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Sexton escapes World Cup punishment in hearing

17 July 2023 0 comments

Johnny Sexton has been handed a three-match ban for his conduct after the European Champions Cup Final but will be available to play throughout the […]

Warriors setting ambitious targets

16 July 2023 0 comments

By NICK POWELL New Worcester Warriors women managing director Jon Graham has high hopes for his new club going forward, with ambitious targets both off […]

My Life in Rugby with Ian Whitten: ‘I think I took more good options than bad ones’

2 July 2023 0 comments

The former Ireland, Exeter and Ulster centre talks about his life in the game PULLING on the Ulster jersey for the first time in 2009 […]

Gloucester and Exeter prepare for “Queensholm” showdown

23 June 2023 0 comments

A new winner will be crowned as the champions of the Women’s Premier 15s as Gloucester–Hartpury and Exeter meet at the hosts’ aptly renamed stadium […]

Abendanon: French rugby is far more fun

11 June 2023 0 comments

By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French club game and worries […]

We must find a way to stop vicious spiral

11 June 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Heaven knows The Rugby Paper has been warning of a Domesday scenario […]

Game is spending above its means

11 June 2023 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Just as we all thought it couldn’t get any worse now the season is over and […]

We want Worcester to play at Sixways again

4 June 2023 0 comments

Q&A Ben Jaycock speaks to Worcester Warriors Supporters Trust founder Marcus Mulcahy about the group’s plans to revitalise the club Following a torrid 12 months […]

How a pair of English-born props could foil Red Rose

7 May 2023 0 comments

Tomas Francis, the 71-cap Wales tighthead who has been first choice for Warren Gatland in both his incarnations as Wales coach, shares many characteristics with […]

Former Wasp Fekitoa agrees deal at Treviso

12 March 2023 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA BENETTON Treviso have signed former All Blacks centre Malakai Fekitoa on a three-year deal. Munster revealed last month that the 30-year-old would be […]

Sweeney more of a liability than an asset

26 February 2023 0 comments

SADLY it needs to be realised that the RFU has abandoned its frequently misused historic role as guardian of the game’s best interests. Grassroots rugby […]

We are taking the cup seriously, says Holden

19 February 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Doncaster have taken this season’s Championship Cup by storm and, while other teams are using the competition to experiment and field second […]

All Black half-backs will head to Far East

12 February 2023 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA AARON Smith and Beauden Barrett are the latest New Zealand players to confirm they will play club rugby in Japan after this year’s […]

South Africa hardly a weekend destination

5 February 2023 0 comments

Take that: Alex Dombrandt celebrates a try for Quins against Sharks I WONDER how many other club rugby supporters have become disillusioned with the Heineken […]

Slade was clearly ball first, then player

22 January 2023 0 comments

In the clear: Slade’s red card was rescinded ON a weekend of a number of red cards, I write this on the evening of Saturday. […]

How baseball kept Bish on right track

18 December 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ken Poole, the head of economic development for Cardiff City Council, has […]

Prem clubs show interest in Rubiolo

23 October 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLINDSIDE Young Argentinean back row Pedro Rubiolo is attracting interest from Premiership clubs who are keen on signing him after the World Cup […]

Sorry, Rob, but rugby can’t afford higher cap

9 October 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT It’s not easy to argue with a man like Rob Baxter, the honest-to-goodness, soil-under-the-fingernails West Countryman whose work with Exeter across a wide […]

Worcester Warriors in administration and suspended from all English competitions

26 September 2022 0 comments

Worcester Warriors have been placed into administration and both their teams have been suspended from all RFU competitions after they failed to meet a 5pm […]

Porter out to keep playing for England

25 September 2022 1 comment

By PAUL REES Guy Porter was celebrating Leicester’s Premiership final victory over Saracens at Twickenham in June when he received a text that made sure […]

This week’s letters: Powers-that-be must take action

25 September 2022 0 comments

I’ve watched in horror recently with the problems at Worcester and Wasps which is just the tip of the iceberg from my viewpoint. Rugby has […]

All Blacks Coach Ian Foster Endorsed Through 2023 Rugby World Cup

7 September 2022 0 comments

According to Betonmobile.ru, The New Zealand Rugby Union has today announced All Blacks Head Coach Ian Foster will remain in his role as Head Coach […]

Let’s hope we still have 13 teams come Friday

4 September 2022 0 comments

COLIN BOAG After 11 long weeks, at last the Premiership returns on Friday evening. Yes, we’ve had summer tours and the Rugby Championship to keep […]

