CARDIFF Blues head coach Danny Wilson will resist the temptation to rush British Lions skipper Sam Warburton back into action despite losing Ellis Jenkins for […]
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh …14 Newcastle …10 EDINBURGH posted a victory in their final preseason friendly before the PRO14 season begins, defeating Newcastle in Melrose […]
Alex Bywater discovers a Wales legend is looking across to Dublin for this season’s champions Martyn Williams believes the signing of Scott Fardy can help […]
NEWseason launches tend to be tedious exercises: a stream of coaches and players trotting out a stream of banalities, clichés and statements of the obvious. […]
By ALEX BYWATER FRANCO van der Merwe will this week complete a move to Aviva Premiership newcomers London Irish after failing to make an appearance […]
By JAMES CANDY Gloucester…40 Scarlets …21 GLOUCESTER went through the gears to complete their pre-season programme with a convincing win over PRO14 champions Scarlets. Scores […]
By ALEX BYWATER Winners: Scarlets celebrate their PRO12 success DEFENDING champions Scarlets have sent out an ominous warning ahead of the start of the new […]
WALES defence coach Shaun Edwards has joined Cardiff Blues on a consultancy basis. The 50-year-old has already begun working with the PRO14 club, taking charge […]
By ROGER PANTING Red hot: Exeter centre Michele Campagnao. Right: Sarel Pretorious scores for Dragons PICTURE: Pinnacle TEAMS EXETER: Bodilly, Woodburn (Strong 74), Campagnaro, Whitten […]
TRANSFER WRAP By NICK VERDIER RUARIDHJackson will turn out for Glasgow again this season after leaving Harlequins with immediate effect. The fly-half, below, who moved […]
IT’S interesting that the Cheetahs and Southern Kings have joined an expanded PRO14 competition by default rather than design in as much as the two […]
Ruaridh Jackson has left Harlequins with immediate effect to return to Glasgow Warriors. The fly-half joined Harlequins in July 2016 after two seasons with Wasps, […]
FORMER Ireland scrum-half Michael Bradley has been named head coach of Italian PRO14 side Zebre. Former Italy players Carlo Orlandi and Alessandro Troncon will be […]
COLIN BOAG There is no shortage of top-class rugby players, but my goodness the game seems to be very light on worldclass administrators. You would […]
By PETER JACKSON WALES have brought Leigh Halfpenny home for around £200,000 less than they offered him last season. The Rugby Paper can reveal the […]
Celtic Rugby and the South African Rugby Union have today confirmed that the Toyota Cheetahs and the Southern Kings will join an expanded Guinness PRO14 […]
By NEALE HARVEY Views: Edward Griffiths SUPER Rugby’s fading appeal is likely to provoke South Africa’s major provinces to follow the lead of the Cheetahs […]
Arguably the best try in rugby history: Fans would have chance to see such Barbarians brilliance again PICTURE: Getty Images Sometimes you have to ask […]