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Rugby was just part of the plot for these super heroes

12 July 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby all-rounders TOP 20 …RUGBY ALL-ROUNDERS NEXT WEEK Rugby ref 1. Heather Moyse One […]

Can Russell help Scots gain more Lions places?

12 July 2020 1 comment

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT World class? Finn Russell needs to be back playing for Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images GREIG Laidlaw is saying […]

Lions contenders RANKED – Adams and May lead the way for wing combination

29 June 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain offers the five wings ready to make life difficult for the Boks’ defence in 2021

Wales face oblivion in new World Club Cup

21 June 2020 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES will be without a single contender for the proposed World Club Cup unless all four regional teams raise their game. Under […]

Itoje pledges his future to Saracens

21 June 2020 0 comments

Committed: Maro Itoje. Inset, Will Skelton MARO ITOJE is set to confirm he is staying with Premiership and European champions Saracens next season. The England […]

Dismal England needed radical shake up and Carling delivered

21 June 2020 1 comment

TIME offers up perspective and what has become known as the ‘Carling era’ looks ever more important with the passing years, for England and rugby […]

Shaun Edwards interview – Coming to France has probably taken me out of the Lions job

19 June 2020 0 comments

In such little time, Shaun Edwards has helped France deal with the intensity of sporting cauldrons

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

Jono Lance signs for Western Force after hitting wall with UK visa

15 June 2020 0 comments

The former Worcester Warriors fly-half had agreed to sign for Edinburgh

Edwards: I talk to them with body language

14 June 2020 1 comment

NICK CAIN CALLS A VILLAGE IN FRANCE TO TALK TO THE MAN HELPING FIRE LES BLUES Off: Mohammed Haouas punches Scotland’s Jamie Ritchie SOON after […]

Lance’s switch to Edinburgh collapses

14 June 2020 1 comment

JONO Lance will not be joining Edinburgh after the Australian failed to get a UK visa. The 29-year-old fly-half spent two years at Worcester having […]

Oghre, Willis and Barbeary can all get Wasps firing, says Richard Blaze

12 June 2020 0 comments

Blaze has moved back into coaching in the Premiership after success with England’s Red Roses

How American Football Grew Out of British Rugby

5 June 2020 0 comments

There’s no question America has borrowed traditions from the British. Even the melody to the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner” derives from an old British […]

Leinster wing Dave Kearney is king of Europe’s elite tryscorers

28 May 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks over the stats for Europe’s top performing players in terms of tries and points scored

Overnight success took Chiefs 13 years!

25 May 2020 0 comments

On Tuesday, Exeter Chiefs celebrate the tenth anniversary of winning promotion to the Premiership. NEALE HARVEY marks that momentous day by talking to two of […]

Star prop Du Plessis gets back in the front line to help the NHS

25 May 2020 0 comments

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Help: Petrus du Plessis, and, inset, in his NHS mask PETRUS du Plessis’ career has come full circle following his return to […]

Saracens keen on adding Argentine points machine as cover for Owen Farrell

21 May 2020 0 comments

The latest on Saracens’ squad-building for life in the Championship

RUGBY SHORTS

17 May 2020 0 comments

Tigers chop CEO Cohen SIMON Cohen’s eight-year stint as Leicester Tigers chief executive has come to an end, with chief operating officer Andrea Pinchen replacing […]

Jackson column: Global game? Germany are decades behind

13 May 2020 0 comments

Given Germany’s size and appetite for sport, what are the chances of them making a World Cup?

Gatland has such riches in key area

10 May 2020 0 comments

2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… OPENSIDES OPENSIDE flanker is an area where the […]

No surprise Ireland thrived after they quit the Berkeley!

10 May 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best drinking venues 1. The Berkeley Court (Dublin) The manic Berkeley Court swill – prematch […]

Ex-Harlequins wing Charlie Walker opts for homecoming after stint with Zebre

6 May 2020 0 comments

Walker had been a target to replace Jonny May for Leicester Tigers

No French champions for first time since WW2

3 May 2020 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON Big signing: Wallaby Kurtley Beale will join Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty Images The 30 presidents of the Top 14 and ProD2 this week […]

The Principality pointed way perfectly for the new millennium

26 April 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best grounds TOP 20 …RUGBY GROUNDS NEXT WEEK Rugby Scandals Sheer beauty: John Davies Oval […]

Worcester fly-half Jono Lance set to take the Tartan shilling

15 April 2020 0 comments

Billy Searle’s pending arrival at Worcester leaves door open for Lance to make PRO14 move

