Pre-season friendlies

RC Vannes..............28 Jersey Reds..........28 By TOM INNES A THRILLING pre-season ‘local derby’ finished with honours even as Jersey Reds battled back...

Middleton: Women’s Lions tour not far off

■By PAUL REES SIMON Middleton believes that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time and...

Howard Packman will join Blackheath

Set to play National League One rugby this season after leaving Doncaster Knights

Meihuizen tells Quins it’s no go

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER HARLEQUINS have missed out on signing Stormers lock David Meihuizen, below, who is now...

Agents and clubs go to mediation

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RUGBY players agents are set to have a mediation meeting with Premiership Rugby to...

Baldwin quits for a life in the City

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Calling time: Luke Baldwin, playing here for Worcester, has left the Dragons LUKE Baldwin,...

Neil Back’s son in Forest debut

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FIN Back, the son of England World Cup winner Neil, last week made his...

Sale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City

How a stadium carousel in Manchester could leave the Sharks ground-sharing the AJ Bell with Salford City FC

Room 101: Chinnor back row Ben Manning

THE CHINNOR BACK-ROWER TAKES US THOUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Badly poured Guinness They say...

National League shake-up may be on its way

Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank

Bracken: Head injury ‘scandal’ must end

Rugby desperately needs its own seat belt when it comes to head injury, says Kyran Bracken

Who Were the Standout Lions Performers in the Latest Tour?

The overall tour of South Africa was a disappointment for the British and Irish Lions, as they ended up losing 2-1...

Red Roses to end 2021 with tests against Black Ferns, Canada and USA

Reigning world champions New Zealand will travel to England to face Red Roses in two Tests

Shane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery

The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury

Pumas more physical than Lions says captain Kolisi

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi says Argentina were a tough obstacle to overcome with their physical pack

South Africa 32-12 Argentina: Boks grind out victory but fail to hit bonus

A new-look side get the Springboks off to a winning start in the Rugby Championship against Argentina

Whitlock: We want to be even better!

ALL BLACKS captain Sam Whitlock admitted he was surprised by his team’s final injury time try which earned the record score...

New Zealand 57-22 Australia: Rampant All Blacks race to record score

Ben Jaycock reports on the All Blacks claiming the Bledisloe Cup for another year

Kick-fests will make us all turn off the TV | Jeremy Guscott

Jeremy Guscott on rugby's beige kicking game

Dream Team: Former London Irish and Northampton fly-half Barry Everitt

Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half chooses the best XV he has played with or against

Lions must now engage with the Premiership

COLIN BOAG T he idea that the best players from the Home Unions get together every four years and travel to...

Cardiff strive for more with Bok four looming

CARDIFF chairman Alun Jones has told his team and Welsh rugby as a whole they will have to raise their game...

Cut subs to force front five to get fit, says Cardiff S&C guru Trystan Bevan

Trystan Bevan shares the view of Ian McGeechan and Willie John McBride that the number of replacements must be reduced

Tom O’Flaherty eager to right the wrongs of painful Premiership final

The Exeter Chiefs winger says the feeling is they 'let things slip' in the final against Harlequins

Jonathan Davies fighting for his future in Welsh midfield

Captain for Wales this summer, Jonathan Davies sees plenty of competition coming his way in the national team

Henry Trinder opts for Ampthill over top flight return

The Gloucester stalwart discusses his return to English rugby in the Championship with Ampthill, where he will start coaching as well...

McCauley, Nixon sign for Chiefs

EXETER have signed Australian second row Ryan McCauley and former Bath tighthead Sam Nixon. Former Australia U20 international McCauley, 24, has...

Council steps in to take care of Beziers after Emirati takeover collapse | James Harrington

Thirteen months ago, you probably recall, a proposed mega-money takeover of French ProD2 side Béziers dominated the rugby headlines on the...

Women’s Game in Focus: England and Loughborough Lightning hooker Lark Davies

Last season's top tryscorer in the Allianz Premier 15s tells Sarah Rendell about her journey through rugby and the new Cup...

WELSH RESULTS

WRU CHAMPIONSHIP CUP: GROUP 1: Cross Keys 13 - 33 Bargoed GROUP 2: Cardiff Met 47 - 22 Beddau GROUP 3:...

Lions pain will fuel Sarries title charge, says Alex Lewington

The Saracens winger expects the club's contingent of Lions to be ready and raring to go for the new Premiership season

Quins off to a flyer with big cup upset

Welsh Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS MAESTEG Harlequins stunned Neath to record a shock 32-23 home victory over the Welsh...

May feeling fresh after first summer off since 2011

■By ADAM HATHAWAY JONNY May has urged Gloucester to get out of the blocks quickly when the Premiership kicks off again...

‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan

The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith

Lion king Tony learnt how to be a winner by losing at Belvo

IT’S a close-run thing but Belvo’s most famous rugby alumni is probably still Sir Anthony O’Reilly. O’Reilly was a staggering schoolboy...

Belvedere specialise in producing truly greats

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BELVEDERE College, like all Leinster schools, have always operated in the...

Young Guns: Gloucester back row Josh Gray

Last March, Eddie Jones invited seven players from the England U20s camp to train with the senior team during the Six...

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