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Williams: Give more to the Championship

23 April 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol centre James Williams believes the Championship is overlooked by Premiership clubs and deserves more funding from the RFU. Williams topped the […]

Reds take the spoils in clash of the titans

23 April 2023 0 comments

By TOM INNES Jersey ………………………….. 19pts Tries: McHenry 15, Grahamslaw 29, Brown 65 Conversions: Bennett 15, 65 Ealing……………………………. 13pts Try: Farrar 22 Conversion: Shingler 22 […]

Where’s the patriotism?

23 April 2023 0 comments

I THINK the RFU are making a mistake in holding rugby matches on the morning of the King’s Coronation Day. I feel disappointed and somewhat […]

Red cards must stay for sake of player welfare

16 April 2023 0 comments

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Prem will keep its eight clubs in Europe

2 April 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES The Gallagher Premiership will continue to supply eight clubs to the Heineken Champions Cup next season despite two of their number folding […]

This ‘mish-mash’ does nothing for the game

2 April 2023 0 comments

LAST week’s TRP lists a bewildering array of cup, shield, bowl and plate competitions for grassroots clubs. Some are Round 1 ties in a knock-out […]

Hansen: Weight of expectation could be Ireland’s toughest Rugby World Cup opponent

20 March 2023 1 comment

With unbeaten Six Nations and Autumn Nations campaigns and a series victory in New Zealand under their belts inside the last 12 months, there’s no […]

Warriors Women confirm place in Premier 15s

20 March 2023 0 comments

Worcester Warriors Women have confirmed they will be playing in the Premier 15s next season. Warriors were initially left out of the first eight teams […]

Regional results

19 March 2023 0 comments

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Too much fog to see where we are going

12 March 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The English club game has a great opportunity right now for an urgent overhaul, especially as the […]

Prop Hislop has red reduced to yellow

12 March 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA THE RFU have rescinded a red card given to Saracens prop Robin Hislop last weekend. Hislop was sent off during the Premiership defeat […]

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Biljon’s Reds battling hard on both fronts

12 March 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Jersey Reds had a Saturday off last weekend with their game at Doncaster postponed, a welcome rest having been fighting hard on […]

Relegated Westcliff part company with coach Johnson

12 March 2023 1 comment

WESTCLIFF parted ways with head coach Danny Johnson last week after what has been a miserable campaign for the already relegated side. Having lost all […]

Allowing Wasps move reflects badly on RFU

5 March 2023 1 comment

SEVERAL years ago, Wasps relocated to Coventry, thereby sabotaging any hopes which Coventry rugby club may have had about reaching the Premiership. Even if the […]

Bears move for Willis may help England

5 March 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol Bears could throw Jack Willis, below, an England lifeline with Premiership clubs ready to fight any plans to […]

Major changes set for County Champs

5 March 2023 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK THIS season’s County Championships will feature numerous changes which the RFU believe will enhance player experience. Following the County Championship review, and […]

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5 March 2023 1 comment

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Rochford look for a big finish to difficult campaign

5 March 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Rochford Hundred secured a prized win last weekend against Canterbury that boosted their survival bid after what has been a difficult campaign […]

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Sweeney more of a liability than an asset

26 February 2023 0 comments

SADLY it needs to be realised that the RFU has abandoned its frequently misused historic role as guardian of the game’s best interests. Grassroots rugby […]

RFU in line for Chelsea bonanza

26 February 2023 3 comments

The RFU could be set for another massive cash windfall with Twickenham on the short list of potential grounds that Premier League Chelsea are looking […]

The game is going back, not forward

26 February 2023 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME How things change when money is the main target for doing something. Over the years, all […]

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26 February 2023 1 comment

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Ealing hold merger talks with Ospreys

19 February 2023 1 comment

By NEIL FISSLER EXCLUSIVE Ospreys are the Welsh region that Ealing Trailfinders have sounded out about a potential merger that would see them swap the […]

World Cup winner in search for new talent

19 February 2023 0 comments

Inspiring: Jason Robinson with his World Cup medal Jason Robinson is living proof of the old adage that hard work makes dreams come true – […]

Haskell keen to raise health concerns

19 February 2023 1 comment

JAMES Haskell says more must be done to help players’ physical and mental health after his appointment as vice chair of Restart Rugby. The organisation […]

Perris-Redding relieved after Sale get league place

19 February 2023 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Sale Sharks flanker Georgie Perris-Redding was relieved to have her side’s place in the Premier 15s next season confirmed by the RFU. […]

New maternity deal agreed

19 February 2023 0 comments

ENGLAND women’s players are now entitled to 26 weeks’ fully-paid maternity leave as well as funds for children to travel to games with them. Pregnant […]

Anger as new owners close down Warriors

12 February 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Worcester Warriors will rebrand as Sixways Rugby next season and merge with National Two West side Stourbridge after their owners Atlas withdrew […]

Haag joins Scotland set-up with eye on England

12 February 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Junior World Cup-winning coach Martin Haag is poised to join the Scotland Women’s team as an assistant coach. Bath legend Haag, […]

Clubs are forced to travel too far

12 February 2023 0 comments

THE crowd figure for Old Albanians’ game at Barnes last weekend in Nat 2 East was 169. Yet under the RFU’s league format, OAs are […]

Transition to hooker paying off for Terry

12 February 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK It’s almost two years since Cameron Terry made the transition from the back row to hooker at Ealing Trailfinders and despite a […]

France have the drive to stay on track

5 February 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Italy v France Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadio Olimpico, Rome THE last time France won back-to-back Six Nations titles was in 2007. […]

Better ways to combat concussion problem

5 February 2023 1 comment

THE RFU’s ill-conceived law trial banning tackles above the waist again highlights the failure of rugby’s administrators to end the injuries crisis threatening the game’s […]

World Rugby must now lead by example

5 February 2023 1 comment

IN his column last week, Jeff Probyn presents a very persuasive argument that, whatever steps are to be taken to reduce the risk of concussion […]

With this record, it’s time Sweeney headed to the exit

5 February 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Bill Sweeney will be looking over his shoulder as the Six Nations gets underway, and with good […]

RFU sets deadline for new owners

5 February 2023 0 comments

The RFU has set the new owners of Wasps and Worcester Warriors a February 14 deadline to have their respective takeovers fully completed so that […]

Give Bill a break – he’s the best man for the job

5 February 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I really cannot understand why so many people within our game seem to be ‘gunning’ for […]

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Rugby School launches 200th celebration

5 February 2023 1 comment

SCHOOLS RUGBY RUGBY School will begin celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the creation of the game by launching The Global Pass, which will see […]

Time this autocratic RFU is held to account

29 January 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN The warning signs that the RFU’s administrative standards have plumbed the depths became a red flashing light on Friday when senior administrators were […]

RFU creating a big divide in the game says Honey

29 January 2023 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK The RFU’s decision to lower the tackle height to ‘waistline and below’ next season for all levels below the Championship has produced […]

RFU has no right to deliver this low blow

22 January 2023 2 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The RFU has just introduced one of the biggest changes to the game in its 152-year history, […]

In danger of just being touch rugby

22 January 2023 0 comments

SO rugby’s authorities continue their inexorable emasculation of the sport. It must be obvious to all that they will not stop until all physical contact […]

Duckham’s Eden Park win

22 January 2023 0 comments

■ I have no association with Saracens, but it was noticeable to watch them against Lyon. Their attack was much quicker and decisive than previously […]

Meadows take reins of Women’s U20s

15 January 2023 0 comments

LOU Meadows has been appointed the new head coach of England women’s U20s team. Meadows re-joins England from Ealing Trailfinders, where she was the performance […]