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Six-try Scotland too good for Wales

8 September 2024 0 comments

Scotland ……..40 Wales……………14 SCOTLAND cruised to a six-try victory in Edinburgh to make it back-to-back wins over Wales in 2024. Wales led 7-5 at half-time […]

Time we stopped indulging the haka

8 September 2024 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE is so much disingenuous hypocritical twaddle surrounding the Hollywood production that […]

Nucifora shows the way forward

8 September 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Master: David Nucifora will start work with Scotland in December PICTURE: Getty Images THE 1991 edition of […]

The day one Newbridge became four

8 September 2024 0 comments

SO, UEFA deemed it necessary to hire extra security guards to protect their new AI-based draw for the Champions League from falling victim to a […]

For me, you have to go out to play good rugby and enjoy yourself

8 September 2024 0 comments

Q&A As he approaches his 20th season as director of rugby at Bedford Blues, Mike Rayer chats to Jon Newcombe about his tenure at Goldington […]

I couldn’t let my old club go to the wall

8 September 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WEST HARTLEPOOL PLAYER, CAPTAIN AND COACH, WHO ALSO REPRESENTED DURHAM, THE NORTH AND BRITISH POLICE JOHN STABLER Regular guy: John […]

Extra incentive to keep playing

8 September 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi preview ■ By ROB COLE THE slimmed down Super Rygbi Cymru, comprising 10 of last season’s 13 Indigo Premiership clubs, kicks off this […]

Q&A: Leigh Steinberg on Louis Rees-Zammit’s NFL chances

2 September 2024 0 comments

Ben Jaycock caught up with American sports agent Leigh Steinberg to discuss Louis Rees-Zammit and his chances of making it in the NFL.

Tomos Williams: Gloucester the perfect fresh start

1 September 2024 0 comments

Wales star Tomos Williams says it was the perfect time to head for England and take up the challenge of a new league with Gloucester.

Leicester Tigers sign Fiji playmaker Ben Volavola

1 September 2024 0 comments

Leicester Tigers have announced the signing of exciting Fiji playmaker Ben Volavola on a one-year contract.

Gareth Anscombe returns from injury to star for Gloucester

1 September 2024 0 comments

Gareth Anscombe has been charged with pushing Gloucester up the Premiership table, a task he is relishing after nearly a year out with injury.

Borthwick faces starting again

1 September 2024 0 comments

ANALYSIS PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE DEPARTURES OF FELIX JONES AND ALED WALTERS AND WONDERS WHAT IT MEANS FOR ENGLAND ONE of the most remarkable […]

Holmes hoping to make his mark with Scottish

1 September 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS WHEN it comes to player movement this summer, English rugby’s normal merry go round has been somewhat of a slow spin, a […]

Gopperth leads the way for old boys

1 September 2024 0 comments

YOU can’t keep a good man down. Or an old one, for that matter. Jimmy Gopperth, a couple of months into his 42nd year, will […]

Good to see Adams back and raring to go

1 September 2024 0 comments

JOSH Adams’ pain last season extended beyond a run of one try in nine matches for Wales. Despite torn shoulder ligaments, recurring knee problems and […]

Price glad he played under old regime

1 September 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AT Pontypool Park on September 24, 1986, with the sweet chestnut trees in full autumnal regalia, the […]

ELLIOTWILLIAMS HARLEQUINS & ENGLAND U20 LOCK

1 September 2024 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS England U18s enforcer Elliot Williams is hoping to reach the heights of beefy senior lock George Martin after playing his part on the […]

Ringer was the fall guy on a day of carnage

1 September 2024 0 comments

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE TWICKENHAM BLOODBATH AND PAUL RINGER’S DISMISSAL IN 1980 PICTURES: Alamy Grudge match: Bill Beaumont competing for the ball with […]

England moved on to take Grand Slam with victory over Scotland

1 September 2024 0 comments

WHAT happened next? If the build up to the match is complicated, so is its legacy. The short term is easier so let’s go there […]

Hare: I knew it was a big moment

1 September 2024 0 comments

DUSTY Hare famously scored a world record 7,337 points in first class rugby but it is his 79th minute penalty to beat Wales in 1980 […]

Brive get one over title rivals Oyonnax

1 September 2024 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN PICTURES: Getty Images Impressive debut: Courtney Lawes playing for Brive against Oyonnax. Inset, Jonny May COURTNEY Lawes officially kicked off his […]

