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Attwood’s choice: His kids or rugby

14 January 2021 2 comments

Single parent Dave Attwood opens up on the difficulty of providing childcare while maintaining his rugby career at Bristol Bears

Speedster Tyrese still waiting to make mark

10 January 2021 0 comments

Rapid: Johnson-Fisher OAKHAM might not have won the NatWest U15 Vase title in 2015 but their speedy centre Tyrese Johnson-Fisher emerged as a twitter sensation […]

Schools tackling ban ‘would spell danger’, says Taunton’s Kitson

8 January 2021 2 comments

Kitson’s time in rugby flitted between Taunton’s National Two South campaign last year, to Sydney, and Leeds University in 2020

Shane Lewis Hughes battling to stay ahead of the pack

7 January 2021 3 comments

HE MAY have ended 2020 on a high by winning three Welsh caps, but the first priority in the New Year for Shane Lewis-Hughes is […]

Willings at helm for Durham glory days

27 December 2020 1 comment

FIRST may I thank Brendan Gallagher for the excellent series on the great schools. I write as a former pupil of Durham School and a […]

Matera must face punishment insists horrified Hewitt

13 December 2020 0 comments

■By ALEX BYWATER ASHTON Hewitt has slammed World Rugby and the game in general for paying lip service to the issue of racism after Argentina […]

Capped at 20, Nick was one of RGS’ finest

29 November 2020 1 comment

Huge loss: Nick Duncombe ONE of the many top players produced by RGS High Wycombe was scrum-half Nick Duncombe who, alas, died of meningitis, aged […]

‘They tell me I kept Duckham out of team!’

22 November 2020 0 comments

Choices: Commonwealth javelin champion Dave Travis FIRST on a long list of England Schools caps from Hampton is Dave Travis, better known as double Commonwealth […]

Jason’s out to make Britain’s kids healthier

8 November 2020 0 comments

Jon Newcombe talks to World Cup-winning hero Jason Robinson about his latest call to arms Mission: Jason Robinson talks to youngsters about the importance of […]

Higgins hopeful Rosslyn Park 7s will go ahead

8 November 2020 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S looking bleaker and bleaker out there for schools rugby this season […]

A Closer Look Into the Increasing Popularity of Lacrosse

6 November 2020 0 comments

The sport of lacrosse has a long history with the modern game having its roots in a tribal drill utilized by Native Americans many centuries […]

Why New Zealand’s All Blacks have Dominated Rugby

5 November 2020 0 comments

The New Zealand All Blacks have been a force to reckon with in the world of rugby over the years. We look into the reasons […]

JJ’s death makes date bitter-sweet for Delme

1 November 2020 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Hero: Delme Thomas is carried off by delirious players and fans at the end of Llanelli’s defeat of the All Blacks in 1972 […]

Academies boost the ‘parasitic’ Prem clubs

1 November 2020 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN Double act: Exeter chairman Tony Rowe with director of rugby Rob Baxter PICTURE: Getty Images With the last season and the Six Nations […]

Llandovery punch above their weight

18 October 2020 0 comments

THE October 4 edition of TRPwas particularly interesting to me, not only for the many tributes to Chris Robshaw, but also for the proximity of […]

Erdington claim Gallagher Rugby Club of the Season award honours

9 October 2020 0 comments

Birmingham-based Erdington have been honoured with the Gallagher Rugby Club of the Season award, as the winner of six nominated clubs recognised for their work […]

Exclusive: The 30 Welsh clubs fighting to be saved from extinction

29 September 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson reports on the toll the pandemic is taking on Wales’ vulnerable clubs

Eddie’s long running love affair on the south coast

27 September 2020 0 comments

Centre of excellence: England train at Brighton College IN recent years Brighton College has emerged as a training centre for the England rugby team under […]

YOUNG GUNS

27 September 2020 0 comments

ALEX MORGAN GLOUCESTER WING/FULL-BACK The road to rugby stardom is often long and arduous but Alex Morgan has already demonstrated he has what it takes […]

Regions would benefit from having Welsh leadership, says Robin McBryde

18 September 2020 0 comments

Leinster forwards coach Robin McBryde shares his view on no Welsh region having a Welsh head coach

Blackrock’s class of ’96 is a story of future Ireland stars and hidden gems

12 September 2020 0 comments

Leo Cullen and Brian O’Driscoll both came through the corridors of Blackrock College

Rugby Matters: Rosslyn Park Sevens will be even more prestigious

11 September 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher views how the current health crisis is affecting schools rugby

