Simon Thomas is a journalist for The Rugby Paper and has been covering Welsh rugby for some 35 years. He had spells working ...

What a great game last weekend’s Champions Cup final turned out to be with both of the finalists, Northampton and Bordeaux ...

George Skivington believes the tighter finances in the Premiership will lead to more one-club players having reduced the ...

Alex Dombrandt would relish the chance to play alongside his team-mates in an all-Harlequins England back row this summer.

Joe Carpenter has watched on patiently as his mates have excelled for England – now he wants a piece of the action for ...

Double act: Bordeaux flyers Damian Penaud, left, and Louis Bielle-Biarrey Pictures: Getty Images ...

Reuben Morgan-Williams says the competition with fellow Ospreys scrum-half Kieran Hardy has driven the two of them on – a ...

The Premiership/ RFU’s stampede for money, and the pitfalls that come with it, is reflected in the franchise fix proposed by ...

Gloucester star Chris Harris will make the move to rivals Bath next season as medical dispensation for Ollie Lawrence, who ...

OWEN Farrell could be on his way back to Saracens after director of rugby Mark McCall confirmed the club has held talks with ...

Robinson 6, 70; Wilkinson 17, 45 Conversions: Barker 7, 18, 46 Bedford ............29pts Tries: Jack 3, Frost 27, Lennon 30, ...

Northampton boss Phil Dowson was left to reflect on an eighth-placed finish in the Premiership. He said: “We wanted to make a ...