Hello, hola, olá, bonjour – this is the Rugby Youth Festival. About 2,000 players representing 80 teams met in Lisbon last weekend to play 300 matches in a tournament organised…
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Rugby rant: Keep Rugby World Cup free to watch
Rugby is in the midst of a gold rush. A year after the Six Nations was saved from the clutches of pay-TV broadcasters by a joint bid from the BBC…
Who will follow Josh Charnley as the next code-hopper?
By Alex Shaw Sale Sharks fans were certainly smiling today, as their club confirmed the signing of Wigan Warriors and England Rugby League winger Josh Charnley. The 24-year-old will make…
European U18 Championship: France reign again in cracking competition in Lisbon
The blue, white and red tricolour flew proudly in Portugal as France won the European U18 Championship. It was their second successive title and their seventh since 2004, and in…
The team should England pick for the Australia Tests
By Alex Shaw With the Six Nations trophy gathering the first specks of dust in the trophy cabinet, players and fans alike are still celebrating England’s first Grand Slam in…
Scotland: Five things we learnt v Ireland
By Rory Baldwin Tales of the unexpected Where was all the running rugby? Both sides’ previous matches suggested this would be a swashbuckling free-for-all, instead it was a physical and…
While plaudits rain down elsewhere, James Haskell’s role mustn’t be ignored
By Alex Shaw It’s been a productive Six Nations so far for England. New head coach Eddie Jones has steered his side to the title with a round still to…
A week in the life of a Sale Sharks academy player, Part Two
In this follow-on from Charlie Pozniak’s diary of a typical week as a Manchester Grammar School pupil and a Sale Sharks U18 player, Mark Bennett – head of performance at…
Saracens CEO Heath Harvey on New York, a global network and breaking the mould
By Graham Jenkins “We don’t just want to be a north London rugby club; we want to use rugby to change people’s lives” Saracens chief executive Heath Harvey’s bold proclamation…
A week in the life of a Sale Sharks academy player, Part One
Sunday Outmuscled, outplayed, outclassed. We’ve just lost to Leicester, and playing against a Tuilagi and an Umaga is little consolation to the grim reality that Academy Finals Day at Allianz…