Jackson column: Scarlets can make fresh history with Euro victory

Scarlets can add new history to its record books where victory over the All Blacks stands proudest

Rob Baxter fires shot at Chris Boyd for playing ‘mind games’

Rob Baxter expects a competitive scrum to take place in Exeter's Champions Cup quarter-final with Saints

Guscott column: Fiji will bring excitement in Vern era

The Autumn Nations Cup will see Fiji and Georgia take on the Six Nations – who will fare better?

Fiji name former referee Glen Jackson among assistant coaches

Is this the start of a new trend within international coaching set-ups?

The difference between sports betting and online casinos – pros and cons

Betting and gambling for money is very popular amongst so many people. And it has been for years. Today most betting...

EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Burns on what went wrong at Bath

The former Bath fly-half, bound for Japan's Top League, was adamant he would not be sitting on the bench no longer

Young Guns: Bristol Bears winger Jack Bates

Bates made his Premiership debut for Bristol against Sale Sharks a fortnight ago, showing impressive defence

Cain column: Even being charitable, the Farrell-on-Atkinson tackle was a disgrace

Nick Cain analyses the five-match ban given to Owen Farrell, halved thanks to positive character references

Stuart Hooper turns Bath fly-half search elsewhere

Bath's long-winded search for a No.10 goes on...

Newcastle Falcons sign experienced South African scrum-half Louis Schreuder

One-time Springboks Schreuder worked with defence coach Nick Easter at the Sharks

England and Barbarians to kick off autumn blockbuster

England return to action for the first time since their March 7 Six Nations clash against Wales at Twickenham when they...

Phil Kingsley Jones, the Welshman who discovered Jonah Lomu as a teenager, dies at 72

Kingsley Jones, who grew up in Blaina, rose to prominence within New Zealand and Tongan rugby

Premiership broadcaster BT Sport to raise prices this November

Some BT Sport customers face paying additional £48 each year to watch Premiership rugby

Champions Cup preview: Saracens head for their great showdown

Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for this weekend's Champions Cup knockouts

Will Hurrell takes first step into coaching after retirement

Former Bristol Bears centre Will Hurrell to embark on coaching career at the age of 30

Sevens must innovate or risk fading into nothing, Mike Friday warns

Should Sevens teams deviate from being centrally funded and seek private backing? USA 7s coach Mike Friday answers

SCHEDULE: Wales must win to miss meeting England at RWC2023

Peter Jackson runs through the autumn schedule for nations in both hemispheres

Harrington column: Handre Pollard a doubt for Lions tour after ACL horror

James Harrington recaps the second round of Top 14 action, in which £1m man Pollard was dealt a cruel blow

Leinster show their class to outshine Ulster in PRO14 final

Leo Cullen and Leinster lift the PRO14 trophy for the third year running

Tomas Francis believes in chance to play for Exeter AND Wales

Francis has until March 31 next year to reach the 60 required caps to remain at Exeter and still play for...

Probyn column: Bill Sweeney’s legacy will hinge on talks with Premiership

Sweeney's skill for collective bargaining will be his biggest test, writes Jeff Probyn

Wales 7s star Luke Treharne to turn to XVs to keep Olympic dream alive

A Team GB veteran from the Rio Olympics four years ago, the suspension of funding for Wales 7s has Treharne plotting...

Blackrock’s class of ’96 is a story of future Ireland stars and hidden gems

Leo Cullen and Brian O'Driscoll both came through the corridors of Blackrock College

Rugby Matters: Rosslyn Park Sevens will be even more prestigious

Brendan Gallagher views how the current health crisis is affecting schools rugby

Ben Curry happy to play waiting game at Test level

Ben Curry says his job involves so much more than being just a 'jackaler'

Bath can spring a surprise in final furlong, says Beno Obano

Bath loosehead Obano is striving to improve every day and push the club into the Premiership play-offs

How will rugby function moving forwards?

If there’s any sport that’s as popular as football in the UK, it has to be Rugby Union. For many Brits,...

England to face Georgia as eight-team Autumn Nations Cup confirmed

November and December dates confirmed for Autumn Nations Cup involving Georgia and Fiji

All Blacks deny asking out of tour

The All Blacks were in damage control after reports surfaced that a number of the country’s top players were contemplating pulling...

Bristol Bears appeal three-game ban for Siale Piutau

A hearing with an appeals panel will now take place on Thursday, as Alan Solomons offers his views on the matter

Alex King plots new ‘Wasps dynasty’ at Gloucester

Gloucester attack coach Alex King expects great things to happy at Kingsholm after being reunited with Danny Cipriani and Dom Waldouck

Q&A – Les Cusworth: World Rugby chair is a job that should be rotated between hemispheres

What has former Leicester and England fly-half taken away from 16 years coaching and living in Argentina?

Two Premiership players test positive for COVID-19

A total of seven personnel at Premiership clubs have tested positive after the latest round of screening

Pat Lam uses post-match interview to vent frustration over Siale Piutau ban

Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam wants to see a 'shake-up' of the citing and mitigation process

Richard Cockerill eyes lock Andries Ferreira after semi-final heartache

A former Toulon second row has held talks with Edinburgh over a move to the PRO14

Guscott column: Is there a role for Scott Robertson with the Lions?

Jeremy Guscott puts across the argument to have Scott Robertson involved as a specialist coach on the 2021 Lions tour

Owen Farrell avoids ten-game ban for high tackle on Wasps’ Atkinson

Farrell has ten-game entry point reduced to five as panel grants mitigating factors after testimony from Mark McCall and Eddie Jones

Jackson column: How could the mighty Ospreys fall so far?

The Ospreys enter a new decade disheveled from the glory days of ten years ago

Young Guns: Ealing Trailfinders centre Ruben Moxham

Moxham was in Premier League Southampton's academy with ex-Bath teammate Gabe Hamer-Webb, before rugby became his path

A snap Q&A with Scotland captain Stuart Hogg

Five snapshot questions are posed to the Scotland captain and Exeter Chiefs star

Hewett column: Why mess with a format that made the Champions Cup great?

Home and away knockout legs in the Champions Cup? Oh EPCR, what have you done?

Steve Diamond in no rush to bring Manu Tuilagi to negotiating table

Neil Fissler envisages French clubs remaining interested in Tuilagi closer towards January due to his one-year Sale contract

Williams column: Louis Rees-Zammit is on track to be Wales’ next wing king

Shane Williams casts his eye over Wales' options at wing as Louis Rees-Zammit goes from strength to strength at Gloucester

Unpaid Championship players may have contracts cancelled

Leicester Tigers loan signing David Williams, whose parent club is Nottingham, says Championship players are being left in limbo

Dream Team: Saracens loan signing Robin Hislop

Robin Hislop selects a dream XV based on the best and brightest he has faced or played alongside

Room 101: Tynedale second row Chris Wearmouth

Three pet hates Bill Beaumont Cup winner Chris Wearmouth wants to see banished to Room 101

Top-rated tourist attractions in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the center of thriving cultural activity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, not merely for holding the title of...

Gustard: Great to see fans back in

STAR man Rhys Priestland was impressed by Bath’s ability to put their last minute defeat to Wasps behind them. “We are...

Brilliant Bath pull plug on Quins top four hope

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HARLEQUINS did a fine job welcoming back 2,700 fans to the Stoop yesterday – and hopefully their professionalism...

‘Good to get win over my mates’

MANU Tuilagi declared after he scored a try on his Welford Road return: “I loved it.” Tuilagi insisted it was all...