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Wasps must use Tommy Bell to ring in changes for future, says Kenny Logan

21 March 2013 0 comments

Wasps’ challenge for a top four spot has defied expectations but club legend Kenny Logan insists the focus has to be to find a long-term […]

Dream Team: Luke Arscott – Exeter full-back

20 March 2013 1 comment

1. Carl Rimmer – Came into the Chiefs team with very little experience and has done really well. His first showing away at Leinster was […]

Nick Cain: Welsh are embroiled in new fight for justice

15 March 2013 1 comment

There are times, as we all know, when the law is an ass. Usually this coincides with legal technicalities getting in the way of, or […]

Room 101: Junior Fatialofa – Cornish Pirates centre

10 March 2013 0 comments

1. Long Team Meetings I’m not a fan of long, drawn out team meetings. While I understand that coaches have to preview the opposition and […]

Nick Cain assesses the dramatic fight for survival at the bottom of the Premiership

10 March 2013 1 comment

If relegation is meant to be all about dull, unambitious, lock-tight rugby then London Welsh and Sale have not been listening. Nor, for that matter, […]

Andy Goode joins London Wasps

5 March 2013 0 comments

As announced by Neil Fissler over a week ago in The Rugby Paper, Worcester’s Andy Goode will join London Wasps next season. The former England […]

Andy Robinson: “I could not face Scotland’s fans after failures”

27 February 2013 1 comment

Andy Robinson has revealed the deep-seated sense of frustration that led to him resigning as head coach of Scotland in November. Robinson starts as director […]

Joe Carlisle joins London Wasps

22 February 2013 0 comments

As rumoured for a number of weeks now, Worcester Warriors fly-half Joe Carlisle will be wearing the London Wasps jersey next season. Rated as one […]

British and Irish Lions’ fans fury over Australian ticket hike

19 February 2013 3 comments

A massive levy on Test match tickets is causing fury among Lions fans wanting to travel to Australia this summer. Face price for Test tickets […]

Legend Pete Buxton to quit Gloucester

12 February 2013 0 comments

As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Gloucester legend Peter Buxton will call time on his playing career at Kingsholm at […]

Peter Jackson: Vunipola’s defied dad to play for England

31 January 2013 1 comment

Wales are converting another South African to their Six Nations’ cause and Scotland are back in the business of importing kilted Kiwis. Not to be […]

Dream Team: Chris Bentley – former Exeter, Biarritz and Edinburgh lock

30 January 2013 1 comment

1. Zak Taulafo – Nice lad who can flick a switch when on a rugby field. A strong scrummaging prop who could do a job […]

Room 101: Jon Mills – London Welsh captain

27 January 2013 0 comments

1. Decorative cushions My wife insists on them because she says it makes our place look pretty, but to me they just get in the […]

20 Questions: Matt Hopper – Harlequins centre

18 January 2013 0 comments

Enjoy finishing 2012 in front of 82,000 at HQ? Fantastic! There was lots of hype and playing at Twickenham is brilliant. Unfortunately, the weather was […]

Purdy and Sloan added to England U20 for 6 Nations

10 January 2013 0 comments

Henry Purdy and Harry Sloan have been added to the England U20 squad ahead of the Six Nations. The Leicester wing and Harlequins centre are […]

Josh Lewsey is backing Ben Foden to win battle of No.15s

21 December 2012 0 comments

Ben Foden has seen his full-back throne usurped by two younger pretenders but England’s World Cup winner Josh Lewsey believes the Northampton man will return […]

My Life in Rugby: Harry Ellis – former Leicester and England scrum-half

20 December 2012 0 comments

I couldn’t bring myself to watch any of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, not even England in the final – being at home injured during […]

My Life in Rugby: Nigel Redman – former Bath, England and Lions lock

6 December 2012 2 comments

Getting called up to the Lions squad in 1997 and then leading the side in the game against Orange Free State was unbelievable – but […]

Quartet banned, Louw free to play

5 December 2012 2 comments

Chris Hala’Ufia has been banned for five weeks after appearing at a discipline hearing in Bristol yesterday. The London Irish No.8 was found guilty of […]

Quintet cited following weekend’s incidents

4 December 2012 5 comments

Bath trio Matt Banahan, Francoi Louw and Lee Mears have all been cited following the heated clash between the West Country club and Leicester at […]

Room 101: Duncan Bell – Former Bath and England prop

25 November 2012 1 comment

1. Speeding fine injustice Now, don’t get the wrong idea…I’m no ‘Driving Miss Daisy’, nor, by the same token, am I Ayrton Sienna. But for […]

Young Gun: Ethan Waller – Northampton prop

24 November 2012 0 comments

His brother already has a Heineken Cup final appearance to his name, and was the only player to turn out in every Northampton Premiership game […]

Scotland v Tonga teams

22 November 2012 0 comments

Bath fly-half Tom Heathcote looks set to make is Scotland debut after being named on the bench for the reception of Tonga on Saturday in […]

Cattle thrilled to be facing the Haka for the first time

17 November 2012 1 comment

Cornish Pirates scrum-half Gavin Cattle describes his inclusion in the RFU Championship squad to take on the Maori All Blacks at Doncaster this Saturday as […]

‘Brilliant’ Bedford Blues have Newcastle Falcons in their sights

24 October 2012 3 comments

James Pritchard believes Bedford can do the Championship a favour and knock leaders Newcastle off their perch, when the Falcons visit Goldington Road in a […]

