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We got it right in the end – Lam

18 September 2022 0 comments

Bristol’s head coach Pat Lam was satisfied with his team’s performance. “We got off to a poor start but worked it out,” he said. “We […]

Townsend will show no mercy to Warriors

18 September 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Worcester v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, Sixways Exeter will put their sympathy for Worcester’s players and staff on hold at Sixways […]

Dream Team with Antonio TJ Harris

18 September 2022 1 comment

The Jersey Reds and former North Otago, Bedford, Nottingham & Wasps hooker, chooses the best XV he has played with or against 1. Simon McIntyre […]

Gloucester fightback to win thriller

11 September 2022 2 comments

By Nick Powell Gloucester……..27pts Tries: Rees-Zammit 44, Chapman 47, Penalty 69, Clarke 73 Conversions: Hastings 48 Penalties: Hastings 60 Wasps…………21pts Tries: Atkinson 25, Shields 28, Ogendaal 31 […]

£500m debt could bury 13-club cartel

11 September 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If Premiership owners had made the same mistakes in the multi-million pound enterprises that put them on […]

‘Old man’ Dan calls on Wasps kids to step up

11 September 2022 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Gloucester v Wasps Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm Dan Robson is embracing his “old man” status at the club as a more […]

Smith backing Fifita to light up Scarlets

4 September 2022 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Vaea Fifita has been tipped to take the United Rugby Championship by storm following his highprofile move from Wasps to Scarlets. The […]

Mercer on his way to Gloucester

4 September 2022 0 comments

GLOUCESTER have signed Zach Mercer from Montpellier for the 2023-24 Premiership season. The 25-year-old No.8 made 21 starts for the French champions in the Top […]

Gloucester turn on the power but work to do

4 September 2022 1 comment

Gloucester……..42pts Cardiff …………….17pts By ROGER PANTING Try time: Ben Morgan scores for Gloucester PICTURE: Martin Bennett Gloucester go into next week’s opening Premiership fixture with […]

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Gloucester

4 September 2022 1 comment

Head Coach: George Skivington Captain: Lewis Ludlow Ground: Kingsholm Capacity: 16,115 PREDICTED FINISH: 3RD When George Skivington arrived at Gloucester during the Covid summer, the […]

‘We must build on what we achieved’

4 September 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Dan Cole dismisses suggestions Tigers enter the new season as favourites in the same manner he deals with each scrum or ruck…head […]

We can yet do more to help our clubs be sustainable

28 August 2022 0 comments

DEAN RICHARDS THE state of the game at the moment is very worrying. It is a tough time with all the concussion stuff going on […]

Buyers will have to prove they have the money

28 August 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Prospective Worcester Warriors buyers could be asked to produce proof of funds for between £30 and £40m to buy […]

Financial grief puts sport in a sorry state

28 August 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT A few days ago, the proposed transfer of the Senegalese footballer Ismaila Sarr from Watford to Aston Villa disappeared down the same hole […]

Fans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride

28 August 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering a little right now […]

Worcester Warriors finally release statement over administration rumours

22 August 2022 0 comments

Worcester Warriors’ owners have released long-awaited a statement, after a day filled with speculation regarding the future of their club. The statement did not deny […]

Top clubs face major cash crisis

21 August 2022 0 comments

By NEIL FISSLER The Premiership season kicks off in three weeks with growing fears that almost a quarter of the clubs in the league will […]

Johnson glad to be a Wasp

21 August 2022 0 comments

Ashley Johnson has left his role as player-coach at Birmingham Moseley to take forward his coaching career with his former side Wasps. Johnson, who made […]

Painful budget cuts are for greater good

21 August 2022 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Still looking for a club: Former England full-back Mike Brown left Newcastle at the end of last season PICTURE: Getty Images The Rugby […]

Dream Team with Glyn Hughes

31 July 2022 1 comment

The Hong Kong and former Wasps, Northampton, London Welsh, Leeds & Moseley player chooses the best XV he had played with or against. 1. Soane […]

Mayor ban highlights dangers of HGH

31 July 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN The four-year ban given to Chris Mayor (right), the former Sale, Northampton and Wasps centre, after the RFU charged him with attempting to […]

LJ stepping up

31 July 2022 0 comments

Wasps women have named LJ Lewis as their head coach, replacing Giselle Mather. Lewis, who previously worked at Bristol and Gloucester–Hartpury, joined the coaching team […]

Baxter setting his sights south again

24 July 2022 0 comments

Rob Baxter looks set to continue his shopping to revamp his squad by returning to the Southern Hemisphere for another centre. Exeter Chiefs again had […]

Commonwealth games Women’s 7s Preview: Quansah out for revenge as she prepares England for challenge

24 July 2022 1 comment

Back in action: England winger Celia Quansah After enduring a horrific injury first time around, England winger Celia Quansah is hoping for a successful return […]

