Dean Richards handed three week match-day ban for media comments

Newcastle Falcons Director of Rugby Dean Richards has been banned from any match-day involvement for three weeks following his comments in...

Dual-code Wigan and Newcastle All Black Va’aiga Tuigamala dies aged 52

Wigan Warriors’ and Newcastle Falcons’ dual-code international Va’aiga Tuigamala has died at the age of 52. He made 102 appearances for...

Captain Courtney Lawes and Manu Tuilagi return to England starting line up

Courtney Lawes and Manu Tuilagi return to England starting XV for the visit of Wales for Saturday’s crunch match with Wales....

Genge commends teammate Youngs on record breaking appearance

If Ben Youngs gets on the pitch on Saturday, he is set to become the all-time England appearance holder and fellow...

Jersey Reds’ Tom Pittman’s long road to professional rugby

Jersey Red’s Tom Pittman’s journey into professional rugby has been anything but easy. The pandemic came whilst Pittman was studying at...

Louis Rees-Zammit left out of Wales squad for visit to England

Louis Rees-Zammit has been left out of Wales' 25-player squad for the trip to Twickenham for Saturday's crunch match against England....

Kiran McDonald to join Wasps at the end of the season from Glasgow Warriors

Scottish lock Kiran McDonald will join Wasps at the end of the season from Glasgow Warriors. The 6ft 8in lock was...

Italy scrum-half Callum Braley signs for Northampton Saints

Italian scrum-half Callum Braley has signed for Northampton Saints ahead of the 2022/23 season after making the switch from Italian side...

Gleeson hails return of Tuilagi

England attack coach Martin Gleeson has hailed the return of star Manu Tuilagi as the destructive centre is set to start...

Alex Dombrandt relishing Welsh reunions

Alex Dombrandt is looking forward to the challenge of facing former teammates from his time at Cardiff Metropolitan University and Wales...

Martin Gleeson says England are out of Six Nations if they lose to Wales

England‘s Attack Coach Martin Gleeson says England are treating Saturday’s crunch Six Nations fixture against Wales as a “quarter final.” Gleeson...

Premiership reserve teams could play in the Championship from 2024

The RFU will vote this week on proposals to reshape the English Championship. As part of the plans, the second-tier would...

Alex Dombrandt and Marcus Smith’s friendship is key ingredient to on-field success

Alex Dombrandt feels his off-the-field relationship with “great friend” Marcus Smith is the key ingredient to their impressive on-field relationship for...

Former England and Saracens lock George Kruis retires from rugby

Former Saracens and England forward George Kruis has announced his retirement from all rugby on his 32nd birthday to concentrate on...

Six Nations Betting Preview

The second round of Six Nations games threw up some thrilling encounters but no real surprises as tournament favourites France edged...

Champions Cup presents some tantalizing prospects in the last 16  

Delays and cancellations due to broader world events notwithstanding, the Champions Cup has successfully reached the end of the group stage,...

Beauden Barrett Still Plagued by Concussion Issues Ahead of Opening Super Rugby Pacific Encounter

All Blacks star Beauden Barrett looks set to sit out the first round of the Super Rugby Pacific season. The 30-year-old...

Manu Tuilagi returns to England squad for crunch Wales match

Manu Tuilagi returns to the 35-player England squad for Saturday’s Six Nations match against Wales. The squad regrouped at the Honda...

Exeter snatch victory over 14-man Newcastle Falcons

Newcastle (7) 14Tries: Haydon-Wood, McGuigan Cons: Haydon-Wood 2Exeter (7) 15Tries: Schickerling, Innard Con: J Simmonds Pens: J Simmonds A late Joe...

Vunipola boys on top form – Shaw

JOE Shaw praised the Vunipola brothers even though the discarded England pair could not get their side over the line against...

Jackson’s final kick snatches it for Irish

By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish ....32pts Tries: van Rensburg 3, 24, Coleman 41, Hassell-Collins 64 Conversions: Jackson 25, 42, 65 Penalties:...

‘Players came up with the answers’

LEICESTER head coach Steve Borthwick praised his side for finding solutions in the second half. “We started the game really well...

