Backline injuries pile up for Edinburgh before season start
Edinburgh have suffered two fresh injury blows to their back-three resources on the eve of the new United Rugby Championship seaso…
Bryn Palmer
17 Sep 2026, 5:15
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'Liberated' Glen Young driven on by Rugby World Cup carrot
Having slipped down the national pecking order, there are now a slew of at least 10 locks jostling for Gregor Townsend’s attenti…
Bryn Palmer
16 Sep 2026, 10:00
Exclusive
Ollie Blyth-Lafferty: 'I had my plumber's tool bag ready to go, then Edinburgh offered me a contract'
The 135kg would-be plumber is only 20, but has all the raw materials to become the cornerstone of Scotland's pack in the years ahe…
Jamie Lyall
08 Sep 2026, 1:23
Opinion
Who will be the URC signings of the season?
As new additions bed in across the United Rugby Championship, whose star is primed to shine brightest when the season begins?
Jamie Lyall
01 Sep 2026, 2:36
Edinburgh add ex-international to their new-look coaching team
Former Australia 7s player Michael Hodge has signed a two-year deal to become the capital club's skills and contact coach.
Jon Newcombe
24 Aug 2026, 5:01
Ex-Scotland skipper Stuart McInally's post-rugby career takes off
Stuart McInally made a career out of launching Scotland's lineout ball skywards but now the former hooker is sending something con…
Ian Cameron
20 Aug 2026, 4:08
'I’ve been at a fair few clubs – more clubs than Tiger Woods!'
Former England U20 international Rory Jennings has called it quits as a professional rugby player, aged 30, after representing 10 …
Jon Newcombe
05 Aug 2026, 3:22
Recently retired Wales legend Leigh Halfpenny confirms club future
Leigh Halfpenny, who hung up his boots at the end of last season, will remain at Cardiff Arms Park next season after being appoint…
Neil Fissler
23 Jul 2026, 3:57
Ex-Japan coach Dan Bowden returns to the UK with URC outfit
Nearly 10 years since he hung up his playing boots and left Bath, Dan Bowden has returned to the UK as an assistant coach with Car…
Jon Newcombe
15 Jul 2026, 0:41
Bath given brutal Investec Champions Cup schedule as fixtures confirmed
Reigning champions Bordeaux, who beat Bath in the semi-finals, begin their title defence away at Gloucester on Friday, 16 October.
Jon Newcombe
10 Jul 2026, 3:05
Champions Cup draw: Saints pitted with Bath as Saracens grouped with 3 winners
Saracens have emerged with arguably the toughest draw of any Gallagher PREM club after being placed in a Investec Champions Cup po…
Josh Raisey
01 Jul 2026, 6:02
EPCR announce significant rule changes to Champions Cup and Challenge Cup
European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) have announced a couple of major changes to the rules of the Investec Champions Cup and Ch…
Jon Newcombe
30 Jun 2026, 1:34
Analysis
Report: URC finalists Leinster and Bulls suffer from fan fatigue
An extensive report by The Rugby Paper into the regular-season attendances in Europe's three main leagues shows Bordeaux-Begles wa…
Jon Newcombe
15 Jun 2026, 7:08
Ospreys sign new WRU deal that will see them through to 2028
Ospreys have taken a decisive step toward securing their future after becoming the third Welsh region to sign the WRU’s new Prof…
Ian Cameron
05 Jun 2026, 10:51
Irish province snubbed in URC 2025/26 Dream Team vote
For the first time since the inception of the United Rugby Championship in 2021, Munster Rugby do not have a single player in the …
Jon Newcombe
03 Jun 2026, 4:14
Stormers avenge loss to put an end to Cardiff's URC season
Cardiff’s domestic campaign is over after a 44-21 defeat in their play-off quarter-final in Cape Town to Stormers, who gained re…
PA
30 May 2026, 10:42
