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Easter is backing new-look England

15 January 2023 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Impressed: Nick Easter Nick Easter believes England’s new coaching team led by Steve Borthwick is the right blend to provide a fresh […]

Suntory on the up after win against Steelers

15 January 2023 2 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK SUNTORY Sungoliath climbed up to second in Japan Rugby League One after beating Kobe Steelers 39-19. Ex-England head coach Eddie Jones is […]

Sims joins Quins as transfer business heats up

15 January 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK During a busy week of transfers in the Premier 15s, Harlequins have signed loosehead prop Hannah Sims from Bristol with immediate effect. […]

Japan League One Preview: Round Four

13 January 2023 0 comments

Four of the modern game’s greatest coaches will match wills this weekend as Japan Rugby League One brings together Eddie Jones, Wayne Smith, Steve Hansen, […]

Six Nations 2023: England with a point to prove under Borthwick

10 January 2023 0 comments

England head into the 2023 Six Nations tournament with a major point to prove ahead of their bid to win the World Cup later this […]

Gatland must find new blood up front

8 January 2023 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK WARREN Gatland has been very successful throughout his coaching career, and it would be a brave call to […]

England need scrum firing on all cylinders

8 January 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Here is a New Year prediction. The scrum will be hugely influential in the 2023 World Cup […]

My Life in Rugby with Will Hooley: Rollercoaster ride full of cool stuff along the way

8 January 2023 0 comments

The US Eagles, San Diego Legion and former Exeter, Northampton, Saracens & Bedford fly-half talks about his career in the game Making headway: Will Hooley […]

Kolisi to quit Sharks for long stay in Paris

8 January 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA SOUTH Africa captain Siya Kolisi will join Racing 92 on a multi-year deal after the World Cup in October. Kolisi, 31, who currently […]

No return for Howley in Gatland’s new Wales

31 December 2022 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON Wales have decided against making any formal move towards renewing Rob Howley’s Grand Slam-winning alliance with Warren Gatland. Despite widespread speculation to […]

No bigger test than Saracens – Nowell

31 December 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES Jack Nowell put his injury frustrations behind him in 2022 and is looking for more of the same in a New Year […]

With Borthwick, we can be world beaters again – Owen

31 December 2022 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Perfect: New England coach Steve Borthwick A NEW coach with a new voice picking new young hungry players who have been “tearing […]

Why it’s time for a world in union

31 December 2022 0 comments

Paul Rees says this season’s Heineken Champions Cup highlights the need for a Global, joined up season Nothing highlights the need for a joined up, […]

My Life in Rugby with Joe Simpson: I loved Adams Park when it was rocking

31 December 2022 1 comment

The former England, Wasps, Gloucester, Saracens, Bath & Sale Sharks scrum-half My professional career has now come to an end and I look back with […]

Young Guns: Cardiff Met University lock Brandon Harvey

31 December 2022 0 comments

American second row Brandon Harvey was hurt by his country of birth’s failure to qualify for the 2023 World Cup but feels the sport will […]

Borthwick facing a tough start to the year

31 December 2022 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Happy New Year and let’s hope it’s a good one. What a year in rugby we […]

Who is Steve Borthwick, and what does this mean for England?

28 December 2022 0 comments

With the appointment of Steve Borthwick as England‘s new head coach and Kevin Sinfield as their new defence coach, a new era has begun for […]

2023 Rugby World Cup Pool Stages Preview

27 December 2022 0 comments

With the final pool stages being confirmed for the 2023 Rugby Union World Cup, betting sites around the globe have started updating their odds for […]

Worcester Warriors have signed Owen Williams

Japanese interested in taking Williams back

23 December 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Wales fly-half Owen Williams is a target for Japanese clubs despite only moving […]

Lawes considers options and may head abroad

23 December 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Courtney Lawes is mulling over his future after revealing that he has got an escape clause written into his Northampton […]

Big names will help the game develop in Japan

18 December 2022 1 comment

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE season kicked off in Japan yesterday and I was delighted to see my old club the Mitsubishi Heavy […]

The gobby Australian who still had more to give

18 December 2022 0 comments

Paul Rees says the RFU should have stuck with Eddie Jones, just like the FA kept fait with Gareth Southgate England lose at home and […]

Japanese League One round-up: Champions fight for opening win

18 December 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Champions Saitama Wild Knights kicked off their title defence with a gritty 22-19 comeback win over Brave Lupus Tokyo courtesy of Takuya […]

Dallaglio: Ditch this World Cup obsession

11 December 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Lawrence Dallaglio insists England are now “unlikely” to win a second World Cup because they have fallen too far behind their rivals […]

Six Nations agony for Anscombe

11 December 2022 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Gareth Anscombe will miss the entire Six Nations tournament for the third time in four seasons. The full extent of the damage […]

Time for players to impress Gatland

11 December 2022 2 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND New coach, clean slate, new opportunities. Every player who has played for Wales in the past, is in the […]

Lions star Russell turns down a move to Bath

11 December 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath have missed out on signing arguably the best fly-half in the world on current form after Scotland and […]

Why did RFU hold an autumn review?

