Premiership

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Ten of Premiership Rugby’s 13 member clubs consider breakaway

5 May 2020 0 comments

BT Sport’s deal with PRL is up next year and has hastened talk of a breakaway to allow club’s outright control of negotiations

Leicester Tigers go full rebuild to back three department, as 21 set to exit

4 May 2020 0 comments

Will Tigers bring in more firepower to add to Nemani Nadolo’s arrival?

Worcester Warriors director of rugby Jo Yapp

Exeter will be boost for Premier 15s, says Worcester boss Jo Yapp

2 May 2020 0 comments

Jo Yapp shares her view on how Premier 15s can continue to develop after taking the game to new territories

‘It’s a match made in heaven’ – Hogg on Exeter Chiefs

1 May 2020 0 comments

The full-back talks Chiefs and Finn Russell’s likely return to the Scotland fold after missing the Six Nations

Bath fly-half Freddie Burns confirms where he will be playing next season

1 May 2020 0 comments

Leaving the Premiership behind for Japan after a decade in English rugby

Dragons take advantage of rival stalling over move for Saracens’ Nick Tompkins

30 April 2020 0 comments

Dean Ryan wants to add Nick Tompkins to the Dragons backline, scuppering Cardiff Blues’ attempt to sign the centre

Make your mind up time for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns

30 April 2020 0 comments

Burns is set for a stint abroad when his contract at the Rec expires

Leicester Tigers release Jonah Holmes to allow Wales return

29 April 2020 0 comments

Holmes will depart Tigers just like Jonny May, but the Premiership club have signed a centre

Half of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL

29 April 2020 0 comments

Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway

All Blacks great Dan Carter plots last hurrah

29 April 2020 0 comments

The fly-half isn’t ready to call it quits at 38, writes Neil Fissler

Exclusive: Guy Thompson finds new club after being let go by Leicester Tigers

29 April 2020 0 comments

Thompson was reluctantly let go by Leicester days before the outbreak

Matt Toomua could dodge Rugby Australia cuts by making return to Premiership

28 April 2020 0 comments

Matt Toomua and two other Wallabies stars eye Premiership moves

Taqele Naiyaravoro keen to switch allegiance to Fiji

28 April 2020 0 comments

Wallabies wing Naiyaravoro has expressed his desire to play for Fiji depending on the outcome of the World Rugby election

Luke Northmore might have as interesting a story as Harlequins teammate Dombrandt

27 April 2020 0 comments

After finishing school, the Quins centre worked in a pasty shop while playing for Tavistock RFC

Northampton in advanced talks to sign South African flanker based in France

27 April 2020 0 comments

Former Bulls back row closing in on move to Franklin’s Gardens after two years in France

Talent of Bristol half-backs is off the charts, says Morgan

27 April 2020 0 comments

Bristol strength and conditioning coach Kevin Morgan has seen first-hand the rise of Sheedy, Randall, Lloyd, and Protheroe

Sale Sharks and Rohan Janse van Rensburg sanctioned after Gloucester raise dispute

24 April 2020 0 comments

Premiership club given suspended points deduction for illegal approach for centre in 2018

Kpoku brothers pose twin threat in Saracens engine room

24 April 2020 0 comments

Neale Harvey talks to Joel and Jon Kpoku on their rise through Saracens’ player pathway to the first team

Will Hurrell harbours dreams of being defence commander after stroke ends playing career

23 April 2020 0 comments

The Bristol Bears centre talks to TRP’s Neale Harvey after his retirement announcement last week

Premiership season may resume as late as end of August

23 April 2020 0 comments

TRP understands Premiership clubs will be given a minimum of five weeks to get squads match-ready

Revealed: Saracens make first signings for life in the Championship

22 April 2020 0 comments

Bedford Blues and USA fly-half Will Hooley is set to join Saracens, Neil Fissler reports

Wales international Thomas Young close to new Wasps deal

22 April 2020 0 comments

Young set to put his Wales dream on hold by committing to Wasps

Leicester Tigers fend off interest for another international in their backline

22 April 2020 0 comments

After losing Jonny May to Gloucester, Tigers face another fight to keep hold of winger

Ex-Gloucester prop Gareth Denman one of two signings set to hit trail to Ealing

22 April 2020 0 comments

Neil Fissler reports on the two players set to switch Championship clubs, plus Exeter Chiefs extend deal for veteran

The three Premiership clubs who vetoed reducing the salary cap from £7m to £5.5m

21 April 2020 0 comments

Salary cap operating window and player turnover come July had led to vote on lowering limit

