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Reid: We want to build new legacy

10 March 2024 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to Bath back rower Miles Reid who wants to see the glory days return, if only to keep his dad quiet Combative […]

20 years on and little to give us any real hope

26 November 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THIS week saw the 20th anniversary celebrations of the 2003 England squad winning the World Cup for […]

Plans For The 2024 Super League Season Continue As Clubs Shake Up Their Squads

8 September 2023 0 comments

Thursday turned into a bit of a busy day again for fans of Super League Rugby sides, and with the 2023 season in full flow, […]

England will sharpen up defence – Slade

11 February 2023 0 comments

By Imogen Ainsworth Henry Slade says that the England team vow to improve their defence in the future, starting against Italy on Sunday following last […]

Billy’s the kid when it comes to resistance

23 December 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMN Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings,” says the doctor to his patient, “but you have only four minutes to […]

Dream Team with Nick Auterac

11 September 2022 0 comments

Nick Auterac, the Edinburgh prop and former Saracens, Bath, Harlequins and Northampton player, chooses the best XV he has played with and against 1. Nick […]

Jack’s living the dream at Harlequins

10 July 2022 1 comment

YOUNG GUNS JACK DOOREY-PALMER HARLEQUINS HOOKER Jack Doorey-Palmer is aiming high at Harlequins after receiving some special online tuition from England front row star Luke […]

Slammin’ Sam just won’t let story end

3 July 2022 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Three decades and a thousand miles down the road, die-hard All Blacks supporters still unfurl their “Bring Back Buck” flags in […]

It’s time to rethink a British and Irish League

23 January 2022 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The best we can say for the United Rugby Championship is that the revamped tournament is having a near-life experience: eyes […]

Latest twist in Sam Burgess saga can’t be ignored

12 September 2021 0 comments

THE controversy surrounding Sam Burgess, the Rugby League maestro who took to Rugby Union like a fish to concrete but still found his way into […]

Sorry, Conor it’s hard to find much to smile about

4 July 2021 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETTGUEST COLUMNIST There is something unnatural about writing the words “British and Irish Lions” and “social distancing” in the same sentence because there is […]

Gourdon proves big is not the best policy | Chris Hewett

11 April 2021 0 comments

Rugby’s struggles with David and Goliath statures for forwards can often by a headscratcher, writes Chris Hewett

Sam Burgess dares to win again

4 April 2021 0 comments

The ex-Bath and England centre could feature in the special forces show adapted on Australian television

Ben double as England are crowned champions

1 November 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Youngs celebrated his century of caps with a sizzling, inspirational performance in Rome that saw England secure the muchdelayed Six Nations […]

Burgess refutes allegations

4 October 2020 0 comments

FORMER England centre Sam Burgess has stepped down as South Sydney Rabbitohs assistant coach while police investigate allegations made against him. The Australian newspaper reported […]

Hewett column: Dan Leo is the Rashford figurehead rugby needs

23 June 2020 0 comments

Leo’s examinations of World Rugby’s governance, or lack thereof, can create pertinent change

Cain column: Sam Burgess gets his own back in the end

9 June 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain reacts to Sam Burgess finally giving his account of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after staying silent until last week

Ford was ‘a snake’ to me at RWC says Burgess

7 June 2020 0 comments

SAM BURGESS has called his then-Bath coach Mike Ford “a snake” and accused him of using Burgess as a pawn to play politics during England’s […]

‘I can’t respect you, I think you are a bit of a snake’ – Sam Burgess slams Mike Ford

4 June 2020 0 comments

Burgess lifts the lid on his take of what went wrong in England’s World Cup and his exit at Bath

Saints lead the chase for Fearns

8 December 2019 0 comments

LYON No.8 Carl Fearns is potentially on his way back to the Premiership. Fearns is not expected to extend his fruitful stay in the Top […]

Bogey-man Burgess is gone but not forgotten

22 September 2019 0 comments

THE ghost of Sam Burgess continues to haunt England as their former centre features on promotional posters for the World Cup. The advertisements are publicising […]

Slade wants a bigger part after 2015 frustration

19 May 2019 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE BIT-PART player at the last World Cup, Exeter’s Henry Slade is hoping to make it big in Japan with England when the […]

Burrell ‘buzzing’ to go back to League roots

24 February 2019 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE In the blood: Luther Burrell is ready to tackle a new challenge in Warrington PICTURES: Getty Images Coach: Steve Price Former Sale […]

Sam Burgess lets rip at ‘selfish players’ who cost England at the 2015 World Cup

27 November 2018 0 comments

Former England and Bath centre has his say on players who had their ‘own agendas’

Teflon Rob could have done so much more

15 October 2017 2 comments

ROB Andrew’s reputation as the Teflon man of English rugby may have taken a knock when he was sacked as the RFU’s professional rugby director, […]

