Premiership Rugby News
Saracens 40-17 ExeterHome side score five tries against Premiership leadersWhen the 2019-20 Premiership fixture list was announced this was meant to be the crunch match of the regular season. What blissfully innocent times those now seem, with salary c…
Leicester 28-24 NorthamptonFly-half scores 20 points to help win east Midlands derbyChris Boyd lashed out at the worst performance of his Northampton tenure as they slumped to a fifth defeat in a row against a Leicester side who clinched a welcome vict…
Wasps 59-35 BristolMalins dazzles as visitors seal crucial bonus pointWhen Saracens players became available for hire following the champions’ relegation, some directors of rugby declined, worried they would be fattening them up for a year for a rival….
Wasps 54-7 LeicesterBarbeary scores hat-trick from unfamiliar blindside flankerMarking a first Premiership start with a hat-trick, not to mention playing out of position, is an astonishing introduction by anyone’s standards but those who have followed …
Exeter 35-22 GloucesterBonus-point win all but seals home play-off semi-finalThe Premiership’s runaway leaders Exeter have effectively booked a home play-off semi-final but an injury to their Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg was a timely reminder nothing…
England captain pays price for high tackle against WaspsHe can play again on 5 October as 10-game ban avoidedOwen Farrell will miss Saracens’ European Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster in Dublin next week after receiving a five-game ban for …
Bristol 47-10 NorthamptonThe Bears move up to second above rivals SaleBristol moved to second in the table after eventually overwhelming under-strength, out-of-form opponents in the final 18 minutes to record their biggest home win in the Premiership. …
Fly-half facing a six-week ban for red card against WaspsAlex Goode or Manu Vunipola lined up to replace him at No 10Saracens are resigned to losing Owen Farrell for their European Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster this month after the Engla…
Leicester 31-40 SaleSharks climb to second with bonus point victoryGeorge Ford knew what to expect with the returning Manu Tuilagi and Rohan Janse van Rensburg blocking out daylight in the midfield with their width. Reality checked in after 25 minutes …
Harlequins 27-41 BathStoop welcomes crowd of 2,700 for pilot eventA live audience, suddenly, is the most precious gift in sport. It would be pushing it to describe the Stoop as a throbbing cauldron awash with passion, but how good it was to see club ru…
Saracens 18-28 WaspsEngland captain sent off for high tackle on Charlie AtkinsonOwen Farrell has always trod a fine line with his tackling technique; now it threatens what is left of Saracens’ season. A red card on the hour for a high tackle on Charlie…
Northampton 19-22 ExeterExeter win for fifth time in a row since restartTen years to the day since Exeter made their Premiership bow and it is a measure of just how far they have come that their march towards a fifth straight final looks unstoppable. A…
Mark Durden-Smith’s and David Flatman’s blend of serious analysis and humour strikes the right note on Channel 5Welcome back to the show. Only 3,500 people, carefully spread out around the Twickenham Stoop, will be allowed in to watch Harlequins play B…
Bath 23-30 WaspsOne of my best-ever Wasps wins, says Joe Launchbury As bonkers Bank Holiday games go this eventful contest was right up there. Injury-marred and error-strewn at times it was ultimately a triumph of never-say-die spirit over the supposed…
London Irish 12-40 SaracensRelegated champions power to bonus-point victoryAs we have seen a number of times across this Bank Holiday weekend, discerning precisely what the point is of mismatches like this can be easier said than done. All things consi…