DAN JOHN

YOUNG GUNS EXETER FULL-BACK Fortunately not being able to drive didn’t put the brakes on Dan John racing back to Exeter from Wales...

Fly-halves with fancy footwork

THE fly-half merry-goround means that at least nine well-known practitioners will be seen in different colours next season. Two are heading...

Hookers earn their money

NEVER in the history of Test rugby can more hookers have scored more often than over the course of the last...

Welsh ace Dave beat Alun Wyn to four Slams | Peter Jackson

  If only the gods had stayed onside for another 30 seconds or so in Paris, Alun Wyn Jones would have...

Robshaw gears up for Legion baptism

MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON CHRIS Robshaw will finally become eligible to make his San Diego Legion debut next weekend after...

Super Rugby Aotearoa: Brown’s boys confound Crusaders

TONY Brown’s Highlanders inflicted leaders Crusaders’ first loss of the season and got their own campaign back on track after a...

Top League: Brilliant Beauden Barrett spears Kubota

BEAUDEN Barrett proved the match winner for the second week running as Suntory became the last unbeaten team in the red...

Super Rugby AU: Tongan Thor puts hammer on Rebels

TANIELA Tupou’s two tries inspired the Reds to victory over the Rebels to set up a mouth-watering showdown with the Brumbies...

Faletau is back to his brilliant best – with years in front of him | Shane Williams

Taulupe Faletau is stuck, for now, on 99 Test caps – let's hope he doesn't follow Mike Phillips in not reaching...

Spotlight rightly falls on women’s game now | Shane Williams

Wasn’t it great to see the Women’s Six Nations finally kick-off yesterday. And wasn’t it interesting to see it standing alone...

The Ash Splash, loved by many, hated by some

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

BETH BLACKLOCK

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS DARLINGTON MOWDEN PARK CENTRE Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players THIS WEEK... Beth Blacklock...

Improving Sharks bite back at the death

By KATE RILEY DMP Sharks ....14 Wasps ..............27 WASPS secured a five pointer on the road to make it two victories...

Boulton: Tier Two is ‘sleeping giant’

By BOBBY BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP stalwart Phil Boulton believes the second tier of English rugby is a ‘sleeping giant’ that requires more...

England 52-10 Scotland: Big win but work to do says Poppy Cleall

New tackling and breakdown adaptations result in five cards being dished out at Castle Park, as England cross for eight tries

France 53-0 Wales: Nightmare for Abrahams as Boujard lands hat-trick

A poor result for Wales on their visit to Vannes in the opening round of the 2021 Women's Six Nations

Now upright defenders face ban of their own

By PAUL REES DEFENDERS who persistently stand upright when making a tackle face being banned under World Rugby’s campaign to minimise...

John Eales was the best | Chris Hewett

ANOTHER Wayne Smith, the highly accomplished rugby correspondent of The Australian, is calling it a day after half a century on...

Wayne Smith may spark new Kiwi dominance | Chris Hewett

Wayne Smith played a bigger role in the 2015 All Blacks side than you may think, writes Chris Hewett

That Rome weekend puts block on Georgia | Chris Hewett

If Italy are not all washed up as a permanent member of the Six Nations elite –a sporting society so exclusive,...

Benetton 29-16 Agen: Taulagi’s red card opens door for Benetton

Agen show no signs of winning as their hapless season continues

London Irish 41-35 Cardiff Blues: Irish defy red card with late winner

Another match where Ben Loader and Ollie Hassell-Collins star for London Irish

Quins make big changes to take on the ‘favourites’

Neil Fissler previews Harlequins' Challenge Cup clash against Ulster to wrap up the European Easter weekend

Semi Radradra leads by example says Lam – and what a towering example that is for all

Pat Lam delves into Bristol's path to greater things after winning the Challenge Cup last season, and why Semi Radradra is...

