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ROG ends Ireland’s long wait for Slam

25 July 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here? It’s March 21, […]

EPCR draw the pools for the 2021-22 Champions Cup

21 July 2021 0 comments

A 24-team Champions Cup draw has been held, find out where Exeter, Harlequins, Sale, Bristol, Northampton, Leicester, Bath and Wasps will be travelling to

My Life in Rugby – Ashley Johnson: World Cup snub led me to Wasps

4 July 2021 1 comment

LIKE any black player growing up in South Africa, you couldn’t be mediocre, you couldn’t just be another talent, you had to excel if you […]

Heineken Cup tiers revealed ahead of pool draw

4 July 2021 2 comments

NEWS EXTRA THE ROAD to next season’s Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille will begin to be mapped out when the pool draw for the […]

Influencer Craig White’s got Sale in rhythm

13 June 2021 1 comment

SALE SHARKS are enjoying a ‘drum roll’ end to the season, with a first Premiership title in 16 years in their sights, thanks in part […]

MacGinty’s great – time his country caught up | Chris Hewett

6 June 2021 1 comment

Chris Hewett believes AJ MacGinty is in the form of his life for Sale Sharks

Athletics put me on fast track to Wales

6 June 2021 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBYTHE FORMER WALES AND CARDIFF WINGER AND GREAT BRITAIN OLYMPIC HURDLERNIGEL WALKER World class: Nigel Walker running for GB at Los Angeles Olympics in 1984IWAS born […]

Champions Cup? Now it’s taking in also-rans!

30 May 2021 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETTGUEST COLUMNIST If and when the brewing industry calls “time gentlemen please” on its financial support for the European Champions Cup – it is not […]

Dream Team: Former Ireland and Sale Sharks hooker Bernard Jackman

23 May 2021 0 comments

Bernard Jackman picks a dream XV based on the best he has played with or against

Why I always find myself rooting against the Irish

9 May 2021 0 comments

COLIN BOAG AsI watched the Champions Cup semi-final between La Rochelle and Leinster, cheering for the French team, it got me wondering why, despite having no particular […]

Lions beware those slips before lift-off

2 May 2021 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERSBRENDAN GALLAGHERA weekly look at the game’s other talking points Was it Homer or Robbie Burns – it’s usually one or the other on […]

Could fan power stop Super League in rugby? | Chris Hewett

25 April 2021 0 comments

After a bitter week in football fuelled by greed, Chris Hewett considers whether fan power in rugby bears any weight against the game’s emerging power-brokers

Stringer’s cheek gets Munster home at last

18 April 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 56 Peter Stringer scores […]

Andy Uren making waves in Harry’s absence at Bristol Bears

1 April 2021 0 comments

Uren has eased the void of England scrum-half Harry Randall to keep Bristol Bears firmly in charge at the top of the Premiership

Text-book Worsley, the tackle machine

28 March 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 53 Joe […]

Adrian can’t believe the Wales’ Euro wait goes on | Peter Jackson

28 March 2021 1 comment

Peter Jackson meets the fly-half who was key to Cardiff’s Heineken Cup push in 1996, the only Welsh region to reach the tournament finale to this day

Joe Simmonds says Exeter Chiefs won’t freeze on the big stage

28 March 2021 2 comments

Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds says the reigning champions will draw on their experiences against Toulouse and Racing 92 ahead of facing Lyon for the first time

Covid can’t keep Tuala down long

21 February 2021 0 comments

By DANIEL GALLAN Eventful season: Ahsee Tuala on the ball for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images DESPITE having played just seven games, Ahsee Tuala is having […]

Bod was so humble, unlike Prem ‘stars’

7 February 2021 2 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM DENTON Driving on: Tom Denton powers through the challenge of Fernandez Lobbe during the Premiership match between Leeds and Bath PICTURE: […]

Returning Dai eager to move Blues forward

10 January 2021 1 comment

DAI Young will return to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby following head coach John Mulvihill leaving the Welsh region. The Australian took charge […]

Leicester Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick

Exclusive: Steve Borthwick can help Leicester rediscover their mojo

8 January 2021 1 comment

Pat Howard reflects on the departure of old friend Geordan Murphy at Leicester and shares his view on the work Steve Borthwick has on his plate

Rugby Great Schools: ‘Professional’ Colston’s set the bar sky high

7 January 2021 0 comments

Colston’s conveyor belt of talent in modern rugby is quite something…

Festive fun as Henson overcomes Fearns KO | Chris Hewett

27 December 2020 1 comment

Chris Hewett offers a digest of Christmas stories to warm the cockles

Wasps’ Academy gems get another chance to shine

27 December 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Top prospect: Wasps forward Alfie Barbeary WASPS will again unleash their youthful No.8-9-10 axis of Alfie Barbeary, Will Porter and Charlie Atkinson […]

