THE CHAMPIONSHIP season is finally here, arriving just a week after the Aviva Premiership kicked off. With Ealing jumping up to the division and London Welsh dropping down, clubs running…
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Aviva Premiership One to Watch: Jamie George
After serving his apprenticeship at Saracens behind John Smit and Schalk Britz in the pecking order, Jamie George was given the chance to start only his seventh Premiership match in…
Super League clubs are sniffing out Union talent
Last season Andy Powell was a high-profile convert to rugby league and now some Super League sides may be sniffing around other Welsh, Premiership and sevens stars, at least according…
British and Irish Lions back into the action
Some players are still wrapped in cotton wool, but finally some British and Irish Lions are returning to competitive rugby. Some in England and France are already match sharp, but…
IRELAND: Provinces still a prized asset in European negotiations
Leinster, Munster and Ulster may be as uncertain as the rest of the Rabodirect Pro12 teams, but they are still valuable players in any European negotiations and judging by some…
Ben Foden as you’ve never seen him before!
WE'RE USED to seeing Ben Foden jinking past defenders and taking high balls when he's in action for Northampton Saints and England, but we've got a video of him doing…
The scrum laws explained!
FOR THE January edition of Rugby World, we visited Bath’s training ground, at Farleigh House, to see their brand new scrum machine in action. Developed alongside Rhino, the new machine…
Heineken Cup crisis: Business as usual for our Gallic cousins
HEINEKEN CUP hell may have broken loose in the British Isles but on the south side of the English Channel Tuesday’s news of the tournament’s likely demise has caused barely…
Europe – we have the answer!
Stephen Jones explains how to solve the Heineken Cup row
SCOTLAND: Edinburgh need changes but not the kind you think
With Glasgow Warriors, any change is gradual. After all, with the relative successes of last season it would be nonsensical for head coach Gregor Townsend to wield a cleaver. However,…