i Newspaper
 
TheIPaper
The Independent around the web
E-break Time
Independent Crossword
Quins captain Chris Robshaw: 'To find ourselves in a Premiership final... it's what we dreamt of when we started out'

Quins flourish by playing the generation game

London club hope home-grown talent will graduate with honours against Leicester

Leinster triumph over Ulster in all Irish Heineken Cup final

Leinster 42 Ulster 14

Stuart Lancaster addresses the media at Pennyhill Park yesterday

Lancaster looks into Flood warnings

Coach investigates Tigers fly-half's fitness and calls in outsiders for England squad to face Barbarians

Having a ball: Manu Tuilagi secures possession for Leicester against Saracens

Ford comes of age as Tigers tame Saracens

Leicester Tigers 24 Saracens 15: Farrell's five penalties not enough for champions to keep their grasp on title

Leicester prop Dan Cole is enjoying a purple patch

Weekend preview: Flood, form and Cole fire favour red-hot Tigers

With or without Venter's support on the sidelines, Saracens will find their title hard to hold on to

Saracens captain Steve Borthwick

History on Saracens' side ahead of Premiership play-offs

Saracens will face one of the toughest tasks in English rugby tomorrow - but recent history suggests it is not one they should fear.

<b>England rugby team in black</b><br/>
The England rugby team opted for black away shirts at last year's World Cup. Black shirts are synonymous with New Zealand, and the decision, again for marketing reasons, was seen as disrespectful to the hosts of the tournament.

Chris Hewett: England look to a Springbok Experience

The parallels are freakish: England will travel to South Africa in June for a five-match tour during which they will attempt to lay solid foundations for an assault on the world title a little over three years hence – just as they did in 2000. And we all know what happened then. As every coach involved in that previous trip, from Sir Clive Woodward and Andy Robinson to Brian Ashton and Phil Larder, has subsequently asserted, it was the Springbok Experience that made it all possible.

Puma power: Horacio Agulla is the best winger I've played against in a long time but he's not particularly fast, or massive, and he doesn't score many tries
James Scaysbrook

Exeter flanker James Scaysbrook among shortlist for Aviva Premiership player of the year

Exeter's success has been recognised with flanker James Scaysbrook shortlisted for the Aviva Premiership player of the year award and boss Rob Baxter nominated in the QBE director of rugby category.

Harlequins' Nick Evans will have his work cut out against Leicester's Toby Flood today
Tom Youngs could gain valuable experience by going South Africa

Untested Youngs could join brother on England's tour

Leicester's rookie hooker Tom Youngs could make his England debut before starting an Aviva Premiership match for his club after being pencilled in for the summer tour of South Africa.

Heavy duty: Census Johnston of Toulouse may be a nutritionist's nightmare but the Samoan is also the top tighthead prop at Europe's biggest club

David Flatman: Performance is required, not a generation of gym junkies

Your hunger and passion will only see you through the opening exchanges

BEN YOUNGS: The scrum-half appeared to drop his right knee on the prone body of Jamie Gibson

Ben Youngs suspended by RFU, but won't miss a Leicester game

Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs has been suspended for a week by a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing after pleading guilty to striking London Irish forward Jamie Gibson with his knee.

Career Services

Day In a Page

David Rodigan: An MBE for reggae

David Rodigan on an MBE for reggae

The DJ from Oxfordshire and his obsession with the sound of Jamaica which is shared by Prince Charles
An artist who maps the human body

Mapping the human body

Angela Palmer: Life Lines picture preview
Crossrail: Celebrating 60 years in transport

Jubilant Crossrail

Celebrating 60 years in transport
Grace Dent: If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?

Grace Dent

If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?
Ireland's austerity D-Day: How much pain can it take?

Ireland's austerity D-Day: How much pain can it take?

After years of savage cuts, the Irish now face a stark choice: do they hand over control of their economy to Europe – or go it alone without the safety net of future bailouts?
Is doctors' fixation on treatment making us ill?

Is doctors' fixation on treatment making us ill?

Advances in medicine have made the impossible, possible. But an over-reliance on healthcare threatens to bankrupt the world – and make all of us sick
The most complained-about advertisements of all time

The most complained-about advertisements of all time

The ASA has received 430,000 complaints during its existence, with a record 31,548 in 2011
Olympians: They're fit and don't we just know it

Olympians: They're fit and don't we just know it

From Tom Daley's six-pack to scantily clad volleyball players, Olympic athletes are being sold on their sex appeal. Why can't we appreciate talent, not totty?
Return of the unacceptable face of capitalism?

Return of the unacceptable face of capitalism?

Sir Richard Needham's resignation from the board of Lonrho brings back bad memories of the group's controversial past
Off the rails in Bermuda

Off the rails in Bermuda

Best known for beaches, it's also home to a stunning hiking trail that follows the route of an old railway line
Get ready for a royal good time

Get ready for a royal good time

There are plenty of events to help you fly the flag during the Diamond Jubilee long weekend and half term
Spain: World football's marathon men

Marathon men: Are Spain running out of puff?

They have every right to be exhausted after four taxing years of almost non-stop action but the chance to claim a unique treble is spurring them on
Usain Bolt: The Bolt show runs on

Usain Bolt: The Bolt show runs on

Friday's 'slow' 100m has done nothing to dent Jamaican's supreme confidence he will triumph in London
The weirdest and most wonderful Diamond Jubilee memorabilia

Weird and wonderful Jubilee memorabilia

Coronation Chicken ice cream and Jubilee jelly moulds
'I may be deaf, but you can still talk to me'

'I may be deaf, but you can still talk to me'

Being a teenager is hard enough – for those with hearing loss, it can be even more complicated