Top two are well ahead, but Wales show promise

ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND’S MOST CAPPED PLAYER AND WORLD CUP WINNER Over half way through the Women’s Six Nations and we have...

Sam stars as Irish finally taste victory

Ireland ..................29 Italy ..........................8 IRELAND claimed their first win of the Six Nations with a bonus point over Italy at Musgrave...

France canter to a third bonus win

Scotland ..................8  France ....................28 FRANCE kept pace with England to record their third bonus point win of the championship. Laure Sansus...

England U18 boys look to follow Welsh girls

ENGLAND are looking to secure a clean sweep in the U18s Six Nations festival against Scotland today. In the opening round, England’s...

Caldy ace Jones guns for top spot

By BEN JAYCOCK Deadshot: Caldy’s points machine Ben Jones PICTURES: Gareth Lyons NATIONAL One top points scorer Ben Jones has enjoyed...

Why so lenient with Latu?

PETER JACKSON SILALOTU Latu, the Australian hooker who plays for Stade Francais when not in a state of suspension, will remain...

WRU still think they were right over Big Al

PETER JACKSON THE Welsh Rugby Union hierarchy finally got around the other day to addressing the home defeat to Italy but...

Sorry saga of failures that haunt Arms Park

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Rout: Liam Williams celebrates after he scores for Scarlets against Cardiff last weekend...

Springbok warrior Joost battling to the very end

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

Poland celebrate centenary in style

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER POLAND have celebrated their centenary by battling their way back into the Rugby Europe Championship, their first...

Has rugby really got its head around this?

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The subject of concussion and possible long term...

It was pandemonium against the Pumas!

MY LIFE IN RUGBY DEREK NUTT THE FORMER MOSELEY CAPTAIN NEITHER myself or Steve Mills, the Gloucester captain, really knew what...

It’s tough for Hull in League country

NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK POSITIONED in the centre of a rugby league obsessed city, Hull RUFC – who are top...

Orange could replace grey area

PAUL REES CANVASSES OPINION ON RUGBY’S 20-MINUTE RED CARD EXPERIMENT World Rugby is considering making the 20-minute red card, which was...

Alder can help make a pathway to success

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It was good to see Nigel Walker recruit John Alder last week to bolster his...

Davies eyes trophies

Lions ace: Gareth Davies WALES No.9 Gareth Davies has signed a new contract to stay at Scarlets. Davies has scored 55...

Williams stays with Dragons

SCRUM-HALF Rhodri Williams has signed a contract to remain with Dragons. The Welsh region has not disclosed the length of the...

Dixon fires Dragons to Scarlets success

By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ............27pts Tries: Kalamafoni 26, Williams 40, Williams 54, Hardy 60 Conversions: Costelow 27, O’Brien 55, Penalties: Costelow...

Gollings off to a winning start as Fiji coach

NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER England 7s ace Ben Gollings has paid tribute to his players after they handed him...

Fiji pick up where they left off in Singapore

ENGLAND’S hopes of bouncing back from last weekend’s disappointing 13th place finish at the Singapore Sevens did not get off to...

Jordy Reid: Ealing deserve a crack at Premiership

By PAUL REES JORDY Reid is backing Ealing Trailfinders’ appeal to be promoted to the Premiership, confident the Championship winners would...

Seeing is no longer believing in rugby

CHRIS HEWETT BACK in the day, when England were at the cutting edge of sports science and spending eye-watering amounts of...

High time Bath hung up their silk pyjamas

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Marvin Hagler had it right – not that there were too many people queuing up to tell...

DREAM TEAM

HARRY SHEPPARD, THE LONDON SCOTTISH AND FORMER WASPS AND BEDFORD FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV OF PLAYERS HE HAS PLAYED WITH...

Clubs queue up for Zach’s services

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER ZACH Mercer will spark a massive scramble for his services when he returns to...

Deano to step down at Falcons

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER DEAN Richards is set to stand down at the end of the season and...

Table-topping Tigers look set to land Watson

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Leaving Bath: Anthony Watson LEICESTER Tigers are confident that they have won the race...

Contepomi ready for Pumas return

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEINSTER are set to suffer a blow to their coaching staff when they lose...

