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Mediator set for agents meeting

7 November 2021 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RUGBY agents and Premiership Rugby will this week hold a mediation meeting in London in a bid to […]

Diamond spotted twice in the West Country

7 November 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER STEVE Diamond was spotted by Blindside spies twice in the West Country over the last week, where it […]

Du Preez looks all set to join Glasgow

31 October 2021 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Going north: JP du Preez JP DU PREEZ is on the verge of joining Glasgow Warriors from Sale […]

Diamond’s back looking for club

31 October 2021 2 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER STEVE Diamond is ready to make his return to the Premiership and become rugby’s version of legendary American […]

Sharks in £15m AJ Bell deal

31 October 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks will complete their £15m contract to buy a share of the AJ Bell Stadium early in […]

Yapp puts faith in Warriors young guns

31 October 2021 0 comments

PREVIEW… Worcester Warriors v Saracens Sixways, KO 2pm WARRIORS have been a team on the rise this season, with victories over Sale and Loughborough as […]

Wasps 23-27 Exeter: Chiefs on warpath as Simmonds sizzles

17 October 2021 0 comments

EXETER Chiefs, with Sam Simmonds leading the charge in trademark fashion, poured on the pressure after the break to squeeze past a Wasps side that […]

Harlequins 5-24 Bristol: Bristol dump Quins again to stay top of shop

10 October 2021 0 comments

BRISTOL condemned reigning champions Harlequins to a secondsuccessive defeat on home soil and affirmed their status as league leaders. The Bears were the victims of […]

Cinderford go top as Albion slip up

10 October 2021 2 comments

By SAM JESS Cinderford …………..36 Plymouth ……………. 12 CINDERFORD went top of the table as they kept up their unbeaten start with a hard-fought victory […]

O’Shea hunts Eddie’s successor

3 October 2021 0 comments

THE RFU have already started their search for Eddie Jones’ successor as England coach. The Australian has said he will stand down from the Red […]

Agents row will take players abroad

26 September 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FRENCH and Japanese clubs are looking to pick off Premiership stars as the standoff between clubs and agents […]

Finn Russell says no to Japan’s offer of ‘at least’ £1m

26 September 2021 0 comments

FINN Russell has turned down the chance to become the best-paid player in the world and will see out the remaining two years of his […]

Brownlie hat-trick fails to stop hosts

26 September 2021 0 comments

By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ………….. 41 Cambridge …………. 26 CINDERFORD kept up their unbeaten start, but Cambridge made them work hard for the victory. The […]

Aussie agents in hot pursuit of Luke Cowan-Dickie

5 September 2021 0 comments

LUKE Cowan-Dickie is on the radar of Australian NRL clubs after Eddie Jones said the Exeter hooker would make a fantastic Rugby League prop forward. […]

Kolbe’s tax bill set to rocket at Toulon

29 August 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHESLIN Kolbe, below, could find himself worse off following his recordbreaking move to Toulon thanks to the French […]

Sharks move closer to AJ Bell deal

29 August 2021 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks are just ironing out the last few details of the £17m deal to buy the AJ […]

Shane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery

15 August 2021 0 comments

The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury

The club hoping to make Scotland ace Finn Russell rugby’s richest man

15 August 2021 0 comments

Michael Cheika wants to bring the star of the third Lions Test to Japan

Agents seek talks over cash

15 August 2021 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEADING agents want to meet Premiership Rugby for peace talks in a bid to break the deadlock in […]

TEAM: Spingboks without Faf de Klerk and Pieter-Steph du Toit for decider

3 August 2021 1 comment

South Africa call on Cobus Reinach and Lood de Jager to fill void of losing two of their star players

Craig White calls time on Sale Sharks job

1 August 2021 2 comments

FORMER British & Irish Lions conditioning coach Craig White, who joined Sale Sharks when Alex Sanderson took over at the AJ Bell Stadium, has left […]

Richard Cockerill ponders England job after talks with Eddie Jones

1 August 2021 0 comments

England’s new forwards coach?

South Africa 27-9 Lions: Lions must break free from tactical straightjacket

1 August 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain’s report on the second Test which saw the Springboks bring the series level

Luke Cowan-Dickie and Courtney Lawes start for Lions in first Test

21 July 2021 0 comments

Head coach Warren Gatland reveals the selection was the hardest of his time with the Lions

Harlequins and Falcons in pay-cut concern

18 July 2021 0 comments

Are Premiership clubs all back to paying their players their pre-pandemic salaries?

