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Greene King to be title sponsors of RFU Championship

14 May 2013 3 comments

Brewing giant Greene King are set to become the first title sponsor of the RFU Championship in a three-year deal believed to be worth £1.2m. […]

Newcastle beat Leeds to reach Championship final

12 May 2013 1 comment

Newcastle will play Bedford in the Championship final after a 34-30 aggregate win over Leeds Carnegie at Kingston Park today. Jimmy Gopperth kicked all the […]

My Life in Rugby: Lee Beach – London Welsh and former Ospreys and Wales Sevens captain

2 May 2013 1 comment

We were in Dubai getting ready for the World Cup Sevens quarter-final in 2009 and Aled Thomas asked me how many pairs of boxer shorts […]

Warriors scrum-half Perry forced to retire

1 May 2013 0 comments

Worcester Warriors scrum-half Shaun Perry has been forced to retire with immediate effect due to injury. The 34-year-old has been sidelined with a knee injury […]

20 Questions: Rhys Lawrence – Bristol hooker

19 April 2013 2 comments

Up and down season for Bristol? It has been and we can’t afford any slip-ups from now on. Leeds are a point behind with a […]

Nick Cain: Baxter can improve England’s set-piece

12 April 2013 1 comment

Stuart Lancaster has made a smart move in asking Rob Baxter to join the England set-up as forwards coach for the tour to Argentina this […]

Dream Team: Dan Montagu – Nottingham No.8

27 March 2013 0 comments

1. Mark Irish – He is a great hard-working forward, who gets around the field. He is a rock and has a solid ability at […]

Tom Arscott joins Sale

21 March 2013 0 comments

Tom Arscott will leave Premiership strugglers London Welsh at the end of the season to join their closest rivals in the relegation battle Sale, it […]

Dream Team: Luke Arscott – Exeter full-back

20 March 2013 1 comment

1. Carl Rimmer – Came into the Chiefs team with very little experience and has done really well. His first showing away at Leinster was […]

Ben Skirving joins the Bristol revolution

12 March 2013 1 comment

Ben Skirving is the latest Premiership player to join the Bristol revolution after the Bath No.8 agreed to join the Championship side. Bath confirmed today […]

Room 101: Junior Fatialofa – Cornish Pirates centre

10 March 2013 0 comments

1. Long Team Meetings I’m not a fan of long, drawn out team meetings. While I understand that coaches have to preview the opposition and […]

Room 101: James Grindall – Bristol scrum-half

3 March 2013 0 comments

1. Cold Callers I’m constantly bombarded with random people calling both my mobile and landline trying to get me to invest money or buy insurance! […]

Andy Robinson: “I could not face Scotland’s fans after failures”

27 February 2013 1 comment

Andy Robinson has revealed the deep-seated sense of frustration that led to him resigning as head coach of Scotland in November. Robinson starts as director […]

Joe Carlisle joins London Wasps

22 February 2013 0 comments

As rumoured for a number of weeks now, Worcester Warriors fly-half Joe Carlisle will be wearing the London Wasps jersey next season. Rated as one […]

Andy Robinson joins Bristol as DoR

18 February 2013 0 comments

Former England and Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has been appointed director of rugby Bristol. The 48-year-old, who quit his job with Scotland in November, […]

Legend Pete Buxton to quit Gloucester

12 February 2013 0 comments

As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Gloucester legend Peter Buxton will call time on his playing career at Kingsholm at […]

Dream Team: Danny Gray – Worcester and former Bristol and Exeter fly-half

6 February 2013 0 comments

1. Alex Corbisiero – Alex is a fantastic scrummager and will anchor the scrum. He’s been outstanding in England‘s scrum recently. 2. Schalk Brits – […]

Room 101: Jon Mills – London Welsh captain

27 January 2013 0 comments

1. Decorative cushions My wife insists on them because she says it makes our place look pretty, but to me they just get in the […]

Young Gun: Steve Uren – Bristol flanker

26 January 2013 0 comments

Record-breaking Steve Uren is already the talk of Bristol, having become their youngest league player last season, and the 18-year-old claims a season toughening up […]

20 Questions: Matt Hopper – Harlequins centre

18 January 2013 0 comments

Enjoy finishing 2012 in front of 82,000 at HQ? Fantastic! There was lots of hype and playing at Twickenham is brilliant. Unfortunately, the weather was […]

20 Questions: Adrian Jarvis – Bristol fly-half

11 January 2013 0 comments

Decent turnaround from Bristol? Pretty good, yes. After a really good pre-season we had a very disappointing start and didn’t get out of the blocks […]

Young Gun: Mitch Eadie – Bristol No.8

8 December 2012 2 comments

Mitch Eadie’s father Jim is a legend at the Memorial Stadium for his exploits in the round-ball game but after a flying start to the […]

