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Williams column: Exploit the weak link in Leinster midfield

18 April 2018 0 comments

Shane Williams talks tactics for Leinster v Scarlets in the Champions Cup semis

Bakewell’s got Tigers boxing clever again, says Tom Youngs

18 April 2018 0 comments

Leicester hooker Tom Youngs discloses the boxing sessions that have helped the Tigers pack find their grit

Guscott column: RFU may need to pay to get more English coaches

18 April 2018 0 comments

Is it time for the RFU to offer incentives to Premiership clubs when it comes to English representation among coaches?

Jonathan Joseph a doubt to feature in South Africa tour with ankle injury

17 April 2018 0 comments

Bath centre left Allianz Park on crutches after heavy defeat to Saracens

Arctic chill descends on Dorking as Sweden turn up to play 2nd XV

17 April 2018 0 comments

Michael Young tells the story of how Swedish rugby sought to rebound from European Championship North form with a trip to Sidcup

Four Scots summoned to court after incident at train station with Eddie Jones

17 April 2018 0 comments

Quartet to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court for alleged abuse

Israel Folau escapes sanction by ARU for comments about gay community

17 April 2018 0 comments

Australia and Waratahs star Folau calls out ARU chief executive Raelene Castle for ‘misrepresenting’ his position on homosexuality

Rugby Sevens at the Commonwealth Games dating back to 2002

13 April 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher recounts the spectacles on show in the Manchester, Melbourne, New Delhi and Glasgow Games

Itoje and Faletau’s agent banned by the RFU for betting spree

12 April 2018 0 comments

Matt Hart banned for 22 months for breaching RFU and World Rugby betting regulations

New sponsorship deal to see England’s top flight named Gallagher Premiership

12 April 2018 0 comments

Premiership Rugby have found an American-based company to take over from Aviva

Former Racing 92 fly-half Johan Goosen to end retirement saga by playing for Cheetahs

12 April 2018 0 comments

25-year-old Goosen set to play rugby for the Cheetahs before joining Montpellier at the end of the season

England v Barbarians: Bristol coach Pat Lam to take charge of Baa-Baas

12 April 2018 0 comments

The Baa-Baas assemble at Twickenham at the end of May

Howard Packman makes switch from Bedford Blues to Ealing

12 April 2018 0 comments

Former Saints winger becomes latest recruit for Ben Ward’s Ealing

One-club man Darren Cave gets new deal with Ulster

12 April 2018 0 comments

Ulster centre set to play his 12th season at the Kingspan after penning one-year extension

Guscott column: Saracens badly need Billy Vunipola back at his world class best

11 April 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott says Brad Barritt’s side are missing their cloak of invincibility in Billy Vunipola

Bath’s Tom Dunn told to lose jelly belly for England

11 April 2018 0 comments

Tom Dunn reveals the straight-talking conversation he had with England head coach Eddie Jones

Galacticos of 1998 ensured Sevens was here to stay

11 April 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher recalls the glorious arrival of Rugby Sevens to the Commonwealth Games

Jackson column: Crying shame that Danny Wilson’s magic will be lost to Wales

11 April 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson asks if Cardiff Blues can give their Wasps-bound coach the send off his deserves

Hopefully I’ll be given a luckier break this time! England 7s captain Tom Mitchell talks Commonwealth Games

11 April 2018 0 comments

The last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow was a mixed experience for me. It was massively exciting and the build-up was amazing but, personally, it went […]

STATEMENT: Sale respond to Denny Solomona ban

10 April 2018 0 comments

Sale defend wing who received a four-week ban after being deemed by the three-person panel to have used homphobic language

Worcester announce signing of Edinburgh fly-half Duncan Weir

10 April 2018 0 comments

Alan Solomons adds Scotland international to fly-half core for 2018-2019 season

Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston to leave club after 17 years

9 April 2018 0 comments

It’s been a tough season for Harlequins at home and in Europe

Newcastle Falcons flying high again

5 April 2018 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle’s commercial director Mick Hogan about the change in the club’s fortunes

Guscott column: Only Wasps magic can deny Chiefs and Saracens

5 April 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott says Wasps are the only team who can prevent a Exeter v Saracens Premiership final

