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‘Unmatched’- Ten unmissable player matchups in the Autumn Nations Series this weekend

8 November 2024 0 comments

This weekend of the Autumn Nations Series almost entirely consists of fixtures that are expected to be decided by extremely fine margins, leading to scope for some […]

Italy vs Argentina – Match Preview

8 November 2024 0 comments

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Italy will kick off the autumn campaign as they welcome Argentina to Rome. The Italians will be looking to build […]

England Men A confirm wider squad to face Australia A

7 November 2024 0 comments

A 24-player England Men A wider squad has been named in preparation for the visit of Australia A to the Twickenham Stoop on Sunday 17th […]

Gareth Anscombe says Wales will be wary of Fiji’s firepower

6 November 2024 0 comments

Gareth Anscombe has underlined the challenge facing Wales when they look to open their Autumn Nations Series campaign with victory over Fiji. The countries clash […]

Five Key Talking Points from the Autumn Internationals

4 November 2024 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott The Autumn Internationals began with a bang, with England narrowly losing to the All Blacks, and Scotland dominating Fiji. From these two games to […]

Hill out to cash in on England chance

3 November 2024 0 comments

■By PAUL REES You’re in: Ted Hill was called up by England to replace Ollie Chessum, inset PICTURES: Getty Images AS Ted Hill picked up […]

Shame that Georgia are kept out of sight

3 November 2024 0 comments

By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed The most significant contest of the November international series? Take your pick. Ireland-New Zealand in Dublin on Friday night? […]

South America look to keep on building

3 November 2024 0 comments

By JOE SANTAMARIA Top dogs: Argentina celebrate beating Australia in Rugby Championship PICTURES: Getty Images AS Sebastián Piñeyrúa’s historic six-year term as President of Sudamérica […]

Wales get set for big Sunday crunch…

3 November 2024 0 comments

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know One weekend five summers ago, Wales went to No.1 in the rankings based on a […]

From shelf stacker to first-team contender

3 November 2024 0 comments

■By PAUL REES GEORGE Makepeace-Cubitt was stacking supermarket shelves at the start of the year but the England Under-20 outside-half is now expressing himself at […]

Don’t let these tasty clashes pass you by

3 November 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S always famine or feast with international rugby and I guess that’s […]

Banned for three matches

3 November 2024 0 comments

BATH centre Will Butt and Sale scrum-half Nye Thomas have both been banned for three games following their red cards during their Premiership match last […]

Scotland vs Fiji – Autumn Nations Series Match Preview

1 November 2024 0 comments

Scotland will welcome Fiji to Murrayfield as the Scots kick off their autumn campaign. Gregor Townsend’s side is one of the more entertaining teams to […]

Series 4, Episode 9: Luke Pearce on 20-minute Red Card and Autumn Internationals Preview

31 October 2024 0 comments

We loved this one! Following last week’s 20-minute red card debate amongst the guys, we thought it best to call upon someone entrusted with enacting […]

Is your rugby club Autumn Nations Series ready?

29 October 2024 0 comments

The biggest and best sides in world rugby are going head-to-head in a series of mouth-watering clashes in this year’s Autumn Nations Series – live […]

Why World Rugby has missed the point

27 October 2024 0 comments

IT occurred to me, whilst catching a glimpse of last weekend’s NFL match at Wembley, that the advent of professionalism in rugby union featured two […]

Bath’s ‘bomb squad’ needs to be defused

27 October 2024 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CLOSE your eyes and imagine batting on a fiery Caribbean track in the 1980s, when West Indian fast bowlers ruled the […]

England must show that this is their time

27 October 2024 0 comments

>> PAUL REES SAYS BORTHWICK’S MEN ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE ON THE NEW ZEALAND CHALLENGE AND COME OUT ON TOP WHAT must Steve Borthwick […]

Why are we making life intolerable for our refs?

27 October 2024 0 comments

I’M not sure if referees have a patron Saint – such a notion probably contravenes some obscure World Rugby regulation – but I’m guessing it […]

WR should fund free second opinion

27 October 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IMUST admit to being a little surprised by last week’s paper where the articles by Nick […]

Antoine Dupont headlines our five key talking points from the weekend

22 October 2024 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott From Antoine Dupont’s ridiculous try-assist to newcomers announcing themselves and familiar faces returning in South Africa, this weekend has been one with plenty […]

20-minute red gets go-ahead

20 October 2024 0 comments

Referees will have the option to show a 20-minute red card during the autumn internationals. Teams will lose a player for the rest of the […]

Thanks, Jeff, your piece was spot on

20 October 2024 0 comments

THE main purpose of this letter is to thank you for your existence and quality. I used to play from 11 to 21 (when six […]

Brave Will Green does game huge service

20 October 2024 0 comments

Will Green is owed a significant debt by rugby union in England – and further afield – for his courage and unshakeable determination to tell […]

French quick to dismiss ‘soft red’

