Western Front was ‘meeting mates on tour’

Brendan Gallagher describes how rugby played such a tragic part in the Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme...

Rugby’s finest rushed and died heroes with to the front VCs galore

Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union FOR three decades or more before 1914...

Now Eddie can make up for those RWC mistakes

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

This old carthorse could run the 100m in 11.4 secs!

RICHARD Phillips’ letter last week described all front fives in the 90s as cart horses. Obviously, I suggest he takes another...

Great ride despite curse of relegation

MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL MacKENZIE THE FORMER CANADA, SALE, LONDON WELSH, ESHER AND COVENTRY UTILITY BACK THE start of my professional career...

YOUNG GUNS

TOMSTANTON GLOUCESTER CENTRE/FULLBACK Twelve months ago,Tom Stanton was preparing to put his fledgling professional career on hold. A ruptured ACL suffered...

Sophie steps up to help NHS in Scotland

NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND women’s cap Sophie Anderson has risen to every challenge she has faced on the sports...

Red card on debut wasn’t a great start to life in France!

Q&A BEN SMITH ON THE RECORD World Cupwinning New Zealand full-back Ben Smith talks to NEALE HARVEY about the highlights of...

Shining star Lewis still beams bright at 89

EVEN now, 70 years after he started blazing trails across the rugby world, Lewis Jones’ achievements still make the average meteor...

The hidden aces make life tough for regions

Long before social distancing became a way of life, a similar exercise had been foisted upon the four Welsh regions in...

Gibbs makes his mark and Lions take series

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

Irish building new dynasty around their Fab Four

NEALE HARVEY discovers how four of London Irish’s homegrown backline hitmen are taking the Premiership by storm – and boosting their...

Dejected Otley go on the offensive after relegation

By WARREN MUGGLETON OTLEY chairman of rugby Peter Clegg is livid that his side were relegated from National 2 North based...

Hurrell forced to call time after suspected stroke

BRISTOL Bears centre Will Hurrell has retired from rugby after suffering a probable stroke in January. The 30-year-old was withdrawn with...

NEXT WEEK …Don’t miss

Gallagher’s Top 20: Greatest Upsets Most talented coaches ‘lost’ to the game History of Rugby: Recovery after Great War ... Continue...

Dougie never got the credit he was due

SCOTLAND’S Dougie Morgan, who passed way this week aged 73, was one of those individuals who was underrated as a player...

Gatland’s All Blacks tiebreak plan is not so daft after all

WARREN Gatland loves to bowl us a googly from time to time and was having fun with the New Zealand media...

The past was a different country for rugby thrills

Classic: Philippe Bernat-Salles scores as France stun the All Blacks in 1999 I’ve watched a couple of cracking matches recently and...

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...

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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