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Chris Boyd concedes Saints semi-final hopes are ‘dead’

18 May 2021 1 comment

Northampton Saints DoR Chris Boyd sees it as an uphill struggle to reach the Premiership semi-finals after his side’s loss to Newcastle Falcons

Former England centre Kyle Eastmond announces retirement at 31

18 May 2021 0 comments

The former Bath, Wasps and Leicester Tigers back had signed a two-year deal at Leeds Rhinos, but has called time on his career

Fans finally back to feed Bristol Bears frenzy

18 May 2021 0 comments

Kyle Sinckler received the biggest cheer from the 3,183 fans in attendance as his name was read out pre-match

Exeter Chiefs announce signing of EQP prop Josh Iosefa-Scott

17 May 2021 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs sign some competition for Harry Williams and Marcus Street to contend with, as Josh Iosefa-Scott arrives from New Zealand

Bath prop Henry Thomas on his way to join La Rochelle

16 May 2021 1 comment

Henry Thomas is out of contract this summer at Bath

Denny Solomona has talks with Bristol Bears boss Lam

16 May 2021 5 comments

Could the Sale Sharks wing make a cross-Premiership switch to Bristol this summer?

Preview: One-club man Will Welch brings up his 250 for Newcastle

16 May 2021 1 comment

Falcons will welcome 1,750 to Kingston Park for their clash against Northampton on Monday

Preview: Lam’s leaders aim to deliver big home run for Bears fans

16 May 2021 0 comments

Bristol Bears welcome Gloucester and over 3,000 supporters to Ashton Gate on Monday, Jon Newcombe spoke to Pat Lam about the closing stages of the season

Devoto: Leinster defeat has made us even hungrier

16 May 2021 0 comments

Ollie Devoto still wants to play for England after being involved off the bench twice during Eddie Jones’ tenure

Perpignan interested in Harlequins wing Nathan Earle

16 May 2021 2 comments

PERPIGNAN are chasing Harlequins winger Nathan Earle who is out of contract at Twickenham Stoop at the end of the season. The Pro D2 champions […]

Exiles train on the double to stop Simmonds

16 May 2021 1 comment

London Irish will try to keep Sam Simmonds quiet as Exeter travel to face the Exiles on Tuesday

Mindset at Harlequins has brought fun back for Scott Baldwin

16 May 2021 0 comments

Baldwin has no regrets over leaving Wales behind to reinvigorate himself in south-west London with Quins

Leicester 35-29 Harlequins: Determined Tigers defy the Quins fightback

16 May 2021 1 comment

Fireworks in either half as Harlequins try to counter Tigers first start at Welford Road

Wasps 23-19 Worcester: Robson blasts lottery over red card decisions

16 May 2021 0 comments

The Wasps vice-captain decries the decisions to give yellow or red cards for ‘virtually nothing’

Bath 20-24 Sale: More yellows, but still Sale power onwards

16 May 2021 1 comment

Sale Sharks come away from the Rec with the win after Curtis Langdon’s late try under the lights

London Irish star Curtis Rona signs extension

14 May 2021 1 comment

The Australian is looking forward to representing the Exiles for the ‘next few years’

Wasps sign member of TRP’s Championship Dream Team

12 May 2021 0 comments

Skipper Robin Hislop will leave Doncaster Knights to join Wasps at the end of the season

Mike Brown red card for stamping deemed ‘not deliberate’

12 May 2021 0 comments

Charged for his red card against Wasps at the weekend involving hooker Tommy Taylor

Banned Tom Dunn could still feature for England this summer

12 May 2021 0 comments

Dunn could still feature for England in their summer Test schedule despite his ban for a red card against Bristol Bears

Newcastle Falcons speedster Ben Stevenson signs up till 2023

11 May 2021 1 comment

Stevenson, 22, pledges his future to Falcons with a new two-year deal

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

Genge tells Lions: Be wary of Jasper Wiese

9 May 2021 2 comments

The England prop believes Leicester teammate Jasper Wiese is in with a shout of playing for the Springboks this summer against the Lions

Thomas: Ted Hill deserves next shot with England

9 May 2021 1 comment

Worcester Warriors head coach Jonathan Thomas believes Ted Hill is far from the finished article and deserves a chance to grow with England this summer

Harlequins wait on decision from Stormers head coach John Dobson

9 May 2021 0 comments

Stormers boss John Dobson tops Harlequins’ three-coach shortlist

Harlequins confident Jack Kenningham can fill the Evans No.7 role

9 May 2021 0 comments

The Premiership’s leading turnover winner broke his leg against London Irish last month

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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