Baxter: ‘It was error after error after error’

BOSS Rob Baxter admitted that Exeter are struggling to take their usually efficient Premiership performances into Europe. “First you have to...

Rennie’s rampant Warriors in fine nick for knockouts

By ALEX BYWATER GEORGE Horne ran the show with a man-of-thematch display as Glasgow dismantled Lyon. Horne was supreme at scrum-half,...

Chiefs set for a hard crash out of Europe

By MIKE SINCLAIR Backing up: Willi Heinz dives over to score for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images Early hope: Don Armand lands...

Sarries suffer Itoje blow but Mako’s back in front row

By NEALE HARVEY Return: Mako Vunipola INFLUENTIAL lock Maro Itoje misses out as Saracens seek back-toback wins over Cardiff that will...

Dynamic duo return to operate backline

Preview Munster v Castres Today, Kick-off 1pm. Thomond Pk FOUR months of waiting are over for Munster fans who will finally...

Top clubs shake-up

Bragging rights: Gloucester’s Gerbrandt Grobler celebrates Willi Heinz’s early try in their big win over Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images BLINDSIDE EXCLUSIVE...

Young Gun: Northampton Saints hooker Samson Ma’asi

A look at one of Northampton's up-and-coming front row forwards

Ben Moon intent on casting shadow over Mako and Genge

'I enjoyed the entire experience during the autumn'

De Kock column: Northern hemisphere’s no.9s are getting better and better

Neil de Kock analyses the Lions options at scrum-half

James Grayson signs senior contract with Northampton Saints

A deal running until 2021

Armed robbery victim Naka Drotske has been ‘through hell and back’, family say

Former Cheetahs head coach Naka Drotske has successfully undergone surgery to reconstruct his elbow, his family has said. The veteran Springboks...

Worcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence

"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons

Luke Cowan-Dickie back at the negotiating table with Exeter Chiefs

News on Cowan-Dickie, Dave Ewers and Greg Holmes

Pack will have to be at Test standard to beat Leinster, says Bath’s Ewels

England lock anticipating ferocious clash against kings of Europe

Warren Gatland on England’s radar, as RFU plan talks

Does the head coach job at Twickenham await Gatland?

Jackson column: Curse of knee injuries blindsides Wales

No.6s in short supply to Gatland ahead of Six Nations

Guscott column: Joe Cokanasiga has all the attributes to be an England great

The Bath winger has made a fast start to life on the international stage

Ransom: I didn’t get enough love at London Irish

The former Exile and Saracens full-back will play in the Varsity match this week for Oxford

Leigh Halfpenny to remain sidelined for Scarlets

Unavailable for the region's Champions Cup match against Ulster

2019 is set to be a big year for new rugby betting sites

This is set to be a seminal year for the sport of Rugby Union, with the latest iteration of the World...

It’s like a morgue in there – Boyd

CHRIS Boyd admitted the Northampton dressing room resembled “a morgue” after Dylan Hartley’s 250th Saints appearance was ruined by Mark Wilson....

Long arm of Wilson drags his Falcons offthe bottom

By GARY FITZGERALD My ball: Falcons’ try-scorer Mark Wilson competes with Saints Teimana Harrison PICTURES: Getty Images Star man: Cobus Reinach...

McCall: We kept calm and it paid off

SARACENS’ status as the only unbeaten team in the Premiership was due to the composure they showed against Wasps according to...

Wasps are trapped by their own tangled web

By NICK CAIN Breaching the line: Jamie George touches down for Saracens despite the efforts of Michele Campagnaro PICTURES: Getty Images...

Joe has all the attributes to be an England great

Wreaking havoc: Joe Cokanasiga on the charge against Australia PICTURE: Getty Images JOE Cokanasiga could be the next big thing in...

Prem rugby was like long lost child

Meaningful rugby: Tigers versus Saracens COLIN BOAG Ienjoyed the Autumn internationals more than I thought I would, and that’s largely due...

Short cut shown up

AGREE in principle with Gus Pichot’s remarks regarding the qualification of foreign players, but I believe all he’s done is “lift”...