DREAMTEAM

8 October 2017 1 comment

LAURENCE MAY, CORNISH PIRATES AND FORMER EXETER FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Ellis Genge –A freakishly strong bloke. […]

Cain column: Burgess effect still rumbling through Bath

15 July 2016 0 comments

By Nick Cain THE saying, “be careful what you wish for” is tailor-made for the wreckage left at the Rec after Bath’s £500,000 p.a. dalliance […]

Jeremy Guscott column: Ben Te’o comes from League but he’s not Sam Burgess Mkll

1 June 2016 0 comments

Ben Te’o is an athlete who has the presence to be an international centre, which is what he will hope to be by the end […]

Jeff Probyn column: Treating players like men helped win Grand Slam

30 March 2016 0 comments

Reflecting on last week’s Grand Slam I can’t help thinking how much the team has changed from the latter days of the Lancaster reign despite […]

Jeff Probyn column: Silence is not golden when it involves a PRL cover-up

8 January 2016 0 comments

Starting a New Year always brings a sense of hope and anticipation for sports fans as we put the failures of the past year to […]

Kevin Sinfield ‘so different’ from Sam Burgess switch

4 December 2015 0 comments

Dual code international John Bentley believes Rhinos legend will make a success of his switch to Rugby Union.

Burgess: “My heart wasn’t in it”

10 November 2015 0 comments

Sam Burgess has opened up on his time playing rugby union after his return to Australia, coming to the conclusion that his ‘heart wasn’t in […]

Sam Burgess leaves Bath with immediate effect

5 November 2015 0 comments

Sam Burgess has left Bath with immediate effect to return to the South Sydney Rabbitohs. The 26-year-old, who had two years left on a three-year […]

Nick Cain column: Big-bucks Sam Burgess short-changed by England

4 November 2015 0 comments

Sam Burgess is the swagman, that’s why it’s hard to summon huge sympathy for the way his cross-code sortie into Rugby Union has turned out, […]

Mike Ford certain Sam Burgess will stay at Bath

29 October 2015 0 comments

Bath head coach Mike Ford is 100 per cent certain Sam Burgess will not quit rugby union and return to the South Sydney Rabbitohs. There […]

Sam Burgess challenge spurs England hopeful Matt Garvey

21 October 2015 0 comments

Flanker Matt Garvey concedes that the presence of ex-Rugby League man Sam Burgess in Bath’s back-row has stymied his own international ambitions. However, the bullish […]

Jeff Probyn: column: If selection was unanimous coaches should take blame

15 October 2015 0 comments

Well that’s that, time to get out the knives and let the carnage begin, as everybody with an axe to grind bays for the blood […]

Picking Sam Burgess upset England morale blasts Gareth Chilcott

12 October 2015 0 comments

England’s obsession with Sam Burgess should cost Stuart Lancaster his job.

Jeff Probyn column: Hype surrounding Sam Burgess is biggest issue for England

8 October 2015 0 comments

Decisions, decisions, when are they right and when are they wrong? That is a question that all of England has been asking this week and […]

Peter Jackson’s verdict: Who needs Leigh Halfpenny when you’ve got Dan Biggar?

29 September 2015 0 comments

They paid £20,000,000 to be ringside at Twickenham last night, a suitably monstrous sum for a neighbourly battle billed as the Monster Bash of this […]

Shane Williams’ comment: Dan Biggar was the man and not just for his boot

29 September 2015 0 comments

What a performance and what a result. It certainly wasn’t pretty but no Welsh fan will care when England are beaten in the World Cup […]

Jeremy Guscott: Slammin’ Sam will deliver – I’d start him against Wales

23 September 2015 0 comments

The lack of big match international experience showed on Friday night and England cannot afford another performance like that in this Pool of Death. Wales […]

Nick Cain’s column: The devil’s in the detail with England’s centres

17 September 2015 0 comments

It is a tale of two England centres, one cast as a sinner, the other a saint. Manu Tuilagi is wearing the tail and horns, […]

Shane Williams’ column: Sam Burgess is a beast, but is he really ready yet?

16 September 2015 0 comments

Sam Burgess is a beast but he could also be the chink in England’s armour that Wales can exploit. England have had a decent warm-up […]

VIDEO: Sam Burgess responds to criticism

4 September 2015 0 comments

*Video courtesy of Nick Heath (@rugbymedia) for Killik Rugby.

Jeff Probyn’s column: We’re running out of time to get the scrum working

2 September 2015 0 comments

As Stuart Lancaster tears up the selectors’ hand book and does what was expected, the whole of England’s rugby community will be hoping he has […]

Jeff Probyn’s column: Two ‘big hits’ not enough to put Sam Burgess ahead of Henry Slade

26 August 2015 1 comment

Looking back at last week’s game and the England team’s performance against France at Twickenham, I have the feeling that I watched a different game […]