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Peter Jackson column: Friday fun and games is strictly for Wales

15 January 2016 0 comments

Friday night fever of the virulent Six Nations kind will break out again in Cardiff next month. France in Round Three on the last Friday […]

Jeff Probyn column: Lack of quality tightheads is major concern for Eddie Jones

14 January 2016 0 comments

Last Sunday I was the guest on Talksport’s Full Contact show with Brian Moore where we discussed the latest round of matches from the Premiership […]

Jeff Probyn column: Silence is not golden when it involves a PRL cover-up

8 January 2016 0 comments

Starting a New Year always brings a sense of hope and anticipation for sports fans as we put the failures of the past year to […]

Jeff Probyn column: Dylan Hartley’s no Johnno and, for me, he’s no captain

30 December 2015 0 comments

As we sit back trying to digest our Christmas excesses while also enjoying the success of the England clubs in the Champions Cup, anticipating Eddie […]

Premiership Rugby making player welfare the priority

29 December 2015 0 comments

Premiership Rugby will continue to prioritise player welfare in 2016 and head of rugby operations Corin Palmer believes a new link-up for the treatment of […]

Peter Jackson column: BBC snub lets bigots back into the game

17 December 2015 0 comments

On their biennial visit to Cardiff over three decades from the early Sixties, England played the role of the compliant guest to perfection. They never […]

RFU ‘should fund welfare’ for Championship players

17 December 2015 0 comments

Nottingham legend Dave Jackson reckons it is high time Championship professionals were properly represented by the Rugby Players’ Association. While Premiership players receive a full […]

Farrell, Catt and Rowntree leave England roles

14 December 2015 0 comments

The RFU has confirmed that assistant coaches Andy Farrell, Mike Catt and Graham Rowntree will leave their positions with England. The future of the three […]

My Life in Rugby: Richard Moon – former Harlequins scrum-half

8 December 2015 0 comments

I’ve got an embarrassingly long list of former clubs but Walsall RFC is where my playing days, aged five to 35, started and finished. Walsall […]

Twickenham clash worth £2m for Welsh rugby

8 December 2015 0 comments

RFU will end up paying Wales £2m when they line up for the final act of their HQ trilogy in May.

Jeff Probyn column: Our home grow talent is blocked by foreign imports

4 December 2015 0 comments

After a brilliant display by all the Premiership teams in Europe last week, it would seem that there’s definitely not a World Cup ‘hangover’ as […]

Jeff Probyn column: Clubs flex muscles over European postponements

27 November 2015 0 comments

The disruption of the European Champions Cup first round caused by the Paris atrocities last week has inadvertently shown what appears to be the ambitions […]

Brendan Gallagher feature: How the ale and hearty Varsity girls reached HQ

27 November 2015 0 comments

It all started in a pub, as most of the best rugby stories do, back in the summer of 1987 and so good was the […]

Brendan Gallagher column: Let Eddie Jones get England singing to his tune, and nobody else’s

25 November 2015 0 comments

Eddie Jones is not a politician – he’s a hands on coach and doer – and I like to think Friday’s Press conference is the […]

Eddie Jones has the brains to look beyond the brawn

25 November 2015 0 comments

Hugh Vyvyan reckons Eddie Jones‘ international nous makes it virtually impossible for him to fail as England head coach given the depth of talent at […]

Brendan Gallagher comment: Stuart Lancaster was the right man in the wrong job

19 November 2015 0 comments

The alarm bells started ringing loudly, for me anyway, in a dusty classroom at Loughborough University last May. It was just before England jetted off […]

Lancaster steps down as England coach

11 November 2015 0 comments

RFU suggests Lancaster step down after review panel reaches disappointing conclusion

Jeff Probyn column: Why these jibes at England review panel are laughable

6 November 2015 0 comments

Am I the only England fan to be sick and tired of the continual criticism of everything the team or the RFU do when the […]

My Life in Rugby: Darren Fox – former Northampton flanker

3 November 2015 0 comments

If I’m brutally honest with myself I didn’t fulfill my potential as a player. Yes, I played 149 games for Saints and made the bench […]

NFL games to be played at Twickenham

3 November 2015 0 comments

The RFU has today announced a partnership with the National Football League which will see a minimum of three regular season games at Twickenham Stadium […]

Name salary cap-busters who are wrecking game, says Christian Day

27 October 2015 0 comments

Premiership clubs who break the salary cap must be named and shamed, according to players’ union boss Christian Day.

Get Warren Gatland in and sort RFU mess says Mike Friday

27 October 2015 0 comments

RFU chiefs must pay whatever it takes to buy Warren Gatland out of his Wales contract, according to former England 7s coach.

Jeff Probyn: column: If selection was unanimous coaches should take blame

15 October 2015 0 comments

Well that’s that, time to get out the knives and let the carnage begin, as everybody with an axe to grind bays for the blood […]

Peter Jackson column: Brynmor’s lad is still selling to dummies

9 October 2015 0 comments

The man in Seat 54, Row U of the middle tier of the East Stand looked down on a familiar figure darting along the touchline […]

Jeff Probyn column: Hype surrounding Sam Burgess is biggest issue for England

8 October 2015 0 comments

Decisions, decisions, when are they right and when are they wrong? That is a question that all of England has been asking this week and […]

Nick Cain’s column: Is Teflon Rob Andrew ensuring he hangs onto his job?

