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Baxter’s boys reach first semi-final in style

27 September 2020 1 comment

EXETER brushed aside a battling Northampton side to book their first Champions Cup semi-final place. Jack Maunder and Jacques Vermeulen’s tries gave Chiefs the lead […]

Dom’s putting in long hours – he’s obsessed, says Atkinson

20 September 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER midfielder Mark Atkinson has explained why brother-inlaw Dom Waldouck’s slavish devotion to detail will banish any doubts over his coaching credentials. […]

Makes no sense to relegate Saracens

20 September 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Small steps forwards: Gloucester play Harlequins in front of 1,000 fans at Kingsholm Sometimes we have to push our prejudices or our desire […]

Ulster call on Cooney to shoot down Top 14 giants

20 September 2020 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Recall: John Cooney comes in for Alby Mathewson SCRUM-HALF John Cooney has been recalled to Ulster’s starting line-up as the Irish province […]

TEAMS: Johnny Sexton captains Leinster in Champions Cup showdown with Saracens

18 September 2020 0 comments

Leo Cullen and Mark McCall have named their line-up for the repeat of last year’s Champions Cup final

Losing Owen Farrell won’t stop us winning, says Saracens’ Wray

18 September 2020 0 comments

Saracens vice-captain Jackson Wray previews the repeat of last year’s Champions Cup final this weekend in the quarters

We’re not going to Exeter planning to grind out a win, says Dan Biggar

18 September 2020 0 comments

Northampton Saints look to arrest their slump in form against an Exeter side that has sent them down to heavy defeats in recent meetings

Regions would benefit from having Welsh leadership, says Robin McBryde

18 September 2020 0 comments

Leinster forwards coach Robin McBryde shares his view on no Welsh region having a Welsh head coach

Rob Baxter fires shot at Chris Boyd for playing ‘mind games’

17 September 2020 0 comments

Rob Baxter expects a competitive scrum to take place in Exeter’s Champions Cup quarter-final with Saints

Owen Farrell avoids ten-game ban for high tackle on Wasps’ Atkinson

9 September 2020 0 comments

Farrell has ten-game entry point reduced to five as panel grants mitigating factors after testimony from Mark McCall and Eddie Jones

Hewett column: Why mess with a format that made the Champions Cup great?

8 September 2020 0 comments

Home and away knockout legs in the Champions Cup? Oh EPCR, what have you done?

Red-card Farrell set to miss Leinster

6 September 2020 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Crunch: Owen Farrell catches Charlie Atkinson on the head ENGLAND captain Owen Farrell looks certain to be banned from Saracens’ European Champions […]

Gloucester rally to put Europe in their grasp

6 September 2020 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Over: Ollie Hassell-Collins scores for London Irish Corner ball: Louis Rees-Zammit goes over for Gloucester GLOUCESTER virtually sealed their place in next […]

Sarries hit Exiles academy boys for six

6 September 2020 1 comment

By TOM WALKER SARACENS continued to build towards their Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster on September 19 with a comfortable win over London Irish. While […]

Tackling Radradra? I used to face Billy Vunipola in training, says Nick Tompkins

3 September 2020 0 comments

Dragons centre Nick Tompkins is already looking forward to the Challenge Cup quarter-final against Bristol Bears

Revealed: Champions Cup and Challenge Cup to undergo radical format change

2 September 2020 0 comments

EPCR confirm big shake-up to European format for 2020-21

Free agent Greg Bateman joins Dragons after Leicester exit

2 September 2020 0 comments

Only Kyle Eastmond remains unsigned out of the five Leicester players who rejected new contract terms in July

Cockerill sets challenge to land a first knockout win

30 August 2020 0 comments

■ By BRYN PALMER RICHARD Cockerill has challenged his Edinburgh players to prove they can handle the pressure of knockout rugby and take the Scottish […]

Harrington column: Stade Francais looking less and less likely to be ready for Top 14 season

24 August 2020 0 comments

The Paris-based club has reported COVID-19 positive players have developed lesions on their lungs

Harlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye

14 August 2020 0 comments

Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month

Butler wants place at Europe’s top table

9 August 2020 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER vice-captain Will Butler aims to join teammate Ollie Lawrence in the race for England selection after declaring himself ready to take […]

I’m no Manu but I have my strengths

9 August 2020 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to Scotland centre Matt Scott about filling the Tuilagi void in Tigers’ midfield STRONG-RUNNING centre Matt Scott is relishing the opportunity to […]

Jackson Wray wants to leave mark on Champions Cup knowing Saracens will feel two-year absence

5 August 2020 0 comments

The ever-present Saracens back row is embracing the challenge of leading a young crop of players in the second tier

Senior contract assured, Bath academy star Gabe Hamer-Webb aims to be incomparable

3 August 2020 0 comments

Hamer-Webb has been thrust into Premiership and Champions Cup action this season at the Rec