New Zealand 57-23 Fiji: Four-try Coles is too much to handle for battling Fiji

11 July 2021 0 comments

Four tries from replacement hooker Dane Coles push the All Blacks ahead of fighting Fiji

Lions find themselves all at sea as Sharks circle

11 July 2021 0 comments

The Lions concede four first-half tries before being given a get out of jail free card when Jaden Hendrikse was red carded

Ireland edge home for World Cup pay-back

4 July 2021 2 comments

■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland …………..39pts Tries: Farrell 8, McCloskey 26, Bealham 40+1, Van der Flier 48, Stockdale 51 Conversions: Carberry 8, 40+2, 49, 52 Penalties: […]

Fast start keeps England U20 on track

27 June 2021 0 comments

ENGLAND will head into next week’s showdown with Ireland with two bonus-point victories in the bag, after coming through unscathed against Scotland. Jack van Poortvliet’s […]

George Ford ponders future as Mike leaves Leicester

20 June 2021 3 comments

GEORGE Ford’s long-term future at Leicester Tigers was last week thrown into debut when his father Mike parted company with the Welford Road club. The […]

Jonathan Joseph carries £150k Toulon price tag

20 June 2021 0 comments

TOULON could be forced to pay Bath £150,000 if they want Jonathan Joseph released from the final year of his contract, leaving the deal hanging […]

Alex Cuthbert signing to be confirmed by Ospreys

20 June 2021 3 comments

THE Ospreys will confirm tomorrow that they have signed Wales and British Lion Alex Cuthbert from Exeter Chiefs. Blindside revealed in May that Cuthbert would […]

Touchline fiasco should never have happened

13 June 2021 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE touchline row between Steve Borthwick and Pat Lam in the clash between Leicester and Bristol at Welford […]

Simon McIntyre’s on his way back to the Sharks

13 June 2021 1 comment

SALE Sharks have agreed a deal that will see Wasps prop Simon McIntyre, 30, return to the club he left a decade ago. […]

One more signing expected by Rob Baxter

13 June 2021 0 comments

EXETER Chiefs boss Rob Baxter is after one more player for next season. He has recently signed Highlanders prop Josh Iosefa-Scott and Connacht centre Sean […]

Steve Diamond in range of Gloucester and Bath

6 June 2021 0 comments

The former Sale director of rugby is planning a move down south

Ospreys keen to help Elvis Taione rock on in Wales

6 June 2021 1 comment

The Exeter Chiefs hooker could be on his way to the Liberty Stadium this summer

Salsa-boy Manu Tuilagi won’t do Strictly

6 June 2021 0 comments

MANU Tuilagi has ruled out joining the rugby players who have taken part in the BBC’s smash hit TV show Strictly Come Dancing. The England […]

TV pundits say no to Lions

6 June 2021 0 comments

SKY Sports are struggling to find big-name pundits willing to travel to South Africa for the Lions tour. Blindside understands many former internationals aren’t keen […]

Toulouse 22-17 La Rochelle: Heavyweight collision lacks real sparkle but Toulouse won’t care

23 May 2021 0 comments

All the action from Twickenham as Toulouse lifted a fifth Champions Cup trophy to become the undisputed kings of Europe

Bath prop Henry Thomas on his way to join La Rochelle

16 May 2021 1 comment

Henry Thomas is out of contract this summer at Bath

Martin Gleeson set to replace Amor with England

16 May 2021 2 comments

Amor’s exit at the RFU comes after the union’s Six Nations review

Harlequins out to Sting Wasps

6 May 2021 0 comments

Harlequins host Wasps in the Gallagher Premiership on Sunday with both teams looking for vital points. The weekend begins with Harlequins in the fourth and […]

Matt Sherratt quits Sixways for Cardiff Blues return

18 April 2021 3 comments

Backs coach Sherratt spent three years at Arms Park before making the short trip to the Principality to join Warren Gatland’s staff in 2017

Kruis’ Lions experience will keep him in the conversation

18 April 2021 0 comments

THERE are unlikely to be many bolters from the blue, if any, in the Lions squad for the tour to South Africa because of the […]

Saracens gather all their on-loan stars back in the fold

11 April 2021 0 comments

Saracens head coach Mark McCall reveals the likelihood of having Nick Isiekwe and Ben Earl back at the club next season

Thomas looks to France

11 April 2021 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE Move: Henry Thomas HENRY THOMAS, the former England international tighthead, looks set to leave Bath to move to France. Thomas, 29, […]

Sale miss out in pursuit of Nick Schonert from Premiership rivals Worcester

11 April 2021 0 comments

SALE SHARKS are believed to have failed in a bid to land Worcester Warriors tighthead Nick Schonert on a deal for next season. Alex Sanderson […]

Wales 0-45 Ireland: Woeful Wales ship seven in Arms Park demolition job

11 April 2021 1 comment

Wales overwhelmed by Ireland to suffer second-successive heavy defeat in the Six Nations

Parkes powers up Panasonic charge

11 April 2021 0 comments

JAPAN ROUND-UP By MATT MCILRAITH HADLEIGH Parkes took his try tally to seven for the season as Panasonic Wild Knights beat Yamaha Jubilo 55-19 to seal the […]

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