By ROGER PANTING Northampton ……………….. 13pts Tries: James 54 Conversions: Smith 54 Penalties: Smith 12, 46 La Rochelle ………………….. 31pts Tries: Botia 27, Brettes 49, […]
Paul Rees says the time has come for England’s new coach, who now cuts a confident figure STEVE Borthwick’s first England squad announcement was hijacked […]
By NATHAN EDWARDS Northampton S ……. 6 Munter………………… 17 MUNSTER battled past Northampton Saints in a great defensive display in the Champions Cup, with players […]
Northampton……….45 Barbarians…………..39 A second-half hattrick from Tom Collins helped Northampton edge out the Barbarians in an entertaining exhibition match at Franklin’s Gardens. It was the […]
The famous St. Joseph’s College National Schools Rugby Festival gets underway tomorrow, and the hosts’ coach Rowland Winter has high hopes that his school will […]
By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Harlequins v Northampton Sunday October 2. Kick-off 3pm, The Stoop THE trend of high scoring matches in this season’s Premiership is […]
Paul Rees looks at England’s training camp squad and asks why the professional game is not working The Premiership has never been more richly entertaining […]
Director of Rugby: Phil Dowson Captain: Lewis Ludlam Ground: Franklin’s Gardens Capacity: 15,200 PREDICTED FINISH: 5TH Northampton have tended to yo-yo in recent seasons, not […]
Ealing Trailfinders academy utility back Gabe Jones made his U20s debut for Scotland in the Summer Series earlier this year and aims to help turnaround […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK England are clearly in a better place now than they were when they started their tour to Australia, […]
Tom Curry is heading home from Australia due to a concussion sustained in England’s first test defeat in Perth. Curry suffered the head injury during […]
PAUL REES Right, Henry Arundell made the most metres of any Red Rose player despite only having two touches England packed their Six Nations failings […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The roll call for England’s three-Test tour of Australia reads as follows: two old guard rejects, eight […]
Danny Care and Billy Vunipola moved in line for first capped appearances since November 2018 and March 2021 respectively, after they were named in the […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BY the time Eddie Jones selected his England team to take on a formidable Frenchflavoured Barbarians side […]
England have sprung a surprise by naming Danny Care in their training squad for Sunday’s non-cap international against the Barbarians at Twickenham. Over three years […]
England squad hit by injuries ENGLAND forwards Lewis Ludlam, Joe Launchbury and Nic Dolly were withdrawn from Eddie Jones’ pre-Barbarians three-day training camp with injuries. […]
Eddie Jones has moved swiftly to include wonderkid Arundell in his 36-player training squad. The impressive London Irish full-back also qualifies to play for Wales, […]
By PAUL REES BEN Morgan cannot understand why Lewis Ludlow has been overlooked by England this season after leading Gloucester’s revival. Gloucester captain Ludlow became […]
Jon Newcombe talks to Sam Graham about his transformation at Doncaster Knights IN heralding the virtues of the Championship as a league for turning careers […]
MY LIFE IN RUGBY FORMER ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER AND MOSELEY WINGER CHARLIE SHARPLES I REMEMBER being chuffed to bits that I got picked for Stroud District […]
PAUL REES TALKS TO LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO ABOUT THE KEY AREAS ENGLAND MUST IMPROVE TO DEFEAT IRELAND England pre-empted the start of March when they faced […]
NICK CAIN ASSESSES THE ANSWERS ENGLAND MUST PROVIDE AGAINST ITALY TODAY IF England stick with the excuse-ridden mindset post- Murrayfield that they were unlucky to […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK THERE are moments in games like England were involved in last weekend at Murrayfield when you have momentum […]
Eddie Jones confirmed this lunchtime that Wasps’ Joe Launchbury would replace the injured Lewis Ludlam in the England squad ahead of England’s Six Nations trip […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT Bright spark: Marcus Smith Considering this was the first away game for Marcus Smith in an England jersey, and with a noisy, hostile […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Key moment: Luke Cowan-Dickie sees yellowWATCHING a sports team going into meltdown is an excruciating business. From a safe distance you can […]
Eddie Jones has labelled Scotland as red-hot favourites ahead of Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield. With a depleted England side, Jones outlined: “This is […]
Ashley Beck will make his 50th appearance for Worcester Warriors as they welcome Northampton Saints to Sixways in a Saturday afternoon clash. The Welsh international’s […]