Principality Premiership

By HUW THOMAS Neath…19 Llandovery …5 BOTTOM of the table Neath caused a big upset at the Gnoll as they turned...

Hamstring injury rules out Ojo until New Year

LONDONIrish winger Topsy Ojo will be out of action until the new year because of a hamstring tear. Ojo, 32, suffered...

Pivac swoops for Rebel Cummins

SCARLETS have signed Australian lock Steve Cummins from Melbourne Rebels. The 25-year-old former Wallaby U20 international will join the region at...

Jet-heeled Jonny runs 40m faster than Bolt

ENGLAND winger Jonny May has recorded a sprint speed that is faster than eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. May apparently...

Manu pins hopes on Joseph jersey

MANU Tuilagi will return to action next month and is targeting Jonathan Joseph’s England No.13 jersey for the Six Nations. The...

Leicester’s Lion Croft forced to call time

LEICESTER forward Tom Croft has announced his retirement from rugby. The 31-year-old, who played 40 times for England and five Tests...

Injury set-back for Wales back rower

RUGBY SHORTS WALES flanker Ross Moriarty has suffered a fresh back injury in training at Gloucester. The 23-year-old has played once,...

His monstrous boot changed way the game was played

THE record books will tell you that Sam Doble scored a world record 581 points in the 1971-72 season but it...

When best of the best turned out to honour Sam

BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to JPR Williams 40 years on from the famous Sam Doble Memorial game CHARITY matches, gala occasions and...

Cockerill captures tight-head Millar-Mills

By JON NEWCOMBE EDINBURGH boss Richard Cockerill has swooped for Yorkshire Carnegie tighthead, Elliot Millar-Mills with immediate effect. Millar-Mills has impressed...

Wales put big focus on success at Commonwealths

THE RECENT Anglo- Welsh training hostilities continued last week when England Sevens welcomed their Wales counterparts for a day of live...

Ambitious England set for battle on three fronts

By JOE BYRNE THE SEVENS World Series returns next month with first stop Dubai as England aim to improve on last...

Ospreys pay price for finding winning touch

By ROB COLE OSPREYS finally got the win they needed to stop the rot after nine defeats in their previous ten...

Dominance up front gets Dragons out of trouble

By STEFFAN RODNEY THEDragons warmed up for their daunting PRO14 trip to Leinster with a good win over an experimental Scarlets...

More key skills for Marcus to master

MARCUS Smith’s gamemanagement in the face of blitz defence will be one of the defining factors in whether he makes the...

Cowan-Dickie’s back and gunning for Dunn’s spot

By NEALE HARVEY FORGOTTEN England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie is ready to ramp-up the pressure on Dylan Hartley by roaring back into...

Kirby holds nerve towin kickfest for Richmond

By ANDREW BEACHAM THIS was not a game that will linger in the memory, although that will not concern Richmond who...

Burns turns up the heat to deny 14-man Knights victory

By STEVE HOSSACK SECONDrower Matt Challinor joined Doncaster’s exclusive 200 Club – but unlike when prop Richard List reached the same...

Exiles back to winning ways with Atkinson double

By LUKE JARMYN SCOTTISHNo.8 Joe Atkinson scored two tries and put in a man of the match display as Exiles showed...

Rotherham facing upto titanic fight for survival

By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM’S hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a massive blow when the league’s bottom club lost a must-win game...

Carnegie caned as new-style Bristol take on Lam philosophy

By COLIN NEWBOULT EVENat this stage of the season, Bristol appear a certainty for promotion. And the concerning thing for their...

Fowkes demands big effort for Ealing

Preview Nottingham v Ealing T’finders Today, Kick-off 3pm. Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM forwards coach Neil Fowkes insists no-one is patting themselves on...

Aki opens his Test account in some style

BUNDEEAki’s shuddering launch of his international career in Dublin last weekend would have been felt 12,000 miles away back home in...

Sadly Ireland couldn’t match the big money

ONCE those behind the unsuccessful bid to land the 2023 World Cup stop feeling sorry for themselves, Irish rugby will have...