Prem rivals keep tabs on Cardall

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER WASPS lock Tim Cardall is attracting interest from Premiership clubs despite having another year...

Baa-baas keen on Monaco warm up

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER THE Barbarians are set to break new ground this summer by looking to hold...

Dai Young: Welsh rugby needs to build from the bottom up

Tough times: Dai Young DAI Young thought he knew what he was taking on when he took charge of Cardiff for...

Saracens dig deep to find a gem in Christie

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Saracens v Cardiff Today. Kick-off 1pm, StoneX Stadium THE season Saracens spent in the Championship allowed them...

Clinical first half sets up 10-try win for Irish

By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish ....64pts Tries: Creevy 6, 24; Rona 18, Pearson 34, Gonzalez 36, Rowe 39, Rogerson 71, Joseph...

Carbonel puts the boot into Benetton

By BEN JAYCOCK Toulon ............36 Benetton ........27 TOULON will face London Irish in the semi-finals after they comfortably beat Benetton to...

Warriors fall short but get plaudits from Diamond

By TOM SHEEDY Lyon ....................31pts Tries: Couilloud 5, Taofifenua 16, Devisme 48, Barassi 77 Conversions: Sopoaga 6, 17, 49; Berdeu 79...

Jaded Falcons sent crashing

By SAM JACKSON Newcastle ........17pts Tries: Montgomery 51, Hodgson 65 Conversions: Connon 52, 66 Penalties: Connon 28 Glasgow ............27pts Tries: Matthews...

Barbeary hat-trick as fast-starting Wasps hold off fierce French fightback

By JAMES HARRINGTON Biarritz ..............29pts Tries: Peyresblanques 28, Hirigoyen 42, Soury 68, Armitage 57 Conversions: Bosch 43, 58, 68 Penalties: Bosch...

Saints at sea after Biggar’s red card

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........31pts Tries: Thorley 4, Rapava-Ruskin 7, Alemanno 21, Socino 47 Conversions: Hastings 4, 7, 21, 47 Penalties:...

Edinburgh’s second half charge sinks sorry Bath

By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........41pts Tries: Boffelli 10, 63, Kinghorn 31, Schoeman 53, Bennett 69, Boyle 78 Conversions: Boffelli 32, 54,...

Champions Cup has too many also-rans

NICK CAIN THE European Cup is being diluted by the decision to extend the qualification criteria from six teams in each...

England job needs Eddie’s full attention

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THIS is the week that Gareth Southgate did what Eddie Jones should have...

Potter: We left a few tries out there

HARRY Potter claimed Tigers are keeping their feet on the ground and not yet dreaming of ending a 20-year wait to...

High-flying Tigers set up Leinster showdown

By GARY FITZGERALD Leicester ..........27pts Tries: Liebenberg 9, Scott 50, Penalty 52, Steward 67 Conversions: Ford 10 Penalties: Ford 46 Tries:...

O’Gara sees La Rochelle finish the job in fine style

By TIM LEWIS La Rochelle ......31pts Tries: West 42, Alldritt 48, Kerr-Barlow 55, Botia 68 Conversions: West 42, 49, 56, 69...

Sharks feel they can beat anyone

SALE director of rugby Alex Sanderson was ecstatic with his side’s effort and believes they can be a match for any...

Dupont makes the difference for Toulouse as Ulster push champions all the way

By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..................23pts Tries: McIlroy 10, 38 Conversions: Cooney 11, 39 Penalties: Cooney 18, 53, 69 Toulouse ..........30pts Tries:...

Sale survive Reed red to squeeze life out of Bears

By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................29pts Tries: Thacker 48, Morahan 53, 77; Joyce 64 Conversions: Sheedy 48, 53, 64 Penalties: Sheedy 19...

Unstoppable Lowe hits four as Leinster flex muscles

By JOHN FALLON Leinster ............56pts Tries: Lowe 36, 55, 65, 80; Henshaw 18, 42, Gibson-Park 10, Furlong 28 Conversions: Sexton 12,...

Don’t cut marquee players, says Lam

By PAUL REES PAT Lam has hit out at the Premiership’s decision to cut the number of marquee players from two...

20-minute reds ‘will increase brain risk’

By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby is being warned that their proposed 20-minute red card will expose players to even greater risk...