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Global tournament to kick off in 2026

2 July 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON The global season is taking shape with a biennial competition featuring all 10 teams from the Six Nations and Rugby Championship set […]

Leave game alone

2 July 2023 0 comments

OH dear oh dear, World Rugby are at it again, suggesting changes to the laws to “improve” the women’s game which has improved and is […]

Lively Japan make Wales battle hard

2 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Wales………………. 41pts Tries: Hughes 17, Lloyd 41, Florence 66, Edwards 76, Bradley 77, Hennessey 80 Conversions: Edwards 18, 77, 79, Wilde 80 […]

England run in eight to leave Fiji in pieces

2 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK England ……………………. 53pts Tries: Cleaves 15, Penalty 27, Jibulu 33, Thomas 47, Thame 50, Michelow 54, Woodman 67, Fisilau 80 Conversions: Slevin […]

We need more diversity at the top

2 July 2023 0 comments

At the time of writing World Rugby boasts 132 members and affiliate nations and at the forthcoming World Cup nine of the 20 participating teams […]

Talent shines in stellar year

2 July 2023 0 comments

THE BEST XV FROM THE 2022-23 SEASON IN THE PREMIER 15s Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of the Premier 15s reporters to compile The Rugby […]

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 […]

The Low-down of the New Rugby World League Format

30 June 2023 0 comments

The world of sports as we know it is changing and new formats are being introduced to change the sporting world. First, was the rebranding […]

Top 6 Sports Complexes in the UK

29 June 2023 0 comments

Did you know the UK has the structures to hold some of the world’s biggest sports events? In fact, some of the stadiums in the […]

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 […]

France prove too strong for Japan

25 June 2023 0 comments

By TOM RILEY France ………….75 Japan ………….. 12 France ran in 11 tries to steamroll a determined Japan outfit. Les Bleuets, who lifted the trophy […]

Law-tinkerers are a danger to the game

25 June 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST THE odds on Owen Farrell travelling to the World Cup as England’s starting No.10 are even shorter than the lifespan of […]

A new trophy, same old tricks …

25 June 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT It is one thing for a populist Prime Minister to ride a wave of duplicity before crashing head-first into the rocks: if a […]

2023 – Can it change the sport of Rugby? What’s missing?

18 June 2023 0 comments

As the most celebrated event in the oval ball sport comes closer with the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, we stumble across a crucial […]

Let’s hope our new big hitter has a big impact

18 June 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Among the many social media comments on the appointment of Richard Collier-Keywood as the new chair of the Welsh […]

Who will be next on the production line?

18 June 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER The Junior World Cup makes a welcome return after a four-year hiatus next week down in South Africa and I for […]

2018 Breakthrough Player of the Year Aphiwe Dyantyi to make Sharks return

13 June 2023 0 comments

The Sharks have signed 28-year-old former World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Aphiwe Dyantyi for the upcoming URC season after more than four years […]

The wake of the Northern Hemisphere & the Rugby World Cup

13 June 2023 0 comments

The biggest celebration of the oval ball sport is here – the Rugby World Cup 2023 is just a few months away as France prepares […]

Enforce laws and game will be safer

4 June 2023 0 comments

WORLD Rugby should abandon their ‘player welfare’ platitudes and make the game safer by merely enforcing its own laws. A fortnight ago in The Rugby […]

WR has made mess of how game is played

4 June 2023 2 comments

JEFF PROBYN With the season over and the Premiership finally decided, it would be good to look back and see what we have learned from […]

Ross: Ben good enough to lead England

28 May 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Jono Ross believes Ben Curry has the ability to develop into a top-class captain for both club and country. Curry has made […]

Doughty and Fox are on the Doncaster radar

28 May 2023 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster are thought to be well down the line in their player recruitment for next season with a number of exciting […]

Let’s hope technology passes trial

28 May 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER Be careful for what you wish for! World Rugby are carrying out their promise to trial chip technology in the match […]

Trio complete an incredible journey

28 May 2023 0 comments

Ben Jaycock talks to Ed Jackson, the former Wasps forward who took up mountaineering after hurting his back. Having been forced into retirement from rugby […]

Eligibility rules have failed the Pacific Islands

21 May 2023 0 comments

THE decision of former England tighthead Henry Thomas to become a Welshman is a relatively minor example of the Test rugby ‘circus’ described by former […]

GB sevens players pondered boycott

21 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Several Great Britain Sevens players thought about refusing to participate in this weekend’s London leg of the World Series due to being […]

