'The defence will probably carve some of the plaintiffs to pieces' - Ethienne Reynecke fears concussion lawsuit will turn ugly
Ethienne Reynecke predicted in 2016 that rugby faced the ticking concussion lawsuit timebomb: now it's here he assesses how it wil…
Liam Heagney 20 Dec 2020, 5:27
It's now 13 defeats in a row for Northampton, but Chris Boyd hasn't lost all hope yet
It's August 22 since Northampton last won a match, but Chris Boyd hasn't lost all hope yet in his Saints despite latest defeat at …
Liam Heagney 19 Dec 2020, 14:05
'I don't see Tom Wood as a dirty player necessarily': Leinster react to incident with van der Flier
The main talking point with Leo Cullen in Dublin after Leinster defeated Northampton was Tom Wood's breakdown tackle on Josh van d…
Liam Heagney 19 Dec 2020, 11:31
Northampton lose yet again but the margin wasn't the rout predicted for bonus-earning Leinster
It was always expected Northampton would give second best to Leinster in Dublin but they went down fighting after a very slow star…
Liam Heagney 19 Dec 2020, 10:13
'Neil Best picked up the goldfish out of bowl, put it in his pint and downed it. The fish was never seen again'
Christmas parties were a topic on this week's RugbyPass Offload and Dylan Hartley told an incredible story about high jinx at Nort…
Liam Heagney 19 Dec 2020, 4:54
Andrew Brace brandishes red card just seven minutes into his latest Anglo-French fixture
Referee Andrew Brace was in the eye of an England-France Nations Cup final storm and he was quickly centre of attention again on F…
Liam Heagney 18 Dec 2020, 15:53
Bath, Glasgow and defending champions Exeter all handed 28-0 defeats after round two cancellations
Virus outbreaks have led to EPCR taking draconian action against Bath, Glasgow and Exeter following Champions Cup round two cancel…
Liam Heagney 18 Dec 2020, 13:25
European game at Scarlets is off as Toulon fail to turn up after travelling to Wales
A fourth round two match in the Champions Cup has been called off after Toulon refused to turn up at Scarlets on Friday night.
Liam Heagney 18 Dec 2020, 12:21
'Cipriani was never that good anyway': Ex-England player launches withering attack
Danny Cipriani quit Gloucester on Tuesday and his sudden exit has drawn the ire of one ex-England international in his Telegraph c…
Liam Heagney 18 Dec 2020, 5:50
Cocoa butter, hair dryers, nail filing and John Barclay's bush: Some of rugby's extreme grooming habits
Bizarre grooming was a topic of discussion on RugbyPass Offload, with ex-Scotland back row John Barclay among the players mentione…
Liam Heagney 17 Dec 2020, 14:30
'There has been a lot of upheaval but none of those decisions were made to deliberately get them wrong'
European rugby for Ben Kay meant winning Champions Cup with Leicester, not competing in the second-tier Challenge Cup which the cl…
Liam Heagney 17 Dec 2020, 14:14
Paul Gustard responds to Munster's inflammatory 'late hits' accusation
Munster were fuming on Sunday over alleged deliberate Harlequins tactics: Paul Gustard has now responded to the inflammatory accus…
Liam Heagney 16 Dec 2020, 14:54
'It was a little bit scary' - Paul Deacon on filling the Sale shoes of the texting Steve Diamond
Life after Dimes at Sale wasn't something Paul Deacon thought he would ever have to experience but he has now done a week as caret…
Liam Heagney 16 Dec 2020, 14:02
Premiership turns down BT Sport's £40million-a-year rights bid - reports
The buy-in by CVC into the Premiership was always likely to up the financial ante and BT Sport could be a casualty for the 2021/22…
Liam Heagney 16 Dec 2020, 5:00
'Oh my Bastareaud, have you seen the size of him at No8?'
The Rugby Pod couldn't allow the Champions Cup impact of Mathieu Bastareaud for Lyon last Sunday to pass without discussion.
Liam Heagney 15 Dec 2020, 11:51
Danny Cipriani has left Gloucester with immediate effect, Hastings signing made official
Less than a day after RugbyPass revealed Gloucester would sign Adam Hastings, Danny Cipriani has quit the Premiership club.
Liam Heagney 15 Dec 2020, 9:15
'It was somewhat skill, somewhat fortuitous... Most of the boys were just perplexed with how I managed to make it come off'
Anyone who thinks Exeter are boring better revise that opinion following the worldie of a Premiership try scored by Tom O'Flaherty…
Liam Heagney 06 Dec 2020, 6:23
The 'evidence' from win over Italy that has England convinced there isn't such a thing as a France B team
The France XV for Sunday's Nations Cup final contains 0 starters that defeated Ireland and just 1 starter from the team that beat …
Liam Heagney 05 Dec 2020, 14:37
Ireland player ratings vs Scotland - Autumn Nations Cup
Ireland player ratings: They limped to victory 10 months ago when Scotland visited Dublin but there was no debate in Saturday's re…
Liam Heagney 05 Dec 2020, 12:13
'I've heard rumours of lads doing 20kms in the first two days of their week, that's like ruin-your-knees time'
George Kruis tells RugbyPass All Access how he is settling into life in Japanese club rugby, his leaving of England and his 2021 L…
Liam Heagney 05 Dec 2020, 7:10