Fans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride

28 August 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering a little right now […]

French go from strength to strength

28 August 2022 0 comments

AFTER a difficult week for English club rugby, it is both instructive and a little chastening to look over La Manche where, on the eve […]

Herbst out to give Quins some grunt

14 August 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Power house: Irne Herbst is looking forward to playing for Harlequins next season PICTURES: Getty Images Irne Herbst hopes to add some […]

Bidding war goes on for European Cup TV rights

24 July 2022 1 comment

PLANS for a 16-team longdiscussed World Club Cup starting in 2025 will add intrigue to drawn-out broadcaster bids for TV rights to the European Champions […]

Contracts alone will not plug the gap – McMahon

17 July 2022 1 comment

■By BEN JAYCOCK The IRFU have promised to have women’s contracts in place in time for next year’s Six Nations, but Ireland flanker Edel McMahon […]

Crosbie handed maiden start as Watson misses out on first test for Argentina

1 July 2022 0 comments

Edinburgh’s Luke Crosbie will make his first start for Scotland in the first test against Argentina on Saturday evening. Crosbie, 25, captained Scotland A to […]

George Kruis to sign off with Barbarians outing against England at Twickenham

17 June 2022 0 comments

George Kruis is set to play his final game as a professional rugby player after being named in the Barbarians starting line-up for Sunday’s match […]

George: I’m delighted ‘Magic Max’ won award

12 June 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE JAMIE GEORGE faces expulsion from the Front Row Union after breaking rank and celebrating the fact a hooker didn’t win the Premiership’s […]

Top-flight wings set to fly for the Army at HQ

20 March 2022 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By PIERS DUNHAM COME kick off on the April 30 it will have been three long years since the last Army-Navy match at […]

Mark Nelson: Thriving county scene is beneficial to all

13 March 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Fylde and Lancashire coach Mark Nelson is furious about the RFU cutting the County Championship’s funding and hopes county rugby can […]

Premiership fans pay to see all their stars on display

6 February 2022 1 comment

WHY should Premiership club rugby be devoid of their best players for the Six Nations? I am fed up watching club rugby played with certain […]

Rugby needs this new ITV audience

23 January 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT WHO out there remembers what occurred immediately after the great Ashes series of 2005? To be clear: pretty much every Ashes series in […]

Prem will make Boks better says Benhard

16 January 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD JAKE White has urged the Springboks to stop picking overseas-based talent but Benhard Janse van Rensburg has no regrets about joining the […]

Beziers’ heroes get warm welcome in wee hours

16 January 2022 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 93 Welcome […]

Jackson has been a Sarries inspiration

16 January 2022 0 comments

I HOPE other rugby fans appreciated the article written by Chris Hewett about the injury suffered by Jackson Wray. He outlined Jackson’s input to Saracens […]

The game is nothing without jeopardy

9 January 2022 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Apips-and-core Australian with vast experience of top-end rugby on both sides of the Equator sends his season’s greetings from a sunlit […]

Sorry, this sleeping dog needs to be wide awake

2 January 2022 1 comment

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IT is tempting to support Alex Sanderson’s view that another salary cap scandal is the last thing […]

Griffiths brings fun and games to The Rec

26 December 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT IT IS not yet a mathematical certainty that Bruce Craig will end his long spell of chairmanship at Bath in the way he […]

Wage bill is cutting the clubs to the bone

26 December 2021 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME My fellow columnist Colin Boag wrote last week that the salary cap cuts can only be […]

New women’s union will offer protection

19 December 2021 0 comments

By PAUL REES DANIELLE Waterman set up the Women’s Rugby Association, which launched last week, to ensure players do not lose out as the domestic […]

Glasgow ask Exeter fans to not wear Native American-style headdresses

14 December 2021 0 comments

Glasgow Warriors have asked Exeter fans not to wear Native American-style headdresses at their Heineken Champions Cup match this Saturday evening at Scotstoun. Warriors bosses […]

URC will press on despite Omicron

5 December 2021 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA THE United Rugby Championship remains committed to the competition’s format and playing all postponed matches despite a turbulent week that saw four of […]

Irish have the quality to go all the way in Europe – Mafi

5 December 2021 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Mafi says London Irish have the mental aptitude to transfer their sparkling Premiership form onto the European stage. The flanker insists […]