All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWarriors swap for Shark Richie Vernon
Richie Vernon will leave Sale at the end of the season and return to the Glasgow Warriors after signing a three-year...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Harry Sloan – Harlequins and England U20 centre
A year ago Harry Sloan was battling hard to earn a contract at Harlequins – fast-forward 12 months and he has...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: George Chuter – Leicester hooker
How’s Leicester‘s season looking? We’ve not fired on all cylinders yet but we’re in the Heineken quarters and putting ourselves in...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoJoe Carlisle joins London Wasps
As rumoured for a number of weeks now, Worcester Warriors fly-half Joe Carlisle will be wearing the London Wasps jersey next...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoNew contracts for Sharks Miller and Braid
Rob Miller and Dan Braid have signed new contracts with Premiership Sale Sharks, it was announced today. Last year Premiership top...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Geordan Murphy – Leicester and former Lions and Ireland full-back
It doesn’t get much more nerve-wracking than standing under the posts as Stephen Jones takes a kick to deny you the...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoStephen Myler remains a Saint
Stephen Myler has put pen to paper and will carry on with Northampton for the foreseeable future. Myler has been with...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoKearnan Myall signs for London Wasps
As revealed by Neil Fissler recently, London Wasps have secured the signing of Kearnan Myall for next season. Despite a difficult...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPremiership Try of the Week: Round 15
After Jonny may last week, this week’s Premiership Try of the Week goes to another flyer and May’s opponent on Sunday Christian Wade....
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoExeter signs Gloucester’s Dave Lewis
Dave Lewis will be donning the colours of Exeter Chiefs next season after he agreed a move from Aviva Premiership rivals...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoEngland on agenda if Sale survive says Danny Cirpiani
Danny Cipriani believes his rollercoaster season could yet culminate in a call-up for England‘s tour of Argentina – if he can...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: James Hudson – Newcastle and former Bath, London Irish and England Saxons lock
1. Jonny Golding – The first of a pair of surfing props. Jonny is a great aggressive scrummager for us at...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoJames Scaysbrook remains a Chief
James Scaysbrook has ended rumours about a move to Leicester by agreeing a new two-year deal with Exeter. The openside flanker...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoCaptain Dean Schofield wants a halt to Worcester exodus
Dean Schofield has spoken of the need for Worcester to keep their homegrown players at the club if they want to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoAlex King can help Northampton Saints be kings of England
Alex King is the man to end Northampton‘s reputation as the nearly men of English rugby, according to two men who...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSaints sign Wallaby prop Salesi Ma’afu
Northampton Saints today announced the capture of Australian international prop Salesi Ma’afu for next season. The 6ft, 126kg, tight-head Ma’afu, who...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoAll-English LV=Cup semi-finals as Harlequins beat Ospreys
Premiership Champions Harlequins claimed a 16-12 win over Pro12 champions Ospreys yesterday meaning there will be no Welsh representative in this...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoLead out Harlequins at The Stoop against Leicester
Etihad Airways, Harlequins Main Sponsor, are offering ONE lucky youngster the chance to lead out the AVIVA Premiership Champions when they...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Kieran Low – London Irish lock
Kieran Low credits forwards coach Glenn Delaney for turning him into the Exiles’ commander-in-chief at the lineout. The work of New...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Tiger tanks needed to halt the Toulouse titans
For a club the size of Leicester Tigers going another season without the Heineken Cup up for grabs has to be...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Carl Hogg – former Scotland and Melrose back-row
Scotland had won the Grand Slam in 1990 and the side that travelled to Australia for the Test series in 1992...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoHarlequins confirm Paul Doran-Jones signing
Harlequins confirmed today they have secured the services of Northampton prop Paul Doran-Jones for the next two seasons. A we revealed...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoLondon Welsh sign Puma Gonzalo Tiesi
London Welsh have strengthened their options at centre with the signing Argentina‘s Gonzalo Tiesi. The 27-year-old, who enjoyed spells with London...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Jon Mills – London Welsh captain
1. Decorative cushions My wife insists on them because she says it makes our place look pretty, but to me they...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Steve Uren – Bristol flanker
Record-breaking Steve Uren is already the talk of Bristol, having become their youngest league player last season, and the 18-year-old claims...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Twelvetrees could be England’s missing link
Selecting Billy Twelvetrees for his EPS squad is a smart move by Stuart Lancaster because he’s selecting on form plus Twelvetrees...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNorthampton Saints sign Kahn Fotuali’i
Northampton Saints have secured the services of one of Europe’s hottest property as they announced the arrival of Samoan scrum-half Kahn...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Soul of London Irish has been ripped out
In sport you get so many highs and lows, and the great thing is its unpredictability. Given the great year of...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Matt Hopper – Harlequins centre
Enjoy finishing 2012 in front of 82,000 at HQ? Fantastic! There was lots of hype and playing at Twickenham is brilliant. ...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Suddenly the England scrum is Gr-eight again
There were not many No.8 options for England at the start of last season, and it had become another problem position....
