Round Three: Just as some Aviva Premiership clubs are starting to build some momentum for the campaign ahead of them, so some of you prediction gurus are showing some clairvoyant…
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Aviva Premiership: Let’s look after home-grown tightheads
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Premiership player of the weekend: James Wilson, Northampton
Success tends to affect a team in one of two ways. Either self-satisfaction sets in and complacency results, or the taste of triumph inspires hunger for a repeat. After a…
Aviva Premiership: The social media league table
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New season SuperBru predictions!
We have worked with SuperBru to bring you another season of pitting your wits against other Rugby World readers, proving you’re more than a tad clairvoyant and more than a…
Aviva Premiership: Five young Englishmen to watch
The ravenous pursuit of television viewing figures means just about every tournament in professional sport is accompanied by marketing hyperbole these days. Even so, this Aviva Premiership season does feel…