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Fierce rivals Bath and Bristol will play off at The Rec on Friday as the Bears look to become the first West Country side to win the Premiership. Bath had long qualified for the knock-out stage but the Bears, despite bei...

Alex Dombrandt would relish the chance to play alongside his team-mates in an all-Harlequins England back row this summer. The post Alex Dombrandt hoping for Harlequins link appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Owen Farrell looks set for a return to the Premiership after expressing a wish to leave Racing 92 one year into his contract. Former England skipper Farrell joined Racing last summer on a two-year deal. Injuries have bli...

Gloucester star Chris Harris will make the move to rivals Bath next season as medical dispensation for Ollie Lawrence, who suffered a ruptured Achilles during the Six Nations. The Scotland and British and Irish Lions cen...

George Skivington believes the tighter finances in the Premiership will lead to more one-club players having reduced the threat of poaching. The post George Skivington backing for more one-club players appeared first on ...

Reuben Morgan-Williams says the competition with fellow Ospreys scrum-half Kieran Hardy has driven the two of them on - a fact demonstrated by both being selected for Wales' tour of Japan. The post Rivalry with Kieran Ha...

Alex Sanderson claims it would be a "travesty" if George Ford fails to experience what it feels like to be a Lion. The Sale boss feels Ford would go down as one of the unluckiest players never to go on tour with the Brit...

■By BEN JAYCOCK HARD-HITTING England Students captain Lucas Dorrell is following in the footsteps of his father, Dean, and hopes to break into the fold at Exeter Chiefs next season. Former Saracens, Rosslyn Park and En...

AJ MacGinty has predicted there will be fireworks when Bath and Bristol meet in the play off at The Rec. Neither of the West Country rivals has won the Premiership and the Bears have yet to make the final. "A game agains...

Saracens .......................... 36pts Tries: Segun 9, George 19, 47; Daly 30, Dan 53, Burke 59 Conversions: Burke 20, 31, 60 Bath .................................... 26pts Tries: Green 5, Offiah 64, Tuipulotu 72, He...

■By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........................41pts Tries: Cotgreave 4, 24, 50; Wade 30, 79; Williams 32, Atkinson 53 Conversions: Carreras 4, 50, 53 Northampton ................... 26pts Tries: Pearson 7, Litch...

A Tour Years in the Making This article is adapted and extracted from the new edition of The British & Irish Lions: The Official History by Clem Thomas, Greg Thomas and Rob Cole When the 1989 party arrived in Perth they ...

Rob Baxter was 'disappointed' that his side could not quite overcome Sale in their final game of the season. After a season of woe at Sandy Park, the shoots of recovery have been there in recent weeks and Baxter watched ...

Ruaridh McConnochie believes there are some rich pickings to be had for clubs following the RFU's decision to disband the full-time GB 7s programme. GBs players were recently hit with the bombshell that season-long contr...

Mike Friday, the ex-England, Kenya and USA Sevens, coach has called World Rugby "shameful, unprofessional and Machiavellian" after the global governing body overhauled the World Sevens Series. It was confirmed that a thr...

Tobias Elliott is delighted to find himself on England's radar ahead of an action-packed summer. The 21-year-old Saracens wing has enjoyed a breakthrough season for his club, scoring nine tries in all competitions and pr...

Joe Carpenter has watched on patiently as his mates have excelled for England - now he wants a piece of the action for himself. The post Joe Carpenter's keen to join his England pals appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

ROB SAUNDERS, THE FORMER LONDON IRISH, ULSTER & IRELAND SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST. 1. Jason Leonard - His international record needs no introduction. Spanned the amateur and profession...

It's very rare that two players dominate as international scrum-halves for as long as Ben Youngs and Danny Care have for England. Both centurions announced their retirements from the club game over the last couple of wee...

Bristol Bears ................... 52pts Tries: Kloska 2, Batley 5, Ravouvou 19, Mata 24, Ibitoye 46, 64; Grondona 57, van Rensburg 68 Conversions: MacGinty 3, 6, 25, 58, 65, 69 Harlequins ....................... 26pts Tr...

Northampton boss Phil Dowson was left to reflect on an eighth-placed finish in the Premiership. He said: "We wanted to make a decent defence of our title but it wasn't to be and it has been frustrating. "We found it hard...

Exeter Chiefs .................. 26pts Tries: Brown-Bampoe 19, Hodge 49, Haydon-Wood 57, Capstick 77 Conversions: Hodge 50, 58, 78 Sale Sharks ......................30pts Tries: Ma'asi-White 25, Rodd 33, Cowan-Dickie 69 ...