In this issue

May 21, 2023

Baron calls for PGA deal to be scrapped

‘RFU can’t afford to pay Prem clubs anything’

4 mins

O'Gara breaks Leinster hearts

My lads showed serious resolve, says O’Gara

1 min

Curry's determined to do it for the fans

TOM Curry hopes to inspire the next generation of Northern rugby fans by taking the Premiership trophy back home to Sale.

2 mins

Sarries keen to do it for loyal Jackson

SARACENS are set on giving Jackson Wray a winning send-off as his 14 years at the club come to an end by winning their sixth Premiership title at Sale’s expense next weekend.

2 mins

Clock is ticking as Irish eye takeover

LONDON Irish have nine days to prove they have the funds to keep their place in the Premiership next season – or risk joining Wasps at the bottom of the English league pyramid.

2 mins

Sharks can give favourites a fright

ALEX Sanderson is quality, and that is why he has managed to take Sale to their first Premiership final for 17 years.

4 mins

Colombe try leaves the Aviva stunned

LA ROCHELLE retained the Champions Cup after staging the greatest final comeback in the tournament’s history.

3 mins

Superstar Parisse signs off in style

SERGIO Parisse got the send off he deserved as Toulon ended their Challenge Cup final curse by thrashing Glasgow at the Aviva Stadium.

2 mins

Falcons set for freshen up after turbulent time

NEWCASTLE finished bottom of the Premiership after heavy defeats in their last three matches, but they are confident of avoiding the drop next season if relegation is reintroduced.

2 mins

GB sevens players pondered boycott

SEVERAL Great Britain Sevens players thought about refusing to participate in this weekend’s London leg of the World Series due to being treated ‘as a second thought’ by the home nations and a lack of clarity over contracts that expire next month.

4 mins

Moneybags Racing keen to sign Smith

RACING 92 are serious about tempting Marcus Smith to quit south-west London for a move to the French capital when his contract runs out at the end of next season.

1 min

Prop Sarah is revelling in her turn in the spotlight

SARAH Bern has gone from having the lights turned out on her training sessions to sharing the same facilities as the men at Bristol Bears, and earlier this month played in front of a world record crowd of 58,498.

2 mins

When it's your time to go, you just know

WELL, I didn’t see any of that coming! Two retirements within an hour of each other on a Friday afternoon is unusual to say the least. Given it involved two of the most iconic players of the professional era in Welsh rugby made it even more stunning. It left me baffled, bemused and wondering what the hell was going on.

4 mins

Being a one-club means so much to me man

MY LIFE IN RUGBY ALEX TAIT THE FORMER NEWCASTLE & ENGLAND U20 FULL-BACK/WINGER

5 mins

Dallaglio's turned into Nostradamus

OF THE 12 clubs to have won European rugby’s supreme prize, only one dared to do so from an antiquated pavilion built by The Gas Light & Coke Company a century ago.

3 mins

Bentley's late score seals it for Lancashire

FLANKER Tane Bentley side-stepped two defenders and sprinted over to score and send Lancashire to Twickenham by the tiniest of margins.

2 mins

Sharks deserve far more recognition

RUGBY has its favourites and we in the media are as guilty as any of promoting them above others but I’ve always been amazed that the Sale championship-winning team of 2006 is not more lauded. Sale that year defeated a very strong Leicester side 4520 in the final and in so doing became the first team to ever top the regular season league table and win the play-offs.

3 mins

If Sale win it could be a real game-changer

SALE Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson was close to tears after last week's semi-final win against Leicester. Not because of the win, but the difference it could make to the north of England Rugby Union.

4 mins

Galthie's message of hope to top 100

TOP 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out this weekend as they worked through the permutations of the current campaign.

4 mins

Chiefs bounce back to tame Hurricanes

Super Rugby Pacific round-up

3 mins

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