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Premiership Rugby extends free-to-air TV deal with ITV
Premiership Rugby and ITV have agreed a two-year extension to the rights deal which sees seven Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches, including the Final, broadcast free-to-air. […]
Finance Report reveals dark side to the Premiership
By James Orpin With the exciting start to the Gallagher Premiership, the new Leonard Curtis finance report showed the dark side to the game that […]
Scott Sio: Lions are in for a shock
By Mark Stevens Scott Sio is backing the Wallabies to give the Lions a fright next summer after their recent upturn under Joe Schmidt. They […]
Two matches, two defeats but Steve Diamond keeping the faith
By Ben Jaycock Harlequins ran in four tries yesterday to condemn Newcastle Falcons to a 28-14 defeat at The Stoop – their 23rd straight Premiership […]
Chris Holland submits Worcester Warriors plans
Worcester Warriors owner Chris Holland has submitted plans to redevelop the wound-up former Premiership club’s Sixways home with a commitment to “return Warriors to professional […]
Joe El-Abd steps up to replace Felix Jones as England defence coach
By Sam Jackson Oyonnax head coach Joe El-Abd has been appointed England’s defence coach, replacing Irishman Felix Jones. Former Bristol flanker El-Abd, 44, will start […]
Top four finish is our goal – Harry Randall
By Ben Jaycock Harry Randall feels Bristol Bears can go one step further this year and secure a play-off place which may put the scrum-half […]
Martin Offiah backing his boy to hit the heights
By Ross Heppenstall Tyler Offiah has been backed to make his senior debut for Bath this season – by his try-scoring legend father Martin. Tyler,18, […]
Juarno Augustus: I fight to stop feeling sick
By Jon Newcombe Saints fans’ favourite Juarno Augustus leaves nothing in the tank on the pitch and is close to emptying his stomach off it […]
Val Rapava-Ruskin adds to Gloucester’s injury problems
By Ben Jaycock George Skivington has been dealt a major early season blow as he looks to right the wrongs of the past few seasons […]
Andy Onyeama-Christie’s happy to step up to the plate
By Adam Hathaway Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall has revealed how Scotland flanker Andy Onyeama-Christie has helped fill the leadership void left by Owen […]
Iwan Stephens enjoying life with Cardiff
By Simon Thomas Growing up, rugby league was very much the sporting love for Iwan Stephens, with his heroes being the likes of Kevin Sinfield […]
Championship crowds are still too low
With all the talk about the RFUs treatment of the Championship there never seems to be any real analysis of the strength of these clubs […]
That’s not what I call a good idea ITV
Brilliant idea ITV! Put your freeview Premiership highlights programme on an obscure channel. Schedule it for a Wednesday lunchtime. Replace Flats and Topsy’s amusing, insightful […]
Sam Dugdale intent on proving his worth
By Ben Jaycock Dogged back row Sam Dugdale is determined to build his legacy in the game on the unseen, hard work which complements the […]
Dream Team – Nathan Williams
NATHAN WILLIAMS, THE FORMER SCARLETS, CARMARTHEN QUINS, MOSELEY, DRAGONS & WALES U21 PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… Front Row […]
England should be aiming for treble top in the Autumn Internationals
By Jeremy Guscott – Outspoken and unmissable, every week… The autumn internationals against the traditional southern hemisphere big three, and Japan, are next on England’s […]
Alex Lozowski puts the boot into Sale Sharks
By Adam Hathaway Saracens …………………….. 45pts Tries: Elliott 52, Daly 63, 80+5; George 70 Conversions: Lozowski 53, 80+6 Penalties: Lozowski 10, 27, 36, 43, 46, […]
Concern over George Ford as he waits for scan on thigh
Sale medics revealed George Ford was taken off to prevent further damage after his thigh injury and are waiting nervously on scan results. Fly-half Ford, […]
New-look Northampton Saints still have what it takes
By Rob Wildman Northampton Saints ……30pts Tries: Coles 9, Munga 45, Hutchinson 49 Conversions: Smith 9, 45, 49 Penalties: Smith 10, 29 Drop goal: Smith […]
Phil Dowson relieved to get over line
Northampton boss Phil Dowson said “relief ” was his biggest feeling after Exeter had fought back to give Saints a late scare. He praised man-of-the-match […]
Newcastle Falcons show spirit but Harlequins do enough
By Brendan Gallagher Harlequins ………………….. 28pts Tries: Jibulu 15, Evans 24, Halfpenny 31, Porter 41 Conversions: Smith 16, 25, 32, 42 Newcastle Falcons ……..14pts Tries: […]
We were patchy, admits Danny Wilson
Harlequins director of rugby Danny Wilson admitted that his side were patchy. He said: “First 20 minutes we weren’t good. We didn’t get out of […]
Christian Wade rolls back the years with hat-trick
By Roger Panting Bristol Bears ………………..41pts Tries: Ibitoye 1, Naulago 39, Randall 50, Malins 64, 68; Lane 72 Conversions: MacGinty 1, 50, 64, 68 Penalties: […]
