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The British & Irish Lions are back!

5 July 2024 0 comments

And they promise to bigger and better than ever when they hit Australian shores a year from now. It will have been eight years since […]

Cheika will be good for Tigers – Richards

30 June 2024 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Dean Richards, the most decorated coach in Leicester Tigers’ history, has given Michael Cheika’s appointment the big thumbs up. Cheika this […]

Premiership final tickets for 2025 going fast

30 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Ticket sales for next year’s Premiership 2024/25 final are double what they were at this stage last year, reflecting the renewed buzz […]

Savea gets on the right track

30 June 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Star man: Ardie Savea in action for the Steelers PICTURE: Alamy WORLD Player of the Year Ardie Savea has poured scorn on […]

Robertson will have the All Blacks back to their bestDeans

30 June 2024 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD ENGLAND have been warned to expect a recharged and pumped up All Blacks side when they clash in the first of their […]

England looking good for first Test

30 June 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK It was imperative that England won their opening game against Japan before taking on New Zealand in a […]

Baby Blacks hold off Welsh battlers

30 June 2024 0 comments

U20S WORLD CUP POOL A By WILLIAM GUPWELL Wales……………… 34pts Tries: Anderson 11, Hennessey 41, 55, Emanuel 73, Page 78 Conversions: Wilde 55, Ford 73, […]

Australia take control with a final flourish

30 June 2024 0 comments

By JAMES ORPIN Australia………..35pts Tries: Leahy 54, Ieli 59, Staniforth 68, 80, Mcleod 70 Conversions: Mclaughlin-Phillips 54, 60 Penalties: Mclaughlin-Phillips 18, 37 Georgia………….. 11pts Tries: […]

Bracken’s hat-trick inspires England

30 June 2024 0 comments

U20S WORLD CUP POOL C By WILLIAM GUPWELL England ……………40pts Tries: Bracken 34, 65, 68 Redshaw 38, Sela 44, Pollock 50, Conversions: Kerr 35, 39, […]

Our aim is to make everyone proud

30 June 2024 0 comments

OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW Having landed in South Africa last Sunday, we’ve already had a memorable time on and off the pitch. This […]

Young stars following in fathers’ footsteps…

30 June 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER So we are up and running again with another Junior World Cup to feast on over the coming fortnight. We are back in […]

Warriors deserved to take the glory

30 June 2024 0 comments

Glasgow Warriors’ 21-16 win over the Bulls in Pretoria to clinch the URC title has earned them deserved accolades after outscoring the home side by […]

I’m thrilled to see Bath enjoying its success

30 June 2024 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY GJ VAN VELZE THE FORMER BULLS, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND BATH BACK ROW/LOCK My journey with rugby began at the age of […]

Gatland hits the 50-mark for Wales

30 June 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Unless they change the habit of a lifetime in Australia over the next fortnight, Wales will be […]

Stepping into JPR’s shoes

30 June 2024 0 comments

ON April 26, 1980, Cardiff Arms Park staged what may have been the first club match to gross £100,000 in ticket sales, for the Welsh […]

TOM BRIGG

30 June 2024 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS ULSTER & IRELAND U20 BACK ROW Tom Brigg is determined to put his injury woes behind him by making his mark at the U20s […]

Shock as McKellar quits

23 June 2024 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER are reported to be in talks with former Australia coach Michael Cheika after they announced the sacking of head coach Dan […]

We’ll get it right this time, insists Darbon

23 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE WITH the dust barely settled on their Premiership-winning season, Northampton Saints CEO Mark Darbon has insisted that the mistakes of 2014 won’t […]

Classy May enjoys his day in the sun

23 June 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES Fiji …………………. 32pts Tries: Momo 22, 26, 54, Valetini 61 Conversions: Muntz 23, 27, Valetini 62 Penalties: Muntz 40, Valetini 66 Barbarians […]

Sing is on song for a double triumph

23 June 2024 0 comments

■By MARK STEVENS Gloucester-Hartpury…. 36pts Bristol Bears ………………. 24pts Tries: Hunt 25, Hendy 54, Sing 58, Venner 62, Jones 68 Conversions: Sing 26, 55, 59, […]

This will be tricky to take – Ward

23 June 2024 0 comments

BRISTOL Bears head coach Dave Ward refused to be too downbeat despite seeing his side’s slip to defeat in their first-ever Premiership Women’s Rugby final. […]

Clarke on rampage as Blues take gold

23 June 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Blues……………………………..41pts Chiefs ……………………………10pts Tries: A Ioane 12, Clarke 21, 50, 61, Lam 72 Conversions: Plummer 13, 22, 51, 62, 73 Penalties: Plummer […]

Five-day schedule will not be easy

23 June 2024 0 comments

OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW AS A team, we’ve come off a big high of winning the Six Nations, so naturally we have confidence […]

Fantastic four-timer the aim for French

23 June 2024 0 comments

FRANCE Three-time reigning champions France will be hoping to do what only New Zealand have done before and win four U20s World Championships on the […]

