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Premiership 2021-22 fixtures: Bristol and Saracens to kick off new season

13 July 2021 0 comments

A mouth-watering start to the new Premiership season as Premiership Rugby release 2021-22 fixtures

Crowds or not, I just focussed on the opposition | Jeff Probyn

27 June 2021 0 comments

I WAS a little puzzled when I read Danny Care and Rob Baxter’s reaction to fans being allowed back into the game, even in reduced […]

Ring-fence move must be rejected says Baron

30 May 2021 0 comments

Former RFU chief executive Francis Baron believes ring-fencing would set Premiership Rugby down a negative commercial trend

Bristol and Exeter Chiefs are on for home semi-finals

Premiership title race: Heading in to the eye of the storm

23 May 2021 0 comments

Bristol, Exeter, Harlequins and Sale are all set to contest the 2020-21 Premiership knockout stages to be crowned league champions

End salary cap and fat cats will take cream | Chris Hewett

16 May 2021 0 comments

Chris Hewett contemplates how the salary cap can be conflicted between financial fairness and rugby’s narrow corridor of frequent contenders

Ugo Monye has a big battle to end elitist stigma of rugby | Jeff Probyn

25 April 2021 0 comments

Has the shift in development from its pyramid state two years ago to Premiership-pwned academies kept rugby’s ability to reach more ethnic groups limited?

Premiership Rugby push back mid-May schedule to allow fans to attend matches

23 April 2021 1 comment

Spectators will be allowed back into sporting stadia as of Monday May 17, making Premiership Rugby move to have fixtures rescheduled

Phipps: Premiership is like big game of chess

11 April 2021 0 comments

Nick Phipps admits to being proven wrong about the misconceptions Down Under has of the Premiership

Bristol Bears full-back Charles Piutau is a marquee-designated player

Marquee men mock the salary cap principles | Nick Cain

28 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain examines the proposterous regulation of marquee players under the Premiership salary cap

Future of rugby is threated by cheap shots | Chris Hewett

28 February 2021 0 comments

MIDWAY through the blizzard of red cards that carpeted the Premiership last weekend, one of the commentators was heard to say that the clampdown on […]

Teams – Round 10: Joe Marchant to make 100th appearance for Quins

19 February 2021 0 comments

All line-ups for this weekend’s Premiership fixtures, with Bath and Gloucester kicking things off on Friday night

Clang goes gate on our great game thanks to RFU Council vote | Nick Cain

14 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on the dismantlement of English rugby union by the RFU Council’s vote to approve a moratorium on relegation to the Championship

Exclusive: BT Sport may reconsider £110m deal with Premiership

14 February 2021 0 comments

The task facing Premiership Rugby chief executive Darren Childs to keep TV broadcast partner BT Sport happy after confirmation that relegation would be scrapped

Confirmed: RFU Council votes to scrap relegation from Premiership

12 February 2021 0 comments

As revealed by TRP last month, the RFU has voted to scrap relegation from the Premiership this season

Bristol Bears lowest in Premiership charts for EQP

7 February 2021 0 comments

Recent Championship clubs such as Bristol and London Irish sit low on the percentage of England qualified players (EQP)

TV cash puts block on end of drop | Nick Cain

7 February 2021 0 comments

MONEY talks – and when there is a threat of it being withdrawn Premiership clubs and their owners listen. That is the main conclusion to […]

RFU risk the second great schism with wrong vote | Nick Cain

5 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on the significant ring-fencing vote the RFU Council will hold on Friday, and its potential to create a devastating divide in English rugby