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/ 2 years agoRapava-Ruskin signs Gloucester extension
NEWS EXTRA LOOSEHEAD Val Rapava-Ruskin has signed a contract extension at Gloucester. The 30-year-old has made 99 appearances for the Cherry...
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/ 2 years agoAtonio banned for high hit on Herring
NEWS EXTRA FRANCE prop Uini Atonio has been banned for three games following his citing for foul play during last Saturday’s...
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/ 2 years agoWigglesworth set for England as Cockerill’s departure confirmed
NEWS EXTRA RICHARD Cockerill will leave his role as England forwards coach after the Six Nations, as revealed last week on...
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/ 2 years agoSaints lock Ribbans set to join Toulon
NEWS EXTRA DAVID Ribbans will leave Northampton at the end of the season to join Toulon on a three-year deal. The...
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/ 2 years agoWasps Women forced to go crowd-funding
NEWS EXTRA WASPS Women are crowd-funding in order to afford travel and accommodation for upcoming Premier 15s fixtures. The company supporting...
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/ 2 years agoThree-year deal for Falcons flier Radwan
NEWS EXTRA WINGER Adam Radwan has signed a three-year contract extension with Newcastle. Radwan, 25, has scored 46 tries in 86...
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/ 2 years agoAll Black half-backs will head to Far East
NEWS EXTRA AARON Smith and Beauden Barrett are the latest New Zealand players to confirm they will play club rugby in...
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/ 2 years agoLeicester bring Brown out of the wilderness
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER have signed former England full-back Mike Brown on a shortterm deal, initially as cover during the Six Nations....
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/ 2 years agoCokanasiga commits long-term at The Rec
NEWS EXTRA JOE Cokanasiga has signing a long-term contract to stay at Bath. Cokanasiga, 25, who has 14 England caps, joins...
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/ 2 years agoLewies available for Harlequins ‘Big Match’
NEWS EXTRA HARLEQUINS lock and club captain Stephan Lewies has received a two-week ban for his red card in last weekend’s...
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/ 2 years agoHodge extends his stay at Sandy Park
NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs full-back Josh Hodge has signed a new long-term contract with the Premiership club. The 22-year-old has scored...
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/ 2 years agoItaly great Parisse to call time this summer
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Italy captain Sergio Parisse will retire at the end of the season. The 39-year-old previously announced he would...
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/ 2 years agoGiteau: I’ve milked the contracts dry
NEWS EXTRA MATT Giteau, 40, has announced his retirement, saying he’s “milked this game and the contracts dry” having played in...
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/ 2 years agoEwers’ move to Ulster from Exeter confirmed
NEWS EXTRA DAVE Ewers’ move to Ulster at the end of the season was confirmed this week, as revealed last week...
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/ 2 years agoMore former Wasps secure their futures
NEWS EXTRA HARLEQUINS have signed Will Porter for next season. The former Wasps scrumhalf, 24, has recently been on a shortterm...
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/ 2 years agoBotha leaves Ampthill to join Ford’s Belgium
NEWS EXTRA BELGIUM have appointed Mike Ford as head coach, with Mouritz Botha joining as forwards and lineout coach. Former England...
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/ 2 years agoWorcester women to split from men’s side
NEWS EXTRA WORCESTER Warriors women are set to officially separate from the men’s team after acquiring independent funding that would cover...
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/ 2 years agoBristol deducted points for selecting Stooke
NEWS EXTRA BRISTOL have been deducted five points and handed a suspended €10,000 fine by EPCR for selecting an ineligible player...
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/ 2 years agoScotland full-back McLean suspended
NEWS EXTRA GLASGOW Warriors have suspended Scotland full-back Rufus McLean after he pleaded guilty to domestic abuse charges. McLean, 22, who...
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/ 2 years agoGleeson’s England departure confirmed
THE RFU has confirmed that Martin Gleeson will leave his role as attack coach. Nick Evans was appointed attack coach earlier...
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/ 2 years agoBack row Willis signs deal to join Saracens
SARACENS have agreed a deal to sign former Wasps back row Tom Willis from the start of next season. The 23-year-old...
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/ 2 years agoFormer Glasgow boss Wilson gets Quins job
DANNY Wilson will join Harlequins next season as lineout and contact coach. Wilson has coached Cardiff, Wales U20s, Scotland forwards, and...
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/ 2 years agoEx-Wasp Odendaal agrees Saints switch
NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed South African centre Burger Odendaal ahead of next season. The 29-year-old former Bulls skipper joined Wasps...
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/ 2 years ago1959 Lions full-back Scotland dies aged 86
KEN Scotland, the former Scotland and Lions full-back, has died aged 86. He made his Scotland debut against France in the...
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/ 2 years agoMeadows take reins of Women’s U20s
LOU Meadows has been appointed the new head coach of England women’s U20s team. Meadows re-joins England from Ealing Trailfinders, where...
