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Challenge Cup fixtures preview

16 January 2019 0 comments

Friday will see two more exciting European matches take place. Agen will host Harlequins and Timisoara Saracens head to Franklin’s Gardens to take on Northampton […]

Wasps’ Nathan Hughes makes Premiership switch to Bristol Bears

15 January 2019 0 comments

Hughes signs three-year deal to make Premiership switch

I don’t think I’m on Gat’s list yet admits Corey

13 January 2019 0 comments

Hope: Corey Allen COREY Allen believes he is playing the best rugby of his career, but still expects to be snubbed by Wales. The 25-year-old […]

Davies underlines his value to Ospreys

23 December 2018 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Predator: Luke Morgan gets ahead of Tom Prydie to score for Ospreys PICTURE: Huw Evans Ace: Sam Davies ALLEN CLARKE waxed lyrical […]

Shane Williams column: Ospreys pack must deliver carnage over Christmas

20 December 2018 0 comments

Shane Williams looks ahead to the Scarlets v Ospreys clash on Saturday

Quins guts out win to put freeze on Treviso

16 December 2018 2 comments

■By GARY FITZGERALD Powerplay: Lewis Boyce scores Quins’ opening try Speed demon: Joe Marchant runs in to score for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images ADAM Jones […]

Red card puts Sale on the back foot

16 December 2018 0 comments

■By ROSS HEPPENSTALL On the prowl: Jean-Luc du Preez charges forward for the Sharks PICTURE: Getty Images SALE saw red for the second week running […]

Jake proving he’s cut out for the big time

16 December 2018 0 comments

■By JOHN HARDING Advice: Harry Williams WHAT to take when you are going away, even for a few days, can be a concern for anyone. […]

NEWS EXTRA

9 December 2018 1 comment

Te’o gets time off after his England exertions WORCESTER centre Ben Te’o has flown home to New Zealand for a “break”. Director of rugby Alan […]

Burrows loving high life since switch to Falcons

9 December 2018 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Aiming for an 80-minute performance: Ryan Burrows PICTURES: Getty Images Rival: John Hardie RYAN Burrows achieved another memorable milestone in his career […]

Saints pile more woe on underfire Jackman

9 December 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Stop that! Taqele Naiyaravoro dives in for Saints PICTURE: Getty Images Down: James Fish tackles Dragons’ Richard Hibbard API Ratuniyarawa produced a […]

Blanc score adds late gloss to the Slade show

9 December 2018 0 comments

■By ALEX BYWATER COLIN Slade’s try-double helped end Worcester’s unbeaten Challenge Cup run at the Stade du Hameau on Friday night. The Warriors had headed […]

Ransom: I didn’t get enough love at London Irish

4 December 2018 0 comments

The former Exile and Saracens full-back will play in the Varsity match this week for Oxford

Ransom: I didn’t get enough love at Irish

2 December 2018 1 comment

By MATTHEW ROLLER THREE years have passed since Ben Ransom last made it onto the Twickenham pitch. Then a 23-year-old with the rugby world at […]

Injury-hit Catrakilis eager to make a lasting impression in the battle for No.10

4 November 2018 0 comments

■ By NEALE HARVEY PERKY playmaker Demetri Catrakilis believes he is finally hitting his stride as a Harlequins player following an injuryhit first year at […]

Cliff: It’s no hardship when Faf comes in

28 October 2018 0 comments

LIKE the rest of the northwest’s rugby public, Will Cliff has welcomed the return of Springbok Faf de Klerk with open arms. But the 30-year-old […]

Solomons fears coaches will burn out, too

28 October 2018 0 comments

Plea: Alan Solomons WORCESTER supremo Alan Solomons says Premiership coaches are at risk of burnout unless steps are taken to align the Northern and Southern […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

21 October 2018 0 comments

FORMER ORRELL AND LEEDS HOOKER ROB RAWLINSON OUR celebrations lasted well into the night when we beat Bath to lift the Powergen Cup in 2005. […]

YOUNG GUNS

21 October 2018 0 comments

KIERAN WILKINSON SALE FLY-HALF Sharing your surname with one of England’s greatest players might be seen as a double-edged sword by some. For Kieran Wilkinson, […]

Evans expects another early onslaught

14 October 2018 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff Blues make their first […]

Euro bosses aiming for Transatlantic exposure

30 September 2018 1 comment

EUROPEAN rugby bosses have revealed they plan to take future Champions Cup and Challenge Cup matches to the USA in a bid to broaden their […]

Evans in hot pursuit of former Wales U20 graduates

9 September 2018 0 comments

By STEFFAN EVANS JARROD Evans hopes to be the next player off Jason Strange’s Wales production line. Former Wales U20 coach Strange has played an […]

Cudd grabs spotlight from Keys marquee signings

2 September 2018 0 comments

By IWAN GABE DAVIES Cross Keys …32 Bridgend …25 AFTER making some star signings over the summer, Cross Keys got their season off to an […]

Woodward: Danny can help us win the Prem

26 August 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Aiming to step up: Jason Woodward PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER fullback Jason Woodward is backing controversial England fly-half Danny Cipriani to fire […]

Kvesic states case with breakdown dominance

19 August 2018 0 comments

By ROB COLE THEChiefs hammered out a five-try warning to their Premiership rivals that they will be just as difficult to beat this season after […]

Peter Jackson column: RFU miss the boat again for Shaun Edwards

13 August 2018 0 comments

England miss another chance to join forces with a coach who has won everything there is to win in Union bar the World Cup.