Australia skipper left ‘heartbroken’ after attack by thug fractures his skull

4 April 2018 0 comments

James Stannard misses the Commonwealth Games after punch by British man led to hospital stay

Simon Zebo out of Munster’s trip to South Africa in the PRO14

4 April 2018 0 comments

Hamstring injury suffered in Champions Cup win over Toulon keeps Zebo grounded

Juan Martin Hernandez calls time on his rugby career

4 April 2018 0 comments

‘El Mago’ forced into retirement after 15 years as a pro

Israel Folau sparks controversy on his birthday with comments about gay community

4 April 2018 0 comments

The Wallabies full-back says God will condemn gay people to ‘hell’

Cooper Vuna eyes big break after working in Australian prison

4 April 2018 0 comments

News of a new deal for the Bath wing

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-final dates and venues confirmed

3 April 2018 0 comments

Times, dates and venues for the final four of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup

Northampton Saints scrum-half Nic Groom heads back to Super Rugby

3 April 2018 0 comments

‘The time has come for me to return to South Africa’ says Springbok-jersey chasing Saint

Nigel Wray bids to own Saracens outright after Rupert seeks to sell stake

3 April 2018 0 comments

Wray to assume control of Saracens after South African co-owner Johann Rupert turns his attentions to the Stormers

Wayne Pivac could bring Scarlets flair to Wales

3 April 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson brings you the latest in the WRU’s search for Warren Gatland’s successor after next year’s World Cup

Maro Itoje isn’t tired, he just needs new tricks

29 March 2018 0 comments

Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson says Itoje has not been overworked and must simply crack the rule books to rediscover his mojo

England wing Denny Solomona charged by RFU over alleged homophobic comment

29 March 2018 0 comments

Sale back will appear in front of disciplinary panel next month over incident in match against Worcester Warriors

Bristol prop Jack O’Connell to make switch to Ealing Trailfinders

29 March 2018 0 comments

Loosehead to make switch from Ashton Gate to Bristol’s main promotion challengers

Harry Mallinder focussed on wearing the No.15 jersey for Northampton

28 March 2018 0 comments

Mallinder hopes to taste success when new head coach Chris Boyd takes over at Saints

Dave Attwood at home with ‘mutants’ in France

28 March 2018 0 comments

The Bath lock is enjoying life on loan at double-chancers Toulon

Ireland internationals Jackson and Olding acquitted in rape trial

28 March 2018 0 comments

Nine-week trial concludes in Belfast after verdicts returned by jury

Champions Cup preview: Fancy Leinster to copy class of ’09

28 March 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher examines the upcoming Champions Cup quarter-final fixtures this weekend

Williams column: Shame Cardiff Blues didn’t go for home-grown option

27 March 2018 0 comments

Shane Williams questions why Wales looks set to have no Welsh head coaches in charge of the regions next season

Guscott column: Cut the number of subs to see the game improve

27 March 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott outlines why reducing the number of replacements will make professional rugby an even better watch

Wales legend Adam Jones announces retirement from rugby

26 March 2018 0 comments

The 37-year-old will move into coaching at the end of the season with Quins

Hougaard signs lengthy deal to stay at Worcester Warriors

21 March 2018 0 comments

South Africa international will be 33 by the time his new deal at Sixways expires

Northampton Saints discipline George North for missing training session

20 March 2018 0 comments

Wales wing was dropped from Northampton’s match against Sale earlier this month

Connacht sign Brumbies centre Kyle Godwin

20 March 2018 0 comments

One-cap Wallaby makes the move to the PRO14 for next season

Rory Best and Rob Kearney extend IRFU contracts

20 March 2018 0 comments

Grand Slam winners sign new deals with Ulster and Leinster

Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Will Chudley to join Bath next season

20 March 2018 0 comments

Premiership winner becomes Todd Blackadder’s latest recruit

Room 101 – Bath prop Nathan Catt

16 March 2018 0 comments

The loosehead runs us through the things that annoy him

Lock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Seb Negri for Italy

16 March 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher suggests how Italy can transform themselves in time for the Japan Rugby World Cup

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