Miscellaneous

Southern stars rush to beat deadline

By PETER JACKSON MORE than 30 Southern Hemisphere players will qualify for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales before the longer residency rule takes effect. World […]

King Billy of Europe!

Vunipola inspires Saracens to superb double Champions Cup triumph By NEALE HARVEY Mac-nificent: Owen Farrell and Brad Barritt lift the Champions Cup at Murrayfield with […]

French in farce over prop swap

THE Six Nations inquiry into allegations of French cheating against Wales ought to expose a farcical flaw in head injury procedure according to its foremost […]

Top-flight veto plan for buddy system

EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY CONTROVERSIAL RFU plans for Premiership clubs to ‘buddy-up’ with their Championship counterparts have collapsed after top-flight sides blocked the move. Innovative […]

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‘No soft penalties’ – Hatley

ENGLAND’S big men have been ordered to stay disciplined and mentally in control today to force the Italian pack into submission. Forwards coach Neal Hatley […]

Mallinder: Next two games are massive

NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Jim Mallinder is hoping that his team can build some momentum after moving into the European Champions Cup qualification spots. “We’ve […]