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Ireland’s Italian romp marred by injury fears

11 February 2018 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND duly accumulated an impressive total against Italy which helped boost their points difference immeasurably – but it came at the cost […]

Pacific is washing in waves of talent

4 February 2018 1 comment

WHILE many T1 nations continue to plunder the South Pacific, it might be timely to highlight France’s increasingly fruitful rugby relationship with their French Pacific […]

Los Teros edge out Canucks for place in Japan

4 February 2018 0 comments

WORLD CUP PLAY-OFF By JON NEWCOMBE Uruguay …32 Canada …31 URUGUAY qualified for RWC 2019 by beating Canada 32-31 in the second leg of their […]

Sexton sets Irish eyes smiling with one of the great drop goals

4 February 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER JOHNNY Sexton broke French hearts in Paris last night with a match winning 45 metre dropped goal with the last play of […]

Harry thanks Leinster toughs for giving him a good kicking!

21 January 2018 1 comment

Unbeaten for England: Harry Williams ENGLAND tight-head Harry Williams claims having his backside kicked during Exeter’s recent defeats by Leinster could prove the ideal Six […]

Kingsley fine tunes Canucks ahead of World Cup qualifier

21 January 2018 1 comment

Star of the show: Ospreys wing Jeff Hassler Old mates: Kingsley Jones, left, with Phlippe St Andre WITH Canada largely covered in snow Kingsley Jones […]

Stade rule in Paris to rock the Scots

21 January 2018 1 comment

Std Francais …17 Edinburgh…10 By TOM ROBBINS STADE Francais held firm in the French capital to ensure their position in the quarter-finals despite a late […]

YOUNG GUNS

10 December 2017 0 comments

ISAAC CURTIS-HARRIS LONDON IRISH BACK ROWER As a member of the London Irish youth side that became Premiership U18s champions in February 2016, much was […]

The Ella brothers: the pop stars of Aussie rugby

30 November 2017 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher remembers the wonderful Junior Wallaby side that boasted a fabulous trio…

Silence is deafening seven days on from that scrum farce

26 November 2017 1 comment

GEORGIAmade an immediate protest to World Rugby over the scrum farce in Cardiff, understandably so given that it denied them the use of their set-piece […]

Anniversary of Foley’s death can give Munster energy to topple Castres’ big guns

15 October 2017 2 comments

■By SAM JACKSON MUNSTER coach Rassie Erasmus wants his men to mark the first anniversary of Anthony Foley’s death with a win in France. This […]

The Bok who gave Meads his toughest challenge

27 August 2017 1 comment

THROUGHOUT his career Colin Meads was frequently asked who his toughest and most feared opponent was and although the likes of Willie John McBride, Delme […]

Alcohol abuse no laughing matter for players in Pacific

20 August 2017 0 comments

DAN LEO EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS I’ll admit, it hasn’t been a great month off the field for my fellow Pacific Island rugby players. […]

Solomona scores to finish bad week on high

13 August 2017 0 comments

By MARC SPENCER Castres 31 Sale 14 DENNY Solomona ended the week far better than he started it with his late try putting the seal […]

YOUNG GUNS

30 July 2017 0 comments

MATT WORLEY RACING 92 FULL-BACK It was a PR stunt that took Matt Worley from Hong Kong to Racing 92, but two years later the […]

Richmond captain Warden on full alert for next test of endurance

5 July 2017 0 comments

Richmond retained their Championship status last season but club captain Will Warden reckons doing so again will pose a greater challenge. Being the only amateur […]

Wood suspended for six weeks

31 May 2017 0 comments

Tom Wood has been suspended for six weeks for the stamp on Djibril Camara’s last Friday Champions Cup Play-off final against Stade Francais Paris at […]

Peter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve

26 May 2017 0 comments

There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out. Applying that principle to […]

2018 and 2019 Six Nations fixtures announced

16 May 2017 0 comments

The fixtures for both the 2018 and 2019 Six Nations Championships have been announced. Rugby‘s Greatest Championship will take place over seven weekends in 2018, […]

20 Questions: Will Edwards – England Sevens

10 May 2017 0 comments

How long have been involved with England Sevens? I’ve been coming from Loughborough when I was needed this season and started playing for the academy […]

PREVIEW… Bath v Gloucester

30 April 2017 1 comment

Today. Kick-off 3pm. The Rec THIS West Country derby promises to be particularly feisty with both teams’ season potentially riding on the result. Bath must […]

Ellis unfazed by Parisse as Bath bid to end 9-year wait for trophy

16 April 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Enjoying life in back row: Bath flanker Tom Ellis UNSUNG flanker Tom Ellis aims to complete a stellar conversion from second to […]

Wales will veto cut to 6 Nations

2 April 2017 0 comments

WALES will take a stand in Dublin this week against England’s call for the Six Nations schedule to be shortened by seven days. By voting […]

Maestri could use a history lesson

2 April 2017 0 comments

YOANN Maestri’s £26,000 fine for bringing the game into disrepute after criticising English referee Wayne Barnes for his handling of the France v Wales clash […]

The French farce could have ended so much earlier

26 March 2017 1 comment

THE farce that unfolded in Paris last Saturday, culminating in almost 20 minutes of added time was a perfect storm. It combined skulduggery by coaches […]

Barnes takes the big heat

26 March 2017 0 comments

ONE name seemed to be missing from the roll of honour for the 2017 Six Nations, that of Wayne Barnes. His handling of The Longest […]

Gloucester make big money move to land Parisse

26 March 2017 1 comment

GLOUCESTER have emerged as surprise suitors for Italian skipper Sergio Parisse with Stade Francais struggling to stay in business. The Paris giants could be forced […]

‘Cheating’ French rile Howley in prop row

19 March 2017 0 comments

ROB HOWLEY believes France went against the spirit of rugby with the way they replaced prop Uini Atonio during the 20 minutes of over-time. Atonio […]

Surely the French capital can house two top teams?

