Brendan Gallagher
Ampleforth got Dallaglio tuned up for greatness
Features
OSCAR WILSON
Latest Posts
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoEaling can’t be blamed if they look to the URC
EALING Trailfinders could be forgiven for adopting the old Millwall FC chant, “No one likes us, we don’t care”. The west...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoGloucester 19-17 Bath: Cherry & Whites make the most of the reigning champs’ errors
Gloucester, the 2024 winners of the Prem Cup, beat the 2025 winners to take pole position in Pool A with three...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoHarlequins vs Saracens: Last year’s memorable performance is driving us on, says fly-half Louie Johnson
A youthful Harlequins and Saracens renew rivalries at The Stoop today with both sides in search of their first victory in...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoNorthampton Saints 14-31 Newcastle Red Bulls: Alan Dickens’ side now have reason to celebrate
Stewart Moore made an instant impact for Newcastle Red Bulls as his fine hat-trick secured an outstanding Premiership Cup win at...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoSlade, 32, opens up talks to extend contract
NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs have opened talks over a new contract with England centre Henry Slade. The 32-year-old has spent his...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoSale Sharks 34-3 Exeter Chiefs: Sharks storm home as Chiefs lose grip
Sale Sharks made light of Storm Claudia and a sodden night in Manchester as they overpowered a youthful Exeter Chiefs side...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 3 weeks agoChris Hewett: Without Jac Morgan, Wales will not be all right
The differences are obvious: he doesn’t have a shock of guitar-hero hair, or a nose so busted it resembles the last...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoMarshall looking through one eye
ACCORDING to Justin Marshall, for whom no dead horse is ever left unflogged, the French are now paying the price of...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoChallenger steps up to snatch it for Warriors
By JEAN BULL Worcester ....... 24pts Tries: Williams 5, Seabrook 52, 64; Challenger 80 Conversions: Eden 5, Reed 64 Nottingham ......22pts...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoPirates in a hurry to get the job done
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ............ 52pts Tries: Hiscocks 8, Ward 21, 31, 80; Cambriani 34, Yates 42, Price-Thomas 60, Wimbush...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks ago85 years on and Coventry pay tribute to war heroes
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ...........68pts Tries: Adderly-Jones 29, 50; Bacon 4, Graham 18, Poole 33, Ball 35, Nayalo 40, Rhys-Tiueti 62,...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoWorboys hits the target to give Chinnor that final lift
■By ALEX GREGGOR Chinnor ..............22pts Tries: Rukhadze 14, Walker 38, Penalty 47 Conversion: Worboys 15 Penalty: Worboys 74 L Scottish .........20pts...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoBlues happy to take the gritty road past Caldy
■By JAMES LAWRENCE Bedford .............20pts Tries: Maisey 51, Titherington 80 Conversions: Maisey 52, 80+1 Penalties: Maisey 19, 55 Caldy .................... 8pts...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoHartpury’s late dash can’t catch Richmond
■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond .........17pts Tries: Jones 30, Addams 50 Conversions: Grieve 31, 51 Penalty: Grieve 47 Hartpury ............12pts Tries: Morgan...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoLeaders Ealing are looking for revenge over Doncaster
■By BEN JAYCOCK Ealing Trailfinders v Doncaster PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 3pm, Trailfinders Sportsground TOP-OF-THE-TABLE and unbeaten Ealing Trail-finders welcome Doncaster Knights...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoArchers out to shoot at the big boys
■By BEN JAYCOCK Together: Jack Dickinson scoring against Doncaster PICTURE: Pete Jenkins NOTTINGHAM are relishing the challenge of taking on full-time...
-
Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Ray ‘Chico’ Hopkins still unhappy with place in history
Even now, more than 50 years after turning England inside out and upside down at Twickenham, Ray ‘Chico’ Hopkins still resents...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoLions who said farewell
A SHORT while ago the Lions could point to a healthy list of grand old names as proof that the long-gone...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoTime to cut back on subs
BIARRITZ and Agen collided off the Bay of Biscay the other day, a routine fixture in the lower half of the...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoRaducanu’s Grand Slam credentials
SO Emma Raducanu pitched up at Team England’s base camp to give Maro and the lads an idea of what it...
-
Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: USA in search of a springboard
Paul Rees looks at the problems facing the game in the USA and wonders what World Rugby can do about it.
-
Letters
/ 3 weeks agoNorrie’s World Cup suggestions were spot on
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed reading David Norrie’s opinion on the Rugby World Cup format – both he and I are singing from...
-
Letters
/ 3 weeks agoLet’s ring fence these ‘parachute’ payments
I READ with interest Brendan Gallagher’s column last Sunday regarding TV deals not looking so good for the Prem. Firstly, I...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoWill Butt: I know my chance will come at Bath
Bath’s squad is so loaded that one of their most consistent players this decade, Will Butt, has struggled for minutes this...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoDun set to join Quins at end of season
BRISTOL Bears second row James Dun will join Harlequins at the end of the season. The 26-year-old former England Under-20 star...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoDREAM TEAM
JOSH BARTON, THE COVENTRY AND FORMER NEWCASTLE SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Phil Brantingham – Played...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: A bolt of brilliance in that Arctic winter
The old sporting, and indeed show business, maxim of leaving the punters wanting more has never rung truer than with Richard...
-
Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoMcGann certain his kick was good
IT took Ireland 29 Test matches to claim a win over New Zealand – Soldier Field 2016 – so we shouldn’t...
-
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoHat-trick for Lund makes difference for champs
■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS Gloucester-H ...40pts Tries: Lund 7, 46, 50; Matthews 16, Tuipolotu 28, Jones 58 Conversions: George 8, 17, 29,...
-
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoSaracens march on as Cleall hits triple
■By BEN MORRIS Saracens .......................79pts Tries: Rose 5, MacDougall 11, Field 23, Omokhuale 36, Evans 40, Sellors 45, Crake 51, Cleall...
