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, […]

WORCESTER Warriorsfly-half Jono Lance is in advanced talks with Edinburgh about moving to the Scottish capital this summer. Canberra-born Lance, 29, who can also play […]

RICHMOND flanker Toby Saysell has been named the NCA National League 1 Player of the Season. The prolific back rower, 25, scored six tries in […]

RUGBY IS A very fickle business. One minute you’re a Grand Slam winner, starring at the World Cup, and top of the tree. The next […]

NOTTINGHAM winger Jack Spittle has won the Greene King IPA Championship’s try of the season. Spittle, 24, scored five tries against Yorkshire Carnegie on January 31, […]

By GARY FITZGERALD THE Lions and Springboks should get the chance to fight it out until there is an outright winner next summer to avoid […]

Jeremy Blackmore talks to Ben Mercer about rugby life just below the top level For some, professional sport is about glory, about trophies, extraordinary moments […]

Colin Boag continues his series on Super Fans, this week Saracens’ Jason ‘Large’ Harris Every club’s supporters experience highs and lows, but for Saracens’ fans […]

By NEALE HARVEY Driven: Peter Drewett is leading the Lelos’ charge GEORGIA’S ground-breaking link with South Africa can pave the way to a Six Nations […]

Q&A BEN SMITH ON THE RECORD World Cupwinning New Zealand full-back Ben Smith talks to NEALE HARVEY about the highlights of a stellar career, disappointment […]

By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Lions scrumhalf Robert Jones insists Wayne Pivac must be cut some slack and is confident the former Scarlets coach can help […]

NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND women’s cap Sophie Anderson has risen to every challenge she has faced on the sports pitch in her career […]

EXETER lock Jannes Kirsten has extended his contract with the club. The 26-year-old South African has scored three tries in 22 appearances since joining the […]

TOMSTANTON GLOUCESTER CENTRE/FULLBACK Twelve months ago,Tom Stanton was preparing to put his fledgling professional career on hold. A ruptured ACL suffered while playing for Cheltenham […]