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRob Baxter and Toby Booth could be called up by England
Rob Baxter and Toby Booth could be helping England in the summer if Stuart Lancaster gets his way. The England head...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Diprose – former England Quins and Saracens No.8
Standing in front of nearly 30,000 Australians and having to speak after we had just lost 76-0 was a hugely tough...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoTom Varndell commits to Wasps
Prolific try-scoring winger Tom Varndell has committed his future to London Wasps, signing a new contract extension this week. Premiership leading...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWasps did everything to keep Vunipola
Director of Rugby Dai Young revealed London Wasps did everything they could to keep Billy Vunipola at the club but “pressure...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Lewis Moody – former Leicester, Bath, England and Lions flanker
Sitting on the bench in the World Cup final in 2003 I found myself for the first time ever starting to...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoMont-de Marsan v London Irish teams
Shane Geraghty will captain London Irish tonight when they come up against Mont-de-Marsan in the fifth round of the Amlin Challenge...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLet us help get the refs up to speed, say top clubs
Premiership Rugby want to play a more active role in the recruitment and training of referees in future. At present the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: There’s hope, despair and the road to redemption
Now the end of the year approaches, we can reflect on the first half of the season and look forward to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoDavid Ellis – “I can turn Danny Cipriani back into an England star”
Defence coach Dave Ellis says he can help Danny Cipriani get back into the England side. Gifted Sale Sharks playmaker Cipriani...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoToby Flood cleared of tip-tackle charges
Toby Flood will be available to face the Ospreys on Sunday in the Heineken Cup after being cleared of a tip-tackle...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoNeil Briggs banned for three weeks
Neil Briggs has received a three-week suspension and will miss the Exiles’ remaining Amlin and LV Cup games in coming weeks....
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Featured
/ 13 years agoJoel Tomkins states his case for England defence
The defensive prowess of Joel Tomkins makes him a genuine contender for an England call-up, says Saracens team-mate Dave Strettle. With...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Dean Richards about his remarkable return to rugby
Dean Richards has no peers in the English club game when it comes to building champion teams, and he is at...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Will Hooley – Northampton fly-half
As a young fly-half there aren’t many better mentors to learn from than Jonny Wilkinson – so Northampton‘s Will Hooley admits...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Jordan Crane – Leicester No.8
Pleased with your season so far? It’s been tough coming back from a long injury but it’s going OK. It’s great...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Toulon are a triumph for French TV as well
The most startling statistic to come out of Round 4 of the Heineken Cup was not so much Toulon‘s nine try,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: No guarantee that artificial pitches will boost scrum
Some time ago I wrote about my doubts concerning Saracens‘ ambitions to play on an artificial pitch and whether it would...
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Featured
/ 13 years ago“England can’t ignore me forever” – London Wasps Tom Varndell
Premiership top-try scorer Tom Varndell says he has unfinished business with England and is desperate to had to his four caps....
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Wales may rue Gatland snub for Edwards
Shaun Edwards spent the week keeping a profile low enough as to be positively subterranean over Warren Gatland’s decision to make...
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TRP Live
/ 13 years agoLive: Wasps v Sale
Live running commentary from our man Nick Verdier as London Wasps take on Sale in the eleventh round of the Aviva...












