Italy draft in Allan for Twickenham clash

Tommaso Allan will start for Italy in their Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham on Sunday. The Treviso fly-half, who...

20 Questions: Will Browne – Richmond wing

How about that 49-26 win against Bedford last week? Yeah, it was a great feeling for us to finally get a...

Worcester sign Jersey second-rower

Jersey Reds lock Pierce Phillips has been signed by Worcester Warriors ahead of next season. The 24-year-old, a towering presence at...

England cricket legend’s grandson debuts for Wales U20s

James Botham, grandson of England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham, will make his Wales U20s debut against Scotland on Friday. The...

Newcastle confirm signing of DTH van der Merwe

Newcastle Falcons have added more fire power to their back line confirming the capture of Canada and Scarlets wing DTH van...

Harlequins snap up Wasps tighthead

Harlequins have signed Wasps tighthead Phil Swainston ahead of the 2017/18 season. Swainston has made over 80 appearances for Wasps since...

Glasgow sign Hurricanes flanker Gibbins

Glasgow have announced that Hurricanes flanker Callum Gibbins has signed for the club while Italian flanker Simone Favaro and Canada prop...

North back fit to take on Scotland

Wales have been boosted by the return of George North ahead of their Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield on...

Bowden leaves Bath by mutual consent

Bath have confirmed that utility back Dan Bowden has been released from his contract by mutual consent. Bowden joined Bath from Super Rugby...

Watson, Harris and Harris sign for Wasps

Newcastle wing Marcus Watson is one of three players to be joining Wasps ahead of the 2017/18 season. He will be...

Shane Williams: Stick with Scott to lead the siege on Murrayfield

Wales‘ performance against England was their best for two years – but I just couldn’t understand some of the substitutions Rob...

Jeremy Guscott: Start Te’o against Italy and utilise Daly from full-back

In an ideal world Eddie Jones would love to arrive at the 2019 World Cup in Japan with 38 players that...

Nick Cain gets an insight into the mind of England’s new midfield ace Ben Te’o

Ben Te’o and the England ‘finishers’ have got a strut in their step after making the difference in the late wins...

EXCLUSIVE: Why Maxime Mermoz left French rugby behind

The sea, the sun, the trophies, Maxime Mermoz appeared to have it all. But underneath all that glitter it was a...

Yorkshire Carnegie sign Sale’s sacked winger

Yorkshire Carnegie have signed winger Tom Arscott for the remainder of the season only a month after the wing was sacked...

My Life in Rugby: Nick Baxter – former Worcester and England Sevens wing

To be the first player to score 100 National League tries and everything else that came my way was beyond any...

Louw and Fotuali’i banned for two weeks

Francois Louw and Kahn Fotuali’i have both received two week bans after appearing before an RFU Disciplinary panel in Bristol on...

Farrell can lead Lions like Johnno says Telfer

Owen Farrell has emerged as a candidate to captain the Lions this summer according to one of the game’s most revered...

Worcester sign Jersey tighthead

Worcester have secured the signing of Jersey Reds tighthead Simon Kerrod. The 24-year-old began his career with Blue Bulls U19s and...

Newcastle Falcons sign Matavesi brothers

Newcastle Falcons’ recruitment plans for next season have advanced with the news that Fijian international Josh Matavesi and younger brother Joel...

Allinson to re-join Bath on a two-year deal

Bath have announced that scrum-half Darren Allinson has agreed a deal to re-join the Club on a two-year contract from the...

Dowson set to retire and become coach at Northampton

Phil Dowson will retire from rugby at the end of the season to take up the role of Assistant Coach with...

Edinburgh confirm Cockerill appointment

Richard Cockerill has been confirmed as head coach of Edinburgh from the start of next season. As revealed in the Fissler...

Mako Vunipola in line for England recall

Saracens prop Mako Vunipola has returned to the England camp as 28 players assembled at Pennyhill Park yesterday ahead of their...

