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Winless Bath appoint Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach

14 December 2021 0 comments

Bath Rugby have confirmed the appointment of Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach for the remainder of the 2021/22 season. The South African has […]

Cooney kicks 19 points as Ulster record famous win at Clermont fortress

12 December 2021 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Clermont…… ……21pts Tries: Penaud 35, 57 Conversions: Hanrahan 58 Penalties: Hanrahan 40, 50, 80 Ulster …………… …26pts Tries: McCloskey 26, Timoney 68 […]

Oh, for those refreshing Heineken Cup years!

12 December 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Heineken Cup rugby was once so vibrant and exhilarating – so spellbindingly good, year after year – it left nostalgia without […]

Barbeary returns to the back row

12 December 2021 3 comments

PREVIEW… Wasps v Munster Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Coventry Building Society Arena The boy’s back: Alfie Barbeary returns to the Wasps starting line-up for the first […]

Injury-hit Wasps aren’t ‘fooled’ by Munster’s Omicron woes

12 December 2021 3 comments

By PAUL REES WASPS announced their arrival in Europe 17 years ago when they defeated Munster in the semifinal at Lansdowne Road having trailed by […]

Quins call for ref Nika to stand tall

12 December 2021 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD PREVIEW… Castres v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Stade Pierre Fabre Skills: Quins hooker Jack Walker JERRY Flannery has placed the spotlight firmly […]

Out-of-form Sale wary of deadeye Anscombe

12 December 2021 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Ospreys v Sale Today. Kick-off 1pm, Swansea.com Stadium SALE’s last visit to Wales in April ended with a thumping 57-14 win […]

We don’t fear anyone says Ospreys captain Webb

12 December 2021 0 comments

RHYS Webb’s style of captaincy is to lead by deed more than word, but the scrum-half ’s leadership skills have been tested in ways he […]

Galvanised Ospreys can spring a surprise

12 December 2021 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS with James Hook at the start of last week when he mentioned Ifan Phillips’ accident. It was […]

McHenry takes a short walk to his new career

12 December 2021 0 comments

ALEX McHenry has thrown himself into his new life at Wasps – so much so that he is currently living in a hotel on the […]

Van Graan finds he’s a person of interest to Bath

5 December 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has […]

The cooped-up players deserve our sympathy

5 December 2021 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES’ four regions begin their European campaigns this weekend and they will head into the Champions Cup and Challenge […]

URC will press on despite Omicron

5 December 2021 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA THE United Rugby Championship remains committed to the competition’s format and playing all postponed matches despite a turbulent week that saw four of […]

Mercurial Teddy’s off in search of Test rebirth

5 December 2021 2 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international winger Teddy Thomas wasn’t even in Racing 92’s squad for this weekend’s Top 14 defeat at Castres – yet […]

Cardiff and Munster are homeward bound from South Africa

1 December 2021 0 comments

Cardiff have announced that the majority of their playing and background staff will leave South Africa on Thursday morning following a week of coronavirus mayhem. […]

Nine new coronavirus cases in Munster camp

30 November 2021 1 comment

PA Rugby Union Munster have reported nine positive coronavirus cases among their players and staff following the latest round of PCR testing in Cape Town. […]

The smoking priest fired up Crescent

28 November 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CRESCENT College in Limerick – now styled Crescent Comprehensive – lies in the heart of […]

Euro Cup turmoil as Covid traps the teams

28 November 2021 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER EUROPEAN Rugby chiefs are said to be “worried” and “concerned” for the start of next month’s Champions Cup with three of the […]

URC must be transparent on what happens next

28 November 2021 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND In limbo: Cardiff and Scarlets players do not know when they can return to Wales FOR the Scarlets and […]

‘Data backs 60-cap rule’

14 November 2021 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH rugby has been told it must continue to bring its best players back from the Gallagher Premiership if Wayne Pivac’s side […]

New faces in Irish squad

7 November 2021 2 comments

IRELAND coach Adam Griggs has named six uncapped players in the squad for the Tests against USA and Japan. Leinster pair Mary Healy and Ella […]

Azema in for Collazo at Toulon – at a price!