Attacking approach suits us – George Skivington
After last season’s disappointing campaign, Gloucester head coach George Skivington explained the improvement. He said: “Going into last season, we were a tough side but […]
Captaining Leicester Tigers is an honour – Ollie Chessum
By Mark Stevens Match Preview – Leicester Tigers v Bath It was quite the comeback for Ollie Chessum, not just personally, but collectively, as Leicester […]
Johann Van Graan backing Will Butt to take his chance in the centre
By Jon Newcombe Johann Van Graan has given Will Butt’s value to Bath a ringing endorsement after handing the 24-year-old back-to-back Premiership starts at centre […]
Minimum standards criteria must apply to all
By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week Do title-chasing Bath – and other top tier clubs – meet the Premiership’s own ground […]
Debts pushing game towards cliff-edge
The measure of how much rugby union in England depends on the international game was laid bare this week. It arrived in the form of […]
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Fiji deserve to play with best in world
By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed Every underdog has its day, as Daniel Dubois reminded us in knocking an entire cathedral’s worth of bells out […]
Why Lions should go to South America
Rugby soothsayers have been known to be wrong – precisely none of them foretold that Argentina would beat all three SANZAAR teams in this year’s […]
Ben Thomas leads the charge for Cardiff
By Simon Thomas Scarlets ………….. 15pts Tries: Page 1, Plumtree 11 Conversion: Costelow 2 Penalty: Costelow 5 Cardiff ……………. 24pts Tries: Belcher 18, Grady 21, […]
Dan Edwards finds his feet to lead Ospreys home
By Roger Panting Ospreys ………….37pts Tries: Morgan 25, Morgan-Williams 48, Edwards 64, Penalty 79 Conversions: Edwards 25, 48, 64 Penalties: Edwards 8, 38 Drop goal: […]
Sean Everitt: Accuracy is letting us down
By Phil Evans Bulls …………….22 Edinburgh ……. 16 Jaco van der Walt put in a pivotal performance against his former side as the Bulls opened […]
Leinster take control to put Dragons in their place
By Simon Thomas Leinster ……….. 34pts Tries: Conan 18, R Byrne 38, Deegan 47, J McCarthy 64, Larmour 69, King 81 Conversions: R Byrne 48, […]
Lions on song to subdue Ulster
By Sam Jackson Lions …………….35 Ulster…………….22 The Lions grabbed a bonus point win to kick off their season in front of an almost empty Ellis […]
Zebre stun Munster with almighty comeback win
By James Lyons Zebre, beaten in all 20 previous games by Munster, pulled off one of the biggest shocks in URC history by staging an […]
Connacht launch incredible second half comeback to down the Sharks
By Matt Couch Connacht overturned a 20-point half-time deficit to clinch a five-try victory to go third in the table. First Half They dominated the […]
Glasgow Warriors get back in the groove
By Luke Jarmyn Glasgow ……… 42 Benetton………. 10 Captain Kyle Steyn scored two tries as champions Glasgow bounced back from last week’s defeat to Ulster […]
Last-gasp Rob Farrar goes over to steal it for Ealing Trailfinders
By Mike Sinclair C Pirates ………. 24pts Tries: Wedlake 39, Penalty 46, Price-Thomas 72 Conversions: Houston 39, Jenkins 72 Penalties: Houston 39 Ealing T ………….29pts […]
Ampthill take their time to get things in right order
By Ben White Ampthill ……….. 31pts Tries: Hall 13, 47; Eke 26, Jackson 55, Hallett 64 Conversions: Barton 14, 48; Mitchell 65 Chinnor ………….29pts Tries: […]
Jimmy Martin flies in to make certain for Coventry
By Paul Smith Coventry ……………………… 45pts Tries: Kvesic 2, Martin 13, 18; Hinkley 26, Penalty 48, Hutler 68, 78 Conversions: Richman 2, 18, 68, 78 […]
Harry Bazalgette steps up to snatch late win for Hartpury
By Luke Jarmyn Hartpury ……….. 34pts Tries: Hunt 19, 39, 46; Austin 22, Lemon 33 Conversions: Bazalgette 20, 34, 47 Penalties: Bazalgette 80+2 L Scottish […]
Cambridge able to deal with Caldy’s huff and puff
By John Lyon Caldy …………….. 21pts Tries: Hearn 5, Wynn 77 Conversions: Curtis 77 Penalties: Curtis 23, 30, 52 Cambridge ……26pts Tries: Sylvester 34, Cardew […]
Nottingham keep calm to surprise Doncaster Knights
By Guy Williams Doncaster ……… 14pts Tries: Strong 30, Olowofela 44 Conversions: Dolly 30, 44 Nottingham …… 30pts Tries: Graham: 52, 75, Clayton 5, Manz […]
Jordie Barrett a doubt for England re-match in Autumn Internationals
New Zealand centre Jordie Barrett has injured the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and is a doubt for the start of the All […]
Joe Hawkins still has Wales in his sight
By Mark Stevens Joe Hawkins insists he still harbours dreams of representing Wales again at international level. With five Test caps already to his name, […]
John Barnes knows he’s on a tough road with Hartpury
By Ben Jaycock Hartpury have improved year on year since joining the Championship but director of rugby John Barnes says they are up against it […]
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