Round three of the Guinness Premiership was marked by another Wasps defeat, a bonus-point victory for Northampton over sorry Newcastle and the fact that 5 of the 6 games were decided by margins of fewer than 5 points.
The competitive nature of the league is quite clear even this early in the season, demonstrated by the [...]

The Guinness Premiership fixtures are coming thick and fast over the first few weeks of the season, and there are some good-looking fixtures coming up this weekend.
The action gets underway on Friday night as Bristol host Sale in a bottom versus (almost) top affair. The Home side welcome back Dan Ward-Smith in one of [...]

The second annual Student 10s competition will take place this year on Saturday 10th October in the North East.
There is both a men’s and women’s competition, which will both be held at the Northumbria University ground near the home of the Newcastle Falcons.
Indeed, both finals will take place that evening under the spotlights of Kingston [...]

After four wins out of four, Stade Francais’ start to the top 14 season has been quite phenomenal. Now it seems it could be getting even better with the arrival of someone described as the ‘best centre in the world’ – Mark Gasnier.
The 27-year-old was unveiled to his new fans and team-mates on Monday and [...]

Martin Johnson, Will Greenwood, Lawrence Dallaglio, Jason Robinson, Scott Gibbs, Jonah Lomu and Ieuan Evans to name but a few - what would you give to see these modern rugby legends back on the same pitch?
Twickenham will host the Help for Heroes Challenge match this weekend with the aim of raising £1m to improve facilities [...]

Height: 6′ 1′
Weight: 90kg
Date of Birth: September 19th, 1987
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Golden boy? Great white hope for Irish rugby? These are questions that many pundits are asking when talking about the mercurial Luke Fitzgerald – and frankly, speaking as a completely unbiased Irishman, Fitzgerald has all the attributes to rise to the very top of the [...]

Well, well, well. Week two of the Guinness premiership season and the competition continues to intrigue. The quality of play on show hasn’t quite hit the highs we saw near the end of last season but certain combinations are starting to bed in and it’s all about a constant improvement towards the business end in [...]