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Call to axe Bill Sweeney ‘as soon as possible’

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain Bill Sweeney’s tenure as RFU chief executive is in a precarious position after Bill Beaumont’s announcement as an interim RFU Board Chairman […]

Henry Arundell lines up England return

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Sam Jackson Henry Arundell, one of rugby’s most exciting talents, is poised to join Bath next season from Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92, opening the […]

The motion to call an SGM sent to Bill Sweeney, which had been signed by more than 200 RFU clubs

22 December 2024 0 comments

Dear Bill, 1. The publication of Annual Report (2023/24), including the Remuneration Committee report in respect of the remuneration of the senior leadership within the […]

Jack Willis: I’m loving my life with Toulouse

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Mark Stevens While some sides would consider the tag of defending champions as a target on their backs, it appears Toulouse see it more […]

Matt Sherratt backing Taulupe Faletau to hit the heights

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Simon Thomas Taulupe Faletau has been tipped to move on up through the gears as he continues his long-awaited comeback. The Wales and Lions […]

Jack Clement: I’m here to put fear into our opponents

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Gary Fitzgerald Jack Clement feels the Cherry and Whites are now ripening nicely into a potential top four side and putting real “fear” into […]

Speedster Ollie Sleightholme ends the year on a high

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Ollie Sleightholme will not be among those glad to see the back of 2024 – a year in which he made his […]

Johann Van Graan is the key to our rise to the top, says Charlie Ewels

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Mark Stevens Cast your mind back only a couple of years and it was clear to see Bath were a team searching for direction. […]

Freddie Steward leads calls for Michael Cheika to stay at Leicester Tigers

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Michael Cheika will hold talks with Leicester after Christmas over his future having signed a one-year contract with the East Midlands club. […]

Too many subscriptions is no way to attact a new audience

22 December 2024 0 comments

With the arrival of Premier Sports there is yet more fragmentation and a further dilution of rugby’s media profile. The numbers watching matches on free […]

Dual registration needs to be put under microscope

22 December 2024 0 comments

It is interesting to read in last Sunday’s TRP Luc Jones’s thoughts on the adverse impact of wholesale dual registrations of Premiership clubs’ junior players […]

Please don’t make the game irrelevant

22 December 2024 0 comments

Full-backs and wingers now have to be able to leap in the air, I’ve long ago forgotten what hookers are for and forwards run into […]

Champions Cup defeats will spur us on – Harry Randall

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Harry Randall believes Bristol’s two Champions Cup defeats against Leinster and La Rochelle this month will help them in their quest to […]

Dream Team – Josh Davies

22 December 2024 0 comments

JOSH DAVIES, THE FORMER WALES U20s, EALING, LONDON WELSH & BARNES SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… Forwards 1. Rhodri […]

England’s outsiders deserve a chance

22 December 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK IT’S just six weeks before the start of the 2025 Six Nations, and since Steve Borthwick became England […]

Rampaging Bristol Bears tear Leicester Tigers apart

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Rob Wildman Leicester Tigers…………. 24pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 8, 17, Steward 50, Bassett 80 Conversions: Pollard 17, 50 Bristol Bears……………….. 54pts Tries: Oghre 9, 15; […]

Pat Lam: I’m delighted we did not let go

22 December 2024 0 comments

Bristol boss Pat Lam could not hide his delight after such a convincing win. Lam said the win was “pretty high” among the best his […]

Finn Russell on target to keep Bath at the top

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Luke Jarmyn Newcastle Falcons……… 15pts Tries: Blamire 1, Lockwood 7 Conversion: Connon 8 Penalty: Connon 26 Bath………………………………. 40pts Tries: Barbeary 3, de Glanville 21, […]

We need a bigger squad – Steve Diamond

22 December 2024 0 comments

Steve Diamond asserted that Newcastle need a bigger squad if they’re to truly compete with Bath and other Premiership heavyweights. Falcons’ went toe for toe […]

Anguish for Exeter Chiefs as Sale Sharks march on

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Ross Heppenstall Sale Sharks…………………. 28pts Tries: James 22, Carpenter 36, Penalty 50, Hill 71 Conversions: R du Preez 23, 37, 72 Exeter Chiefs……………….. 10pts […]

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso shoulder injury a concern for Rob Baxter

22 December 2024 0 comments

Rob Baxter will assess the shoulder injury which forced Immanuel Feyi-Waboso off during the first half. The England winger was hurt in a tackle and […]

Welsh quartet spark Gloucester’s assault

22 December 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gloucester ……………………14pts Tries: Hathaway 11, Clement 28 Conversions: Carreras 12, 29 Harlequins …………………….. 0pts GLOUCESTER will be pleased with the win but […]

‘To stop Quins scoring was huge’ – George Skivington

22 December 2024 0 comments

Gloucester director of rugby George Skivington hailed his side’s ability to keep Marcus Smith quiet for 80 minutes. “Our defence was outstanding, to nil any […]

Centurion Mitchell goes back to where it all began

22 December 2024 0 comments

Ton up: Alex Mitchell ALEX Mitchell will mark a century of appearances in the Premiership today – against the same side he faced in his […]

Bill Beaumont needs to show clear thinking

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week Bill Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables and chairs have been […]

England have to wait on Afo Fasogbon

22 December 2024 0 comments

Here’s hoping that the knee injury that Gloucester’s Afo Fasogbon sustained against Harlequins on Friday does not rule him out for long – because England […]

Jack Nowell proves that he’s still the lad

22 December 2024 0 comments

There’s something about crossing The Channel that seems to bring out the best in England’s Top 14 exports, with a rejuvenated Jack Nowell scoring a […]