Dream Team: Declan Cusack – Doncaster fly-half

1. Luke Cowan-Dickie – I only played with him a few times down at Plymouth Albion and he was still a...

Tainton’s rap after collapse to Tigers

BRISTOL head coach Mark Tainton ordered his strugglers to have “hard look at ourselves” after this thumping. Bristol have not won...

after seven-month injury lay-off

Until making his seasonal bow off the bench against Bath in the Anglo- Welsh Cup a fortnight ago, followed by another...

JP sentences Bristol to an eight-try lashing

Going over: Pat Cilliers scores Leicester’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images Well done, pal: Owen Williams congratulates Brendon O’Connor, left, after...

Enforcer Latu raring to be let off the leash

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park Newcastle v Northampton HAVING fought back from a career-threatening knee injury, Newcastle’s...

Kingston: One little mistake was costly

HARLEQUINS coach John Kingston is still mystified how his side managed to leave the Rec empty handed last night. “I am...

Quins suffer mauling as Bath begin to flow

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER BATH maintained their push for a playoff place by pulling away from a dogged and resilient Harlequins side...

Start Te’o against Italy and utilise Daly from full-back

In n ideal world Eddie Jones would love to arrive at the 2019 World Cup in Japan with 38 players that...

DREAMTEAM

BRENDON O’CONNOR, THE LEICESTER & FORMER BLUES OPENSIDE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Tony Woodcock...

Painful truth is Italy are just getting left behind

COLIN BOAG With two rounds gone, what have we learned so far from this year’s Six Nations? First, that the standard...

Anyone else had enough of Butler?

YET another year goes by with the BBC continuing to regard biased Eddie Butler as the best commentator for the big...

Cain’s right, sort scrum mess or risk league-style farce

NICK Cain was 100 per cent correct in his column about raising the issue of crooked feeds in the scrum and...

English backs must pay more attention

HAVINGread many extensive Wales v England match reports, I am astonished to see no analysis of Liam Williams’ try for Wales....

Trophy success is priority for one-club man Myler

By NEALE HARVEY STEPHENMyler insists personal milestones are way down his priority list as he battles to lift Northampton back to...

Crossword

ACROSS 1. Racing Metro lock given his France debut v Argentina last year (4) 3. Bath’s ex-London Irish prop with experience...

Montpellier boss must wait for Gloucester ruling

MOHEDAltrad faces a further wait to find out if his proposed takeover of Gloucester will be allowed to go ahead. The...

Cracknell battling to avoid the scrapheap

By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Fiji 7s coach Chris Cracknell fears he may have to quit rugby after failing to find work...

It’s seven heaven for Armitage with Pau

FRENCH COLUMN Life has been somewhat eventful for Steffon Armitage, the back row forward voted the finest player in Europe not...

Rhydyfelin go top in East with rivals on plate duty

SWALEC round-up NEWBRIDGE celebrated their first home league win since December 3 as they ran out 15-13 victors over Glynneath in...

Pontypool add sorry Cardiff to their Cup collection

By ROB COLE Cardiff 32 Pontypool 43 PONTYPOOL beat Llanelli in the last round and the Championship leaders added the scalp...

Llandovery bounce back as cup defence continues

By ALEX BYWATER Llandovery 27 Bargoed 5 LLANDOVERY’S impressive season continued at Church Bank as the defending WRU National Cup champions...

Prosser unlocks Neath as Keys progress to next round

By ROB COLE Cross Keys 29 Neath 10 JOSH Prosser booted Cross Keys into the quarter-finals of the WRU National Cup...

Jarvis keeps double hopes alive for the Ironmen

By RICH JONES Bedwas 14 Merthyr 25 MERTHYR remain in reach of an historic league and cup double after they outshone...

Battling Beddau edged out by Ebbw in gritty

By ELGAN ALDERMAN Beddau 3 Ebbw Vale 7 EBBW Vale had to dig deep to hold off a spirited Beddau side...

Impressive RGC march on as Ravens fall short

By JAMES CANDY Bridgend R 20 RGC 1404 31 RGC1404 have added a WRU National Cup quarter- final to their list...

Ponty scrape through despite a spirited Newport display

By TIM LEWIS Pontypridd 34 Newport 29 PONTYPRIDD resisted a red-hot Newport comeback to secure a battling victory and advance to...