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Alex Dombrandt in action for England against the Barbarians

England to host Barbarians at Twickenham

10 February 2022 1 comment

England will play Barbarian F.C. at Twickenham Stadium this summer. Ahead of their summer tour to Australia, Eddie Jones’ side will host the Barbarians on […]

Ollie’s England call up spurs fit-again Loader

6 February 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD THE spring is back in Ben Loader’s stride and the smile back on his face…now he aims to knock on the […]

Deano: I made Pig’s Nose of big match!

26 December 2021 0 comments

BIG Boxing Day games bring back special memories for Dean Richards who used to embrace the spirit of Christmas in every sense of the word. […]

Coly looks destined to be rival for Dupont

19 December 2021 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTONFRENCH COLUMN Depending on your point of view, the fact that France’s so-called ‘golden generation’ shows no sign of disappearing any time soon is […]

Jack’s prediction came true, just no one saw it!

28 November 2021 1 comment

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, GLOUCESTER, EXETER, ENGLAND A AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF IAN SANDERS Cross-code challenge: Ian Sanders in action for Bath against […]

Concussion forces All Black Hunt into retirement

21 November 2021 1 comment

NEW Zealand international Dillon Hunt is the latest player to announce his retirement from professional rugby due to concussion related issues.The 26-year-old said he had […]

Code-hopper Tiger Joe pushing for more caps

14 November 2021 0 comments

By PAUL REES RUGBY careers tend to be forged in academies, but not many players in the oval code have emerged from Nottingham Forest’s.Joe Heyes […]

Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua announces coaching staff for Killik Cup

20 October 2021 0 comments

Samoa’s clash against the Barbarians for the Killik Cup at Twickenham on November 27, will be from a selected team to take the field in […]

Jeeps one of many Rolls Royce players

17 October 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless home to two notable […]

Patriot Mobbs raised his own army

17 October 2021 0 comments

EDGAR Mobbs might be a rugby name that is recognised and honoured to this day but as a schoolboy he failed to make the Bedford […]

Quinnell’s All Black hat-trick is still supreme | Peter Jackson

26 September 2021 0 comments

When it comes to Welshmen performing hat-tricks on the international stage, Tommy Cooper could claim to have outscored John Charles, Ian Rush and Gareth Bale […]

Old Deer Park waits for the Bennett thunderclap

12 September 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 76 Phil […]

Rennie to coach the Baa-baas

12 September 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS AUSTRALIA head coach Dave Rennie and Wales assistant coach Jonathan Humphreys will take charge of the Barbarians against Samoa at Twickenham on November […]

Aussie agents in hot pursuit of Luke Cowan-Dickie

5 September 2021 0 comments

LUKE Cowan-Dickie is on the radar of Australian NRL clubs after Eddie Jones said the Exeter hooker would make a fantastic Rugby League prop forward. […]

Forthcoming fixtures

5 September 2021 0 comments

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Weekend beginning Friday September 10, 2021FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 MIDLANDS DIVISIONMidlands 1 EastWest Bridgford […]

DREAM TEAM

5 September 2021 0 comments

TOM PALMER, THE FORMER ENGLAND, LEEDS, WASPS & GLOUCESTER LOCK AND CURRENT VANNES FORWARDS COACH CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST […]

Baa-Baas women to follow men at Twickers

29 August 2021 0 comments

BARBARIAN Women are set to play South Africa at Twickenham in a doubleheader with the men on November 27. It will be the first time […]

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

22 August 2021 3 comments

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LYDIA THOMPSON THIS WEEK… WORCESTER WINGER Winger Lydia Thompson has played her se- nior […]

Lions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs

15 August 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYNA FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a loss that’s still hard to […]

Lion king Tony learnt how to be a winner by losing at Belvo

15 August 2021 0 comments

IT’S a close-run thing but Belvo’s most famous rugby alumni is probably still Sir Anthony O’Reilly.O’Reilly was a staggering schoolboy talent who made his Ireland […]

Worcester Warriors prop Nick Schonert has signed for Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks confirm Nick Schonert switch from Worcester

30 July 2021 1 comment

As revealed by TRP back in April, the tighthead is on his way to the AJ Bell Stadium

France are suffering a recurring nightmare | James Harrington

11 July 2021 0 comments

A tough loss for France to deal with in Brisbane – but they’ve been here before, writes James Harrington

Harlequins ace Alex Dombrandt steps up defence for Eddie

20 June 2021 0 comments

Dombrandt isn’t interested in resting up from Harlequins’ play-off run as he goes in search of a first England Test cap

Wasps wing Josh Bassett has been called up to the England squad

Eddie calls back as Josh Bassett hits 150 for Wasps

13 June 2021 0 comments

JOSH BASSETT is set to become the oldest England winger to make his Test debut for 70 years after getting a surprise call-up from Eddie […]

My Life in Rugby – Craig Hammond: ‘Robin Hood’ rides to Nottingham’s call

13 June 2021 2 comments

I ONLY ever intended to go to Nottingham for six months back in 2001 and I ended up staying for a dozen or so years. […]

The Best All Blacks Wingers of All Time

12 June 2021 1 comment

New Zealand has been famous for many years, for producing some of the best rugby players of all time. This doesn’t even apply to a […]

Siya Kolisi key to uniting Boks in time says Delport

9 May 2021 0 comments

Springboks will be ready to hit full speed against the Lions, says Thinus Delport

London Irish want to take Ben White away from Leicester Tigers

2 May 2021 0 comments

The Exiles are on the lookout for a new scrum-half after Ben Meehan’s exit was confirmed this week

I wouldn’t play rugby now, outside-halves have to tackle!