Wales refs fail to make the World Cup grade

14 May 2023 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to WRU head of refereeing Paul Adams about the dearth of top officials in Wales For the first time in the Rugby […]

Smith has vision to see through the fog

14 May 2023 0 comments

Wayne Smith, who secured a place in the pantheon of great coaches long before his astonishing triumph with the Black Ferns at last year’s Women’s […]

Eligibility laws that need to be changed

7 May 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent international eligibility law that allows Henry Thomas to be selected by Wales, just because he […]

Danny Wilson will take over at Glasgow Warriors

Quins set to get more out of Wilson

7 May 2023 0 comments

Harlequins could be looking to reshuffle their coaching team this summer as they want Danny Wilson, below, to have a bigger role when he arrives […]

Rugby World Cup 2023: The ultimate guide for rugby fans

1 May 2023 0 comments

The Rugby World Cup 2023 is coming to France in less than a year, and it promises to be a spectacular showcase of the best […]

Don’t change kicking rules, says Muir

30 April 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By NICK POWELL ENGLAND prop Maud Muir says that the key to improved goalkicking in the women’s game is more emphasis on coaching […]

Goalkicking needs better coaching – Muir

28 April 2023 0 comments

Red Roses prop Maud Muir says that the key to improved goalkicking in the women’s game is more emphasis on coaching the skill, not a […]

Meafou must miss out this time

16 April 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN Emmanuel Meafou is a one-man army at 6ft 8ins and 22 stone, and with that sort of physical firepower no wonder his adopted […]

Going abroad won’t make players better

16 April 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I really am getting fed up with the constant call from players wanting to have their […]

Hard to stop the drain of players going overseas

9 April 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Am I the only one thinking that Maro Itoje is living in cloud cuckoo land when […]

Series 2 Episode 12: World Rugby tournament prospects and Champions Cup Round of 16 preview

28 March 2023 0 comments

Plans for a World Rugby tournament that will culminate every two years in a grand final between the top side in the Northern and Southern […]

10-minute window to make the correct call

26 March 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN Freddie Steward’s red card being overturned by a Six Nations disciplinary panel was the right outcome because the decision to send him off […]

Most-capped player Hunter announces retirement

21 March 2023 0 comments

Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter will retire after Saturday’s Six Nations opener against Scotland, bringing to an end a 19-year playing career in the sport. […]

Series 2 Episode 11 – Ireland Grand Slam Glory with Willie John McBride

20 March 2023 0 comments

Congratulations to Ireland, who secured a deserved Grand Slam against England at on St Patrick’s day weekend – we can only imagine how the party […]

Lark sticks with Bears

19 March 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND hooker Lark Davies has signed a new contract with Bristol to stay for the 2023-24 season. The 28-year-old has been capped 44 […]

McKinney will donate his brain to science

19 March 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Stewart McKinney’s name will forever be enshrined in the Lions pantheon alongside the few whose invincibility in […]

Prop Hislop has red reduced to yellow

12 March 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA THE RFU have rescinded a red card given to Saracens prop Robin Hislop last weekend. Hislop was sent off during the Premiership defeat […]

Robshaw’s backing Watson to be a star

5 March 2023 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD Anthony Watson can run the French ragged and show Steve Borthwick he deserves to become a permanent major weapon in England’s World […]

Rugby World Cup gets close; Favourites, dark horses and the talent

2 March 2023 0 comments

Outcomes from test matches in 2022 show that predictability is no longer present. There is more freshness in the air than there was in previous […]

Sweeney more of a liability than an asset

26 February 2023 0 comments

SADLY it needs to be realised that the RFU has abandoned its frequently misused historic role as guardian of the game’s best interests. Grassroots rugby […]

WRU now the laughing stock of world rugby

19 February 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Oh, what a week that was! I felt the pain along with every other Welsh rugby lover seeing our […]

Haag joins Scotland set-up with eye on England

12 February 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Junior World Cup-winning coach Martin Haag is poised to join the Scotland Women’s team as an assistant coach. Bath legend Haag, […]

Ireland’s passion play in classic confrontation

12 February 2023 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Touts were reportedly asking €1,000 for a ticket outside the Aviva yesterday morning ahead of kick off and frankly, by the end of […]

A wonder try, one of the best ever seen in Calcutta Cup history

5 February 2023 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER And hey presto, Scotland will find themselves ranked five in the world on Monday morning when the World Rugby computer fires up and […]

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