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Ospreys keen to help Elvis Taione rock on in Wales

6 June 2021 1 comment

The Exeter Chiefs hooker could be on his way to the Liberty Stadium this summer

Edinburgh 31-34 Ulster: Deadeye Madigan smashes winner for Ulster

6 June 2021 1 comment

ULSTER centre Stuart McCloskey said it was a neat way to finish the season as Ian Madigan landed a penalty at the death from 35 […]

Exeter Chiefs confirm signing of Connacht centre Sean O’Brien

3 June 2021 1 comment

As revealed in The Rugby Paper last weekend, the reigning Premiership champions have signed the former Ireland U20 international

Wales star Tomos Williams signs long-term deal at Cardiff Blues

2 June 2021 1 comment

Significant news for the Welsh region as one of their senior figures commits for the long-term

Auschwitz memories motivate Cardiff prop Corey Domachowski

30 May 2021 2 comments

COREY Domachowski is on the verge of adding a new chapter to his family’s inspiring journey – from Auschwitz to the front row of Test […]

Cian Kelleher has signed for Ealing Trailfinders

Leinster back Cian Kelleher wings his way into Ealing Trailfinders

30 May 2021 1 comment

Ealing Trailfinders add ex-Connacht wing to their squad for 2021-22

Biarritz put Maddocks on wanted list

30 May 2021 0 comments

DRAGONS skills coach Barry Maddocks has emerged as a target for ProD2 outfit Biarritz who made the headlines last week after announcing a sponsorship with a […]

Exeter Chiefs sign highly-rated centre from Connacht

30 May 2021 1 comment

EXETER Chiefs have completed the signing of Ireland U20 outside centre Sean O’Brien who has agreed to a two-year deal. O’Brien, in his third season […]

Prop duo join Bath

29 May 2021 0 comments

BATH have added two tightheads props to their squad for next season by signing D’Arcy Rae from Glasgow Warriors and Johannes Jonker from Ealing Trailfinders. […]

Panasonic Wild Knights centre Hadleigh Parkes

Japan have the pace to burn Gatland’s Lions says Parkes

28 May 2021 0 comments

The Top League title-winner with Panasonic Wild Knights has seen enough to know the Lions would be dangerous to underestimate Japan

Highlanders centre Michael Collins has signed for Ospreys

Highlanders ‘unsung hero’ Michael Collins hopes to star at Ospreys

23 May 2021 1 comment

Steffan Thomas talks to the Wales-qualified back who will be playing at the Liberty Stadium next season

Rob Howley keen for Regions job after stay with Canada

23 May 2021 0 comments

Howley will arrive in Wales this summer with the Canada squad

Kieran Crowley to lead Italy at the next World Cup as FIR reshuffle coaching staff

19 May 2021 1 comment

Current head coach Franco Smith will step into a director of high performance role with the FIR

Glasgow Warriors centurion Chris Fusaro to retire at the end of the season

19 May 2021 0 comments

Ending an 11-year professional career at Scotstoun come the end of his contract with Glasgow Warriors

Jonny Bell to join Worcester Warriors as defence coach

Worcester Warriors appoint ex-Gloucester coach Jonny Bell as new defence mastermind

18 May 2021 0 comments

Bell will return to the Premiership next season to link up with old pal Alan Solomons at Worcester Warriors

Ospreys hooker Scott Otten forced into retirement

Ospreys hooker Scott Otten told to retire at the age of 26

18 May 2021 0 comments

A neck injury suffered in January has led to medical experts advising Ospreys hooker Scott Otten to hang up his boots

Rory Sutherland will dodge interest from Worcester Warriors

16 May 2021 0 comments

Sutherland now looks set to either move to the Top 14 or stay in the PRO14

Blues told to cut Cardiff ties

16 May 2021 2 comments

CARDIFF Blues are set to come under pressure from the WRU if they fail to conform with a stipulation that they cannot retain an interest […]

Scarlets 28-29 Cardiff Blues: Evans puts boot into Scarlets fightback

16 May 2021 1 comment

A LATE Jarrod Evans penalty put an end to a dramatic Scarlets comeback as Cardiff Blues came out on top in an exhilarating clash in […]

Tadhg Furlong allays fears of overseas move with new IRFU contract

11 May 2021 0 comments

The Ireland prop has reached a deal with the IRFU to stay with Leinster for the 2021-22 season

Exclusive: Scarlets snare Argentina back row star Tomas Lezana

9 May 2021 2 comments

Currently in Australia with the Western Force, for whom he helped reach the Super Rugby AU knockout final against the Brumbies

Preview: Josh Adams looks to fine-tune in time for Lions take-off

9 May 2021 0 comments

JOSH Adams has no thoughts about wrapping himself in cotton wool over the next few weeks after his selection for this summer’s Lions tour. […]

Munster 38-10: Ulster no match for Red Army

9 May 2021 0 comments

Will Addison’s long-awaited return for Ulster didn’t go quite according to plan as he was sent off in the second half, while ex-Sale teammate Mike Haley starred

Connacht 21-50 Leinster: Sidelined Hugo Keenan scores hat-trick

9 May 2021 0 comments

LEINSTER put their Champions Cup exit to La Rochelle behind them to come from 16-0 down to oust Connacht. Hugo Keenan brushed off his Lions […]

