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02/10/2026

Sorry Austin...

Leicester Tigers legend Ben Kay reveals the four greatest to ever do it in the PREM at Welford Road...

Every match of the 2026/27 Gallagher PREM is live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

01/10/2026

Some big names left on the chopping block there, Danny...

Former Quins legend and TNT Sports pundit Danny Care on his four PREM rugby GOATs.

Catch every match of the 2026/27 Gallagher PREM live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

30/09/2026

Meet John Lovell, the man with the greatest collection of rugby programmes in the entire world.

Over 500 programmes from 100 years of the sport, John has turned his Yorkshire home into a museum of the sport.

Gems include a match day programme from the 1995 Rugby World Cup final and the infamous 1973 Barbarians v New Zealand game. Then there was the time he blagged his way into the 1991 World Cup final...

Read his fascinating story in Issue 328 of Rugby World.

29/09/2026

🎥 Behind the scenes with this month’s cover star, Jac Morgan.

27/09/2026

KRUM KRUM KRUM KRUM KRUM.

The Sharks have had four different head coaches since the advent of the URC in 2021, while a swathe of high-profile play...
25/09/2026

The Sharks have had four different head coaches since the advent of the URC in 2021, while a swathe of high-profile players have come and gone. For all their resources, they have progressed to the semi-finals on just one occasion.

Blame for last term’s tenth-place finish doesn’t lie at JP Pietersen’s door, given that the ex-Springbok wing replaced John Plumtree in mid-campaign. Naturally, more will be expected of Sharks this season.

It will be interesting to see how they go about their business. If they win the Challenge Cup, they will qualify for the 2027-28 Champions Cup regardless of where they finish in the URC – and the Sharks have experience of this scenario having won the Challenge Cup in 2024.

25/09/2026

It’s called a clutch kick for a reason.

It took until June for Sale to clinch their spot in the Champions Cup, seventh place their lowest position for seven yea...
25/09/2026

It took until June for Sale to clinch their spot in the Champions Cup, seventh place their lowest position for seven years. We had predicted they’d reach the final!

Among several grisly defeats on the road, a second-half collapse at Newcastle – having led 35-10 at half-time – took the biscuit. It left DoR Alex Sanderson speechless with anger and frustration.

Sanderson called the campaign “a year of transition” and that’s shown by a clearout of 15 players and some eye-catching signings. Courtney Lawes is the biggest of those, but there’s also a trio of Wales forwards, exciting Kiwi and South African talent and some Fijian brio. It will be strange to see a Sale side without any of the du Preez brothers.

“It’s been a year that I know we’ll be better for going forward,” says Sanderson. He’s worked his magic before and can do so again.

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