THE big issue in English rugby in the immediate future will be the RFU Council meeting to sanction, or not to sanction, Premiership ring fencing. […]

Concern: Francis Baron FAIR play to Francis Baron for speaking out against the proposed ringfencing for the Premiership in Nick Cain’s cover story in the […]

I MUST disagree with Sir Francis Baron’s comments about promotion/ relegation in the Premiership. The list of clubs in the league for the last 18 […]

Joy: Rachel Burford, captain of Harlequins, lifts the Allianz Premier 15’s trophy PICTURE: Getty Images APART from an extremely intense and thoroughly enjoyable experience what […]

WHERE is the sense in playing their Premier XVs final at Gloucester when they are two Londonbased clubs? Why did they not change to perhaps […]

TRANS-TASMAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK SUPER Rugby AU sides won their first match of the Trans-Tasman as the Queensland Reds defeated the Chiefs to make it […]

By PAUL REES RUGBY in Japan is preparing for a shakeup next year designed to make its top league fully professional, broaden its financial base […]

AS WE approach the end of an extremely disappointing season, I am on the brink of ceasing paying any future premium to watch professional rugby. […]

I REMEMBER watching the 2012 Challenge Cup final at The Stoop, cheering Jonny Wilkinson’s Toulon in a losing cause against Biarritz. The following year Toulon […]

SCRUMS currently take too long with too many restarts, but any attempt to alter the laws runs the risk of fundamentally changing the way the […]

WITH Alex Goode and Nick Tompkins bolstering the ranks, Saracens surely cannot be beaten again this season. Only the most romantic of fans would see […]

Benetton…………….34  Zebre ………………….27 BENETTON enhanced their status as the unlikely pace-setters in the Rainbow Cup with victory over Zebre in Treviso. This bonus-point win, which […]

By ALEX BYWATER PREVIEW… Dragons v Ospreys Today. Kick-off 1pm, Rodney Parade RED-HOT Dragons wing Rio Dyer says speed tips from Olympic gold medallist Darren […]

By DECLAN ROONEY Leinster ……….21 Connacht ……..17 ROBBIE Henshaw survived censure for a possible high tackle to produce a man of the match display for […]

Lions ………………….37  Stormers…………….39 THE Stormers stunned the Lions with a lastgasp penalty sealing a comeback victory for the visitors at Ellis Park. Having trailed 37-29 […]

Bulls……………………43  Sharks ………………….9 A VINTAGE performance from Bok veteran Morne Steyn helped the Bulls trounce the Sharks and remain the only unbeaten team in the […]

SO the RFU have decided to drop the Saxons name and replace it with England A – which is fine – in the name of […]

PREMIERSHIP clubs have created the perfect scam at the expense of the rest of England’s clubs. Until the early 1990s, players such as Preston Grasshoppers’ […]

I’VE known RFU Past President John about 25 years, and I know of no one as committed and pro-active to rugby in England as he […]

MATT RILEY, THE SEDGLEY PARK AND FORMER SALE & ENGLAND U21S CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts – […]

By JOHN FALLON Munster ……….20 Connacht ……..24 CONNACHT coach Andy Friend said his first win over Munster was sweet, not least as it was the […]

Edinburgh…………..24  Glasgow …………….31 GLASGOW defeated Edinburgh for the second week in a row led by good showings from fullback Adam Hastings, No.8 Matt Fagerson, hooker […]

John Owen MBE, past president of the RFU, writes about the new call for diversity I WRITE to you in relation to the article in […]

I’M BEMUSED by punishments handed out for red cards. Rob du Preez gets three weeks for a blatant tip-tackle; Ben Obano (high tackle) and Andre […]