No place for BOD in Rock’s ‘96 all-stars

6 September 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Starter at 10: Brian O’Driscoll playing fly-half for Blackrock College in 1997 Blackrock v St […]

Twinkle toes Vasily danced a merry jig at Blackrock

6 September 2020 0 comments

ONE of Blackrock’s more exotic recent products is Russia’s captain Vasily Artemyev, who made such a big impression at RWC2019, first for his fine play […]

Brilliant Logie was the forerunner of modern Sevens

23 August 2020 0 comments

Top talent: Laughland FIJI might be the Sevens kings but it’s worth remembering that Scotland invented the game and, it is generally acknowledged, it was […]

Hume worked miracles at Ampleforth

16 August 2020 0 comments

Star: Basil Hume in Ampleforth 1st XV, 1940 IT’S a funny thing but in the 850 odd years since Britain last produced a Pope – […]

Community game is sadly bottom of list

9 August 2020 0 comments

THIS week we saw the excruciating decision by the game to make every community rugby coach and regional development officer redundant. This is terrible news […]

Witcher wants Valkyries to ride on Roses success

26 July 2020 3 comments

By ADAM ELLIS Big plans: Mark Witcher PORTSMOUTH Valkyries head coach Mark Witcher believes the club is perfectly situated to heighten the exposure for women’s […]

Sam’s triple winners rivalSherri’s mean machine

26 July 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallaghercontinues his series looking at rugby’sgreat schools WINNING trophiesand reaching finalsisn’t everything inschools’ rugby butit’s nice when it hap-pens and DulwichCollege have hadtheir fair […]

State school PE staff work hardest to provide rugby

12 July 2020 0 comments

IN RESPONSE to Jordan Crane’s remarks in last week’s My Life in Rugby re state school rugby. While accurate in regard to the number of […]

High time Cardiff put up a statue for Billy

5 July 2020 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Exceptional: Billy Boston on the rampage for Wigan. Inset, above, with Cardiff & District XV in 1951. […]

Diversity sounds good – but are the people there?

5 July 2020 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On the climb: Bill Beaumont was elected as one of the first National members of the […]

Euros signs five to drive his Drovers up the table

5 July 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE EUROS Evans got his recruitment for next season over and done early doors this year and it was just as […]

Gareth Edwards-led Millfield really started Rosslyn Park Sevens dynasty

23 June 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher begins a new feature looking at Britain’s esteemed rugby schools

Champion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards

21 June 2020 2 comments

IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up there with the very […]

Givvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham

31 May 2020 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Star man: Alec Givvons, bottom row, third left, with the Oldham team of 1934-35 and, inset, with […]

Varndell stays in the game with coaching role at Bury

25 May 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY TOM Varndell is ready to add another chapter to his x-factor career after joining Bury St Edmunds as playercoach. Varndell, 34, the […]

Why English rugby is so popular in Japan

18 May 2020 Comments are Disabled

Despite its aversion to a foreign culture, Japan is a country that has adopted quite a few things from the west – and particularly sports. […]

Talent-spotter Dusty is back to help his old club’s revival

10 May 2020 3 comments

World record kicker: Dusty Hare DUSTY Hare remains a Leicester legend despite having spent seven years bringing through a swathe of talented youngsters as academy […]

New kicking law will increase excitement

10 May 2020 2 comments

New role: Taulupe Faletau should get more opportunity to carry the ball from deep PICTURE: Getty Images I was really looking forward to seeing the […]

Rugby’s finest rushed to the battlefront and died heroes with VCs

20 April 2020 0 comments

FOR three decades or more before 1914 the young men of Britain and its extended Empire had been fighting generally good natured battles against each […]

Shy schoolboys whose talent shook the world

19 April 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 5 The […]

Kingsholm’s poet waxes lyrical about superstar Sinbad

5 April 2020 0 comments

Colin Boag starts his series on Super Fans with Gloucester’s Alfred Lord Tension To support your club for more than 70 years is some feat, […]

Jackson column: Muscleman Chris Jones rates power of prayer now

1 April 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson journeys back to the Vale in the 1980s by having a chat with Treorchy’s ‘Hatchet prop’ Chris Jones

Muscleman Chris rates power of prayer now

29 March 2020 0 comments

Back in the day when the hatchet men ruled the roost in both football codes, Chris Jones ran a reign of terror in the name […]

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 […]

Wasps and Worcester become first Premiership clubs to cut wages

20 March 2020 0 comments

The two Premiership clubs will cut wages by a quarter

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 […]