Premiership roundup: Bath and Sale keep playoff hopes alive with victories
Bath fended off bottom side Newcastle 28-17 while Tom O’Flaherty capped Sale’s bonus-point win at Leicester
March 2024
Diamond admits Newcastle Falcons are eager to attract Saudi Arabia investment
The Newcastle director, whose club are bottom of the Premiership and winless in 12 matches, said Saudi Arabia ‘want rugby to be a focus point’
January 2024
Northampton seal Champions Cup progress with nine-try rout of Bayonne
Harlequins storm to top of the Premiership after Bristol stun Sale
December 2023
Ford helps Sale open up four-point lead at top after narrow win over Saracens
Newcastle remain rock bottom after thrashing at Leicester
November 2023
Henry Slade helps Exeter recover to end away drought with win at Newcastle
Henry Slade and Josh Iosefa-Scott scored tries to help Exeter fight back and win 20-14 at Newcastle to end their 13-month wait for an away Premiership victory
Premiership roundup: Theo Dan inspires Saracens to Newcastle rout
Saracens thrashed Newcastle 50-12 as Fin Smith scores 14 points in Northampton’s 34-19 victory against Exeter
World Cup winners on show at Leicester as Pollard and Wiese make returns
Handré Pollard and Jasper Wiese, a pair of world-champion Springboks, return to action for Leicester on Saturday when they host Harlequins at Welford Road
October 2023
Premiership roundup: Exeter inflict record defeat on champions Saracens
Ben Hodge scored three of the Chiefs’ 11 tries in a 65-10 trouncing of Sarries
January 2023
Carreras hat-trick inspires Newcastle to emphatic victory over Leicester
Mateo Carreras scored three of Newcastle Falcons’ six tries in a 45-26 win against Leicester Tigers in the Gallagher Premiership
November 2022
Doddie Weir obituary
Scotland and Lions rugby player who became a campaigner after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease
September 2022
Fighting Worcester thrash Newcastle with league suspension looming
Crisis club Worcester, who could be suspended from the Premiership next week, beat Newcastle 39-5 at Sixways, with Alex Hearle getting the first of their five well-worked tries
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Premiership faces a watershed season when drifting is no longer enough
Financial woes and player welfare concerns abound but rugby union remains a compelling spectacle when everything clicks
Premiership rugby 2022-23: complete club-by-club guide to the season
Exeter need a reboot while champions Leicester may just find it harder going against an intensely competitive Saracens
July 2022
RFU launches investigation after Luther Burrell’s racism in rugby revelations
The Rugby Football Union has launched an investigation after the former England centre Luther Burrell’s revelations last month about racism in rugby union
June 2022
Northampton clinch final playoff spot with 10-try romp over Newcastle
Tommy Freeman scored a hat-trick as Northampton thrashed Newcastle 65-26 to seal fourth place in the Gallagher Premiership
May 2022
Leicester cruise past Newcastle despite Nic Dolly’s serious knee injury
Leicester moved closer to sealing top spot in the Premiership with a 27-5 victory over Newcastle
February 2022
Va’aiga Tuigamala, dual-code rugby legend, dies aged 52
Newcastle’s Dean Richards faces charge over referee comments
