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Fight to save Championship: Nick Cain talks to Coventry director Nick Johnston

22 January 2021 0 comments

The managing director of the Championship club fumes over the lack of collective agreement over the TEC and the absence of RFU directive

Dai Young must target Blues academy says Ring

21 January 2021 0 comments

Welsh rugby great Mark Ring says Dai Young’s main priority in fixing Cardiff Blues lies in a revamping of the region’s academy

Alex Sanderson aims to turn Sale Sharks into Premiership powerhouse

19 January 2021 0 comments

Alex Sanderson answers questions on stepping into Steve Diamond’s shoes, the role that awaits Paul Deacon, and his vision for rugby in the north-west

Wasps’ Ben Vellacott ready to relocate to Scotland?

19 January 2021 0 comments

Dan Robson holds the keys to the Wasps backline and that has seen one PRO14 side contact Vellacott

Women’s Game in Focus: Wasps fly-half Florence Williams

17 January 2021 0 comments

Sarah Rendell talks to the Premier 15s player who sparked debate around the marketing of women rugby players last year

Gaskell’s just loving fun side of Wasps

17 January 2021 0 comments

WASPS workhorse James Gaskell is enjoying his rugby more than at any stage of his career and aims to finish his playing days with the […]

Highs and lows of Will Taylor’s rollercoaster rugby career, now settled at London Welsh

17 January 2021 0 comments

Taylor is now involved with London Welsh and runs a gym in Richmond

Wasps grab Doncaster Knight stalwart Robin Hislop

16 January 2021 1 comment

Hislop spent the end of last season in the Premiership on loan at Saracens

Superkids keep Dan Robson on his toes at Wasps

14 January 2021 1 comment

Influential Wasps No.9 Robson discusses the emergence of Will Porter and Ben Vellacott keeping him on his toes, and his return for England

WillGriff John tells Sharks he’s off back to Wales

12 January 2021 2 comments

Plus, the future of Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor at the Ricoh Arena

Toulon in chase for Wasps prop Kieran Brookes

12 January 2021 1 comment

Brookes’ contract at Wasps is due to expire this summer, with a move to the Top 14 on the card

Tomas Francis will leave Exeter for Ospreys to keep his Wales place

12 January 2021 0 comments

Ospreys wrap up deal for Wales tighthead, who will depart Sandy Park at the end of the season, TRP can reveal

Josh Beaumont is happy to get back in line in Sale’s pack

12 January 2021 2 comments

After 14 months out with a knee injury, Beaumont marked his return to rugby in the most dramatic way with a match-winning score at Gloucester

‘Sports car’ Wade bulks up in pursuit of NFL dream

10 January 2021 0 comments

By JOSHUA PECK Focused: Christian Wade trains with Buffalo Bills CHRISTIAN Wade insists he is “locked in” on his decision to wave goodbye to rugby […]

Georgian giant joins Wasps

10 January 2021 3 comments

WASPS have signed Georgian lock Lasha Jaiani. The 22-year-old was a regular starter for his country in the Autumn Nations Cup campaign, featuring against England, […]

Returning Dai eager to move Blues forward

10 January 2021 1 comment

DAI Young will return to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby following head coach John Mulvihill leaving the Welsh region. The Australian took charge […]

Frustrated Stuart Hooper laments costly individual errors

10 January 2021 1 comment

Bath fall to Wasps despite scoring over 40 points on home soil

Exclusive: Steve Borthwick can help Leicester rediscover their mojo

8 January 2021 2 comments

Pat Howard reflects on the departure of old friend Geordan Murphy at Leicester and shares his view on the work Steve Borthwick has on his plate

Dai Young returns to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby

7 January 2021 0 comments

Ex-Wasps director of rugby returns to Arms Park with a view to a longer stay potentially in the offing

Young Guns: Wasps tighthead prop Jordan Cordice

7 January 2021 1 comment

Cordice explains how the opportunity to go and play in New Zealand in last year

‘We just didn’t play well enough’, Baxter admits

3 January 2021 0 comments

Rob Baxter and Lee Blackett gives their thoughts on Wasps’ 34-5 triumph over Exeter Chiefs at the Ricoh Arena

Wasps 34-5 Exeter: Physicality was shock for Chiefs says Blackett

3 January 2021 1 comment

Exeter Chiefs unbeaten record crumbles at the hands of ravenous Wasps

Wasps could be without Alfie Barbeary for three months

3 January 2021 0 comments

Standout Wasps star Alfie Barbeary will undergo a scan on Sunday on his high ankle sprain

Bath and England lock Elliott Stooke set to sign for Wasps

3 January 2021 1 comment

It does not appear that Stooke will remain at the Rec beyond this season

Alfie Barbeary could become The Boss – but not yet | Chris Hewett

3 January 2021 0 comments

Barbeary’s time out with gives teams plenty of changes to identify weaknesses to his seemingly unstoppable game