Flier Jess jumps ship for Sarries

24 July 2022 26 comments

SARACENS have signed England winger Jess Breach from Harlequins. The 24-year-old, who has scored 11 tries in 22 England appearances, will leave Quins after five […]

Ampthill looking to learn from Worsley’s French nous

17 July 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Joe Worsley has already started putting Ampthill’s players through their paces as the latest member of an impressive coaching set-up led by […]

Contracts alone will not plug the gap – McMahon

17 July 2022 1 comment

■By BEN JAYCOCK The IRFU have promised to have women’s contracts in place in time for next year’s Six Nations, but Ireland flanker Edel McMahon […]

Hughes the key as Hong Kong close in on their first World Cup

17 July 2022 24 comments

Five years on from leaving the carnage of London Welsh behind him, Glyn Hughes is an altogether happier place in his rugby career. The 30-year-old […]

Life in the front row is tough for Stuart

10 July 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN All Test props have to relish the head-to-head confrontations with their opposite number, and the chance physically and psychologically to put their team […]

Proud to be a foot soldier among the superstars

10 July 2022 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY BEN BROSTER THE FORMER WALES, SARACENS, WASPS, NORTHAMPTON, SCARLETS, BIARRITZ & BAYONNE TIGHT-HEAD I’M from Haywards Heath in Sussex but there was […]

Prop star Koch takes coach role at Ampthill

3 July 2022 1 comment

SOUTH African World Cup-winning prop Vincent Koch is joining Ampthill as a scrum coach. Koch, 32, who is switching to Wasps this summer after six […]

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’m very passionate, I don’t like watching’

26 June 2022 3 comments

Claudia MacDonald tells Ben Jaycock how she’s desperate to regain her fitness and return to action Claudia MacDonald thought she just had a case of […]

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 […]

Bears chief Lam looks to avoid another stuttering start

12 June 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES PAT LAM is making sure that Bristol hit the ground running next season by arranging three warm-up matches, admitting they went into […]

Le new role for Michael

12 June 2022 2 comments

RUGBY SHORTS MICHAEL Le Bourgeois has rejoined Championship club Bedford Blues in a player-coach role after being released by Wasps. The 31-year-old returns to Bedford […]

Morris will stay a Wasp

12 June 2022 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS WASPS back-row forward Ben Morris has signed a new contract with the club. “He’s a player who is fully committed to the club […]

Henry Arundell: Nerves over entering England’s big dog zone eased in pub session

9 June 2022 24 comments

Henry Arundell has revealed that his nerves over entering England’s “big dog zone” were eased during a pub session with Ellis Genge and Marcus Smith. […]

Borthwick left with questions to answer

5 June 2022 1 comment

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….20pts Tries: G Porter 2, Steward 61 Conversions: Ford 2, 61 Penalties: Ford 67, 73 Wasps …………….10pts Tries: W Porter 68 […]

Blackett: We had chances to win

5 June 2022 0 comments

WASPS boss Lee Blackett admitted his team had missed out on a chance of victory. “We just had to find a bit more confidence with […]

Gloucester left to rue what might have been

5 June 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES Gloucester……..54pts Tries: Singleton 8, 44; Reid 18, Carreras 34, Thorley 49, Socino 57, Rees-Zammit 68, Clement 71 Conversions: Hastings 9, 19, 35, […]

Wade weighs up his options

5 June 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHRISTIAN Wade has claimed that teams in the Premiership, France, Australia, South Africa and the United States have offered […]

England’s Grandmaster ponders his next move

29 May 2022 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 112 World […]

Lost boy Kpoku’s found new lease of life in Lyon

22 May 2022 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY JOEL Kpoku admits he was losing his way in the rugby world before decamping across the Channel, but he is not lost […]

Sebastian de Chaves joins Newcastle Falcons

19 May 2022 2 comments

Sebastian de Chaves will return for a second spell at Newcastle Falcons, with the experienced lock-forward signing a two-year deal starting next season. The […]

Wasps left regretting wasted opportunities

15 May 2022 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Lyon ………………..20pts Tries: Berdeu 48, Charcosset 53 Conversions: Berdeu 48, 54 Penalties: Berdeu 35, 64 Wasps …………….18pts Tries: Robson 23, Gopperth 74 […]

Kpoku chasing dream finish

15 May 2022 1 comment

FORMER Saracens lock Joel Kpoku is dreaming of lifting some silverware with Lyon after a powerful performance in the victory over Wasps. The young forward, […]

Willis set for contract talks

15 May 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER WASPS are looking to tie down highly-rated England international back row Jack Willis, left, on a new long-term […]

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 […]

The Sharks strengthen with signing of powerful prop Carlu Sadie

12 May 2022 0 comments

Lately, the Sharks have been actively signing contracts. They announced on social media pages that Janse van Rensburg has joined them, and they have also […]

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