Saint-Andre calls for cup shootout to decide title

In the current health crisis in France professional rugby has, like all sports, taken a large backward step. Clubs, coaches and...

Newark unite to tackle virus

NEWARK, with 500 players of all ages from minis to their 1st XV, have established a ‘buddy up’ club for all...

Niko gets the gloves on to battle for Rob and Mose

■ By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER Yorkshire Carnegie’s financial problems and the visa difficulties that led to his sudden departure from Ealing...

Jonny’s brewing up a storm for the Chiefs

■ By NEALE HARVEY Jonny Hill CIDER-making Exeter lock Jonny Hill aims to become the apple of Eddie Jones’ eye just...

The Welsh were no saints, I assure you

Match-winner: Scotland’s Tony Stanger makes his break against England in 1990 PICTURE: Getty Images Reading last week’s Sunday’s Times I was...

Frustrating to win only the one cap

MY LIFEIN RUGBY ROGER WILSON THE FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER AND NORTHAMPTON No.8 AS a Belfast schoolboy, going to Ulster matches at...

YOUNG GUNS

TAREKHAFFAR LONDON IRISH LOOSEHEAD Modern rugby demands pace as well as power from its props so when Tarek Haffar scattered a...

How do All Blacks pick a team with no form guide?

Troubled times: New All Blacks head coach Ian Foster with his squad PICTURE: Getty Images The period following the 2019 Rugby...

Te’o’s season ends at Exiles before it starts

■ By JON NEWCOMBE New plan: Mike Te’o will go back to the USA. Inset: Paul Lasike HAVING represented his country...

Retiring Griffiths must bid farewell from afar

■ By GUY WILLIAMS CLIVE Griffiths, director of rugby at Doncaster Knights, won’t see the club again, or his players, before...

Controversy, as Scots claim victory after a knock-on

Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for the first ever Test – between Scotland and England Pioneers: Scotland’s squad for the first...

William Webb Ellis died without realising he invented rugby

Brendan Gallagher begins his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union Beginnings: The young Webb Ellis runs with...

All Blacks B team? Marler’s got it right

IT WOULD seem that famous old All Blacks, or one at the very least, are acknowledging Joe Marler’s fondness for the...

Tomas and Wales can’t be reunited soon enough

Least surprising headline of the week: Ireland’s Australia tour in doubt. Big loss: Tomas Francis leaves the pitch injured during World...

All smiles, as PC Perry’s helmet stars at Twickers

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

Gareth gem for Baa-baas still sets the benchmark

Brendan Gallagher kicks off our sparkling TOP 20 series with his view of the best tries ever scored TOP 20 …TRIES...

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Premiership clubs order 25 per cent pay cuts

PREMIERSHIP sides Gloucester, Wasps and Worcester Warriors have all announced 25 per cent pay cuts because of the financial impact of...

Game will return in a nicer form

SO rugby players in all our professional leagues will have to take pay cuts as we look to navigate our way...

Teleni beat shoplifting rap to lead Fiji v Wales

ONE OF rugby’s more controversial characters has passed away. Former Fiji captain Esala Teleni, below, has died having first come to...

All our yesterdays come gloriously alive again

Party time: Peter O’Toole and Richard Harris get in the mood PICTURE: Phil Shepherd Lewis It’s amazing the rugby stuff there...

Willie John still can’t forgive ‘cowards’ who denied Irish

Peter Jackson remembers another chaotic season that scuppered Ireland’s chance of a Grand Slam Irish Lion: The great Mike Gibson Green...

My 15 Kings of the North

NICK CAIN PICKS HIS INTERNATIONAL TEAM FROM THE SIX NATIONS PERFORMANCES Joe Marler Julian Marchand Tadhg Furlong Best in world: Maro...

Investment? Not Maro!

TALKING of France, the glitzy Parisians of Racing 92 were willing to make a handsome investment in Maro Itoje before being...

