Kpoku bros pose Maro twin threat at Sarries

RISING Saracens star Joel Kpoku has boldly laid out his manifesto for usurping Maro Itoje and forcing his way into England’s reckoning for the 2023 World Cup.

Cooch not on toughie list? It may get nasty!

Jacques Burger? No arguments there. Colin Meads? Wayne Shelford? Bang on. In compiling his “most wanted” list of rugby bruisers in these pages a week ago, the formidably knowledgeable Brendan Gallagher landed some solid blows, so to speak.

Bear cubs can go all the way says Morgan

BRISTOL’S gifted gang of backline proteges are primed to explode on to the international stage, predicts former Wales flyer Kevin Morgan.

Ashton blames blinkered players for sin-bin failure

THE SIN-BIN, rugby’s equivalent of the naughty step, has been around since 1997, to act as a deterrent against foul play.

Abendanon Return Is Hit By The Virus Lockdown

Laporte’s world club idea is not for me says Nick.

Red card on debut wasn't a great start to life in France!

Q&A BEN SMITH ON THE RECORD

Gibbs makes his mark and Lions take series

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

Relegation doesn't diminish the dizzy highs of a decade

Colin Boag continues his series on Super Fans, this week Saracens’ Jason ‘Large’ Harris

Rugby's finest rushed to the front and died heroes with VCs galore

Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union

Jamie the one who must beware bolters this time

2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... HOOKER

I'm glad Eddie's got the job...who else was there?

THERE were not too many alternatives open to the RFU when it came to reappointing Eddie Jones as England coach through to the 2023 World Cup.

Coventry were just half an hour from closure

MY CLUB COVENTRY WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK PETER ROSSBOROUGH

Apprentice Alex ready to run with the big dogs

NORTHAMPTON scrumhalf Alex Mitchell is determined to make the most of his shock Six Nations call-up by continuing to apply pressure on Ben Youngs and Willi Heinz.

End The 50:22 Sideshow And Sort Subs And Scrum

Jeremy Guscott outspoken and unmissable...Every week

Now World Rugby Has To Help Out The Needy

Wales and lions legend

Rugby's Marlon Brando was a wild talent alright

A weekly look at the game’s other talking points

Put differences aside to rebuild the Premiership

The RFU have announced that for the Championship and below, the final league tables will be decided on a best playing record formula, meaning that Newcastle will, surprise, surprise, be promoted back to the Premiership, replacing Saracens.

Now is time to change our pyramid structure

AS EVER just read my TRP cover to cover and now with the RFU having announced how teams this season will be promoted and relegated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, timing is good to consider league structure at Levels 1 to 4.

Marquee players could take bigger hit

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Loyalty of Jackson is a beacon for rugby

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST

Inverdale's demand for grassroots shake-up

JOHN Inverdale has called for a root and branch review of how community rugby operates amid the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis.

Exiles aim to build on Welsh legacy

Steffan Thomas finds out London Welsh have gone back to their roots to mount a recovery

Adam powers up the Quins program

Colin Boag talks to Britain’s strongest man, Harlequins S&C coach Adam Bishop.

Bath Stars In Revolt Over Their Pay-Cuts

Bath players have demanded showdown talks with the club in a bid to overturn a decision to impose a 25 per cent pay cut on them due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Shock and awe as 747 swoops on Ellis Park

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of Rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

We must go down,reprieve would cause bitterness

ALEX Sanderson says Saracens are going through the season from hell, in which the inferno engulfing the club has come in waves, but that they will endure the heat and forge a new destiny.

These RFU pay-cuts should be permanent

THE decision by Eddie Jones to follow Bill Sweeney and the rest of the RFU’s top tier executives in taking a 25 per cent pay cut to his estimated £750,000 annual salary is welcome news.

Rugby tours the world but at home there is North v South open revolt

Brendan Gallagher contiues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union

Lions must be ready, these Boks will only get better

THE 2021 Lions tour of South Africa will be harder to win than the one I was on in 1997 because at five weeks, and eight matches, it is a much shorter tour.

Burke came close but my record still stands!

EVERYONE needs opportunities to get on in life, whether it’s through good luck, good timing or someone else’s misfortune, and I am thankful to the ones that have come my way.