Worcester bring in big guns to achieve lift-off

Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Premiership squads are shaping up for the new season What with pandemic considerations – not...

Our water breaks were called half-time!

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well just as I suggested two weeks ago, we have had a...

Who’d want to see this lot waiting for them?

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

Springboks get payback for ‘74

MOMENT IN TIME LIONS TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA 1980 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO ALAN TOMES AND PETER WHEELER WHERE ARE THEY...

ALLIANZ PREMIER XVs FIXTURES 2021-22

CHAMPIONS Harlequins start their title defence at home to Loughborough Lightning on September 4. The season will see the introduction of...

PRE-SEASON FIXTURES

14 August Sale FC v Sedgley Park (2.30pm) Blackheath v Carmarthen Quins (3pm) Fylde v Preston GH (3pm) Penrith v Preston...

Maliq Holden feels at home among Doncaster Knights

Jon Newcombe discovers how the former Cornish Pirates winger discovered rugby on Cyprus

I had to tell Cov players there was no cash left

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BIRMINGHAM- SOLIHULL PLAYER AND COACH WHO WAS ALSO ONCE IN CHARGE OF WORCESTER, STOURBRIDGE AND...

Even the All Blacks honoured the quality of full-back Terry Price | Peter Jackson

The Welsh full-back revered by the Kiwis during the late 1950s

Owen Farrell Lions snub means he misses a major milestone | Peter Jackson

Owen Farrell stands in some esteemed company as England and Lions fly-half

Worcester Warriors go green for brighter future

The Premiership club have pledged to reduce their climate footprint, director Peter Kelly outlines how the Warriors are overhauling their ways...

Young Guns: Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams

The new recruit at the Mennaye tells Adam Ellis how his past as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion is still present in...

Adamson back at Blues from France

WINGER Dean Adamson, 28, has returned to Bedfo rd Blues following a year away at French ProD2 side Rouen, where he...

GB star earns Sarries deal

SARACENS have given winger Ben Harris a new long-term contract. The 21-year-old was part of Great Britain’s Sevens squad at the...

EXCLUSIVE: Premiership clubs in stand-off over players’ agent fees

Neil Fissler exclusively reports on a new feud developing between Premiership clubs and players' agents

New Zealand 33-25 Australia: Wallabies fightback fails in poor opener

The Wallabies drought at Eden Park goes on as they lose the Bledisloe Cup in their Rugby Championship pre-cursor

Erasmus rant warps rugby’s core values, says top ref

By PAUL REES A TEAM of lawyers is preparing to defend Rassie Erasmus who faces a misconduct hearing after South Africa...

Everything was stacked against Lions from the start | Nick Cain

No, rugby is not coming to an end. This Lions tour posed significant challenges to both teams, it was just the...

Eddie gets his holidays in before new season

SO Eddie Jones is off on his travels again in the next month although, still a long way out from the...

Lions should ditch Boks slog for Buenos Aires party | Brendan Gallagher

If Rassie Erasmus deems it fit to tarnish the integrity of a Lions tour with his crashing bore of a video,...

Dream Team: Former England scrum-half Dewi Morris

Former British & Irish Lions, England, Orrell and Sale scrum-half Dewi Morris chooses the best XV he has played with or...

Boycott South Africa until SARU put house in order | Colin Boag

For me the result of the Lions Test series was irrelevant, as the focus in the coming months has to be...

Heart sinks when I hear Greenwood

I AGREE with Colin Boag, there is too much analysis on television before and after each Lions game. At least we...

Eddie’s rolling the dice with Gleeson

YES, Wasps’ attack has been pretty good over the last couple of years but I do not understand how former Rugby...

Erasmus did a job on everyone, that includes Gatland

I’M incandescent with rage at how easily the referee was influenced by Erasmus’ on-line rant, about how easily the ref ’...

Sevens was thrilling, give us more on TV

THE Olympic Sevens was a wondeful event and I would like to congratulate New Zealand and Fiji for winning the gold...

A draw can signify honour, just ask the Olympians | Chris Hewett

CONTRARY to the spirit of an age obsessed with winners and losers, there is nothing wrong with a draw. Ask Mutaz...

Lions series needed Buzz Aldrin at full-back | Chris Hewett

There are those revered for their kicking ability over the decades, but the sport has changed its dynamics and expectations since...

Welsh Premiership: Dead-eye Jones kicks Bargoed to first round win

TWO penalties from Steffan Jones enabled Bargoed to launch their WRU Championship Cup campaign with a 13-7 home win over Bedwas....

Big honour for Jamie

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER HERTFORD have honoured their most famous son, Jamie George, by naming a stand after...

Leicester Tigers academy product Tandoh to head to France

The Tigers back row has the option to return to Oval Park after deciding to take a year to play for...

Exeter boss Rob Baxter keen on Aussie giant McCauley

Rob Baxter goes hunting for Aussie lock to join Chiefs

Stormers lock pairing look for move to Britain

Is a move north for the David Meihuizen and JD Schickerling on the horizon?

Room 101: Cornish Pirates wing Alex O’Meara

The Cornish Pirates winger takes us through his pet hates from the rugby world and beyond 1. Open-mouthed eaters I happen...

Union game is on a hiding in Australia | Nick Cain

AUSTRALIAN rugby will always be measured against that of their closest neighbours – which unluckily for them happens to be New...

It’s high time globetrotter Eddie honed home stars | Nick Cain

After surviving a review into a poor Six Nations campaign, Nick Cain is stumped by Eddie Jones' continued day-tripping to other...

MINUTE-BY-MINUTE THE LIONS ON TOUR

THE Lions used 31 players throughout the series yet only two players went the distance from the first Test to the...

Verdict: Two tries in three Tests don’t win Lions tours

Brendan Gallagher picks apart how the Lions lost the third Test, after leading at half-time

Give Lions tours more time pleads Warren Gatland

WARREN Gatland shrugged off the despair of a heartbreaking series loss to South Africa to demand the Lions be given more...

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Home-grown talent at Bristol Bears? Don’t make me laugh | Jeff Probyn

Jeff Probyn's take on the philosophy at Bristol Bears

Eddie Jones completes recruitment of Martin Gleeson to succeed Amor

As revealed by TRP back on April 11, Martin Gleeson will leave Wasps to join the England programme as attack coach

The Flying Fijians: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Men’s Sevens Champions

Profiling the gold medal-winning Fiji Men's team which added to its history in Rio by triumphing in Tokyo

‘Let’s put World Rugby on trial’ – Sharks owner ready to aid Rassie’s legal fight

One of the heads of MVM Holdings, the US firm that owns the Sharks, has offered legal aid to the Springboks...

Wallabies stand down three for drinking session ahead of Bledisloe Cup clash

Head coach Dave Rennie explains the reasons for dropping Marika Koroibete, Pone Fa'amausili and Isi Naisarani from playing the All Blacks

CVC Capital Partners agrees cash injection in La Liga

Stakeholders in Premiership Rugby and Six Nations agrees £2.7bn investment in Spanish football league

Disciplinary panel dismisses biting charge against Lions prop Kyle Sinckler

Sinckler had been alleged to have bitten Springboks lock Franco Mostert in the second half of the second Test

Sports Betting and Online Gambling in Nigeria: what you need to know.

Ranked 7th amongst the countries with the largest population, it’s safe to say that Nigeria is one of the largest online...

TEAM: Spingboks without Faf de Klerk and Pieter-Steph du Toit for decider

South Africa call on Cobus Reinach and Lood de Jager to fill void of losing two of their star players