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It’s time for Bath to take control

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Guscott – Outspoken and unmissable every week… Bath need to make a statement against Benetton at the Stadio Monigo today if they are […]

We’re happy to be the hunted, says Sarah Beckett

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Sarah Beckett admits Gloucester-Hartpury have made an underwhelming start to their title defence but believes that’s partly due to competition across the […]

Chris Robshaw backs USA to boost 2031 Rugby World Cup

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Chris Robshaw is confident the United States will make a success of hosting the 2031 World Cup and expand the game’s commercial […]

Dream Team – Peter Altham

15 December 2024 0 comments

PETER ALTHAM, THE FYLDE, LANCASHIRE AND FORMER WHARFEDALE AND PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… Forwards 1. Soane […]

Georgia just want a fair chance – Richard Cockerill

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know One day soon, Josef Tkemaladze will renew his presidential invitation to Wales requesting the pleasure […]

Old pros who say it like it is

15 December 2024 0 comments

HIGHLIGHTS of the latest round of Champions League football ran for 80 minutes on BBC1 last Wednesday. Contrast that to the terrestrial TV coverage for […]

Murphy’s plan has some holes

15 December 2024 0 comments

ULSTER’S quartet of under-used Ireland forwards – Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Tom O’Toole and Cameron Izuchukwu – returned from Test duty itching for the ultimate […]

Farrell looking for answers

15 December 2024 0 comments

ANALYSIS » AS WE PREPARE TO ENTER A LIONS YEAR, PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE OPTIONS WHICH MIGHT COME TOGETHER IN AUSTRALIA THERE were Bristol just […]

Bristol Bears v Sale Sharks Today. 2pm

15 December 2024 0 comments

Preview LUCY Burgess will bring up a century of appearances for Bristol when they host strugglers Sale today. Scrum-half Burgess partners Holly Aitchison at half-back, […]

Hellfire Corner gives a warm welcome to all

15 December 2024 0 comments

Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rugby was undergoing a massive boom 150 years ago so […]

Luc Jones talks up National League One as ‘one of the best in UK’

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Richmond scrum-half Luc Jones believes the entertainment value of National One reflects what used to make the Championship so great before teams […]

Veteran JJ: Caldy happy to tackle the professionals

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Caldy have endured a difficult start to the season in the Championship but stalwart number eight JJ Dickinson says the club still […]

Away-day fun key to pushing Hinckley back up the league

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Chris Collyer Despite turning out in the fourth tier at the age of 39, Nigel Mukarati believes his age only hardens and sharpens his […]

Sam knows title race is wide open this season

15 December 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Front runner: Tonbridge Juddians fly-half Sam Evans IN recent seasons, one side has stayed on top for the majority of the campaign […]

I can’t believe the RFU chiefs will walk away

15 December 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I CANNOT believe that anyone would expect that Bill Sweeney or Tom Ilube will willingly walk […]

Brave Lupus banking on Mo’unga class

15 December 2024 0 comments

By MATT McILRAITH THE fourth season of Japan Rugby League One kicks off this week, with the tournament opening with the clash between Mie Honda […]

L’borough make it ten wins in a row

15 December 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH have one hand on the BUCS Super Rugby league title after a statement 47-24 win against Bath. The reigning […]

Harrow through on away side rule

15 December 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS THE semi finals of the Continental Tyres National School Cup, Plate, Vase, and Bowl have all been decided over the […]

Clubs get together to help victims

15 December 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN TWO northern rugby clubs have raised more than £30,000 to support their members impacted in a fatal town centre fire last weekend […]

Having a strong 2nd XV is crucial

15 December 2024 0 comments

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Dan Orwin, below, the head coach at Preston Grasshoppers in National Two North Why did you get into […]

Ebbw Vale take over at the top

15 December 2024 0 comments

Welsh Rugby Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale are the new leaders of Super Rygbi Cymru after they rallied from 17-0 down to […]

Leaders keep up the pace

15 December 2024 0 comments

Premiership round-up IT’S AS you were at the top of the Welsh Premiership after the top three all won with a bonus point. Leaders Pontypridd […]

BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

15 December 2024 0 comments

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Oyonnax must live without Joe El-Abd

15 December 2024 0 comments

By James Harrington Oyonnax’s seven-try 53-10 bonus-point win over ProD2 rivals Soyaux-Angouleme on Friday – their first victory since October 25 – was a relief […]

England XV to host France

15 December 2024 0 comments

An England XV will host a France XV in an uncapped match at Twickenham on Saturday June 21 as a warm-up for the three-Test summer […]

I’m getting there, says Jack Kenningham

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Cameron Stephens – From the Rugby Paper Podcast Harlequins flanker Jack Kenningham is grateful to be fit and firing this season after coming back […]

