Rugby social media has been on top form this week, with plenty of fan debates surrounding numerous issues in the sport.  The WRU has been hugely criticised online following a statement that has rocked ...

The penultimate round of Premiership rugby played host to some of the biggest games of the season, with so much on the line. Sale Sharks saw off Bristol Bears to majorly boost their top-four hopes, ...

Andy Farrell has already named his 38-man squad for the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, with the selected players now needing to prove that they are worthy of playing in the Tests. Those ...

To pull wild mountain thyme, all around the bloomin’ heather.” The lyrics of this age-old Scottish stanza give you a real glimpse into the beauty this world has to offer. Many wonders make you stop ...

The longer the Lions Board continues to be as soft-toy cuddly as the mascot that tour youngster Henry Pollock will have to lug around Australia this summer, the longer coaches like Joe Schmidt, below, ...

JONATHAN PENDLEBURY, THE FORMER ROTHERHAM, GLOUCESTER AND LEEDS SECOND ROW WHO IS NOW ENGLAND U18S HEAD COACH, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Patrice Collazo – Former ...

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop Flyer: Paul Brown-Bampoe scoring against Saints PICTURES: Getty Images ROB Baxter has told his Exeter players ...

By PAUL REES Bath .................................... 43pts Tries: Spencer 4, Obano 20, Roux 37, Dunn 47, Stuart 66, Cokanasiga 76, Butt 80 Conversions: Russell 21, 38, 67, 77 Leicester Tigers ...

Sale captain Ben Curry says in-form George Ford deserves more respect after making another mockery of his Lions snub. Fly-half Ford, 32, was hugely instrumental on Friday night as Alex Sanderson’s men ...

THE rebranding this week of England’s second professional league as Champ Rugby could be a game-changer in English club rugby, and it is a new dynamic required so urgently that it almost cannot afford ...

Gloucester are losing 19 players next month, but George Skivington expects to have a bigger squad next season for the same amount of money. Zach Mercer, Santi Carreras, Chris Harris, Gareth Anscombe, ...

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points SO NEXT week in Cardiff will be the 30th European Cup Final, a pearl anniversary of sorts. Where did the time go? It ...