Jeff Probyn: Lack of rugby stadiums means shortage of legacy

24 October 2012 1 comment

The announcement of the cut down list of potential venues for the Rugby World Cup has cast a worrying shadow over the whole of the […]

Welford Road not shortlisted as RWC venue

8 October 2012 0 comments

England Rugby 2015, the organiser of the next Rugby World Cup, has announced the long list of 17 potential match venues and, in a shock […]

Peter Jackson: Jones heads lost legion of forgotten Welsh stars

4 October 2012 1 comment

There is a whole team of them to be found out there – the Welsh internationals whose meteoric streak in some cases hardly lasted much […]

My Life in Rugby: Martin Haag Nottingham head-coach

27 September 2012 0 comments

Being part of the first English team to win the European Cup was an incredible feeling – especially up against a very good Brive team. […]

Hipkiss and Classens cited after Irish game

24 September 2012 1 comment

Bath Rugby’s Dan Hipkiss and Michael Claassens are to appear at an RFU disciplinary hearing after being cited following Saturday’s match at London Irish. Hipkiss […]

Saracens Mako Vunipola is in shape to make up for lost time

13 September 2012 0 comments

On the face of it Mako Vunipola’s life at Saracens could not have begun any better – two starts, two man-of-the-match awards – however, the […]

20 Questions: Mike Denbee – London Welsh flanker

7 September 2012 1 comment

From Weston-Super-Mare to the Premiership… pinching yourself? I’ve certainly gone the long way round… Weston to Plymouth to Spain to Birmingham & Solihull, and now […]

RFU Championship Preview: team by team

31 August 2012 0 comments

Bedford Blues The shortening of the play-off format from a top eight to a top four will assist part-time outfit Bedford Blues’ quest for promotion […]

“We’ll have fun rising to challenge,” says Newcastle’s Dean Richards

30 August 2012 0 comments

Dean Richards will warn his Newcastle troops to expect the unexpected when they finally get their Championship campaign up and running at Bristol on September […]

Championship winners must go up says chairman Geoff Irvine

29 August 2012 0 comments

Championship clubs’ chairman Geoff Irvine, right, says their Premiership counterparts need worry about only one thing – to avoid finishing bottom of the table – […]

Nick Cain talks to bath boss Gary Gold about reviving a once-champion club

29 August 2012 0 comments

Gary Gold is cagey when he considers the question of the quality he has found at Bath in terms of squad, infrastructure and culture. Understandably […]

Oakley joins Northampton Saints

28 August 2012 0 comments

Northampton Saints have signed former Wales international back row Rhys Oakley. The 31-year-old has impressed Jim Mallender while on trial with Saints after leaving Bourgoin. […]

Moment in Time: Saracens and the 1998 Tetley Bitter Cup final

27 August 2012 0 comments

Emotion is an oft-used word in rugby, but this is a day that sticks in the minds of Saracens people on many counts. For starters, […]

Falcons have strength in depth to make a quick return says Glen Delaney

24 August 2012 1 comment

With the honourable exception of Bedford’s Mike Rayer, there is no coach with more experience of English rugby’s second tier than Glenn Delaney who left […]

Ulster v Newcastle: teams

23 August 2012 1 comment

After impressive performances against Leicester last Saturday, Jared Payne, Michael Allen and Chris Farell retain their starting positions in the Ulster backline. New signing Nick […]

Henry Thomas relishing Andrew Sheridan Heineken Cup rematch

17 August 2012 0 comments

Henry Thomas is eager for the chance to turn the tables on former tutor Andrew Sheridan this season after Sale’s graduation to the Heineken Cup. […]

Lock of ages? French turn back clock for Brits

15 August 2012 1 comment

The burgeoning British colony in France hurls itself into Top 14 action next weekend, an assault force headed by surely the oldest pair of locks […]

Moment in Time: Sale Sharks and the 2002 Parker Pen Shield

14 August 2012 0 comments

Lift-off for Sale Sharks. This was the day when chairman Brian Kennedy’s vision of creating a powerhouse team in the north-west of England finally came […]

Wales teen wonder Tom Prydie aiming to fly high again

8 August 2012 1 comment

Tom Prydie and Kristian Phillips aim to relaunch their careers this season after falling into the international wilderness. The former Ospreys wing wonders, part of […]

Exeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”

24 July 2012 0 comments

When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his side whom he would swap for an […]

Man Behind the Match: Stuart Barnes and the 1992 Pilkington Cup final

20 July 2012 0 comments

During the dying embers of amateurism, Twickenham on Cup final day was a very special occasion, and more often than not it was the great […]

Moment in Time: Worcester Warriors and the 2004 Premiership promotion game

20 July 2012 1 comment

It was Boy’s Own stuff. Twelve years earlier, Worcester had been a modest rugby club minding its own business in the backwaters of Midlands Two […]

Dean Richards’s tough love will revive Newcastle Falcons says Simon Keogh

10 July 2012 2 comments

Newcastle players had better get ready to roll up their sleeves on the field – and in training – under Dean Richards, according to members […]

20 Questions: Olly Barkley – Bath and England fly-half

10 July 2012 0 comments

Been anywhere nice on holiday? I went to Portugal with my girlfriend and then to LA and Las Vegas for 10 days with the lads. […]

Give our tier-two English coaches a chance says coaching guru Kevin Bowring

3 July 2012 0 comments

The RFU’s Head of Elite Coach Development, Kevin Bowring, wants to see more English-qualified coaches follow Glenn Delaney’s example and make the step up from […]

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