Harlequins No.8 Alex Dombrandt sheds the pounds to cash in with Eddie

26 December 2020 2 comments

Quins talisman Dombrandt, yet to be capped by England, tells Neale Harvey how he has grafted to get into Test condition

Kay: Tough ask but Quins can do it

20 December 2020 0 comments

BT Sport pundit Ben Kay previews Harlequins clash with Racing 92, and says the Premiership club have the toughest schedule in the Champions Cup pools

Lipman’s concussion diary shows the problem

13 December 2020 3 comments

JACKSON PETERTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOWBy his own admission, Michael Lipman estimates to have been knocked out 30 times over the course of a 13-year […]

Preview: London Irish must up tempo to sap Sharks power

6 December 2020 0 comments

Exiles full-back Tom Homer talks to Neale Harvey ahead of the visit of Sale Sharks to the Brentford Community Stadium on Sunday

My Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator

6 December 2020 1 comment

ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have been nurtured from a […]

High Wycombe use talent to trump cash

29 November 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT can be tough work competing against the great private, fee-paying rugby schools of the […]

My switch to prop made me a Puma

29 November 2020 2 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBYALEX MORENO THE FORMER ITALY, ARGENTINA, LEICESTER, LEEDS, AGEN, BRIVE AND PERPIGNAN PROP IWAS fortune to have some very good coaches during my time as […]

Afoa’s out to ease the memory of semi

22 November 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW…Wasps v BristolToday. Kick-off 1pm, Ricoh ArenaJOHN AFOA insists Bristol are ready for a seasonal baptism of fire at Wasps despite missing […]

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter

Rob Baxter sets out his stall as Exeter embark on defence of their double

20 November 2020 0 comments

Rob Baxter opens up on how he is driven by those who doubted his appointment at Exeter Chiefs more than a decade ago

Kirsten: Missing stars won’t stop Chiefs

15 November 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY JANNES Kirsten insists denuded Exeter will not allow Test call-ups, retirements or injuries to stand in the way of their quest for […]

Championship resumption crucial for maturing Saints

8 November 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Probyn: Eddie’s England lack control and leadership Scrum doctor: Matt Ferguson coaching Saints NORTHAMPTON scrum coach Matt Ferguson fears for the future […]

10 key moments in Exeter’s double-winning season in eyes of Rob Baxter

6 November 2020 0 comments

Rob Baxter talks to Neale Harvey on the events which showcased to him Exeter’s capabilities to win the domestic-European double

Steve Borthwick’s unrelenting energy to win could hinder Leicester in tough times, says Healey

1 November 2020 0 comments

BT Sport’s Austin Healey talks to Adam Ellis about Leicester Tigers’ new dawn under head coach Steve Borthwick

I regret not fighting for future at Exeter

25 October 2020 2 comments

FORMER PONTYPRIDD, SCARLETS, EXETER AND CARDIFF BLUES FLANKER/LOCK AND CURRENT PLYMOUTH ALBION HEAD COACH DAMIAN WELCH MY LIFEIN RUGBY Safe hands: Damian Welch wins ball […]

Uren: We know Toulon’s history, but we are the team with world-class players now

15 October 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears No.9 Andy Uren previews the Challenge Cup final and reminisces on his memories of his boyhood club

Parling: There are so many good qualities in this Wallabies pack

13 October 2020 0 comments

Wallabies forwards coach Geoff Parling discusses the most senior coaching move of his career and early impressions of Dave Rennie

Parling helps develop Wallabies’ dark side

11 October 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Wearing the coach’s hat: Geoff Parling Right: Wallaby bolter Trevor Hosea AFTER establishing his top-flight coaching credentials with the Melbourne Rebels, former […]

Glorious party amid a sea of red and white

4 October 2020 0 comments

SIMON MASON FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, ORRELL, RICHMOND, TREVISO & STADE FRANCAIS FLY-HALF MY LIFEIN RUGBY Getting the party started: Simon Mason lifts the Heineken Cup […]

Rugby Matters: Humble beginning but Heineken Cup dreamt big

1 October 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher at how the Champions Cup, or Heineken Cup, has always drawn big crowds far beyond club rugby’s norm

Humble beginning but Heineken dreamt big

27 September 2020 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO now, in this most unusual and mind-bending season, we finally have the two finalists for the 25th anniversary European Champions […]

Coffee empire can wait, I want to give my all to coaching now

27 September 2020 0 comments

RYAN LAMB ON THE RECORD Q&A Newly appointed Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb, 34, tells NEALE HARVEY how he landed his first coaching gig and […]

DREAMTEAM

20 September 2020 0 comments

ALUN WALKER, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER EDINBURGH, NOTTINGHAM AND SCOTLAND U20s HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Allan […]

Don’t forget Elton’s greatest hit, Peter

20 September 2020 2 comments

AN addition to Peter Jackson’s article regarding Scarlets European record since the 1996-97 season, in reaching seven quarter-finals and four semi-finals, all in the European […]