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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoUBB 47-8 Dragons: Matthieu Jalibert puts the boot into illness-hit Dragons
Les Bleus star Jalibert dampens Dragons' woes, as Dean Ryan contends with 16 unavailable players against the mite of Bordeaux-Begles
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRFU Council votes in significant format changes to National Leagues and below
League structures to undergo radical change to help the community game survive and prosper
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland legend Katy Daley-Mclean announces international retirement
Red Roses fly-half takes decision to end her England career on 116 caps
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBath’s trip to La Rochelle cancelled due to Covid-19
12 players at Bath forced to self-isolate following match against Scarlets, who had one positive test confirmed on Thursday
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales captain Alun Wyn Jones to miss start of 2021 Six Nations
A huge concern for Wales head coach Wayne Pivac, who is already counting the cost of injuries to senior personnel
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs trio aim to build ironclad case for Eddie
Scrum-half Jack Maunder says he and the omitted Simmonds brothers will continue to bash on the door of England head coach...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSteve Borthwick gives his agent top Leicester Tigers job
New Tigers head of recruitment Richard Wilks was involved in the start-up of reputable player management firm Green Room Sports
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSaracens defence coach Sanderson is man Sale want to replace Diamond
A move which Sale Sharks hoped would happen last summer
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoProbyn column: Cut Prem loose and redirect all funding
Jeff Probyn on the financial obstacle the Premiership presents to the RFU's balance sheet and the radical change needed to help...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSix more ex-pros join legal fight against World Rugby, RFU and WRU
Former centre Adam Hughes, 30, and Neil Spence, 44, among those to back the traumatic brain injury lawsuit against rugby's governing...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThompson: Some days I can’t walk down stairs
The danger of CTE in rugby and those diagnosed with traumatic brain injury training to bring about change in the sport
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCarl Fearns on verge of making Premiership return
The former Bath back row is attracting interest from the Premiership
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoThis is tip of iceberg says neuro specialist
Dr Barry O'Driscoll, uncle of Ireland great Brian, voices his concerns over rugby's trend of concussion and traumatic brain injury
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoGeorgian centre Giorgi Kveseladze signs for Gloucester
George Skivington welcomes new recruit who impressed in the Autumn Nations Cup to Kingsholm
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSweeney: Six Nations could go to pay-for TV broadcaster
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney discusses the arrival of Amazon on the rugby TV broadcastings scene
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoClear front-runner emerges to lure Exeter’s Tomas Francis back to Wales
Wales tighthead Tomas Francis is set to hold talks with all four regions, as Exeter future hangs in the balance
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoScotland fly-half Adam Hastings agrees Gloucester move in 2021
Hastings will leave Glasgow Warriors when his contract at Scotstoun expires next sum
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGloucester confirm Danny Cipriani has left the club with immediate effect
Danny Cipriani's stay at Kingsholm is cut short in the final year of his contract, as Adam Hastings is set to...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFrench feelgood factor is shortlived | James Harrington
James Harrington attacks the hyperbole surrounding the Press' dubbing of a France 'Replacement XV' which competed for the Autumn Nations Cup
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHere’s my team of the decade certainly one to stand test | Shane Williams
Shane Williams selects a Wales XV Team of the Decade and congratulates George North on his deserved selection by World Rugby
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEngland can learn from exciting French revival | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott points out the weaknesses in England's armour exposed by France in the Autumn Nations Cup final
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSteve Diamond rescued Sale Sharks from abyss but courted controversy
Jon Newcombe charts the highs and lows of Steve Diamond's tenure at Sale Sharks
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Rugby World Cup
/ 5 years agoEngland draw Japan and Argentina in 2023 Rugby World Cup pool
Details of the 2023 Rugby World Cup draw, as hosts France will play the All Blacks in Pool A
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTom Seabrook starts alongside senior man Henry as Gloucester give the kids a run
George Skivington has named an experiment squad to travel to Lyon for Gloucester's Champions Cup opener
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBlackett: Players had option to pull out
