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Newcastle Falcons sign Sevens flyer Watson

24 February 2015 1 comment

Newcastle Falcons today announced the signing of England Sevens international Marcus Watson ahead of next season. The 23-year-old Watson, elder brother of England and Bath […]

Scrum-half Evans joins Bath

24 February 2015 3 comments

Bath will next season welcome the arrival of scrum-half Jonathan Evans from Newport Gwent Dragons. The 22-year-old, who hails from the Rhymney Valley in South […]

Worcester’s Chris Pennell called up by England

23 February 2015 3 comments

Worcester Warriors full-back Chris Pennell was this evening called up to the England training squad as cover for Mike Brown. The Harlequins full-back is still […]

Northampton bring in Pirate Tom Kessell

23 February 2015 0 comments

Northampton Saints today announced that scrum-half Tom Kessell is joining the club ahead of next season. Kessell, 25, re-joined his home club Cornish Pirates in […]

Simon Middleton is England Women boss

23 February 2015 1 comment

The RFU has today announced that Simon Middleton has been appointed to a newly created combined Head Coach role in which he will oversee both […]

Leicester keep home semis hopes alive at London Irish

23 February 2015 0 comments

Leicester Tigers have kept their hopes of securing a Premiership home semi-final alive after a 12-6 win at London Irish yesterday. The Tigers sit in […]

Aviva Premierhsip Round 15 Teams

20 February 2015 0 comments

Bath V Northampton Bath: Tom Homer; Semesa Rokoduguni, Sam Burgess, Kyle Eastmond, Olly Woodburn; Ollie Devoto, Micky Young; Paul James, Rob Webber, Henry Thomas; Stuart […]

Green King IPA Championship Round 16 Teams

20 February 2015 0 comments

Bedford V Worcester Bedford: Baden Kerr; Pat Tapley, Henry Staff, Viliami Hakalo, James Pritchard; Jake Sharp, Peter White; Billy Moss, Tj Harris, James Currie; Mike […]

England release Jack Nowell to Exeter

20 February 2015 0 comments

England wing Jack Nowell has been released back to his club Exeter for their game at Harlequins on Saturday. Nowell is expected to challenge Jonny […]

Scarlets confirm signing of Van der Merwe

19 February 2015 1 comment

As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on February 1, DTH van der Merwe will join Scarlets ahead of the 2015-16 season. The […]

Mike Delany to join Newcastle Falcons

19 February 2015 1 comment

As revealed in The Rugby Paper by Neil Fissler on Sunday, Newcastle Falcons have signed Mike Delany ahead of next season. The Kiwi playmaker, who […]

Exeter Chiefs sign Michele Campagnaro

19 February 2015 1 comment

As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on February 8, Michele Campagnaro will leave Treviso at the end of the season to join […]

Danny Cipriani to stay with Sale Sharks

19 February 2015 1 comment

As revealed in The Rugby Paper on January 25, Danny Cipriani has handed Sale Sharks a huge boost by signing a new two-year deal with […]

Schools round up: NatWest Cup quarter-finals

19 February 2015 0 comments

Jonny Waugh kicked a last-gasp drop goal as Dulwich sneaked into their fourth consecutive U18s NatWest Cup semi-final with an 8-7 win over Hampton. After […]

Scotland’s Finn Russell banned for two weeks

18 February 2015 1 comment

Scotland fly-half Finn Russell has been banned for two weeks for his challenge on Dan Biggar in the Six Nations clash against Wales on Sunday. […]

Charlie Walker re-signs with Harlequins

18 February 2015 0 comments

Harlequins have today announced that Charlie Walker has re-signed with the club until 2017. The winger, 22, who joined from Leicester Tigers in 2011, was […]

Michael Paterson heading to Northampton

18 February 2015 0 comments

Northampton Saints have today announced the signing of Michael Paterson ahead of the 2015/16 season. The New Zealand-born England international lock will join from Sale […]

Skipper Dan Braid signs new deal at Sale Sharks

18 February 2015 2 comments

Sale Sharks skipper Dan Braid has signed a new one-year contract with an additional agreement that he will then join the club’s coaching team The […]

England squad update

17 February 2015 0 comments

England will retain 17 players for the remainder of the training week at Pennyhill Park. The starting XV from the game against Italy will train […]

Scotland Richie Gray out for rest of Six Nations

17 February 2015 1 comment

Scotland lock Richie Gray will miss the remainder of the Six Nations with an arm injury. Gray, who has been replaced by Tim Swinson in […]

Harlequins confirm signing of Matt Shields

17 February 2015 0 comments

As revealed in The Rugby Paper on February 1, Harlequins have signed prop Matt Shields from Darlington Mowden Park. The 24-year-old tighthead, who has already […]

Tiger Louis Deacon announces retirement

17 February 2015 0 comments

Leicester Tigers and England second row Louis Deacon has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. Deacon, 34, made 274 appearances for Tigers […]

Saracens crowned U18s champions

17 February 2015 0 comments

Nick Ramsey’s last-gasp try handed Saracens the U18s crown at the Academy Finals as they edged out defending champions Northampton Saints 23-19 in an exhilarating […]

Bath confirm Peter Stringer exit

16 February 2015 1 comment

Bath today confirmed that Peter Stringer will leave the club at the end of the season. The 98-times capped Irish international joined the West Country […]

