I don’t want a 73-26 thumping to be the last game of my career – Tom Varndell

The Premiership's record tryscorer talks Yorkshire Carnegie, feeling old, and how important Leicester and Wasps are to him

Dream Team: Ex-Leicester, Sale and now Coventry centre Andy Forsyth

The former England U16, U18s and U20s back walks us through his team based on the best he's played with or...

‘It feels like home’ – Api Ratuniyawara agrees Northampton extension

Did you know the Fijian lock named his newborn son Franklin? Ratuniyawara will be staying at Franklin's Gardens

My stint at the Scarlets rekindled my rugby spark, says Ryan Lamb

Lamb made his retirement call last week but hopes to remain in the game

Saracens star concedes he will have to leave to keep Lions dream alive

Nick Tompkins doesn't want to leave Saracens but a shot at the Lions tour can't be passed up

Eddie Jones signs contract extension through to 2023 Rugby World Cup

Eddie Jones now stands to become England's longest-serving head coach in history

RFU confirm how promotion and relegation for the Championship and below will work

Outcomes for Championship, Premier 15s, National Leagues and below to be formalised on Friday

We must go down, reprieve would cause bitterness – Saracens coach Alex Sanderson

In our extensive interview with Saracens defence coach Alex Sanderson, he tells TRP it's only right they are relegated

Bristol prop Jake Armstrong stayed motivated through injury by helping homeless

Pat Lam said the best is yet to come from Armstrong on the pitch - but he's made up for it...

Unbeaten Caldy urge RFU to honour their promotion

News that the RFU won't be making the null and voiding the Men's season will be welcomed by unbeaten Caldy

Q&A: Glenn Delaney – My Scarlets are poised to thrill

Read Neale Harvey's feature length chat with the Scarlets head coach in-waiting and proud New Zealander

Rugby Matters: Kenny’s challenge taught me when to fold ’em!

You're a rugby writer in a Paris hotel room at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and you call Kenny Rogers...

Probyn column: Rugby has changed so much and largely for the worse

Jeff Probyn has found himself watching old rugby clips on Youtube and sees a more balanced game than the modern day

Top 20 tries of all time countdown: No.6-10

A British & Irish Lions classic from 2017 features as Brendan Gallagher continues his countdown

Rated: The 5 alternative options at scrum-half for England

Former London Irish and England scrum-half Pete Richards marks Dan Robson as the next No.9 for England

Test-capped front row duo set to bid adieu to Saracens

Rhys Carre has signed a deal to return to Cardiff Blues after just one season at Allianz Park

Five Premiership clubs weighing up move for British & Irish Lion

Wanted by English, Welsh and French clubs

Time for these slow-goers to get a move on with their kicks at goal

Clocking the players who take their time kicking penalties - who is the worst culprit?

What the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans

How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn't have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?

Gift Ideas for a Dad Who’s into Sports

Buying presents can sometimes be a challenge, particularly when it comes to our dads. Yet, when buying gifts for someone who...

Shaun Edwards: I wanted to make the French proud. I hope I’ve done that

Shaun Edwards talks Six Nations, referees, and how the notion that French players are lax in training is complete tosh

‘It was quite traumatising’ – Michael Fatialofa speaks publicly for first time

Fatialofa is on the long road to recovery after sustaining a serious neck injury in Worcester's January clash with Saracens

Williams column: Taine Basham leads charge for Wales’ next generation

Shane Williams casts his eye over Wales' crop of emerging Test talent, and feels Taine Basham is up to the task

Jackson column: Muscleman Chris Jones rates power of prayer now

Peter Jackson journeys back to the Vale in the 1980s by having a chat with Treorchy's 'Hatchet prop' Chris Jones

Top 20 tries of all time countdown: No.11-15

Part Two of our four-part special features Jonah Lomu and JPR Williams

Wayne Pivac and WRU chief Martyn Phillips lead wage cuts

Pivac and Phillips agree to reduce their pay by a quarter in solidarity with the WRU

‘There is something in the pipeline’ – Burns admits to frustation at Bath

Time up at Bath for Freddie Burns?

Cain column: These RFU cuts should be permanent

The RFU top brass can help Championship clubs and the grassroots by making their 25 per cent wage cuts permanent

EXCLUSIVE: Harlequins eye Wigan Warriors star Jackson Hastings

A cross-code switch to the Stoop for Super League's Man of Steel?

End these crooked feeds at the scrum, says ref Nigel Owens

No referee is more experienced in Test rugby, so what does Nigel Owens see wrong with the scrum?

Guscott column: Lions must be ready, Springboks will only get better

For a third consecutive tour of South Africa, the British & Irish Lions will be facing a world champion team

Head coach Gregor Townsend and CEO Mark Dodson to take pay deferrals at SRU

Scottish Rugby has announced a raft of measures taken to ease financial pressure

Scott Baldwin: “I’m an addicted gambler, but not an active one”

You may know him as the hooker of the Wales and Harlequins, the loving father figure or the man who got...

Young Guns: London Irish prop Tarek Haffar

Capped at England U18 level, the Exiles loosehead looks to base his skills in the same mould as Mako Vunipola and...

Nottingham furlough all playing staff in order to avoid redundancies

Nottingham will seek the government's assistance in paying its wage bill

Top 20 tries of all time countdown: No.16-20

The de facto list of rugby's best ever tries. Part one of our four-part story drops with Christian Cullen featuring

Rugby Matters: All our yesterdays come gloriously alive again

Brendan Gallagher has found himself looking at the treasure trove of rugby videos on Youtube...

My Life in Rugby: Former Ulster and Northampton No.8 Roger Wilson

A 15-year rugby career saw the back row play for Ulster, Northampton and Ireland

Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley upping his game in search of elusive England cap

What has been the message from Eddie Jones?

Finn Russell wants back in with Scotland and Townsend

The Scotland fly-half has revealed he told Townsend to keep him out of the squad and revisit things later this year

The 2019-2020 Premiership Rugby season

Every rugby fan knows that the English Premiership – where the Saracens Rugby and the Leicester Tigers compete, is Europe’s top...

Lewis Thiede to leave Bristol Bears who await Sinckler’s arrival

Tighthead prop Thiede will exit Ashton Gate when his contract at Bristol expires

Saracens vice-captain Jackson Wray commits for season in Championship

Wray explains why leaving Saracens was never really an option for him

Griffiths certain Boks will head west

THE financial impact of the global coronavirus epidemic should concentrate minds like never before when it comes to resolving some of...

These RFU pay-cuts should be permanent

THE decision by Eddie Jones to follow Bill Sweeney and the rest of the RFU’s top tier executives in taking a...

Free-kicks would speed up the game

AT PRESENT referees will automatically award a scrum for minor indiscretions such as a forward pass, knock on, etc. I would...

Fans need to know if freeze likely

IF AS Nick Cain suggests the Premiership are really going to freeze relegation and promotion for the next five years to...

Thanks for reminder of glory days

THE Rugby Paper is so much better now that it doesn’t have to report on the big matches! Professional rugby is so...

Referees need consistency across globe

I AM all in favour of yellow and red cards being issued for repeated offences perpetrated by culprits within any game...

Falcons are clear, they should be promoted

THE RFU have declared the 2019/20 season over for level 2 and below. I imagine that this was not an easy...