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…
Tournaments
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…
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…
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,…
New Euro comps proposed by Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby have drawn battle lines and aimed for 'new markets'.
RaboDirect Pro12: Round 1 wrap
Finalists humbled on their return to league action; a hefty spanking; calls for changes in style? It's has to be the first round of RaboDirect Pro12 rugby, which has sent…
Aviva Premiership: Round 1 wrap
Torrential rain; whopping half-time scores; post-rattling last-minute kicks. Here's your wrap of the first round of the Aviva Premiership as Northampton Saints pulled to the top of the table and…