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Saracens set to face Stormers at Spurs’ stadium

26 July 2020 1 comment

SARACENS and Super Rugby side Stormers hope to play a ‘high-profile’ fixture at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2021. Sarries signed a five-year partnership with Spurs […]

Slick Toomua is matchwinner for the Rebels

26 July 2020 0 comments

SUPERRUGBY THE Rebels claimed their first victory of Super Rugby AU with a 29-10 win away at the Waratahs. Former Leicester Tigerscentre Matt Toomua kicked19 […]

Heads out of the bunker chaps and point the way!

26 July 2020 2 comments

Lady Godiva’s dress-down ride through Coventry; Sir Thomas Fairfax’s rout of the Royalist forces south of Bristol; the first stirrings of the Battle of Britain; […]

Steele switches to Harlequins Wiese signs for Tigers

26 July 2020 0 comments

HARLEQUINS have confirmed the signing of scrum-half Scott Steele following his departure from London Irish, as revealed in last week’s Blindside. The 26-year-old was released […]

Newcastle Falcons find Waldouck replacement in new defence coach Nick Easter

23 July 2020 0 comments

The ex-Harlequins No.8 is back working with Dean Richards, this time as coach

Exclusive: Championship clubs plan massive shake-up following review by ex-Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths

21 July 2020 0 comments

Is the Championship heading towards a collective bargaining agreement and upheaval of its structure?

Clubs plan massive Tier Two shake-up

19 July 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY REVOLUTIONARY plans for a new Championship league are set to be discussed. Clubs in Tier Two have spent lockdown formulating ways of […]

O’Connor seals win for Reds, Crusaders unbeaten

19 July 2020 2 comments

SUPER RUGBY By SAM JACKSON FLY-HALF James O’Connor kicked a late drop-goal to secure the Queensland Reds a 31-24 win over Western Force on Friday. […]

Cain column: Kiwi knives are out for ‘dud’ Gatland

15 July 2020 0 comments

The Chiefs remain winless in Super Rugby Aotearoa, faring little better than before lockdown

Icon Dan becomes a hero for grassroots

12 July 2020 1 comment

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS One for the scrapbook: Blair Agnew tackles Dan Carter PICTURE: Getty Images “Some people dismissed Dan’s return to his […]

Super Rugby South Africans would boost the PRO14

12 July 2020 1 comment

EXPANDING the PRO14 to include two South African sides received a mixed reception at first. The Southern Kings weren’t a very well-known team and the […]

Silence the razzmatazz,best tunes are on field

12 July 2020 1 comment

GUEST COLUMNIST CHRIS HEWETT Do stop me now: Music-free Shed at Kingsholm. Inset: Freddie Mercury When the new All Black captain Sam Cane and his […]

Aussie golden time fails to find a winner

12 July 2020 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON THE REBELS and Reds drew 18-18 at Brookvale Oval on Friday,after the novelty of golden point extra time failed to separate the […]

Kiwi knives are out for Gatland the ‘dud’

12 July 2020 1 comment

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN WHEN Warren Gatland hove into Hamilton after the World Cup to coach the Chiefs,his arrival was met […]

Cain column: Shielded Childs leaving a long wait for Premiership’s return

7 July 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain looks at the many questions arising from the Premiership’s plan to return to rugby

Superman Clarke keeps Blues flying high

5 July 2020 0 comments

SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA IN a thriller at Eden Park, the Blues made it three wins from three with a victory over the Highlanders, while it’s […]

Ben Earl in a hurry to make his mark at Bristol Bears

29 June 2020 0 comments

The Saracens back row says Bristol were quick to make their interest in a loan move known

Leicester move for powerhouse Puma Montoya

28 June 2020 1 comment

Switch: Julian Montoya is heading to Welford Road LEICESTER Tigers have signed Argentina hooker Julian Montoya who will move to Welford Road ahead of the […]

Kiwis prove derbies pull the crowds

28 June 2020 1 comment

CROWDS for the domestic Super Rugby Aotearoa tournament in New Zealand are more than 100 per cent up on those for intercontinental Super Rugby without […]

What a waste of Beauden

28 June 2020 0 comments

BEAUDEN Barrett being picked at full-back for the Blues, rather than fly-half is one of the riddles of Super Rugby Aotearoa. Perhaps it is because […]

Cain column: Tell the south to keep their hands off our jewels

24 June 2020 0 comments

Moving the Six Nations and domestic leagues towards the summer would see rugby’s exposure diminish, not be enhanced, writes Nick Cain

Tigers ace Veainu weighing his options

21 June 2020 0 comments

Exit? Telusa Veainu LEICESTER are braced to lose some players with Telusa Veainu set to lead the exodus. The New Zealandborn star has become a […]

