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O’Shea to leave Quins this summer

20 January 2016 0 comments

Conor O’Shea will leave his position as director of rugby at Harlequins once his current contract at the end of the season. Since joining Harlequins […]

Ian Madigan to leave Leinster and join Bordeaux

29 December 2015 0 comments

Leinster confirmed yesterday that Ian Madigan will leave the Irish province at the end of the current season to join Bordeaux Bègles in the French […]

Three from three Gloucester win at Worcester

11 December 2015 0 comments

Gloucester made it three wins from three in the Challenge Cup with a 34-22 bonus-point win over Worcester. Dean Hammond’s try for the hosts was […]

Young Gun: Jack Singleton – Worcester hooker

4 December 2015 0 comments

Jack Singleton wished he had travelled to Italy to take on Zebre this weekend but the youngster has now set his sights on the A-League […]

20 Questions: George McGuigan – Newcastle hooker

2 December 2015 0 comments

Going into the unknown against Enisei today aren’t you? They’re an unknown quantity so we’re focusing a lot more on ourselves and make sure we’re […]

WATCH: Matthew Rees cited for stamping on Easter

24 November 2015 0 comments

Cardiff Blues captain Matthew Rees will appear at a disciplinary hearing in London tomorrow following his red card for stamping on Nick Easter. The incident […]

Challenge Cup round 2 teams

18 November 2015 0 comments

Cardiff Blues v Harlequins Cardiff Blues: Blaine Scully; Alex Cuthbert, Rey Lee-Lo, Gavin Evans, Tom James; Rhys Patchell, Lloyd Williams; Gethin Jenkins (Capt.), Kristian Dacey, […]

20 Questions: Thomas Waldrom – Exeter No.8

2 September 2015 2 comments

How’s pre-season going? We’ve had a tough few weeks as it always is at Exeter but we had a week off last week and I […]

20 Questions: Charlie Sharples – Gloucester wing

19 August 2015 0 comments

Must be chuffed to have been offered a new deal by the club two months before the season even starts? The club approached me a […]

Care confirmed as new Harlequins captain

19 August 2015 2 comments

Danny Care has been announced as Harlequins new captain for the upcoming Premiership season taking the reins from Joe Marler. The scrum-half has won 50 caps […]

Dream Team: Joe Gray – Harlequins and former Northampton hooker

17 August 2015 1 comment

1. Tom Smith – He was awesome at the set piece but he was also able to step in at fly-half and throw miss passes […]

Champions Cup fixtures announced

14 August 2015 1 comment

Leicester will kick-off the Champions Cup season by hosting Stade Francais at Welford Road on November 13. The clash between the Tigers and the Top14 […]

Sam Hidalgo-Clyne Is the man for Scotland – Scott Hastings

12 August 2015 1 comment

Scott Hastings says it is time Scotland ditched skipper Greig Laidlaw to give Sam Hidalgo-Clyne his chance at scrum-half. Hidalgo-Clyne, 21, enjoyed a breakthrough campaign […]

Savage and Sharples sign new Gloucester contracts

29 July 2015 0 comments

Gloucester have today announce that Tom Savage and Charlie Sharples have agreed new long term contracts to extend their stays at Kingsholm. 26-year-old Savage has […]

Young Gun: Callum Watson – London Irish scrum-half

24 July 2015 1 comment

Having seen his two big brothers make big waves in rugby, it was no surprise Callum Watson decided to follow in their footsteps and give […]

Young Gun: Callum Chick – England and Newcastle U18s

10 July 2015 0 comments

Callum Chick started his professional career this week but he has one assignment left as a schoolboy and that is a daunting to tour South […]

Tom Varndell: I won’t quit England until I beat Mark Cueto’s record

14 May 2015 0 comments

Tom Varndell wants to end his career abroad but he will not leave English rugby until he is the most prolific try-scorer in Premiership history. […]

European Cup finals teams

1 May 2015 1 comment

Champions Cup final: Clermont v Toulon Clermont: Nick Abendanon; Noa Nakaitaci, Jonathan Davies, Wesley Fofana, Naipolioni Nalaga; Brock James, Morgan Parra; Vincent Debaty, Benjamin Kayser, […]

