After an injury-ravaged spell in Premiership Academies, Lewis Barratt is now loving life with the University of Nottingham as the team aims to reach BUCS Super Rugby, all whilst balancing his studies and playing in the Championship at the weekends.
Tompkins is back with Saracens in the top flight and TRU’s Joe Harvey spoke to the Wales international about his time away from the club and the new Gallagher Premiership season.
As the season 2021/22 season prepares to get underway, TRU Columnist Charlie Beckett has taken a look at a tournament that has just finished, The Hundred, and what he feels that rugby can learn from the new tournament.
After an atypical return to the Championship for Richmond, there are a number of positives which the club are taking into the new season which begins in September.
The final day of the GK IPA Championship season will be contested without Saracens, but there are still plenty of talking points across Round 11 in the second tier.