England

Bath are moving in the 'right direction' with Obano and Spencer

In the lead up to their clash against Wasps, Bath players Ben Spencer and Beno Obano spoke to TRU and other members of the press.
31 August 2020

England players to take 25% paycut

England players have agreed to take a 25 per cent salary cut in their new one-year deal with the Rugby Football Union to make amends for the financial crisis created by the pandemic coronavirus.
31 August 2020

Pat Lam on a 'big week' in the Premiership

Ahead of their midweek clash against Exeter, Pat Lam admits it could be a vital week for Bristol Bears and their top four rivals.
24 August 2020

Exclusive: Dan Norton – 'Finding Ways to Move Forwards'

Top try scorer in sevens history, Dan Norton spoke to TRU's Joe Harvey about recent cuts to England’s Sevens programme.
17 August 2020

Lee Blackett: Wasps will 'predominantly spend time focusing on ourselves'

Preparing for a trip to Northampton on Sunday, Wasps Head Coach Lee Blackett admits the Midlands club will be putting a lot of focus on themselves during Premiership Rugby's restart.
14 August 2020

Exclusive: Sydney Gregson on why her goals haven’t changed

Speaking to TRU, England Sevens player Sydney Gregson tells us why her goals remain the same despite RFU cutting their Sevens programme.
14 August 2020

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