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RFU and Bulls agree deal to make John Mitchell England’s new defence coach

18 September 2018 0 comments

Just in time for the Autumn internationals

Vito looking to cross the Channel from La Rochelle

16 September 2018 0 comments

Eyeing Premiership: Victor Vito FORMER All Black Victor Vito is looking at his options in the Premiership next season with his contract with La Rochelle […]

Champ clubs worth their £650k

16 September 2018 0 comments

THE RFU’s parlous current financial position has led to competition among some grassroots clubs for loan funding, along with resentment that Championship clubs are receiving […]

ROOM 101

9 September 2018 0 comments

TOM EATON THE STOCKPORT PLAYER-COACH TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1) Training fads Even though I’m still relatively […]

YOUNG GUNS

9 September 2018 0 comments

WILL SIMONDS WASPS CENTRE As a youngster growing up in Buckingham, all-rounder Will Simonds excelled at football, rugby, cricket and tennis. He might have ended […]

Bristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign

5 September 2018 0 comments

Bristol Bears downed Bath at Ashton Gate last Friday, and Nick Cain writes why that will fuel a debate that has long been burning

Ex-owners of Formula 1 propose £275m takeover of Premiership Rugby

5 September 2018 0 comments

Luxembourg-based company values Premiership Rugby at £550m and aims to attain 51% majority

RFU confirm World Cup warm-up match to be held in the North

5 September 2018 0 comments

St James’ Park, not Twickenham, will host England’s international against Italy in September 2019

McCall factor is magic ingredient for Sarries

2 September 2018 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER charts the remarkable rise of Mark McCall and his methods at Saracens Champions: Saracens celebrate with the Premiership trophy PICTURE: Getty Images IT […]

Now Twickers goes airborn for sponsorship

2 September 2018 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Bird’s eye view: Twickenham’s roof will carry BA branding ENGLAND Rugby and British Airways have announced a new partnership which will see […]

RFU make a rod for their back over Cipriani case

26 August 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG No role model: Danny Cipriani leaves court Were the RFU right to charge Danny Cipriani with ‘conduct prejudicial to the interest of the […]

Nobody wants to help clubs like us say Ealing

26 August 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY EALING managing director Ben Ward admits he is “frustrated” by Premiership Rugby’s dismissive attitude towards the Championship and has called for an […]

Quins on the trail of Tyrrells revenge over Saracens

26 August 2018 1 comment

WOMEN’S PREMIER 15 Champs: Lotte Clapp of Saracens lifts the trophy Intent: Rachel Burford Profile: Marlie Packer HARLEQUINS Ladies centre Rachael Burford has declared last […]

Of course Cipriani brings the game into disrepute

26 August 2018 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Jacket and jeans: Danny Cipriani on his way to his RFU disciplinary hearing Am I the […]

Probyn was spot on with defence of grassroots game

26 August 2018 0 comments

HAVING crossed verbal swords with Jeff Probyn last season, when I thought he was not giving community rugby its full credit, I must write to […]

Axed England coach Fletcher wanted by FA and hockey

19 August 2018 0 comments

EX-England U18s coach John Fletcher, recently ditched by the RFU despite a brilliant track record in developing players, won’t be letting the grass grow under […]

Icebergs lie ahead if the RFU continue on this course

19 August 2018 1 comment

IN last Sunday’s Rugby Paper, Jeff Probyn refers to how the ‘nuclear option’ button may need to be pressed with regard to calling a Special […]

Twickenham under attack: Button for the nuclear option may be pressed

14 August 2018 0 comments

The RFU have a sizeable debt stacking up

John Mitchell waits in the wings for RFU and Bulls to agree compensation fee

14 August 2018 0 comments

The former All Blacks coach is wanted by Eddie Jones to be England’s defence coach

Peter Jackson column: RFU miss the boat again for Shaun Edwards

13 August 2018 0 comments

England miss another chance to join forces with a coach who has won everything there is to win in Union bar the World Cup.

Mafieyes move to Premiership if he avoids jail time

12 August 2018 1 comment

JAPAN No.8 Amanaki Maficould look to rebuild his career with a move to the Premiership if he avoids going to prison. Former Bath back rower […]

Sarries start with battle at Waterloo

12 August 2018 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Champions: Saracens won the title last season SARACENS Women will begin their defence of the Tyrrells Premier 15s title on the road […]

How can Mitchell be defence coach?

