All smiles: Ian Ritchie with RFU president Jason Leonard and the World Cup in 2015 IAN Ritchie must be looking on at the financial ructions […]

THE RFU are keen to represent the current criticism of their financial affairs as a legitimate divergence of opinion over fiscal policies. This week an […]

AT the same time Francis Baron and Graeme Cattermole have been separated from their ‘privileged member’ status by a score-settling RFU Council vote, the governing […]

By TOM BRADSHAW Building a lead: Semesa Rokoduguni touches down Bath’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images BATH ended a sevengame winless streak courtesy of a […]

A FRUSTRATED Alan Solomons bemoaned his side’s poor set-piece, which he said cost Worcester the match. He said: “We had no field possession, we had […]

REFEREES of yesteryear were divided on the Courtney Lawes call last week. England’s Ed Morrison thought he was offside, South Africa’s Jonathan Kaplan thought Lawes […]

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Heroes all: The North West Counties team leave the field after their […]

Try of the week: And of the season thus far, Ollie Thorley’s sensational second try against Leicester, stepping and burning off four Leicester defenders after […]

THE question of allegiance to one country rather than another has raised its ugly head again with Gary Graham’s double defection, from Scotland to England […]

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Real Test: Jonathan Davies expects to win PICTURE: Getty Images Wales had beaten South Africa just once […]

THE PRO14’s decision to take the money and put their competition behind a pay wall meant their audience was always going to shrink. For the […]

HARLEQUINS are in advance discussions with Argentina No.9 Martín Landajo which will place a question mark over the future of England star Danny Care. Landajo, […]

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Get-out clause: Elliot Daly ELLIOT DALY could swap Wasps for Saracens next season thanks to […]

EXETER CHIEFS are losing their battle to keep England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie after he rejected a new contract. Cowan-Dickie is out of contract at the […]