rugby union

An incident in a recent Gallagher Premiership game between Wasps and Leicester has stirred the passions of players, pundits and fans. Just before half-time in the match, Leicester’s Will Spencer’s high tackle saw his arm connect with the head of Wasps’ Tommy Taylor, earning Spencer a red card. This...

UoN’s Men’s and Women’s Rugby Union sides endured a mixed day at this year’s Varsity event on a hot Monday afternoon in Lady Bay. The Men’s side were outclassed by the counterparts from Nottingham Trent in the first game, going down 55-26 before the women’s team took the Green...

The fixtures for 2018’s Nottingham Varsity Series have been confirmed, and the University of Nottingham will begin the defence of their 2017 crown on home turf, as the city rivalry with Nottingham Trent University gets underway with Super Wednesday at DRSV (David Ross Sports Village) on the 25th April....

With time ticking down until the start of this year’s Six Nations Championship, the discussions over who will take home the title in 2018 are in full swing. Having lost just once during the tenure of Eddie Jones, the target will be firmly on England’s back. But some poor...

The University of Nottingham (UoN) sit third in the British and Universities Sport (BUCS) league over the winter break with a total score of 2611.5, less than 100 points behind Durham in second place. Loughborough and Durham, last season’s top two, currently occupy the top two positions, despite a...

As mist descended on south west London on Saturday evening, Eddie Jones and his coaching staff would have sipped their post series beer with a tinge of disappointment. Despite three comfortable victories on the scoreboard, England’s displays at Twickenham this autumn were largely error strewn, having only truly broken off the rust...

Is rugby safe? It’s an endless argument. But debates aside for now, the fact is the amount of injuries we have seen in professional rugby alone in recent years has been staggering; and these are the elite, super-fit men and women who live breath and eat in order to...