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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 […]

My new dawn: increase squad size, cut salaries

10 May 2020 1 comment

COLIN BOAG Fringe man: Ben Mercer playing for Cornish Pirates What I’m about to suggest will be seen by some as barking mad, but bear […]

Elite clubs are not the only guilty parties

10 May 2020 0 comments

JEFF Probyn’s column last week is rightly scathing about the Premiership and EPCR, citing their lack of concern about the game of rugby as a […]

Kick cost-cutting off with Sevens

10 May 2020 0 comments

WITH the RFU in a financial mess due to poor management, including overpaying their management and international players, why can they not make sensible cuts […]

Regionalise yes, but do not reduce salary cap

10 May 2020 1 comment

I FULLY agree with Richard Homer’s idea on the letter’s page last week to regionalise the English leagues below the Championship, but I see no […]

RFU chief Bill Sweeney gives honest account of financial peril game faces

5 May 2020 0 comments

Sweeney spoke to the DCMS committee on Tuesday to discuss the shape of finances

Ten of Premiership Rugby’s 13 member clubs consider breakaway

5 May 2020 0 comments

BT Sport’s deal with PRL is up next year and has hastened talk of a breakaway to allow club’s outright control of negotiations

Canterbury and Adidas lose out to rival as England confirm new kit sponsor deal

5 May 2020 0 comments

England Men’s team, Red Roses, Sevens and age grade teams will no longer wear Canterbury

My Club – Otley: Nigel Melville looks back on where it all started

4 May 2020 0 comments

Nigel Melville recalls watching Roses matches at Cross Green as a boy with his father

British & Irish Lions 2021 tour could be cancelled to preserve home unions finances, report claims

4 May 2020 0 comments

Lions 2021 tour to fall victim to backlogged Test calendar?

Global plan sees club season run into July

3 May 2020 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE ■By PETER JACKSON Mako may quit Sarries England prop Mako Vunipola says he has yet to decide whether to remain with Saracens when they […]

Now ten teams talk about break from PRL

3 May 2020 2 comments

■By NICK CAIN THE plans for a breakaway from PRL by Premiership clubs is gathering momentum, with ten clubs now actively in discussions about the […]

Amps fired up for a second ride in the Championship

3 May 2020 1 comment

■By WARREN MUGGLETON Star signing: Dave Ward has been magnificent AMPTHILL chairman Alex Radley described the club’s first Championship season as a rollercoaster after their […]

Half of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL

29 April 2020 0 comments

Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway

Cain column: Our Golden Goose is an endangered species

29 April 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain says rugby can come through its most precarious challenge if it becomes more transparent

Special report: Question time at Twickenham

28 April 2020 0 comments

The RFU has been accused of showing ‘disrespect’ towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board

Clubs plan breakaway the same as football

26 April 2020 1 comment

By NICK CAIN A GROUP of six English Premiership clubs are planning to breakaway from PRL, the administrative arm which represents the 13 Premiership clubs. […]

Rohan banned for two-timing

26 April 2020 0 comments

CENTRE Rohan Janse van Rensburg has been fined £32,500 and handed a twoweek ban for signing contracts with Sale and Gloucester. Van Rensburg, right, signed […]

A sea of people hailed Carling like a Messiah

26 April 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 6 Will […]

Fair play? I struggle to see it

26 April 2020 0 comments

A COUPLE of weeks ago a reader stated that before a Championship side could be promoted they must be financially sustainable. Like that, there would […]

RFU must not waste this chance to reset

26 April 2020 1 comment

IN last week’s Rugby Paper Steve Grainger described how the RFU were meeting rugby’s needs during the coronavirus crisis. The Director of Rugby Development wrote […]

Our Golden Goose is an endangered species

26 April 2020 2 comments

RUGBY Union’s golden goose is beginning to look a lot thinner, and as the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic grows, the whole rugby universe […]

RFU column: We’re here to help and will do all we can

23 April 2020 0 comments

Direct from the RFU, director Steve Grainger outlines the work they are doing to prevent clubs from going to the wall

Doncaster Knights deducted five points for breaching RFU’s rules on agents

22 April 2020 0 comments

Championship club found to have breached intermediary regulations and docked points

Rugby must speak with one voice -like Apollo 13

19 April 2020 0 comments

For the space buffs among you rugby aficionados, this last week has been an extraordinary trip down memory lane as we relive minute by minute […]

Axed star Larter still doesn’t know why

19 April 2020 1 comment

Even now after all these years Peter Larter still stands alone, the one English Lion who took a stand against terrorism and never played for […]