We can become regulars in the top two, says Northampton Saints No.8 Teimana Harrison

20 April 2020 0 comments

The Northampton Saints No.8 tells Neale Harvey how he is revelling his role as co-captain

Premiership could bring down £7m salary cap limit to help clubs

17 April 2020 0 comments

The rigidity of the salary cap stands to put Premiership clubs deeper into trouble unless it adapts

Northampton Saints wing Ollie Sleightholme

Saints sign emerging duo Ollie Sleightholme and Connor Tupai to new deals

16 April 2020 0 comments

England U20 wing Sleightholme has been in prolific form for Northampton since making his debut in 2018

Saracens ask highest earners to accept partial wage deferrals

15 April 2020 0 comments

Reigning Premiership champions take major measures towards maintaining their sustainability

‘There are some academy players earning £8K’ – RPA’s Christian Day reveals Premiership ‘mess’

15 April 2020 0 comments

Retired lock, now working for the RPA, explains how player cuts are far more complex to impose than they appear

Worcester fly-half Jono Lance set to take the Tartan shilling

15 April 2020 0 comments

Billy Searle’s pending arrival at Worcester leaves door open for Lance to make PRO14 move

Premiership clubs keen to offer Australia aces way out

14 April 2020 0 comments

Recruitment hasn’t been shut down for some Premiership clubs

Saracens scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth

Deal for Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth to join Sale Sharks is off

14 April 2020 0 comments

Not making the switch north to Premiership rivals

Options are drying up for Nick Abendanon who seeks homecoming from Clermont

14 April 2020 0 comments

After six years in France with Clermont, ex-Bath full-back Nick Abendanon had been planning on a return to England

Leicester coaching restructure to take effect in July with arrival of Borthwick

13 April 2020 0 comments

Tigers confirm when Steve Borthwick will be joining the club as head coach

Jonny May leaves Leicester, agrees homecoming at Gloucester

11 April 2020 0 comments

The England wing will be returning to Kingsholm next season

Will Hurrell, 30, announces retirement following stroke playing for Bristol

10 April 2020 0 comments

Find out what Pat Lam did for Hurrell after telling the Bristol DoR he would have to retire

TRP’s 2019-20 Premiership Team of the Season… so far

10 April 2020 0 comments

Eight Englishmen and seven others from over the border or signed from overseas make up Nick Cain’s XV

Wasps finalise their coaching team following Dai Young’s exit

9 April 2020 0 comments

Lee Blackett given head coach role permanently by Wasps in reshuffle

50 South Africans in the Premiership reflects badly, says Snyman

9 April 2020 0 comments

How South African players have surged past Pacific Islanders as the Premiership’s foremost import

Japan set to overtake Top 14 and Premiership to become No.1 destination

9 April 2020 0 comments

The Top League is attracting players from the world over – and that won’t stop says ex-Gloucester lock Tom Savage

Premiership’s best South African XV: Faf de Klerk misses out

8 April 2020 0 comments

TRP picks a line-up of the all-time best South African players to play in the Premiership

Premiership Rugby suspends season indefinitely but reiterates intent to complete all games

8 April 2020 0 comments

There will be no chance of watching rugby against on April 24 as Premiership extends suspension

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter

I would have liked to see Rob Baxter take charge of England, says Moody

7 April 2020 0 comments

Baxter’s development of Exeter should have been tested on England according to the former flanker

Ten months of rehab left Sean O’Brien wanting to prove everything to no-one but himself

7 April 2020 0 comments

The London Irish flanker goes into detail about how risky his hip surgery was to his career

Nick Tompkins’ move away from Saracens hits problems

7 April 2020 0 comments

Negotiations stall over the length of deal for Wales international

‘I wanted to play a big part’ – Ludlam talks of Six Nations frustrations

7 April 2020 0 comments

The England flanker has been remarkably blunt about his need to improve

Exeter is a good place to be, says flanker Dave Ewers

6 April 2020 0 comments

The Zimbabwean back row talks to Neale Harvey about how he finds motivation from missing out on the 2017 Premiership final

At my age I questioned whether I should be in the England squad – Willi Heinz

3 April 2020 0 comments

Gloucester scrum-half Heinz praises the worth of Eddie Jones to English rugby after showing faith in him and the rest of the England squad

Contract chaos puts Carl Fearns in limbo in France

3 April 2020 0 comments

Former Bath back row Carl Fearns reveals the situation facing him as an out-of-contract player in the Top 14

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