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Tomas Francis chasing a champagne finish at Exeter Chiefs

9 May 2021 0 comments

The Wales tighthead will depart Sandy Park this summer after making the difficult decision to leave after seven years with the Premiership champions

Pat Lam urges law change to eliminate ‘latching on’

9 May 2021 1 comment

Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam outlines why latching on must be kicked out of rugby

Preview: Game on for top six with Jacob Umaga back from his blip

9 May 2021 1 comment

Wasps look to hit on some consistency at Harlequins as the Premiership season nears its end

Exeter 41-10 Worcester: Explosive Sam Simmonds closes on try record

9 May 2021 0 comments

Dave Ewers, Jacques Vermeulen and Sam Simmonds were all on song for Chiefs

Discipline killed us in the second half admits Thomas

9 May 2021 1 comment

Jonathan Thomas and Francois Venter react to Worcester’s away trip to forget at Sandy Park

Richards: It’s been long time coming

9 May 2021 0 comments

The Newcastle Falcons director of rugby gave Carl Fearns his debut against London Irish

Bath 20-40 Bristol: Emotional Kyle Sinckler gets support from Lam

9 May 2021 0 comments

Andy Uren fires Bristol Bears backline to comeback win, as Kyle Sinckler gets past a tough week in which he missed out on Lions selection

Newcastle 52-27 London Irish: Deano gives Falcons their licence to thrill

9 May 2021 0 comments

Falcons were devastatingly clinical in the second half, scoring five tries to blow Irish out of the water

Lions tour snub makes no sense says Kyle Sinckler in raw post-match interview

9 May 2021 0 comments

Kyle Sinckler gave an emotional interview to BT Sport’s Sara Elgan after the Bears beat Bath at the Rec

Sale 26-10 Leicester: Sale go smashing on as Tigers rest stars

9 May 2021 0 comments

Sale record their sixth-consecutive win, with AJ MacGinty moving up the Sharks all-time points scorer list

Northampton 7-31 Gloucester: Louis Rees-Zammit puts on two-try show for Gatland

9 May 2021 0 comments

Gloucester put a pasting on lacklustre Saints derailed by Dan Biggar’s early HIA

Captain Ben Youngs: I’m so proud of the effort from the boys

9 May 2021 0 comments

Stand-in Tigers skipper Ben Youngs offers his thoughts on the 26-10 loss to Sale Sharks

Northampton Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd

Anything you liked? Boyd: Nothing!

9 May 2021 2 comments

Chris Boyd saw no redeeming moments in Northampton’s lacklustre defeat to Gloucester on their home patch

Wasps to promote from within to find successor for defence coach Ian Costello

9 May 2021 0 comments

Costello will be leaving the Premiership club for Munster after three years at Wasps

Waikato prop Josh Iosefo-Scott has signed for Exeter Chiefs

Kiwi prop Josh Iosefa-Scott signs for Exeter Chiefs

9 May 2021 2 comments

A player released by the Highlanders prior to the Super Rugby Aotearoa season

Toulon want to tempt Jonathan Joseph to leave The Rec

9 May 2021 0 comments

Could England centre Joseph be set for a move to the Cote d’Azur

Wasps star Alfie Barbeary doesn’t want to play numbers game

9 May 2021 0 comments

Now on the mend from a series of leg injuries, Barbeary wants to get back on track at Wasps whether it be at flanker or hooker

I’m delighted, Sam Simmonds is built for Bok country says Dallaglio

9 May 2021 1 comment

There is no better No.8 playing in Europe right now, according to three-time Lion Lawrence Dallaglio

Hooker Jake Kerr has signed for Bristol Bears

Bristol Bears sign Jake Kerr as emergency cover at hooker

7 May 2021 1 comment

After he was released by Leicester Tigers last month, Kerr has been on trial at the Bears

Alex Sanderson has changed the Sale culture, says Arron Reed

7 May 2021 0 comments

All things are looking up for Sale Sharks to reach the Premiership semi-finals after narrowly missing out last season

Ex-England Sevens Will Muir commits to Bath until 2023

5 May 2021 0 comments

The Bath winger has signed a new two-year contract at the Rec

Harlequins sign 61-Test Tommaso Allan to reinforce fly-half stock

5 May 2021 1 comment

As first revealed in The Rugby Paper last month, Quins have finalised an agreement to sign Italy fly-half Tommaso Allan from Benetton

Lions: Five dark horses for selection from the Premiership

4 May 2021 3 comments

Warren Gatland will make the big announcement on Thursday

Posse of clubs are chasing after Argentina flanker Pablo Matera

2 May 2021 1 comment

The Argentina flanker has interest from the Premiership and PRO14 after it was announced this week he would play for Crusaders in 2022

Danny Cipriani set for speedy return to face Shed faithful

2 May 2021 0 comments

Bath’s clash with Gloucester on June 5 could mark the fly-half’s first match since making the switch to the Rec, writes Paul Rees

