There might have been a more influential and committed ‘overseas’ signing than Ruan Pienaar in the last 18 seasons since rugby turned professional but I […]
Exeter v Bath Exeter: Luke Arscott; Matt Jess, Ian Whitten, Phil Dollman, Tom James; Gareth Steenson, Dave Lewis; Ben Moon, Jack Yeandle, Hoani Tui; Dean Mumm […]
Scott Johnson has dropped his captain Kelly Brown ahead of Scotland’s clash against England on Saturday. The Saracens flanker, who is not even on the […]
As revealed in The Rugby Paper last Sunday, Newport Gwent Dragons have strengthened their front row with the signing of Boris Stankovich from Leicester Tigers. […]
ERC today announced the schedule for the Heineken Cup and Amlin Cup quarter-finals. The heavyweight confrontations in the Heineken Cup last eight begin with four-time […]
Saracens have been handed a home Heineken Cup semi-final against Clermont or Leicester should they reach that stage. The Premiership leaders will first have to […]
Freddie Burns’ expected arrival at Welford Road has Tigers fans purring but he should not expect to walk into the No.10 shirt – at least not if Owen Williams has anything to do with it.
Championship chair- man Geoff Irvine believes it is highly unlikely the Rugby Football Union will sanction a 16-team Anglo-Welsh league, describing plans as “scandalous.”
Leicester Tigers flanker Brett Deacon has been forced to hang up the boots on medical advice it was announced today. The 31-year-old will remain at […]
Freddie Burns has revealed the full extent of the emotional turmoil he is enduring as he grapples with deciding whether to stay at Gloucester, his club of six years, or join a higher-placed Premiership rival in the hope of furthering his career.
Jonny Wilkinson came off the bench on Saturday to score the bonus-point try that helped put champions Toulon firmly in control of their Heineken Cup pool and then announced he could play on for another year after all.
Shane Monahan will make his first start of the season as Gloucester entertain the Leicester Tigers at Kingsholm tomorrow evening. Monahan injured a shoulder in […]
The buzz-phrase after the autumn series is that ‘England are building’. However, exactly what structure Stuart Lancaster and his side build on top of the […]
Leicester Tigers suffered yet another injury blow with the news that Geoff Parling could be out for up to three months after having shoulder surgery. […]
Good wins against Leicester and Gloucester… corner now turned? Definitely. We’ve always known we can deliver performances and the last few weeks have been about […]
Former England hooker George Chuter has launched a staunch defence of Tom Youngs in the wake of the criticism directed towards his Leicester team-mate.
Danny Care will replace Ben Youngs on the England replacements’ bench for tomorrow’s QBE International against Argentina at Twickenham. The Leicester Tigers scrum-half has failed to […]
Richard Cockerill and Leicester have been dealt yet another injury blow with no less than three centres joining the long list of players unavailable. Dan […]
Juan Martin Leguizamon will captain Argentina against England at Twickenham on Saturday. The former London Irish back-row takes over from the injured Juan Martin Fernandez […]
One game that really sticks out was the 2009 Heineken Cup semi-final at Cardiff Blues where we were involved in the competition’s first-ever penalty shoot-out. […]
Gloucester v London Wasps Gloucester: Rob Cook; James Simpson-Daniel, Henry Trinder, Ryan Mills, Jonny May; Freddie Burns, Dan Robson; Yann Thomas, Huia Edmonds, Shaun Knight; Will […]
Bath v Gloucester Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Rob Webber, Anthony Perenise; Stuart […]