Scotland prop Rory Sutherland tracked by Worcester Warriors

2 May 2021 1 comment

Neil Fissler reports on Alan Solomons’ next international target at Worcester Warriors

Rainbow Cup: Hat-trick man Hugo is boss for Sharks

2 May 2021 0 comments

Adam Ellis reports on the first round of the Rainbow Cup for the South African franchises

Glasgow Warriors wing Tommy Seymour has retired

Scotland and Glasgow wing Tommy Seymour retires aged 32

28 April 2021 1 comment

The 2017 British & Irish Lions says his decision has been ‘made for some time’

Wales and Ospreys wing George North to miss Lions tour of South Africa

‘Heartbroken’ George North learns his Lions dream is over

28 April 2021 0 comments

Ospreys wing George North likely to be out for the rest of 2021 with ruptured ACL injury, ending his British & Irish Lions hopes

I’m confident Cardiff Blues will move forwards says Dai Young

25 April 2021 0 comments

Paul Rees meets with Dai Young to discuss how progress has fared since he took over at Cardiff Blues

Anxious wait for Ospreys wing and Lions hopeful George North

25 April 2021 0 comments

Wales wing George North hobbled off in Ospreys win over Cardiff Blues in the Rainbow Cup

Rainbow Cup in tatters as PRO14 cancel cross-hemisphere matches

21 April 2021 2 comments

Restrictions prohibiting travel between South Africa and the UK & Ireland forces PRO14 to offset Rainbow Cup dates

No deal yet between IRFU and Tadhg Furlong

20 April 2021 0 comments

Furlong, 28, is yet to come to an agreement with the IRFU and Leinster

Matt Sherratt quits Sixways for Cardiff Blues return

18 April 2021 3 comments

Backs coach Sherratt spent three years at Arms Park before making the short trip to the Principality to join Warren Gatland’s staff in 2017

Former Scotland prop Gordon Reid to walk 500 miles in honour of Dad

11 April 2021 0 comments

FORMER Scotland prop Gordon Reid is taking on a mammoth charity challenge in memory of his father, Gordon, who died last year from a heart […]

Jake Ball evades citing for contact with Faf de Klerk

7 April 2021 1 comment

The ball was deemed to be out at the ruck by referee Mathieu Raynal when Ball charged into de Klerk

Scarlets plan to prosper through New Zealand link

4 April 2021 0 comments

The Scarlets stand to net gains as part of the deal to let Brad Mooar return to New Zealand

Northampton Saints go shopping in Italy

4 April 2021 0 comments

Chris Boyd is looking to go talent-searching at Benetton

Ronan O’Gara rubbishes notion of rescuing Munster as a coach

2 April 2021 0 comments

The La Rochelle head coach states in his column for the Irish Examiner that he won’t come to the rescue of Munster, following their PRO14 final loss to Leinster

Scarlets and Wales fly-half Rhys Patchell

Rhys Patchell sidelined for eight weeks with hamstring injury

31 March 2021 1 comment

Wales fly-half Patchell to miss most of the Rainbow Cup

Jarrod Evans eager for action after ‘frustrating’ Six Nations

28 March 2021 2 comments

The Cardiff Blues fly-half saw Callum Sheedy overtake him in the Wales pecking order for the Six Nations, to the Welshman’s frustration

Cardiff Blues in talks over Dai Young extension

28 March 2021 1 comment

CARDIFF BLUES have offered Dai Young a two-year contract to turn his interim appointment as director of rugby into a fulltime arrangement from next […]

Leinster 16-6 Munster: All-powerful Leinster seal fourth straight title

28 March 2021 2 comments

Leinster rule the roost to keep Munster waiting for their first taste of silverware in over a decade

Glasgow 46-25 Benetton: Warriors hit six to secure top four

28 March 2021 0 comments

GEORGE Horne scored a try on his return to action after injury as Glasgow all but secured fourth place in Conference A, with Dragons playing […]

Argentina flyer Sebastian Cancelliere wings in without Zoom

28 March 2021 0 comments

Cancelliere is one of two Pumas players heading to Scotstoun in the summer, Gavin Harper meets the ten-cap wing

Crusaders flanker Sione Havili is wanted by Ospreys

Ospreys chasing Crusaders star Havili

28 March 2021 1 comment

Havili is not the only Crusaders player the Ospreys are exploring bringing to Wales

Owen Williams waits on Welsh offer for return home from Top League

21 March 2021 0 comments

Wales fly-half/centre Owen Williams says his future remains totally flexible after taking the chance to head to Japan to represent NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes

Ireland back row CJ Stander counts himself out of Lions tour with retirement call

16 March 2021 0 comments

Munster back row makes shock retirement call after negotiations with IRFU over an extension fall through

PRO16 heading Skyward with South African franchises on board

14 March 2021 2 comments

How close could the PRO16 come to reaching the TV sums struck by the Premiership and Top 14 in recent deals?

Joey Carbery to return from long injury lay-off for Munster

11 March 2021 1 comment

The Ireland fly-half is back to start for the first time since January 2020 after an ankle injury nightmare

Halaholo: ‘I was involved in heavy drinking and in my last year at high school I had my daughter’

11 March 2021 1 comment

Halaholo opens up on the trials of his youth on the rough side of Auckland, his dark past with the bottle, and his salvation being the birth of his daughter

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