Search results for "lions"
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames Haskell to join Northampton on a one year deal
England international becomes seventh signing to join Saints ahead of 2018/19 campaign
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSurprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops
JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I...
-
-
Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGreatest? No way, but Hartley had his moments
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones is not averse to stirring the pot, and he did so...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoKidney ‘will revive Irish spirit’
By NEALE HARVEY DONNCHA O’Callaghan says Declan Kidney is the ideal man to revive London Irish after revealing how the head...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoGeorge will need to get defence up to speed
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS I WAS surprised and delighted in equal measure to see Warren Gatland reveal George North...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoHowley: It’s a 31-man trial for the World Cup
By ROB COLE ROB Howley believes Wales have the perfect age profile to achieve World Cup success. The ultimate target for...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s become the voice of confusion
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE THINKING BEHIND EDDIE JONES’ TOUR SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA IF Eddie Jones is as successful at...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoDemolition job at Quins puts Chiefs in pole
Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for next week’s Premiership semi-finals … and picks his winners WE may have purred at many...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoMoyle confident Ma’asi factor will entice new talent
By NEALE HARVEY PETERBOROUGH Lions rugby director Simon Moyle believes his club’s bold ambition to reach National One will halt the...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStunning comeback puts Crusaders top
By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...
-
Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Straight-talking Johan Ackermann has Gloucester on track
Nick Cain writes how Ackermann's arrival has been timed perfectly with the breakout seasons by Jake Polledri and Lewis Ludlow
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Rhys Thomas’ plight puts injury into perspective
By Peter Jackson Rhys Thomas began the season waiting for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSharks CEO Gary Teichmann plays down following Southern Kings and Cheetahs to PRO14
Former Springbok wants to bring the challenge to New Zealand's dominance in Super Rugby rather than be lured by the money...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoStraight-talking Johann has Gloucester on track
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHANN Ackermann has steered Gloucester out of their lengthy spell in the doldrums...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoON THE BLING SIDE
Bath set to confirm Cokanasiga deal BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Bath-bound: Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga BATH are...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoLittle big man Teddy holds the key to block Leinster
Brains trust: Stuart Lancaster WHO is Teddy Iribaren? What is for sure is that if Leinster do not know the answer...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoThomas’ plight puts injuries into perspective
Welsh warrior: Rhys Thomas Rhys Thomas began the season waiting for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham....
-
Features
/ 8 years agoDerby side Melbourne to appeal relegation
NEWS EXTRA MELBOURNE RFC have been relegated despite getting the vital point they thought they needed to avoid the drop. Melbourne’s...
-
National Leagues
/ 8 years agoMeredith strikes at the death to clinch Lucs win
■By ROSS BARNETT Leicester Lions 21 Luctonians…22 LUCTONIANS overturned an eight-point deficit at half-time to defeat Leicester Lions. Charles Meredith grabbed...
-
National Leagues
/ 8 years agoTHIS WEEK’S AWARDS…
Try of the week: Danny Cipriani is in the kind of form that makes it impossible for Eddie Jones to ignore...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS AND NORTHAMPTON HOOKER JOHN OLVER This week we celebrated the 30th anniversary of Harlequins’ 28-22 victory over...
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former England and Wasps lock Tom Palmer
My 19-year, 450-game professional career began in 1998 with Leeds Tykes, who were then playing in the Allied Dunbar Premiership 2....
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoSchalk Brits feature: Erasmus will fire the Springboks and gear them up for the World Cup
Saracens legend Schalk Brits talks about how the new Boks chief can win the challenges facing South Africa by holding dual-roles...
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoDanielle Waterman: England’s World Cup winner retires from Test rugby
England World Cup winner calls time on her Red Roses career
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNick Phipps fined for urinating on bar at Sydney club
Wallabies international apologies and says he was a 'bloody idiot'
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoJubilant Jaguares stun Blues in Auckland
By SAM JACKSON Close to tears: Nicolas Sanchez and Javier Ortega Desio celebrate the Jaguares’ victory over the Blues PICTURE: Getty...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoShields must prove he’s better than Prem rivals
Coming ‘home’: Brad Shields will play for Wasps next season COLIN BOAG All the talk of Brad Shields being chosen for...
