WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

Riches on offer in Far East spell big trouble THE growing emergence of Japanese rugby at both Test and club level...

Adendorff is almost a Saint

Talks: Adendorff NORTHAMPTON Saints are closing in on a deal to land South African flanker Shaun Adendorff who has been playing...

Brutality in Argentina

A GANG of young rugby players have been found guilty of murder in Buenos Aires. Law student Fernando Baez, 19, was...

Sharks snare Daley-Mclean

WORLD Cup-winning captain Katy Daley-Mclean has signed for Premier 15s newcomers Sale Sharks Women as a player-coach. The 34-year-old fly-half, who...

Prop Heffernan keen to stay in England

NOTTINGHAM prop Oisin Heffernan, right, is back on the market after the Championship side hit financial problems. The former Ireland U20...

Tigers must repel raiders for Jonah

Wanted: Jonah Holmes THE DRAGONS are keen on making a cross border raid on Leicester Tigers to sign Wales international winger...

Hooley on his way to new-look Saracens

SARACENS have been busys napping up Championship players ahead of spending next season in the second tier. Blind side understands they...

Denman and Burrows hit the trail to Ealing

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler EALING TRAILFINDERS have snapped up former Yorkshire Carnegie, Rotherham Titans, Northampton...

ROOM 101

THE ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND RICHARD DE CARPENTIER 1. Poor...

Salary cap cuts are thrown out by big three

Billy’s boost from Italy By NEIL FISSLER Young: He’s set to stay with Wasps Wales’ flanker Thomas Young seems certain to stay...

Plan to hold Six Nations in full again in autumn

Compensation issue By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations are in the process of finalising contingency plans for an emergency tournament to...

Top 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 5-1

Out countdown reaches its conclusion...

What’s in Sunday’s Rugby Paper?

Plenty of good reading in Sunday’s paper so be sure you get a copy! Struggling to get to the shops? You...

Premiership could bring down £7m salary cap limit to help clubs

The rigidity of the salary cap stands to put Premiership clubs deeper into trouble unless it adapts

Lions Tour contenders RANKED – Jamie George faces challenge from bolters

Nick Cain ranks the five hookers leading the way to start for the Lions against the Springboks in 2021

The RFU have treated the Championship disgracefully, Nottingham’s chairman explains

'Everyone below the Premiership has been left to fend for themselves', says Alistair Bow

Head coach Wayne Pivac confirms three Wales players contracted Covid-19

Pivac reveals a small number of the Wales squad have been affected by the virus

Dream Team: Exeter Chiefs flanker Dave Ewers

Fresh from signing a new deal at Sandy Park, we asked Dave Ewers to pick a Dream Team

Rugby in sportsbooks goes down as event cancellations due to coronavirus continues

Earlier this year all sports events were cancelled or postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus spreading around the globe. One month...

England’s battle at No.9 – Alex Mitchell ready to run with big dogs

Training and playing with Cobus Reinach has pushed Mitchell to challenge Youngs and Heinz

Gareth Davies is losing three-way race for Wales No.9 shirt, says Rob Jones

Two-time Lions tourist Robert Jones weighs in on who can rudder Wales' backline under Wayne Pivac

Probyn column: Now Eddie Jones can make up for mistakes at the World Cup

Well I guess it was no surprise that Eddie Jones got his contract extension even if he and many others thought...

Top 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 10-6

An All Blacks career derailed and the Caribbean-English trailblazer born in the wrong era

World Rugby announces eight-figure global relief fund for unions

Together with the Six Nations and Sanzaar, World Rugby are examining the rugby calendar

Top 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 15-11

Brendan Gallagher rankings of talents who didn't fulfil their potential continues...

Q&A: Ben Smith – All Blacks would be wrong to start selecting Europe-based players

Legendary All Blacks full-back Ben Smith talks at length about his New Zealand career and time in France with Pau

Rugby Matters: The past was a different country for rugby thrills

Brendan Gallagher believes conservative play has etched into modern rugby

Shining star Lewis Jones still beams bright at 89

The 19-year-old Test Lion would become the subject of rugby's record transfer fee, and played at Lord's

Saints sign emerging duo Ollie Sleightholme and Connor Tupai to new deals

England U20 wing Sleightholme has been in prolific form for Northampton since making his debut in 2018

Argentina abandon 2027 Rugby World Cup bid, lend backing to Australia

The world will have to wait a little longer for the first Rugby World Cup in South America

Saracens ask highest earners to accept partial wage deferrals

Reigning Premiership champions take major measures towards maintaining their sustainability

London Irish building new dynasty around their Fantastic Four

Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Joe Cokanasiga, Delon Armitage all came through the Exiles pathway. Neale Harvey finds there's four newbies ready...

‘There are some academy players earning £8K’ – RPA’s Christian Day reveals Premiership ‘mess’

Retired lock, now working for the RPA, explains how player cuts are far more complex to impose than they appear

Jackson column: The hidden Wales aces making life tough for regions

Peter Jackson looks at the lack of playing time regions are getting from their Wales stars

Room 101: Bristol Bears second row Joe Batley

Batley, spent time on loan at Leicester this season, and picks three of his biggest pet hates

Williams column: Parkes will be missed but Owen Williams bigger loss

After his own experience in Japan, Shane Williams can understand why Hadleigh Parkes would move to Japan

Gatland’s plan for Lions to play at Twickenham ‘nonsense’, says Willie-John McBride

"I think it’s scandalous that the Premiership clubs in England are dictating the future of the sport" - Lions legend McBride

Worcester fly-half Jono Lance set to take the Tartan shilling

Billy Searle's pending arrival at Worcester leaves door open for Lance to make PRO14 move

Cain column: Thinking cap back on please, Laporte!

Bernard Laporte made some outlandish claim to ditch the Champions Cup without any evidence of its limitations

Dejected Otley go on the offensive after relegation by RFU

Otley are seething at their relegation from National League Two North under the RFU's formula

Premiership clubs keen to offer Australia aces way out

Recruitment hasn't been shut down for some Premiership clubs

The briefest argument for why the Championship is invaluable to English rugby

Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow explains how some Premiership clubs still want to keep links with the Championship - but others aren't...

Top 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 20-16

Brendan Gallagher ranks the players who could have achieved so much more in the game

Deal for Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth to join Sale Sharks is off

Not making the switch north to Premiership rivals

Guscott column: I’m glad Eddie Jones has got the job… who else was there?

The World Cup is the only thing that has eluded Eddie Jones so far

Bill Beaumont outlines vision for World Rugby amid election challenge from Pichot

The former England captain is seeking another term as World Rugby chairman

Why cryptocurrency could be a gamechanger for the rugby world

Most rugby fans will have heard of cryptocurrencies by now. A cryptocurrency is a virtual digital currency that can be traded...

Options are drying up for Nick Abendanon who seeks homecoming from Clermont

After six years in France with Clermont, ex-Bath full-back Nick Abendanon had been planning on a return to England

Scottish Rugby furloughs hundreds of staff and asks players to take wage cut

Employees earning over £50,000 face reduction of wages

Young Guns: Northampton Saints winger Josh Gillespie

Dropped by Bath, Northampton came calling for the Australia-born wing