Exeter Chiefs clear favourites for Premiership title

Exeter Chiefs were the winners of the Premiership last season and now look the dominant force, following the problems that have...

Carl Fearns on verge of making Premiership return

The former Bath back row is attracting interest from the Premiership

This is tip of iceberg says neuro specialist

Dr Barry O'Driscoll, uncle of Ireland great Brian, voices his concerns over rugby's trend of concussion and traumatic brain injury

7 Reasons Why Rugby Benefits Students

Rugby is an international game developed in the 1800s in England. The game has gained huge popularity in various countries, including...

Georgian centre Giorgi Kveseladze signs for Gloucester

George Skivington welcomes new recruit who impressed in the Autumn Nations Cup to Kingsholm

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Sweeney: Six Nations could go to pay-for TV broadcaster

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney discusses the arrival of Amazon on the rugby TV broadcastings scene

Clear front-runner emerges to lure Exeter’s Tomas Francis back to Wales

Wales tighthead Tomas Francis is set to hold talks with all four regions, as Exeter future hangs in the balance

Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings agrees Gloucester move in 2021

Hastings will leave Glasgow Warriors when his contract at Scotstoun expires next sum

Gloucester confirm Danny Cipriani has left the club with immediate effect

Danny Cipriani's stay at Kingsholm is cut short in the final year of his contract, as Adam Hastings is set to...

French feelgood factor is shortlived | James Harrington

James Harrington attacks the hyperbole surrounding the Press' dubbing of a France 'Replacement XV' which competed for the Autumn Nations Cup

England can learn from exciting French revival | Jeremy Guscott

Jeremy Guscott points out the weaknesses in England's armour exposed by France in the Autumn Nations Cup final

Steve Diamond rescued Sale Sharks from abyss but courted controversy

Jon Newcombe charts the highs and lows of Steve Diamond's tenure at Sale Sharks

Here’s my team of the decade certainly one to stand test | Shane Williams

Shane Williams selects a Wales XV Team of the Decade and congratulates George North on his deserved selection by World Rugby

England draw Japan and Argentina in 2023 Rugby World Cup pool

Details of the 2023 Rugby World Cup draw, as hosts France will play the All Blacks in Pool A

England Win Autumn Nations Cup Against France In One Of The Most Entertaining Finals Ever

The Autumn Nation Cup was the first time that this cup was held due to the global pandemic caused by Covid-19...

Evans: Big hearts won the day for us

STEFF Evans hailed the heart and desire that helped Scarlets defy a desperate late Bath onslaught for his side’s memorable win...

Table-topping Exeter Chiefs set sights on famous ‘double double’

Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle previews the visit of Glasgow Warriors to Sandy Park

Spencer rues try that got away as Bath fall

■By GARY FITZGERALD STUART Hooper told his players “You got what you deserved” and refused to blame officials as Bath were...

Shaun agrees, refs need French

I GOT some stick in a reader’s letter after I expressed my surprise that Nigel Owens had never tried to use...

Poor all round

ENGLAND’S game against France, a team with one tenth of the caps England has, was just appalling. To win by three...

Edwards factor critical for France

Lucky escape: England players mob Owen Farrell after he kicked the winning penalty in extra time PICTURE: Getty Images JERRY Guscott’s...

I’ll take victory over entertainment all day

AS a lifelong Northampton Saints supporter, I was intrigued by the media/supporter views on England’s win over France last Sunday…or to...

Stem Bok tide

S -outh A -fricans L -oving E -ngland R -aises U -underlying F -uture C -oncerns Why are foreign “stars” being...

It’s snore fest

WHILE I am no supporter of ring-fencing, having seen the opening rounds of this season’s Premiership and the Autumn Internationals I...

Is Farrell still untouchable?

I’M starting to question Owen Farrell’s place in the team. What does he bring that others do not? At flyhalf he...

End yellow bib brigade

I PLAYED rugby in the era that celebrated a player scoring by waiting until he reached the halfway line and then...

Was Eileen first Lady President?

WHILE reading England’s Hall of Fame listing on World Rugby’s website I came across the entry for Gillian Burns. Among the...

Predictably same old Scots story

I SHALL now predict the Six Nations for Scotland 2021, perhaps best to imagine it in Eddie Butler’s voice... Opening weekend...

Show some humility and stop playing on defensive

WHY are our rugby correspondents so restrained when interviewing Eddie Jones? He shows no respect to them and it is their...

Deacon takes reins but Nelson wants Sharks to pursue Lancaster

■By JON NEWCOMBE Developing: Paul Deacon INTERIM Sale Sharks head coach Paul Deacon says Steve Diamond’s “legacy at the club will...

Davies demands fair share of funding to save game

■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...

Davies demands fair share of funding to save game

■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...

Matera must face punishment insists horrified Hewitt

■By ALEX BYWATER ASHTON Hewitt has slammed World Rugby and the game in general for paying lip service to the issue...

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Blues bring Peel back to Wales FORMER Wales scrumhalf Dwayne Peel will join the Cardiff Blues coaching staff next summer. The...

Amazon ‘relaxed about terrestrial coverage’

>continued from Front “You’ve got to balance that commercial value – and pay TV can pay more – against the game...

Blues fly-half Jarrod wanted at Kingsholm

■By STEFFAN THOMAS GLOUCESTER are weighing up a move for Wales and Cardiff Blues playmaker Jarrod Evans. The Cherry & Whites...

Wonderful to sign off as a winner at Twickenham

MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHARLIE AMESBURY THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, NEWCASTLE, SALE, BRISTOL AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY WINGER  Charlie Amesbury scores a try for...

Big guns heading to Twickenham

ENGLAND will host Australia and South Africa at Twickenham during November next year. The Autumn International series will start with England...

Verden parachutes in to aid Warriors crisis

WORCESTER have signed Bath tighthead prop Kieran Verden on a short-term loan deal. Verden, 22, was included in the squad to...

Stokes signs for Irish until summer

FULL-BACK James Stokes has agreed to rejoin London Irish on a deal until the end of the season. Stokes, 29, who...

Esterhuizen, Townsend banned until new year

 HARLEQUINS centre Andre Esterhuizen and Exeter scrum-half Stuart Townsend have both been banned until early 2021 after admitting acts of foul...

Quins sign Sevens ace De Carpentier

HARLEQUINS have signed flanker Richard de Carpentier on a three-month deal after a successful trial. The 30-year-old has spent the past...

Gregor extends deal until 2023 World Cup

HEAD coach Gregor Townsend is “honoured” to sign a two-year contract extension that will see him lead Scotland at the 2023...

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Baa-Baas bad boys banned for breaching protocol

NEWS EXTRA THIRTEEN Barbarians players have been given bans by the RFU for their part in October’s game against England having to...

Ice-cool Nicholas condemns Bears to defeat

Bristol Bears ..12 Worcester ......15 By NATHAN ROCHE SARAH NICHOLAS’ penalty five minutes from time rescued victory for Worcester Warriors to...

MacDonald puts her Wasps on right track

Sale Sharks..............8pts Wasps ......................30pts By ADAM ELLIS WASPS moved to within a point of Saracens with a third successive victory in...

Crunch-tackling Katoh sets the defensive tone

Loughboro’ L ..14 Exeter Chiefs ..7 By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO LOUGHBOROUGH edged past a determined Exeter Chiefs in a physical and highly...

Wales ace Davies backs call to kill the caterpillar

NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER GARETH Davies has thrown his support behind the idea of rugby quickening the tempo and banning the...