Dean Richards set for return to rugby management
National 2 North outfit Tynedale have announced that Dean Richards will be part of an impressive coaching team for the 2024/25 sea…
Jon Newcombe
26 Mar 2024, 11:11
Editors Pick
Opinion
Super Rugby takes: All Blacks' next enforcer, New Zealand's goal kicking woes
Round five of Super Rugby Pacific saw the Chicago Drua beat the Waratahs in Fiji, the Hurricanes pounded the Rebels, and the Chief…
Ben Smith
25 Mar 2024, 22:59
Exclusive
Fissler Confidential: Owen Farrell's replacement... and a Bok rebuffing
Toulon and Montpellier are among the Top 14 clubs exploring the possibility of taking Munster outside centre Antoine Frisch back t…
Neil Fissler
23 Mar 2024, 4:52
Poland part company with head coach Christian Hitt
Christian Hitt has lost his job as head coach of Poland after a winless campaign in the recently completed Rugby Europe Championsh…
Jon Newcombe
22 Mar 2024, 13:28
Opinion
So-called 'world's best' Ireland set for Springbok reality check
The kegs of Guinness have been emptied and the confetti has all been swept away. Now that Ireland have secured a second consecutiv…
Daniel Gallan
21 Mar 2024, 12:56
Opinion
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?
The Six Nations has given me bit of head space to reflect about rugby and its direction of travel. It’s funny, I remember Frik d…
Jake White
21 Mar 2024, 7:53
Opinion
The All Blacks' front row could all be Hurricanes at this point
The surface value stat of scrum wins by the Hurricanes doesn't reflect how utterly dominant they have been this year. They've put …
Ben Smith
20 Mar 2024, 18:05
Analysis
England player ratings | The 31 players capped in Six Nations 2024
Eight players started in all five matches with two – Maro Itoje and Ben Earl – playing in all 400 minutes. There were 15 backs…
Liam Heagney
20 Mar 2024, 8:48
Opinion
Mick Cleary: 'England proved they are more than a limited, functional side'
In embracing attacking rugby, Steve Borthwick has proven himself to his players and the wider public.
Mick Cleary
18 Mar 2024, 7:03
Interview
Richard Cockerill: 'We're probably too good for this tournament'
Cockerill shared a few minutes with RugbyPass to run the rule over a Rugby Europe Championship campaign well done with Georgia and…
Liam Heagney
18 Mar 2024, 4:29
Opinion
Super Rugby takes: Brett Cameron is McKenzie's back-up, no All Blacks No 6 apparent
Looking around the landscape of the New Zealand teams, it becomes apparent that Hurricanes first five-eighth Brett Cameron is the …
Ben Smith
17 Mar 2024, 23:20
Exclusive
Declan Danaher: 'Not bitter... those were 24 pretty cool years'
These past few weeks have been a sort of belated homecoming for Declan Danaher, the 44-year-old Londoner who has pitched up in Dub…
Liam Heagney
17 Mar 2024, 6:00
