BATH supremo Todd Blackadder blasted his weak-minded side. “We weren’t there mentally,” he said. “We knew what was at stake, knew they were good, so […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SEAN O’Brien is one of the fiercest competitors in the game, yet his view that the 2017 […]

FRANCE have emerged as early favourites in their three horse race with Ireland and South Africa to host the 2023 World Cup. This is mainly […]

By TOM BRADSHAW On their way: Ollie Thorley rounds Ben Te’o to score the opening try for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images LIFE during the 2017-18 […]

HEAD coach Carl Hogg was frustrated by Warriors’ inaccuracy but praised the spirit of their fightback. “We showed a huge amount of character, especially in […]

By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… WASPS hooker Tom Cruse insists neither last week’s disappointing home defeat to Harlequins nor the loss of playmaker Danny Cipriani will […]

HENRY Slade knows Wasps will be smarting after defeat to Quins last week but has backed his boss to come up with a new plan […]

Attack-minded: Exiles No.10 James Marshall PLAYMAKER James Marshall demands Irish muscle-up or face further humiliation when they meet Northampton today. With memories of their opening […]

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cooking on gas: Leicester’s Greg Bateman gets away from a tackle by Mike Brown to score PICTURES: Getty Images LEICESTER’S endeavour and […]

QUINS director of rugby John Kingston was riled by the Telusa Veainu tackle that left Marland Yarde sprawling: “There were a couple of turning points […]

By NICK CAIN BILLY Vunipola’s participation in the autumn series appears to be in serious jeopardy with the England No.8 hobbling off after wrenching his […]

BILLY Vunipola’s knee injury will leave Saracens short in the No.8 department according to director of rugby Mark McCall with other key men already sidelined. […]

By NEALE HARVEY MARK Wilson climbed off his sick bed to bag the winning try for Newcastle at the end of a pulsating contest that […]

By NEALE HARVEY SAINTS lock David Ribbans chose the right night to demonstrate his England potential with a barnstorming display in front of Eddie Jones […]

EMOTIONAL Saints supremo Jim Mallinder took a swipe at critics who called for his head after the opening day thrashing by Saracens. He said: “You […]

By ROGER PANTING EXETER ruthlessly exposed the gulf in class between top and bottom of the Premiership as they walloped Worcester at Sixways. Apart from […]

WORCESTER’S director of rugby, Gary Gold, accepted that it had been a tough night for Warriors. He said: “It was very difficult to swallow that […]

By COLIN NEWBOULT YOU KNOWit is going to be your evening when a player, who has gone 155 games without scoring, finally gets across the […]

LONDON Irish director of rugby Nick Kennedy admitted that their performance fell well below the required standard following a second consecutive heavy defeat. “Our defence […]

By NICK VERDIER WASPS have built a reputation as the most lethal attack in the Premiership, but Ashley Johnson has revealed they are desperate to […]

BACK-ROWER Jack Clifford reckons Harlequins must fly off the blocks if they are to stop Wasps recording their third win of the season when the […]

LIONS star Elliot Daly will make his first start of the season for Wasps following an extended pre-season break. Daly has been named at outside […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones was in full ogre-slaying mode this week, sounding like the armour-plated incarnation of St George […]

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER TIGERS kick-started their season with an invaluable win but after three tries in the first quarter and an impressive first half generally, […]

LEICESTER coach Matt O’Connor has warned that his team are better than their opening defeats against Bath and Northampton suggested “We are a good footie […]

By GRAHAM JENKINS in Philadelphia NEWCASTLE Falcons managing director Mick Hogan has defended the club’s decision to take their Premiership clash with Saracens to Philadelphia […]

EMOTIONAL Bath head coach Tabai Matson was close to tears after his last match at the Rec. The New Zealander, who heads home for family […]

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER WE HAD thunder and lightning on and off the field for 20 minutes at the Stoop yesterday which was more than enough […]

QUINS director of rugby John Kingston said his team’s medics had to react quickly when Demetri Catrakilis started to struggle to breathe early in the […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The Schalk Brits masterclass against Northampton that lit up the Twickenham doubleheader last weekend made up my […]

MANU Tuilagi’s latest knee injury, which requires surgery and will keep him out of action for three months, puts the biggest question mark over his […]

THERE is more than a hint of a PC version of 1984’s ‘Big Brother’ about the New Zealand Rugby Union’s enquiry into player misconduct, including […]

By MIKE SINCLAIR CHAMPIONS Exeter shrugged off the spluttering start to the defence of their title as they handed newlypromoted London Irish a punishing welcome […]