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Irish sign John Ryan on loan

27 August 2012 1 comment

London Irish have signed Munster prop John Ryan on a short term loan as cover for the front row. The 23-year-old prop, who can play […]

Six weeks for Gavin Henson

26 August 2012 0 comments

Gavin Henson will be sidelined for 6 weeks after suffering a minor fracture to his cheekbone. The injury happened in last night’s friendly game against […]

Suspected broken cheek bone for Henson

25 August 2012 0 comments

Gavin Henson suffered a suspected broken cheek bone in London Welsh‘s defeat to the Scarlets earlier this afternoon. He was stretched off after 33 minutes […]

Pre-season friendly games results

25 August 2012 1 comment

Most of the teams were playing friendly games a week away from the start of the season. Here are some of the results: Gloucester 54 […]

New Zealand 22 Australia 0

25 August 2012 1 comment

New Zealand have retained the Bledisloe Cup with a convincing 22-0 over the Wallabies in Auckland for the second round of the Rugby Championship. Israel […]

Scarlets sign Adriaanse

25 August 2012 1 comment

The Scarlets have finalised contracts with South African tight head prop Jacobie Adriaanse for the next three years adding more strength to their front five […]

Pre-season friendlies: results

24 August 2012 1 comment

With just a week to go before the start of the season, a string of pre-season friendlies took place tonight. Here are the results: Sale […]

Leicester v Nottingham: teams

24 August 2012 1 comment

Leicester Tigers have announced their squads for tomorrow’s friendly at Welford Road (KO 3pm). New signings Rob Andrew, Richard Thorpe, Pat Phibbs, Vereniki Goneva and […]

Saints terminate Sharman’s contract

24 August 2012 1 comment

Brett Sharman has been released by Northampton a day after his club announced it would be taking disciplinary action against him for an abusive tweet […]

Scarlets v Welsh: teams

24 August 2012 0 comments

The Scarlets and London Welsh have announced their team for the first ever fixture between the two teams. New signings Kristian Philips and Richard Kelly start […]

Gloucester v Doncaster: teams

24 August 2012 0 comments

Gloucester and Doncaster have both named what looks like their strongest side for their final warm-up game before the start of the competitive season. Jonny […]

Howlett named Munster captain

24 August 2012 3 comments

Munster announced today that Doug Howlett will captain the Irish side for the coming season. The 33-year-old takes over from Paul O’Connell to become just […]

Scotland’s Hogg out for two months

24 August 2012 0 comments

Glasgow Warrior Stuart Hogg is set to be sidelined for up to eight weeks after the Scotland full-back underwent surgery on one of his ankles […]

Lions agree to Gatland’s two-week release

24 August 2012 2 comments

British and Irish Lions coach to be Warren Gatland has revealed that he agreed to terms with the Lions and will be in charge of […]

Sanchez replaces the injured Hernandez

24 August 2012 1 comment

Bordeaux-Begles fly-half Nicolas Sanchez has been drafted in Argentina‘s staring line-up to gace South Africa tomorrow following the injury to Juan Martin Hernandez. The mercurial […]

Glasgow 6 Exeter Chiefs 15

23 August 2012 0 comments

Exeter have secured a 15-6 over Glasgow in Ayr for their last pre-season game before the start of their Premiership campaign at Sandy Park against […]

Ulster v Newcastle: teams

23 August 2012 1 comment

After impressive performances against Leicester last Saturday, Jared Payne, Michael Allen and Chris Farell retain their starting positions in the Ulster backline. New signing Nick […]

Cipriani handed first Sharks start

23 August 2012 2 comments

Danny Cipriani will start the for the first time in the Sale Sharks jersey when they face Leinster in their new Salford City stadium. New […]

Two more years for Quins’ Dickson

23 August 2012 0 comments

Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the Premiership champions until the end of the 2014-2015 season. […]

Gloucester announce Fiji fixture in November

23 August 2012 0 comments

Gloucester have confirmed that Fiji will face the Cherry and Whites at Kingsholm on Tuesday, November 13. The likes of Australia, Georgia, Ireland, Samoa and […]

Two changes for the Springboks to face the Pumas

22 August 2012 0 comments

Adriaan Strauss and Jacques Pogieter have been named in the South African team to face the Pumas in Mendoza. Strauss replaces the injured Bismark du […]

Saints team announced for Moseley’s friendly

22 August 2012 1 comment

Northampton Saints have announced their team to face Moseley tomorrow. Tom May, Noah Cato and Scott Armstrong – who were among the scorers last week […]

Internationals return for Warriors’ friendly

22 August 2012 1 comment

Glasgow Warriors will be boosted by the return of six international players to the starting line-up when they face Exeter Chiefs in their final warm-up […]

Cooper back for the Wallabies?