How Clem seized once in a lifetime opportunity

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, more than 20 years after his death, Clem Thomas remains as...

Fearless Glaws target top four

ATTACKcoach Tim Taylor believes Gloucester are genuine top-four contenders after another top-half team succumbed at Kingsholm. “Yes, top four is our...

Bench men make big impact at Kingsholm

By TOM BRADSHAW THIS was an evening of implausible stories. It was implausible that Gloucester should beat table-topping Saracens despite having...

YOUNG GUNS

HARRY SIMMONS LEICESTER TIGERS SCRUM-HALF Harry Simmons recently announced himself as a scrum-half of huge potential when, under his expert guidance,...

Premiership start against old club

Tom Dunn and Zach Mercer return to the Bath line-up. The duo who have been away on international duty with England,...

Festive run-in key to Quins’ season

By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS stalwart Mark Lambert has urged his side to dig in ahead of a “massive” period of league...

Fit-again flanker Northcote-Green gets first

By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish flanker Max Northcote-Green will put a year-long injury nightmare behind him today when he lines up...

Sharks in pursuit of big away day catch

By JON NEWCOMBE SALE talisman Faf de Klerk Still harbours hopes of playing in the next World Cup for South Africa...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

MARTYN WOOD THE FORMER WASPS, BATH AND ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Flying out to Australia for the 2003 World Cup as standby injury...

Eastmond deserves success says Dai

WASPS boss Dai Young hopes Kyle Eastmond will make a quick recovery from a head injury sustained when making a try-saving...

High-speed Wade gets impressive Wasps off to a flyer

By ROB WILDMAN WASPS blew away Newcastle last night to demonstrate that they are beginning to find their best form after...

Spencer is simply sublime says Gold

WORCESTER director of rugby Gary Gold believes that lock Will Spencer should be in the England reckoning following his performance against...

At last! Warriors get reason to be cheerful

By COLIN NEWBOULT AFTER all the pain, disappointment and frustration that has enveloped Worcester’s season, the fans – finally – have...

Don’t miss this night of Lions magic

SPECIAL OFFER Tour heroes: Sam Warburton, centre, hails the fans TWO great Lions captains are coming together for a night to...

Mugabe’s thugs sent Don on the rugby trail

NICK CAIN TALKS TO DON ARMAND ABOUT STRIFE IN ZIMBABWE AND HOPE IN ENGLAND MEET Don Armand, Mr Adaptable. The rangy...

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England Women win opening battle of Autumn

ENGLAND Women have secured a pay deal with the Rugby Football Union before the autumn internationals. For the first time, the...

Wallaby star confident he’ll find extra gears at Tigers

By STEFFAN THOMAS TATAFU Polota-Nau has told Leicester fans he plans to become an even better player when he joins the...

OLLIE THORLEY

ROOM 101 THE GLOUCESTER CENTRE/WING TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Barriers to Nuclear...

Wasps eye fly-half McAlister

Move? Luke McAlister WASPS search for a new fly-half could lead them to sign either of the Toulon pair Luke McAlister...

Moriarty decides – it’s the Dragons

THE DRAGONS have won the drawn-out battle to make Wales and Lions flanker Ross Moriarty, the highest paid player in Wales....

Toulon in late grab for prop Mulipola

TOULON look to have been successful with a late bid to snatch Leicester Tigers prop Logovi’i Mulipola from under the noses...

ON THE BLIND SIDE

Toulon in late grab for prop Mulipola BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler SALE SHARKS are looking to improve their...

DREAM TEAM

LEICESTER TIGERS CENTRE MATT SMITH CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Marcos Ayerza – Consistently one...

Change the rules or let Anglo-Welsh Cup die

COLIN BOAG The Anglo-Welsh Cup is surely the most unloved competition in rugbxe bothering? Look at their games against English opposition:...

I chose Richmond over Twickenham

LAST Friday it was my pleasure to be at Richmond against Doncaster in the Championship. It was a close victory for...