Ospreys ready for lift off now that ‘Jockey’ has the reins

5 August 2018 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS High hopes: Ospreys centre Cory Allen CORY Allen believes the Ospreys boast a secret weapon who can unlock the wealth of riches […]

Strange backing Jarrod for Biggar’s 10 jersey

29 July 2018 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS NEW Cardiff Blues backs coach Jason Strange believes Jarrod Evans’ psychic abilities will increase the pressure on Dan Biggar for the Wales […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

15 July 2018 0 comments

BRUCE REIHANA THE FORMER ALL BLACKS, WAIKATO, CHIEFS, NORTHAMPTON AND BORDEAUX-BEGLES PLAYER When All Blacks coach John Hart rang me up to say I’d been […]

Cuthbert: I’m only 28 and have a lot to offer

8 July 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Size and speed: Alex Cuthbert in action for Wales against Tonga PICTURES: Getty Images HAVING escaped the critic-filled goldfish bowl of Welsh […]

Gloucester CEO Stephen Vaughan defends stance over foreign signings

28 June 2018 0 comments

The Cherry and White’s chief executive cools scrutiny over the signing of banned steroid user Gerbrandt Grobler

Ackermann working to eliminate Gloucester’s ‘kamikaze’ moments

17 June 2018 1 comment

By TOM BRADSHAW JOHAN Ackermann will use the impending preseason to improve his side’s hit-and-miss decisionmaking. South African Ackermann joined the Cherry and Whites as […]

Botha hits back after German club gets the boot

10 June 2018 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER England lock Mouritz Botha has blasted EPCR’s decision to throw his Heidelberger RK side out of the European Challenge Cup. The […]

Ellis Jenkins to skipper Wales against the Boks

31 May 2018 0 comments

All four touring Dragons to play in Washington

Scottish Rugby reveal plans for new 7,800-capacity stadium for Edinburgh

31 May 2018 0 comments

SRU apply for planning permission for new ground to be built on training pitches

Germany set to storm Europe says Botha

20 May 2018 1 comment

News Coach: Mouritz Botha MOURITZ Botha believes German rugby is on the rise as the European minnows continue to dream of what would be an […]

Ackermann rues another lost final

13 May 2018 0 comments

FRUSTRATED Gloucester coach Johan Ackermann questioned why decisons were not always referred to the TMO following Garyn Smith’s somewhat controversial score and the sin-binning of […]

Wilson’s just reward for playing it like the All Blacks

13 May 2018 1 comment

THE COMEBACK kings! What an achievement it was for Cardiff Blues to claim Challenge Cup glory against Gloucester. The manner of the victory had me […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

13 May 2018 0 comments

BARRY STEWART THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, SALE AND NORTHAMPTON PROP My journey from medical write-off in my mid-20s to winning Premiership and European honours with […]

Ed Slater to captain Gloucester in Challenge Cup final clash with Cardiff

10 May 2018 0 comments

Rested players come back into the starting XV for Gloucester’s trip to Bilbao

Banahan shows Bath what they’ll be missing

6 May 2018 1 comment

By ROB COLE Hero’s send-off: Matt Banahan is chaired from the pitch PICTURES: Getty Images WHAT a way to finish! Matt Banahan didn’t quite bring […]

Wayne Barnes to referee Champions Cup final between Leinster and Racing 92

1 May 2018 0 comments

Barnes will be the man in charge in Bilbao, as Challenge Cup officials are also confirmed

Judgement Day must be moved to Easter weekend

29 April 2018 0 comments

JUDGEMENT Day is the highlight of the Welsh rugby calendar and I’m fully supportive of the concept. I think it’s been a welcome addition, but […]

Whirlwind season for Robinson Junior

29 April 2018 0 comments

OLLY Robinson says the prospect of playing for European glory is beyond his wildest dreams. The Cardiff Blues flanker began the season in the second […]

Blackadder is a hero to the players here, he’s got to stay insists Stooke

29 April 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Keep him on: Elliot Stooke has flourished under the eye of former All Black back row Todd Blackadder PICTURE: Getty Images No.1: […]

Freestyle has put Gloucester back in the swim

29 April 2018 2 comments

No fear: John Afoa JOHN Afoa is hell bent on leaving Gloucester a trophy winner after revealing how he has revelled in the “no fear” […]

North was a great signing for Saints insists Diggin

22 April 2018 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE Glory days: George North with Saints in 2013 NORTHAMPTON legend Paul Diggin says George North’s contribution to Saints’ title-winning campaign in 2014 […]

Woodward shows he’s England class

22 April 2018 0 comments

By TOM BRADSHAW Teamwork: Tom Marshall dives over for Gloucester’s first try, set up by Jason Woodward, right PICTURES: Getty Images Dancing feet: Jason Woodward […]