Week beginning Sunday, September 8, 2024 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 MIDLANDS DIVISION Counties 2 […]
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CRITICAL supporters of Bristol in the late amateur era believed their team was being straitjacketed by a rigidly traditional committee structure […]
MY LIFE IN RUGBY ALUN WALKER THE CHINNOR HOOKER, FORMERLY OF EALING, NEWCASTLE, NOTTINGHAM, EDINBURGH & SCOTLAND U20s IHAD a bad injury at the start […]
National League 1 Preview By Ben Jaycock National One gets underway next weekend and supporters will expect another enthralling campaign with jeopardy throughout. Chinnor hoisted […]
By Mark Stevens Pat Lam has told Bristol supporters who are unhappy next season’s home Premiership fixture against Bath has been moved to Cardiff’s Principality […]
THE arrogance of the Premiership in its dealings with other parts of the English club game knows no bounds. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than […]
Paul Rees looks ahead to New Zealand’s heavyweight matches against world champions South Africa The Rugby Championship title could be decided in the next two […]
Paul Rees reports on how things are changing at Franklin’s Gardens ahead of the new season Northampton’s early season form gave little sign of what […]
PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton have been drawn alongside big rivals Leicester, Coventry and Nottingham in pool two of the 2024/25 Premiership Rugby Cup. The Premiership clubs […]
BATH were inches away from Premiership glory despite playing almost an hour of the final with 14 men – and talismanic fly-half Finn Russell believes they are in great shape to claim the trophy this time around.
PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW JOHANN VAN GRAAN HAS TURNED THE WEST COUNTRY SIDE INTO TITLE CHALLENGERS TWO years after finishing bottom of the Premiership, […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MARK BRIGHT THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND TASMAN, REDRUTH, LONDON SCOTTISH, RICHMOND & EALING TRAILFINDERS BACK ROW, NOW PLAYER COACH AT […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TOUR BY NEW ZEALAND EVER IN 1972-73 Brendan Gallagher looks back at the highs and lows – from scuffles […]
By SAM JACKSON GLOUCESTER-Hartpury will open their title defence at home to Leicester Tigers on the opening weekend of the Premiership Women’s Rugby 2024-25 season. […]
By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar who exited as head […]
Ben Jaycock talks to England head coach Jonathan Pendlebury ahead of the U18s tour to South Africa ENGLAND U18 SQUAD FORWARDS Diamond Ayiehfor (Leicester, Warwick […]
Paul Rees reports that all Premiership clubs have released more players than they have recruited SEVEN of last year’s England World Cup squad have moved […]
BRISTOL made headlines this week with the signing of Argentina U20 full-back Benjamin Elizalde, below, ahead of the new season. Elizalde arrives in the West […]
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES FACING EX-CHAMPIONS AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE WITHOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO LAST season marked the end of an era for Saracens. […]
Bristol Bears COO Tom Tainton insists rugby must continue to “take calculated risks” to widen its appeal and draw in new fans if it’s ever going to become a sustainable sport.
By SAM JACKSON HARLEQUINS have signed Great Britain Sevens winger Grace Crompton from Bristol Bears. The 22-year-old — who was previously involved with Quins as […]
MAX BODILLY, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER EXETER CHIEFS AND CORNISH PIRATES CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH… 1. Alec Hepburn – […]