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Ludlam: It’s all coming together

23 July 2023 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Lewis Ludlam insists England are not behind the eight-ball heading into the World Cup despite facing a race to get up to […]

Ounsley: We want to bring home gold next time

16 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Having been forced to watch her Exeter side come up just short in the Premier 15s final, Jodie Ounsley is hoping to […]

Dubai Rugby Sevens 2023. What you need to know

10 July 2023 0 comments

Hundreds of thousands of professionals, amateurs, and spectators flocked to the UAE for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Dubai Sevens rugby players’ rally, international […]

Wade for Sevens

9 July 2023 0 comments

WHAT a coup for France – and the fans – if Antoine Dupont does sign up for next year’s Olympics team. Team GB can only […]

GB women clinch sevens spot at Paris Olympics

2 July 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON GREAT Britain’s women’s sevens team won gold at the European Games in Krakow, Poland to clinch a place at the Paris 2024 […]

GB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland

28 June 2023 0 comments

A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a silver medal for their […]

Fijians push Aussies all way

25 June 2023 0 comments

By TOM RILEY Australia …….. 46 Fiji………………….37 The Junior Wallabies laboured to an opening victory over Fiji but made life difficult for themselves and will […]

Sirker’s glad he’s moved Down Under

18 June 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Callum Sirker feels Championship players are a victim of Premiership clubs’ financial mismanagement, so decided midway through last season to leave Cornish […]

Waterman: Time to hit fifth gear

11 June 2023 0 comments

By NICK POWELL Former England star Danielle Waterman was moved by seeing a record crowd at Twickenham for the Red Roses win in the Grand […]

When I needed a helping hand…

11 June 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER You could fill a noisy bar with the journalists past and present queuing to buy David Emery a thank you drink. […]

How Ellie fell back in love with the game

4 June 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK HAVING turned away from the sport as a teenager, Sevens flyer Ellie Boatman is now revelling in the newly formed Great Britain […]

New Zealand schools side in ’93 was the best ever

21 May 2023 0 comments

The greatest national schools team ever? That debate kicked off on Twitter recently and my mind immediately went back 30 years to 1993 and interviewing […]

Fish is my kind of player – reliable and committed

14 May 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS gutted when I read that Dan Fish is going to miss Cardiff ’s Premiership semi-final clash with […]

Young Guns: Gloucester & England U20 lock Danny Eite

23 April 2023 0 comments

Danny Eite spent much of his childhood playing sevens in Qatar and has transferred those skills to the 15-a-side game with Gloucester and England U20s. […]

Rosslyn Park Sevens: U18s Cup – Harrow shine in the rain to take their first title

26 March 2023 1 comment

By NICK POWELL Harrow clinched their first-ever Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s U18s Cup title as they beat Brighton 15-10 in a memorable final. It […]

Rosslyn Park Sevens: U18s Vase – 76 years on and Rugby have reason to celebrate

26 March 2023 1 comment

Rugby School won a first title at Rosslyn Park for 76 years as they beat King’s School Macclesfield 36-12 in the final of the U18 […]

Rosslyn Park Sevens: Under 18s Girls – Cardinal Newman make their mark

26 March 2023 0 comments

It is almost unprecedented for a team to dominate at Rosslyn Park quite as much as Cardinal Newman’s U18s did, but their 258 points for […]

11 Mixed

26 March 2023 0 comments

THE U11s Mixed Festival took place on Friday, giving a new day slot for the U11s and the chance for U11 girls to get involved […]

Denstone lay down marker for National Sevens

12 March 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBYBy CAMERON STEPHENS THE Schools Cup Final takes place on Thursday as reigning champions Trinity face Oakham at Twickenham. After beating Finborough in the […]

Unbeaten Oakham book final date with Trinity

5 March 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Oakham are heading to Twickenham for the final of the U18s Schools Cup after beating Finborough 38-19 at Shelford RFC. […]

Dubai Seven Tourist Guide

2 March 2023 0 comments

Dubai Sevens is an international rugby sevens competition and event at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. The event is one of the world’s most important […]

Samuel Whitbread winners at Ipswich

19 February 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Samuel Whitbread Academy began their sevens season in style by winning the second edition of the Ipswich School 7s last […]

Gordon’s begin with a bang in Spring League

29 January 2023 3 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By ELISE HAMERSLEY The inaugural NextGenXV Spring League continued on Wednesday with a Surrey derby seeing Gordon’s secure a 38-3 victory over Reed’s. […]

Sims joins Quins as transfer business heats up

15 January 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK During a busy week of transfers in the Premier 15s, Harlequins have signed loosehead prop Hannah Sims from Bristol with immediate effect. […]

