England

Exclusive: Richard de Carpentier - It feels like the only people not supporting us are the RFU

In an exclusive interview with Talking Rugby Union, Richard de Carpentier spoke to TRU's Joe Harvey about recent events surrounding the future of England’s Sevens programme.
11 August 2020

Selection of Saracens players will only be on form - Eddie Jones

England coach Eddie Jones assured that Saracens players will be judged only on form despite them featuring in the second tier Championship competition next season.
11 August 2020

Resumption of grassroots rugby in England gets DCMS approval

The Rugby Football Union has confirmed that the return of grassroots rugby in England has been given an approval by the department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
9 August 2020

Fixtures for postponed Six Nations matches confirmed

The fixtures for the postponed games of the 2020 Six Nations tournament has been unveiled with the matches set to take place at end of October.
5 August 2020

Postponed Six Nations games to be played in October

World Rugby has confirmed that the postponed games of this year's Men's and Women's Six Nations competitions will be conducted in October.
30 July 2020

Exclusive: Phil Burgess - I had prepared myself to leave at this point

Speaking exclusively to Talking Rugby Union, England Sevens player Phil Burgess discusses the situation he and his England teammates find themselves in less than a year from Tokyo 2021.
29 July 2020

Alex Rieder: The RFU has completely neglected the north

On Tuesday, The Rugby Paper revealed that the Yorkshire Carnegie RFU licensed academy was being disbanded.
18 July 2020

Eddie Jones reaffirms his commitment to England as they look to the future

Eddie Jones has always focused on the end goal for England and navigating a path to France 2023 has already had its challenges.
16 July 2020

RFU plans to make 139 jobs redundant after predicting loss of £107m

Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney said the board is planning to cut 139 jobs following the financial crisis created by the pandemic coronavirus.
7 July 2020

Premiership clubs to resume contact training from 6th July

Premiership Rugby clubs are set to begin contact training from next week after the Professional Game Board approved move to stage 2 from 6th July.
4 July 2020

RFU CEO Bill Sweeney: For me, the community game, it is more than a game

In the latest edition of NCA Chats, Bill Sweeney, CEO of the Rugby Football Union, spoke to Joe Harvey and Chris Heal about the community game.
3 July 2020

Geoff Parling, Melbourne Rebels and Super Rugby AU

With Super Rugby returning in Australia on Friday, TRU caught up with Melbourne Rebels' Geoff Parling to discuss life down under and his excitement ahead of this weekend.
2 July 2020

Chris Robshaw on his move to San Diego Legion

After the announcement last week that Harlequins and England stalwart Chris Robshaw would be joining Major League Rugby side San Diego Legion, Joe Harvey spoke to the flanker about his move to California.
22 June 2020

Jacob Ford: Burgess comments are “extremely far-fetched”

In response to recent comments made by Sam Burgess on the House of Rugby Podcast, Jacob Ford feels the criticism fired towards his brother, George, and father, Mike, is “extremely far-fetched.”
10 June 2020

England's Ben Te'o makes rugby league return

England and British & Irish Lions international Ben Te'o has announced his return back to rugby league after he was signed by Brisbane Broncos.
4 June 2020

UK government allows sports to resume from 1st June

The United Kingdom government has given a green signal for the sports to resume from 1st June behind closed doors.
30 May 2020

Daniel Temm on funding cuts, Carnegie and selling cashmere

The last two seasons of Daniel Temm’s rugby life have certainly been unique. From the demise of one of England’s most storied clubs, to funding cuts and a season ended by a disease, he has certainly been kept on his toes.
29 May 2020

TRU Six Pack, Isolation Edition - Leanne Riley, Harlequins/England

Latest to answer our quickfire Isolation Edition questions is Harlequins' and England scrum-half Leanne Riley.
25 May 2020

TRU Six Pack, Isolation Edition - Josh Beaumont, Sale Sharks

Latest to answer our quickfire Isolation Edition questions is Sale Sharks' forward Josh Beaumont.
18 May 2020

Sydney Gregson: Hopefully we can help as much as we can

Sydney Gregson was set to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games this summer, but the England 7s star and her teammates are now turning a negative into a fantastic positive.
18 May 2020