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With promotion, clubs might invest

6 October 2024 0 comments

IN The Rugby Paper’s letters page (Sept 29), Neil Edwards describes how Championship clubs’ crowds are too low to allow serious investment in players by […]

Leicester Tigers too strong for floundering Newcastle Falcons

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Brendan Gallagher Newcastle Falcons …….. 10pts Try: Chick 51 Conversion: Grayson 52 Penalty: Grayson 7 Leicester Tigers ………… 42pts Tries: Hassell-Colliins 17 Watson 23, […]

Unfair restrictions to block promotion

6 October 2024 0 comments

ROTTEN Borough’ politics have turned English rugby’s once showcase top league into one which is showing signs of serious decay. The Premiership’s 10 clubs have […]

Macclesfield travelling in right direction -Blackburn

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By DANNY ROBERTSHAW NEWLY promoted Macclesfield have so far held their own in the fourth tier, despite being over two hours away from their closest […]

RFU invite Warriors to apply for Championship

6 October 2024 0 comments

WORCESTER Warriors, who went into administration in 2022, have been formally invited by the RFU to consider applying to compete in the Championship. The deadline […]

Dealing with different characters is tricky

6 October 2024 0 comments

Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to David Preston, below, head coach at Penrith RUFC in Regional One North West Why did you […]

How London Welsh are working way back to top

6 October 2024 0 comments

William Gupwell goes down to south-west London to find a club out to rediscover itself London Welsh were once a club at the pinnacle of […]

Former England rugby stars to play in hybrid match to raise funds for MND

3 October 2024 0 comments

Former England rugby union and rugby league stars will take part in a unique hybrid match at Headingley next month to raise funds to research […]

Leicester Tigers criticise RFU following Michael Cheika’s ban for being ‘disrespectful’

3 October 2024 0 comments

Leicester have hit out at the Rugby Football Union after their head coach Michael Cheika was found guilty of disrespecting an independent match-day doctor and […]

Chris Holland submits Worcester Warriors plans

29 September 2024 0 comments

Worcester Warriors owner Chris Holland has submitted plans to redevelop the wound-up former Premiership club’s Sixways home with a commitment to “return Warriors to professional […]

Championship crowds are still too low

29 September 2024 0 comments

With all the talk about the RFUs treatment of the Championship there never seems to be any real analysis of the strength of these clubs […]

That’s not what I call a good idea ITV

29 September 2024 0 comments

Brilliant idea ITV! Put your freeview Premiership highlights programme on an obscure channel. Schedule it for a Wednesday lunchtime. Replace Flats and Topsy’s amusing, insightful […]

Minimum standards criteria must apply to all

29 September 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week Do title-chasing Bath – and other top tier clubs – meet the Premiership’s own ground […]

Debts pushing game towards cliff-edge

29 September 2024 0 comments

The measure of how much rugby union in England depends on the international game was laid bare this week. It arrived in the form of […]

Fantasy Rugby 2024/25

29 September 2024 0 comments

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 […]

Drop group action and examine selected cases

29 September 2024 0 comments

Rugby Matters – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points by Brendan Gallagher I was very struck the other day by our conversation […]

It’ll be tough for Steve Diamond to get Newcastle Falcons up the table

29 September 2024 0 comments

By Jeff Probyn, A front row view of the game The start of the Premiership season last week threw up, as usual, very few surprises. […]

You need to review, reflect and adapt – Luke Allen

29 September 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Luke Allen, below, director of rugby at Henley Hawks Why did you get into coaching rugby and how did […]

Simon Halliday’s demand for clarity over promotion-relegation play-off

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain The RFU is under fire from the Championship for its failure to provide clarity over the terms of the promotion-relegation play-off before […]

Johann Van Graan: PGP won’t be a problem at Bath

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe Bath Head of Rugby Johann van Graan is not at all concerned with the challenges posed by the new Professional Game Partnership. […]

Simon Halliday: We need clarity from RFU

22 September 2024 0 comments

Simon Halliday believes that the RFU is duty-bound to find a resolution for the Championship clubs because the play-off agreement has been accepted already by […]

We should be following F1 example, says Maro Itoje

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Adam Hathaway Maro Itoje has urged rugby’s administrators to follow Formula One out of the grid and give rugby a bigger profile as it […]

Helping Wasps would be a ‘slap in the face’

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe London Welsh board director Jonathan Shankland says allowing Wasps to remerge from the ashes of administration and go straight into the Championship […]