2 May 2021 2 comments

PAUL REES talks to Lions great Barry John on the 50th anniversary of his star role in New Zealand Fifty years ago this week, the […]

Who is really to blame for player release furore?

2 May 2021 0 comments

I AM always fascinated by the furore that now precedes Lions tours and I always come back to the all-pervading influence professionalism has had on […]

DREAM TEAM

2 May 2021 0 comments

ROB HARDWICK, THE FORMER ENGLAND, COVENTRY, LONDON IRISH & LA ROCHELLE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Christian Califano – […]

Hope the Lions do John Dawes proud | Shane Williams

18 April 2021 1 comment

I’D LIKE to send my condolences to the family of John Dawes after the sad news of his death. John was a Welsh rugby legend. […]

Baa-baas out of lockdown ahead of Samoa date | Peter Jackson

18 April 2021 1 comment

THE charisma of the Barbarians is alive and well, none the worse for long months of lockdown. Tickets for the touring club’s Killik Cup match […]

Enjoy the game was John Dawes’ golden rule

18 April 2021 0 comments

A striking captain whose nerve held up in the chaos of a frantic Test match, Peter Jackson pays tribute to John Dawes

Genia blown away by O’Connor transformation

11 April 2021 2 comments

Mature: James O’ConnorFORMER Wallaby scrumhalf Will Genia has taken a lot of pleasure in watching James O’Connor come back from his dark days of drugs […]

Dad’s Army given the hurry up in America

28 March 2021 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS IS it me or is there a delicious irony over in the USA where the always innovative MLR has introduced a raft of […]

Halaholo: ‘I was involved in heavy drinking and in my last year at high school I had my daughter’

11 March 2021 1 comment

Halaholo opens up on the trials of his youth on the rough side of Auckland, his dark past with the bottle, and his salvation being the birth of his daughter

Lam’s ‘kick up backside’ made Sheedy Wales’ star

7 March 2021 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY In control: Callum Sheedy dictates play against England in Cardiff Inset, Pat LamPICTURES: Getty ImagesMODEST Wales hero Callum Sheedy believes he would […]

Clifton’s hackers caused public school stand-off

7 March 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALTHOUGH Clifton will reluctantly concede that the annual game between Edinburgh academy and Merchiston Castle, […]

Looks like it’s UK this summer for the Lions

28 February 2021 3 comments

THE Lions are finalising plans for a groundbreaking British and Irish tour this summer which could run to as many as eight matches. A final […]

World Cup win left me totally shattered

28 February 2021 1 comment

MY LIFE IN RUGBYTHE FORMER SOUTH AFRICA, LIONS AND LEEDS TYKES CENTREJAPIE MULDER My uncle, Boet Muller, was a Springbok on the 1965 tour to New Zealand, […]

Dream Team: Exeter Chiefs and Wales wing Alex Cuthbert

21 February 2021 1 comment

The British & Irish Lions tour winner of 2013 selects a star line-up based on the best he has played with or against

John Pullin tribute: A man of honour and player of steel

7 February 2021 0 comments

John Pullin, one of the greatest hookers of his era, and England captain died this week, aged 79

RUSSELL EARNSHAW

24 January 2021 1 comment

MY LIFEIN RUGBY Rotherham had real identity – unlike Bath THE FORMER BATH, ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER AND BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL FLANKER Professional times: Russell Earnshaw playing […]

Gaskell’s just loving fun side of Wasps

17 January 2021 0 comments

WASPS workhorse James Gaskell is enjoying his rugby more than at any stage of his career and aims to finish his playing days with the […]

Ruan Ackermann pledges allegiance to England and Gloucester

7 January 2021 3 comments

The Gloucester No.8 explains why Kingsholm is home, and why there was no rush to return to South Africa nor follow dad, Johan, to Japan

RFU sanctions 13 Barbarians for bubble breach at London pub

8 December 2020 0 comments

The RFU has sanctioned the players culpable in October’s England versus Barbarians match being cancelled

Loader looks to build rock solid case

29 November 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Hot-stepper: London Irish wing Ben LoaderPICTURE: Getty ImagesINSPIRED by the dazzling deeds of England’s Jonny May, hot-stepping London Irish winger Ben Loader […]

St Joseph’s victory is Hampton reward

22 November 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools EVERY School faces their own challenges and at Hampton, for the First XV, it is […]