I applaud Ashton for speaking out

Strong message: Ashton Hewitt with Newport Gwent Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images WRU chairman Gareth Davies wrote to clubs last week to...

I shudder at way Carter destroyed the Lions

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND You can’t keep a good man down – and Dan Carter is one of the...

Robshaw agrees to stay until season end

TRANSFER WRAP CHRIS Robshaw will finish the remainder of the postponed Premiership season with Harlequins after agreeing a contract extension. The...

Sharks set their sights on Eddie

Target: Eddie Jones ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones has been mentioned Down Under as a potential shock candidate for a crosscode switch...

Cheika among candidates for Gloucester job

New name in the frame: Michael Cheika FORMER Wallaby coach Michael Cheika is the surprise name being linked with an interview...

Hooker Hansen joins Bristol

BRISTOL are set to raid West Country rivals Gloucester to strengthen their squad for next season with hooker James Hanson in...

Yarde to be offered one-year Sale deal

Extension: Marland Yarde SALE are close to agreeing an extension with former England winger Marland Yarde who is out of contract...

ROOM 101

DICKIE PIPER THE HUDDERSFIELD CAPTAIN AND NO.8 TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Drink-shy...

Kiwis give the crowds what they want

NOW for the good news. While PRL’s beleaguered chief executive Darren Childs broadcast that he wanted the Premiership to lead the...

World Cup draw cannot be held amid the chaos

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK This was the week in which the lockdown looked as if it was...

Short change for centres

A CORRECTION to Nick Cain’s inside-centre analysis in last week’s paper. Robbie Henshaw is not 6’1. He’s 1.91m or just over...

Insulting to offer Tier 2 teams their stars back

IN THE lead up to the vote for the election of the head of World Rugby it was announced that the...

Global calendar may increase workload

WORLD Rugby are keen to produce a coordinated international calendar, and have managed to make the discussion centre on North/South amendments....

Clear out flankers to improve flow of game

Turnover kings: England flankers Tom Curry and Sam Underhill suffocated New Zealand at RWC2019 PICTURE: Getty Images THE CALLS for law...

Gwilliam also skipper for two Grand Slams

I READ with interest Lloyd D. Parry’s letter last week regarding Mefin Davies and in particular the last time Wales beat...

All Blacks fired blanks

THE account of Munster’s historic win against the All Blacks in 1978 suggests it was one of those ‘I was there’...

Burgess can’t play the blame game forever

I QUITE enjoyed the Sam Burgess interview last week. I found him to be a very honest and frank speaking individual....

Highlanders’ Bryn Gatland crushes Chiefs hopes of victory

Warren Gatland's Chiefs condemned to defeat by son Bryn's last-minute heroics

RPA issues statement accusing Premiership of ‘lack of governance’

Premiership clubs and RPA in complete breakdown as pay dispute escalates

Wasps flanker Nizaam Carr makes return to South Africa with Bulls

Joining Duane Vermeulen and Josh Strauss at the Bulls in South Africa

Q&A – Les Kiss: Dec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb

We ask the London Irish head coach about Brentford, the Championship, and the big money outlay last summer paying off

Lions tour contenders RANKED – Tuilagi has the power to trouble de Allende

Irish duo in tow for battle of Lions No.12 shirt for tour of South Africa

Hewett column: In a galaxy far, far away lives World Rugby men

Would the little green men out there in the universe be baffled by rugby?

Oghre, Willis and Barbeary can all get Wasps firing, says Richard Blaze

Blaze has moved back into coaching in the Premiership after success with England's Red Roses

Luke Cowan-Dickie interview – Hooked on being the best for England

Is the gap closing on Jamie George after the Exeter hooker's form this season?

Ewels: Kruis’ exit gives opportunity to show this is England’s great era of second rows

The Bath captain came within a whisker of going to the Rugby World Cup in Japan

Jackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card

Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card

Sale Sharks plot return to hometown with new stadium plans

The Premiership club plans to move back to their origins with a new stadium in Crossford Bridge

Guscott column: Eddie Jones makes a good point I’ve been hammering for years

Eddie Jones recently suggested one way rugby could be changed for the better in the second half of contests

Bristol explain why they relaxed their opposition to salary cap changes

Owner Steve Lansdown had previously openly stated his opposition to changes to the salary cap

Ealing Trailfinders confirm signing of Leicester’s Guy Thompson

Thompson's move to Ealing was exclusively revealed by TRP on April 26

New regime at Old Redcliffians as Kevin Coster leaves

Old Redcliffians were relegated from National Two South along with Sutton & Epsom and Bournemouth

Ashley Johnson pays thanks to supporters as he leaves Wasps

The hooker/back row was brought to Wasps by Dai Young in 2012

Room 101: BT Sport rugby presenter Tim Cocker

We flip the conversation the way of the man usually asking the players and coaches the questions on BT Sport

Williams column: So Super that rugby is back on the TV

Rugby will be back on our screens this weekend when the Highlanders host the Chiefs

Gopperth: Shift to summer season would set rugby apart from football

The Wasps veteran talks global calendar, coaching, and his desire to play until he is 40

RPA chairman warns of ‘significant legal dispute’ if union’s input to salary cap plans continues to be shunned

Player union's fury at 'absolute disregard' for Premiership players as clubs vote to cut salary cap threshold

Rugby Matters: So who was really in charge at Gloucester?

Brendan Gallagher looks at how the director of rugby and head coach roles can appear blurred

England and Wales plan Twickenham showdown in wider plan for Six Nations re-run this autumn

Remaining Six Nations fixtures to be completed and be followed with new raft of fixtures

Harlequins bid to give Chris Robshaw proper send-off, after captain signs new deal

Robshaw has signed an extension to see the remainder of the 2019-20 Premiership season through

New name emerges in overhaul of Gloucester coaching set-up

London Irish forwards coach George Skivington has seen his reputation grow after the Exiles strong Premiership season

Ex-Munster coach Jerry Flannery joins Harlequins

"I believe Jerry has a skill set and determination to help foster a ruthless pack mentality" - Paul Gustard

Harrington column: French cash crisis and JIFF rule should halt Racing’s bid for Itoje

Racing 92's recruitment thus far closed their chequebook after the signing of Kurtley Beale, writes James Harrington

Exeter Chiefs maestro Rob Baxter backed to take over England and Lions job

But Baxter still has silverware to claim at Sandy Park before he moves into the Test arena

Dream Team: USA and former Northampton and Bedford Blues fly-half Will Hooley

Hooley includes a number of players he came through the England age-grade level with earlier in his career

Cain column: Sam Burgess gets his own back in the end

Nick Cain reacts to Sam Burgess finally giving his account of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after staying silent until last...

RFU facing new round of staff cuts in cash crisis at Twickenham

The financial accounts for 2019 show the RFU have next to no reserves

Premiership clubs agree to cut salary cap down from £7m

Clubs vote by majority to reduced threshold of salaries to £5m, but with scope to be equal to £6m

SA Rugby admit Lions tour dates could shift to fit global calendar

The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa could shift to later in the year, bearing developments to the...

Delayed Premiership salary cap vote goes ahead today

Clubs to take vote on reducing the salary cap and marquee players rule