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/ 2 years agoHastings ruled out of Scotland’s Six Nations
NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND fly-half Adam Hastings will miss the Six Nations with a shoulder injury. The 26-year-old requires surgery after sustaining...
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/ 2 years agoKolisi to quit Sharks for long stay in Paris
NEWS EXTRA SOUTH Africa captain Siya Kolisi will join Racing 92 on a multi-year deal after the World Cup in October....
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/ 2 years agoWolstenholme takes Wigglesworth’s place
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wasps scrum-half Sam Wolstenholme has signed for Leicester on a short-term contract. Wolstenholme will take interim Leicester head...
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/ 2 years agoIrish bring in Aussie tyro centre Poolman
NEWS EXTRA LONDON Irish have signed Australian centre Eddie Poolman from Sydney University. Poolman, 23, has represented the university for the...
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/ 2 years agoFalcons swoop for rising Argentina star Rubiolo
NEWS EXTRA NEWCASTLE have signed Argentina international Pedro Rubiolo on a twoand-a-half-year-deal. Rubiolo, who can play lock or flanker, made his...
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/ 2 years agoUmaga takes reins at Hull after Pearce exit
NEWS EXTRA HULL RUFC have appointed a new coaching team led by Mike Umaga after coach Gary Pearce stepped down after...
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/ 2 years agoWales centre Allen, 29, calls time
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wales centre Cory Allen has retired from professional rugby at the age of 29 because of injury. Allen,...
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/ 2 years agoEngland pair commit futures to Saracens
JAMIE George and Elliot Daly have signed new contracts at Saracens. England hooker George, 32, has made 263 appearances since making...
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/ 2 years agoAxed Eddie set for Twickenham return
FORMER England head coach Eddie Jones will return to Twickenham next year to lead the Barbarians in a match against a...
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/ 2 years agoFagerson injury doubt for Six Nations opener
SCOTLAND tighthead Zander Fagerson is a doubt for the start of the Six Nations with a hamstring injury. Fagerson, 26, sustained...
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/ 2 years agoNorth ruled out after cheekbone operation
WALES centre George North has had an operation after suffering a facial injury during the Ospreys’ defeat to Leicester Tigers last...
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/ 2 years agoFalcons ace Maddison banned until New Year
NEWCASTLE hooker Charlie Maddison has been suspended for three weeks. Maddison, 31, was cited for striking Connacht scrum-half Caolin Blade with...
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/ 2 years agoPau coach hit with 10-week suspension
PAU head coach Sebastien Piqueronies has been given a 10-week suspension for making inappropriate physical contact with referee Sam Grove-White in...
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/ 2 years agoFairer funding a must for promotion says Lane
NEWS EXTRA By NICK POWELL BRISTOL full-back Rich Lane is keen to see relegation and promotion return to the top flight...
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/ 2 years agoHougaard to provide cover at Saracens
SARACENS have signed former Wasps utility back Francois Hougaard on a threemonth deal to provide injury cover on the wing. The...
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/ 2 years agoCup fixtures added so qualification is ‘fair’
TWO fixtures have been added to this season’s Premiership Rugby Cup to allow “fair” qualification for the semi-finals of the tournament....
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/ 2 years agoRed Rose tightheads ruled out with injury
ENGLAND tightheads Kyle Sinckler and Will Stuart have been ruled out after sustaining injuries in last weekend’s defeat to South Africa....
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/ 2 years agoO’Toole’s consortium get two more weeks
ATLAS Worcester Warriors Rugby Club Ltd have been given two more weeks to finalise their bid for the relegated Premiership club....
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/ 2 years agoCaptain Lillicrap calls time on Wales career
WALES women’s captain Siwan Lillicrap has retired from the international game. The 35-year-old back rower made her debut against Ireland in...
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/ 2 years agoEx-England coach Ed joins Coventry set-up
ED Robinson has joined Championship side Coventry as their new backs coach to replace Tony Fenner, who is relocating to New...
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/ 2 years agoLuctonians banking on Link as he cashes in on maul
By BEN JAYCOCK JOINT National Two West top try scorer Ben Link credits his side’s formidable pack for his free scoring...
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/ 3 years agoWinters’ boys are starting to warm up to it
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK OPTIMISTIC Peter Winterbottom says he is encouraged by the character of his Esher side – and...
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/ 3 years agoAnother League coach set to join Eddie’s team
NEWS EXTRA BRETT Hodgson will take over as England defence coach following the Autumn Nations Series with Anthony Seibold leaving to...
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/ 3 years agoEx-Bath wing Davis missing in Spain
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Bath player and reality TV contestant Levi Davis, 24, has gone missing in Spain. Former England wing Tom...
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/ 3 years agoTel Aviv, Scarlets help fill void for Saracens
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS have confirmed replacement fixtures against non-English teams after their Premiership home games with Wasps and Worcester were cancelled....
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