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Clubs plan massive Tier Two shake-up

19 July 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY REVOLUTIONARY plans for a new Championship league are set to be discussed. Clubs in Tier Two have spent lockdown formulating ways of […]

I’m gunning for you, Mike, warns Aaron

19 July 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS fullback Aaron Morris aims to see off the challenge of Mike Brown and nail down the No.15 jersey, boosting his chances […]

Memo to PRO16: Dublin to Cape Town is 15 hours

19 July 2020 3 comments

COLIN BOAG If Coronation Street is our longest-running soap, then the PRO14 is doing its best to rival it. Its chequered history dates back nearly […]

Preston Grasshoppers head of rugby Gareth Dyer proposes blanket salary cap for National Leagues

17 July 2020 0 comments

Gareth Dyer lays out the options available to National League clubs and why an even salary cap is suitable all round

Jackson column: RFU ban destroyed Steve Pilgrim’s shot at Red Rose

15 July 2020 0 comments

Exiled from ever playing for England for going on trial to feature for Leeds Rhinos Seconds

Exclusive: Yorkshire Carnegie disband academy as RFU pull funding support

14 July 2020 0 comments

The likes of Stuart Hooper, Danny Care and Jordan Crane came through the academy at Leeds

It’s official: Sale Sharks have signed Manu Tuilagi

13 July 2020 0 comments

Tuilagi keeps his England career alive by remaining in the Premiership with Sale Sharks

Welsh trio caught in rugby’s growing ‘minefield’

12 July 2020 0 comments

By ROB COLE Banned: Jesse Patton,Maredydd Francis and Mike Burgess WELSH rugby was back in the dock last week after bans on three more players […]

RFU ban destroyed Pilgrim’s progress

12 July 2020 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Talent: Steve Pilgrim playing full-back for Wasps In their final rage at the dying of the amateur […]

Owen busy rebuilding Old Reds for shot at promotion

12 July 2020 2 comments

By ADAM ELLIS NEW Old Redcliffians director of rugby Craig Owen is grateful to have time on his side as he bids to take the […]

Whenever play resumes,listen to Hewett

12 July 2020 2 comments

THE RFU released their ‘return to rugby roadmap’ last week,concerning the return of the community game. It shows there has been a shake-up to development. […]

Cut again,Sweeney and Jones!

12 July 2020 0 comments

WE are told that the 149 redundancies announced by the RFU will be shared across the the workforce,but there are fears that the community administration […]

Q&A – Gary Reynolds offers a staunch opposition to ring-fencing

10 July 2020 0 comments

The Rams chief executive shares the big ambitions of the National One club and his opinion on how the RFU is governed

Former Labour MP calls on RFU to sell Twickenham Stadium

9 July 2020 0 comments

Derek Wyatt believes the RFU should sell Twickenham and lease it while they build a new, better-situated stadium

Six Premiership players test positive for COVID-19

8 July 2020 0 comments

The Premiership has carried out 804 tests, with a total of ten cases diagnosed

Bill Sweeney confirms RFU to make 139 staff redundant

6 July 2020 0 comments

RFU to push ahead with option to reduce workforce by almost a quarter

Diversity sounds good – but are the people there?

5 July 2020 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On the climb: Bill Beaumont was elected as one of the first National members of the […]

Manu Tuilagi, George Ford and Ellis Genge in contract stand-off with Leicester

30 June 2020 0 comments

The clock is ticking on Leicester and other Premiership clubs to agree adjusted contracts with their players

Welsh players set for long-term pay cuts

28 June 2020 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Crisis talks: Martyn Phillips and Gareth Davies, right WALES’ leading players have been told long-term pay cuts will be required and that […]

‘Heartland’ competition will renew old rivalries

28 June 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Jon Sharpe Proposal: Ed Griffiths COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp says a new ‘Heartland’ competition could provide salvation for clubs below the […]

Robshaw shows rugby’s heavy toll

28 June 2020 0 comments

Letters CHRIS Robshaw, who is leaving English rugby to join San Diego Legion, predicts more senior players could follow him to the United States to […]

Clubs hold aces in global power game

28 June 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK “What is wrong about having two international windows rather than a two-month block?” SIMON Halliday has been […]

My Life in Rugby: Former Bath and England captain Phil de Glanville

23 June 2020 0 comments

A captaincy with England which started with its challenges after succeeding Will Carling

So stylish even Sir Clive came for a lesson

21 June 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE are very few rugby clubs that can claim to have been at the cutting […]

