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Storti leads way for impressive Portugal

16 February 2025 0 comments

Rugby Europe Championship IN the battle of the top two sides in pool B, Portugal came out on top with a dominant 34-6victory in Romania. […]

It was a ‘no-brainer’ decision to rejoin Turner – Rylands

16 February 2025 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK Gotcha: Charles Rylands tackling Bath’s Billy Sela PICTURE: Getty Images Happy: Charles Rylands CHARLES Rylands started this season playing for Olney […]

Six Nations: Matt Sherratt ‘couldn’t turn down’ Wales offer after Warren Gatland’s departure

12 February 2025 0 comments

Matt Sherratt admitted he “couldn’t turn down” the chance to coach Wales after being appointed as Warren Gatland’s immediate successor. The Cardiff head coach will […]

Scotland’s Tom Jordan relishing chance to sample ‘hostile’ Twickenham atmosphere

11 February 2025 0 comments

Tom Jordan is relishing the prospect of his first away appearance for Scotland coming in what he expects to be a frenzied Calcutta Cup showdown […]

Warren Gatland exits Wales boss role during Six Nations after 14th straight loss

11 February 2025 0 comments

Warren Gatland has left his role as Wales head coach by mutual agreement following a record run of 14 successive Test match defeats. The Welsh […]

Steve Borthwick’s best results as England head coach

10 February 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott England have just defeated France in a great display of desire and tactical awareness, as well as plenty of good fortune, thanks in […]

Five key talking points from the Six Nations: Steve Borthwick turns a corner

10 February 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott Following another brilliant weekend of Six Nations action, during which England managed to get a famous win over France, the complexion of […]

Ireland dominate Scotland to remain only unbeaten Six Nations side

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Ethan BentsIreland beat Scotland in dominating fashion to continue their hunt for the Six Nations Championship hat-trick. Calvin Nash, Caelan Doris, James Lowe and Jack Conan […]

Georgia’s call for stronger opposition

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Brendan McGilligan The president of the Georgian Rugby Union Soso Tkemaladze believes they have ‘outgrown’ the Rugby Europe Championship. Georgia opened the defence of […]

Six Nations: Steve Borthwick deserves credit for his brave calls in England’s win over France

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Brendan Gallagher Time to tip a hat in the direction of England coach Steve Borthwick who bit the bullet hard this week and made […]

Six Nations: Heads must roll for Wales, if not today, then very soon…

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Just when the Red Dragon Brotherhood thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse, their team duly plunged through another fathom of uncharted […]

Easterby keeps faith with Prendergast at fly-half

9 February 2025 0 comments

■ By PAUL REES IRELAND have kept faith with outside-half Sam Prendergast who will make his first Test appearance outside Dublin against Scotland. The 22-year […]

Rugby Europe Championship: Georgia on their way to super seven

9 February 2025 0 comments

Rugby Europe Championship By Ben Jaycock Georgia booked their place at World Cup 2027 with a 40-7 victory over the Netherlands. Richard Cockerill’s side ensured […]

Howard Packman enjoys his debut for Germany

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe While he was denied a deserved England cap despite being one of the best finishers around in the 1980s and 90s, the […]

Bedford Blues give Bath’s all-stars a lesson in resilience

9 February 2025 0 comments

Steve Diamond’s observation that Bath have a squad of around 70 players, but still appear to be within the £6.4m Premiership salary cap, may be […]

Harlequins take control to leave Ealing trailing in their wake

9 February 2025 0 comments

By George Wellbelove Ealing …………….. 10pts Try: Willemse 3 Conversion: Jones 4 Penalty: Jones 34 Harlequins …….32pts Tries: Anderson 1, Waghorn 10, Riley 51, Musk […]

Semesa Rokoduguni steals in as Doncaster Knights pip Sale Sharks

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Andrew Smith Sale ………………..19pts Tries: Ma’aasi-White 3, S Bedlow 54, Ene 74 Conversions: Curtis 3, 54 Doncaster ………20pts Tries: Veainu 51, Rokodoguni 68 Conversions: […]

Goode news for Saracens as they put London Scottish away

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Nathan Johns L Scottish ……….. 0pts Saracens ……….20pts Tries: Wilson 38, 66, Tizard 80 Conversion: Johnson 39 Penalty: Johnson 9 Arguably the biggest takeaway […]

Chris Lilley – I did fulfuil my dream of playing at Twickenham

9 February 2025 0 comments

My Life In Rugby – Chris Lilley, the former Bath & Somerset prop My biggest claim to fame is I got Bath through to their […]

Grieve sticks the boot into Dings

9 February 2025 0 comments

By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond……………. 31 Dings Crusaders…14 ON a pitch heavy from the previous night’s Championship game, Richmond and Dings fought out an abrasive and […]

Title-chasers Richmond look to make strength in numbers count

9 February 2025 0 comments

By Conor McLarnon Richmond prop Theo Bevacqua is only in his first season at the club and has already played a vital part in their […]

Max’s work ethic keeps him looking to progress

9 February 2025 0 comments

By CHRIS COLLYER LEVEL-headed Henley fly-half Max Titchener held his nerve to seal the deal with a late penalty to see off rivals Dorking in […]