PRO14 consider fast-tracking season to one-off Leinster and Edinburgh final

6 April 2020 0 comments

The PRO14 have a big decision to make…

England No.1 Joe can also roar for The Lions

5 April 2020 0 comments

2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… LOOSE-HEAD Ayear from now the jockeying for position at loose-head […]

We must go down, reprieve would cause bitterness – Saracens coach Alex Sanderson

2 April 2020 0 comments

In our extensive interview with Saracens defence coach Alex Sanderson, he tells TRP it’s only right they are relegated

We must go down,reprieve would cause bitterness

29 March 2020 3 comments

NICK CAIN TALKS TO SARACENS COACH ALEX SAN DERSON ABOUT THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS ALEX Sanderson says Saracens are going through the season […]

15 Kings of the North – Nick Cain’s team of the Six Nations 2020

26 March 2020 0 comments

Some nailed-on selections and some choice which may create debate

Exodus of coaches will benefit England – Hatley

8 March 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S elite coaching exodus is testament to the strength of the Premiership and will only benefit the national team in future, insists […]

Jackson column: Alun Wyn Jones needs to walk tall at Twickenham

4 March 2020 0 comments

Wales need their captain and Ken ‘The Sheriff’ Owens to be on point for their Six Nations clash against England

Ebbw ace Rubasniak earns first Test call for Poland

1 March 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA ■By ROB COLE DAWID Rubasniak should have been battling relegation and the elements for Ebbw Vale at Carmarthen Quins this weekend, but instead […]

England bring down Ireland’s Grand Slam dream

23 February 2020 0 comments

In their first match at Twickenham of 2020, England kept the game out of Ireland’s control to win 24-12

Scarratt: England are a team for all seasons

23 February 2020 1 comment

By ADAM ELLIS High hopes: England’s Emily Scarratt TEAMS ENGLAND: McKenna, Dow, Scarratt, Reed, Breach, Daly- McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Davies, Bern, Cleall, Aldcroft, Beckett, Fleetwood, […]

Springbok ace Werner takes reins for Scarlets

23 February 2020 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Captain: Werner Kruger Back in: Elrigh Louw SOUTH African international Werner Kruger takes over the captaincy as Scarlets host Southern Kings at […]

Cockerill’s lads cruise to another five-pointer

23 February 2020 1 comment

Edinburgh……..41 Connacht ……..14 EDINBURGH eased past Connacht on Friday to stay top of Conference B. They were 20-7 up by half-time and then cruised to […]

Courtney aiming to give Irish a shiner

23 February 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Black eye: Lawes COURTNEY Lawes shrugged off a nasty training ground eye injury and insisted it will not stop him going blow […]

Romain holds glory in his gifted hands for France

23 February 2020 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Power: Paul Willemse scores France’s second try ANY lingering doubts that France are on their way back as a formidable force were […]

Irish high-ball bombardment will test out the fumblers

16 February 2020 2 comments

Keeping your nerve: George Furbank is challenged for the high ball by France centre Gael Fickou ENGLAND’S Six Nations campaign is in the balance when […]

England ease past Scotland to go top of table

16 February 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA CHAMPIONS England beat Scotland 53-0 in freezing conditions to go top of the women’s Six Nations table. The match was switched to Murrayfield […]

Jackson column: Lions eye 2021 tour warm-up in Cardiff

12 February 2020 0 comments

The Lions plan on facing the Barbarians on home soil before jetting off to South Africa in 2021

Lions eye warm-up in Cardiff

9 February 2020 2 comments

The Lions will decide at a board meeting this week whether to transfer their next fixture from Twickenham to Cardiff rather than Edinburgh or Dublin. […]

Mighty Genge unleashes his own storm to spur England

9 February 2020 1 comment

By NICK CAIN Rare sight: Elliott Daly tries a break COMETH the grudge match, cometh the Genge. England dug themselves out of the tightest of […]

Stars saddle up for epic Calcutta Cup challenge

2 February 2020 2 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to John Hall about his gruelling charity bike ride Tartan rider: Rob Wainright carries the ball during last year’s challenge CYCLING 500 […]

Scots must make fast start again says Hodge the hero

2 February 2020 0 comments

By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND must take the game to England and not let the visitors settle into their rhythm early on if they are to […]

Specifically our Terry was simply one of the very best

2 February 2020 1 comment

TERRY Cooper was an old-fashioned reporter with an innate love of the game he wrote about. As Rugby correspondent of the national news agency, the […]

I’m gutted and so sorry says Stuart

2 February 2020 0 comments

SCOTLANDcaptain Stuart Hogg says he’s “gutted” about the mistake which cost his side a try against Ireland and apologised to his team-mates for his “schoolboy […]