Exeter and Sale to join women’s top flight

NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs and Sale Sharks will join the top division of women’s rugby for three years at the expense of...

Coventry were just half an hour from closure

Future looks good: Peter Rossborough watches his beloved club A s a supporter, player, captain, coach and leading club official, Peter Rossborough...

Bow on why the Championship is invaluable…

Virtually every club in the Premiership has England internationals who have been nurtured in the Championship, and Alistair Bow says its...

Bow on the RFU pay structure…

Alistair Bow, who has closed Nottingham’s Lady Bay ground and placed the players and the majority of the staff on the...

Disgraceful how RFU’s left us to fend for ourselves

NICK CAIN FINDS NOTTINGHAM CHAIRMAN ALISTA AIR BOW WILLING TO PUT HIS HEAD ABOVE THE PARAPET FOR the last 0decade it has...

Bring back those real tours -by bus and train

How it was and could be again: Leicester’s Clive Woodward tackles New Zealand’s Eddie Dunn at Welford Road in 1979 The...

Lamb gets the chop

BACK in the 1960s, the scary All Black lock Colin Meads would run around his farm in King Country with a...

Beware of changing too much, Eddie

EDDIE Jones bagged himself another set of headlines by anticipating a 60 per cent change in the make-up of his England...

Jamie the one who must beware bolters this time

2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... HOOKER THE shakedown at...

Kings of the Jungle where wild beasts come to play

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s feared enforcers 1 Jacques Burger (Namibia) The King as far as...

Parkes will be missed but Owen’s bigger loss

RUGBY IS A very fickle business. One minute you’re a Grand Slam winner, starring at the World Cup, and top of...

Jono set to take the Tartan shilling

WORCESTER Warriorsfly-half Jono Lance is in advanced talks with Edinburgh about moving to the Scottish capital this summer. Canberra-born Lance, 29,...

Deano’s a copper again

DEAN RICHARDS has returned to his first job in the police after volunteering to help Northumbria Police during the coronavirus outbreak....

Wigglesworth deal with Sale is off

RICHARD Wigglesworth is unlikely to be returning to Sale Sharks in a player-coach role at the end of the season Blindside...

Aussie aces bid to beat the pay-cuts

PREMIERSHIP clubs are taking a keen interest in events Down Under after Rugby Australia asked players to take a 65 per...

Steenson fancies another year at Chiefs

Staying? Steenson EXETER CHIEFS legend Gareth Steenson could put off his retirement for another year and pen another contract extension with...

ROOM 101

JOE BATLEY THE BRISTOL SECOND ROW TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Boys that...

Abendanon return is hit by the virus lockdown

By NEALE HARVEY NICK Abendanon has spoken of his frustration at potentially having to quit rugby after seeing his hopes of...

You’ve sold England’s jewels, RFU are warned

By NICK CAIN A LEADING club chairman has warned the RFU and Premiership clubs of the danger of allowing CVC to...

Puff bar or pod device performance

A puff bar is mainly, mouth-to-lung device or tool that gives amazing flavor taste. In this device vapor production is fast...

Jonny May leaves Leicester, agrees homecoming at Gloucester

The England wing will be returning to Kingsholm next season

Top 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.5-1

We reach the end of our countdown of the best individual moments in defence from the history of international rugby

Lions Tour contenders RANKED – England’s No.1 Joe Marler can stymie Malherbe

Ireland prop Cian Healy does not make the list of looseheads...

RFU chief says England tour of Japan could be moved to October

Bill Sweeney has said the RFU may look to rearrange fixtures into packed October and November schedule

Will Hurrell, 30, announces retirement following stroke playing for Bristol

Find out what Pat Lam did for Hurrell after telling the Bristol DoR he would have to retire

Rugby vs Football: Weight Loss

Nutrition is a vital piece of any game, and right now, rugby and football have an exception for their raw physicality...

TRP’s 2019-20 Premiership Team of the Season… so far

Eight Englishmen and seven others from over the border or signed from overseas make up Nick Cain's XV

Dave Gallaher drilled his touring New Zealand team like a fighting machine

Brendan Gallagher recalls the early and outstanding All Blacks and Australian tours

Room 101: Bedford Blues wing Rich Lane

The Bedford Blues wing/full-back picks three things which grinds his gears

Probyn column: Marquee players could take bigger hit to wages

Jeff Probyn writes why top earners at Premiership clubs should go the extra mile in wage cuts

Top 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.10-6

An expert tackle from All Blacks great Ben Smith on Manu Tuilagi

Q&A: Gareth Steenson – I don’t know why there aren’t many Exeter players in the England squad

Read our in-depth interview with the Exeter Chiefs stalwart, who doesn't know if he'll be at Sandy Park next season

Wasps finalise their coaching team following Dai Young’s exit

Lee Blackett given head coach role permanently by Wasps in reshuffle

50 South Africans in the Premiership reflects badly, says Snyman

How South African players have surged past Pacific Islanders as the Premiership's foremost import

Newcastle Falcons Test star to leave despite promotion back to Premiership

Mulling over his options after playing his last game for the Falcons

Japan set to overtake Top 14 and Premiership to become No.1 destination

The Top League is attracting players from the world over - and that won't stop says ex-Gloucester lock Tom Savage

London Welsh aim to harness their steeped history in rebuild

The Exiles are putting things in place to climb through the leagues

Rugby Matters: Rugby’s quickest ever player? Look no further than the man dubbed ‘Marlon Brando’

Brendan Gallagher pieces together rugby's fastest ever players in a 100m heat - speedster John Young features

Dream Team: Tonbridge Juddians and ex-Wasps and England U18 fly-half Will Robinson

Robinson played a pivotal role in Juddians' promotion from National Two South this season

My Life in Rugby: Former Pontypridd, Dragons and Cardiff fly-half Lee Jarvis

Jarvis reveals what it was like for him to practice with Neil Jenkins when he was on the fringe of Pontypridd's...

Premiership’s best South African XV: Faf de Klerk misses out

TRP picks a line-up of the all-time best South African players to play in the Premiership

Premiership Rugby suspends season indefinitely but reiterates intent to complete all games

There will be no chance of watching rugby against on April 24 as Premiership extends suspension

Japan’s Top League comes calling for Wales star Hadleigh Parkes

Could a big payday be coming to the Wales centre?

Do England players like Eddie Jones? Dylan Hartley answers

"Does he have to be popular? No” - Dylan Hartley on the England head coach

Williams column: Now World Rugby has to help out the needy

Shane Williams on the severity of the situation facing Welsh rugby, but believes the WRPA is much-improved from his playing days

Guscott column: End the 50:22 sideshow and sort out the scrum

Jeremy Guscott argues why the proposed 50:22 kicking law is an absurd oversight of the game's more pressing changes required

RFU have reached a fair outcome says Hill, as Richmond bounce back

Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill has his say on how the RFU's formula to decide league outcomes fared

Harrington column: Top 14 in turmoil with no option to cut player wages

It has been estimated the Top 14 will lose up to €100m (£88m) if the season was cancelled

Gatland: ‘I loved beating Eddie Jones’

Warren Gatland has spoken of his time in charge of Wales and the showdowns with Eddie Jones in the media

Top 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.15-11

Featuring Ben Cohen's crucial stop against the All Blacks in 2002