Brendan Gallagher
Ampleforth got Dallaglio tuned up for greatness
Features
OSCAR WILSON
Latest Posts
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs and Saints battle for Moriarty
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In demand: Welsh forward Ross Moriarty PICTURES: Getty Images Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wales...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWoodburn agrees to stay at Exeter
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter have agreed on a new deal that will keep winger Olly Woodburn at Sandy...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing keeping tabs on Vunipola
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Off? Billy Vunipola Racing 92 could enter the race to land England No.8 Billy Vunipola...
-
Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Peter Walton
Peter Walton, the former Scotland, Newcastle & Northampton flanker, picks the best XV he's played with or against 1. Nick Popplewell...
-
Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoTwo fliers who can light up Borthwick’s England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Everyone has questions about England, and no-one knows what to expect from Steve Borthwick‘s...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints show the wit to keep Tigers at bay
By PAUL REES Leicester ........................... 18pts Tries: Potter 7, 46 Conversions: Pollard 8 Penalties: Pollard 19, Burns 62 Northampton .................... 19pts...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoRamm ‘lucky to stay on the pitch’
James Ramm was relieved to only receive a yellow card for a second-minute challenge on Harry Potter that involved contact with...
-
Nick Cain
/ 3 years ago‘New’ England need to take their chances
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A SIX Nations slip-up on home turf to Scotland in his first match...
-
Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime this autocratic RFU is held to account
NICK CAIN The warning signs that the RFU’s administrative standards have plumbed the depths became a red flashing light on Friday...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoDespair for Bears as Saracens steal glory
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ...........................20pts Tries: Dann 59, Segun 77, Hougaard 80 Conversions: Goode 59 Penalties: Goode 52 Bristol ................................. 19pts...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoVersatile David takes his opportunity and makes the most of his switch to Harlequins
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... London Irish v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Community Stadium Nick David had to be patient after...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoGeorge looking good for England
Mark McCall revealed after Saracens win over Bristol that hooker Jamie George looks likely to be available for England selection in...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoAdvantage Chiefs but they need to improve
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................................ 24pts Tries: Gray 10, Kata 17, Woodburn 34 Conversions: Skinner 11, 18, 35 Penalties: Skinner 54...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘We need to put the hammer down’
Exeter coach Ali Hepher refuses to be gloomy about the stars leaving, instead focusing on their play-off push. “We have seven...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoReed has final say as Sharks snatch it
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale .....................................30pts Tries: Carpenter 2, Dugdale 17, Roebuck 25, Taylor 32, Reed 80+1 Conversions: Du Preez 18 Penalties:...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson: Final try shows how much it matters to players
ALEX SANDERSON hailed his Sale young guns after they combined to seal a dramatic victory which left Bath devastated. Sharks boss...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPride and prejudice central to Eddie’s tale
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST JANE Austen lived in Bath, amid the same Georgian splendour as a certain Bruce Craig, albeit not...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy Joe deserves a decent break
CHRIS HEWETT “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all.” These words, or something like them,...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoSmith leads depleted Ospreys
Preview Zebre v Ospreys Today. 3pm PROP Nicky Smith leads a much-changed Ospreys side to face the URC basement boys Zebre....
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRowntree delight at crucial comeback win
By KEVIN FALLON Benetton ........30 Munster .........40 Munster boss Graham Rowntree praised his men for the way they recovered from a...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoUlster are back – O’Connor
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..............35 Stormers .......... 5 Skipper Alan O’Connor says his Ulster side are back in business after trouncing...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDouble for Brown as Warriors charge on
By PAUL ROSS Dragons ...............28pts Tries: R Williams 15, Tomkinson 18, Basham 56, Coleman 80 Conversions: Hanrahan 16, 19, 57, 80...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoScarlets seal first Welsh victory over Bulls
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ............37pts Tries: Davis 9, Mathias 16, G Davies 20, McNicholl 76 Conversions: Costelow 9, 16, 20, D...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoLeinster academy boys step up
By TOM SHEEDY Leinster ...........38 Cardiff ............. 14 Max Deegan praised the attitude of an understrength side as they blew Cardiff...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoEdinburgh push Sharks all way
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ....... 19 Sharks..............22 Edinburgh came up short in a pulsating contest as their hopes of a top-four...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoConnacht cut through Lions
Connacht ....... 43 Lions ............... 24 By JOHN FALLON Hat-trick hero Caolin Blade said this was the perfect way to finish...
-
Features
/ 3 years agoKeep your cool and you’ll have a chance
SHANE WILLIAMS The phoney war is about to end, and we will be getting down to the action in the Six...
-
Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoGatland still has an Irish score to settle
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS traumatic Six Nations’ finales go, the one when Ireland under Warren Gatland...
-
Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoHollow words from WRU over ‘toxic sexism’
PETER JACKSON For more than 12 months since her abrupt exit, the Welsh Rugby Union hierarchy offered nothing more than a...
-
English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy have the power to see off Bedford
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................36pts Tries: Pilgrim 5, Beer 16, Aigbokhae 22, Gourlay 64, Hearn 78, Royle 80 Conversions: Gourlay 5,17,23...
