Gloucester welcomes Prime Minister to Kingsholm – Reuters/Leon Neal Premiership clubs were running on fumes by the end of January. Almost five months ago, on September 1, more than one senior team had played a friendly match. A massive series, widely referred to as “brutal”, began before the World Cup and consisted of 22 matches… Read More »
Worcester Warriors Women withdraw from PWR in October – Shutterstock/Ashley Crowden When Worcester Warriors Women abruptly withdrew from Premiership Women’s Rugby last October, Stef Evans made a promise to herself. The Canadian forward had a modest contract at Sixways but was no longer ready to play for free when he started trying out for a… Read More »
Former London Irishman Will Joseph now impresses on the European stage with Harlequins – Getty Images/Patrick Khachfe Drawing positives from the 2022/23 Premiership campaign is like groping through a particularly dirty sewer for lost keys. Losing three clubs, albeit under different circumstances, was an indelible and shameful disaster in the history of the sport, plunging… Read More »
Wasps’ Joe Launchbury – David Rogers/Getty Images The Rugby Football Union has told Championship clubs it will not compromise on its vision of promoting a franchise-based Premiership 2, potentially including a revamped Wasps. The tender process for the new second phase, which will start in the 2025-26 season, will end in February, although Championship clubs… Read More »