Eddie Jones Is Still Under Pressure

It’s been a difficult few months for Eddie Jones as England‘s head coach. He’s had bad press, bad results, and fans...

Jonathan Davies leads new-look Wales into battle

JONATHAN Davies will captain Wales in their summer Tests against Canada and Argentina. Coach Wayne Pivac has named five uncapped players:...

Rugby league ace Kevin Sinfield may join Leicester Tigers

Could the Leeds Rhinos director of rugby join Steve Borthwick's staff at Welford Road?

EXCLUSIVE: Lions duo Dan Biggar and Courtney Lawes wanted by Toulouse

EUROPEAN champions Toulouse are looking to make a double swoop on Northampton Saints to take Lions pair Dan Biggar and Courtney...

Steve Diamond in range of Gloucester and Bath

The former Sale director of rugby is planning a move down south

RFU will get backing for 14-club Premiership

The Premiership looks set to have a three-year moratorium on relegation to the Championship

Preview: Sam Matavesi lies in wait for his Lion pal Luke

Sam Matavesi will go head-to-head with Luke Cowan-Dickie at Franklin's Gardens on Sunday

Manu Tuilagi will be back for Sale’s run-in

MANU TUILAGI will return in Sale’s final-day trip to champions Exeter after being forced to self-isolate during Friday’s demolition of Quins....

Sale 45-12 Harlequins: Depleted Quins torn to shreds by Sharks

Reaching Twickenham final won't be enough in of itself, says confident Sanderson

Move on, says ‘liar’ Lam after fracas

What was said to the media after Leicester's dramatic defeat to Bristol Bears at Welford Road

Leicester 23-26 Bristol: Tempers fray as Bears thwart Tigers’ big finish

A late sin-bin to prop Nahuel Chaparro leads to controversy around contested scrums and allowing John Afoa back onto the field...

Max Malins must force Eddie to make a change at 15 | Jeremy Guscott

The full-back position is wide open to experimentation this summer with Elliot Daly and Anthony Watson away with the Lions, writes...

DREAM TEAM

TOM HOLMES, THE FORMER SALE SHARKS, ROTHERHAM TITANS AND NOTTINGHAM LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...

Short moratorium will make England stronger

COLIN BOAG The debate on pro-motion and relegation is absolutely at the heart of the English game going forward. If you want...

Tigers fans help drive our recruitment says Youngs

By ADAM HATHAWAY Crowd pleaser: Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs BEN YOUNGS welcomed back the Leicester faithful claiming the fanatical Tigers support...

Alun Wyn can prove his doubters wrong, like I did – Matfield

By STEFFAN THOMAS VICTOR Matfield knows what it’s like to have your age questioned on the eve of a Lions series....

Eddie wants extra Currys to keep England on the boil

EDDIE Jones has already marked the card of his young guns telling them to gain inspiration from Tom Curry as their...

High-tempo Quins’ better fit for Luke Wallace than Tigers

  LUKE Wallace rejoined Harlequins from Leicester last week and reckons the mood at the Stoop hints at a return to...

Perpignan power up for return to Top 14 | James Harrington

  Perpignan returned to the Top 14 in style after a two-year break, comprehensively beating Biarritz 33-14 in yesterday evening’s ProD2...

Athletics put me on fast track to Wales

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WALES AND CARDIFF WINGER AND GREAT BRITAIN OLYMPIC HURDLER NIGEL WALKER World class: Nigel Walker running for GB at...

Kessell returns in Pirates half-back exchange

NEWS EXTRA By MIKE SINCLAIR IT’S all-change at No.9 for the Cornish Pirates with Tom Kessell returning after six years away...

Hammond back home

FORMER Nottingham captain Craig Hammond will return to the club as head coach next season. Hammond, currently coach of Hong Kong,...

Wider issues outweigh any need to ring-fence

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME One-way traffic: Exeter annihilate Newcastle 74-3 PICTURE: Getty Images As we come to...

Women’s Game in Focus: Gloucester-Hartpury scrum-half Natasha Hunt

CHANGE has surrounded the league this season but not all in a bad way. Last Sunday’s Premier XVs final, in which...