Champion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards

21 June 2020 2 comments

IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up there with the very […]

Ring-fence could reduce the drain on RFU funding

21 June 2020 0 comments

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ireally enjoyed last week’s article interviewing Plymouth Albion commercial manager Chris Bentley and his realistic view of the […]

Dismal England needed radical shake up and Carling delivered

21 June 2020 1 comment

TIME offers up perspective and what has become known as the ‘Carling era’ looks ever more important with the passing years, for England and rugby […]

Everitt puts faith in kids for pyramid climb

21 June 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By JEREMY BLACKMORE NORWICH boss David Everitt says the club are rising like a phoenix from the ashes after winning promotion. The club […]

Hard as nails Des Seabrook was the scourge of All Blacks

18 June 2020 0 comments

Obituary: Brendan Gallagher writes on the life of Orrell, Lancashire and North rugby figure, Des Seabrook

Players must be given a voice over salary cuts

14 June 2020 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Get the finances right: Lord Myners’ report gives Premiership a chance for a rethink WHAT has happened regarding […]

Sharks set their sights on Eddie

14 June 2020 1 comment

Target: Eddie Jones ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones has been mentioned Down Under as a potential shock candidate for a crosscode switch to the Cronulla Sharks. […]

4-year doping ban

14 June 2020 0 comments

HAYWARDS Heath player Max Drage has been banned from all sport for four years until January 9, 2024 for steroid abuse. Drage provided a urine […]

SHAUN EDWARDS ON…

14 June 2020 0 comments

…Rob Howley’s potential return to the game after his ban I’m totally pleased. I keep coming back to Dean Richards, who was an absolute legend […]

Alex aims to conquer England after France

14 June 2020 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Channel-hopper: Alex Lozowski of Saracens skips the tackle of Munster’s Chris Farrell Inset: Chris Ashton PICTURE: Getty Images ALEX LOZOWSKI is looking […]

Oghre, Willis and Barbeary can all get Wasps firing, says Richard Blaze

12 June 2020 0 comments

Blaze has moved back into coaching in the Premiership after success with England’s Red Roses

Jackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card

11 June 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card

New regime at Old Redcliffians as Kevin Coster leaves

11 June 2020 0 comments

Old Redcliffians were relegated from National Two South along with Sutton & Epsom and Bournemouth

RFU facing new round of staff cuts in cash crisis at Twickenham

9 June 2020 0 comments

The financial accounts for 2019 show the RFU have next to no reserves

Restarting season is rather ridiculous

7 June 2020 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why play on? Newcastle have been promoted. Here George Wacokecoke scores his hat-trick try in the […]

Probyn column: Give England stars Test fees but keep club pay down

5 June 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn looks at how central contracts would factor in today’s current circumstances if that’s the route the RFU went in 1995

Premiership and Championship clubs cleared to return to training

2 June 2020 0 comments

Cleaning controls, PPE and temperature checks to be administered as rugby squads cleared to return

World Rugby law trials not for us says Davies

31 May 2020 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Integrity: Gareth Davies WORLD Rugby have approved ten optional law trials to help reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission – but Wales […]

Baron’s Coronavirus Cup proposal dismissed

31 May 2020 1 comment

FRANCIS Baron’s idea of a major international tournament to be held in England in 2021 to ease the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis has […]

Was this the greatest club Seven of all time?

31 May 2020 3 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 11 Wigan win […]

Eddie on touchline is recipe for a riot

31 May 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ONE of Eddie Jones’ strengths as a coach is that he has always been prepared to think […]

Spencer column: Cruel for Richmond but the game has moved on

21 May 2020 0 comments

TRP columnist Catherine Spencer reviews the big changes to the Premier 15s which saw Richmond lose out in the audit proces

Unbeaten season champions Caldy

17 May 2020 0 comments

The Rugby Paper’s National 2 North correspondents pick a Team of the Season Key man: Rhys Hayes shone at full-back for Caldy PICTURE: Gareth Lyons […]

Don’t let the gifted little ones get away

17 May 2020 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Too small? Jeff Probyn won a record number of caps for an England prop One newspaper […]

Grassroots specialists share skeptical view over RFU £7m aid package

15 May 2020 0 comments

The RFU has been warned by grassroot specialists that its £7m financial aid package will be quickly be swallowed up as clubs descend into a […]

Billy wears the crown, others wield the power

10 May 2020 1 comment

Midway through the BBC’s ancient but still mesmerising adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, there is a pivotal discussion between George Smiley, the hero of […]

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