Dallaglio: Genge is man to lift Bristol

Dallaglio: Bristol were right to rush Genge back By GARY FITZGERALD Ellis Genge, the England prop who moved to Bristol from...

I’m aiming for World Cup, says Davies

By STEFFAN THOMAS Jonathan Davies says he wants to represent Wales at the World Cup next year but his priority this...

We’ll take changes in our stride, says Paver

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates fought hard for an opening night win against Richmond on Friday and coach Alan Paver has...

Pollard will light up Tigers – Liebenberg

By PAUL REES Hanro Liebenberg is backing his South African compatriot Handre Pollard to take to life in the Premiership quickly...

Video nasties help shake demons for Skivington

By PAUL REES George Skivington spent his summer watching video nasties as he plotted how to get Gloucester into the tour...

Fit-again Hogg is eager to get back in action

By PAUL REES Stuart Hogg is raring to go again after a rare summer break that saw the Scotland captain have...

Lam gets Lewis

FORMER Worcester flanker Sam Lewis has joined Bristol. The 31-year-old has been on trial at Ashton Gate during the summer and...

Lockwood signs

Newcastle back row Freddie Lockwood has signed for Jersey on a season-long loan. Lockwood, 21, is a former England youth international...

Australia crush Red Roses in World Cup 7s

ENGLAND women crashed out of the World Cup 7s Cup quarter-finals last night in a crushing 35-5 defeat to Australia. Tries...

Get real, T2 teams can’t have any more

WITH Premiership clubs’s finances coming under severe scrutiny and the RFU’s resources, as Jeff Probyn writes, fully stretched, what on earth...

Premiership could be most competitive yet

RUGBY has had a lot of negativity around it in recent months but I’m so excited by the start of the...

When will the RFU come to its senses?

IN Rugby Paper Sept 4, Nick Cain says “the Premiership cartel is throttling the English game by killing ambition”. He adds...

England need a few new stars to emerge

EDDIE Jones said early in his tenure as England head coach that he wanted to have three or four players for...

Keep rich owners on a tight leash

COLIN BOAG Huge asset: Gloucester fans pack out Kingsholm Stadium last season PICTURE: Getty Images There are lies, damned lies, and...

Four musketeers who can light up the game

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Henry Arundell, Louis Rees-Zammit, Anthony Watson and Joe Cokanasiga are four wingers who can...

When the game met with royal approval

Brendan Gallagher Although it would be a stretch to suggest that Her Majesty The Queen was a diehard rugby fan, she...

Great timing for the main events

By Brendan Gallagher It might just be a coincidence but most of Her Majesty’s landmark anniversaries were marked by momentous events...

Champions beaten as Chiefs snatch it

By ROGER PANTING Exeter ................24pts Tries: Penalty 19, Kata 38, Schickerling 80 Conversions: Simmonds 38, 80 Penalties: Simmonds 3 Leicester ..........20pts...

‘Losing Freddie didn’t help us’

Leicester head coach Steve Borthwick was disappointed to lose but says there are plenty of positives to take away. He said:...

Arundell’s off to flier as Exiles run riot

By ADAM HATHAWAY London Irish ....45pts Tries: Donnell 12, White 23, Hassell-Collins 29, Arundell 48, 80+2; Joseph 59, Creevy 70 Conversions:...

Diamond hopeful buy-out imminent

Worcester director of rugby Steve Diamond revealed a deal to buy-out the crisis club could be done next week. The Warriors...

Transgender women should play -Dunne

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Jack Dunne believes that the ban on transgender women from playing full-contact female rugby imposed...

Cooper eyes return to ring

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Quade Cooper wants to return to the boxing ring as he looks to prove his...

Saints set sights on Blamire

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler In demand: Jamie Blamire Northampton Saints have put Newcastle Falcons...

La Rochelle locked on Kyle

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER European Champions La Rochelle are locked in talks trying to agree on a deal with...

Chiefs in a rush to land Vermeulen

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER Chiefs are busy trying to sort out an emergency visa that will allow back...

Wade seals Racing deal

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Racing 92 are this week set to announce that they have signed former England wing...