Dupont was nobbled in anyone’s language

HAD THEY been thinking outside the box, Fabien Galthie and the rest of the French hierarchy could have argued that as...

Now, more than ever, game needs leadership

Accusation: Eddie Jones blasted referee Ben O’Keeffe for sending off Manu Tuilagi at Twickenham PICTURE: Getty Images Never let a good...

Griffiths pledges to save Championship

By NICK CAIN Main man: Saracens CEO Edward Griffiths arrives for the Premiership final between Saracens and Northampton at Twickenham in...

CVC cash may help struggling regions

By STEFFAN THOMAS and ROB COLE WELSH rugby’s four regions are set to call on government funding and will look to...

That Pumas try cost me dear but it was a beauty!

Nick Cain catches up with Exeter and England wing Jack Nowell as he relishes being fit again Dive and twist: Jack...

Jamie’s experience would be a major asset in Cardiff

JAMIE Roberts’ rugby experience is unparalleled in Welsh rugby. That is why it would be great to see him come back...

Lydiate is crucial to Ospreys’ revival

Key signing: Ospreys blindside Dan Lydiate PICTURE: Getty Images DAN Lydiate could prove to be the signing of next season for...

Baxter delight as ‘odd-bod’ Harry signs on

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLANDtighthead Harry Williams has ended speculation that he might leave Exeter Chiefs by extending his stay in Devon,...

Lozowski opts to join Toulouse

Channel-hopper: Alex Lozowski is off to France SARACENS back Alex Lozowski is heading to play in France next season after agreeing...

Hastings ready for code switch

Man of Steel: Hastings JACKSON Hastings, who was crowned Super League’s man of steel last October, is looking to make a...

Yarde stays at Sale…with May?

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ON THE BLINDSIDE SALE Sharks winger Marland Yarde is unlikely to be heading to...

ROOM 101

HEATH STEVENS THE COVENTRY UTILITY BACK TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Poor hygiene...

Paywall looms for Six Nations TV

THE Government has rejected calls for the Six Nations to be given Category A listing, thereby increasing the likelihood of the...

Wales face ace Tomas staying at the Chiefs

Dilemma: Tomas Francis on the rampage for Exeter PICTURE: Gettty Images WALES prop Tom Francis fears coronavirus will force him into...

Trailfinders: We may sue if Falcons are champs

■ By NEALE HARVEY Defiant: Ben Ward CHAMPIONSHIP challengers Ealing are preparing to take legal action in the event of Newcastle...

Rugby players in Ireland agree to IRFU pay cuts

Cuts ranging from 10 to 50 per cent will take effect among the Irish player base

I want to be the Bristol No.10 of the future, says Ioan Lloyd

"Pat will reward you on your performances" - Ioan Lloyd on reaping the benefits of Pat Lam's player management

Life in Lockdown – Italy flanker David Sisi on life in Parma

Sisi believes Italians are keeping cooler heads than Brits after seeing photos of empty shelves

RFU declares end to the 2019-20 season in England

The Premiership has not been affected by the RFU's announcements

Wasps and Worcester become first Premiership clubs to cut wages

The two Premiership clubs will cut wages by a quarter

Wasps turnover king Jack Willis merges into England’s stiff back row competition

The Wasps flanker talks to Neale Harvey about his Test ambitions with England

Jackson column: Mr Prickly Alun Wyn Jones leads the world for grumpy PR

Peter Jackson analyses the poker face of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones through his years sat in front of the media

Rugby Matters: High time Sale Sharks got the recognition they merit

Underappreciated in the sporting hub of greater Manchester? Brendan Gallagher looks at the unheralded success of Sale

When Fran Cotton folded Paper, England’s Grand Slam was on

Brendan Gallagher recalls England's triumphant Five Nations Grand Slam in 1980

PRO14 cancel league final and list criteria needed to return to action

The PRO14 has drawn a four-point criteria which must all be met to allow the season to resume

WRU expects to record ‘substantial loss’ in finances

The Welsh Rugby Union reported a loss of $4.3m last year