European Cup semi-finals teams

17 April 2015 0 comments

Champions Cup Clermont v Saracens Clermont: Nick Abendanon; Noa Nakaitaci, Jonathan Davies, Wesley Fofana, Naipolioni Nalaga; Brock James, Ludovic Radoslavjevic; Vincent Debaty, Benjamin Kayser, Davit […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Lyn Jones is happy to foster home-grown Dragons

17 April 2015 0 comments

Lyn Jones and his home-grown Dragons start the most challenging week of their lives today. By the end of it, nobody ought to be surprised […]

Challenge Cup quarter-finals teams

3 April 2015 1 comment

Exeter v Newcastle Exeter: Byron McGuigan; Tom James, Ian Whitten, Sam Hill, Matt Jess; Henry Slade, Will Chudley; Ben Moon, Jack Yeandle, Tomas Francis; Mitch […]

20 Questions: Elliott Stooke – Gloucester lock

18 February 2015 0 comments

What do you make of Gloucester‘s season? Slow start but picking up the pace. Was it to be expected after so much change over the […]

Peter Jackson: Lions legend Graham Price takes a prop shot at Adam Jones axe

13 February 2015 0 comments

As the only tighthead on the planet to have propped the Lions through 12 consecutive Test matches, Graham Price knows a bit about scrummaging and […]

Worcester announce signing of Phil Dowson

10 February 2015 0 comments

Worcester Warriors today announced the signing of Phil Dowson ahead of next season. The Northampton back-rower will move to Sixways this summer after six years […]

Dunn and Ewels commit to Bath

27 January 2015 1 comment

Charlie Ewels and Tom Dunn have renewed their contracts with Bath in a move which sees the duo make the step up from the academy […]

Denton and Maitland out of Six Nations start

27 January 2015 0 comments

Scotland duo David Denton and Sean Maitland will miss the start of the Six Nations through injury. The pair sustained calf and shoulder injuries respectively […]

European Cups semi-finals draw

26 January 2015 3 comments

Wasps and Northampton will host the Champions Cup semi-finals should they win on the road at Toulon and Clermont. Following the draw made in Clermont […]

London Welsh suffer sixth Challenge Cup defeat

26 January 2015 0 comments

London Welsh are still winless this season following a 17-12 defeat to Lyon in the last round of the Challenge Cup yesterday. Tries from Thibault […]

Challenge Cup round 6 teams

22 January 2015 0 comments

POOL 1 Grenoble v Cardiff Blues Grenoble: Fabien Gengenbacher (Capt.); Ratu Alipate Ratini, Jackson Willison, Louis Marrou, Daniel Kilioni; Jordan Michallet, James Hart; Rémy Hugues, […]

Exeter through to Challenge Cup quarter-finals

19 January 2015 0 comments

Exeter have joined Gloucester and the Dragons in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after their 33-24 win at Connacht yesterday. The Chiefs sit top of Pool […]

Challenge Cup round 5 teams

16 January 2015 1 comment

Bordeaux-Bègles v London Welsh Bordeaux-Bègles: Romain Lonca; Paulin Riva, Metuisela Talebulamaijaina, Charles Brousse, Lucas Blanc; Pierre Bernard, Baptiste Serin (c); Laurent DelBoulbes, Clement Maynadier, Francisco […]

Edinburgh beat London Welsh in Challenge Cup

15 December 2014 1 comment

Edinburgh have one foot in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after beating London Weslsh 24-6 yesterday. The Scots, who had Dougie Fife and Stuart McInally cross […]

Newcastle Falcons fall in Paris

12 December 2014 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons have lost their unbeaten record in the Challenge Cup after they went down 31-24 to Stade Francais in Paris last night. Tries from […]

Challenge Cup round 4 teams

12 December 2014 1 comment

Bayonne v Connacht Bayonne: Jon Elissalde; Saimoni Vaka, Lalakai Foketi, Matthieu Ugalde, Pierre Sayerse; Clement Otazo, Christophe Loustalot (Capt.); JC Van Rensburg, David Roumieu, Florian […]

