Pirates lock to Wasps

WASPS have signed lock Josh Caulfield from Cornish Pirates on a short-term loan. The 23-year-old, who began his career at Exeter,...

Injury-hit Dragons hope for better luck over Xmas

DEAN Ryan admits Dragons must be “careful” with their planning and player welfare over the Christmas period. A string of positive...

Gibbins chasing glory in DC

CALLUM Gibbins is looking forward to a new chapter of his career as he prepares to move to Major League Rugby...

Welsh Lions help Bears ace Lloyd lift game to new level

■By STEFFAN THOMAS IOAN Lloyd was starstruck during his first few weeks in Wales camp but says working with Leigh Halfpenny...

Wales contender Halaholo undergoes second knee surgery

■By ROB COLE WILLIS Halaholo has had a second operation on his knee and will miss Cardiff Blues’ opening two rounds...

Eddie: We want more Lions than anyone

THE Lions have rich benefits for England’s development according to Eddie Jones, and he says he would like to see his...

Saracens to play Tigers in friendly

SARACENS will host a Leicester Tigers XV in a friendly on December 12 as they prepare for the start of the...

Forthcoming fixtures

Sunday December 6  Autumn Nations Cup: England v France (2pm) Premiership: London Irish v Sale (2.30pm) Gloucester v Harlequins (4.15pm) Friday...

Swansong season for Banahan

NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER back Matt Banahan will retire at the end of the season. The Jersey-born England international, who won 16 caps...

Sebastien is France’s unsung strategist

FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON Architect of success: Sebastien Piqueronies coaching the U20s  Sebastien Piqueronies is not a name many will instantly think...

My Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator

ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have...

One simple step would end scrum shambles

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrums, mauls and rucks are the areas of the game that I have...

Earl is latest in long line of Tonbridge Test stars

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools TONBRIDGE are rightly hailed as one of English cricket’s great nurseries...

Beauden’s star is on the wane as he jets off to Japan

IT was meant to be the stage on which Beauden Barrett was crowned the best of his generation. Instead, the two-time...

Records fail to hide Tri-Nations letdown

MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERT So, what did we learn? While many aspects of the 26th edition of the annual southern...

Wallabies finish last after Hodge fires wide again

By SAM JACKSON Try scorer: Bautista Delguy breaks clear for Argentina  PICTURE: Getty Images REECE Hodge’s lastminute penalty flew wide to...

Results

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Kennedy playing for his future at Glasgow

By GAVIN HARPER THE past two years have been difficult for Sean Kennedy, but the Glasgow Warriors scrum-half is enjoying the...

Warriors must go into battle without skipper Keates

PREVIEW... Worcester v Gloucester-Hartpury Today, Kick-off 2pm, Sixways By ADAM ELLIS WORCESTER will be without their influential captain Laura Keates for Gloucester-Hartpury’s...

Joyce hits hat-trick but perfect Quins power on

By ADAM ELLIS A RAMPANT secondhalf showing from Harlequins kept their perfect record intact, clinching a seventh consecutive bonuspoint win. Good for...

Dow provides sting as Wasps surge past Lightning

BY NATHAN ROCHE Star turn: Abby Dow WASPS moved above Loughborough Lightning in the Premier 15s standings by recording a three-try victory...

Time honoured ‘on tour’ scene with a difference

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

Diamond: Bok stars help me vet new recruits

■By DANIEL GALLAN IT DOESN’T happen too often, but every now and then the words, “in English please,” can be heard...

Earle delighted he’s able to lord it again

■By NEALE HARVEY BEN EARLE, Harlequins highly-rated winger, is powering up his bid for a longawaited first England cap after proving...

Sorry Pumas affair leaves me puzzled on many levels

WHAT on earth to make of this Pablo Matera affair? One day he, Guido Petti and Santiago Socino are persona non...

Professional game is fast losing its soul

SO there I was last Sunday night at a deserted Haywards Heath Hospital – and that is another story – and...

