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The tackle: Different options are available

28 January 2024 0 comments

Dafydd Jenkins’ yellow card last week for Exeter against Bayonne has caused much debate with most people agreeing that is was almost physically impossible for […]

Gallagher set for Munster return

21 January 2024 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath full-back/winger Matt Gallagher is in advanced talks with Munster about a return to Thomond Park when when his […]

Wallabies call for Schmidt

21 January 2024 0 comments

New Wallaby boss: Joe Schmidt PICTURES: Getty images FORMER Ireland boss Joe Schmidt has been appointed as Australia head coach, succeeding Eddie Jones. Schmidt’s two-year […]

Savea keen to take on Hurricanes

14 January 2024 0 comments

Former All Blacks winger Julian Savea has signed for Moana Pasifika from the Hurricanes. The World Cup winner is “looking forward to the challenge” with […]

Farrell will use NZ experience to fire up Lions

14 January 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Andy Farrell will use Ireland’s 2022 victorious tour of New Zealand as the template to guide the British & Irish Lions to […]

No hiding place in those final trials

14 January 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For some reason, the good old days have been getting a shoeing […]

The rock on which a team was built

14 January 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THOSE planning this year’s Golden Jubilee of the 1974 Lions would have considered placing six empty chairs […]

Dean’s unbeaten Knights surge on at summit

14 January 2024 0 comments

JAPAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK Saitama Wild Knights continued their rampaging start to the Japan Rugby League One season with an 81-21 demolition of Sagamihara […]

Class acts who have inspired a generation

7 January 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Jack Rowell, the man behind Bath’s “golden decade” at the back end of the amateur era, bore the mark of a […]

Borthwick puts his foot on the accelerator

7 January 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees looks at how England, without Owen Farrell at the helm, could turn into an attacking force Steve Borthwick’s England promise to look very […]

Dazzling Penaud out for a repeat

7 January 2024 0 comments

Given what they achieved throughout the old year, perhaps only Mary Earps and Pep Guardiola had reason to ring in the new one with more […]

Titcombe leads Quins to victory

7 January 2024 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD CARMARTHEN Quins’ nine-game losing streak in the league is over after they got the better of Bridgend 16-11 at the […]

All Blacks destined to regain top spot

31 December 2023 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT USED to be said in New Zealand that failure to win the World Cup endangered the government of the day. […]

Biden steals the show in RAG awards

31 December 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Contrary to common belief, rugby’s event of the year did not happen in Paris on the last […]

Farewell to these fine men of rugby

31 December 2023 0 comments

Come hell or high water, The Grim Reaper never fails to take a day off from scything through his grisly business. A sample of his […]

Proud men who graced the game

31 December 2023 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher recalls the achievements of those from across the globe that the world of rugby lost in 2023 Sydney Millar CBE (Ballymena, Ireland, Barbarians, […]

Day when the tears flowed for Devereux

24 December 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE Brewery Field in Bridgend last Wednesday night offered more than a few famous old faces in […]

Boost for Quins and Tigers as Horne gets job

17 December 2023 0 comments

BY NEIL FISSLER World Rugby high performance director Peter Horne is set to become the Australian Rugby Union’s new head of high performance, which could […]

La Rochelle beaten again as Libbok lands 81st-minute conversion

17 December 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers………..21pts Tries: Loader 52, Venter 79 Conversions: Libbok 81 Penalties: Libbok 36, 41, 44 La Rochelle……20pts Tries: Kerr-Barlow 7, Tanga 46 Conversions: […]

Millar knew how to keep ref onside

17 December 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS Dr Syd Millar was many things – Ballymena stalwart, redoubtable Ireland Test prop, successful Ireland coach and innovative rugby administrator at the dawn […]

Ryan has to wise up and show respect

17 December 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maybe one day James Ryan will find it in him to send a note of gratitude to […]

Spears turn up the heat on new boys Mie

17 December 2023 0 comments

JAPAN RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Reigning champions Kubota Spears steamrolled past Division 1 newcomers Mie Heat 75-0 to secure their first win of the season […]

Olympics causing financial headache

17 December 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The new cycle of French senior men’s rugby starts here – a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby World Cup ended, and […]

Red Roses: Ella Wyrwas

10 December 2023 0 comments

SARACENS SCRUM-HALF Birthplace: Enfield Date of Birth: 07/03/99 Community Club: Saracens Minis Red Roses Debut: 2023 vs Scotland Caps: 6 Why I Play Rugby: I […]