Dual registration likely to distort competitiveness of recipient clubs

22 September 2024 0 comments

SO as the new season starts for the top tiers there is now a route between Championship and Premiership via a playoff, but the financial […]

We must find another gear – Alex Sanderson

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Preview… Sale v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Salford Community Stadium No side accumulated more points than Sale after the break for the […]

Twickenham stadium deal may come at a cost

22 September 2024 0 comments

The idea that the renaming of Twickenham as the Allianz Stadium for a reported £100m over 10 years is such a brilliant business deal by […]

Fantasy Rugby 2024/25

22 September 2024 0 comments

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 Do you fancy yourself […]

Maverick Shea the hardest of them all

22 September 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW NEWPORT heralded the season with a birthday bash on a lavish scale, filling a dining room the […]

Regional results

22 September 2024 0 comments

Results and tables supplied by the RFU … Continue reading… Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a […]

Beechen Cliff get the better of Hartpury

22 September 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT’S been a congested start to the schools season, with the U18s national cup tournaments kicking off this week to […]

We must work on attracting more people into the game

15 September 2024 0 comments

Thank you to Tracey Turner for the lengthy appraisal of the challenges facing English rugby and the suggested solutions. Thank you, too, to The Rugby […]

Premiership Cup better with 20 teams

15 September 2024 0 comments

Whilst having some sympathy with both Cambridge and Chinnor, newly promoted to the RFU Championship I feel I must take issue with Paul Sheenan who […]

Time for Steve Borthwick to prove his worth

15 September 2024 0 comments

Rugby Matters – A weekly look at the game’s talking points By Brendan Gallagher Honeymoon periods are not set in stone and in my estimation […]

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

15 September 2024 0 comments

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 Do you fancy yourself […]

Rob Powell hoping Richmond can be on right end of fine margins

15 September 2024 0 comments

By Saope Soko Richmond head coach Rob Powell hopes his side can mount a title challenge this season if they turn the narrow defeats from […]

England Women heading in the wrong direction

15 September 2024 0 comments

By Jeff Probyn – A front row view of the game Watching last week’s game between England’s women and their French counterparts I couldn’t help […]

Schoolboy mates working as a team

15 September 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Chris Briers and Al Loney, joint head coaches at Fylde Why did you get into coaching rugby and how […]

RFU considered move to Midlands, opted to stay at Twickenham

8 September 2024 0 comments

Twickenham chiefs considered moving the home of rugby to the Midlands last year before deciding to stay put and revamp the stadium.

RPA’s Christian Day: Collapsed clubs must pay debts before return

8 September 2024 0 comments

RPA chief Christian Day says collapsed clubs should pay debts to players before returning to the top tiers of the league structure.

Do nothing and another Prem team will collapse

8 September 2024 0 comments

THE game of rugby football in England hangs by a thread. The Rugby Football Union depends on the Premiership to provide its players. The rest […]

LETTER: RFU rewards failure in Premiership Cup

8 September 2024 0 comments

Following my previous letter on the subject, the RFU decision to bar Cambridge and Chinnor from the Premiership Cup now looks more cockeyed.

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

8 September 2024 0 comments

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 Do you fancy yourself […]

The day one Newbridge became four

8 September 2024 0 comments

SO, UEFA deemed it necessary to hire extra security guards to protect their new AI-based draw for the Champions League from falling victim to a […]

For me, you have to go out to play good rugby and enjoy yourself

8 September 2024 0 comments

Q&A As he approaches his 20th season as director of rugby at Bedford Blues, Mike Rayer chats to Jon Newcombe about his tenure at Goldington […]

PGP analysis – Borthwick given strong hand

8 September 2024 0 comments

Analysis Paul Rees looks at the new men’s Professional Game Partnership Gand says it’s a deal which suits the RFU more If the devil is […]

Hard to pin the blame on unions

8 September 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby On Trial shown on […]

England’s Jonathan Pendlebury: U18 world champs unworkable

1 September 2024 0 comments

Since England’s U20 World Championship win, many have called for an U18 edition, but coach Jonathan Pendlebury says it would not work.

Jeremy Guscott: England Rugby and clubs must collaborate

1 September 2024 0 comments

Once upon a time, when rugby went pro, the national unions took control of their biggest asset, which was the players, by contracting them.

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

1 September 2024 0 comments

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 Do you fancy yourself […]

So many hurdles to a proper coalition

1 September 2024 0 comments

THE apprehension surrounding the unveiling of the £260m PGP (Professional Game Partnership) stretches to all corners of the game in England, and with good reason. […]

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