Darge: We’re all set for Toulon challenge

15 December 2024 0 comments

■By BRYN PALMER Hopeful: Rory Darge in action for Glasgow PICTURES: Getty Images SCOTLAND flanker Rory Darge believes Glasgow’s 2023 Challenge Cup final defeat by […]

Signed Rugby Memorabilia – The Perfect Christmas Gift

12 December 2024 0 comments

If you’re running out of ideas for the partner who has everything, then consider a cool piece of signed rugby memorabilia. There’s stacks to choose […]

Police searching for missing ex-England rugby star Tom Voyce find body in river

12 December 2024 0 comments

Specialist officers searching for missing former England rugby player Tom Voyce have found a body close to where he was swept away while trying to […]

Sale Sharks vs Racing 92 – Match Betting Preview

12 December 2024 0 comments

The second week of the Champions Cup begins with an exhilarating Friday night clash at the Salford Community Stadium, where Sale Sharks face Racing 92. […]

Carmarthen Quins vs Aberavon RFC – Match Preview

12 December 2024 0 comments

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Thursday night, the Super Rygbi Cymru lights up once again as the Carmarthen Quins prepare to host Aberavon RFC. After […]

Searches continue for missing former England wing Tom Voyce

12 December 2024 0 comments

Searches are continuing for the missing former England wing Tom Voyce, who is believed to have died while driving across a flood-swollen river during Storm […]

Lawrence Dallaglio says search for Tom Voyce echoes his own family tragedy

12 December 2024 0 comments

Lawrence Dallaglio has expressed his sorrow after his former England teammate Tom Voyce was apparently swept away while crossing a flooded river, with the Rugby […]

Calls for RFU chiefs to quit at fever pitch

8 December 2024 0 comments

Mounting calls for RFU chiefs to quit By Nick Cain Calls for Bill Sweeney, the RFU chief executive, and Tom Ilube, the RFU Board chairman, […]

Saints enjoy a six-try romp

8 December 2024 0 comments

At the double: Juarno Augustus scores for Saints PICTURE: Alamy PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton kicked off their quest for European glory with a six-try 38-8 win […]

No Zach Mercer decision until end of season

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Gloucester will not decide on Zach Mercer’s future until the end of the season as speculation that he will return to France […]

England were not too far off – Henry Slade

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Mark Stevens Henry Slade believes England deserved more credit for their performances this autumn, insisting it was ‘small margins’ that prevented them from truly […]

Joe Heyes determined to prove himself at the top level

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe Joe Heyes has used the hurt of missing out on a place in England’s Autumn Nations Series squad to drive him on […]

Hot-shot Ilona Maher set to light up the league

8 December 2024 0 comments

Bristol Bears coach Dave Ward says superstar signing Ilona Maher will be a major asset to Premiership Women’s Rugby and will ‘shock’ people with her […]

Tommy Freeman is happy to have a crack at centre

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Tommy Freeman has started all of England’s internationals this year on the wing but fancies having a crack in the centre. Freeman […]

Jack Nowell: I’m loving life on and off the pitch at La Rochelle

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Brendan McGilligan As Jack Nowell stepped off the plane to start his La Rochelle career, he was stepping into the unknown challenges that would […]

I’d rather have the old Champions Cup format – Stuart McCloskey

8 December 2024 0 comments

Ulster centre Stuart McCloskey admits he preferred the Champions Cup’s previous format, with the current structure leaving some teams with an “absolutely terrible draw”. Teams […]

We’re not afraid to get into a dog-fight, says van Graan

8 December 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS WHEN Johann van Graan took charge of Bath in the summer of 2022, the South African made no secret of the fact […]

Time for Bristol Bears to step up to the plate

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Guscott – Outspoken and unmissable every week… English clubs like Saracens, Leicester, Bath, Northampton and, to a lesser extent, Harlequins have got pedigree […]

My British & Irish Lions team are ready for take-off

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week… There is a view that picking a Lions Test team almost seven months before the […]

‘Enforcer’ Udwin oversteps the mark

8 December 2024 0 comments

THE quango-like blindness to accountability in the top echelon of this RFU administration, and their erosion and disregard the democratic conventions embedded in the RFU […]

Oh, for a one-stop TV shop for the lot

8 December 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Gogglebox: Bath taking on La Rochelle on Friday night PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S a brain teaser: if you happen to be […]

Glad to hear the French say: Non!

8 December 2024 0 comments

FRANCE is a foreign country: they do things differently there. For one thing, they have a pyramid league system that works every bit as well […]

Cheetahs v Perpignan

8 December 2024 0 comments

Preview Today. 1pm INVITATIONAL outfit the Cheetahs, led by DoR Frans Steyn, picked up two wins from four last season and qualified for the knockouts […]

Jordan Poole: Coventry on right track to win Championship promotion

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Captain Jordan Poole says Coventry are on track to finish the club’s three-year plan with promotion to the Premiership this season. Earlier […]

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