My Life in Rugby: Former Bath and England captain Phil de Glanville

A captaincy with England which started with its challenges after succeeding Will Carling

Gareth Edwards-led Millfield really started Rosslyn Park Sevens dynasty

Brendan Gallagher begins a new feature looking at Britain's esteemed rugby schools

Ted Hill signs long-term extension with Worcester Warriors

The flanker has signed a further extension to the one he agreed last December

A different Call of Duty takes England’s Luke Cowan-Dickie to the Warzone

Nick Cain speaks to the Exeter Chief about his appetite for streaming the first-person shooter game on Twitch

Dream Team: Northampton Saints and England flanker Tom Wood

An embarrassment of riches to choose from at No.8 for the 50-cap England back row

‘Bath is the best place for me’ – Will Spencer returns to the Rec

Things have come full circle for lock Will Spencer, rejoining Bath after seeking a move away in 2016 after a string...

Rugby Matters: Fine margins swung the 1997 series the Lions way

Brendan Gallagher goes deeper into the influence of Martin Johnson and Jim Telfer on the epic 1997 Lions tour

Will RFU use snatch squads over Swing Low?

THE decision by the RFU to launch a review of the historical context of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot shows how inept...

Tell the south to keep hands off our jewels

WHERE World Rugby’s plans for a global season are concerned there is a growing sense that the tail is wagging the...

Essential to feed the roots to grow game

WORLD Rugby have a vision of ‘Rugby as a sport for all’ and a mission to ‘Grow the global rugby family’,...

Suspend WR funding to force reform in Pacific

Fighting for change: PRPW CEO Dan Leo, second from left middle row, is leading the battle against corruption in Pacific Islands...

Winter rules

I CAN’T believe Jerry Guscott does not like watching rugby in the winter because it’s too wet and cold. As a...

Speed bump

WHY are so many people banging on about quickening up the game. We have a fantastic product so stop trying to...

Bright: If you are in good shape age is just a number

By JON NEWCOMBE Veteran: Mark Bright is still going strong aged 41 EVERGREEN No.8 Mark Bright has plenty of examples to...

Rugby must not go soft on the true red card offences

Winning start: Beauden Barrett helped Auckland Blues to victory over his old side the Hurricanes PICTURE: Getty Images ALL those supporters...

DREAMTEAM

JAMES SHORT, THE EXETER AND FORMER SARACENS, WASPS AND LONDON IRISH WING, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....

The laws already work, refs need to apply them

COLIN BOAG Pinged: Hurricanes scrum-half TJ Perenara complains to referee Mike Fraser At last the rugby famine is over, with New...

Walker rides 50k a day to be up running for Trailfinders

By NEALE HARVEY Italian adventure: Charlie Walker DETERMINED former Harlequins wing Charlie Walker is clocking up the bike miles in a...

Robshaw off to USA

F0ego Legion in the MLR. The 66-cap flanker, 34, who last week agreed to stay at Harlequins until the suspended Premiership...

Radford switches codes to join the Jackals

By JON NEWCOMBE Rugby League Challenge Cup-winning coach Lee Radford has landed his first job in professional Rugby Union - as...

Earl in a hurry to make his mark with the Bears

By NEALE HARVEY Making a splash: Ben Earl scores for Saracens against Northampton Saints PICTURE: Getty Images BACK ROW dervish Ben...

Hook plans to inspire the new generation – with his words

By NEALE HARVEY Versatile: James Hook JAMES HOOK will make it his business to inspire the next generation of Welsh playmakers...

Now rugby men should take a knee says Yarde

By JON NEWCOMBE No swap: Jonny May WITH a new contract signed and sealed, Marland Yarde is looking forward to picking...

RPA chief Hopley critical of ‘comical loophole’

PREMIERSHIP clubs have been scrambling to get players to sign new contracts and exploit a ‘loophole’ in new salary cap rules....

Beauden gets a dig from his old mate Coles

SUPER RUGBY By SAMUEL JACKSON NEW Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett enjoyed victory over former side the Hurricanes on his Blues debut...

Altrad’s run for mayor hit by third cap scandal

FRENCH COLUMN Billionaire Mohed Altrad is running to be mayor of Montpellier - a position which would mean giving up the...

Driven by desire for Bristol’s champagne!

MY LIFEIN RUGBY HAYDN THOMAS THE FORMER EXETER CHIEFS, GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL SCRUM-HALF THE other day we had a 10th anniversary...

Everitt puts faith in kids for pyramid climb

NEWS EXTRA By JEREMY BLACKMORE NORWICH boss David Everitt says the club are rising like a phoenix from the ashes after...

Mallinder has big respect for Marcus

MARCUS Rashford’s efforts to ensure children don’t go hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic is inspiring sports stars everywhere, says community- minded...

Evans states his case for seat on WRU Council

By ROB COLE IEUAN Evans admits to feeling the same tingle of excitement that greeted the first of his then record...

Kvesic sold on prospect of re-joining mentor Matt

By NEALE HARVEY Coach: Jonathan Thomas MATT Kvesic says being reunited with the man who kick-started his rugby career is one...

Dismal England needed radical shake up and Carling delivered

TIME offers up perspective and what has become known as the ‘Carling era’ looks ever more important with the passing years,...

Mandela effect unites a nation as Boks put the brakes on Jonah

Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union THE 1995 World Cup is a story...

Ring-fence could reduce the drain on RFU funding

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ireally enjoyed last week’s article interviewing Plymouth Albion commercial manager Chris Bentley and his...

Chief Holmes heads home

PROP Greg Holmes is to leave Exeter to return to his native Australia. The 37- year-old, who played in the 2015...

Klim latest to join revamped Reds

JERSEY Reds have signed Namibia international wing Lesley Klim ahead of the 2020-21 Championship season. Klim, 25, played twice at the...

Phillips wants rebirth of Ospreys galacticos

By ADAM ELLIS Glory days: Kristian Phillips playing for the Ospreys PICTURES: Getty Images KRISTIAN Phillips hopes the takeover of the...

YOUNG GUNS

GWILYM BRADLEY CARDIFF BLUES NO.7 When Gwilym Bradley suffered a serious wrist injury that wiped out his 2018/19 season and caused...

Champion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards

IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up...

So stylish even Sir Clive came for a lesson

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE are very few rugby clubs that can claim to have...

Jantjies strikes a blow for the shamateurs

AS VARIOUS factions within the English game traded insults over accusations of players being forced to sign reduced contracts, a plaintive...

Dream debut …then tutor to a rock star

IRELAND had never beaten anyone from the southern hemisphere when the Wallabies turned up at Lansdowne Road in January 1958. A...

All Black-slayer Carwyn deserved better than this

WHAT Carwyn James achieved during successive seasons had never been achieved before, nor since. He coached three teams to celebrated victories...

Leinster’s glory trail runs into a roadblock

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had the season run its natural course, one team might well by now have succeeded...

Serevi was a showboat but also a serial winner

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image What’s happening here?...

We must make our clubs more user-friendly for the local fans

Q&A JOHN INVERDALE ON THE RECORD John Inverdale, star broadcaster and president of National Two Esher, has just taken on the...

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Jenkins comeback gives Blues fans needed boost

By ROB COLE Leader: Ellis Jenkins ELLIS Jenkins is set to return to action when the Cardiff Blues squad reassembles on...

Johnson urges against banning rugby anthem

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson does not think Swing Low, Sweet Chariot should be banned after the RFU announced it would review...

Swing Low was song of tribute to black star

THERFU stand accused of many crass decisions and incompetencies over the decades but they really do not have to get their...