The Greene King IPA Championship’s newest side — Ealing Trailfinders, founded in 1871 — are also the longest established side in the division. However, this was of little consolation to…
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Young Scot Tommy Allan fitting in at Perpignan
“An old pro” was how Perpignan coach Marc Delpoux summed up the performance of Tommy Allan on his Top 14 debut earlier this month. He wasn’t wrong. USAP went down…
Treviso and Zebre have no leverage, but potential
Zebre got their first ever win and Treviso thumped Munster during a great Italian weekend
Aviva Premiership: Round three preview
The stand-out game of round three may well come from Gloucester versus Northampton Saints
Rugby Championship: Rumblings and shifts in the off-week
IT’S NOT even a Rugby Championship weekend and there’s enough goings on to twist several pairs of knickers with all the whip of Lulu on repeat. The big news in…
Sevens specialists like Ben Ryan go worldwide
SPREADING GOSPEL is part of modern rugby some would have you believe. Sevens is undoubtedly one of the most aggressively expanding sports out there and with the 2016 Rio Olympics…
Aviva Premiership One to Watch: Tom James
Tom James, the 26-year-old Exeter Chiefs wing who will be attempting to carve up the London Irish defence in an Aviva Premiership clash at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on…
England to be captained by Tom Wood?
This week Tom Wood threw his hat into the ring for the England captaincy in autumn
SCOTLAND: The paupers of the Euro debate
CRIERS ALL over the land are shouting: ‘the Heineken Cup is dead. Long live the potential for an accord between the Anglo-French alliance and a possibly toothless and certainly smarting…
A new age for Ireland begins on Sunday
GETTING TO know the new man in charge may not be so tough after many of the Ireland squad got to chat with Joe Schmidt during the tour to North…