11 December 2022 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On his way: Eddie Jones was sacked by the RFU and, below, forwards coach Matt Proudfoot […]

Biggest Rugby Competitions

7 December 2022 0 comments

Rugby is one of the top sports with a large fanbase globally. Like other sports, rugby features various leagues and competitions that are played globally […]

The five defeats that proved costly for Eddie Jones

6 December 2022 0 comments

By Nick Powell, Online Editor Eddie Jones seven-year stint as England coach came to an end on Tuesday morning as he was “dismissed” by England […]

Devoid of ideas and drained of belief

4 December 2022 0 comments

Paul Rees sees problems ahead for England and Wales as France and Ireland set the agenda After two international windows this year, the two hemispheres […]

No change as Pivac is next in the firing line

4 December 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At home on Lake Wanaka half a world away from his former employers, Sir Steve Hansen knows […]

Blame me, says Jones as England fall apart

27 November 2022 1 comment

Tuilagi: Defeat will make us even tighter By GARY FITZGERALD Manu Tuilagi came out fighting after a hefty defeat to the Springboks left England “hurting” […]

South Africa’s power machine crushes England into submission

27 November 2022 0 comments

By NICK CAIN England…………………………. 13pts Tries: Slade 72 Conversions: Farrell 73 Penalties: Farrell 14, 46 South Africa………………… 27pts Tries: Arendse 33, Etzebeth 50 Conversions: de […]

11 months out and Jones has it all to do

27 November 2022 0 comments

PAUL REES England finished their worst year since 2008 in terms of results by becoming the only Six Nations team not to defeat a Rugby […]

Worcester Warriors scrum-half Francois Hougaard has signed for Wasps

Hougaard’s ‘no’ to Japan

27 November 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Wasps and Worcester scrum-half Francois Hougaard is set to turn down the chance of a lucrative move to […]

Irish keen on Cokanasiga’s return

27 November 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER London Irish are bidding to re-sign England flyer Joe Cokanasiga from Premiership rivals Bath to replace Ollie Hassell-Collins, who is […]

Now Chiefs are fighting to keep Cowan-Dickie

27 November 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Off to France? Luke Cowan-Dickie Below, Jack Nowell Exeter Chiefs are fighting to keep hold of England and Lions hooker […]

Top two in right place to rule at World Cup

27 November 2022 3 comments

Paul Rees sees Ireland and France consolidate their position as leaders of the North Ireland and France were the only two teams not to suffer […]

Georgia’s triumph shouldn’t be wasted

27 November 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was bittersweet bordering on intensely frustrating to listen to Georgia’s victorious […]

Jones hails England’s incredible fightback

20 November 2022 2 comments

Jones: It will be a great game v the Boks By GARY FITZGERALD Eddie Jones hailed his “pulverised” prize fighters as they bounced off the […]

Painful defeat but a lesson Red Roses can learn from

20 November 2022 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What a weekend of rugby we had last week with the women’s World Cup final, the […]

Zinzan Brooke “quietly confident” England can beat the All Blacks

18 November 2022 1 comment

ZINZAN Brooke believes that England will be “quietly confident” ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham showdown after watching the All Blacks struggle to beat Scotland at Murrayfield. […]

England and All Blacks name teams for Twickenham showdown

17 November 2022 0 comments

England and New Zealand have named their teams for the much-anticipated game the pair are set to play this Saturday. Manu Tuilagi and Billy Vunipola […]

Jones sets his sights on beating All Blacks

13 November 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Eddie Jones vowed his men will “go after the All Blacks” as he fixed his sights on a mouth-watering collision with them […]

Borthwick out to help England

13 November 2022 0 comments

By JOHN NEWCOMBE PRODUCING England players of the future remains a key goal for Steve Borthwick at Leicester even if it makes the club less […]

Toulouse leading the race for Willis

13 November 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ENGLAND flanker Jack Willis looks set to head to France when he finishes his […]

Racism report close to release

13 November 2022 2 comments

FORMER England centre Luther Burrell says the RFU investigation into his allegations of racism in rugby union has been completed and he expects an outcome […]

Mercer out to prove he’s ready for England

13 November 2022 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Man in form: Zach Mercer playing for Montpellier PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER-BOUND No.8 Zach Mercer is relishing his chance to play for […]

Forthcoming fixtures

13 November 2022 0 comments

Week beginning Sunday, November 13, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 INTERNATIONALS Romania v Uruguay […]

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