20 October 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ONLY France could ban one of their most notorious agents provocateurs for life, then clear the way […]

Confused path to rules of combat

20 October 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Man in the middle: Former Wasps prop Will Green PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Don’t sub captain just after half-time

20 October 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In charge: Jamie George in action for England PICTURE: Getty Images WE have only a few […]

Mastering the engine room – The crucial role of second row combinations

15 October 2024 0 comments

By Will Hartshorn – @RugbyCollective In a world where people 6 foot 6 and above make up for less than 1% of the population, finding […]

France Rugby strongly oppose the implementation of the 20-minute red card

14 October 2024 0 comments

Following World Rugby’s announcement to propose the global trial of new laws that will be reviewed by the Council, FFR (French Rugby Union), LNR (National […]

Stop this 20-minute red card nonsense

13 October 2024 0 comments

CAN those at World Rugby who now insist the 20-minute red card experiment is to be extended worldwide please identify themselves. It’s an abomination and […]

High ticket prices for All Blacks cast dark shadow

13 October 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WHEN the RFU finished doing their sums for the autumn series of Twickenham’s centenary season, the revenue […]

Loyalty paying off for Alex Lozowski

13 October 2024 0 comments

Short of borrowing Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and strumming his way through a few chords of O Sole Mio, Conor O’Shea could hardly have done more […]

Too much card confusion

13 October 2024 0 comments

IT seems World Rugby has woken up to the fact that their increasing interference with tackle laws and other elements of the game have led […]

Do Wales have a chance at landing young gun Cameron Hanekom?

11 October 2024 0 comments

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Over the past decade, there has been a trend of players coming from overseas to compete for European countries. Many […]

Time to add Japan and Fiji to Rugby Championship

6 October 2024 0 comments

THE endless mistreatment of Fiji as a second rate rugby nation is another disastrous admin blunder in the sport’s professional era. As Chris Hewett stated […]

Tuipulotu’s power is too much for Cardiff

6 October 2024 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS Cardiff ……………..36pts Glasgow …………..52pts Tries: D Thomas 12, Winnett 20, Byrne 47, Martin 53, Donnell 68 Conversions: Sheedy 13, De Beer 48, […]

Hunt prepares to face up to Black Ferns challenge

6 October 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK England v New Zealand PREVIEW… Today. Kick-off 8.30pm, Langley Events Centre Wise head: Natasha Hunt is looking forward to fronting up to […]

Los Pumas have worked hard to forge own identity

6 October 2024 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher reports on how one country has built a rugby stronghold down in South America There was a time back in the noughties when […]

My dream tour: The Lions in Argentina

6 October 2024 0 comments

OF COURSE, the British and Irish Lions should be touring Argentina, I’ve been arguing the case for 20 years or more. As a rugby nation […]

Sorry, Geoff, but let’s not de-power scrums

6 October 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EVERY week I can’t wait for Sunday to come around so that I can read The […]

We lost but it was great to watch, says Lam

6 October 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PAT Lam believes his side’s thrilling defeat to Gloucester last Friday is a continuation of a trendy, entertaining style of rugby that […]

Leicester Tigers criticise RFU following Michael Cheika’s ban for being ‘disrespectful’

3 October 2024 0 comments

Leicester have hit out at the Rugby Football Union after their head coach Michael Cheika was found guilty of disrespecting an independent match-day doctor and […]

Championship crowds are still too low

29 September 2024 0 comments

With all the talk about the RFUs treatment of the Championship there never seems to be any real analysis of the strength of these clubs […]

That’s not what I call a good idea ITV

29 September 2024 0 comments

Brilliant idea ITV! Put your freeview Premiership highlights programme on an obscure channel. Schedule it for a Wednesday lunchtime. Replace Flats and Topsy’s amusing, insightful […]

Minimum standards criteria must apply to all

29 September 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week Do title-chasing Bath – and other top tier clubs – meet the Premiership’s own ground […]

Fiji deserve to play with best in world

29 September 2024 0 comments

By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed Every underdog has its day, as Daniel Dubois reminded us in knocking an entire cathedral’s worth of bells out […]

Sorry, but it now looks like Eben Etzebeth got away with one

22 September 2024 0 comments

So, for 10 months or more I have been defending Eben Etzebeth, and by implication referee Ben O’Keeffe, for the deliberate knock on incident in […]

Despite bankruptcy, USA Sevens are in good shape

22 September 2024 0 comments

Ben Jaycock talks to Mike Friday about his ten years with USA Sevens – and watching son Lucas Mike Friday recently called time on his […]

England aiming for a repeat success

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock and James Orpin Break: Abby Dow scores against New Zealand and, inset, John Mitchell PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND SQUAD FORWARDS: Zoe Aldcroft, […]

Outside centre best for Freeman -Burrell

22 September 2024 0 comments

■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER England centre Luther Burrell believes Tommy Freeman is best suited at outside centre and has the attributes to become one of […]

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