ON THE BLIND SIDE

21 June 2020 1 comment

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Marshall follows money train to Japan TOM Marshall is set to be the latest player to leave Gloucester […]

Leinster’s glory trail runs into a roadblock

21 June 2020 1 comment

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had the season run its natural course, one team might well by now have succeeded where every other failed. […]

Beauden gets a dig from his old mate Coles

21 June 2020 0 comments

SUPER RUGBY By SAMUEL JACKSON NEW Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett enjoyed victory over former side the Hurricanes on his Blues debut in front of a […]

Williams column: I shudder at the way Dan Carter destroyed the Lions ’05

18 June 2020 0 comments

Carter’s return to New Zealand has cast Shane Williams back to the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour when the fly-half dominated

Dream Team: Departing Wales and Scarlets centre Hadleigh Parkes

18 June 2020 0 comments

The Japan-bound centre chooses a team loaded with Welsh and Kiwi talent

I shudder at way Carter destroyed the Lions

14 June 2020 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND You can’t keep a good man down – and Dan Carter is one of the best men ever to […]

Lance’s switch to Edinburgh collapses

14 June 2020 1 comment

JONO Lance will not be joining Edinburgh after the Australian failed to get a UK visa. The 29-year-old fly-half spent two years at Worcester having […]

Carter can play on until 40 says Anscombe

14 June 2020 0 comments

By SAMUEL JACKSON In shape: Dan Carter DAN CARTER’S return to top-flight rugby in New Zealand might not be as brief as some people think, […]

Highlanders’ Bryn Gatland crushes Chiefs hopes of victory

13 June 2020 0 comments

Warren Gatland’s Chiefs condemned to defeat by son Bryn’s last-minute heroics

Wasps flanker Nizaam Carr makes return to South Africa with Bulls

12 June 2020 0 comments

Joining Duane Vermeulen and Josh Strauss at the Bulls in South Africa

Jackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card

11 June 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card

Williams column: So Super that rugby is back on the TV

10 June 2020 0 comments

Rugby will be back on our screens this weekend when the Highlanders host the Chiefs

So Super that rugby is back on the box!

7 June 2020 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Back on home soil: New Blues signing Dan Carter PICTURE: Getty Images Forget about the Premier League coming back, […]

Spencer signs for 3-years at Bath

7 June 2020 1 comment

By SAMUEL JACKSON BATH have confirmed Saracens and England scrum-half Ben Spencer will join them next season. The 27-year-old will move to the Rec on […]

Carter joins the Blues, his hometown clu0062

7 June 2020 0 comments

ALL Blacks great Dan Carter will return to New Zealand to play for the Blues in Super Rugby, which starts next weekend. Carter, 38, was […]

Summer rugby would be a hit insists Gopperth

7 June 2020 3 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Masterclass: Jimmy Gopperth converts a try for Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS star Jimmy Gopperth has thrown his weight behind summer rugby […]

Dave Dennis plans return to Australia to help union in crisis

6 June 2020 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs flanker outlines his concerns for Rugby Australia and his determination to do something about it

Dan Carter makes surprise return to Super Rugby with Blues

4 June 2020 0 comments

Dan Carter has been confirmed as a Blues player ahead of the ten-week Super Rugby Aotearoa competition

Dennis wants to make Australia great again

31 May 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Mission: Dave Dennis has plans Down Under EXETER star Dave Dennis has outlined his ambition to help Australian Rugby Union regain its […]

Williams column: Life with the Lions was just so physical

29 May 2020 0 comments

Rugby against the Springboks and provincial South Africa sides in 2009 was as hard as four years prior against the All Blacks

Leicester Tigers to follow up major overhaul of academy with new signing

27 May 2020 0 comments

An ally of Simon Cohen is set to exit Welford Road, as further change takes shape at Leicester

Tigers want some magic from Potter

25 May 2020 1 comment

LEICESTER Tigers are hoping that Harry Potter will cast a magic spell on the wing next season after luring him away from Australia. Wimbledon-born Potter […]

Life with the Lions was just so physical

25 May 2020 0 comments

We are living in the age of TV flashbacks as the lockdown continues and everyone craves some form of sporting action. I joined Dwayne Peel, […]

Guscott column: All Blacks must ditch Mo’unga and give No.10 shirt back to Beauden Barrett

20 May 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott looks at how Ian Foster must address how fly-half and full-back will function in his All Blacks team and the rebuild for 2023

Quins move for tyro Lion Green

17 May 2020 2 comments

Flyer: Tyrone Green HARLEQUINS are poised to swoop for exciting young Lions winger Tyrone Green after he cancelled his contract with the Super Rugby franchise. […]