Steve Diamond leaves Sale Sharks in shock exit

A huge shock in the Premiership at the club that challenged for a play-off spot last season

Bok star Van Zyl joins Sarries promotion bid

Saracens have found their replacement to Richard Wigglesworth among the scrum-half options

England World Cup-winner Steve Thompson diagnosed with early onset dementia

A lawsuit seeking damages against World Rugby, the RFU and WRU by a series of ex-players, as scale of the sport's...

A West Country battle looms over Beno Obano signature

And is Bath No.8 Zach Mercer set to leave the Rec?

Inverdale: February date for League Cup

NCA chair John Inverdale tells TRP when National League clubs can expect to return to action in a new cup competition

Ulster coach Dwayne Peel to make Wales return at Cardiff Blues

Former Bristol Bears attack coach Peel has signed a 'long-term contract' to swap Ulster for Cardiff Blues

Manu Tuilagi Signs With Firma Stella

Sale Sharks and England Rugby legend Manu Tuilagi has signed an exclusive memorabilia partner’s deal with Firma Stella. The company, headed...

Best Rugby Players to Look Out for in the UK in 2021

Rugby; the sport played with the use of the oval ball is an exciting game played by two teams comprising fifteen...

A Beginner’s Guide to e-Sports Betting

The world of e-sports has evolved and improved, which is why its popularity continues to rise. E-sports is a sport competition...

Earle: I’d like to think my mental strength got me through injury rehab

Harlequins winger Nathan Earle had been in Eddie Jones' plans prior to suffering a knee injury in 2019

Sexton: Still way to go but it’s progress

IRELAND skipper Johnny Sexton insisted Ireland are still a work in progress after their best win of the Autumn. “You can’t...

Ireland find their mojo as ill-discipline ruins Scots

■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Flyer: Scotland’s Duhan van der Merwe on his way to scoring Scotland’s try Ireland......................31pts  Tries: Earls 38, 50;...

England must score four tries against French 2nds

JEREMY GUSCOTT THERE is always a danger in making too many changes at international level and still expecting a team to...

Boag column: Saracens evolved, so will Eddie’s England

Can England stand up against other nations with their physicality and kicking game? Or does Eddie need to flip the switch...

DREAMTEAM

NATHAN CATT, FORMER BATH AND ENGLAND SAXONS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Alex Corbisiero –...

Skivington’s been breath of fresh air says Varney

■By STEFFAN THOMAS Kicking on: Gloucester scrum-half Stephen Varney STEPHEN Varney insists life is far better at Kingsholm under George Skivington...

Scarratt set to be named women’s player of decade

■By SAM PARKHOUSE ENGLAND centre Scarratt is expecting to be crowned World women’s player decade tomorrow. It caps a very successful...

Pirates lock to Wasps

WASPS have signed lock Josh Caulfield from Cornish Pirates on a short-term loan. The 23-year-old, who began his career at Exeter,...

Injury-hit Dragons hope for better luck over Xmas

DEAN Ryan admits Dragons must be “careful” with their planning and player welfare over the Christmas period. A string of positive...

Gibbins chasing glory in DC

CALLUM Gibbins is looking forward to a new chapter of his career as he prepares to move to Major League Rugby...

Welsh Lions help Bears ace Lloyd lift game to new level

■By STEFFAN THOMAS IOAN Lloyd was starstruck during his first few weeks in Wales camp but says working with Leigh Halfpenny...

Wales contender Halaholo undergoes second knee surgery

■By ROB COLE WILLIS Halaholo has had a second operation on his knee and will miss Cardiff Blues’ opening two rounds...

Eddie: We want more Lions than anyone

THE Lions have rich benefits for England’s development according to Eddie Jones, and he says he would like to see his...

Saracens to play Tigers in friendly

SARACENS will host a Leicester Tigers XV in a friendly on December 12 as they prepare for the start of the...

