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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. […]

RFU reveals final outcomes for leagues across England

3 April 2020 0 comments

Details of who is promoted and who is relegation have been released by RFU

RFU confirm how promotion and relegation for the Championship and below will work

2 April 2020 0 comments

Outcomes for Championship, Premier 15s, National Leagues and below to be formalised on Friday

Unbeaten Caldy urge RFU to honour their promotion

2 April 2020 0 comments

News that the RFU won’t be making the null and voiding the Men’s season will be welcomed by unbeaten Caldy

Probyn column: Rugby has changed so much and largely for the worse

2 April 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn has found himself watching old rugby clips on Youtube and sees a more balanced game than the modern day

What the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans

1 April 2020 0 comments

How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn’t have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?

Cain column: These RFU cuts should be permanent

31 March 2020 0 comments

The RFU top brass can help Championship clubs and the grassroots by making their 25 per cent wage cuts permanent

Thanks for reminder of glory days

29 March 2020 1 comment

THE Rugby Paper is so much better now that it doesn’t have to report on the big matches! Professional rugby is so grim these days – […]

Fans need to know if freeze likely

29 March 2020 0 comments

IF AS Nick Cain suggests the Premiership are really going to freeze relegation and promotion for the next five years to compensate for this season, […]

These RFU pay-cuts should be permanent

29 March 2020 0 comments

THE decision by Eddie Jones to follow Bill Sweeney and the rest of the RFU’s top tier executives in taking a 25 per cent pay […]

Evans: Use this crisis to make rugby healthy again

29 March 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLISH rugby’s broken model needs fixing and now is the perfect time to instigate change, says industry expert Mark Evans. Against a […]

Rugby tours the world but at home there is North v South open revolt

29 March 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher contiues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union FOLLOWING the first international between England and Scotland in 1871, events […]

Stirling on sabbatical

29 March 2020 0 comments

Cornish Pirates director of rugby Chris Stirling has taken a sabbatical and returned to New Zealand following the RFU’s decision to cut funding. Stirling, 57, […]

Good luck making Tier Two self-funded

29 March 2020 1 comment

LET US hope that Edward Griffiths’ plans for a selffunding Championship prove to be workable, though I fear that TV and sponsorship packages may be […]

Grass-roots being let down by RFU

29 March 2020 0 comments

I HAVE now seen the support packages released by the RFU. The first two measures are early release of monies, not new money, the third […]

Falcons are clear, they should be promoted

29 March 2020 0 comments

THE RFU have declared the 2019/20 season over for level 2 and below. I imagine that this was not an easy decision to take. The […]

George Kruis supports 25 per cent pay cut administered by Saracens

27 March 2020 0 comments

Kruis speaks out as the row intensifies between players and Premiership clubs over wage cuts

RFU paint dire picture of its financial security, but pledges rescue package for clubs

25 March 2020 0 comments

The RFU has forecast losses of £45m-50m over the next 18 months due to the coronavirus pandemic

Cain column: This rush to closure just creates even more confusion

24 March 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on how life in the Championship have been sent into more controversy by the RFU

Hewett column: Now, more than ever, the game needs strong leadership

24 March 2020 0 comments

Never let a good crisis go to waste. Winston Churchill, no less, was busily preparing the ground for the formation of the United Nations in […]

Newcastle boss Dean Richards reacts with fury to Ealing’s threat of legal action

23 March 2020 0 comments

“We no longer feel able to keep quiet” – Richards responds to Ealing seeking legal counsel over Championship promotion

We may sue if Newcastle are handed Championship title, say Ealing Trailfinders

23 March 2020 0 comments

Ealing Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward says the club will consider pursuing keeping the title fight alive in the Championship

Trailfinders: We may sue if Falcons are champs

22 March 2020 1 comment

■ By NEALE HARVEY Defiant: Ben Ward CHAMPIONSHIP challengers Ealing are preparing to take legal action in the event of Newcastle being declared title winners […]

Retiring Griffiths must bid farewell from afar

22 March 2020 0 comments

■ By GUY WILLIAMS CLIVE Griffiths, director of rugby at Doncaster Knights, won’t see the club again, or his players, before he retires at the […]

The Welsh were no saints, I assure you

22 March 2020 1 comment

Match-winner: Scotland’s Tony Stanger makes his break against England in 1990 PICTURE: Getty Images Reading last week’s Sunday’s Times I was amazed at how pious […]

Could Champions escape relegation?