Louis Rees-Zammit continues NFL journey by joining Jacksonville Jaguars

30 August 2024 0 comments

The former Wales wing was released by the Kansas City Chiefs. Louis Rees-Zammit has joined the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad after being cut by the […]

Huw Jones urges Scotland team-mates to produce strong season in Lions tour bid

29 August 2024 0 comments

The Scots had eight players involved in the 2021 tour of South Africa. Huw Jones has challenged his Scotland colleagues to produce the season of […]

Louis Rees-Zammit unlikely to make Kansas City Chiefs roster for 2024 NFL season

26 August 2024 0 comments

Former rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit is expected to miss out when the Kansas City Chiefs name their 53-man roster for the 2024 NFL season on Tuesday.

Playing in Cardiff will help us – Lam

25 August 2024 0 comments

By Mark Stevens Pat Lam has told Bristol supporters who are unhappy next season’s home Premiership fixture against Bath has been moved to Cardiff’s Principality […]

This has been the best year of my life

25 August 2024 0 comments

Mark Stevens talks to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso about his rise to the top for Exeter and England Even by his own admission, it’s been somewhat of […]

Farrell in danger of being lost in France

25 August 2024 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott Outspoken and unmissable… Every week Finn Russell’s statement about how much he’d like to reunite with Owen Farrell for the 2025 Lions, particularly […]

Ospreys are improving every season -Booth

25 August 2024 0 comments

By Rob Cole Toby Booth has his eyes on a prize for his ever-improving Ospreys this season and if he achieves his ambitious goal it […]

Stick or twist? The choice at 10

25 August 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees looks ahead to New Zealand’s heavyweight matches against world champions South Africa The Rugby Championship title could be decided in the next two […]

Boulton’s respect for game he loves

25 August 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW COLIN Boulton of Derby County stands astride the Himalayan peaks of Football League champions, the only uncapped […]

Everyone’s on a different journey – so enjoy yours

25 August 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Fred Pierrepont, below, the head coach at Worthing RFC Why did you get into coaching rugby and how did […]

When the French were sent packing

25 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER ON WHY FRANCE ENDED UP SPENDING 16 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS Brendan Gallagher looks back on ‘The Rupture’ when the four Home Unions […]

Despite everything, it all worked out pretty well in the end

25 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY has never been good with the unintended consequences of change and the knock on effects were considerable. Let’s go through a few. In the […]

FRANCE’S LAST STAND

25 August 2024 0 comments

Les Blues played their last Championship game for 16 years on April 6 1931 – Easter Monday – although at the time they thought they […]

BBC will be covering all 32 World Cup games

25 August 2024 0 comments

By PAUL MARTIN On top: WXV champions England are favourotes to lift the World Cup WORLD Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin believes a groundbreaking partnership with […]

Joe Marler faces race to be fit for England’s autumn internationals

23 August 2024 0 comments

Joe Marler will miss the start of Harlequins’ season with the broken foot sustained during England’s summer tour to place doubt over his availability for […]

Dan Biggar sees promising signs with Warren Gatland’s Wales rebuild

19 August 2024 0 comments

Wales are on a run of nine successive Test match defeats. Dan Biggar believes Wales have something to build on after displaying “enough promising signs” […]

Leatherbarrow banks on a third tier future

18 August 2024 0 comments

Teddy Leatherbarrow’s decision to drop down to the third tier of English rugby is very much a tale of the times in rugby.

Exeter Chiefs lose captain Dafydd Jenkins for start of Premiership

18 August 2024 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs have been dealt a second injury blow ahead of the new Premiership season with lock Dafydd Jenkins sidelined.

Ulster CEO Hugh McCaughey says Ireland Women are evolving

18 August 2024 0 comments

The Ireland women’s national team will be “unrecognisable” in the next three to five years says Ulster chief executive Hugh McCaughey.

13 years on and Yeandle’s fire is still burning bright

18 August 2024 0 comments

WHEN it comes to the Exeter Chiefs’ success story, Jack Yeandle has never been too far away from the main headlines.

England U20 star Zach Carr picks his career dream team

18 August 2024 0 comments

Harlequins, London Scottish & England U20 back row, Zach Carr, chooses the best XV he has played with or against.

Aussies on a long road to recovery

18 August 2024 0 comments

EXPECTATIONS in Australia will be pretty low after back-to-back defeats to South Africa in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship, but, given the way the Wallabies played in the 2023 World Cup, there was no reason for them to be sky high heading into the tournament.

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