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Q&A – Allan Robson: We are home again and want to build our Irish fanbase

4 December 2020 0 comments

London Irish chairman Allan Robson puts into words the significance of the Exiles’ return to the capital

We’re home again and aim to build our Irish fanbase

29 November 2020 0 comments

Q&AALLAN ROBSONON THE RECORDLondon Irish chairman Allan Robson has vast experience in professional club rugby, having previously been involved at Richmond and Northampton Saints. On […]

Relegation battle will be tasty, if there is one

29 November 2020 2 comments

THEY say it every year, but this could be the most thrilling Premiership season yet!Exeter will still take some catching at the top but at […]

Q&A – Sid Sutton: Why I took over as CEO at Sale Sharks at a time when rugby has been hit hard

20 November 2020 0 comments

Neale Harvey talks to new Sale chief executive Sid Sutton who stresses his defence to keep the club’s pathway system active

Let Sarries back, but no place for Ealing

15 November 2020 0 comments

THE prospect of Saracens being reinstated in the Premiership for the 2020-21 season would make sense in terms of increasing the competitiveness of the league. […]

I’ve never seen togetherness like there is at Sale Sharks

15 November 2020 3 comments

Q&A SID SUTTON ON THE RECORD Sid Sutton is the man charged with boosting Sale Sharks’ commercial and on-field drive for success, having just been […]

Stephen Vaughan interview: All Premiership clubs are in trouble but all will survive

13 November 2020 0 comments

Wasps chief executive Vaughan talks government bailout talks, pride at the job Lee Blackett is doing, and academy plans

All Prem clubs are taking pain but I’m sure all will survive

8 November 2020 0 comments

Q&A STEPHEN VAUGHAN ON THE RECORD Wasps group chief executive Stephen Vaughan provides NEALE HARVEY with an insight into how his club have battled through […]

Toby Flood interview – We’re all fresh and ready to go for our Premiership return at Falcons

6 November 2020 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons and ex-England fly-half Toby Flood speaks in-depth with Neale Harvey about the Championship winners’ long-awaited return to the Premiership

We’re fit, fresh and ready for the challenge of Premiership

1 November 2020 2 comments

Q&A TOBY FLOOD ON THE RECORD Battle ready: Mark Wilson will be leading the Falcons’ fight up front after a year at Sale Sharks PICTURE: […]

Q&A – Steve Boden: Exeter’s vault to dominance will inspire every Championship club

30 October 2020 0 comments

Steve Boden talks all things Castle Park after taking over first-team duties from Clive Griffiths this year

Don’t ring-fence,wewant more fairytales – Bracken

25 October 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Plea: Kyran Bracken KYRAN Bracken hopes football’s latest moves to set up a lucrative new European Super League will not trigger an […]

Exeter’s steady climb shows there is hope for all of us

25 October 2020 1 comment

Q&A STEVE BODEN ON THE RECORD Former Leeds, Doncaster and Jersey hooker and recently appointed Doncaster head coach Steve Boden talks to NEALE HARVEY about […]

Q&A – John Barnes: We are proud of our production at Hartpury

22 October 2020 0 comments

Hartpury director of rugby John Barnes talking player and coaching development within the Championship and Premier 15s

We’re proud of our production line for players and coaches

18 October 2020 0 comments

JOHN BARNES Q&A ON THE RECORD As Hartpury’s reputation grows, director of rugby John Barnes tells NEALE HARVEY why their programme will continue to produce […]

Ryan Lamb feature: Coffee empire can wait, I can’t wait to get coaching

2 October 2020 0 comments

Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb talks about almost signing for Exeter in his career and the No.10 he wants to see in an England shirt

Exclusive: The 30 Welsh clubs fighting to be saved from extinction

29 September 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson reports on the toll the pandemic is taking on Wales’ vulnerable clubs

Crisis in Wales as clubs face extinction

27 September 2020 1 comment

THIRTY Welsh rugby clubs are ‘teetering on the brink of extinction’ as the game lurches towards the bleakest of winters. The worsening crisis is being […]

Coffee empire can wait, I want to give my all to coaching now

27 September 2020 0 comments

RYAN LAMB ON THE RECORD Q&A Newly appointed Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb, 34, tells NEALE HARVEY how he landed his first coaching gig and […]

Jersey Reds director of rugby Harvey Biljon

Q&A – Harvey Biljon: I’m proud to see so many of my players in the Premiership

21 August 2020 0 comments

Neale Harvey surveys long-term Jersey director of rugby Harvey Biljon on the state of affairs in the second tier

Proud to see so many of my players step up to Premiership

16 August 2020 1 comment

Q&A HARVEY BILJON ON THE RECORD Proactive: Harvey Biljon Former Wasps No.9 Harvey Biljon has forged a successful career in coaching with Blackheath, Cornish Pirates […]

‘I can’t see any player playing three games in a row’ – Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton

10 August 2020 0 comments

The long-term director at Gloucester addresses concerns over player welfare ahead of the Premiership’s return

