Lions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a...

My Life in Rugby – Jeremy Davidson: Beating the Boks was pinnacle of my career

Now running things up at Brive, Jeremy Davidson reflects on his time as a Lion

Visionary Alf Wyman was beaten to the punch

COVENTRY fixture secretary Alf Wyman was a rugby visionary, well before his time in many respects as a strong advocate of...

Saints are surprise winners of first merit table…and 20 gallons of beer

MOMENT IN TIME NORTHAMPTON DAILY MAIL PENNANT WINNERS 1976 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO BOB TAYLOR AND VINCE CANNON NORTHAMPTON’S prize for...

Will Greenwood needed mute button | Peter Jackson

AMONG the massed ranks of Englishspeaking sportsmen and women, few can match Will Greenwood’s command of the language. His ever-readiness to...

Alun Wyn Jones four letter faux-pas | Peter Jackson

TWELVE men – four Irish, four Welsh, two English, two Scottish – have captained the Lions over the last 50 years,...

No risk, no reward for Gatland’s stolid Lions | Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson looks at some of the contentious moments on the field during the 2021 Lions tour

Ultimate warrior JPR enters the world stage

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

Championship 2021-22: All the summer ins and outs

Looking at all the summer activity at Championship clubs, with prop Alfie Petch heading to Cornish Pirates on dual-registered terms from...

Beaumont urged to act on Warburton warning

■By SAM JACKSON A GROUP of rugby’s most respected figures have released a public letter sent to World Rugby demanding substitutions...

Legends line up in memory of Jack

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE rugby community is rallying around, as it always does, after the very sudden death from cancer...

Change guidelines to weed out ‘cheats’

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’m not going to do a Rassie and...

Q&A – Matt Dawson: What might have been if Finn was fit from start?

The three-time Lions tourist gives his verdict on the series defeat in South Africa

Davies: Lions should get Prem clubs on board now for 2025

Appeal: Gareth Davies GARETH Davies believes the plans for the 2025 tour to Australia by the Lions should be sorted out...

Big question for Eddie is, where will Owen Farrell play?

After he did not start a Lions Test, Paul Rees gauges whether Owen Farrell's England place could be under threat

Exodus of the props brings era to an end | Chris Hewett

THERE was a time, not so long ago, when Premiership clubs would pay tighthead props in Bitcoin, provided they were good...

The sterile Lions Tests are killing the game | Chris Hewett

Chris Hewett on how the boredom set in watching the three Lions Tests this summer

Innovation in grassroots: Bowdon breaking new ground to aid recovery

Paul Rees discovers how Altrincham-based Bowdon are using a new technology to boost member numbers

Silence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams

Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams

Wales can feed off grassroots energy | Shane Williams

Can the feel-good return of rugby to the grassroots permeate to the top level of the game in Wales?

Lions tour 2025: These Lions would thrill in Australia with Lam’s magic

Brendan Gallagher picks his Lions coach and starting XV for the 2025 tour TRYING to anticipate a Lions starting fifteen is...

This smearing of Gatland as conservative is claptrap | Nick Cain

Nick Cain fails to understand how people can question Warren Gatland as a coach given his record at the Test level

Walter’s old England shirt could fetch £40k

A SHIRT from one of England’s earliest international matches will go under the hammer this week and is expected to make...

La Rochelle eye Matu’u

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish, who last week released veteran back rower Blair Cowan to Japan, could...

Agents seek talks over cash

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEADING agents want to meet Premiership Rugby for peace talks in a bid to...

The club hoping to make Scotland ace Finn Russell rugby’s richest man

Michael Cheika wants to bring the star of the third Lions Test to Japan

Richard Cockerill now in frame to replace Eddie Jones

Set to become England's forwards coach this week, where does Richard Cockerill's arrival leave England's plan for post-RWC2023

Josh Matavesi could be heading out of Bath

Bath could free up space on the salary cap by allowing Josh Matavesi to explore interest from Japan, and have space...

ALEX RAYMENT

ROOM 101 THE BISHOP’S STORTFORD HOOKER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Sav-ing-non! Sauvignon...

Anscombe agony will finally end next month

■By PETER JACKSON GARETH Anscombe is scheduled to start his longawaited come back next month after a two-year fight to save...

End this Springbok farce says Lions ace

■By GARY FITZGERALD SOUTH AFRICA’S goslow spoiling tactics against the Lions must finally force rugby chiefs into taking urgent action to...

Exeter Chiefs add two new signings to tight five

Exeter have confirmed the signings of overseas players Ryan McCauley from Australia and Sam Nixon from the Top 14

London Irish announce surprise departure of Blair Cowan

The Exiles co-captain will leave the Premiership to pursue opportunities in Japan

Leicester Tigers set George Worth free

LEICESTER have released utility back George Worth from his contract by mutual agreement. The 24-year-old made 62 appearances for the club...

Harlequins announce capture of Viliami Taulani from Chiefs

Harlequins head coach Tabai Matson has recruited a player he coached at former club Waikato Chiefs

Times when the Lions were fouled by the officials

Nick Cain on why the neutrality of referees is imperative to Lions tours, as history can attest

Player ratings: Damian de Allende is the Boks’ rock again

Paul Rees rates the performances of both teams in the third and final Test of the 2021 British & Irish Lions...

Munster have eye on Newcastle Falcons ace George McGuigan

The Newcastle hooker is Irish-qualified and wanted by Johann van Graan, TRP understands

Battle-weary Springboks are one of great modern sides | Daniel Gallan

Daniel Gallan wraps up the meaning of the Springboks to South Africa after their triumph in the third Test

Morne Steyn did same to me 12 years ago | Shane Williams

Shane Williams knows exactly how the 2021 Lions will have been feeling once they collected their thoughts back in the dressing...

Springboks are best one-trick pony in world rugby | Jeremy Guscott

Jeremy Guscott on just how difficult the Springboks are to beat

South Africa 19-16 Lions: Lions let their chances slip along with this troubled series

THIS was a series that the 2021 Lions let slip at the last. The spike that they became hooked on was...

Fijian ace Lomani off to Saints

Danger man: Frank Lomani on attack for Rebels NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed Fiji international scrum-half Frank Lomani from Australian side Melbourne...

Cardiff building a stronger pathway

By ROB COLE CARDIFF RFC were chasing a first league and cup double before lockdown struck and ended the 2019/20 season....

Brookes in to power up Toulon set-piece | James Harrington

A Toulouse-like revival at Toulon doesn't look set to happen this season on paper

Price was right for Terry to go north

THE mercurial Terry Price enjoyed a brief but varied senior career after leaving Llanelli GS following a schoolboy career straight from...

Sevens wizards had a spell on Rosslyn Park

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S time to sing the praises of a remarkable school and...

Gleeson confirmed as Eddie’s attack general

■By SAM JACKSON MARTIN Gleeson has been confirmed as England’s new attack coach. As revealed in TRP on April 11, Gleeson...

Front rowers compete for Deacon’s job at Cov

■By JON NEWCOMBE TWO former Premiership front rowers are understood to be in the running for the Coventry forwards coach job....

Ambitious Harlequins are a match for Jack Walker

Harlequins hooker Jack Walker discusses his switch from Premiership rivals Bath to the Stoop