12 August 2018 0 comments

I’M totally at a loss as to why England would look to bring in John Mitchell to replace Paul Gustard when he is not a […]

Mitchell’s got the means to increase England’s intensity

12 August 2018 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Loud and clear: John Mitchell gets his point across in England training 1998 PICTURE: Getty Images When John Mitchell […]

Lions’ board will demand improved schedule in 2021

5 August 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY BRITISH & Irish Lions bosses will play hardball over their schedule for the 2021 South Africa tour to avoid the kind of […]

Englishgamemay stagnate if top-flight are untouchable

5 August 2018 0 comments

Jeff Gage, rugby expert and author of Rugby‘s Blazered Buffoon Questions: Former All Black prop Ben Franks during his time with London Irish PICTURE: Getty […]

Atkins on gym diet in bid to replace Watson

5 August 2018 3 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Injured: Anthony Watson CONFIDENT flier Darren Atkins is ready to repay the faith Bath have shown by proving himself as the heir […]

Spencer column: Forget the Olympic dream or Red Roses will wither

3 August 2018 0 comments

By Catherine Spencer San Francisco, home of the Golden Gate Bridge and this year’s Sevens World Cup, was not so Golden for our Red Roses […]

Woodward worries over new tackle law

29 July 2018 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD SIR Clive Woodward has voiced his concerns over the new tackling laws being proposed amid fears they could backfire and make things […]

Johnson ban should set warning light blazing

29 July 2018 1 comment

WASPS flanker Ashley Johnson is the latest rugby player to be banned for doping and although his case is very particular it serves as a […]

Looks like it’s up to OEs to rectify Kent’s under-achievement

29 July 2018 0 comments

NEALE Harvey’s article on Page 1 last week ought to cause the Kent RFU to sit up and take notice. Sadly, it probably won’t; it […]

Guernsey will remain amateur despite step-up

22 July 2018 1 comment

Cup that cheers: Guernsey celebrate last season’s Siam Cup victory You would imagine running a successful rugby club on a small island like Guernsey is […]

Siam Cup rivalry ‘more intense than any other’

22 July 2018 1 comment

FOR many years the Siam Cup – started in 1920 and thought to be the second oldest Cup competition in the rugby world – was […]

Tier three stand up to Premiership ‘bullies’

15 July 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY NATIONAL One clubs have reached a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ limiting the number of Premiership academy players they can use in their match day […]

Extension by stealth

15 July 2018 1 comment

THERE is never any shortage of lipservice paid to player welfare, which is why it is hard to explain the clandestine manner in which the […]

Hansen’s moan shows Lions effects still linger

8 July 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN looks at New Zealand rugby a year on from that epic drawn series Ruling the roost: Crusaders pack have dominated Super Rugby this […]

Unfair that some National One clubs can call up stars

8 July 2018 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Reinforcements: Leicster’s England U20 flier Jordan Olowofela helped Loughborough stay up last season Why does rugby […]

National One clubs hit out at dual registration snub

1 July 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY ANGRY National One clubs have accused the RFU and Premiership Rugby of ‘damaging the integrity’ of their competition after a majority vote […]

How meaningful were those summer tours?

1 July 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Now that the summer tours have ground to an end, what’s the verdict on how the northern countries fared? At best you’d have […]

Seamless domestic structure? We have the exact opposite

24 June 2018 0 comments

THE RFU seem to have allowed ring-fencing issues to pervade all aspects of English rugby where the Premiership is concerned. 1. Creating an official ring […]

Beaumont must go into bat for smaller nations

10 June 2018 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Man in charge: World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont SO is that it? […]

Altitude fatigue was factor in England’s tour defeat

10 June 2018 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Under pressure: Kyle Sinckler’s scrum technique needs tuning PICTURE: Getty Images As England’s South African odyssey […]

De Klerk puts mighty spring into thenew South Africa

10 June 2018 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Idon’t think I’m alone in thinking that Sale’s Faf De Klerk could well have been the Premiership player of the season and […]

Thomas the Tank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete

6 June 2018 0 comments

Back in New Zealand after eight enjoyable years in England with the Chiefs and Leicester

Bath boss on thin ice when he raps Eddie

3 June 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IN two and a half years of England training sessions under Eddie Jones as intense as any […]

Tank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete

3 June 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Off Down Under: Thomas Waldrom is heading back to New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images PREMIERSHIP crowd favourite Thomas Waldrom has not ruled […]

Mark McCall follows up Premiership title with new contract at Saracens

29 May 2018 0 comments

McCall will mark ten years at Saracens next year…

England on look out for their next tooth fairy

27 May 2018 0 comments

THE dentist’s chair has a number of sporting connotations – not least the conspicuous consumption of alcohol by Paul Gascoigne in the prone position – […]

Crusader Day on quest to give players more power

27 May 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY PLAYERS boss Christian Day has launched a crusade to modernise rugby by bridging the growing divide between players and the ‘suits’ who […]

Solomona insists he’s ready to make amends for those missing four weeks

20 May 2018 1 comment

DENNY Solomona had been told by his RFU minders to be on-message, and having blotted his disciplinary copybook twice within the past ten months, the […]

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