I’VE been amazed by the collective spirit shown by Welsh rugby in the midst of coronavirus – so much so I’ve tried to play a […]

Rapid: Tom O’Flaherty EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter believes winger Tom O’Flaherty has a big future after tying the 25-year-old flyer down to a […]

The hustings buzz with Pichot’s promises AGUSTIN Pichot and Bernard Laporte are peas out of the same pod, and not just because they are both […]

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s biggest upsets 1= Old Reigatians 12 Saracens 10 (John Player Cup, 1987) Lightning isn’t meant to […]

By NEALE HARVEY Test swansong: Luke Whitelock on the charge for New Zealand against Japan in 2018 PICTURE: Getty Images FRANCE-BASED All Blacks flanker Luke […]

IT is an unpalatable truth for most Premiership clubs that rampant wage inflation has played a big part in the perilous financial position many of […]

FORMER England No.8 Luke Narraway and ex-Edinburgh captain Simon Cross have been appointed to Dean Ryan’s Dragons coaching team on a permanent basis, after working […]

Rising star: Luke Northmore HARLEQUINS No.13 Luke Northmore aims to follow teammate Alex Dombrandt in proving why university rugby is becoming a development route of […]

SPRINGBOK utility back Frans Steyn is thrilled to be back in Bloemfontein having signed from the Cheetahs from French outfit Montpellier. “I’m very excited about […]

Colin Boag continues his series on Super Fans, this week Exeter player turned supporter John Lockyer John Lockyer’s association with Exeter Chiefs goes back 50 […]

JON NEWCOMBE talks to Martin Haag, one of rugby’s very best ‘lost’ coaches DEAN RYAN’s tenure at the RFU was a bit like a Jofra […]

By NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP bosses are prepared to wait until the end of August to restart the season. They have prepared several scenarios for clubs […]

MARTIN JOHNSON Vowed never to become involved in rugby management again following the 2011 World Cup campaign blighted by off-field misdemeanours. Someone should try damn […]

By NEALE HARVEY RISING Saracens star Joel Kpoku has boldly laid out his manifesto for usurping Maro Itoje and forcing his way into England’s reckoning […]

THE ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND RICHARD DE CARPENTIER 1. Poor golf etiquette There are […]

Cooch not on toughie list? It may get nasty! Jacques Burger? No arguments there. Colin Meads? Wayne Shelford? Bang on. In compiling his “most wanted” […]

From ALEJO MIRANDA in Buenos Aires SHOULD Agustín Pichot become chairman of World Rugby he intends to lead a revolution against world rugby as we […]

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler EALING TRAILFINDERS have snapped up former Yorkshire Carnegie, Rotherham Titans, Northampton Saints and Gloucester prop […]

AND they’re off, predictable as night following day. The runners and riders chasing high office at World Rugby are suddenly saying all the right things […]

By JON NEWCOMBE THE SIN-BIN, rugby’s equivalent of the naughty step, has been around since 1997, to act as a deterrent against foul play. However, […]

SARACENS have been busys napping up Championship players ahead of spending next season in the second tier. Blind side understands they h ave agreed a […]

ACCORDING to Agustin Pichot, candidate for the World Rugby chairmanship, the sport is in dire need of…wait for it…a video game. He should catch up […]

By NEALE HARVEY NEW Wasps supremo Lee Blackett is confident star flanker Thomas Young will put club before country by pledging his future to the […]

Wanted: Jonah Holmes THE DRAGONS are keen on making a cross border raid on Leicester Tigers to sign Wales international winger Jonah Holmes. Stockport-born Holmes, […]

NICK CAIN TALKS TO SCRUM GURU PHIL KEITH-ROACH ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE GAME’S GREATEST SET-PIECE THE scrum has collapsed. That is not just a […]

We’re here to help and will do all we can Following the outbreak of COVID-19 the RFU was one of the first sports to call […]

NOTTINGHAM prop Oisin Heffernan, right, is back on the market after the Championship side hit financial problems. The former Ireland U20 international who has PRO14 […]

COLIN BORGCOL Million pound man: Semi Radradra will be at Bristol next season, exempt from the salary cap With at least another three weeks of lockdown […]

WORLD Cup-winning captain Katy Daley-Mclean has signed for Premier 15s newcomers Sale Sharks Women as a player-coach. The 34-year-old fly-half, who has 114 England caps […]

May-day for opponents as Jonny just gets better JONNY May’s move back to Kingsholm is great news for Gloucester fans because he would have to […]