Nick Wood already has a couple of notable records to his name: the highest number of competitive first-team appearances for Gloucester (277) and the first man to reach a double…
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Advice for schoolboys hoping to progress from academies to professional rugby
Jamie Taylor, the director of rugby at Denstone College, who look after eight Leicester Tigers academy players and one Worcester Warriors academy prospect, believes that young players should be continually…
Saints and Sinners: the weekend’s talking points
The Saints The Maro and Mako show Saracens march on into the European Champions Cup final, having suffocated Wasps’ challenge with a 24-17 victory in a brutal contest and their…
Seven talking points for the Champions Cup semi-finals
By Alex Shaw The northern hemisphere season begins its final countdown towards conclusion this weekend, as the European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals come to town. The festivities begin on Saturday…
How the southern hemisphere has changed Leicester Tigers’ attack
Ben Youngs is helping to transfer the attacking style Eddie Jones has introduced with England to the Leicester Tigers game plan
Champions Cup: Stade Francais backrow Jono Ross has Leicester in his sights
From Blue Bull to Paris pink, South Africa loose forward Jono Ross recently signed a new deal with Stade Francais that will keep him at the club until 2020, having…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Goode job Newcastle lifted themselves off the bottom of the Aviva Premiership with a 26-19 win over Harlequins on Sunday. Trailing 19-10 with just over 20 minutes to…
Is this the last we’ll see of Tom Youngs in an England shirt?
By Adam Hathaway Eddie Jones has finally got his feet under the desk at Twickenham and don’t Tom Youngs and a few others know about it and that Fast Eddie…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints History boys Connacht beat Munster at Thomond Park for the first time since 1986 and retained their place at the top of the Guinness Pro12 after the 18-12…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Warrior spirit As the second half of their clash with Ulster kicked off, Glasgow Warriors trailed 10-6 and knew they needed to conjure four tries and a bonus-point…