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Latest News
/ 3 years agoArsenal’s Arteta gets some help from Eddie
By PAUL REES Mikel Arteta has credited Eddie Jones with helping him turn Arsenal from also-rans into Premier League contenders. Arsenal...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoYoung focuses on leadership after claims players threw eggs in pub
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dai Young has urged his Cardiff players to take more responsibility on and off the field and admits...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoStop bleating about a rising salary cap, says Baxter
By TOM BRADSHAW Premiership clubs should stop “bleating” about the unfairness of a rising salary cap and instead focus on running...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMuir joins Bath injury list
WILL Muir has been added to a growing injury list at The Rec as the Bath winger has been ruled out...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTigers duo are happy to agree new deals
By PAUL REES Freddie Steward and Jack van Poortvliet both said signing a new contract with Leicester was an easy decision...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoConcern as 88 matches in lower leagues are classed as ‘walkovers’
By JON NEWCOMBE The participation crisis affecting local league rugby is showing no signs of abating despite a comprehensive league restructure...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCarpenter on a high at Sale
By NICK POWELL JOE Carpenter is relishing the atmosphere in the Sale changing room under Alex Sanderson and says he was...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoSamoa’s All Blacks
Former All Blacks Steven Luatua and Jeff Toomaga-Allen are eligible to play for Samoa in their upcoming tour of Europe to...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoRFU must promote spread of pro game
Might it just be that the lack of investment into the game at Championship level is at least in part due...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoUnder Diamond, Warriors could’ve been contenders
A sad time indeed for Worcester Warriors. I would predict under Steve Diamond they would have become the competitors they always...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoBlack Ferns the danger
I hope England continue their impressive form of late and win the World Cup but I fear New Zealand will be...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoChampionship can fill void in top flight
I totally agree with letters in last week’s TRP regarding the possible replacement of Worcester and/or Wasps, with two Welsh teams....
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘I’ll stop before I’m 40, but not just yet’
By PAUL REES Dan Biggar does not see himself emulating Jimmy Gopperth and playing professional rugby in his 40th year, but...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Mitch Eadie
Mitch Eadie, the Hartpury and Former Bristol and Northampton Back Row, chooses the best XV he has played with and against...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need to prove worth against All Blacks
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE state of the international game with the autumn series only a few weeks...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNo change as Bath fail to seize the day
By PAUL REES Bath ....................17pts Tries: Reid 24, Dunn 50, Annett 62 Conversions: Francis 25 Gloucester ........21pts Tries: Alemanno 10, 36;...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoInjuries mount in bruising contest
A fiercely contested West Country derby left both clubs waiting for medical reports next week. Bath lost outside-half Piers Francis before...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLeicester lack snap as Quirke runs show
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........16pts Tries: Wiese 28 Conversions: Burns 28, Penalties: Burns 6, 16, 22 Sale ....................26pts Tries: Roebuck 10,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTigers told to keep on working
Leicester boss Steve Borthwick urged his team to “keep working and improving” after a third defeat of the season for his...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoChiefs on parade as Bears implode
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................14pts Tries: Fricker 5, Capon 62 Conversions: Sheedy 6, MacGinty 63 Exeter ................50pts Tries: Nowell 19, 56;...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m not happy – we let the crowd down, admits coach Lam
Pat Lam said the Ashton Gate crowd had been let down. “That’s the hardest thing, at the end of the day...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoJones should focus on effective rugby
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE conundrum facing England, and especially head coach Eddie Jones, is whether the...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU’s Past Presidents deserve respect
Having spent all its financial reserves, the RFU administration is cutting away like Sweeney Todd, and the latest to feel the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNewcastle looking for another day at the races
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Newcastle v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park FRESH from winning his scrum battle – if not...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRiccioni raring to go as Saracens make three changes
Starting: Marco Riccioni SARACENS prop Marco Riccioni is eager for action as he makes his first start since returning from injury....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWillis urges fans to turn up in force to tempt investors
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Wasps v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm. Coventry Building Society Arena WASPS are urging supporters to turn up...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe need to stop making basic errors, says James
TOM James says Northampton are determined to take their frustrations out on Wasps after starting the season with three defeats in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBaxter still keen for Nowell to carry on
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter admits they have opened talks with...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBiggar can consider his options
Northampton Saints confirmed on Friday what Blindside reported in August, that Wales star Dan Biggar will leave the club at...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlow for Jones as Manly chase Seibold
EDDIE Jones is set to suffer another blow to his coaching staff after Manly Sea Eagles launched a bid to take...