WASPS’ director of rugby Lee Blackett questioned EPCR’s approach to the Covid situation in the Dragons’ camp. He said: “EPCR were...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHewett column: Guscott’s Lions plea resonates so strongly
Chris Hewett laments the focus on defence by England against France, asking where the free reign in attack is for players...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoLeinster are simply in a class of their own
Leinster dispatch Montpellier in the opening round of the Champions Cup
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWhatever the criteria, Maro Itoje makes my best XV
Brendan Gallagher analyses the World Rugby Team of the Decade and argues Maro Itoje was a glaring omission
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRacing 92 v Connacht: Andy Friend goes on offensive looking for major upset
Head coach Andy Friend summarises the giant task facing Connacht as they travel to La Défense Arena
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoEdinburgh’s brave defence cracks against in-form French
La Rochelle got the better of Edinburgh in a low-scoring affair at Murrayfield
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoCheslin Kolbe lands killer blow for Toulouse against Ulster
Toulouse and Springbok star Cheslin Kolbe displays his class once again at the Kingspan, as Ulster fall to defeat in the...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRound-up: Benetton celebrate famous win over Stade Francais
A first-ever victory for Italian side Benetton in their visits to Stade Jean Bouin
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European Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors fall at final hurdle with Erbani crashing over
Worcester fall to a bitter 24-20 defeat in the opening round of the Challenge Cup in France
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoHallam Amos’ acrobatics put Cardiff clear of Falcons
Newcastle Falcons brilliant start to the 2020-21 campaign comes stuck against Cardiff Blues in the Challenge Cup
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoAlbert Tuisue does the damage with early try double for London Irish
London Irish come away from their trip to Agen with a opening round victory in the Challenge Cup
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGutsy Bristol Bears bite back to earn late try bonus against Clermont
Brendan Gallagher reports from Ashton Gate where Bristol Bears and Clermont played out a 12-try thriller
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoEngland stars get job done for Leicester Tigers
The Youngs brothers and George Ford guide Tigers to victory over Brive at Welford Road
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWe’ll fix things for next week says Bristol Bears boss Lam
Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam reacts to his team's 51-38 defeat to Clermont Auvergne in the Champions Cup
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoSpencer rues try that got away as Bath fall
■By GARY FITZGERALD STUART Hooper told his players “You got what you deserved” and refused to blame officials as Bath were...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoSam Parry double helps Osprey banish their Euro hoodoo
THE Ospreys ended the worst losing streak in their European history as they put Castres to the sword with a five...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoToulon’s Louis Carbonel in control but Sale Sharks show fight
Mike Sinclair reports on Toulon edging Sale Sharks in their first match since Steve Diamond left the Premiership club
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTable-topping Exeter Chiefs set sights on famous ‘double double’
Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle previews the visit of Glasgow Warriors to Sandy Park
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoDanny Care calls for same underdog spirit that put Harlequins on the trophy trail in 2011
Ahead of their trip to Thomond Park, Quins scrum-half Care recalls the spirit of 2011 and their famous win over Munster
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoEvans: Big hearts won the day for us
STEFF Evans hailed the heart and desire that helped Scarlets defy a desperate late Bath onslaught for his side’s memorable win...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoUnforced errors cost us – Paul Deacon
Sale head coach had a message for Steve Diamond after watching Sharks lose to Toulon
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoSanti Cordero reacts quickest to sink unlucky Saints
Heartbreak for Northampton as Santi Cordero scores unusual late try to prolong their rotten form
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoFaulty execution killed us says Saints DoR Chris Boyd
Northampton Saints will be looking to overturn their defeat to Bordeaux against Leinster
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWasps complete woe of Covid-hit Dragons
■By ROGER PANTING WASPS took advantage of Dragons’ Covid-19 misfortunes to get their European campaign off to a bonus-point start in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoReigate’s renowned 56 club were unbeatable with 15 on the pitch
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools UNLIKE some of their opponents these days, Reigate GS cannot claim...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Will Butler returns from injury for start of Worcester’s Challenge Cup campaign
Selection news for all of the Challenge Cup's opening round of competition, as Worcester Warriors travel to Pau