Davidson makes history in Scarlets vs Cheetahs

12 January 2023 0 comments

Scotland’s Hollie Davidson is set to lead the first ever all-female officiating team in a men’s European rugby match this Friday. The 30-year-old will be […]

Aitchison angry at northern exclusion

23 December 2022 2 comments

By IMOGEN AINSWORTH Northern girl: England star Holly Aitchison With the new structure to the Premier 15s not currently including any teams further north than […]

How baseball kept Bish on right track

18 December 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ken Poole, the head of economic development for Cardiff City Council, has […]

McKenzie on top form and enjoying life at Harlequins

18 December 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Star signing: Arabella McKenzie in action for Australia at the World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images Australia fly-half Arabella McKenzie is flourishing in […]

WRU set to send SOS to Gatland

27 November 2022 0 comments

Wayne Pivac remains adamant he will take Wales to the World Cup but the Welsh Rugby Union are lining up a sensational move to bring […]

Doddie Weir, a giant among the big men

27 November 2022 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher remembers the hugely popular Scottish and Lions forward who passed away on Saturday It was the moment we all dreaded but knew was […]

Bright eager to team up with eldest son Bailey

27 November 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Mark Bright is still playing Championship rugby at the age of 44 and has no plans to retire any time soon with […]

One hell of a shock! When a teacher helped Old Reigatians When a teacher

20 November 2022 0 comments

MOMENTINTIME OLD REIGATIANS 12 SARACENS 10 (JOHN PLAYER CUP, SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER NOT many clubs in the country can claim to have a […]

Coverage ‘a double-edged sword’

20 November 2022 0 comments

SCHOOLSRUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Millfield director of rugby and former Bath player John Mallett says his side have ‘overachieved’ so far this season but is […]

South Africa plan to tire Fiji

16 October 2022 0 comments

Preview Fiji v South Africa Today, 5.45 am STANLEY Raubenheimer has named an unchanged starting XV as he hopes his South African side can bounce […]

Cambriani sets his sights on try feast

9 October 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Ampthill’s Ben Cambriani has set a clear goal of scoring at least 20 tries this season as the free-scoring winger continues to […]

Leicester Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick

We were blown away, admits Leicester chief Borthwick

2 October 2022 0 comments

Steve Borthwick, the Leicester head coach, admitted his side had been blown away by Saracens and his old club were still the team to beat. […]

Welsh to the core, but a fine citizen of the world

18 September 2022 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Life was a magical mystery tour for Eddie Butler, usually undertaken on […]

2009 champions Wales name men’s squad for Rugby World Cup Sevens

7 September 2022 0 comments

Head coach Richie Pugh has confirmed his 12-man Wales squad for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, getting underway this Friday. Wales finished […]

Racing 92 still keen on flyer Wade

28 August 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDEBY NEIL FISSLER RACING 92 are set to decide on the future of former England winger Christian Wade, right, who has spent the […]

Australia …………….14 New Zealand ……..22

28 August 2022 0 comments

■By MICK WILSON WALLAROOS coach Jay Tregonning has set his team the goal of reaching the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals after a much improved performance […]

Rich will give Blood, sweat and tears for a faster start

28 August 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 1 Richie Williams is hoping his Cambridge side ‘can reach their full potential’ this season as they embark on a quest […]

Support for 7s ace after rare cancer diagnosis

28 August 2022 0 comments

NEWS EXTRABy NEIL HARVEY FORMER Wales Sevens player Ethan Davies has announced he has a rare form of cancer. The 28-year-old has been diagnosed with […]

Stronge aims to be the top scrum-half in his division

21 August 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Ambition: Nottingham’s Michael Stronge Michael Stronge has set a clear goal to become the best scrum-half in the Championship. The 24-year-old was […]

Sanderson’s ready to fire for Caldy

21 August 2022 0 comments

On the up: Caldy skipper Josiah Dickinson lifts the National One trophy last season Caldy are preparing for their first-ever Championship campaign and new signing […]

Omanyala enjoys golden finale after leaving Sevens

14 August 2022 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Triumph: Ferdinand Omanyala celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Commonwealth […]

Take time to polish leaders, Eddie

14 August 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS I HAVE absolutely no problem with Eddie Jones having his less than complementary say on the influence of our public schools on England […]

Williams: Some people may think I’m crazy but switch to Scarlets feels right

7 August 2022 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Gareth Williams is comfortable he has made the right decision leaving the Wales coaching team and is confident he can help fire […]

Phillips out to guide China to Olympics

7 August 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDEBY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FORMER England Sevens star Ollie Phillips has taken over as coach of the China Sevens […]

Sevens shows just how great it can be

7 August 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Occasionally, I question the value of Sevens in the bigger scheme of […]