Loss of van der Merwe and Myler doesn’t leave London Irish short of leaders, vows Ben Loader

3 August 2020 0 comments

Blair Cowan is the lone co-captain standing at the Exiles, one of the players key to driving Irish to a strong return to the Premiership

Wray stays at Sarries to build for the future

2 August 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY JACKSONWray wants to become a leading figure in Saracens’ revival after extending his contract until 2023. Along with fellow academy products Owen […]

Prem needs stars on show

2 August 2020 0 comments

I CAN’T wait for the Premiership to return – I just hope the league is competitive throughout. I wouldn’t blame Saracens for resting top players […]

Williams column: Signature of Owen Farrell at Saracens is good news for Lions

24 July 2020 0 comments

Farrell could be one of many players to be on a third Lions tour next summer, Shane Williams write

Memo to PRO16: Dublin to Cape Town is 15 hours

19 July 2020 3 comments

COLIN BOAG If Coronation Street is our longest-running soap, then the PRO14 is doing its best to rival it. Its chequered history dates back nearly […]

British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa to go ahead as scheduled in 2021

15 July 2020 0 comments

The pandemic nor fixture congestion will impact the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021, as Lions announce tour to go ahead as planned

Delon Armitage closing in on surprise move in England

14 July 2020 0 comments

The ex-England full-back has spent the past eight years in France with Toulon and Lyon

Champions Cup final will be true opinion poll

12 July 2020 0 comments

ONE of the principal signs of club rugby madness,apart from paying silly money to players already earning a packet at international level and trousering still […]

EPCR take decision to not host 2020 European Cup finals in Marseille

9 July 2020 0 comments

Stade Velodrome will not be the venue for October’s finals

Saracens conclude agreement with emerging fly-half Manu Vunipola

8 July 2020 0 comments

The cousin of Billy and Mako Vunipola has penned an extension through to 2023

Premiership Rugby to have midweek fixtures played under restart plans

7 July 2020 0 comments

Exeter, Northampton and Saracens to face much more compact schedule than Premiership rivals

Cain column: Clubs hold the aces in global power struggle

1 July 2020 0 comments

EPCR have long be banging the drum for a seat on World Rugby’s council – not unreasonable, but is it realistic?

Laporte’s World Club Cup won’t harm Champions Cup, says EPCR chief

30 June 2020 0 comments

EPCR chairman Simon Halliday sees little logical sense in how a World Club Cup could be held every year

Saracens captain Brad Barritt to leave club after 12 years

29 June 2020 0 comments

Saracens and Barritt have agreed to terms to allow the centre to see out the 2019-20 season

Expand the Prem to 16 clubs and PRO14 to 20

28 June 2020 2 comments

Expansion: Let the Jaguares join a new PRO20 PICTURE: Getty Images ■ HAVING a global season is all well and good. However, why do we […]

Saracens veteran Richard Wigglesworth agrees extension to finish Premiership campaign

26 June 2020 0 comments

The scrum-half will be able to see out the domestic and European season at Allianz Park

Dates for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup confirmed by EPCR

25 June 2020 0 comments

Picture of 2019-20 season resumption now clear for Premiership, PRO14 and Top 14 clubs

Leinster’s glory trail runs into a roadblock

21 June 2020 1 comment

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had the season run its natural course, one team might well by now have succeeded where every other failed. […]

PRO14 eyes August 22 restart with shortened season

18 June 2020 0 comments

Two rounds of the regular season will be held before 2019-20 season knockout stages take place

Scarlets poised for legal battle

14 June 2020 0 comments

By ROB COLE THEScarlets are preparing to go to war with their regional colleagues and the WRU after seeing their mediation case for extra funding […]

Trailfinders bolster backline with top flight duo

31 May 2020 1 comment

Versatile: Max Bodilly EALING Trailfinders have strengthened their squad for next season with the arrival of centre Max Bodilly from Exeter Chiefs and Ulster winger […]

Guscott column: Premiership can learn financial fair play from NFL

27 May 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott judges how the salary cap is applied in the NFL to maximise financial and regulatory viability

Ring-fence now to help clubs rebuild say Bristol

25 May 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY EXCLUSIV SALARY cap rebels Bristol have called for Premiership ring-fencing plans to be implemented to enable cash-strapped rivals to put their finances […]

Premiership is for all – not just the richest, Steve

25 May 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Ifear for the future of the Premiership and the open letter from Bristol Bears owner, Steve Lansdown, has done nothing to ease my […]

Sarries will be exhausted

25 May 2020 0 comments

WITH the Premiership season set to run and run, what happens to Saracens’ remaining fixtures? Will they be expected to play all their matches while […]

Myners is right, raise players culbability

25 May 2020 2 comments

I AGREE with Lord Myners’ recommendation that players should also carry some accountability for breaches of the salary cap and we need look no further […]

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