11 September 2015 0 comments

Maybe it’s a cunning plan? Rob Andrew’s version of lulling England‘s opponents in the 2015 World Cup into a false sense of security before delivering […]

Nick Cain: Trim bench to five to keep players healthy

4 September 2015 0 comments

The timing of Warren Gatland‘s comment that “one or two more serious knocks” could end George North‘s career, made on the eve of Wales’ away […]

Wallabies can exploit Red Rose uncertainty says Matt Burke

4 September 2015 0 comments

Wallabies legend believes Australia can make it a hat-trick of World Cup wins on UK soil.

My Life in Rugby: Robin Cowling – former England prop

1 September 2015 0 comments

With my family background I suppose I was destined to play rugby. My dad came from County Durham and played Rugby League while my mother […]

Catherine Spencer blasts RFU for ‘wasting’ World Cup win

26 August 2015 0 comments

Former England captain Catherine Spencer has launched a stinging attack on the RFU for wasting legacy opportunities from the 2014 World Cup win. Spencer says […]

Jeff Probyn: Too much expectation riding on the shoulders of England

7 August 2015 0 comments

I’m sure you have all seen the TV adverts featuring the England players being carried on the shoulders of supporters as they head towards the […]

Brendan Gallagher’s column: Scandalous delay that haunts the World Cup

6 August 2015 1 comment

One of the biggest drawbacks of Rugby Union’s obsession with amateurism was that the Rugby World Cup was belatedly dragged kicking into this world 15-20 […]

The Rugby Paper present the National Rugby Awards

29 July 2015 1 comment

The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Zeus events to organise the world’s largest rugby awards on September 2, 2015. The inaugural ceremony will take […]

Jeff Probyn’s column: Why do altitude training if it may hinder your speed?

17 July 2015 0 comments

As we approach the Rugby World Cup and hear more and more details of how the teams are preparing, I have to ask, is all […]

Premiership plans for expansion go on hold

14 July 2015 0 comments

PRL plans to expand and impose a moratorium on promotion and relegation from 2016 are in doubt.

Jeff Probyn: Heading off to the hills on another mission from God

3 July 2015 2 comments

Training camps and altitude training in far-flung foreign fields do make you wonder what the game is coming to. As big as the World Cup […]

Jeff Probyn: Let’s hope Ian Ritchie’s warning does not stop team bonding

26 June 2015 1 comment

As England prepare to jet off to their Colorado training camp the words of RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie must be ringing in the ears […]

Nick Cain’s column: Megabucks Toulouse give Manu Tuilagi a dilemma

24 June 2015 1 comment

Manu Tuilagi has one year left on his Leicester Tigers contract and Toulouse have sounded out the 24-year-old England centre about a move to south-west […]

Nick Cain discusses the political dangers which are threatening Championship clubs

11 June 2015 1 comment

Chris Pennell’s superb two-try contribution to the thrilling 30-30 draw in the second-leg of the Championship final at Sixways on the last Wednesday in May, […]

EXCLUSIVE: BT Sport set to showcase Championship rugby

10 June 2015 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE BT Sport are ready to add the Championship to their growing rugby portfolio. The broadcaster is said to be close to agreeing […]

Six Nations TV deal set to rocket past £50m a season

9 June 2015 0 comments

The next Six Nations television deal is expected to increase by 25 per cent.

My Life in Rugby: Jason Forster – former Wales, Dragons and Bedford flanker

26 May 2015 2 comments

It’s only when you look back on your career that you realise how special your time as a professional sportsman was; the camaraderie, banter and […]

Jeff Probyn’s column: World Cup wage cap would promote level playing field

22 May 2015 0 comments

With the domestic season more or less over and sights set firmly on the World Cup, we are once again forced to confront the realities […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Poachers at work on both sides of Severn

15 May 2015 2 comments

One day long ago during a break from curing toothache at his dental practice in Newbridge, Derek Morgan found himself asked how a Welshman from […]

Jeff Probyn: What’s the money on Toulon making it four on the spin?

15 May 2015 0 comments

As the dust settles on the first ever Champions Cup and the remarkable but unsurprising success of Toulon in winning their third successive European crown, […]

Jeff Probyn: Ring-fencing would damage potential World Cup legacy

1 May 2015 0 comments

The almost universal acceptance by the media that ring-fencing the Premiership will actually take place, even if it’s just for a short period, seems at […]

Jeff Probyn: How league rugby became a nightmare for some clubs

24 April 2015 1 comment

Sometimes I wonder at the naivety of some of our rugby journalists and their lack of understanding of the game at any level below the […]

Billy Vunipola free to face Clermont

15 April 2015 0 comments

Billy Vunipola has been cleared of head-butting Matthew Tait last night making him free to play against Clermont in the Champions Cup semi-finals this Saturday. […]