Challenge Cup round 3 teams

5 December 2014 0 comments

Bucharest v NG Dragons Bucharest: Luke Samoa; Robert Neagu, Catalin Dascalu, Florin Ionita, Ionut Botezatu; Florin Vlaicu (Capt.), Florin Surugiu; Constantin Pristavita, Otar Turashvili , […]

Exeter thump La Rochelle in France

5 December 2014 0 comments

Exeter carried on their formidable run of form with a 36-10 away win over La Rochelle in the third round of the Challenge Cup last […]

La Rochelle v Exeter teams

3 December 2014 1 comment

La Rochelle: Jean-Pascal Barraque; Botia Veivuke, Alofa Alofa, Kini Murimurivalu, Damien Cler; Jules Lebail, Julien Audy; Jordan Seneca, Benjamin Geledan, Benoit Bourrust; Jacobus Grobler, Leo […]

Challenge Cup round 2 teams

23 October 2014 0 comments

London Welsh: Seb Jewell; Rhys Crane, James Lewis, Olly Barkley, Nick Scott; Gordon Ross, Paul Rowley; Shane Cahill, Mathew Dobson, Taione Vea; Mat Corker (Capt.), […]

London Irish demolish Rovigo

20 October 2014 1 comment

London Irish scored ten tries as they demolished Rovigo 72-14 in the opening round of the Challenge Cup yesterday. Topsy Ojo was the pick of […]

Challenge Cup round one teams

17 October 2014 0 comments

Newcastle v Bucharest Newcastle: Lee Smith; Tom Catterick, Tom Penny, Chris Harris, Noah Cato; Rory Clegg, Warren Fury; Eric Fry, Rob Hawkins, Kieran Brookes, Will […]

Gloucester thrash Brive in Challenge Cup opener

17 October 2014 1 comment

Charlie Sharples crossed for a hat-trick of tries as Gloucester demolished French side Brive 55-0 at Kingsholm last night in the opening round of the […]

Gloucester name side for Challenge Cup opener

15 October 2014 1 comment

Australian Billy Meakes will make his first Gloucester start with Brive the visitors to Kingsholm in the first round of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. […]

Nick Cain: Europe’s suddenly got a lot tougher for the Irish

24 September 2014 1 comment

Soon after Brian O’Driscoll had been revealed as the latest jewel in BT Sport’s ever-expanding crown of former international pundits he touched on what could […]

Luke Arscott: I’ll help Anthony Watson but No.15 jersey is up for grabs

11 September 2014 0 comments

Full-back thrilled about leadership role at new club to get the most out of its talented but youthful backline.

Moment in Time: the 2006 Challenge Cup final

29 August 2014 25 comments

Cup finals are often tight, tense affairs decided by a mistake or controversial penalty. But not on this particular occasion as two sides packed with […]

Challenge Cup fixtures announced

14 August 2014 1 comment

Round 1 October 16 Gloucester v Brive (19:45) October 17 Newcastle v Bucharest or Calvisano (20:00) Bordeaux-Begles v Edinburgh (20:00) October 18 Lyon v London […]

Twickenham to stage inaugural Champions Cup final

12 August 2014 0 comments

The inaugural Champions Cup final will be hosted at Twickenham it was announced today. The Challenge Cup decider will go ahead at the Twickenham Stoop […]

English clubs react to European Cups draw

10 June 2014 1 comment

Jim Mallinder – Northampton Director of Rugby “We haven’t played Racing Metro before, and going to Paris will be an exciting challenge. “Racing are an […]

Euro Cup place ‘will keep’ Joe Launchbury at London Wasps

6 June 2014 0 comments

Fears that England lock Joe Launchbury could be the next Wasps star pinched by Saracens have eased now that qualification for the Champions Cup has been achieved.

New Northampton deal for Jim Mallinder

2 June 2014 0 comments

Jim Mallinder has celebrated Northampton‘s Premiership and Amlin Cup double by putting pen to paper on a new five-year deal. The Saints Director of Rugby […]

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