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Nelson: Urgent changes needed to protect game

17 July 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES Rugby union is on a collision course with oblivion unless it takes steps to reduce the amount of contact in the game […]

Robinson: Grace can be a star in 15-a-side

17 July 2022 0 comments

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Jason Robinson was one of the greatest ever cross-code players – and reckons St Helens star Regan Grace can be a hit […]

Dream Team with Carl Fearns

17 July 2022 0 comments

Carl Fearns, the Newcastle Falcons and former Sale, Bath and Lyon no.8, chooses the best XV he has played with or against. 1. Andrew Sheridan […]

Jones will make Farrell his captain again, says Cueto

17 July 2022 0 comments

■By GARY FITZGERALD MARK Cueto believes Eddie Jones will reinstall Owen Farrell as captain in the runup to the World Cup. Jones kept Courtney Lawes […]

Sharks star Georgie says USA can rule the world

10 July 2022 3 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK Standout season: Georgie Perris-Redding SALE flanker Georgie Perris-Redding claims there is nothing stopping the USA from winning the World Cup this autumn. […]

Rugby world cup vs Cricket world cup – which event is the biggest?

1 July 2022 0 comments

While football is by far the world’s greatest sport, it must be said that rugby and cricket are two sports that are growing bigger and […]

Top 14 clubs in pursuit of Du Preez brothers

26 June 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale forwards Jean-Luc and Dan du Preez are on the shopping list for a […]

Dream Team

26 June 2022 1 comment

JAMES GASKELL, THE FORMER WASPS AND SALE SHARKS LOOSE FORWARD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Andrew Sheridan – ‘Big […]

‘I wish Conor had been in charge when I was at Quins’

26 June 2022 1 comment

MY LIFE IN RUGBY – LUKE SHERRIFF THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND ENGLAND 7S INTERNATIONAL So, maybe the first time I thought I […]

Hill eager to seize the day for England

19 June 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD JONNY Hill’s “dark nights” are behind him and now he aims to make up for lost time and show Eddie Jones he […]

Red Roses ace Muir departs Wasps for Prem rivals

19 June 2022 0 comments

ENGLAND prop Maud Muir has joined Gloucester-Hartpury from Premier XVs rivals Wasps. Muir, 20, began playing rugby in Oxford and made her way through the […]

Mouneimne: Defences will be revitalised next season

12 June 2022 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE NEW Exeter Chiefs defence coach Omar Mouneimne is confident the tide will change back in favour of defence at some point soon. […]

Our skills let us down -Blackett

12 June 2022 1 comment

By PAUL REES WASPS just failed to qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup, losing out to London Irish on the final day of the regular […]

Ben’s back, ready willing and able!

12 June 2022 2 comments

Injury-hit Ben Curry tells Ben Jaycock he can finally dream of a longterm England future Fit again: Sale’s Ben Curry is hoping to get the […]

Genge and Ford set for Welford Road farewell in Premiership semi-final

10 June 2022 0 comments

Leicester Tigers captain Ellis Genge and fly-half George Ford start their final home game as they bid farewell to Welford Road against Northampton Saints in […]

Plan for life without Manu

5 June 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN MANU Tuilagi’s latest knee operation, which rules him out of England’s summer tour to Australia, shows just how precarious it is for Eddie […]

De Klerk bows out with a final flourish

5 June 2022 0 comments

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale ………………..42pts Tries: Roebuck 7, Van der Merwe 15, Wiese 22, 40, D Du Preez 63, Reed 69 Conversions: R Du Preez […]

Saints eager to strike a deal for Sale lock Wiese

5 June 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wanted man: Cobus Wiese NORTHAMPTON Saints are interested in signing Sale Sharks lock Cobus […]

Big Joe can be England’s ‘point of difference’ if Tuilagi hit by injury

22 May 2022 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY EDDIE Jones is confident he can get injury prone Manu Tuilagi to the World Cup but admits he has to come up […]

Dombrandt driven to prove success last season was no fluke

22 May 2022 1 comment

By ADAM HATHAWAY ALEX Dombrandt believes Harlequins have already made a statement and shown last season’s title was no flash in the pan but warned […]

Exeter enter the race for Wade

22 May 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Return: Christian Wade EXETER Chiefs have emerged as surprise contenders in the race to land […]

England look to lure flyer Grace into code switch

22 May 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Hot property: St Helens winger Regan Grace ST Helens try-scoring machine Regan Grace is being lined up as the next […]

Sharks could be in for a fight to buy AJ Bell

22 May 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER SALE Sharks’ bid to buy the AJ Bell Stadium, which has stalled in recent months, could now be in doubt […]

Chris Ashton: I’m never satisfied, I want a lot more!