Tweedy’s aiming high for Archers

9 February 2025 0 comments

■By CONOR MCLARNON UNDER the leadership of flanker Nathan Tweedy, Nottingham are hungry to achieve their best finish in the Championship since the 2012-13 season. […]

Smith off to Nevers

9 February 2025 0 comments

SECOND row George Smith has left Northampton to join French ProD2 side Nevers. The 24-yearold joined Saints last summer, having been part of the NFL […]

Six Nations – Italy vs Wales Betting Preview

7 February 2025 0 comments

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Wales will head to Rome to take on Italy to kick off the second round of the Six Nations. It […]

Five key talking points as England prepare to host France in Six Nations

7 February 2025 0 comments

England host France at Allianz Stadium on Saturday with the aim of reigniting their Guinness Six Nations title bid after falling short against Ireland in […]

Official Preview: Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 – Round Seven

7 February 2025 0 comments

Division One Last year’s finalists throwing another party, and a bout between two of the major contenders who would be king, highlight this weekend’s seventh […]

U20s Six Nations: England vs France Match Preview

6 February 2025 0 comments

By Conor McLarnon England U20s look to continue their impressive start to their Six Nations campaign as they take on France tomorrow night at the […]

England’s Cadan Murley out of France clash and doubtful for rest of Six Nations

4 February 2025 0 comments

Cadan Murley has been ruled out of England’s clash with France on Saturday with a foot problem that could rule him out of the remainder […]

Relief as new owners take charge at Cornish Pirates

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Dan Hiscocks and his Cornish Pirates teammates shared a sigh of relief when news broke this week that their club had been […]

We don’t want to finish bottom of the Premiership, says Rob Baxter

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees Rob Baxter wants Exeter to avoid an end-of-season relegation play-off on merit, not because the Championship winners do not meet the entry […]

Andy Robinson impressed by Alfie Barbeary revival

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe Bath’s head academy coach Andy Robinson attributes Bath’s hard-fought 21-7 Premiership Cup win at Bedford at the end of November as the […]

Huw Jones puts Scotland in cruise control to get opening Six Nations win

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Bryn Palmer Scotland’s Six Nations campaign is up and running. Five tries, three of them to prolific centre Huw Jones, and a bonus-point victory […]

Promotion questions still need answers

2 February 2025 0 comments

REFERENCES in letters from RFU Board member Wayne Barnes and interim chair Bill Beaumont in support of the beleaguered current Twickenham administration has led to […]

Ealing Trailfinders on song to dispatch Saracens

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Gary Fitzgerald Saracens …………………… 29pts Tries: Tuipulotu 14, Jackson 17, 33, 79; Eden 71 Conversions: Johnson 34, 80 Ealing Trailfinders …… 50pts Tries: Willemse […]

Gloucester’s second-half blitz enough to keep Cornish Pirates at bay

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Mike Sinclair C Pirates ……….. 19pts Tries: Cannon 7, Hocking 66, Agbongbon 75 Conversions: Houston 66, 75 Gloucester …….26pts Tries: Eite 3, 47; Barton […]

Harry Beddall: Tommy Reffell is my inspiration

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Simon Thomas Wales U20 captain Harry Beddall has revealed how he is taking inspiration from Test star Tommy Reffell. Beddall plays in the same […]

16-try Georgia start as they mean to go on in the Rugby Europe Championship

2 February 2025 0 comments

Richard Cockerill’s Georgia got off to a flying start in Pool A with a 16-try win against Switzerland in Tbilisi. The defending champions and competition […]

When living beyond your means makes it tough to survive

2 February 2025 0 comments

Main men: Santi Carreras playing for Gloucester and, inset, George Skivington SANTI Carreras stood out for Gloucester in the two seasons before this one when […]

Bill Sweeney needs to run game for the good of us all

2 February 2025 0 comments

RFU CEO Bill Sweeney is head of English Rugby not England Rugby. His strategy is to make the England teams successful and to fill Twickenham […]

Six Nations needs to be free-to-air

2 February 2025 0 comments

Blockbuster: France took on Wales in Friday night’s Six Nations kick-off THE Six Nations simply must be on terrestrial television for the survival of the […]

The best Six Nations? Here are my top three

2 February 2025 0 comments

By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed The turn of the century was as notable for the things that failed to happen as it was for […]

Six Nations casualties would put on quite a match

2 February 2025 0 comments

The one certainty about the Six Nations is that not all those who came under starter’s orders this weekend will be in one piece when […]

Brown was right, that 1964 title should have been Scotland’s

2 February 2025 0 comments

MENTION of the late Peter Brown the other week following his passing reminded me of a small niggling grievance he never failed to mention in […]

I’m surprised by £30m offer to community game

2 February 2025 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME England leaders: Maro Itoje and Jamie George and, inset, Bill Sweeney PICTURES: Getty Images THE unexpected […]

Davidson set for take-off out in Japan

2 February 2025 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK ANDREW Davidson is flourishing on and off the pitch in his new Japanese surroundings. The former Newcastle, Gloucester and Edinburgh second row […]

Saracens sign up Clarke

2 February 2025 0 comments

RUGBY NEWS SARACENS have signed hooker Eoghan Clarke from Munster to replace Kapeli Pifeleti, who has left the club to join French second-tier side Provence. […]