22 August 2012 0 comments

Following their 27-19 defeat to New Zealand in Sydney for the Rugby Championship opener, Australia are thinking about calling back mercurial fly-half Quade Cooper for […]

Rodriguez starts at full-back for the Pumas

22 August 2012 0 comments

Martin Rodriguez will start at full-back for Argentina‘s Rugby Championship rematch against South Africa in Medoza. Rodríguez comes in for Lucas González Amorosino following last […]

Sarries name team for Stade Francais friendly

21 August 2012 1 comment

Saracens have named their team to face Stade Francais at the Honourable Artillery Company ground on Thursday. Owen Farrell and Schalk Brits will get their […]

Three more years at Quins for Care

21 August 2012 0 comments

Danny Care has signed a three-year contract extension with Harlequins that will keep him with the Premiership champions until the end of the 2015-16 season. […]

Pocock out for three months

21 August 2012 0 comments

Australia captain David Pocock will be out for up to three months after undergoing keyhole surgery today The Wallabies‘ skipper damaged the articular cartilage in […]

Du Plessis ruled out of Rugby Championship

21 August 2012 2 comments

Springboks hooker Bismarck du Plessis will miss the rest of The Rugby Championship due to a knee injury. He sustained the injury in last Saturday’s […]

All Black Woodcock out of Wallabies rematch

21 August 2012 1 comment

Veteran All Black prop Tony Woodcock will miss Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup decider against the Wallabies. He injured a rib in last week’s 27-19 win in […]

London Irish sign Fijian prop

20 August 2012 1 comment

London Irish have signed Fijian prop Jerry Yanuyanutawa for the upcoming Premiership season. The 27-year old joins from the Brumbies where he has been since […]

England 7s kick off season in Pub tournament

20 August 2012 0 comments

England Sevens will make their first appearance of the new season at the National Pub Sevens in Harpenden RFC on Sunday as a warm-up for […]

South Africa 27 Argentina 6

18 August 2012 2 comments

South Africa put on an impressive display in Cape Town to secure a 27-6 victory over newcomers Argentina in their opening match of the Rugby […]

Pre-Season friendlies results

18 August 2012 0 comments

As the start of the season nears, a lot a pre-season freindlies took place this afternoon. Read all the reports in tomorrow’s edition of the […]

SA Schoolboys 36 England U18 29

18 August 2012 0 comments

England U18 conceded a 36-29 defeat against South Africa Schoolboys in Cape Town for the last game of their tour in the South Hemisphere. Read […]

Australia 19 New Zealand 27

18 August 2012 0 comments

New Zealand dominated Australia 27-19 in Sydney for the inaugural match of the Rugby Championship. Read the full report of the game in tomorrow’s edition […]

England U18 name team to play SA Schoolboys

17 August 2012 0 comments

England U18 have named their side to take on South African Schoolboys in Cape Town tomorrow. Head John Fletcher has made nine changes from the […]

O’Connor at No.10 for Ulster to face Tigers

17 August 2012 0 comments

Niall O’Connor will run out in the number 10 jersey at Ravenhill for the first time since his short term spell in Galway last season […]

Worcester name side to face Scarlets

17 August 2012 1 comment

Worcester have named their team to face Welsh side Scarlets at Sixways tomorrow. England prop Matt Mullan will captain the Warriors for his first start […]

Bath’s Heathcote out for six weeks

17 August 2012 2 comments

Bath fly-half Tom Heathcote will miss six weeks of action after injuring his knee against London Welsh last weekend. It was feared the 20-year-old would […]

Another Scot captains a Premiership club

17 August 2012 0 comments

Following Hugo Southwell yesterday at Wasps, Gloucester has today named Scottish international second row Jim Hamilton as their captain for the new season. 29-year-old Hamilton […]

Lions out of Super Rugby, long live the Kings

16 August 2012 0 comments

The South African Rugby Union confirmed today that the Kings will replace the Lions in the 2013 Super Rugby competition. Despite wining the 2011 Currie […]

Five debuts for Edinburgh against Falcons

16 August 2012 1 comment

Edinburgh Rugby have handed five debuts for tomorrow’s friendly game against Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park (KO 8pm). New faces on the front line include […]

Wasps’ Palmer and Wentzel pair up to face old club Leeds

16 August 2012 0 comments

England international Tom Palmer and newly appointed vice-captain Marco Wentzel will form London Wasps‘ lock partnership to face their old club Leeds in their final […]

Ospreys name team for Bath’s friendly

16 August 2012 0 comments

Steve Tandy has named the Ospreys team to play Bath at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday (KO 3pm) Even though both side were at different […]

Scot Hugo Southwell named as Wasps captain

16 August 2012 0 comments

Hugo Southwell has been named as London Wasps‘ captain for the upcoming season. The 59-times capped Scottish fullback – who captained the side on a […]

New Shark Shepherd suing Saints

16 August 2012 0 comments

New Sale signing Cameron Shepherd is suing Northampton Saints for pulling out of a deal to sign him. A three-year deal was announced in May […]

SBW named in All Blacks team to face Australia

15 August 2012 0 comments

Sonny Bill Williams has been named in the All Blacks team to play Australia in the opening Investec Rugby Championship match at ANZ Stadium on […]

Haskell relishing return to England and Wasps

15 August 2012 0 comments

England back-row James Haskell is relishing his return to English rugby as he settles back into life at London Wasps. Haskell returned to his former […]

‘El Mago’ returns for Pumas’ Championship debut

15 August 2012 0 comments

Argentina fly-half Juan Martin Hernandez will make his first Test appearance in three years for their historic Rugby Championship debut against South Africa on Saturday. […]

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