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Tigers roar again with superb win over Ospreys

21 October 2012 0 comments

Three tries in a frantic last ten minutes helped Leicester to a crucial 39-22 bonus-point win over the Ospreys at Welford Road. The game was […]

Jonny’s boots hand Toulon vital away win in Cardiff

21 October 2012 0 comments

A second half try from Steffon Armitage and a kicking lesson from Jonny Wilkinson helped Toulon to their second win in as many games to […]

Patient Ulster get the goods in rainy Glasgow

19 October 2012 0 comments

A second half try from flanker Chris Henry helped Ulster to a 19-8 win over Glasgow to put the Irish in control of their pool […]

“It will be hard but we’re a different team now,” – Chris Robshaw

19 October 2012 1 comment

Tomorrow, Harlequins are travelling back to Galway to face Connacht, the exact same place their dream of reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-finals got away last […]

Heineken Cup round 2: preview and predictions

19 October 2012 0 comments

Pool 1 Munster v Edinburgh Munster will be disappointed they did not close the game out last Racing Metro last week, conceding two late penalties. […]

Neck injury forces Richard Birkett to retire

17 October 2012 0 comments

London Wasps lock Richard Birkett has been forced to retire from rugby as a result of a neck injury. The 33-year-old, who made over 250 […]

Dream Team: Will Green – Former Wasps, Leinster and England prop

17 October 2012 1 comment

1. Craig Dowd – I’m picking Craig purely because he can squat while standing on a tennis ball one-legged. He’s amazingly agile for someone of […]

Ulster leave it late but Ruan Pienaar secures the five points

12 October 2012 0 comments

Ulster had to wait until the third minute of stoppage time and a try from Springbok Ruan Pienaar to secure a 41-17 bonus-point win over […]

Heineken Cup round 1: preview and predictions

12 October 2012 0 comments

Pool 1 Edinburgh v Saracens Edinburgh make six changes to their starting line-up to take on Saracens at Murrayfield. Internationals Tom Brown and Richie Rees […]

Brilliant Brian O’Driscoll is early charger for Lions place

11 October 2012 0 comments

Selecting a Lions team from the ranks of the Aviva Premiership and the RaboDirect Pro12 is a fraught business at this stage of the season. […]

Edinburgh rejects Cape Town switch with Saracens

11 October 2012 0 comments

Edinburgh have rejected a proposal by Saracens to play their Heineken Cup clash in South Africa. Saracens planned to move their Round 5 fixture with […]

“It’s a privilege to play with Owen Farrell,” says Saracens Steve Borthwick

11 October 2012 0 comments

Saracens captain Steve Borthwick has backed Owen Farrell to hit top form ahead of England‘s autumn international campaign. The 21-year-old fly-half endured a tough start […]

Premiership round 5 review

1 October 2012 1 comment

Bath (beat Sale 31-10) The West Country side were bidding farewell to Olly Barkley who is off to Racing Metro today and they did it […]

Nick Cain talks to Exeter blindside Tom Johnson about his remarkable rise from grass roots to Test level

30 September 2012 0 comments

Tom Johnson is not so much a late bloomer as a one-man Indian summer. The Exeter Chiefs blindside flanker was a 5ft 10ins, 13 stone […]

20 Questions: Anthony Allen – Leicester centre

28 September 2012 1 comment

Good start for Tigers and yourself? Yes. We lost five out of six this time last year so we’ve bettered that, and I’m on a […]

Nick Cain: Sort out this mess or risk destroying the 2012 vibe

28 September 2012 0 comments

Mark McCafferty has come under withering fire after negotiating a unilateral £152m television rights deal for English club rugby with BT Vision, and the Premiership […]

Premiership round 5: preview and predictions

28 September 2012 0 comments

Bath v Sale Olly Barkley, who is moving to Racing Metro on Monday, will start his final game for Bath Rugby at fly-half as the […]

RaboDirect Pro12 round 5: preview and predictions

28 September 2012 1 comment

Cardiff v Ulster Second row forward Bradley Davies will make his 100th appearance for the Blues tonight alongside club captain Andries Pretorius who returns to […]

Jeremy Guscott: Gatland musn’t go looking for problems

22 September 2012 0 comments

I was surprised when Warren Gatland came out with the view that overseas-based players, especially those in France, could rule themselves out of contention for […]

RaboDirect Pro12 round 4: preview and predictions

21 September 2012 0 comments

Cardiff v Treviso Weslh international centre Jamie Roberts will get his first start since his knee injury on the back of 35 minutes last week […]

Ben Foden needs ankle surgery

20 September 2012 0 comments

Ben Foden will miss the England Autumn internationals after it was revealed the England full-back needs ligament surgery to his right ankle. Foden, who limped out of […]

English will offer £100m bait to land their jackpot

18 September 2012 1 comment

England‘s Premier clubs will go into Tuesday’s meeting with their Heineken Cup colleagues with a £100m cheque to place on the bargaining table. Premier Rugby […]

“I’ve got to oust Nick Easter to achieve my dream,” says Tom Guest

14 September 2012 1 comment

Harlequins No.8 Tom Guest admits his international aspirations will remain on hold unless he can elbow aside Nick Easter and nail down a starting spot. […]

My Life in Rugby: Ian Smith – Former Leicester coach and captain

13 September 2012 0 comments

Soon after I became the first head coach of Leicester in the pro era, I sneaked into Welford Road and walked out onto the grass, […]

