The debate as to who was rugby’s quickest ever player is perennial and one of those always mentioned is former Harlequins, England and Lions flyer […]

AS EVER just read my TRP cover to cover and now with the RFU having announced how teams this season will be promoted and relegated […]

Bok flyer: Cheslin Kolbe THE rearranged Olympic Games – rescheduled for July 23-August 8 2021 – now clash badly with the 2021 Lions tour with […]

I AGREE that squad sizes need to be reduced, as do the number of replacements in the professional game. I’m DoR at Old Centralians RFC; […]

AN old mate Ken Turrell – one season we combined to form the smallest second row partnership in history for Reigate GS – has written […]

NIGEL Owens must remember that rugby players play to the whistle. This is influenced by the referee’s discussion with the captains prior to the kick-off […]

Brendan Gallagher picks his Top 20 Hard Men Lions 2021: The leading contenders at hooker History of Rugby:Surviving World War 1 … Continue reading… Access […]

I CANNOT believe that Peter Jackson and Nigel Owens believe that scrum feeds are the game’s most contentious issue. I would imagine that referees have […]

Brendan Gallagher continues his fascinating series. This week: Players who promised/deserved more 1 Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Fiji) The magical Fijian wing who scored tries of wonder […]

By NEALE HARVEY CORNISH Pirates joint-head coach Alan Paver has warned Saracens to expect a mental and physical battle every week next season following relegation […]

WELL done for continuing to publish. Marvellous stories of yesteryear. Please advise John Berry on last week’s letters page that the RFU steward in the […]

By NEALE HARVEY  World traveller: Tom Savage in action for Suntory EXILED Englishman Tom Savage believes Japan’s Top League is ready to rival the Premiership […]

Q&A GARETH STEENSON ON THE RECORD As decision time approaches over his Exeter Chiefs future, kicking king Gareth Steenson, 35, tells NEALE HARVEY why there’s life in the old […]

EDDIE Jones is laughing all the way to the bank, irrespective of whether the conjecture that his salary has been increased to £800,000 following his […]

COLIN BOAG The RFU have announced that for the Championship and below, the final league tables will be decided on a best playing record formula, […]

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s going on here It’s July […]

HOW is it in any way good governance that there are two professional club leagues in England, and yet there is one rule for the […]

WILL R OBINSON, TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS AND FORMER WASPS, LONDON WELSH, ROTHERHAM AND ENGLAND U18s FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… […]

He started off a long way down the English pyramid, seven divisions beneath the Premiership with hometown Stafford and worked his way up from there. […]

Jackson Wray has just agreed fresh terms with Saracens – the clearest possible signal that the most criminally under-celebrated forward in the entire country intends […]

YOU have to hand it to those generous souls in the airline industry. As Covid-19 continued to tighten its grip, it was reported that one […]

UP THERE in the executive class, the Scottish Rugby Union CEO Mark Dodson, who trousered well over £900,000 last year, has agreed a 30 per […]

Ellis Genge THIS Team of the Premiership so far reflects the homegrown talent in the English top league, as well as the imports from around the […]

IRELAND fly-half Jack Carty welcomes Ian Madigan’s return to Irish rugby, but knows it could make his job of adding to his ten caps all […]

By NEALE HARVEY NICK Tompkins says his stunning rise to stardom with Wales has been tempered by sadness at leaving Saracens. Tompkins, 25, became a […]

By PETER JACKSON NIGEL OWENS is urging World Rugby to make a stand against the crooked feed. Owens, the game’s mostcapped referee, will ask the […]

SALE DoR Steve Diamond has taken on the role of interim chief executive. Diamond is doubling up after Sharks CEO Jon Dorsett went into self-isolation. […]

NEWCASTLE have placed all their players and staff on furlough because of coronavirus. The club have written to all staff about the decision and asked […]

HARLEQUINS are weighing up a move for Super League’s man of steel Jackson Hastings, left, who is keen to make a cross-code switch. Quins assistant […]