Exclusive: American bankers eye Leicester Tigers takeover

2 May 2021 1 comment

Leicester Tigers were put up for sale by chairman Peter Tom in 2019, seeking £60m for a majority share

London Irish want to take Ben White away from Leicester Tigers

2 May 2021 0 comments

The Exiles are on the lookout for a new scrum-half after Ben Meehan’s exit was confirmed this week

London Irish lock Rob Simmons interests Racing 92

2 May 2021 1 comment

RACING 92 are on the lookout for a new lock and have put London Irish’s former Wallaby star Rob Simmons on their wanted list. Simmons, […]

Leicester Tigers flanker Hanro Liebenberg

Liebenberg: ‘Keep 15 on pitch and Tigers are match for all’

2 May 2021 0 comments

The Tigers back row says the improvements made by Leicester have been tempered by indiscipline. Eradicate that and the sky is the limit

Les Kiss interested in swapping London Irish for Super Rugby move – report

29 April 2021 1 comment

The Exiles head coach could have his name added to the Waratahs head coach shortlist

Worcester Warriors have signed Owen Williams

Wales fly-half Owen Williams to join Worcester Warriors this summer

28 April 2021 0 comments

Williams, who can also play centre, is seen as the replacement for the outgoing Duncan Weir at Sixways

Beno Obano and Andre Esterhuizen handed bans for red cards

28 April 2021 0 comments

The Bath and Harlequins players will miss a chunk of the remaining Premiership season

Jason Robinson returns to Sale Sharks 15 years after Premiership triumph

28 April 2021 0 comments

The famed England wing is back at the club with who he claimed the Premiership trophy in 2006

Neil Fowkes to join Wasps full-time as scrum coach

28 April 2021 1 comment

Nottingham announced their head coach would be leaving earlier this month

Premiership Rugby and Lions reach agreement for clubs to release players

27 April 2021 0 comments

The Lions will play a warm-up match against Japan at Murrayfield on June 26

Wasps captain Joe Launchbury to miss Lions tour

Wasps confirm worst fears on Joe Launchbury knee injury

27 April 2021 0 comments

Joe Launchbury knocked out of Lions contention with scans confirming serious knee injury

Baxter: Dave Ewers close to return for Exeter Chiefs

27 April 2021 0 comments

Ewers missed Exeter’s win over Bristol Bears last Friday due to a calf problem

Worcester Warriors step in for fly-half Owen Williams

25 April 2021 2 comments

Worcester Warriors are interested in the fly-half/centre currently playing in Japan’s Top League

Richard Wigglesworth not set on retirement just yet at Leicester

25 April 2021 1 comment

One more year?

Harlequins eye Tommaso Allan to deputise for Marcus Smith

25 April 2021 1 comment

With Brett Herron and James Lang moving on, Quins are looking for immediate depth behind Smith

John Dobson in pole to take over at Harlequins

25 April 2021 7 comments

Neil Fissler reports on where Quins’ search for a permanent head coach may lie

Carl Fearns fired up for Newcastle Falcons swansong

25 April 2021 0 comments

Carl Fearns in back in English rugby with Newcastle, Jon Newcombe caught up with the newest member of the Falcons pack

Preview: Bath hooker Tom Dunn reaches 150 on return after red

25 April 2021 0 comments

Bath hooker Tom Dunn has had to wait to make his 150th appearance this afternoon, and watched last week’s win over Leicester on a pedalo

Paolo Odogwu aims to set high standards

25 April 2021 0 comments

The jittery Wasps wing previews Sunday’s clash against Bath at the Ricoh, where Thomas Young will make his 100th appearance

George Skivington interview – Long-term success will be worth us suffering now

25 April 2021 1 comment

George Skivington and Lee Blackett, as the two youngest head coaches in the Premiership, share the lessons they have learnt in the job with Paul Rees

England call gives Wasps prop Tom West new direction

25 April 2021 0 comments

West got his first taste of an England training camp when he was called up in January to Eddie Jones’ Six Nations squad in place of Joe Marler

The value of Danny Care, Mike Brown and Joe Marler to Harlequins’ revival

25 April 2021 0 comments

Harlequins attack coach Nick Evans describes how the team’s veterans have been so key to their semi-final push

Gloucester 35-24 Newcastle: ‘Honest’ George lights fire under Gloucester

25 April 2021 1 comment

Gloucester come from 14 points down to claim comeback win against Newcastle

London Irish 21-25 Harlequins: Quins gamble pays off as Smith shows class

25 April 2021 0 comments

Is it time to consider Marcus Smith as a potential Lions bolter after his heroics in Brentford?

We blew away with the wind in second half says Dean Richards

25 April 2021 1 comment

The Newcastle director of rugby reflects on Falcons’ second-half capitulation against Gloucester

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