22 March 2020 1 comment

THEREare suggestions that there may be no relegation from football’s Premier League this spring, in the wake of coronavirus. With the top two in the […]

Replace Saracens with Newcastle then draw a line

22 March 2020 0 comments

THEperiod of ‘wait and see’ has passed and the RFU has made a decision regarding the future of their competitions. Now is surely the time […]

RFU declares end to the 2019-20 season in England

20 March 2020 0 comments

The Premiership has not been affected by the RFU’s announcements

When Fran Cotton folded Paper, England’s Grand Slam was on

20 March 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher recalls England’s triumphant Five Nations Grand Slam in 1980

Room 101: Nottingham winger Jack Spittle

19 March 2020 0 comments

Jack Spittle walks Neale Harvey through three of his biggest pet hates in life

Levelling up – Regionalised leagues would strengthen the club game

19 March 2020 0 comments

A lop-sided National One leaves the North-South divide looking uncertain

Pools panel may be created to decide final league positions

17 March 2020 0 comments

Football-style panels could convene to judge the results of unplayed matches

Pools panel may decide final league positions

15 March 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Huge cost: Alistair Bow SOCCER-STYLE ‘pools panels’ could be convened to determine National League promotion and relegation issues in the increasingly likely […]

Sheffield DoR Tomlinson hoping for summer rugby

15 March 2020 1 comment

Midlands Premier PLAY-OFF contenders Sheffield are hoping the Midlands season is completed after they recorded a 28-21 victory over Nuneaton. Matthew Adcock, Alex Fawdry and […]

Community clubs must speak up to instigate change

15 March 2020 3 comments

AS the concerted campaign against funding cuts for Championship clubs has shown, the RFU are sensitive to outside pressures. There are many, many more community […]

Griffiths could be the man to save Tier 2

15 March 2020 0 comments

ED Griffiths could be making a comeback as a troubleshooter for the Championship, with the aim of securing finance for the English second tier clubs […]

Itoje shows RFU should lift the ban

15 March 2020 1 comment

THE idea that Maro Itoje should be allowed to play on loan for Racing 92 in France’s Top 14 next season, and also for England […]

PRO14 suspended indefinitely in response to coronavirus pandemic

12 March 2020 0 comments

The PRO14 final was set to be played at the Cardiff City Stadium on June 20

RFU tell Eddie Jones to be careful with his comments after slamming referee

12 March 2020 0 comments

Head coach Eddie Jones was critical of Kiwi referee Ben O’Keeffe

There’s not enough cash for a Tier Two

8 March 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Honesty: Christophe Ridley refereeing Quins v Exeter Every so often you hear people praising New Zealand’s rugby model, and bemoaning the state of […]

ROOM 101

8 March 2020 1 comment

JACK SPITTLE THE NOTTINGHAM WINGER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES 1. Tight People I can’t stand it when people intentionally skip a round or […]

Mako leads the charge to cage Tigers again

8 March 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD MAKO Vunipola admitted he was “gutted” at missing out on a 60th Test cap yesterday due to England’s decision to stand him […]

Regionalised leagues would strengthen the club game

8 March 2020 0 comments

MARK NELSON LANCASHIRE COUNTY COACH Change is in the air apparently, the structure of league rugby in the English club game is being overhauled for […]

The Pay-TV Golden Goose may be a turkey

8 March 2020 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over and out: England’s game yesterday will be their last in this year’s Six Nations PICTURE: […]

Stay-away Vunipola is on slide in rankings

8 March 2020 0 comments

THERE have been plenty of mixed messages surrounding coronavirus, and the RFU have not been immune, with England’s decision to send Mako Vunipola packing as […]

Leicester Tigers wrap up deal for Super Rugby lock

4 March 2020 0 comments

A position that Geordan Murphy has been keen to bolster at Leicester

Saracens allay coronavirus fears over Vunipolas by making Mako available for selection

4 March 2020 0 comments

Mako Vunipola stands in line to play against Leicester Tigers this weekend after returning to the UK via Hong Kong recently

Mako Vunipola to miss England’s clash with Wales as prop self-isolates following flight via Hong Kong

3 March 2020 0 comments

Coronavirus fears have seen Mako Vunipola held back from rejoining his England teammates in camp

Six Nations to go behind Sky paywall for £300m

1 March 2020 0 comments

■ By PETER JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Taking over? Sky THE Six Nations is in ‘very real danger’ of vanishing from free-toair television under the terms of […]

Funds aren’t available to follow French route

1 March 2020 0 comments

Decline: Yorkshire Carnegie over-extened to fund huge wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images SO now the answer to English rugby’s problems is – according to Richard […]

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