Super Steelers get off to strongest of starts

10 December 2023 0 comments

JAPAN RUGBYBy BEN JAYCOCK ALL Blacks Brodie Retallick and Ardie Savea each scored two tries to power the Kobe Steelers to an 80-15 thrashing of […]

John was the first to sidestep celebrity

3 December 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW OWEN Farrell’s maternal grandfather had only just begun creating the ultimate Anglo-Irish dynasty when word from the […]

Cane is on message as a Goliath

3 December 2023 0 comments

Sam Cane made sure of saying all the right things about the Japanese League on his arrival in the Land of the Rising Sun as […]

A case of third time lucky for Neville

3 December 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sport is full of sliding doors moments, and one of the […]

Cane and Kolbe link up for Japan opener

3 December 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Just over a month since the Rugby World Cup final, 14 of the players who featured in the showpiece match will suit […]

South Americans keen to build on new foundations

3 December 2023 0 comments

By JOE SANTAMARIA Now the dust has settled on the World Cup, the three South American nations will reflect upon a mixed tournament, which encompassed […]

France Gets Major Boost Ahead of Six Nations

28 November 2023 0 comments

After losing out in the quarterfinals in their home Rugby World Cup, France Rugby is about rectifying their mistakes and going for the Grand Slam […]

Quins could face fight to keep Millard

26 November 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Harlequins face a battle to keep hold of their director of rugby, Billy Millard, who has emerged as a […]

Red Roses: Jess Breach

26 November 2023 0 comments

ENGLAND AND SARACENS WINGER Birthplace: Chichester Date of Birth: 04/11/1997 Community Club: Chichester & Pulborough Club: Saracens Red Roses Debut: 2017 vs Canada Caps: 33 […]

Young Guns: Harlequins back row Louis Schmid

26 November 2023 0 comments

BY BEN JAYCOCK Following in his father’s footsteps, Lucas Schmid took up rugby as early as three and after excelling at U18s level he has […]

All Eyes on the Six Nations 2024

21 November 2023 0 comments

We’ve seen the Six Nations teams in action in France in the concluded Rugby World Cup, and based on form, it provides an early indication […]

Legends of the Oval Ball: Top 21st Century Rugby Icons

19 November 2023 0 comments

Rugby is a sport that has been around for over 200 years, and it has produced some of the most iconic athletes in the world. […]

Deacon has designs on top job…but not just yet

19 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Louis Deacon led England to the inaugural WXV 1 title in New Zealand and having had a taste for the hot seat, […]

Former England captain Phil de Glanville

Good to see Phil pick up whistle

19 November 2023 0 comments

So Phil de Glanville, an England captain in his prime and a smooth-operating sports administrator in the years since, has reached for the whistle in […]

The day that Jonah paid his £3 to play

19 November 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Aberavon Naval Rugby Football Club exists in name only, an enduring exercise in dogged survival more than […]

Unassuming Charlie, the water carrier

19 November 2023 0 comments

One of the attractions of rugby union is that it is a game which provides a refuge for the likes of Finn Russell and Charlie […]

When relegation battle was the key

19 November 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph – Wednesday is the […]

‘Back then, there were a lot of quality fly-halves’

19 November 2023 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Tony Clement: The former Wales and Swansea back talks about his life in the game Taking into account my time […]

My best XV attacking players on the planet

12 November 2023 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK THIS is a World XV from the 2023 World Cup with a difference, because its main focus of […]

Legend of the ‘Bearded Beast’ Esteve

12 November 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON FOR sheer bloodthirsty brutality, no international fixture of the last half century has come remotely close to matching France-Wales in Paris of the […]

Perfect Pollard was the key difference

5 November 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE aftermath of South Africa’s record fourth win in the World Cup final in Paris last weekend […]

Red Roses: Marlie Packer

5 November 2023 0 comments

BACK ROW, CAPTAIN Birthplace: Yeovil DOB: 02/10/1989 Community Club: Ivel Barbarians, now known as Yeovil RFC Club: Saracens Red Roses Debut: May 2008 v Sweden […]

Halfpenny prepares to bow out against Baabaas

2 November 2023 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny is set to make his final appearance for Wales, as Warren Gatland’s men prepare to take on a Barbarians side led by former […]

Venter: South Africa ‘unbelievably blessed’ in World Cup triumph

2 November 2023 0 comments

Brendan Venter feels South Africa benefitted from huge amounts of good fortune on their way to winning a fourth World Cup title, which he believes […]

Top of the world

29 October 2023 0 comments

Springboks take fourth title after epic showdown From ADAM HATHAWAY Siya Kolisi and his Springboks joined the rugby immortals as they landed back-to-back World Cups […]