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Cain column: Vindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Saracens

22 January 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain believes the punishment served to Saracens bears no relation to their crimes

Guscott column: Simon Amor can get England to be more instinctive

21 January 2020 0 comments

From Wisemantel to Amor, England’s fast-paced attack play can become more expressive

Davies is the right man to salvage Yorkshire Carnegie, says Stuart Lancaster

16 January 2020 0 comments

The former England head coach says the appointment of Phil Davies is perfect for his old club

Dan Robson interview: I’m still waiting for Eddie Jones to call

16 January 2020 0 comments

“I won’t play like a robot for England” – Wasps scrum-half Robson hopes to be the answer for Eddie

Room 101: Richmond No.8 Jake Parker

16 January 2020 0 comments

Parker is not a fan of the hot-box Central Line carriages during London’s summer

Jackson column: Mike Nicholas partied with Hannibal – now he’s off to see the Queen!

15 January 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson tells the story of the Port Talbot cross-coder who will be heading to Buckingham Palace

Williams column: Give George North a run out at 13 for Italy game

15 January 2020 0 comments

Jonathan Davies’ injury for Wales springs a selection dilemma on head coach Wayne Pivac

Cain column: The Fabien Galthie guillotine could chop up rivals

14 January 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain dissects the youth movement France head coach Fabien Galthie is has endorsed for the Six Nations

Guscott column: Club culture is what sets Saracens and Exeter apart

14 January 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott on the methods which have held Mark McCall and Rob Baxter in good stead

Room 101: England Sevens captain Tom Mitchell

10 January 2020 0 comments

A phobia we don’t think we’ve had proposed to Room 101 before…

Jackson column: Champions will be wary of wounded Ospreys

8 January 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson previews how the Ospreys will be seeking to ignite their season against Saracens this weekend

Guscott column: Eddie can’t ignore Mark Atkinson in search for centre

7 January 2020 0 comments

With Henry Slade likely out injured for all of the Six Nations, Jeremy Guscott looks at who can step in for England

Probyn column: RFU need a strategy to find successor to Eddie Jones

7 January 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn on the RFU’s need to no longer import expensive overseas assistant coaches and the newest turn in the Saracens saga

England try to tempt Louis Rees-Zammit away from Wales

7 January 2020 0 comments

Gloucester’s uncapped prodigy has verbally stated his intention to represent Wales – but that hasn’t stopped Jones calling about England duty

Rugby Matters: New breed of coaches take centre stage in 2020

3 January 2020 0 comments

Only Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend remain from the World Cup as the Six Nations nears

Williams column: A strong Dragons team can help Pivac make strides

2 January 2020 0 comments

Shane Williams shares his view on how Aaron Wainwright and Taine Basham can take Wales to the next level

Guscott column: Six Nations excitement can light up the New Year

2 January 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott lends some advice for any players set to grace the Test stage for the first time in the upcoming Six Nations

Homecoming for Rhys Webb at Ospreys

1 January 2020 0 comments

Toulon agree to release the Welsh scrum-half a year early from his contract

Ellis Genge and George Ford agree Leicester Tigers extensions

1 January 2020 0 comments

George Worth and Sam Aspland-Robinson have also signed contract renewals to stay at Welford Road

Peter Jackson’s alternative list for Winners of 2019

30 December 2019 0 comments

An alternative take on the year’s events sees Peter Jackson crown Doddie Weir for his fight in defiance of MND

Why some Premiership clubs are angling for a format change to the Champions Cup

27 December 2019 0 comments

Saracens owner Nigel Wray details how player welfare grounds affect Premiership clubs in the Champions Cup

Rugby Matters: Macho Makis can make their mark in Sevens

27 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher marks Madagascar as one of rugby’s growing nations who can utilise the creation of the Challenger Sevens Series

The Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s

27 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot – and we mean, a lot – of rugby this decade. So we asked him to pick a team of the decade

Room 101: Bath second row Elliott Stooke

27 December 2019 0 comments

Semesa Rokodoguni has one prank which the Bath lock doesn’t take too kindly to

Guscott column: We got over 1991 – now the class of 2019 must develop

24 December 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott on how Owen Farrell can lead England to a new level in the Six Nations

Cain column: Rugby is forgiving and Rob Howley deserves that

24 December 2019 0 comments

Corruption had nothing to do with Howley’s suspension handed by World Rugby, writes Nick Cain

Jonny May is latest Leicester Tigers star to be targetted

23 December 2019 0 comments

SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his Leicester Tigers deal. The […]

Jackson column: Rugby as Wales’ national sport? Not with these crowd numbers!

