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20 Questions: Jeff Williams – bath wing

12 July 2017 0 comments

Enjoying pre-season? As much as you can enjoy pre-season I guess! I’ve started earlier than most of the squad along with the other injured players. […]

Lionhearted Saracens won’t buckle

9 July 2017 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Saracens Six: Super Maro Itoje and insets Owen Farrell, Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, George Kruis and new signing Liam Williams PICTURES: Getty […]

Playing ‘tour’ games at home will solve problems saysWray

9 July 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS chairman Nigel Wray reckons staging Lions ‘tours’ within the British Isles would offer a radical solution to the rancorous issue of […]

YOUNG GUNS

9 July 2017 0 comments

SAM LEWIS LEICESTER LOCK Sam Lewis faced the daunting task of integrating himself into Leicester’s fearsome pack last summer but having his old academy coach […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

9 July 2017 1 comment

ADAM POWELL THE FORMER SARACENS, NEWCASTLE AND ENGLAND SAXONS CENTRE Inever envisaged that my career would come to an end during a preseason friendly against […]

Premiership clubs have overstepped the mark this time

2 July 2017 0 comments

IN last week’s paper Lions manager John Spencer said plans to shorten future tours are ‘bordering on insanity’. Nick Cain’s main column piece is headed […]

Saffers in PRO12? I feel sorry for travelling fans

2 July 2017 1 comment

COLIN BOAG The news – as yet unconfirmed, but so widely rumoured that it’s almost certainly true – that a couple of South African teams […]

DREAM TEAM

2 July 2017 0 comments

MATT EVERARD, THE NOTTINGHAM AND FORMER LEICESTER & WASPS FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Simon McIntyre – I […]

Warriors set to benefit from Vesty’s summer exchange

2 July 2017 1 comment

One more mighty match and these Lions could be legends By NEALE HARVEY SAM Vesty is ready to take a chunk of Eddie Jones’ ‘non-traditional’ […]

Attwood: We just can’t find that winning formula

25 June 2017 0 comments

By TOM BRADSHAW FRUSTRATED second row Dave Attwood says Bath must stop “hinting and teasing” at what they can achieve and instead finally deliver silverware. […]

Wasps’ remarkable rise all down to Dai

25 June 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Coach of the year: Dai Young oversees training PICTURE: Getty Images LAWRENCE Dallaglio claims Wasps’ Premiership final defeat by Exeter is just […]

2017-18 Pre-season fixtures

25 June 2017 1 comment

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Friday August 4 Clermont v Exeter Saturday August 5 Bristol v Harlequins Friday […]

Can these Lions move the world like Telfer?

18 June 2017 1 comment

Pressure situations: Steve Borthwick works with the Lions forwards THERE is no greater psychological weapon in Rugby Union than wrecking the opposition scrum. Smashing through […]

UPDATE: Leicester get closer to build hotel at Welford Road

14 June 2017 0 comments

Leicester’s plans for the development of a new hotel complex at Welford Road are moving closer with club now close to finalising planning with the […]

Rebels confirm signing of Parling

6 June 2017 0 comments

The Melbourne Rebels have confirmed the signing of Geoff Parling for the 2018 Super Rugby season. As revealed in Blindside on Sunday the lock, who […]

Exeter prove stability can bring big success

4 June 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Exeter Chiefs’ victory in the Premiership finals should have warmed the heart of every rugby fan, as it shows the proper way to […]

Exiles signal Premiership intent with Nalaga signing

4 June 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER LONDON Irish have celebrated their return to the Premiership with the capture of Top 14 try-scoring machine Napolioni Nalaga. The Fijian wing, […]

Homespun Exeter turning sights on Euro domination

4 June 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY EXETER captain Jack Yeandle reckons a rapidly increasing level of international recognition offers compelling proof of why the Sandy Park outfit is […]

Heald’s new head coach

4 June 2017 0 comments

LEICESTER Lions have brought in Jack Heald to replace Andy Key as head coach for next season. After their third place finish in National League […]

Quartet on their way to Leicester

2 June 2017 0 comments

Leicester have announced the signings of Dominic Ryan, Sione Kalamafoni, Joe Ford and Jonah Holmes. As revealed in TRP back in Januray, Tongan international Sione […]

Wallaby leaves Leicester for Clermont

31 May 2017 0 comments

Peter Betham has left Leicester Tigers in order to join Clermont next season. Australia international Betham, 28, arrived at Welford Road for the start of […]

Newcastle sign England Sevens flyer

31 May 2017 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons have signed England Sevens international Cameron Cowell to their senior academy squad. The 21-year-old can play at full-back, wing or scrum-half in 15s, […]

Eddie’s in need of a big rethink says Lamb

31 May 2017 0 comments

France-bound fly-half Ryan Lamb says Eddie Jones’ decision to exclude Freddie Burns, Danny Cipriani and Christian Wade from the tour to Argentina is “unbelievable”. Lamb, […]

My Life in Rugby: Jimmy Richards – former Harlequins hooker

30 May 2017 0 comments

Growing up in a small fishing village in North Pembroke-shire, it wasn’t unusual for me be up at 2am and spend 18 hours out at […]

Steenson: I said a prayer to my dad over kick

28 May 2017 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY GARETH Steenson revealed he offered a prayer to his late father before kicking the vital conversion. Steenson’s heroics from the kicking tee […]

Robshaw and Ford will shepherd youngsters against the Baa-baas

28 May 2017 1 comment

CHRIS ROBSHAW and George Ford will co-captain an England squad featuring eight uncapped players against the Barbarians at Twickenham today. It will be the first […]

What next for Yorkshire project?

28 May 2017 0 comments

JON NEWCOMBE talks to ex-hooker Rob Rawlinson about the dilemma of his former club Yorkshire Carnegie JON NEWCOMBE THREE years ago, when Ian McGeechan announced […]

Value of try currency on the rise in Europe

28 May 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON reveals how two clubs have pushed try-scoring rates to new heights PETER JACKSON There was a time not that long ago when only […]

High-flying Caldy earn the bragging rights after taking league by storm

28 May 2017 0 comments

Threat: Sale flier Jack Moorhouse CALDY were beaten just twice all season as they earned promotion to National League One with a very impressive campaign […]

Cockerill faces his old rivals in the final

28 May 2017 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Richard Cockerill, Nick Abendanon and David Strettle, rivals for so long in different colours in their homeland, will give a distinctly […]

Eddie’s in need of a big rethink says Lamb

28 May 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY FRANCE-BOUND fly-half Ryan Lamb says Eddie Jones’ decision to exclude Freddie Burns, Danny Cipriani and Christian Wade from the tour to Argentina […]

Paver: Jamal reminds me of the young Dan Cole

28 May 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY ONE-TIMELeicester reject Jamal Ford-Robinson could have the last laugh by challenging Tigers star Dan Cole for his England place, according to Cornish […]

How Wasps have fared since the club moved to Coventry

26 May 2017 0 comments

In 1999, professional rugby union outfit Wasps RFC changed their name to London Wasps to differentiate themselves from amateur side Wasps FC. It was the first in a series of changes that eventually saw the club relocated to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry in 2015.

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