Forthcoming fixtures

Sunday December 6  Autumn Nations Cup: England v France (2pm) Premiership: London Irish v Sale (2.30pm) Gloucester v Harlequins (4.15pm) Friday...

Swansong season for Banahan

NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER back Matt Banahan will retire at the end of the season. The Jersey-born England international, who won 16 caps...

Sebastien is France’s unsung strategist

FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON Architect of success: Sebastien Piqueronies coaching the U20s  Sebastien Piqueronies is not a name many will instantly think...

My Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator

ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have...

One simple step would end scrum shambles

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrums, mauls and rucks are the areas of the game that I have...

Earl is latest in long line of Tonbridge Test stars

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools TONBRIDGE are rightly hailed as one of English cricket’s great nurseries...

Beauden’s star is on the wane as he jets off to Japan

IT was meant to be the stage on which Beauden Barrett was crowned the best of his generation. Instead, the two-time...

Records fail to hide Tri-Nations letdown

MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERT So, what did we learn? While many aspects of the 26th edition of the annual southern...

Wallabies finish last after Hodge fires wide again

By SAM JACKSON Try scorer: Bautista Delguy breaks clear for Argentina  PICTURE: Getty Images REECE Hodge’s lastminute penalty flew wide to...

Results

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Kennedy playing for his future at Glasgow

By GAVIN HARPER THE past two years have been difficult for Sean Kennedy, but the Glasgow Warriors scrum-half is enjoying the...

Warriors must go into battle without skipper Keates

PREVIEW... Worcester v Gloucester-Hartpury Today, Kick-off 2pm, Sixways By ADAM ELLIS WORCESTER will be without their influential captain Laura Keates for Gloucester-Hartpury’s...

Joyce hits hat-trick but perfect Quins power on

By ADAM ELLIS A RAMPANT secondhalf showing from Harlequins kept their perfect record intact, clinching a seventh consecutive bonuspoint win. Good for...

Dow provides sting as Wasps surge past Lightning

BY NATHAN ROCHE Star turn: Abby Dow WASPS moved above Loughborough Lightning in the Premier 15s standings by recording a three-try victory...

Time honoured ‘on tour’ scene with a difference

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

Diamond: Bok stars help me vet new recruits

■By DANIEL GALLAN IT DOESN’T happen too often, but every now and then the words, “in English please,” can be heard...

Earle delighted he’s able to lord it again

■By NEALE HARVEY BEN EARLE, Harlequins highly-rated winger, is powering up his bid for a longawaited first England cap after proving...

Sorry Pumas affair leaves me puzzled on many levels

WHAT on earth to make of this Pablo Matera affair? One day he, Guido Petti and Santiago Socino are persona non...

Professional game is fast losing its soul

SO there I was last Sunday night at a deserted Haywards Heath Hospital – and that is another story – and...

Opportunity knocked after living in Big Apple

DANIEL GALLAN talks to Sale maestro AJ MacGinty about his route to the top Of all the attributes necessary to play...

Dominci ‘devastated’ says wife

IT IS difficult to relate the colourful life of Christophe Dominici without ruling out the cruellest irony of all, that in...

Apartheid apology is overdue

THIS weekend, as over the previous four Nations Cup weekends, World Rugby’s message has been relayed from empty stadia into homes...

Jackson column: Madman, Duke and Sheets all loved Pross!

Pontypool legend Ray Prosser was laid to rest on Tuesday. TRP's Peter Jackson defines the impact of rugby's greatest characters on...

TMO wrong about Ulster’s Kieran Treadwell

Peter Jackson comments on the implausible judgement of the TMO to reduce Kieran Treadwell's dangerous tackle to a yellow from red

Thomson miss lets Dragons off hook

■By GARY HEATLY BRANDON Thomson’s last-gasp conversion hit the post as the Dragons recorded their third PRO14 triumph of the season...

Connacht’s Paul Boyle scores hat-trick on captaincy debut

Connacht move into second with a 31-14 victory over Benetton at the Sportsground