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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

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

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

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

I don’t want a 73-26 thumping to be the last game of my career – Tom Varndell

3 April 2020 0 comments

The Premiership’s record tryscorer talks Yorkshire Carnegie, feeling old, and how important Leicester and Wasps are to him

‘It feels like home’ – Api Ratuniyawara agrees Northampton extension

3 April 2020 0 comments

Did you know the Fijian lock named his newborn son Franklin? Ratuniyawara will be staying at Franklin’s Gardens

Bristol prop Jake Armstrong stayed motivated through injury by helping homeless

2 April 2020 0 comments

Pat Lam said the best is yet to come from Armstrong on the pitch – but he’s made up for it within the community

Test-capped front row duo set to bid adieu to Saracens

1 April 2020 0 comments

Rhys Carre has signed a deal to return to Cardiff Blues after just one season at Allianz Park

Five Premiership clubs weighing up move for British & Irish Lion

1 April 2020 0 comments

Wanted by English, Welsh and French clubs

What the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans

1 April 2020 0 comments

How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn’t have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?

‘It was quite traumatising’ – Michael Fatialofa speaks publicly for first time

1 April 2020 0 comments

Fatialofa is on the long road to recovery after sustaining a serious neck injury in Worcester’s January clash with Saracens

‘There is something in the pipeline’ – Burns admits to frustation at Bath

31 March 2020 0 comments

Time up at Bath for Freddie Burns?

EXCLUSIVE: Harlequins eye Wigan Warriors star Jackson Hastings

31 March 2020 0 comments

A cross-code switch to the Stoop for Super League’s Man of Steel?

Lewis Thiede to leave Bristol Bears who await Sinckler’s arrival

30 March 2020 0 comments

Tighthead prop Thiede will exit Ashton Gate when his contract at Bristol expires

Saracens vice-captain Jackson Wray commits for season in Championship

30 March 2020 0 comments

Wray explains why leaving Saracens was never really an option for him

Rehab in Austria, texts from Eddie, and an Exeter double – we talk to Jack Nowell

27 March 2020 0 comments

The Pumas try cost me dear but it was a beauty! Jack Nowell is chomping at the bit to be back with Exeter and England

Bath become 11th Premiership club to announce wage cuts

27 March 2020 0 comments

Bath chief executive Tarquin McDonald has penned an open letter

7 players who never made their debuts after signing for Premiership clubs

27 March 2020 0 comments

For one reason or another, some moves just don’t work out or don’t feel right

George Kruis supports 25 per cent pay cut administered by Saracens

27 March 2020 0 comments

Kruis speaks out as the row intensifies between players and Premiership clubs over wage cuts

Leicester Tigers back row star Sione Kalamafoni to leave for PRO14

26 March 2020 0 comments

A player who made a huge impact in his first season at Welford Road

Marland Yarde and Jonny May to wing it for Sale Sharks next season?

26 March 2020 0 comments

England winger Jonny May has been asked to take a pay cut at Leicester Tigers

Where Alex Lozowski will be playing next season after leaving Saracens

25 March 2020 0 comments

TRP can reveal Lozowski has turned away interest from other Premiership clubs

DoR Steve Diamond to adopt interim CEO role at Sale Sharks

25 March 2020 0 comments

Diamond will combine roles at Sale Sharks after existing CEO Jon Dorsett went into self-isolation

Ben Moon signs new long-term contract to stay at Exeter Chiefs

25 March 2020 0 comments

Ben Moon becomes latest component of Exeter Chiefs front row to agree new contract

Lock Jonny Hill is brewing up a storm for Exeter Chiefs

24 March 2020 0 comments

The lock talks England hopes and how he came to start brewing cider with some Chiefs teammates

Tally of Premiership clubs to introduce wage cuts hits 9

24 March 2020 0 comments

Northampton Saints join Harlequins in announcing wage reductions so far this week

Wasps ace Jimmy Gopperth waiting on new deal

24 March 2020 0 comments

Gopperth was asked by a fan on a Facebook Live session what his plans were for the future

Worcester lock Michael Fatialofa making ‘miracle’ recovery from severe neck injury

22 March 2020 0 comments

Fatialofa’s wife has posted a video showing the Warriors player walking unaided

Exeter Chiefs confirm new deal for England prop Harry Williams

22 March 2020 0 comments

Rob Baxter spoke to TRP about how significant Harry Williams is to his plans at Exeter

I want to be the Bristol No.10 of the future, says Ioan Lloyd

20 March 2020 0 comments

“Pat will reward you on your performances” – Ioan Lloyd on reaping the benefits of Pat Lam’s player management

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