Room 101: Duncan Bell – Former Bath and England prop

25 November 2012 1 comment

1. Speeding fine injustice Now, don’t get the wrong idea…I’m no ‘Driving Miss Daisy’, nor, by the same token, am I Ayrton Sienna. But for […]

Scotland v Tonga teams

22 November 2012 0 comments

Bath fly-half Tom Heathcote looks set to make is Scotland debut after being named on the bench for the reception of Tonga on Saturday in […]

Dream Team: Adrian Jarvis – Bristol and former Quins and London Irish fly-half

14 November 2012 0 comments

1. Mark Lambert – We lived together when I was at Quins. He plays both sides of the scrum and is a powerful unit. Plus […]

My Life in Rugby: Neil Calrk – Exeter and former Bristol hooker

8 November 2012 0 comments

Getting promoted with Bristol was special but there was no comparison when I went up with Exeter three years ago. Exeter are the club I […]

Jeff Probyn: Lack of rugby stadiums means shortage of legacy

24 October 2012 1 comment

The announcement of the cut down list of potential venues for the Rugby World Cup has cast a worrying shadow over the whole of the […]

Welford Road not shortlisted as RWC venue

8 October 2012 0 comments

England Rugby 2015, the organiser of the next Rugby World Cup, has announced the long list of 17 potential match venues and, in a shock […]

Young Gun: Jack Gadd – Bristol centre

6 October 2012 0 comments

Bristol centre Jack Gadd required two operations last summer to correct a hip condition he has had since birth but after a year of recovery […]

My Life in Rugby: Martin Haag Nottingham head-coach

27 September 2012 0 comments

Being part of the first English team to win the European Cup was an incredible feeling – especially up against a very good Brive team. […]

Saracens Mako Vunipola is in shape to make up for lost time

13 September 2012 0 comments

On the face of it Mako Vunipola‘s life at Saracens could not have begun any better – two starts, two man-of-the-match awards – however, the […]

20 Questions: Mike Denbee – London Welsh flanker

7 September 2012 2 comments

From Weston-Super-Mare to the Premiership… pinching yourself? I’ve certainly gone the long way round… Weston to Plymouth to Spain to Birmingham & Solihull, and now […]

“We’ll have fun rising to challenge,” says Newcastle’s Dean Richards

30 August 2012 0 comments

Dean Richards will warn his Newcastle troops to expect the unexpected when they finally get their Championship campaign up and running at Bristol on September […]

Oakley joins Northampton Saints

28 August 2012 0 comments

Northampton Saints have signed former Wales international back row Rhys Oakley. The 31-year-old has impressed Jim Mallender while on trial with Saints after leaving Bourgoin. […]

Ulster v Newcastle: teams

23 August 2012 1 comment

After impressive performances against Leicester last Saturday, Jared Payne, Michael Allen and Chris Farell retain their starting positions in the Ulster backline. New signing Nick […]

Dream Team: James Grindall – Bristol and former Leicester scrum-half

20 August 2012 0 comments

1. Andrew Sheridan – We played age group rugby together and he was an absolute beast running over people playing No.8. 2. Trevor Leota – […]

Wales teen wonder Tom Prydie aiming to fly high again

8 August 2012 1 comment

Tom Prydie and Kristian Phillips aim to relaunch their careers this season after falling into the international wilderness. The former Ospreys wing wonders, part of […]

Exeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”

24 July 2012 0 comments

When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his side whom he would swap for an […]

We’re doing things even better than the Natal Sharks says Bristol head coach Liam Middleton

24 July 2012 0 comments

Bristol head coach Liam Middleton hopes a recent fact-finding mission to South Africa will make the difference as his side targets Championship glory. Middleton spent […]

New Bristol signing James Grindal gears up for big time again

20 July 2012 1 comment

James Grindal ended a 13-year consecutive run in the top flight when he swapped Leicester for Bristol this summer, but such is the first impression […]

Man Behind the Match: Stuart Barnes and the 1992 Pilkington Cup final

20 July 2012 0 comments

During the dying embers of amateurism, Twickenham on Cup final day was a very special occasion, and more often than not it was the great […]

Moment in Time: Worcester Warriors and the 2004 Premiership promotion game

20 July 2012 1 comment

It was Boy’s Own stuff. Twelve years earlier, Worcester had been a modest rugby club minding its own business in the backwaters of Midlands Two […]

Young Gun: Callum Braley – Bristol scrum half

10 July 2012 2 comments

As a West Country boy Callum Braley would like nothing more than to stamp his mark on Bristol‘s first team. But with a trip to […]

Give our tier-two English coaches a chance says coaching guru Kevin Bowring

3 July 2012 0 comments

The RFU’s Head of Elite Coach Development, Kevin Bowring, wants to see more English-qualified coaches follow Glenn Delaney’s example and make the step up from […]