Dream Team with Nick Auterac

Nick Auterac, the Edinburgh prop and former Saracens, Bath, Harlequins and Northampton player, chooses the best XV he has played with...

£500m debt could bury 13-club cartel

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If Premiership owners had made the same mistakes in the multi-million pound enterprises...

Time for England to get act together

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK We are a year out from the 2023 World Cup – and three...

Quins too smart for battling Falcons

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Newcastle ........31pts Tries: McGuigan 12, 58; Radwan 30, Earle 39, Mulipola 65 Conversions: Connon 40, 60, 66 Harlequins...

That feels like an important win, says a relieved Matson

Quins coach Tabai Matson was relieved to get an opening win under his belt. He said: “It might be the first...

Genge the hero with homecoming double

By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................31pts Tries: Genge 1, 72; Bradbury 27, Morahan 35, Capon 78 Conversions: Sheedy 3, MacGinty 73, 78...

Obano injury is ‘pretty serious’

Johaan van Graan confirmed that Beno Obano had sustained a “pretty serious” knee injury. “We will see how things go over...

‘Old man’ Dan calls on Wasps kids to step up

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Gloucester v Wasps Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm Dan Robson is embracing his “old man” status at the...

Tuilagi returns with Beaumont on bench

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium Manu Tuilagi and Josh Beaumont have been...

Chaos theory can lead us to the high ground

CHRIS HEWETT They were all present for the Premiership launch at Twickenham, but they were not all correct. In a tell-tale photograph,...

The eyes have it for warrior Etzebeth

CHRIS HEWETT Stanley Kubrick would have loved him. Eben Etzebeth, that is. If the great movie director were still with us,...

U20 success will help our senior team, says Lamaro

Michele Lamaro insists Italy’s success at U20s level can breathe new life into the Azzurri’s senior side and make them more...

Don’t waste golden generation – Watson

By STEFFAN THOMAS Ambition: Hamish Watson in action against England PICTURE: Getty Images Hamish Watson insists Scotland must start delivering results...

Edinburgh collapse at the death to late penalty try

Benetton ..............29 Edinburgh ............26 A late penalty try from hosts Benetton concluded Edinburgh’s disappointing pre-season with another defeat after last week’s...

It’s time for WRU and the clubs to sort this mess out

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The United Rugby Championship kicks off this coming weekend and I sincerely hope the campaigns...

Schwarz’s late score wins battle for Pirates

By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ............21pts Tries: Wedlake 20, Sirker 47, Schwarz 75 Conversions: Robson 20, 47, 75 Richmond ..........14pts Tries:...

Nottingham dominant as Scottish go off script

By DAVID CHALLIS L Scottish ..........10pts Tries: Ferdinand 4, Wallis 75 Nottingham ......31pts Tries: Richardson 15, Williams 29, Thacker 43, Ramage...

Confident Ealing win a game of patience

By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing Trailfinders ....29pts Tries: Willis 20, Smid 48, Metcalf 56, Tizzano 80 Conversions: Willis 48, 56, 80 Penalties:...

Ampthill caught out as Jersey get off to a flier

By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............21pts Tries: Stonham 33, Ma’asi-White 48, Dan 64 Conversions: Hardwick 34, 49, 65 Jersey ................36pts Tries: Woollett...

Caldy have a lot to learn as Hartpury get in the swing

By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................22pts Tries: Bibby 18, Jones 26, Darlington 42, Caine, 79 Conversions: Jones 42 Hartpury............33pts Tries: Benz Solomon...

Bonus for Coventry as indiscipline costs Blues

By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ..........26pts Tries: Poole 31, 45, Penalty 40, Ma’asi 64 Conversions: Pellegrini 31, 45, 64 Bedford Blues ..18pts...

England should start with strongest team v Wales

ROCKY CLARK WORLD CUP WINNER Star turns: Openside Sadia Kabeya, left, and winger Claudia MacDonald, right, both enjoyed good games in...

How Chris defied the medics to play again

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Stanislau Czekaj survived the Second World War in Poland against brutal odds, from...