Flyer Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz

■By PETER JACKSON REGAN Grace, the Welsh flyer whose amazing hat-trick for St Helens has been acclaimed as the greatest in...

Wallabies combination can unlock Exiles potential, says Sekope Kepu

Veteran prop Sekope Kepu believes the acquisition of Australia teammate Rob Simmons can take London Irish forward

Leicester signing Matt Scott feels no pressure to replace Tuilagi void

Left in limbo by Edinburgh last Christmas, ex-Gloucester centre Scott has managed to turn uncertainty into a second stint in the...

Five tips on how to become a freelance personal trainer

Whether you’re a fitness instructor looking  to upskill or maybe you are considering a complete career change, being a personal trainer...

Premiership club in salary cap probe, source tells TRP

Neil Fissler reports on a new potential salary cap breach looming over the Premiership

TEAMS: The Premiership returns for Round 14

Catch coverage of all the Premiership action in this Sunday's edition of TRP...

Harlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye

Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month

Bath have second target if outlandish bid to sign Pollard fails

Fly-half Handre Pollard joined Montpellier after the World Cup on a deal worth £675,000-per-season

NZ Rugby suffers new financial blow as Covid clouds hang over North v South game

On September 5th the North vs South match at Eden Park will be held without spectators unless entirely cancelled. If the...

Cain column: Workload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk

Super Rugby Aotearoa format gives an idea of Northern Hemisphere rugby's fast and furious calendar structure, writes Nick Cain

Jackson column: The invisible stars are letting down PRO14

The stars of the Six Nations are often left absent in their PRO14 campaigns, writes Peter Jackson

Sam Vesty can help Saints starlet Fraser Dingwall maintain England bid

Dingwall, 21, earned a shock call-up to Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad in January

No honeymoon period for Skivington and Borthwick

Jon Newcombe assesses the betting market's view of how George Skivington and Steve Borthwick are expected to start off

Why won’t Eddie pick Alex Dombrandt? It’s a mystery to Winterbottom

England and Harlequins great Peter Winterbottom deliberates why Dombrandt is being overlooked by the England head coach

Attwood: Seeing Semi Radradra do his thing in training is something special

The Bristol Bears lock labels Fijian arrival 'the best player he has ever seen'

Can Chris Ashton make a splash on debut for Harlequins?

Jon Newcombe previews Friday night's Premiership restart match between Harlequins and Sale, looking at the betting odds

I’ve got to win back my England place, says Billy Vunipola

After surpassing 50 caps for England, Vunipola admits his England place is under threat now more than ever

Bath promote Neal Hatley to head coach role

Director of rugby Stuart Hooper had wanted to create a DoR-head coach structure at Bath

Guscott column: Exeter are clear favourites for the title

Jeremy Guscott hails the return of the Premiership this weekend, and will be watching Leicester and Exeter most keenly

Premiership clubs have stated how they plan to promote anti-racism movement

Harlequins and Wasps players will take the knee before kick-off in the Premiership this weekend

Alex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan

NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship

Q&A – Rob Baxter reveals how he plans to balance Premiership with ‘A’ League fixtures

Rob Baxter also reveals how he plans to use Gareth Steenson within his coaching group

Ulster captain Iain Henderson set to miss remainder of 2019-20 season due to hip surgery

The province is set to welcome back Sam Carter and Matt Faddes into contention to ease the loss of Henderson

Exclusive: Shaun Edwards rules himself out of Lions tour of South Africa

2023 Rugby World Cup hosts France remain defence guru Edwards' top priority

London Irish confirm signing of former Argentina captain Agustin Creevy

The Exiles add to a position short of numbers after the departures of Dave Porecki and Saia Fainga'a last month

Chris Boyd questions absence of more English coaches under Eddie Jones

Attack coach Simon Amor is the only Englishman under the Eddie Jones hierachy

‘I can’t see any player playing three games in a row’ – Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton

The long-term director at Gloucester addresses concerns over player welfare ahead of the Premiership's return

Levi Davis is London-bound after leaving Bath

Ealing Trailfinders continue to build their squad for the new Championship season

Nottingham sign fly-half following exit of Shane O’Leary to Rouen

Former Birmingham Moseley fly-half Sam Hollingsworth has joined the Green and Whites from Rotherham

Exeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe reveals how the profit-making club is struggling

TV rights income, CVC investment, and central funding all aren't enough to save clubs, says Rowe

Dream Team: Northampton Saints and former All Blacks prop Owen Franks

Franks holds 108 caps for the All Blacks and pick legendary centres Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith for his midfield

Young Guns: Scarlets hooker Morgan MacRae

Teenage forward Morgan MacRae starred in the Welsh Exiles programme before joining the Scarlets

Room 101: Old Elthamians lock Perry-John Parker

The former Edinburgh and Ospreys second row picks three of his biggest pet peeves

Faz in a tizz didn’t help his World Cup cause

OWEN Farrell’s captaincy of England has come under scrutiny from his South African counterpart, Siya Kolisi, with the world champion Springbok...

Workload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk

NICK CAIN SUPER Rugby Aetearoa has been a high quality, high intensity tournament – which is exactly what the doctor ordered...

Expand Premiership to 14 teams

ON the discussion of ringfencing the Premiership I would prefer to keep relegation but, for one season only, have no relegation...

Use this dire situation to better our great game

TWELVE months ago we were poised to enjoy a groundbreaking World Cup being played in Japan away from the home of...

Community game is sadly bottom of list

THIS week we saw the excruciating decision by the game to make every community rugby coach and regional development officer redundant....

Rugby used to be for all sizes

THEgame has changed… if I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that, rich I might be. But has the...

Hodge’s little and large act ready for big stage

NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH’S star wingers Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe are on a mission to return...

I’m thrilled rugby’s back – but I want it fast and open

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK NOTHING will ever quell my excitement at good rugby played at pace by smart,...

DREAMTEAM

BARNEY MADDISON, THE EALING AND FORMER TYNEDALE, ROTHERHAM, LONDON WELSH AND LONDON IRISH LOCK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR...

Prem’s here, so we’ll see some good refs again

COLIN BOAG All being well we’ll get some Premiership rugby next Friday evening, when Harlequins welcome Sale to the Stoop. I...

I want kids to view me as a role model says Roberts

By ALEX BYWATER In Wales: Jamie Roberts has joined the Dragons JAMIE Roberts returned to Welsh rugby for the first time...

Senior Dragons reluctant to agree pay-cuts

THE DRAGONS are set to make a proposal to their players over permanent pay cuts this week. All four Welsh regions...

Du Plessis set to team up with old boss Rennie again

By JON NEWCOMBE PETRUS du PLESSIS is set to become part of Dave Rennie’s revamped coaching setup with Australia. The Rugby...

Vesty can help Fraser maintain England bid

By NEALE HARVEY CENTRE Fraser Dingwall credits the impact of Northampton’s highly-rated backs coach Sam Vesty for taking him to the...

I’ve got to win back my England place says Billy

By NEALE HARVEY Last outing: Billy Vunipola is tackled by Steven Kitshoff in the World Cup final PICTURES: Getty Images BILLYVunipola...

Rampant Rebels burst the Brumbies bubble

SUPER RUGBY MELBOURNE Rebels snapped the Brumbies’ unbeaten streak in Super Rugby AU with a first-half blitz setting up a 30-12...

Jokers at the ready to cover Test calls

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Free agent: Former France centre Maxime Mermoz is without a club PICTURE: Getty Images Forget a week...