Simple ways to make the game better for all

3 January 2021 2 comments

Views COLIN BOAG Inevitable: Luke Cowan-Dickie scores for Exeter after a series of pick and gos New Year is a time for resolutions, so let […]

JEREMY GUSCOTT

3 January 2021 1 comment

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK I see echoes of my great Bath side in Baxter’s Chiefs Communicator: Rob Baxter with his Exeter team Inset: Jack […]

Wasps join race to sign Bath lock Elliott Stooke

30 December 2020 1 comment

Lee Blackett is set to lose one of his options in the second row to a Premiership rival, and has identified Stooke as the ideal replacement

England prospect Alfie Barbeary faces race to be fit for Six Nations with ankle injury

30 December 2020 0 comments

Barbeary was called up to England’s squad by Eddie Jones during the Autumn Nations Cup

Exclusive: George Barton aims to gain from mentor Cips’ Gloucester departure

30 December 2020 2 comments

Barton started the year with England U20s, and finished it with one of Gloucester’s most memorable moments of 2020 in the Champions Cup

Rob Baxter proud of Exeter’s response in win over Gloucester

27 December 2020 1 comment

Rob Baxter admits there were some ‘hairy moments’ in 14-man Exeter’s win over Gloucester in the Premiership

Faf de Klerk tells Sale it’s time to move on

27 December 2020 0 comments

Ahead of facing Wasps on Sunday afternoon, Faf de Klerk calls on the Sharks squad to move on from Steve Diamond’s exit

Wasps’ Academy gems get another chance to shine

27 December 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Top prospect: Wasps forward Alfie Barbeary WASPS will again unleash their youthful No.8-9-10 axis of Alfie Barbeary, Will Porter and Charlie Atkinson […]

‘No hurry’ as Cipriani decides to take a break

26 December 2020 3 comments

What are the next steps for Danny Cipriani after his exit at Gloucester early in the season?

Prop star Maud Muir gets Wasps off to a flyer

20 December 2020 1 comment

Wasps shoot up to third in the Premier 15s standings with victory over Gloucester-Hartpury at Twyford Avenue

Wasps 33-14 Montpellier: Alfie Barbeary puts the sting back into Wasps

20 December 2020 2 comments

Wasps flanker Barbeary outshines Louis Picamoles in convincing victory for the Premiership club over Montpellier

The mood’s positive at Wasps and we’re ready now for Sale says Thomas Young

20 December 2020 1 comment

Wasps flanker Thomas Young is raring to go as attentions switch back to the Premiership

UBB 47-8 Dragons: Matthieu Jalibert puts the boot into illness-hit Dragons

20 December 2020 0 comments

Les Bleus star Jalibert dampens Dragons’ woes, as Dean Ryan contends with 16 unavailable players against the mite of Bordeaux-Begles

Kay: Tough ask but Quins can do it

20 December 2020 0 comments

BT Sport pundit Ben Kay previews Harlequins clash with Racing 92, and says the Premiership club have the toughest schedule in the Champions Cup pools

Isichei’s tragic death must bring real change

20 December 2020 1 comment

THIS week the family of Allan Isichei, the muchloved and highly respected former Wasps first-team prop during the 1970s and 1980s, who was murdered near […]

JEFF PROBYN

20 December 2020 0 comments

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Breakdown clearouts have made risks worse Change of tactics: Jonah Lomu didn’t run round players, he ran through […]

YOUNG GUNS

20 December 2020 2 comments

CHARLIEATKINSON WASPS FLY-HALF Charlie Atkinson’s first two Premiership games could hardly have been more different. After delighting in his Wasps debut against Sale in August, […]

Saracens defence coach Sanderson is man Sale want to replace Diamond

18 December 2020 2 comments

A move which Sale Sharks hoped would happen last summer

Thompson: Some days I can’t walk down stairs

17 December 2020 0 comments

The danger of CTE in rugby and those diagnosed with traumatic brain injury training to bring about change in the sport

Match action

13 December 2020 1 comment

Dragon-slayer: Wasps’ Thomas Young scores their fourth try in the 24-8 victory in Newport PICTURE: Getty Images -starts Page 8 >> … Continue reading… Access […]

Wasps complete woe of Covid-hit Dragons

13 December 2020 0 comments

■By ROGER PANTING WASPS took advantage of Dragons’ Covid-19 misfortunes to get their European campaign off to a bonus-point start in a scrappy game at […]

Blackett: Players had option to pull out

13 December 2020 1 comment

WASPS’ director of rugby Lee Blackett questioned EPCR’s approach to the Covid situation in the Dragons’ camp. He said: “EPCR were aware of the situation […]