Wallace: ‘New expectations’ at Leicester Tigers under head coach Steve Borthwick

6 August 2020 0 comments

New signing Luke Wallace says Borthwick has already been inspiring the Tigers squad with a team meeting held in the stands at Welford Road

Ring-fence and cash flow are the big issues

2 August 2020 1 comment

Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton tells Colin Boag why change is needed Every rugby fan will have dreamt at one time of owning ‘their’ club […]

Tigers will be fierce again under Borthwick

2 August 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Getting up to speed: Luke Wallace training with Leicester this week BACK row warrior Luke Wallace has shone a revealing light on […]

Ring-fence inevitable says owner of Gloucs

2 August 2020 1 comment

By COLIN BOAG GLOUCESTER owner Martin St Quinton believes ring-fencing the Premiership is inevitable, describing the current situation of a team spending a season against […]

At last a plan which may save the Championship

26 July 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Broken dreams: Rotherham fell from Premiership into National League One There were signs during the week that one of English rugby’s most intractable […]

Evergreen Wig eyes European success

28 June 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Passionate: Ben Ward Feeling fresh: Richard Wigglesworth PICTURE: Getty Images RICHARD Wigglesworth is targeting a remarkable Champions Cup triumph after finalising a […]

‘Heartland’ competition will renew old rivalries

28 June 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Jon Sharpe Proposal: Ed Griffiths COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp says a new ‘Heartland’ competition could provide salvation for clubs below the […]

Expand the Prem to 16 clubs and PRO14 to 20

28 June 2020 2 comments

Expansion: Let the Jaguares join a new PRO20 PICTURE: Getty Images ■ HAVING a global season is all well and good. However, why do we […]

Biased Booy must step down

28 June 2020 0 comments

THE administrative shortcomings at the professional end of the game in England have been highlighted by the failure of the Professional Game Board, to have […]

Winter rules

21 June 2020 0 comments

I CAN’T believe Jerry Guscott does not like watching rugby in the winter because it’s too wet and cold. As a player and now spectator […]

It’s time to get real and ring-fence Premiership – Bentley

14 June 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Chris Bentley Reaching the top: Chris Bentley was part of the Exeter side promoted in 2010 PICTURE: Getty Images PLYMOUTH Albion […]

Bring South Africa into the Champions Cup

7 June 2020 0 comments

World champions: South Africa should host the Rugby Championship every other year PICTURE: Getty Images I’VE spent plenty of time time reading and thinking about […]

Ambition? Lansdown should ask Ealing!

31 May 2020 0 comments

STEVE Lansdown wants to ring fence the Premier League so that the clubs can get their finances in order. Well, we’ve had over 20 years […]

Bristol Bears chief executive Mark Tainton

Exclusive: Ring-fence the Premiership now to help clubs, says Bristol CEO

26 May 2020 0 comments

Mark Tainton believes relegation should be taken off the table to allow cash-strapped Premiership clubs to adapt in security

Ring-fence now to help clubs rebuild say Bristol

25 May 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY EXCLUSIV SALARY cap rebels Bristol have called for Premiership ring-fencing plans to be implemented to enable cash-strapped rivals to put their finances […]

WRU must regulate the game to benefit all clubs

3 May 2020 1 comment

WRU chairman Gareth Davies says he cannot fathom payment to players by community rugby clubs (CRC). This amounts to a tacit admission that he and […]

Q&A – Lee Blackett: Wasps can show the director of rugby role isn’t essential

23 April 2020 0 comments

Wasps head coach Lee Blackett wants his squad to play to his philosophy of ‘attacking fear’

Wasps must play without fear to get the fans behind us

19 April 2020 0 comments

Q&ALEE BLACKETTON THE RECORDNew head coach Lee Blackett tells NEALE HARVEY how he intends rising to the challenge of bringing back the glory days to […]

Harlequins No.10 Marcus Smith in Premiership action

What the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans

1 April 2020 0 comments

How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn’t have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?

Evans: Use this crisis to make rugby healthy again

29 March 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLISH rugby’s broken model needs fixing and now is the perfect time to instigate change, says industry expert Mark Evans.Against a backdrop […]

Ex-Saracens chief executive Ed Griffiths

Former Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths pledges to save the Championship

25 March 2020 0 comments

Griffiths plots how the Championship can overcome funding cuts imposed by the RFU

Cain column: This rush to closure just creates even more confusion

24 March 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on how life in the Championship have been sent into more controversy by the RFU

Griffiths pledges to save Championship

22 March 2020 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Main man: Saracens CEO Edward Griffiths arrives for the Premiership final between Saracens and Northampton at Twickenham in 2014 PICTURE: Getty Images […]

This rush to closure just creates more confusion

22 March 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THERE is a growing sense that some of those in key administrative roles at the top of […]

Give more credit to Academies – Wilks

15 March 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Success story: Leicester scrumhalf Ben White PICTURES: Getty Images Progress: Dave Wilks INCREASING salary cap credits for homegrown players rather than ring-fencing […]