Saracens on track for sixth Prem title

By GARY FITZGERALD Mark McCall hailed “outstanding and controlled” Owen Farrell after the England star pulled the strings at StoneX Stadium...

Morgan: Move away from culture of debt

By LUKE JARMYN Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan has called for a complete refocus so rugby can move away from a...

Put an independent person in charge – Goode

Alex Goode, who this week signed a contract extension at Saracens, has called on Premiership Rugby to provide “clarity” and “certainty”....

Salary cap hurting, not helping – Biggar

By BEN JAYCOCK Dan Biggar feels the Premiership’s exodus of players to France is a result of the league’s reduced salary...

Kelly ready to work hard for starting place

By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle's new recruit John Kelly has come a long way from working as a nightclub doorman in Plymouth,...

Bath battle back to grab elite spot

By PAUL REES The final round of the regular Premiership season boiled down to who would claim England’s final place in...

Steward: Wiggy’s the main driver

By ADAM HATHAWAY Richard Wigglesworth, the Leicester interim head coach, is not happy taking the plaudits for Tigers’ resurrection but Freddie...

Agents on alert over takeover concerns

London Irish players are attracting interest amid suggestions that the takeover of the club from a group of former American sports...

Sharks keen to get Veainu back in Prem

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale Sharks are set to bring former Leicester fullback Telusa...

Leicester swoop for Kata

NEIL FISSLER Leicester have snapped up Solomone Kata, who is leaving Exeter after only one season when his contract runs out...

Reihana edges to the exit

NEIL FISSLER Northampton legend Bruce Reihana faces an uncertain future in Montpellier amid suggestions that he could part company with the...

Eyes on Meehan

Gloucester scrum-half Ben Meehan is attracting interest from Australia and could be allowed to leave Kingsholm despite having another year on...

DREAM TEAM

ANDY DARLINGTON, THE CALDY, NETHERLANDS AND FORMER FYLDE, CHINNOR , BLAYDON & MAIDENHEAD PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...

Lawrence bounces back from adversity

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Most of the players who get awards are deserving, and I think that is...

Ludlam: It hurts to miss out on history

Deflated Saints flanker Lewis Ludlam was left emotionally exhausted at the end of a pulsating but ultimately losing contest where the...

Battling Saracens seize the moment

By PAUL REES Saracens .......................... 38pts Tries: Maitland 5, 21; van Zyl 29, Penalty 70, Malins 75 Conversions: Farrell 6, 22,...

Fazzball too much for Jekyll and Hyde team

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens might still be searching for their European mojo but domestically they were in regal form Sunday as the...

Roebuck aims to rise high for Sale

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium IN-FORM Sale winger Tom Roebuck hopes to help...

I’m proud we stuck together, says Leicester’s Montoya

By PAUL REES Julian Montoya, who leads Leicester in today’s Premiership playoff semi-final at Sale, is proud the team stuck together...

Carpenter washes stress away

By PAUL REES SALE full-back Joe Carpenter only made his Premiership debut in October, but he starts today’s semifinal and has...

Crowley has final say in epic contest

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............................15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster .............................16pts Tries: Beirne 45...

Connacht go close but Stormers finish off in style

By JOHN FALLON Stormers.......... 43pts Tries: Libbok 28, 33, Davids 16, de Wet 65, Theunissen 77, Nel 80 Conversions: Libbok 17,...

England need to get it right at scrum time

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Steve Borthwick’s decisionion to raid Leicester for his latest scrum coach – and...

Second tier clubs are ready to play tough

The Championship clubs have taken a long time to become a coherent collective voice for change – with promotion and relegation...

Wales refs fail to make the World Cup grade

Jon Newcombe talks to WRU head of refereeing Paul Adams about the dearth of top officials in Wales For the first...

Why Ojomoh could be in with a shout

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST SO Bath won the big one against Saracens Under-12s and secured their Champions Cup qualification at the...

Smith has vision to see through the fog

Wayne Smith, who secured a place in the pantheon of great coaches long before his astonishing triumph with the Black Ferns...

Miotti can be the main man for Glasgow – McDowall

By BRYN PALMER Domingo Miotti can step up and fill the boots of banned fly-half Tom Jordan as Glasgow aim to...

Now it’s Ealing’s turn to celebrate

By XANDER CHEVALLIER For the second year in the row, Ealing Trailfinders were crowned Championship Cup winners after a thrilling victory...

Fish is my kind of player – reliable and committed

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS gutted when I read that Dan Fish is going to miss Cardiff ’s...

Battle at No.10! Hunting for a final place

PAUL REES TALKS TO SALE’S GEORGE FORD AND LEEICESTER’S HANDRE POLLARD AHEAD OF THEIR SEMI-FINAL SHOWDOWN GEORGE Ford and Handre Pollard...

Doris looking for revenge against La Rochelle

By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of...

Gott in charge to steer Navy home

By ROGER PANTING Jordan Gott produced the performance of his life to steer the Navy to the Inter-Services title with a...

Townsend staying on

GREGOR Townsend has signed a contract extension to remain Scotland head coach until April 2026. Townsend, 50, has been in charge...

Stop Wasps, say fans

A WORCESTER Warriors fans’ group has urged the RFU to stop Wasps’ bid to play at Sixways. Wasps owner Chris Holland...

Sorrowful shadow blights the game

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW FOR month after miserable month, Welsh rugby had been crying out for someone...

Warriors gather for Coulman farewell

Old warriors from both sides of what used to be The Great Divide joined early on Monday afternoon to pay their...

Bracknell support the Judge

Main man: Paul Rendall is a legend at Bracknell Rugby Club BRACKNELL Rugby Club have always been a big supporter of...

Follow me! Carling to lead the way in charity relay for MND

Clubs in the north are needed to help complete The Longest Try’s relay around Great Britain WILL Carling will run the...

Trials get WR backing

NEWS EXTRA WORLD Rugby has unanimously approved a recommendation that unions participate in trials of ‘belly tackles’ in the community game...

Brown for Gloucester

NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER have appointed James Lightfoot Brown as their attack coach. The 29-year-old has spent the last eight years coaching...

My Life in Rugby with Graham Childs: ‘Your only job is to pour champagne’

The former England, North, Wasps and Newcastle centre talks about his life in the game I went on the first post-Falklands...

On the clock: Who put the minutes in?

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’m indebted to stats guru Stuart Farmer who...

Leinster turn out at the Aviva more often than Ireland

Much debate, some of it a tad heated, recently about the massive advantages real or perceived that Leinster enjoy over other...

60 years on…The tour with no jet lag

Sixty years go this week England embarked on their first ever overseas tour and it remains a splendid exercise in both...

Lancashire make sure in the end

Hert’shire .......39 Lancashire ... 44 By BRIAN QUINN It was nip and tuck for 80 minutes but Lancashire came out on...

Pocklington the star for Yorkshire

Yorkshire .......80 Cheshire ........ 19 By KIERAN FREE Yorkshire didn’t take their foot off the gas after last week’s convincing win...

Southworth makes it count for Cornwall

By MO SHER Hampshire .........20pts Tries: Carr 20, Fletcher 35, Perkins 77 Conversions: Fieldsend 78 Penalty: Searle 60 Cornwall ............ 24pts...

Prop Young powers over to seal it for Kent

Kent ................ 43 Somerset ......... 7 By LUKE JARMYN Loosehead Billy Young powered over for Kent’s sixth try in the final...

Staffordshire can’t keep up as Durham go through the gears

Division 2 North Durham ........... 48 Staff’shire ......28 By NATHAN EDWARDS Durham fought off Staffordshire’s late surge to continue their flawless...