22 May 2022 0 comments

Paul Rees talks to Chris Ashton about his insatiable desire to keep scoring tries Chris Ashton is at an age when most wings have their […]

Ground switch ‘unacceptable’ blasts O’Gara

15 May 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Racing 92 v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Bollaert Delelis LA ROCHELLE head coach Ronan O’Gara says it is “unacceptable” […]

High-scoring hookers not good for the game

15 May 2022 1 comment

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ONE of the strangest signs of the times is that this season hookers are the most prolific […]

Europe’s best too hot for England

15 May 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama that have made it […]

Alex Sanderson: Reduction of Premiership salary cap making it harder for English teams to compete in Europe

9 May 2022 0 comments

Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson feels the reduction of the Premiership salary cap is making it harder for English teams to compete in […]

Finn Russell stars as Racing 92 overcome Sale Sharks to reach Champions Cup semis

8 May 2022 1 comment

Racing 92 (6) 41 Tries: Thomas, Russell, Imhoff, Spring Cons: Le Garrec 2, Machenaud Pens: Le Garrec 5 Sale Sharks (10) 22 Tries: Tuilagi, Van der Merwe, B Curry Cons: Du Preez 2 Pens: Du […]

Delight for O’Gara as La Rochelle stride home

8 May 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD La Rochelle ……31pts Tries: Priso 12, Vito 22, Botia 47 Conversions: West 13, 23 Penalties: West 17, 64, 69, 78 Montpellier ……19pts […]

Eagle has landed to give Sharks a boost

8 May 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Racing 92 v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 3pm, Paris La Défense Arena TEN years ago, AJ MacGinty was serving drinks to […]

Curry returns to lead the fight

8 May 2022 0 comments

TOM Curry will make his first start since the Six Nations as the Sharks look to take the fight to Racing 92. The England flanker […]

Silky Sale come out on top in battle of Sharks

8 May 2022 0 comments

By TOM BULMER Brace: Leah Lyons Sale Sharks ..57 DMP Sharks ……5 SALE Sharks secured their second win of the campaign with a dominant win […]

Rae: Great opportunity to lift rare silverwear

8 May 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Coventry v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 3pm, Butts Park Arena Driven: Alex Rae Changes: Steve Boden ALEX Rae sees the Championship Cup […]

Sharks take honours in Battle of the North

1 May 2022 0 comments

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale ………………..35pts Tries: Van der Merwe 17, 37; B Curry 43, Hammersley 52, Ashman 67 Conversions: Du Preez 18, 38, 44, 55, […]

‘We can beat Racing in Paris’

1 May 2022 0 comments

ALEX Sanderson insists Sale can go to Paris and beat Racing on Sunday. The odds are stacked against the Sharks as they seek to topple […]

Jack says farewell with a final try

1 May 2022 1 comment

By STEVE SMITH Sale FC………….. 50 Chinnor………….. 17 SALE FC concluded what has been an incredible season with an impressive eight-try bonus-point home win against […]

‘Toughest test’ awaits Caldy after historic title success

1 May 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK It’s ours: Josiah Dicknson lifts the trophy for Caldy JUST a day after achieving promotion to the Championship, Caldy’s Gareth Davies and […]

All to play for as it begins to get serious

1 May 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON Like any other league, the business end of the Top 14 season is played in a haze of permutations and possibilities on a […]

Redpath new Scottish boss

1 May 2022 2 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Scotland scrum-half Bryan Redpath has been appointed director of rugby at London Scottish following Matt Williams’decision to retire. London Scottish last […]

Red cards for fighting overturned

1 May 2022 1 comment

FACUNDO Gigena and Gary Graham have had their red cards for fighting rescinded. The pair were sent off by Karl Dickson towards the end of […]

Ben strikes to see Caldy to victory and the title

24 April 2022 1 comment

By JOHN LYON Caldy………………. 13pts Try: Aigbokhae 32 Conversion: Jones 33 Penalties: Jones 77, 80 Sale………………….. 9pts Penalties: Robins 5, 13, 47 THE biggest rugby […]

Table-topping Tigers look set to land Watson

17 April 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Leaving Bath: Anthony Watson LEICESTER Tigers are confident that they have won the race to land England and […]

Seeing is no longer believing in rugby

17 April 2022 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETT BACK in the day, when England were at the cutting edge of sports science and spending eye-watering amounts of money on technical expertise, […]

Duffy dazzles in late Sale flourish

17 April 2022 0 comments

By MATT MERRITT 7th Place Play-off Wasps …………………. 21 Sale………………………28 SMART play-making from fly-half Lizzie Duffy saw Sale Sharks overcome their hosts to claim seventh […]

Will swaps Newcastle for Wasps

17 April 2022 0 comments

FLY-HALF Will Haydon-Wood will join Wasps from Newcastle next season. The former England U20 international, 21, has appeared 13 times for Newcastle and scored 65 […]

Radradra and Piutau start on the Bristol bench for Champions Cup second leg with Sale Sharks

15 April 2022 0 comments

Semi Radradra and Charles Piutau will start on the bench again for Bristol in the crunch second leg of the Champions Cup last-16 tie against […]

‘No decision to be made’ on futures of Semi Radradra and Charles Piutau, says Pat Lam

12 April 2022 1 comment

Pat Lam has played down speculation linking Bristol Bears’ marquee players Semi Radradra and Charles Piutau with a move away from Bristol this summer. Bristol […]

Super Fickou gives Racing upper hand as Latu sees red

10 April 2022 1 comment

By KEVIN FALLON Stade Fr …………..9pts Penalties: Segonds 38, 40; Sanchez 71 Racing 92 ……..22pts Tries: Fickou 64 Conversions: Le Garrec 65 Penalties: Le Garrec […]