FIVE. That’s a number to remember and come back to. With Premiership Rugby announcing that they will be extending the salary cap to £5.1m plus an additional £400,000 ‘Home Grown…
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James Simpson-Daniel: My five career highlights
Kingsholm bow My first choice is my home debut at Kingsholm against Rotherham (March 2001). I came off the bench and scored a try. I got the ball on the…
Rugby and royalty combine at Invictus Games
GREAT BRITAIN beat the USA to win the wheelchair rugby title at the recent Invictus Games and a few more familiar faces kept the crowd entertained when playing an exhibition…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints The Bee team Having seen reigning champions Northampton cruise past 50 points against Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership’s opening match, Wasps might have been a tad nervous about…
Top 14: Jonathan Wisniewski in the mix
Jonathan Wisniewski is the form fly-half in the Top 14, scoring 55 points in his four appearances after moving to Grenoble from Racing Metro in the summer. Rested for last weekend’s…
Premiership player analysis: Will Fraser, Saracens
One of rugby’s weirder nuances is that sometimes it is better not to have the ball. Every so often, relentless aggression in defence, allied to only a few attacking ambushes,…
30 Minutes with… Schalk Brits
The Saracens and Springboks hooker on golf, gags and guilty pleasures
Rugby Championship: why the All Blacks dominate the game
If you had to name one player who summed up the world-beating All Blacks, who would it be? Richie McCaw? It would be hard to disagree. Dan Carter? Hasn’t played…
Top 14 superstars: Money well-spent or wasted
One meelllion dollars! Okay, it’s Euros but that’s the eye-watering price Racing Metro are rumoured to be willing to pay to prise Matt Giteau from Toulon next summer. The Aussie…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints 67 reasons to be cheerful Rugby fans in the British Isles who have been missing their domestic rugby fix over the summer were treated to a try-fest as…