Wakefield leads charge as England claim four Grand Slams in the 20s

19 April 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union In the immediate aftermath of World War One Rugby Union hit […]

The RFU have treated the Championship disgracefully, Nottingham’s chairman explains

17 April 2020 0 comments

‘Everyone below the Premiership has been left to fend for themselves’, says Alistair Bow

Gatland’s plan for Lions to play at Twickenham ‘nonsense’, says Willie-John McBride

15 April 2020 0 comments

“I think it’s scandalous that the Premiership clubs in England are dictating the future of the sport” – Lions legend McBride

Dejected Otley go on the offensive after relegation by RFU

15 April 2020 0 comments

Otley are seething at their relegation from National League Two North under the RFU’s formula

The briefest argument for why the Championship is invaluable to English rugby

14 April 2020 0 comments

Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow explains how some Premiership clubs still want to keep links with the Championship – but others aren’t so keen

Top 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 20-16

14 April 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher ranks the players who could have achieved so much more in the game

Disgraceful how RFU’s left us to fend for ourselves

12 April 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN FINDS NOTTINGHAM CHAIRMAN ALISTA AIR BOW WILLING TO PUT HIS HEAD ABOVE THE PARAPET FOR the last 0decade it has seemed that the game […]

Bow on the RFU pay structure…

12 April 2020 0 comments

Alistair Bow, who has closed Nottingham’s Lady Bay ground and placed the players and the majority of the staff on the government furlough scheme, has […]

Bow on why the Championship is invaluable…

12 April 2020 0 comments

Virtually every club in the Premiership has England internationals who have been nurtured in the Championship, and Alistair Bow says its value has been proven […]

Exeter and Sale to join women’s top flight

12 April 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs and Sale Sharks will join the top division of women’s rugby for three years at the expense of Richmond and Firwood Waterloo. […]

Dejected Otley go on the offensive after relegation

12 April 2020 0 comments

By WARREN MUGGLETON OTLEY chairman of rugby Peter Clegg is livid that his side were relegated from National 2 North based on the RFU’s ‘best […]

Blackett gets the nod for top job at Wasps

12 April 2020 0 comments

WASPS have appointed interim boss Lee Blackett as their new head coach. The 37-year-old has been in charge since director of rugby Dai Young’s departure on […]

Sweeney’s balancing act will be true test of his powers

12 April 2020 0 comments

THE measure of a good CEO is not the size or wealth of the organisation he runs, but the quantity and complexity of the issues […]

Aussie League template is cause of all rugby ills

12 April 2020 0 comments

THERE was always the risk that when “Union” went professional, all those pre Covid-19 years ago, there would be an overwhelming urge to use “League” […]

Do me a favour, Colin

12 April 2020 0 comments

COLIN Boag’s column (April 5) showing his utter contempt for, and dislike of, the Championship is going a bit far. He often mentions ring fencing […]

RFU relief amounts to not much

12 April 2020 0 comments

THE RFU have promised a package of £7m to help clubs during the lockdown, but there is precious little detail of how much support each […]

Newcastle Falcons Test star to leave despite promotion back to Premiership

9 April 2020 0 comments

Mulling over his options after playing his last game for the Falcons

Premiership Rugby suspends season indefinitely but reiterates intent to complete all games

8 April 2020 0 comments

There will be no chance of watching rugby against on April 24 as Premiership extends suspension

RFU have reached a fair outcome says Hill, as Richmond bounce back

8 April 2020 0 comments

Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill has his say on how the RFU’s formula to decide league outcomes fared

I would have liked to see Rob Baxter take charge of England, says Moody

7 April 2020 0 comments

Baxter’s development of Exeter should have been tested on England according to the former flanker

Cain column: Earn your wedge, Eddie by enthusing Joe Marler to carry on

7 April 2020 0 comments

Eddie Jones will have to make it a priority to keep Joe Marler around

Marquee players could take bigger hit

5 April 2020 0 comments

When the chips are down and the pressure increases, why is it that money is always the topic that exposes what people are really like? Loyalty […]

A fair decision says bounce back up at

5 April 2020 0 comments

Hill as Richmond their first attempt By NEALE HARVEY Excited: Steve Hill RICHMOND rugby director Steve Hill has praised the strength and character of his […]

Falcons have rule of their own says Shingler

5 April 2020 2 comments

EALING Trailfinders flyhalf Steven Shingler believes Newcastle Falcons’ promotion to the Premiership was not inevitable, despite his side trailing the league leaders by 18 points. […]

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