23 December 2019 0 comments

Can we expect a full house at any of the regions’ this festive period?

Rugby Matters: No more false starts, cull the scrum cheats

19 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher points to the outright disqualification for false starting in athletics as something rugby should adhere with scrum resets

Probyn column: It’s time to be realistic about Lions tours

19 December 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn ponders how quickly the Lions will adapt to playing at altitude in their 2021 tour of South Africa

Jackson column: Indestructible Faletau gets bad breaks

19 December 2019 0 comments

Taulupe Faletau’s seemingly impervious resilience to injury has now been penetrated

Cain column: Gatland is waiting for any All Blacks implosion under Foster

18 December 2019 0 comments

Ian Foster must navigate his two-year contract without some of the key names associated with the All Blacks

Guscott column: Stuart Hogg can be the missing link for Exeter in chase for Champions Cup success

18 December 2019 0 comments

Four wins out of four for Exeter Chiefs in Europe – Jeremy Guscott looks into how Stuart Hogg is part of their new-found hope

Williams column: A real blow to Scarlets if Brad Mooar heads home

18 December 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams feels the Scarlets have an exceptional coach on their hands, so it’s no wonder the All Blacks are calling

Dream Team: Moseley and ex-Coventry and Boland back Cliffie Hodgson

13 December 2019 0 comments

Willie le Roux features along with some old teammates at Coventry

Young Guns: Bath winger Gabriel Hamer-Webb

13 December 2019 0 comments

The Bath speedster talks working with Anthony Watson, Semesa Rokoduguni and Tom Homer

Williams column: Mike Ruddock can revive ailing Ospreys

12 December 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams believes the addition of Mike Ruddock is just one of the key changes needed at his old club Ospreys

Gallagher column: Root of Israel Folau case grew from shame of apartheid

12 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher examines the vitriol espoused by sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau and how it correlates with attitudes during the apartheid era

Cain column: PRL secrecy is an insult to club rugby fans

12 December 2019 0 comments

Nick Cain explains why the drip-drip of information issued by Premiership Rugby on Saracens’ salary cap breach is riling fans up

Probyn column: Dan Cole will carry the can just like Paul Rendall

12 December 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn sympathises with Dan Cole for being made a scapegoat for England’s capitulation at the scrum in the World Cup final

James Horwill will play in the Varsity match

Varsity match: Light Blues’ mighty duo may be godsend or curse

12 December 2019 0 comments

Cambridge have a Test-experience second row ready to take on rivals Oxford in the 138th Varsity match

Young Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half wonderkid Ioan Iloyd

11 December 2019 0 comments

A big future ahead for Bristol Bears’ try-scoring fly-half

Jackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions

11 December 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the rugby just as dramatic

Guscott column: It beggars belief that the Lions are treated so badly

10 December 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott believes it is as important as ever for the Lions to win in South Africa to not fall to the total will of the professional club game

Bristol Bears set to hijack Gloucester’s move for Kyle Sinckler

10 December 2019 0 comments

Gloucester could turn their attention to an Exeter Chiefs prop

Seeds of Springboks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’

6 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher recalls the ‘Protest Tour’ of 1969, fifty years on

Jackson column: The Welsh way once ruled – not anymore

5 December 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson on the sorry state of affairs at the Ospreys and how Welsh coaching talent once thrived

Guscott column: Magical Radradra can cast spell on the Premiership

4 December 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott reflects on what Bristol’s signing of the Bordeaux Begles and Fiji star Radradra means for the rest of the Premiership

Williams column: Wayne Pivac hasn’t done bad after one week’s work

3 December 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams saw plenty of positives in Wales’ win over the Barbarians

Northampton Saints will move on Ben Youngs should talks with Tigers fail

3 December 2019 0 comments

Cobus Reinach has been offered an eye-watering amount of money by Montpellier, and Saints could turn to Ben Youngs to replace him

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