Young Guns: Worcester Warriors wing Harri Doel

  Harri Doel is hell bent on becoming the latest Welsh sensation to shine for Worcester after pulling on the No.11 jersey not...

Magnificent Morne still has way to go to catch doyen Dusty | Peter Jackson

The stats are hard to overlook for goal-kicker Morne Steyn, called up to the Springboks squad once again to face the...

CJ’s ace in the hole shows laws up | Peter Jackson

  Christiaan Johan Stander will long be remembered throughout the Kingdom of Kerry and every other square foot of Munster, his...

Leading lights shining bright at Kingsholm

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools DEAN CLOSE are probably still best known nationally for their hockey...

French integrity preserves Holy Grail

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I AM very loath to criticise anybody who has been grappling with the logistics of a pandemic-fraught...

Dutch come out of the blocks looking good

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER TALK about playing catch-up. The Netherlands claimed a...

TALE OF THE TAPE… TRAILFINDERS’ STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

IF there is a lesson to be gleaned from Saracens’ sojourn in the second division, it is that the gap between...

Sympathy for Ealing? You won’t find any at Saracens

DANIEL GALLAN talks to Sarries centre Dom Morris ahead of the Championship final Spare a thought for Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club.The...

Blair opts for youth as Scots prep for England

SCOTLAND have included 17 uncapped players in a 37- man squad for Test matches against England A, Romania and Georgia this...

My only regret is not hitting the 200 club, says Ross Batty

PAUL REES talks to Bath’s Ross Batty who announced his retirement this week Ross Batty will on Saturday bid an emotional...

Sad to see Thomas go

HENRY Thomas has been blighted by injury during his time at Bath but it is still a shame he is leaving...

TMO lessons from Aussies

I’VE just read the article re the length of time TMO’s take to make decisions. Watching Australian Rugby League, their TMO’s...

Top 14 puts our Prem in the shade

I WAS interested to read that Colin Boag considers the Premiership to be the best and most competitive League in rugby...

Why didn’t they play in London?

WHERE is the sense in playing their Premier XVs final at Gloucester when they are two Londonbased clubs? Why did they...

Women’s game more attractive

Joy: Rachel Burford, captain of Harlequins, lifts the Allianz Premier 15’s trophy PICTURE: Getty Images APART from an extremely intense and...

Have two regional groups of eight clubs

I MUST disagree with Sir Francis Baron’s comments about promotion/ relegation in the Premiership. The list of clubs in the league...

We must heed Baron’s warning over ring-fence

Concern: Francis Baron FAIR play to Francis Baron for speaking out against the proposed ringfencing for the Premiership in Nick Cain's...

This would be one of the worst days for our rugby

THE big issue in English rugby in the immediate future will be the RFU Council meeting to sanction, or not to...

Super Rugby TT: Highlanders head for final with record points tally

Ben Jaycock wraps up the latest round of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman action, with the Brumbies flying the flag for Australia

Glasgow 15-12 Leinster: Warriors surge to summit with late penalty

GLASGOW Warriors head coach Danny Wilson praised his “outstanding” side as they defeated Leinster on Friday to give themselves a chance...

Connacht 26-19 Ospreys: Toby Booth wants final day reaction after Ospreys come up short

Ospreys head coach Toby Booth wants a strong finish to the Rainbow Cup after seeing their final hopes ended in Galway

Cardiff 37-12 Zebre: Dashing backs give Dai Young boost for future

BLUES ended their inconsistent season with a far from convincing victory over bottom of the table Zebre at the Arms Park....

Sharks get a roll on to stifle Lions

Lions ................21  Sharks ............33 THE Sharks will meet the Bulls in next weekend’s Rainbow Cup SA finale after coming away from...

Bulls 31-27 Stormers: Bok plans hit by injury to Duane Vermeulen

Ankle injury to No.8 Duane Vermeulen deals injury concern for Springbok head coach Jacques Nienaber

Edinburgh 31-34 Ulster: Deadeye Madigan smashes winner for Ulster

ULSTER centre Stuart McCloskey said it was a neat way to finish the season as Ian Madigan landed a penalty at...

Glen Webbe wants Lions to present a united front

  GLEN WEBBE – the first black player to play for Wales – has urged both the British & Irish Lions...