Tigers keep it tight to curb Bath spirit

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bath ....................20pts Tries: Muir 9, Ojomoh 29, Bayliss 31 Conversions: Bailey 29 Penalties: Bailey 22 Leicester ..........24pts Tries:...

Manu must return to help land knock-out punches

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE were no surprises in England’s win against Italy in Rome, but I guess...

DREAM TEAM

TOM BRADY, THE SALE FC AND FORMER SALE SHARKS AND LEICESTER WINGER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH AND...

Money is only reason to let Boks in 6 Nations

COLIN BOAG The rumour that SouthAfrica will join the Six Nations in 2025 is growing, being presented in some quarters as...

U20s win offers big hope for Italy future

ITALY U20s did a job on England last week and I hope they follow the path of the French counterparts who...

Mitchell such a coup

JOHN Mitchell is just the type of coach to help take Japan to the next level and I would not be...

Brendan’s right, it’s ring-fence’s fault

BRENDAN Gallagher’s article last week headed ‘Stress-free Premiership muddles the mind’ should make the RFU sit up and take notice referring...

Promotion hopefuls hear their fate on Tuesday

By JON NEWCOMBE EALING and Doncaster’s applications for promotion to the Premiership will be considered at an RFU Board of Directors...

Woolstencroft in for long haul at Sarries

By DANIEL GALLAN SARACENS hooker Tom Woolstencroft is on the cusp of something special. There’s been no indication from Eddie Jones...

Theo’s a slam dunk to reach top

By ADAM HATHAWAY Big impression: Theo McFarland scores for Saracens against Harlequins PICTURE: Getty Images SARACENS head coach Joe Shaw has...

Diamond: Relegation made the Premiership healthier

By PAUL REES Recruiting: Diamond WORCESTER may be one off the foot of the Premiership having finished bottom last season, but...

Forthcoming fixtures

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Week beginning Sunday, February 20, 2022 ... Continue reading......

Wales can rock Twickenham if pack gains parity – Davies

By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Wales flyhalf Jonathan ‘Jiffy’ Davies believes Wayne Pivac’s side can beat England if they gain parity up...

Lemaitre puts his faith in Mignoni

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulon president Bernard Lemaitre pulled something of a recruitment rabbit out of his hat this week, as...

Groom: English game demands different skills

By GRANT SHUB Springbok star: Cobus Reinach played with Nic Groom at Northampton FOR former Northampton Saints and London Irish scrum-half...

BRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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Black and Ambers run riot over Ponty

Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Newport...................36 Pontypridd................ 7 NEWPORT maintained their unbeaten start to the season as they thrashed Pontypridd on Thursday...

Jones stars as Gogs overcome the Swans

Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS RGC.............................29 Swansea................. 14 DION Jones struck twice to help steer the home side to a bonus-point win...

Drovers hold off Merthyr in thriller

Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Merthyr....................36 Llandovery.............43 AN 11-try thriller went Llandovery’s way, but they had to withstand a fine Merthyr...

O’Driscoll’s landmark day ruined by Cardiff

Premiership By ROB COLE Bridgend.................. 12 Cardiff......................29 CARDIFF ran in five tries to maintain their challenge at the top of the...

Rowlands helps give Blaenavon first victory

Welsh Plate / Bowl roundup By JOSH WALKER BLAENAVON notched their first win of the season in the Admiral Division 1...

Ryan blasts union over leadership

By ROB COLE DEAN Ryan has blasted the WRU for having no strategy or leadership when it comes to finding a...

Lam: JT will come back even stronger

NEWS EXTRA By PAUL REES PAT Lam expects Jonathan Thomas to bounce back after his first job as head coach lasted...

5-try Waratahs hand Drua first night thrashing

By SAM JACKSON Relief: Jake Gordon helped the Waratahs start the year strongly, after a dismal 2021 campaign FIJIAN Drua were...

Regional results

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Aston on mission to earn Prem call

NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK NAMIBIAN speedster Aston Mukwiilongo hopes to follow his old schoolmate Patrick Schickerling to the Premiership. Growing...

Hampton prepare to host 7s curtain raiser

SCHOOLS REPORT By NICK POWELL IT was the calm before the storm in school’s rugby this week, as most teams took...

Regional results

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