By NEALE HARVEY Determined: Telusa Veainu evades Exeter’s Henry Slade PICTURE: Getty Images TELUSA Veainu has vowed to repay Leicester’s faith in him by becoming […]
PREVIEW…Richmond v Wasps By FRASER BOLTON December 3, kick-off 12.45pm BACK in 1987, the first women’s match to be played at Twickenham featured Richmond and […]
By CHARLES JONES PREVIEW…Harlequins v Saracens December 3, kick-off 5.30pm A TITLE decider would not be over-stating the importance of the game between Harlequins and […]
By NEALE HARVEY MISFIRING Harlequins must shore-up a leaky defence or face ruin against “ruthless” Saracens, according to hooker Dave Ward. The Stoop outfit have […]
GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackerman was delighted with the win. He said: “We lacked intensity and accuracy at times but to lift ourselves after Saracens […]
THERE was much groaning and cursing in rugby circles earlier in the week at the complete lack of rugby representation in the 12-strong shortlist for […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores Japan’s first try against […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the stars to watch in next week’s Varsity match showpiece BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cambridge will find themselves in the novel position – […]
(Picture: Getty Images) By Peter Jackson George North arrived at Franklin’s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The […]
George North arrived at Franklin ‘s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The Welsh colossus reported for duty […]
By NEALE HARVEY Driven: Ben Spencer breaks through to score against Bath PICTURES: Getty Images SARACENS scrumhalf Ben Spencer is drawing inspiration from emerging top […]
BILLY Burns intends throwing down the gauntlet to England ‘s front line fly-halves by guiding underachieving Gloucester into Premiership title contention. Burns, 23, currently resides […]
By NEALE HARVEY FIERCELY determined hooker Reece Marshall has declared himself ready to emerge from the shadows of Dylan Hartley and Mikey Haywood as Northampton […]
From BRENDAN GALLAGHER at Twickenham Right time, right place: Alex Lozowski scores England ‘s second try ENGLAND ‘S mixture of young tyros and old lags […]
By NEALE HARVEY IMPROVING National Three outfit Hertford are aiming to emulate neighbours Bishop ‘s Stortford as their promotion push for Level 4 gathers pace, […]
By ROGER PANTING Causing havoc: Matt Banahan scores Bath ‘s fourth try PICTURES: Getty Images BATH scored the quickest bonus point of the season as […]
By COLIN NEWBOULT Try-scorer: Andy Symons makes a break for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images Held: No way through for try-scorer Mark Wilson THAT 57-10 thrashing […]
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish flanker Max Northcote-Green will put a year-long injury nightmare behind him today when he lines up for his first Premiership […]
By TOM BRADSHAW THIS was an evening of implausible stories. It was implausible that Gloucester should beat table-topping Saracens despite having just 16 per cent […]
ATTACKcoach Tim Taylor believes Gloucester are genuine top-four contenders after another top-half team succumbed at Kingsholm. “Yes, top four is our goal,” he said. “The […]
LEICESTER forward Tom Croft has announced his retirement from rugby. The 31-year-old, who played 40 times for England and five Tests for the Lions, said: […]
Eddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies By NEALE HARVEY DECLINING Argentina must reverse their policy of not selecting overseas-based players or risk […]
By ALEX MARROW Saracens …………44pts Darlington MP….19pts Saracans’ standout: Bryony Cleall BRYONY Cleall starred as Saracens continued their winning start to the season with a […]
By SARA MURRAY Bristol …………….8 L’boro L’ning …12 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning secured back-to-back wins with a hard-fought victory over Bristol at Cleve Rugby Club in Saturday’s […]
CAPTAINCY has often caused controversy in Rugby Union, and there is one which has been brewing for some time with Eddie Jones retaining Dylan Hartley […]
By ROGER PANTING Rout: Jake Polledri, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his late try PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER have their heart set on winning […]
NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan insists his club will meet its English-qualified player (EQP) targets despite falling short over the first third of the Premiership […]
By COLIN NEWBOULT THE small margins in sport. As much as these last two weeks have been thoroughly satisfactory for a youthful Sale outfit, Saracens […]