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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSummer signing Denton injured in opening minute
By TOM BRADSHAW Worcester 55 Hartpury 21 VICTORIOUS Worcester suffered a heavy list of casualties as debutant David Denton lasted less...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoPiutau will be worth his £1m salary at Bristol
CHARLES Piutau’s £1 million a year deal with Bristol confirms the accelerating trend of All Blacks leaving New Zealand in mid-career...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOld Albanian 47 L Lions 31
IN what was an entertaining affair, Old Albanian came out victors against Leicester Lions in a game of three halves. OAs...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSolomona scores to finish bad week on high
By MARC SPENCER Castres 31 Sale 14 DENNY Solomona ended the week far better than he started it with his late...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoARGENTINA
FIXTURES: August 19 v South Africa (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v South Africa (Salta); September 9 v New Zealand (New Plymouth);...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDebutant Stuart shows his class
Newcastle 31 Doncaster 8 NEWCASTLE made a winning start to their pre-season campaign with a five-try success over Doncaster at Kingston...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoAUSTRALIA
FIXTURES: August 19 v New Zealand (Sydney); August 26 v New Zealand (Dunedin); September 9 v South Africa (Perth); September 16...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFlood delivers goods on Newcastle return
A TOBY Flood-inspired second half helped Newcastle overcome Nottingham yesterday and make it two wins in two games in the same...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWill All Blacks be fresh to go again?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWard double bails Quins out but Wallace facing six month layoff
By NEALE HARVEY Winning start: Quins captain James Horwill with the Cunningham- Duncombe Trophy London Irish 29pts Tries: Paice 7 Du...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoNEW ZEALAND
FIXTURES: August 19 v Australia (Sydney); August 26 v v Australia (Dunedin); September 9 v Argentina (New Plymouth); September 16 v...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHyatt’s Wizards all at sea after shipping points in Penzance
C Pirates 64 Aberavon 7 THE PIRATES proved too hot to handle in the Penzance sun as the Championship side romped...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoSOUTH AFRICA
FIXTURES: August 19 v Argentina (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v Argentina (Salta); September 9 v Australia (Perth): September 16 v New...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSheffield 0 Rotherham 61
ROTHERHAM kicked off their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 61-0 victory over Sheffield on Friday evening. The Championship outfit scored nine...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens just short of getting ton up in Caribbean
US Islanders 92 Saracens 0 SARACENS kicked-off their pre-season calendar in style, running in 14 tries against the USA Islanders invitational...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoQuest for Autumn success starts now
Bogey team: Australia have Kurtley Beale back PICTURE: Getty Images THE Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. It’s...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWilson’s four-try super show puts the pain in Spain
Prolific: Kay Wilson England 56 Spain 5 KAY Wilson scored four tries to help England begin the defence of their World...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClinical Tigers capitalise after Ospreys hit by late yellow card
By ROGER PANTING Binned: Rowan Jenkins Winner: Jake Kerr Ospreys 14pts Leicester 21pts A LATE yellow card to young Ospreys prop...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoRegions can fly in low and then rise for prizes
THE closer it gets to the launch of the PRO14, the more I think the Welsh regions are going to go...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoDemanding Middleton wants Roses to step it up
By NICK VERDIER England v Italy Preview Veteran: Rochelle Clark SIMON Middleton is looking for improvement in Dublin today as England...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSurreal start for Bedford’s local boy Lane
By MARK WOOD Bedford 43 Plymouth 7 TRY-SCORER Rich Lane enjoyed a perfect homecoming as he touched down one of seven...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDogged Coventry make it tough for Islanders
By TOM INNES Jersey 26 Coventry 17 JERSEY were made to work hard by a team who have their sights set...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoStop judging us by the scorelines, men’s game had mismatches, too
CATHERINE SPENCER Exquisite: Katy McLean ran the show for England In front of a not-so full crowd (arguably due to tournament...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBristol fightback falls short after first half to forget
By ROGER PANTING Leading the charge: Bath captain Matt Garvey Bristol 31 Bath 34 BRISTOL staged a remarkable second half rally...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoNow it’s down to George to pull this show together
Orchestrator: George Ford looks to unleash his England backs against Argentina in June GEORGE Ford will feel a bit like the...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBlack Ferns fed off our mistakes, says Wales captain Carys
Clear: Kiwi Selica Winiata on her way to score Round-up WALES showed signs of resilience against New Zealand in the opening...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoScottish show boss Morris they mean business
By OLI SHAPLEY Rosslyn Park 24 L Scottish 47 NEW London Scottish director of rugby Dave Morris got his reign off...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDecision to play twice in two days backfires
By STEVE KENNY PICTURE: Andy Taylor Back with a bang: Tom Stephenson scores Saints’ first Northampton 71pts Dragons 21pts TOM Stephenson...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeinster let it slip late on
Perpignan 42 Leinster 32 A LATE try in Perpignan condemned Leinster to a narrow defeat in their opening game of their...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHenson gets hit out
Montpellier 40 Dragons 15 GAVIN Henson made his return to Welsh club rugby on Friday night but it was in a...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoLack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
THE Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 8 years agoJeremy Guscott: Freddie’s coming home with a game to boost Bath
Freddie Burns has arrived at Bath as an experienced 10 who has made big improvements in terms of his professionalism during...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks back at 150 years of Wasps history
Wasps’ 150th anniversary season isn’t five minutes old and already they have one trophy in the Cabinet having retained their Premiership...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCharles Piutau signs for Bristol
Bristol have made a major coup on the transfer market with the signing of All Black Charles Piutau from the start...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPitman out to prove how good he can be after mental health issues
Rory Pitman is loving his new life in Jersey but the big Welsh No.8 has revealed he needed the help of...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoShane Williams: Scarlets can get Leigh back to his attacking best
Now the Guinness PRO14 is all sorted, I’m looking forward to the campaign ahead because I think there have been some...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Dangerous for PRO14 to copy Super Rugby conferences
The new PRO14 marks South Africa‘s first steps at shifting from SANZAAR to align with the Northern Hemisphere. The inclusion of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoDan Robson on track to go distance with Wasps
Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson says he will push the boundaries of endurance in an effort to overcome last season’s double dose...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain gets Eddie Jones’ verdict of the summer action
Eddie Jones started the new season by announcing he intends to turn his England squad into trailblazers who will reach fitness...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: I’m puzzled why women’s game needs a World Cup
With the women’s World Cup starting this week, hope is the excitement that the tournament will generate could be great for...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoCatherine Spencer: These professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded England‘s biggest victory over Les Bleus, winning 31-0. We...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAlex Lozowski fine-tuning basics for England bid
Alex Lozowksi has declared himself ready to rise to the challenge of retaining his hard-won England place after impressing on the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoSaracens fear explosion in wages could wreck team
Saracens coach Alex Sanderson fears the club may struggle to retain their galaxy of England and Lions stars, with the likes...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTata Steel…5 Ebbw Vale …26
By ED JONHSON CENTRE James Lewis was at the double as former Principality Premiership champions Ebbw Vale opened their pre-season campaign...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoAction man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoO’Flaherty quits Blues to chase dream with England
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY SUPER-CONFIDENT Chiefs new boy Tom O’Flaherty reckons he is ready to lay down a marker by...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAberavon …84 Aberavon Past…41
By MATT PORTER IT was tries galore at the Talbot Athletic Ground in a clash between the past and present of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoFarewell to Melville, a trendsetter and an honest one
ERIC MELVILLE deserves room in that special place reserved for those global trendsetters who changed the course of rugby history. The...
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