No Franco Mostert? That’s got to be a mistake

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed Here’s a funny thing: one of the more prominent rugby sites on the worldwide web super information highway thingy […]

Show Champions Cup a little more respect

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Chris Hewett You could set the clocks by it. Whenever the Walcot Old Boys team bus began one of its regular 45-mile descents from […]

Kyle Steyn looking forward to a sibling showdown

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Bryn Palmer Match Preview Glasgow v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 3pm, Hampden Park Fit-again Scotland wing Kyle Steyn is relishing the prospect of making his […]

Tom Farrell treble is enough to wrap it up for Munster

22 December 2024 0 comments

By John Fallon Ulster…………….. 19pts Tries: O’Toole 7, Sheridan 64, McNabney 75 Conversions: Cooney 8, 76 Munster…………22pts Tries: Farrell 27, 51, 78; Daly 66 Conversion: […]

Iestyn Hopkins in right place to snatch it for Ospreys

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Roger Panting Ospreys………………………… 23pts Tries: Parry 36, Tipuric 47, Hopkins 80 Conversion: Edwards 47 Penalties: Edwards 10, 58 Scarlets……………………….. 22pts Try: Mee 40 Conversion: […]

Masterful Jordie Barrett lights up Leinster

22 December 2024 0 comments

By John Fallon Leinster………….. 20pts Tries: Osborne 20, Tector 27 Conversions: Byrne 20, 28 Penalties: R Byrne 43, 80 Connacht……….. 12pts Tries: Dowling 53, Jennings […]

Rhyno Smith’s on target to snap up dramatic win for Benetton

22 December 2024 0 comments

Benetton………. 11 Zebre…………….. 10 An 80th-minute penalty from full-back Rhyno Smith spared Benetton’s blushes as they secured a gritty win over their Italian rivals. Leonardo […]

Ruben Schoeman red card makes it easy for Stormers

22 December 2024 0 comments

Stormers……….29 Lions…………….. 10 The Stormers ended a four-game losing streak as they cruised to a bonus point win over an ill-disciplined and wasteful Lions. The […]

Hendrikse brothers combine for Sharks

22 December 2024 0 comments

Sharks…………..20 Bulls……………… 17 Brothers Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse combined to score 13 points as the Sharks saw off the Bulls. Jaden dotted down for the […]

Saracens fight back to overcome Bears

22 December 2024 0 comments

By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens………..33pts Tries: Campbell 16, 77, Hunt 21, Clifford 30, Harrison 67 Conversions: McKenna 17; Harrison 22, 31, 78 Bristol Bears… 24pts Tries: […]

Four-try Scurfield leads from front

22 December 2024 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Sale………………….. 7pts Try: Antwis 37 Conversion: Duffy 37 Loughborough.50pts Tries: Treder 7, 59; Scurfield 20, 26, 63, 75; Kelter 53, Belisle 71 […]

Exeter have no answer to Sing’s class

22 December 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS Exeter………………… 12pts Tries: Feaunati 69, Jacoby 76 Conversion: Tessier 77 Gloucester-H…….. 41pts Tries: Venner 17, 40; Hendy 23, 35; Lewis 26, N […]

Harlequins v Gloucester-Hart

22 December 2024 0 comments

Preview Dec 28. 3pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel has issued a rallying cry towards fans going to watch Big Game 16 on December 28 to […]

When a World Cup triumph got you a washing machine

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know So America’s golfers will be paid £400,000-a-man at the Ryder Cup next year for what […]

Schalk Ferreira leads the way as veterans take to the pitch

22 December 2024 0 comments

Veteran props never quit, they just keep on scrummaging in ever increasing numbers which explains why Francisco Gomez Kodela fails to make the combined European […]

At least the French are going full-bore in Champions Cup

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Neutrals the world over will relish the prospect of Toulouse and La Rochelle invading Cardiff at season’s end for the seventh all-French […]

Shane Lewis-Hughes puts his faith in the finger of fate…

22 December 2024 0 comments

For more than 60 years, Red Conway stood in a class all on his own: the only international player to undergo amputation by way of […]

Jonny Wilkinson’s still out on his own at SPOTY

22 December 2024 0 comments

Since its inception 70 years ago, the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award has been presented to a galaxy of superstars drawn from a […]

Bazalgette pulls the strings for Hartpury

22 December 2024 0 comments

By ED HARTLEY Hartpury…………. 21pts Tries: R Smith 20, Austin 36 Conversion: Bazalgette 21 Penalties: Bazalgette 28, 53, 65 Nottingham…….. 7pts Try: R Olowofela 60 […]

Basement battle sees Caldy take the honours

22 December 2024 0 comments

By JOHN LYON Caldy………………20pts Tries: Royle 3, Hearn 47, Penalty 56 Penalty: Barker 10 L Scottish……… 10pts Tries: Anderson 19, Zheng 14 THE old adage […]

Cattle: Knights will be hard nut to crack

22 December 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Cornish Pirates v Doncaster K Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates are on a high after handing Coventry their first […]

Hampson’s class gives Ealing the upper hand

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH Coventry………………………. 25pts Tries: Penalty 38, Biggs 71, Ogden 80 Conversion: Mathews 80 Penalties: Richman 3, 21 Ealing Trailfinders……… 35pts Tries: Wilson 11, […]

Cambridge manage to get their act together

22 December 2024 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……. 13pts Try: Caven 33 Conversion: Grimoldby 34 Penalties: Grimoldby 18, 74 Ampthill………….. 7pts Try: Vaenuku 30 Conversion: Barton 31 AFTER a […]

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