UK passports do not differentiate

PETER Jackson refers to the birth place of players who play for international teams but in the case of the UK...

But Newport used to be in England!

THE assertion in Peter Jackson’s column that Derek Morgan played for England but was born in Wales was factually inaccurate. As...

Backing grassroots will offer best ‘rugby return’

SO, to address their continuing financial issues, the RFU are belatedly setting in place “financial metrics, against which spending and investment...

Baa Baas or Springboks?

ARE the Barbarians even remotely considered to be an English club anymore? There were 13 South Africans in yesterday’s squad to...

Grayson: Biggar will be better for Autumn

By GARY FITZGERALD DAN Biggar has been tipped to build on his Autumn heroics and help ignite Northampton Saints’ attempts to...

Altrad sees his millions wasted at Montpellier

£1m man: Johan Goosen cost Montpellier a fortune PICTURE: Getty Images Mohed Altrad is a billionaire who is finding his mountains...

Unbeaten Glynneath take over in West Central

Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers warmed up for their National Plate clash with holders Brynmawr next week with a thumping...

Pooler 13-points clear with a game in hand

Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL strengthened their place at the top with a 34-5 win over nearest rivals Ystrad Rhondda. It took...

Lancaster left to rue missed chances after defeat

By NICK SANDERSON Cardiff…24 Swansea …5 SWANSEA arrived with 11 Ospreys academy players, and on the back of consecutive wins, but...

The Wizards hold on despite fight back as Jenkins stars

By ANDY REYNOLDS Aberavon …15 RGC 1404 …7 ABERAVON did just enough to keep RGC 1404 at bay and come up...

Super sub completes bonus-point victory in style

By JOHN THOMPSON Llanelli …35 Bridgend …3 DEBUTANT Jake Baker scored a try offthe bench as Llanelli claimed a bonus-point win...

Steelmen remain calm to keep pressure on the top sides

By IAN GOLDEN Bargoed …21 Ebbw Vale…35 EBBW Vale stayed patient to pick up the full five points at Bargoed and...

Debutant stars for Keys as they end winless run

By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys …26 Llandovery …18 CROSS Keys shocked Llandovery at Pandy Park to record their first victory in...

League leaders defeated as Frewen delivers at the death

By GEOFF CHAMPION Merthyr …28 Newport …30 FOR the second time in two seasons Craig Warlow’s Black & Amber army marched...

Williams holds his nerve as Ponty get tight win

By LYNDON EDNEY Carmarthen…13 Pontypridd …16 CARMARTHEN Quins were left kicking themselves for their second-half indiscipline that allowed Lewis Williams to...

Struggling lslanders bailed out

JERSEY Reds have been given a £150,000 grant by the island’s government. The club are one of 13 projects to share...

Ransom: I didn’t get enough love at Irish

By MATTHEW ROLLER THREE years have passed since Ben Ransom last made it onto the Twickenham pitch. Then a 23-year-old with...

Saints flier Kellaway aiming for rebirth at centre

NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY SINGLE-MINDED Aussie Andrew Kellaway says he is hoping to extend his stay at Northampton rather than...

Lancaster the prime candidate for Ireland – Maggs

NEWS EXTRA By JAMES GRAY ANDY Farrell could give his old boss Stuart Lancaster a job when he takes over from...

Sarries ace Brits signs for the Bulls

THE Bulls have confirmed the signing of former Saracens hooker Schalk Brits on a one-year contract. Brits was initially supposed to...

’Boks were better under Coetzee’

FORMERSpringbok centre Brendan Venter says the side performed worse in 2018 than they did in 2017. Venter, who was a defensive...

World Cup winner shot in Pretoria

NEWS EXTRA SOUTHAfrican World Cup winner Naka Drotske is ‘stable’ in hospital after being shot during an armed robbery. The 47-year-old...

Bolter Holmes has Lions pair in his sights

NEALE HARVEY WALES’ newcomer Jonah Holmes insists he will not consider himself a Test player until he is named in the...