Wallaby juniors set sights on a maiden win

23 June 2024 0 comments

AUSTRALIA Australia head coach Nathan Grey has named six fresh faces in his squad to contest the World Championship. The Junior Wallabies have reached two […]

Boks bid to improve on bronze finish in ’23

23 June 2024 0 comments

SOUTH AFRICA Captain Zachary Porthen will lead tournament hosts South Africa into battle and is one of five players who will feature in the tournament […]

It’s double delight for Devon on final day

23 June 2024 0 comments

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS DEVON and Hampshire claimed the honours in the second day of the County Championships final weekend at Twickenham last Sunday. It was a […]

Ntamack makes sure for Toulouse

23 June 2024 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN RONAN O’Gara must be wondering what he has to do for his La Rochelle side to beat Toulouse when it matters. […]

Carpenter looking to make his mark

16 June 2024 0 comments

From ADAM HATHAWAY in Japan Sale’s Joe Carpenter is aiming for a cap with Steve Borthwick’s Red Rose touring side but admits his heart is […]

Webber to run the Hounds

16 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Former England hooker Rob Webber has been appointed interim head coach of Chicago Hounds for the remainder of the MLR season. Webber […]

Ward and Hunt both delighted by Mitchell’s impact

16 June 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS With just over a year to go until the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, excitement is certainly building up and […]

Borthwick should go with Marcus first up

16 June 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK It will be a choice between Harlequins’ Marcus Smith and Northampton’s Fin Smith at fly-half for the first […]

Bulls hold firm to keep Leinster out

16 June 2024 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS Bulls …………………………….. 25pts Tries: Goosen 30, Petersen 42, 67 Conversions: Goosen 31, 43 Penalties: Goosen 40, 61 Leinster…………………………20pts Tries: Lowe 24, Doris […]

Jordan targets revenge mission

16 June 2024 0 comments

Glasgow out-half Tom Jordan said that having been in South Africa last month for two games is going to be a huge help in preparing […]

Green tipped to take chance with England

16 June 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Key Harlequins figures believe that if Tyrone Green doesn’t get picked for the Springboks this summer, then he’ll turn his attentions to […]

All Blacks will be ready to roll

16 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN Rumours that New Zealand are in a state of flux heading into their two-Test summer series against England should be handled with care. […]

Sorry, but Obano did not have to do that

16 June 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED The best definition of madness in rugby? There are several contenders: picking a fight with Eben Etzebeth springs immediately to mind, […]

Bears bid to hunt down the top dogs

16 June 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK FINAL PREVIEW… Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury Saturday June 22. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park Gloucester-Hartpury will be aiming to secure back-to-back Premiership Women’s […]

Carbonel winner ensures last-gasp Montpellier survival

16 June 2024 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE English Football League’s Championship play-off final is sometimes referred to as ‘the richest game in football’, with £100million of spoils […]

Series 3, Episode 40: Lee Dickson – Premiership semi-finals preview

29 May 2024 0 comments

What a Champions Cup final it was, and Antoine Dupont’s Toulouse ultimately condemned Leinster to a third consecutive final defeat to claim their sixth European […]

Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six

26 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont revelled in captaining Toulouse […]

Bath and Saints to win – but only just

26 May 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK It’s hard to see Northampton changing the way they’ve played all season when they face Saracens in the […]

Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance

26 May 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster……………………….. 22pts Tries: van der Flier 93 Conversions: Frawley 94 Penalties: Byrne 18, 43, 46, 65; Frawley 77 Toulouse ……………………… 31pts Tries: […]

Once again, the French wizard calls the shots

26 May 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES Is there anything Antoine Dupont cannot do? Drop a goal with his left foot from his own half, perhaps? Wrestle a scrum penalty […]

Collier fits the bill for NZ challenge

26 May 2024 0 comments

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK England finished the Six Nations with a resurgence, but their next destination, New Zealand, is usually a Red Rose […]

Diamond Dupont is surrounded by stars

26 May 2024 0 comments

Match-winning moments, men, and money is what sets Toulouse apart. Foremost among those men is Antoine Dupont, whose brilliance earned him both man-of-the-match and player […]

Series 3, Episode 39: Gordon D’Arcy – Champions Cup Final Preview

23 May 2024 0 comments

The highly-anticipated Champions Cup final takes place on Saturday afternoon with two European heavyweights, Leinster and Toulouse, set to provide a mouthwatering end to the […]

Powell and Sharks looking to make European history

23 May 2024 0 comments

South African outfit the Sharks sit on the cusp of history, but Director of Rugby Neil Powell knows his team need to be at their […]

Young gun Baxter headlines Premiership Team of the Season

23 May 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Tyro Harlequins prop Fin Baxter is the headline selection in Premiership Rugby’s 2023/24 team of the season which has a strong Northampton […]

Slade awarded Premiership Player of the Season

22 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Exeter Chiefs and England star Henry Slade has picked up the 2023/24 Premiership Rugby Player of the Season award following a standout […]

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