Ron is a Harlequins and England fan, from the south coast of England. His passion for sport has led him into journalism.
Northampton Saints broke a few records last night as they secured a spot in the Gallagher PREM playoffs with a 94-33 win over fifth place Bristol Bears. Records broken It was a night for records to be broken. The total of 127 points beat the previous highest of 118, when Richmond beat Bedford 106-12 in […]
A new Sevens tournament is set to launch this September, which is being heralded as rugby’s version of the Hundred. The world’s leading Sevens players have been contracted to play in the Ultimate Sevens Championship. Events in Spain, Wales and France will be followed by a grand final at Brentford’s GTech Community Stadium in west […]
Northampton Saints announced yesterday that they will travel to Sri Lanka in August 2026 to face the Asia Pacific Lions in a groundbreaking international fixture. The current PREM leaders Saints will face the Lions on Friday 28th August at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a venue that holds 10,000 people. Further details […]
Cadan Murley became the joint second highest all-time PREM Try scorer for Harlequins, after his try against Newcastle Red Bulls at the weekend. He joins Mike Brown on 56 tries, but still a long way off the leader, Danny Care on 85. Alex Dombrandt also moved up into fourth on 53 tries, ahead of Ugo […]
Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter thinks that their round 18 game against Saracens could come down to a winner takes all game. “Not gonna run away from it” Baxter was speaking with TNT Sports, after Exeter’s 35-12 win over Bath. The final round of games sees Exeter, currently in fourth and the playoffs, […]
Flanker Joaquin Moro has compared this weekend’s East Midlands Derby between his Leicester Tigers and leaders Northampton Saints to the Superclasico between Boca Juniors and River Plate. The game on Saturday pits third place Tigers looking to close the gap on Leaders Saints, and secure their spot in the playoffs. Three of the Tigers travelled […]
Newcastle Red Bulls are set for a summer of change, as they announced last month that Dan McFarland will become their head coach for next season. McFarland comes in from Japanese title contenders Kobelco Steelers. Calum MacRae will also return to the club as defence coach from Italian side Benetton. So could we be in […]
The Red Roses are looking to extend their unbeaten run to 38 games, and their fifth Grand Slam in a row, as they get set for the last two games of the Women’s Six Nations. Their next two games are against Italy, and then a title decider with France in France. Their last defeat came […]
Outgoing Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt has said that his successor, Les Kiss, will be afforded a lot of influence in squad selection for the upcoming Nations Championship in July. Schmidt will be in charge for the three home games in the Nations Championship against Ireland, France and Italy. The new coach will observe preparations […]
This past weekend, we saw the end of the PREM teams involvement in European rugby, as Bath were knocked out in the Semi-Finals after a 38-26 loss to Bordeaux Bègles, in France. The last time a PREM team won the Champions Cup was in 2019/20 when Exeter Chiefs beat Racing 92 31-27. French Dominance French […]
Former All Blacks head coach Sir Steven Hansen feels that the quality of Super Rugby Pacific is still high, despite losing the South African teams in 2020. The Bulls, Lions, Stormers and Sharks all left to create the United Rugby Championship (URC). That decision has left many who watch SRP ruing the void, and believing […]
London Irish are still exploring possible entries into either the Gallagher PREM or URC, as their planned return to professional rugby continues, as published by CityAM. The club filed for administration in 2023, and were later purchased by the late Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan in 2025. Now the ownership are looking for a […]