“Jonny Wilkinson remains in the frame,” says Warren Gatland

12 September 2012 0 comments

Jonny Wilkinson is not yesterday’s man as far as Lions coach Warren Gatland is concerned. Gatland opened the door to the 2003 England World Cup […]

Jeremy Guscott: Watch out if Cowan makes Gloucester’s back line tick

8 September 2012 1 comment

I have a sense of huge anticipation for the upcoming Aviva Premiership mostly based on the rugby I’ve watched over the summer. It may be […]

Peter Jackson: A spat that ended with an all-Welsh Pro12 punchline

6 September 2012 0 comments

Phil Davies and Simon Easterby go back a long way, to a Third Division scrap in West Yorkshire during the pioneering weeks of professionalism. The […]

Moment in Time: Gloucester and the 2003 Powergen Cup Final

5 September 2012 0 comments

It is perhaps typical of Gloucester’s ill-fortune down the years that their 2002-3 campaign is best remembered for two complete and utter disasters: the humiliating […]

Conor O’Shea challenges Harlequins to become a great team

31 August 2012 2 comments

Good teams win titles, but great teams back it up time and again. That is the view of Harlequins’ head honcho Conor O’Shea as his […]

Dylan Hartley says Northampton don’t need Chris Ashton

30 August 2012 1 comment

Northampton captain Dylan Hartley says winger Chris Ashton is gone and forgotten after turning his back on the club to join Saracens. Ashton, 25, racked […]

“We’ll have fun rising to challenge,” says Newcastle’s Dean Richards

30 August 2012 0 comments

Dean Richards will warn his Newcastle troops to expect the unexpected when they finally get their Championship campaign up and running at Bristol on September […]

New Exeter signing Ian Whitten is out to prove he’s not just a stop-gap

24 August 2012 1 comment

Ian Whitten spent last season stepping in whenever needed at Ulster – now at Exeter he intends to make himself part of the furniture. There […]

ERC “dismayed” over Anglo-French threats.

23 August 2012 3 comments

As exclusively revealed by Peter Jackson in The Rugby Paper on May 6th, English and French clubs have given an ultimatum to the ERC to […]

Watch out, London Irish Topsy Ojo warns Chris Ashton

23 August 2012 1 comment

Topsy Ojo said he had unfinished business with England as he warned wing rival Chris Ashton: “I’m after your place!” Four years have elapsed since […]

Nick Cain talks to Neil Back about Lions, Tigers and Woodward

22 August 2012 1 comment

Neil Back identifies strongly with the team GB athletes who have lifted the country with their performances at the London Olympics over the last few […]

Dragons’ Ian Nimmo causing a ruck by launching betting website

21 August 2012 1 comment

Newport Gwent Dragons lock Ian Nimmo has laid bare what he calls the gambling culture at the heart of rugby dressing rooms after launching a […]

Man Behind the Match: Jon Callard and the 1998 Heineken Cup final

21 August 2012 0 comments

Bath were not given much of a chance of becoming the first British and Irish side to win the Heineken Cup. Their fate in the […]

Henry Thomas relishing Andrew Sheridan Heineken Cup rematch

17 August 2012 0 comments

Henry Thomas is eager for the chance to turn the tables on former tutor Andrew Sheridan this season after Sale‘s graduation to the Heineken Cup. […]

Tommy Bowe is back home to help Ulster maintain momentum

8 August 2012 0 comments

Tommy Bowe is back home with Ulster Rugby and reveals that envy, as much as ambition, will be driving him on this season. “Watching them […]

Serge Blanco lets me know if I’m kicking too much says Iain Balshaw

7 August 2012 2 comments

World Cup winner Iain Balshaw knows all about instinctive rugby and would love England to show more of it. We meet in Biarritz on France‘s […]

Saracens talisman Schalk Brits is hooked on helping talented young guns

7 August 2012 0 comments

Saracens hooker Schalk Brits says he expects to take an occasional backseat at the club this season to accommodate the development of young English protégés […]

Man Behind the Match: Jason Robinson and the 2006 Premiership final

6 August 2012 0 comments

World Cup hero, Lions star, Great Britain rugby league icon, multiple trophy-winner with Wigan … Jason Robinson’s cv is awesome and leads some to offer […]

Moment in Time: Northampton Saints and the 2000 Heineken Cup final

6 August 2012 0 comments

Few people had rated Northampton’s chances of lifting the Heineken Cup. Still fewer gave them a prayer after they had lost their second Pool match […]

My Life in Rugby: Brett Davey – Doncaster Director of Rugby

6 August 2012 0 comments

Slotting the last-minute penalty to win the Principality Cup Final in 2002 was nerve-wracking but it was incredible to seal a famous win over Llanelli. […]

Northampton captain Dylan Hartley urges Saints to shake off that losers’ tag

24 July 2012 0 comments

Saints captain Dylan Hartley has demanded his side shake off their tag as the nearly men of English rugby. While Northampton have won plenty of […]

Exeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”

24 July 2012 0 comments

When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his side whom he would swap for an […]

Moment in Time: London Wasps and 2004 Heineken Cup Semi Final

24 July 2012 0 comments

Stunning game. Truly stunning result. Quite simply, this Anglo-Irish showdown in Dublin was one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, Heineken matches of all […]