31 October 2021 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Two stories have gripped French rugby this week – the changing of the coach at Toulon, and the possibility of a […]

Williams fires reminder to Wales that he’s still got it

24 October 2021 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Scarlets …………34pts Tries: R Evans 16, Blacker 19, 64, M Jones 55 Conversions: D Jones 16, 19, 55, O’Brien 64 Conversions: Smith […]

Myler kicks Ospreys to rare win over Munster

24 October 2021 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS O spreys …………..18pts Penalties: Myler 2, 32, 37, 46, 64, 72 Munster …………10pts Tries: Casey 55 Conversions: Crowley 56 Penalties: Crowley 6 STEPHEN […]

Zebo earns Ireland recall but no room for Stockdale

24 October 2021 0 comments

SIMON Zebo is back in the Ireland squad for the first time since 2017 following his return to Munster from Racing 92. The versatile Munster […]

Myler’s late strike swings 8-try thriller Ospreys way

17 October 2021 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Benetton ……….26pts Tries: Lucchesi 6, Smith 52, Ioane 60, Menoncello 66 Conversions: Albornoz 7, Coetzee 53, 68 Ospreys …………29pts Tries: Nagy 33, […]

Carbery keeps Munster winning

17 October 2021 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Munster ……….20 Connacht ……..18 JOEY Carbery landed a final minute conversion to preserve Munster’s winning start. Replacement hooker Diarmuid Barron saved Munster […]

Liam Williams joins Wales list of absent Lions stars

10 October 2021 1 comment

WALES have ruled Liam Williams out of the All Blacks’ match on October 30 – their eighth Lion to miss the start of the autumn […]

Peel tells Scarlets to crank up intensity

10 October 2021 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW… Scarlets v Munster Today. Kick-off 2pm, Parc y Scarlets DWAYNE Peel has told his Scarlets side they will have to match […]

Readers complete Rugby XV name game

10 October 2021 1 comment

THANKS to all those prompted by the Max Wiltshire story last week, the assembly of a Place Name XV can now be revealed, complete with […]

Jersey Reds lose their scrum anchor to Irish

10 October 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed former Munster prop Ciaran Parker from Championship leaders Jersey Reds. The 26-year-old, who began his career at Sale and […]

No one messed with this mighty Max

3 October 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON SOME famous players had to make do with bearing the name of one place in England’s green and pleasant land, like the last […]

Stimpson: He looks the real deal to me

3 October 2021 1 comment

LEICESTER have a trackrecord for producing England full-backs, but the most notable in the post-war era are Dusty Hare (25 caps, 1974-84) and Tim Stimpson […]

Ospreys have the talent to head regions’ challenge

19 September 2021 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND So, a new season of club rugby is finally upon us and it’s a new era for the four […]

‘Nut case’ Martin Gleeson will sort out England

19 September 2021 1 comment

ENGLAND’S new attack coach Martin Gleeson is a ‘mad genius’ – but a world-class operator in breaking down defences. That is the view of the […]

Jordie judgement makes an ass of World Rugby

12 September 2021 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Jordie Barrett raises his outstretched right boot high above the ground and the upended studs strike Marika […]

Munster coach Stephen Larkham is wanted back by Brumbies

29 August 2021 2 comments

Larkham is under contract at Thomond Park until the end of the coming season

Ronan O’Gara’s diamonds can come up trumps | James Harrington

29 August 2021 0 comments

James Harrington previews the new Top 14 season and sees promise in La Rochell’s hopes of banishing heartbreak in the final

Shane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery

15 August 2021 0 comments

The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury

Cardiff strive for more with Bok four looming

15 August 2021 1 comment

CARDIFF chairman Alun Jones has told his team and Welsh rugby as a whole they will have to raise their game if they are to […]

Dream Team: Former London Irish and Northampton fly-half Barry Everitt

15 August 2021 0 comments

Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half chooses the best XV he has played with or against

Munster have eye on Newcastle Falcons ace George McGuigan

8 August 2021 0 comments

The Newcastle hooker is Irish-qualified and wanted by Johann van Graan, TRP understands

Young Guns: Bedford Blues prop Corrie Barrett

1 August 2021 0 comments

The former Ulster and Munster academy prop spent two years playing rugby in New Zealand

Hero Howley hits turbo to land European glory

1 August 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here? It’s May 23, […]

Springboks captain Siya Kolisi backs Rassie Erasmus’ comments and condemns referee

30 July 2021 0 comments

South Africa skipper Siya Kolisi and backs coach Mzwandile Stick spoke to the media on Friday after an inflammatory 24 hours concerning the Lions tour

Blues power up the front row

25 July 2021 1 comment

BEDFORD Blues have bolstered their options at loosehead with the former Ireland U20s international Joey Conway. Conway, 23, was part of the Munster age-grade setup […]

ROG ends Ireland’s long wait for Slam

25 July 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here? It’s March 21, […]

EPCR draw the pools for the 2021-22 Champions Cup

21 July 2021 0 comments

A 24-team Champions Cup draw has been held, find out where Exeter, Harlequins, Sale, Bristol, Northampton, Leicester, Bath and Wasps will be travelling to