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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: The dull, jeopardy-free PREM has played with fire by scrapping relegation. Here’s the proof that it’s already hurting our clubs – and what the league must do before it’s too late
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Scrapping relegation was all about the league's balance sheet. In doing so, it…
ELLIS GENGE: Scrapping PREM relegation was wrong – I’ve been in those battles… it was f***ing class! When we stayed up it was like we’d won the league
The PREM has officially scrapped relegation as part of its franchising model. New investment is coming…
PREM Rugby transfers:
The sorry decline of Moana Pasifika has put European clubs on red alert, after the New…
How do you stop a 21st powerhouse prop? Northampton’s plans to take down Bath battering ram Thomas du Toit – using iso-drills, dominoes and two Springbok scrum geniuses of their own
How do you stop a scrummaging force like Thomas du Toit? That is the question Northampton…
Courtney Lawes, 37, quits France to return to England – with move to future club set to be confirmed this week
The 37-year-old forward and former national captain, won 105 caps for his country and five with…
Seven-phase limit, set-piece punishment and harnessing the grumpy crowds: The blueprint for Bristol and Leicester to pull off rugby’s Mission Impossible – winning in France
ALEX BYWATER: You have to go back to the first Covid lockdown to break the French…
‘It took me five years to enjoy rugby again… this has been like a second coming’: Wales hero RHYS CARRE on THAT try, partying with Prince William, T-shirts with his face on and why he’s desperate to repay Saracens’ faith
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: Rhys Carre, Wales' 21st redhead prop, became an overnight cult hero…
COURTNEY LAWES INTERVIEW: England players coming through now have never experienced the adversity I did… a lot of them need a kick up the backside
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY ALEX BYWATER: Among the hundreds of tattoos on Courtney Lawes' body, the one…
Steve Borthwick is fighting for his job and England need a contingency plan: These are the four leading contenders if RFU need to act ahead of World Cup, the surprise left-field names and why there’s a shortage of top-class English coaches
Steve Borthwick is fighting to save his job. Insiders at the RFU insist there will be…
JASON ROBINSON: I’d be furious if I was in this England team – I’d ignore their game plan and play my own way. This Six Nations has been disastrous and we’re going backwards
Robinson labelled the current campaign 'disastrous' and urged his former team-mate and England head coach Borthwick…
Italy 23-18 England – PLAYER RATINGS: Which star delivered ANOTHER lacklustre display? Who offered ‘nothing’ in attack? And who had a milestone game to forget?
England's Six Nations campaign hit an all-time low as Italy sealed a famous victory over Steve…
‘Change would be the worst idea anyone’s ever had’: The reasons why Steve Borthwick isn’t going anywhere, the reinforcements coming England’s way for the World Cup and why Eddie Jones believes Six Nations struggles are a blessing in disguise
There are calls for an end to Steve Borthwick's tenure. But even if England join Rome's…
Why Wales insiders are ‘excited’ about the future: The two teenage tyros set to break through, a strapping Gloucester flanker eyeing the World Cup, the 19-year-old 6ft 8in lock and a new joined-up approach
Cause for cheer in Welsh rugby has been in short supply and it's likely Ireland will…
PREM Rugby transfers: Leicester in for Mako Vunipola after shock Courtney Lawes approach, Saracens poach Bath cult hero, latest on new Harlequins and Gloucester head coaches and why Newcastle are ready to reel in world-class star
Former England stars are dotted around France, where contract renewals take place late in the season…
Revealed: Why there will be NO Premier League or Championship football over Easter weekend next season
EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: There will be NO Premier League or Championship football next Easter, Daily Mail…
Tottenham consider action against Arsenal-supporting scout who joked about not wanting badge to touch his skin
MIKE KEEGAN: Tottenham have been left 'deeply unimpressed' with a new, Arsenal-supporting academy scout after he joked…
Sussex’s financial hell unpacked: The impossible ‘balancing act’, why club insiders are fuming and fears over a player exodus… but why there’s hope that ‘magic can happen’ and the plan to boost the coffers
Drizzly Hove in February does not immediately feel like ground zero for one of English cricket's…
Former Newcastle star, 36, reveals he has a cocaine addiction and his marriage is over in heartbreaking admission
The peak of his career came when he was part of the Dutch side that reached…
Predictor review: Find out how our experts fared in gameweek 24 with £1,000 up for grabs each week
How did you get on against our experts in Daily Mail Sport's Predictor challenge in gameweek…
US track star cruelly denied national title and $20k prize due to astonishing error by officials makes desperate plea
The 34-year-old was poised to win the 2026 U.S. Half Marathon Championships in Atlanta on Sunday…
Everton, Tottenham and West Ham are all struggling at new stadiums – these are the crippling problems causing it, the subtle changes teams overlook when moving, why ‘other teams come here and enjoy it’… and how they can fix it
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton's new home on the banks of the River Mersey, is a spectacular…