Opportunity knocked after living in Big Apple

DANIEL GALLAN talks to Sale maestro AJ MacGinty about his route to the top Of all the attributes necessary to play...

Dominci ‘devastated’ says wife

IT IS difficult to relate the colourful life of Christophe Dominici without ruling out the cruellest irony of all, that in...

Apartheid apology is overdue

THIS weekend, as over the previous four Nations Cup weekends, World Rugby’s message has been relayed from empty stadia into homes...

Jackson column: Madman, Duke and Sheets all loved Pross!

Pontypool legend Ray Prosser was laid to rest on Tuesday. TRP's Peter Jackson defines the impact of rugby's greatest characters on...

TMO wrong about Ulster’s Kieran Treadwell

Peter Jackson comments on the implausible judgement of the TMO to reduce Kieran Treadwell's dangerous tackle to a yellow from red

Thomson miss lets Dragons off hook

■By GARY HEATLY BRANDON Thomson’s last-gasp conversion hit the post as the Dragons recorded their third PRO14 triumph of the season...

Connacht’s Paul Boyle scores hat-trick on captaincy debut

Connacht move into second with a 31-14 victory over Benetton at the Sportsground

Austin right to sound the alarm bell

AUSTIN Healey was always interesting as a player and his opinions as a journalist are the same. He asks “who is...

Test game is turgid compared to Euro Cup

IT HAS really come to the point where international rugby has become dire. If national coaches believe the best way to...

RIP Ray the Great

BRENDAN Gallagher’s article was an excellent tribute to one of the great coaches of Welsh and British rugby, Ray Prosser. Coach...

Remembering Pross

READING Brendan Gallagher’s moving tribute to Ray Prosser reminded me of a story I once heard about an incident on the...

Modern kick tennis is a turn off

Highlight: Toby Flood scores the winning try for Newcastle against Sale PICTURE: Getty Images I SETTLED down to watch Newcastle v...

Springboks influx will hinder development

I READ in last week’s TRP that there are 44 south African players now playing in the Premiership. Sale have around...

Crass criticism of ref Owens

IN Colin Boag’s column on November 29 he refers to Welsh referee Nigel Owens’ achievement of reaching the remarkable milestone of...

Fans sold up river

TODAY’S England v France final is only viewable live on Amazon Prime. At a time when fans are unable to go...

Retaining marquee men could have dire ripple effect

COLIN Boag is right to flag up the potentially massive loophole in the new Premiership salary cap rules represented by provisions...

Kick fest at Falcons was excruciating says Sale’s Sam James

Sale Sharks centre Sam James reflects on the defeat to Newcastle Falcons that had viewers in despairs of boredom

Preview: London Irish must up tempo to sap Sharks power

Exiles full-back Tom Homer talks to Neale Harvey ahead of the visit of Sale Sharks to the Brentford Community Stadium on...

Dombrandt keeps armband as Ashton starts at 15

  Captain: Dombrandt GLOUCESTER head coach George Skivington makes two changes to the team that beat Wasps last weekend. Lewis Ludlow...

Evans aims to put on a variety show for the fans

By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS fly-half Lloyd Evans says Gloucester will happily eschew a slavish kicking game if his side keep racking...

Eddie can’t afford French lesson from their reserves

ENGLAND are oddson to collect their second trophy in two months by lifting the Autumn Nations Cup at Twickenham this afternoon,...

Inverdale: February date for League Cup

■By NEALE HARVEY NCA chairman John Inverdale is confident the National League Cup will proceed, although the Covid-19 tiers mean the...

Boyd: We should have won, we’re not waving white flags yet

The post-match reaction of Northampton director of rugby Chris Boyd to Saints' defeat to Bristol in the Premiership

Bristol’s super sub Sam Bedlow kicks Saints into submission

All the drama from Bristol's last-gasp victory over Northampton Saints on Friday night, when Sam Bedlow was the hero