19 March 2017 0 comments

THE troubled attempts to merge traditional archrivals Stade Francais and Racing 92 is fast developing into a farce that tarnishes the Top 14. It is […]

Frenchwide boys make light of travel sickness

12 March 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER FRANCE have finally won away from home in the Six Nations and it came on the back of their best attacking performance […]

Scotland captain Laidlaw out of Six Nations

15 February 2017 0 comments

Scotland have been dealt a huge blow to their Six Nations hopes with the news that captain Greig Laidlaw will miss the remainder of the […]

Hogg aims to end 18 years of hurt

12 February 2017 1 comment

By GARY HEATLY STUART Hogg is well aware that France like to play with flair on their own patch – but ahead of this afternoon’s […]

Peter Jackson: Stern Vern allows himself a smile as Scotland box clever

9 February 2017 0 comments

Murrayfield rejoiced yesterday at catching a glimpse of a moment even more truly historic than the Grand Old Championship’s first bonus point. What they witnessed […]

Timisora Saracens guilty of rule breach and could cost Quins

18 January 2017 0 comments

Timisora Saracens have been fined and Stade Francais awarded a bonus point victory due to the unplayable pitch in Timisora last Saturday. Despite the poor […]

Introducing the reigning Olympic rugby champions

4 August 2016 0 comments

15. Charles Doe (Stanford University): Basketball was his first love but he quickly took to rugby. Vice-captain in Paris in 1924 and a gold medallist […]

James Haskell: I’d risk my career again to beat the Aussies 3-0!

28 July 2016 0 comments

James Haskell has revealed he needed complicated surgery on his big toe to save his rugby career and now faces up to six months of […]

Nick Cain column: No prizes for tact, but Eddie Jones was honest about Jonny Sexton

3 March 2016 0 comments

The attempt to bracket the Eddie Jones comments about Jonathan Sexton over the fitness of the Irish fly-half to play Test rugby as malevolent mind […]

Intense competition at Bath will make Taulupe Faletau even better – Luke Charteris

11 February 2016 0 comments

Luke Charteris reckons Bath can bring the best out of Taulupe Faletau. The Wales pair and former Newport Gwent Dragons team-mates will be reunited at […]

Quade Cooper joins Australia Sevens

21 January 2016 0 comments

The Australian Rugby Union have today announced that Quade Cooper has joined their Sevens program and will be available for selection for the Rio 2016 […]

Best named Ireland captain for Six Nations

20 January 2016 0 comments

Rory Best will captain Ireland during the Six Nations after head coach Joe Schmidt named his 35-man squad for the opening two rounds of the […]

Peter Jackson column: Friday fun and games is strictly for Wales

15 January 2016 0 comments

Friday night fever of the virulent Six Nations kind will break out again in Cardiff next month. France in Round Three on the last Friday […]

Jeff Probyn column: Clubs flex muscles over European postponements

27 November 2015 0 comments

The disruption of the European Champions Cup first round caused by the Paris atrocities last week has inadvertently shown what appears to be the ambitions […]

Peter Jackson: When WRU sneak tried to ban us over £50 expenses

6 November 2015 0 comments

On the Sunday before we played England at the Arms Park in February 1975, five of the Wales team chosen the previous week were called […]

Jeff Probyn’s column: Hopefully England will go one better than us in ‘91 and win it

12 September 2015 0 comments

With the phoney war over, now is the time for the squad to focus on the challenges that lie ahead. The results over the past […]

Jeremy Guscott: You can bet Richie McCaw and Dan Carter will be ready

24 June 2015 0 comments

One of the big stories so far in the Super 15 is the Crusaders failing to make the play-offs for the first time in 14 […]

Brendan Gallagher’s feature on Alan Hancock’s try against Scotland in 1965

13 March 2015 2 comments

Everybody is famously allowed 15 minutes of fame, but for Northampton wing Andy Hancock that was abbreviated to 15 seconds. That’s pretty much the time, […]

Peter Jackson: Silence greeted the hero of Cardiff

5 February 2015 1 comment

When they come to write the colourful history of Anglo-Welsh rivalry, one of England‘s forgotten full-backs will justify a chapter all by himself. On a […]

Carter confirm Racing Metro move

18 December 2014 0 comments

Dan Carter is set to become rugby‘s highest paid rugby player ever after agreeing a three-year deal with Racing Metro believed to be worth £1 […]

Brendan Gallagher: Trench Blacks charmed Paris during respite from carnage

21 November 2014 0 comments

The inspirational deeds of many Rugby players on the Western Front have been well documented in recent years in a number of books and will […]

Brendan Gallagher: Why Brian O’Driscoll won’t be taking anyone to book unlike Kevin Pietersen

6 November 2014 0 comments

Rugby‘s oldest maxim is probably “what goes on tour stays on tour” and, as an ‘old school’ player par excellence, Brian O’Driscoll was never going […]

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