Owen Williams out nine months after surgery

16 February 2015 0 comments

Leicester Tigers fly-half Owen Williams will be sidelined for up to nine months after surgery on a knee ligament injury. Williams, the club’s top scorer […]

Andy Goode to join London Irish

16 February 2015 0 comments

London Irish today confirmed the signing of Andy Goode from Wasps. Goode was offered a coaching contract to remain at Wasps but the 34-year-old fly-half […]

Wales back to winning ways in Scotland

16 February 2015 0 comments

Wales’ Six Nations campaign is back on track after a 26-23 over Scotland at Murrayfield yesterday. Following their 21-16 defeat to England in the opening […]

England Women back on track with Italy win

16 February 2015 0 comments

England Women put their opening defeat to Wales behind them with a 39-7 victory over Italy at the Twickenham Stoop. The World Champions scored six […]

Premiership wins for Sarries, Wasps and Sale

16 February 2015 0 comments

Saracens have closed the gap with Bath in the race for a home semi-final as they beat the West Country outfit 34-24 yesterday. Chris Wyles’s […]

England Sevens lose to Australia in Las Vegas Plate final

16 February 2015 1 comment

England Sevens went down to Australia 21-14 in the Plate final of the Las Vegas Sevens this morning. Australia had raced into a first half […]

Scotland change two for Wales clash

13 February 2015 1 comment

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has made two enforced changes to his starting XV to face Wales at Murrayfield on Sunday. Glasgow Warriors wing Sean […]

Six Nations round 2 teams

13 February 2015 1 comment

England v Italy England: Mike Brown; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Luther Burrell, Jonny May; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole; Dave […]

Aviva Premiership round 14 teams

13 February 2015 0 comments

Exeter v Newcastle Exeter: Phil Dollman; Ian Whitten, Jack Nowell, Sam Hill, Matt Jess, Henry Slade, Will Chudley; Ben Moon, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tomas Francis; Dean […]

Greene King IPA Championship round 15 teams

13 February 2015 0 comments

Bristol v Moseley Bristol: Jack Wallace; George Watkins, Gareth Maule, Gavin Henson, Charlie Amesbury; Nicky Robinson, Craig Hampson; Jack O’Connell, Ross McMillan, Gaston Cortes; Glen […]

Ireland recall Sexton and Heaslip to face France

12 February 2015 1 comment

Jamie Heaslip and Johnny Sexton will make their return to action on Saturday when Ireland take on France in the second round of the Six […]

Worcester Statement on use of GPS

12 February 2015 0 comments

Worcester have today released a statement following the fine and points deduction they received for using GPS technology against London Scottish on December 20, 2014. […]

England unchanged for Italy clash

12 February 2015 0 comments

England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster has named an entirely unchanged match-day 23 to take on Italy on Saturday at Twickenham. Saracens lock George Kruis and […]

Williams replaces North in Wales side

11 February 2015 2 comments

George North has been left out of the team to face Scotland after his controversial concussion against England. He is replaced on the left wing […]

Henson links up with Bristol for rest of season

11 February 2015 0 comments

Gavin Henson will move to Bristol with immediate effect. The Welsh centre had initially signed for the Championship side for next season but Bath have […]

Homer joins Bath immediately

11 February 2015 0 comments

Tom Homer will join Bath this week after his request to be released from the last months of his contract was accepted by London Irish. […]

Robson to leave Harlequins

11 February 2015 0 comments

George Robson will leave Harlequins at the end of the season to join French side, Oyonnax. The lock, who came through the club’s academy, has […]

England name squad for Italy

11 February 2015 1 comment

Stuart Lancaster has kept faith in his 23 Cardiff hero to take on Italy in the second round of the Six Nations on Saturday. Midfield […]

Exiles confirm Waldouck’s arrival

11 February 2015 0 comments

London Irish confirmed the signing of Dominic Waldouck from Northampton Saints. Waldouck, 27, began his career at Wasps where he made 114 appearances, scoring 17 […]

Wasps bring in James Downey

10 February 2015 0 comments

James Downey has joined Wasps on loan from Glasgow Warriors for the remainder of the season as cover for injured centres Chris Bell and Alapati […]

Leicester Tigers sign forward trio

10 February 2015 0 comments

As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper in recent weeks, Leicester Tigers have secured the services of London Welsh No.8 Opeti Fonua, Blues […]

Worcester announce signing of Phil Dowson

10 February 2015 0 comments

Worcester Warriors today announced the signing of Phil Dowson ahead of next season. The Northampton back-rower will move to Sixways this summer after six years […]

Fit again trio in line for England return

9 February 2015 0 comments

Geoff Parling, Kyle Eastmond and Brad Barritt have all recovered from injury and will compete for a place in the England team to take on […]

Saracens through to LV=Cup semi-finals

9 February 2015 1 comment

Saracens have set up a LV=Cup home semi-final against Northampton following a convincing 35-18 win over Exeter yesterday. The North Londoners had to beat the […]

Worcester stay top with Nottingham win

9 February 2015 0 comments

Worcester remained at the top of the Championship table following an eight-try 58-3 win at Nottingham. Ben Howard and Max Stelling both went over twice […]

England Women fall in Wales

9 February 2015 0 comments

Wales Women stunned England yesterday as they claimed a 13-0 victory in the opening round of the Six Nations. Missing most of their World Cup […]

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