership for financial reasons as the RFU...

Stigma, not disease, that is now HIV’s killer – Thomas

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas says it is the stigma around HIV, rather than the illness itself, that poses the greatest...

Anniversary celebrations set for Rugby School

Rugby School and the children’s charity Wooden Spoon will jointly celebrate two significant milestones on Saturday, June 24th. The event will...

Transform your kitchen: creative ideas for a budget-friendly upgrade

Do you want to give your kitchen a makeover but don’t have a lot to spend? Don’t worry, you don’t need...

Rugby World Cup 2023 – Top 5 Players to watch out!

As the days come closer to the Rugby World Cup in France this year, there is more and more chatter around...

Ealing look to pick up Caulfield

ON THE BLINDSIDE - NEIL FISSLER Ealing Trailfinders are still looking to strengthen their squad for next season despite finding their...

Following famous footsteps

PETER JACKSON When he lived in one of London’s swishest hotels at the height of his trans-Atlantic stardom, Richard Harris made...

‘England are dark horses for big prize’

By GARY FITZGERALD England can be World Cup dark horses who “sneak up” on the rail and gallop off with rugby’s...

Ospreys to demand a transfer fee for Francis

By PETER JACKSON Ospreys are demanding a transfer fee for Wales prop Tomas Francis, France-bound after completing business at the World...

Tax bill pushes Irish to the brink

By SAM JACKSON London Irish’s hopes of Premiership survival are hanging by a thread after the club was hit with winding-up...

Call to hold all county finals at Twickenham

By LUKE JARMYN All men’s and women’s County Championship finals should take place at Twickenham as part of a weekend festival...

Dickens raring to get going at Tigers

By BEN JAYCOCK Leicester Tigers new attack and backs coach Alan Dickens is excited about reuniting with the multitude of players...

Jones can fire up Aussies, says Cooper

By GARY FITZGERALD Quade Cooper is bubbling about Australia’s World Cup chances, now they have Eddie Jones back holding the reins....

We will have to front up, says Laidlaw

By BRYN PALMER Scotland's players need to swiftly “front up” to the reality of their World Cup pool if they are...

Sanderson: We want to improve and not just be one-off wonders

By PAUL REES Sale took their pain to Spain. The day after the Premiership final defeat to Saracens at Twickenham, the...

Enforce laws and game will be safer

WORLD Rugby should abandon their ‘player welfare’ platitudes and make the game safer by merely enforcing its own laws. A fortnight...

Sale’s time will come

SARACENS proved they are still ahead of the field with last Saturday’s triumph over Sale, but I back Alex Sanderson’s side...

How Ellie fell back in love with the game

By BEN JAYCOCK HAVING turned away from the sport as a teenager, Sevens flyer Ellie Boatman is now revelling in the...

Dream Team with Dan Barnes

The Jersey and former London Scottish, Rosslyn Park, Henley and Wasps academy centre, chooses the best XV he has played with...

Hard to see who can catch Saracens

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to predict whether this will be the start of a period of...

Gatland releases Carre after he fails to hit targets

Cardiff prop Rhys Carre has been released from Wales’ World Cup training squad having “failed to meet individual performance targets”. “Rhys...

Graham struggling to land a new deal

By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Homeless, a second child on the way and no job. That is the brutal reality confronting Gary...

Time to call up X-factor reserves

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Where can Steve Borthwick find the X-factor players to take England back to...

Too many young players rejected too soon

Georgia's U20 victory over England is an example of one country making the most of their resources, while the other is...

Davies makes her mark as Wasps bow out

By FERGUS MAINLAND Wasps.......................22 Bristol....................... 41 After 38 years in the top tier of women’s rugby, Wasps bowed out with a...