-
Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGatland on RFU radar to take over from Eddie
By NICK CAIN Bragging rights: Tom Homer finishes his 60 metre run to score Bath’s fourth try in the derby win...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoNothing Super about a closed-shop format
THE word from South Africa is that Super Rugby is dying on its feet. This sends an unequivocal message to the...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoBilly’s back to help Sarries secure home semi-final
By NEALE HARVEY Target: Michael Rhodes ENGLAND No.8 Billy Vunipola returns for Saracens as back rower Michael Rhodes aims to throw...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoBrilliant Biggar gets the drop on his Cardiff rivals
By STEFFAN THOMAS Star man: Dan Biggar OSPREYS captain Alun Wyn Jones praised the performance of Dan Biggar as the Wales...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoGeorge can bring good times back to Ospreys
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IT’S BEEN a fantastic week for the Ospreys, and one thing is for sure –...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoSpare some thought for Gatland’s Forgotten 4
WE are constantly told that it’s a 23 man game these days but that principle appears to have been sidestepped this...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoErasmus will fire the Boks and gear them up for World Cup
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SHALK BRITS ABOUT SARACENS AND THAT ENGLAND TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA NTERVIEW World class: Billy Vunipola SCHALK...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoEagles hero eyes move into pro wrestling
By SAM JACKSON FORMER USA Eagles captain Todd Clever could switch from rugby to join the WWE. The most capped player...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoIt was a long old wait for Test lift-off
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM PALMER FORMER ENGLAND SECOND ROW Pinnacle: Tom Palmer playing for England in the 2012 Six Nations PICTURE:...
-
Features
/ 8 years agoO’Connor brought a hint of terror to his writing
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND had fallen to an abject home defeat in the early Seventies when the coach, captain...
-
Featured
/ 8 years agoTake Chris Ashton to South Africa, Dallaglio urges Eddie Jones
Chris Ashton has been on hot form for Toulon in the Top 14 this season
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGeorge North to return to Welsh rugby with Ospreys
George North to return to Wales with the Ospreys next season
-
Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Yes, I’d let Brad Shields face the Boks, Eddie needs him!
Jeremy Guscott argues the Hurricanes flanker is the right man at the right time for England ahead of the tour to...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSharks grab SA bragging rights with Du Toit’s try
By SAMUEL JACKSON Breaking through: Sharks’ prop Thomas du Toit PICTURE: Getty Images BURLY prop Thomas du Toit crashed over for...
-
National League 2N
/ 8 years agoWin takes Sale within reach of league title
By HARRY EVERETT Sale……………………45pts Huddersfield ……10pts SALE are just one win away from promotion to National One but director of rugby...
-
National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMellor at the double for clinical Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T .23 Leicester L ….10 TWO tries from Tigers wingman Greg Mellor firmly ensured National 2 North...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoArm injury forces Rob to quit
NORTHAMPTON and Australia centre Rob Horne has been forced to retire after suffering life-changing nerve damage to his right arm during...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFour sent off in Brum’s win at Scunny
Midlands Premier FOUR players were sent off following a 30-man melee in Birmingham and Solihull’s 31-26 triumph at Scunthorpe. The ruckus...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRelegation battle going down to wire
South West Premier THE FIGHT for survival in the National League 3 South West Premier is going down to the final...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFeehan retires after 16 years of progress
RUGBY SHORTS JOHN Feehan has stepped down from his role as CEO of Six Nations and British & Irish Lions with...
-
Latest News
/ 8 years agoKruis aims to take control for rest of season
Targets: George Kruis SARACENS enforcer George Kruis aims to end an “up and down” season by bagging a Premiership title and...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRenegade Goosen pops up to irk Racing
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Controversial character: Johan Goosen is joining Montpellier next season PICTURE: Getty Images Racing bosses got more than...
International Rugby
Six Nations 2026 preview: Ireland meet an improving Wales side in Dublin
International Rugby
Six Nations 2026 preview: Italy know they can make history against England
Features
OSCAR WILSON
BUCS Super Rugby
Cardiff Met’s Gus Patterson on becoming Bridgend’s next rugby star
The best betting sites
