Nic and Louis Grimoldby on Rugby Parkinson and Unionise
Nic Grimoldby ended his professional Rugby career 30 years ago with a try for the Sheffield Eagles in the last game of the Stones’ bitter championship season. The birth of…
Dupont Lowe and Stars Align for Dazzling Champions Cup Final
Sometimes the planets align in sports. For example, the two best golfers in the world start together in the final round of an open championship or two outstanding thoroughbreds thunder…
Rugby Professionals Players Welcome Us Women League
Women’s Elite Rugby, the American start-up competition announced last month, could “produce hundreds of professional rugby players in a very short time,” said an American Eagles international, announcing a “great”…
Gloucester Ford-Robinson Calm as Sharks Circle in Tottenham
Jamal Ford-Robinson describes exactly what the award he won at Gloucester’s end-of-season party was for when he finally explains that “it’s basically about being a good club man”. Given his…
Leinster Must Stem the Toulouse Tide to Taste Champions Cup
If this long and eventful Rugby season had a common theme, it is that the cream rises at some point. Leinster and Toulouse are not by chance in the Investec…
Sharks Surge to Cup Glory After Fassi and Mapimpi Gloucester
South African teams have only been involved in European club rugby for two seasons, but their first cutlery is already hidden. If it wasn’t quite comparable to the Springboks’ victory…
Ramos Settles Final to Decorate Golden Age for Rugby
For the third time in almost 30 years, a European Final is in overtime. For the third time in four years, there is a red card in a Final. For…
Fin Smith Edges Northampton to Victory Over Saracens
The champions are gone; the league leaders are advancing. It was a stranglehold at the end that finally ended the Saracens, initiated by none other than Courtney Lawes, playing their…
Owen Farrell Leaves Shores as One of England Greats
Owen Farrell cut a lonely figure as he strolled through Franklin’s Gardens, applauding the Fans, most of whom were supporting Northampton. And here’s the thing, they applauded him back. A…
Bath Set Up Premiership Final with Northampton
Bath are in the Premiership final for the first time in nine years, but it’s not a team that gives its fans an easy run. Sometimes it was dirty, which…
Police Investigate Jonny Hill Altercation with Fan After Bath V Sale
A police investigation has been launched following an incident in which a supporter suffered a cut to his eye during an alleged altercation with Jonny Hill after Bath’s playoff win…
Championship Clubs Fear Bankruptcy Fairer Deal from RFU
English second-tier clubs say they peril being driven into bankruptcy unless they get a fairer agreement in negotiations with the Rugby Football Union and the Premiership. The championship clubs also…
Northampton Alex Mitchell Backs Fin Smith in with Bath Russell
English scrum-half Alex Mitchell is backing his teammate Fin Smith to win his upcoming clash with Finn Russell when Northampton face Bath in the Gallagher Premiership final at the weekend.…
Joy and Laughter Leicester Rugby Team with Syndrome Children
A rugby team for young people with down syndrome has been described as a “lifeline” by parents who say there is a chronic lack of opportunities for their children. Leicester…
Sid Going Obituary
Sid Going, who died at the age of 80, won 29 international caps as a rugby Union scrum-half for the All Blacks in the middle of 1967 and 1977 and…