Falkirk’s journey from League 1 to Premiership in two seasons
After five years of rage and ridicule, the Bairns could be forgiven for making the most of their Championship opener on a Friday night back…
Irish Premiership: Winning league ‘ultimate goal’ for Higgins
New Coleraine manager Ruaidhri Higgins says winning the Irish Premiership is the "ultimate goal" for the ambitious top flight club but progress must be made…
Premiership Rugby revamp could be done by next season – Sweeney
"Part of that will be a model whereby you qualify for an expansion league in the Premiership, but based on criteria around financial sustainability, fanbase…
Premiership: Gloucester 79-17 Exeter: Hosts break club record by thrashing Chiefs
Exeter, who had been buoyed by a narrow loss at league leaders Bath last week, were a shadow of that side as the hosts cut…
Premiership: Sale 25-7 Saracens: Sharks move up to second in table
Sale made a blistering start and took the lead in the second minute when Ford burst through before passing to Reed, who set up Ma'asi-White…
Premiership: Newcastle 34-35 Northampton: Saints hold-off Newcastle comeback for narrow win
Newcastle: Obatoyinbo, Hearle, Doherty, Clark, Stevenson, Connon, Stuart; Brocklebank, Blamire, McCallum, Hawkins, de Chaves, Lockwood, Neild, Chick (c)Replacements: Fletcher, Rewcastle, Palframan, Baker, Leatherbarrow, Pepper, Arnold,…
Irish Premiership: Cliftonville takeover by Toronto Investment Group moves step closer
Cliftonville club members have voted to accept a takeover proposal from the Toronto Investment Group at an extraordinary general meeting on Wednesday night.A club statement…
High-scoring games bringing new fans to Premiership, say club bosses
High-scoring, high-entertainment running rugby is just what the Premiership "needs", according to Gloucester and Bristol after they shared 81 points and 13 tries at Kingsholm…
Premiership: Sale 27-24 Northampton Saints: Sharks go fourth with bonus-point win
Sale: Carpenter, Roebuck, R du Preez (c), Bedlow, O'Flaherty; Ford, Warr; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, Bamber, Hill, Van Rhyn, T Curry, JL du Preez.Sin-bin: Ford (36).Replacements:…
Premiership: Saracens 12-23 Harlequins – Jamie Benson inspires Quins comeback
Saracens: Daly; Elliott, Lozowski, Tompkins, Segun; Burke, Van Zyl; Mawi, George, Riccioni, Itoje (capt), Tizard, McFarland, Gonzalez, Willis.Replacements: Dan, Brantingham, Clarey, Isiekwe, Onyeama-Christie, Michelow, Simpson,…
Premiership: Newcastle 15-39 Sale: Sharks romp to bonus-point win
Newcastle: Obatoyinbo; Spencer, Arnold, Clark, Hearle; Connon, Stuart; Brocklebank, Blamire, McCallum, van der Walt, McDonald, Lockwood, Neild, Chick (capt).Replacements: Fletcher, Rewcastle, Palframan, de Chaves, Leatherbarrow,…
Premiership Women’s Rugby final: Gloucester Hartpury 34-19 Saracens
Gloucester-Hartpury: Sing; Venner, H Jones, Heard, Hendy; George, Hunt; Perry, N Jones, Muir, Beckett, Aldcroft, Williams, Lewis, Matthews.Replacements: Boag, Carson, Buggy, Else, Brock, Davies, Green,…
Premiership Women’s Rugby final: Gloucester-Hartpury and Saracens eye history
Gloucester-Hartpury have named an unchanged starting XV for the Premiership Women's Rugby final against Saracens as they look to win a record third-straight title on…
Rosie Galligan: Saracens ‘family’ will fight for Premiership Women’s Rugby triumph, says England lock
Dressing room politics aside, this final is drenched in history for one side.Record-breaking is something Saracens have a long tradition of, with some of the…
Irish Premiership: Carrick Rangers stun Larne as Glentoran and Glenavon win
Glenavon's revival under Paddy McLaughlin continues as they leapfrog Ballymena United into ninth place thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win over Loughgall at Lakeview Park.The…
Irish Premiership: Blues win to move 15 points clear as Oval game abandoned
Crusaders ended a three-game losing streak with a hard-earned triumph at Coleraine, their third league success over the Bannsiders this season.Blaney headed the visitors in…
Premiership Women’s Rugby: Gloucester-Hartpury beat Loughborough Lightning to go top
Gloucester-Hartpury moved top of the Premiership Women's Rugby table with a 36-19 win against Loughborough Lightning, as Saracens thrashed Leicester Tigers 100-0.Sisilia Tuipulotu's try gave…
Irish Premiership: Ballymena United v Glentoran postponed due to frozen pitch
Saturday's Irish Premiership fixture between Ballymena United and Glentoran at the Showgrounds has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.The game was called off on…
Premiership Women’s Rugby: Ilona Maher debut as six-try Gloucester-Hartpury dominate Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears: J. Joyce-Butchers, Bonner, Keight, Murray, David; Aitchison, Lewis; Botterman, Atkin-Davies, Bern, Cunningham, Ward (c), A. Joyce-Butchers, Gallagher, Marston-Mulhearn.Replacements: 16. Jess Sprague, 17. Simi…
Premiership: Gloucester 36-20 Sale – Cherry and Whites beat Sharks
Gloucester: Carreras; Llewellyn, Harris, S. Atkinson, Hathaway; Anscombe, Williams; Vivas, Singleton, Gotovtsev, F. Thomas, Clark, Clement, Ludlow (c), Ackermann.Replacements: Blake, Rapava-Ruskin, Knight, Clarke, Tuisue, Englefield,…