Bristol Bears have banished bad eggs to build something special

PAUL REES TALKS TO BRISTOL’S LONG-SERVING LOCK JOE JOYCE ABOUT THE CLUB’S TRANSFORMATION Joe Joyce is Bristol’s longest serving player after joining...

Montpellier 26-21 Glasgow Warriors: Indisciplined Warriors crash out of Europe after Ioane red

All of Glasgow's points came from penalties conceded by Montpellier, but they were still left to rue their own indiscipline

Dragons 39-43 Northampton: Collins try gets Saints out of jail

Saints come back to win despite being reduced to 13 players, Teimana Harrison gives his reaction

Zebre 27-35 Bath: Bath battle back to claim victory after Bruno’s hat-trick catches them cold

Anthony Watson and Jacques du Toit ensure Bath finish strongly on their visit to Parma

Ospreys 24-28 Newcastle: Falcons hit quick triple with Tipuric in sin bin

Justin Tipuric pays the price for a no-arms tackle that reduced Ospreys to 14 players and gave Newcastle the edge

Leicester 48-32 Connacht: Tigers leave it late to end Connacht’s challenge

An 11-try thriller at Welford Road sees Leicester come through to beat Connacht and advance in the Challenge Cup

England’s ‘power’ scrum looks more powder puff | Nick Cain

Nick Cain looks at England's troubles at the scrum, with the same errors holding back the front row that occurred at...

Northampton Saints go shopping in Italy

Chris Boyd is looking to go talent-searching at Benetton

Simon Zebo set to link with Kidney and Kiss at London Irish

Zebo is set to leave Racing 92 at the end of the season and has been strongly linked with a return...

Ben Volavola likely to snub Newcastle Falcons

The Fiji international fly-half is currently playing in France with Perpignan

Bristol Bears want to claw Atkinson away from Gloucester

Could Gloucester centre Mark Atkinson be on his way to Ashton Gate this summer?

Sam Burgess dares to win again

The ex-Bath and England centre could feature in the special forces show adapted on Australian television

Powell to coach at Southwell

ON THE BLIND SIDE FORMER WALES No.8 Andy Powell has joined Nottinghamshire-based Southwell as head coach after moving nearer to family...

Harlequins ace Danny Care switches management company

The Harlequins scrum-half makes switch to an entertainment company

Room 101: Bedford Blues winger Pat Tapley

THE BEDFORD BLUES WINGER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Anti-social rugby players  I’d...

Preview: Wales ace Sheedy leads Bristol Bears into dog fight

Callum Sheedy and Matthieu Jalibert to go head-to-head at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Sunday afternoon

Munster 33-40 Toulouse: Matthis Lebel try kills Munster momentum

Munster put up a fight at Thomond Park but lose out in the battle of Europe's two giants waiting on their...

We came to target Barton, admits La Rochelle’s O’Gara

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara says the French club came to Kingsholm with the gameplan set up to disrupt George...

Gloucester 16-27 La Rochelle: Gloucester courage not enough this time

Levani Botia was the star of the show at Kingsholm, as La Rochelle progress

Preview: Cockerill gambles on Blair at No.10

Edinburgh head coach defends the risky selection choice to play Blair Kinghorn not at full-back or on the wing, but at...

Leonard: Boks will be brutal in warm-ups

British & Irish Lions chairman Jason Leonard ponders how the Springboks may prepare for the arrival of Warren Gatland's side this...

BBC and ITV drive Six Nations bid to £100m

BBC and ITV have upped their bid for the Six Nations to avoid the tournament vanishing behind a paywall

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What are the most popular sports in the world? The question is rather difficult to answer as objectively as possible. The...

Cheap and easy casino games for beginners

When you enter a casino for the first time, it is good to know where to start. The number of games...

Leinster v Toulon Champions Cup clash called off

A positive Covid-19 case within the Toulon camp has seen Friday evening's match at the RDS called off

Tonga reappoint Toutai Kefu has head coach

Tonga will face Samoa this July in their road towards qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup