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Bromsgrove prep school stars kick off decade of success

19 September 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series of articles on rugby’s great schools

EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Burns on what went wrong at Bath

16 September 2020 0 comments

The former Bath fly-half, bound for Japan’s Top League, was adamant he would not be sitting on the bench no longer

Ben Curry happy to play waiting game at Test level

11 September 2020 0 comments

Ben Curry says his job involves so much more than being just a ‘jackaler’

Chris Boyd delighted to have senior coaches agree Saints stays

25 August 2020 0 comments

Phil Dowson, Matt Ferguson and Sam Vesty have all signed extensions

TEAMS: Borthwick overhauls Leicester line-up to include Nemani Nadolo

25 August 2020 0 comments

Nadolo is one of 14 changes made by Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick for clash with London Iris

TEAMS: The Premiership returns for Round 14

14 August 2020 0 comments

Catch coverage of all the Premiership action in this Sunday’s edition of TRP…

No honeymoon period for Skivington and Borthwick

14 August 2020 0 comments

Jon Newcombe assesses the betting market’s view of how George Skivington and Steve Borthwick are expected to start off

Guscott column: Exeter are clear favourites for the title

12 August 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott hails the return of the Premiership this weekend, and will be watching Leicester and Exeter most keenly

Bath to enter race with Racing 92 for Pumas star?

4 August 2020 0 comments

The exodus of players from the Jaguares to the Premiership is set to continue, with London Irish nearing a deal for Agustin Creevy

Q&A – George Kruis: Nothing in my contract says I’m coming back to Saracens

24 July 2020 0 comments

Panasonic Wild Knights will be home for Kruis for the next year – what happens next?

Gloucester’s Matt Garvey calls for reform to combat players falling into the abyss

23 July 2020 0 comments

Gloucester lock Garvey shares his concerns for the way the Premiership transfer and contract window opens and closes

Cardiff Met implore WRU to lead the fight against racism

22 July 2020 0 comments

Club chairman John Pugh has documented to WRU what needs to be done to eradicate racism in Welsh rugby

Q&A – Jonny Gray: Exeter were after me two years ago but now felt like the right time

16 July 2020 0 comments

Jonny Gray on how Rob Baxter persuaded him join Exeter and why Scotland’s World Cup exit remains a wrong he wants to put right

Rugby Matters: Rediscovered – lost treasure of Los Pumas

16 July 2020 0 comments

The young genius deprived of a being a star centre for Argentina by tragedy

Worcester Warriors appoint Ted Hill, 21, as captain in new leadership group

15 July 2020 0 comments

To be assisted by Matt Moulds and Will Butler at Sixways

Jackson column: High time Cardiff put up a statue of Billy Boston

15 July 2020 0 comments

An embryonic superstar lines up with different teams in the months before Wales contrived to lose him at the age of 18. This is as […]

Wasps starlets Jacob Umaga and Alfie Barbeary among 15 to sign new terms

14 July 2020 0 comments

Senior figures Joe Launchbury and Dan Robson also commit to playing at Ricoh Arena

Young Guns: Ealing Trailfinders scrum-half Dan Hiscocks

14 July 2020 0 comments

A player who left Ospreys and took the route to the Championship with Ealing

Q&A – Gary Reynolds offers a staunch opposition to ring-fencing

10 July 2020 0 comments

The Rams chief executive shares the big ambitions of the National One club and his opinion on how the RFU is governed

Top 20 Rugby Books and DVDs countdown: 10-1

10 July 2020 0 comments

Get these bookmarked ready for Christmas gifts if you don’t already have them

Guscott column: Pat Lam has clear ability to turn Bristol into champions

30 June 2020 0 comments

Resources aside, Lam has built a special culture at Bristol which has progressed from their promotion in 2017

Q&A – John Inverdale: We must make NCA clubs more user-friendly to local fans

26 June 2020 0 comments

The new chairman of NCA Rugby talks about the areas where National League clubs require immediate attention

Dan Leo wants an investigation into Pacific Island governance

Q&A – Dan Leo: We won’t be silenced in our fight to weed out corruption

16 June 2020 0 comments

Pacific Rugby Players Welfare chief Dan Leo talks in-depth about Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and World Rugby’s governance

Q&A – Brad Mooar: I’m leaving Scarlets with them ready to explode

5 June 2020 0 comments

We ask the outgoing Scarlets head coach about what he’s leaving behind in west Wales and his final message to fans

Harlequins find tighthead to fill void left by Kyle Sinckler

4 June 2020 0 comments

The Premiership club are set to bolster their front row across all three positions

Wales full-back Liam Williams is a Pivac favourite

Williams column: Back three riches will give Wayne Pivac a problem

3 June 2020 0 comments

The 15 players Wales have in their back three stock

Sam Underhill goes back to his roots during lockdown, but embraces future with Bath, England and as a possible Lion

28 May 2020 0 comments

The England flanker recalls working with his painter/decorator Grandad, and the grind required to bring success to Bath and a Lions call

TRP’s National Two North Team of the Season

27 May 2020 0 comments

We can reveal the National Two North XV voted for their standout campaigns in 2019-20

Guscott column: Premiership can learn financial fair play from NFL

27 May 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott judges how the salary cap is applied in the NFL to maximise financial and regulatory viability

Wales No.8 Taulupe Faletau toured with the Lions in 2013 and 2017

Lions tour contenders RANKED – Faletau is a step ahead of Vunipola

22 May 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain’s rankings for the tour of South Africa reaches the final spot within the pack – No.8

Young Guns: Northampton Saints full-back Tommy Freeman

18 May 2020 0 comments

A talent who could have been lost to rugby after being released from an academy for being ‘too small’

My Life in Rugby: Former Scotland, Leicester, Edinburgh and London Irish back Greig Tonks

18 May 2020 0 comments

The versatile Scotland international lives in the comfort of having no regrets at retiring, aged 30

Wasps veteran Jimmy Gopperth has offers from around the world

15 May 2020 0 comments

Gopperth, 36, feels he has plenty left in the tank but is yet to agree an extension with Wasps

Lions tour contenders RANKED – Gatland has such riches in key No.7 role

15 May 2020 0 comments

England flanker Sam Underhill leads the way in area where Wales, Scotland and Ireland are also all strong

England and Bath full-back Anthony Watson

We’ll use defeat in Japan to come back stronger just as the All Blacks did in 2011, says England’s Anthony Watson

14 May 2020 0 comments

The England and Bath full-back want to win, at club and international level

Guscott column: Premiership clubs will need to take this time to reset goals

13 May 2020 0 comments

Financial pressures aside, there is a need for squads to be in suitable condition for when rugby returns

Springboks ruled the roost in Second World War POW camp contest

11 May 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher tells the fascinating story of Stalag 1VB, the prisoner of war camp housing captured soldiers from all over the Commonwealth

My Life in Rugby: Former Argentina, Gloucester and Leeds winger Diego Albanese

11 May 2020 0 comments

From debut against Uruguay to the 1995 Rugby World Cup just a few months later

Young Guns: Exeter Chiefs full-back/centre Tom Wyatt

11 May 2020 0 comments

A National 2 South winner with Taunton Titans on dual-registration this season and learning off Stuart Hogg at Chiefs

Q&A – Stuart Hooper: My mission to make Bath attack and be the envy of the Premiership

8 May 2020 0 comments

Bath director of rugby Stuart Hooper reflects on his first season in charge and how players like Gabriel Hamer-Webb are his vision of confluent attack

TRP’s GK IPA Championship 2019-20 Team of the Season

8 May 2020 0 comments

The time has come for us to hand out some honours and honourable mentions to the stars of the Championship

Williams column: Enforced rest period will boost Wales team

6 May 2020 0 comments

The downtime in rugby will be welcome to players who toured with the Lions in 2017, with rest hard to come by in rugby’s intensity

Canterbury and Adidas lose out to rival as England confirm new kit sponsor deal

5 May 2020 0 comments

England Men’s team, Red Roses, Sevens and age grade teams will no longer wear Canterbury

Bath fly-half Freddie Burns confirms where he will be playing next season

1 May 2020 0 comments

Leaving the Premiership behind for Japan after a decade in English rugby

Worcester Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons

Q&A – Alan Solomons: Global club season must happen to make rugby recognised the world over

30 April 2020 0 comments

We jump straight into the serious point of whether Worcester are financially sound

Rugby Matters: Don’t mess up this crucial changeover

29 April 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher points out that no-one from rugby’s professional era has chaired World Rugby

Special report: Question time at Twickenham

28 April 2020 0 comments

The RFU has been accused of showing ‘disrespect’ towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board

Top 20 rugby hard cases countdown: No 5-1

24 April 2020 0 comments

The hard men who wouldn’t take a step back on the rugby pitch

Q&A – Lee Blackett: Wasps can show the director of rugby role isn’t essential

23 April 2020 0 comments

Wasps head coach Lee Blackett wants his squad to play to his philosophy of ‘attacking fear’

Guscott column: May-day for opponents as Gloucester-bound Jonny just gets better

21 April 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott analyses Jonny May’s move to Gloucester and what it means for his England career

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