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/ 13 years ago

Morgan Stoddart forced to retire

Scarlets and Wales full-back Morgan Stoddart has announced his retirement from rugby following the serious leg double fracture he sustained playing...

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/ 13 years ago

McCall and Co. carry on at Saracens

Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall has extended his contract with the North London club until at least the end of...

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/ 13 years ago

Retired Hendre Fourie faces deportation

Former Sale Sharks and England flanker Hendre Fourie is facing deportation to South Africa after being forced to retire because of a...

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/ 13 years ago

Premiership Round 13: Teams

Exeter v Northampton Exeter: Arscott; Camacho, Whitten, Dollman, Jess; Steenson, Thomas; Moon, Clark, Tui; Mumm, Hanks; Johnson, White, Baxter (capt.). Replacements:...

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/ 13 years ago

Fit-again Croft returns for Leicester

Tom Croft recovered from the serious neck injury he suffered back in April and will make his first Leicester appearance of...

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/ 13 years ago

Fourie retires but Braid signs for Sale Sharks

Sale’s former England flanker Hendre Fourie has retired because of a shoulder injury, but the Sharks have strengthened their pack by...

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/ 13 years ago

Shaun Edwards quits London Irish role

Shaun Edwards has stepped down from his consultancy role with London Irish to concentrate on his work with Wales. The highly-regarded...

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/ 13 years ago

Mitchell leaves Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks have announced that interim boss John Mitchell has left the club and returned to South Africa for “personal reasons”....

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/ 13 years ago

Scott Johnson appointed Scotland interim coach

Scott Johnson has been appointed Scotland interim head coach for the 2013 RBS 6 Nations Championship and the summer tour of...

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/ 13 years ago

Gloucester’s Alex Brown forced to retire

Gloucester lock Alex Brown has today announced his retirement from professional rugby due to a shoulder injury. The 33-year-old, who made...

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/ 13 years ago

Castrogiovanni to leave Leicester?

Leicester Tigers might have to look for a new tighthead prop as Toulon are thought to be interested in signing Martin...

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/ 13 years ago

Toulon deny Jenkins’ Blues return

Toulon team manager Tom Whitford has denied rumours that Gethin Jenkins will leave the Top 14 club at the end of...

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/ 13 years ago

Saracens in control after Munster win

Saracens are in control of Pool 1 after a 19-13 defeat of Munster at Vicarage Road today in the fourth round...

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/ 13 years ago

Tommy Bowe to undergo surgery

Ulster winger Tommy Bowe is to undergo surgery “later this week” following the knee injury he suffered in the closing stages...

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/ 13 years ago

Castres leave it late to beat Glasgow

Castres had to wait until the late stages of the game to secure a 10-8 win over Glasgow in the fourth...

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/ 13 years ago

Exeter and Clermont earn European victories

Exeter have claimed a 30-20 win over the Scarlets at Sandy Park in the fourth round of the Heineken Cup today....

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/ 13 years ago

Wins for Leicester and Ospreys

Leicester went top of Pool 2 but had to wait until the 76th minute and a penalty try to claim a...

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/ 13 years ago

Biarritz and Racing overcome weather to win

Biarritz defeated Connacht 17-0 in a mud bath at the Parc des Sports Aguilera tonight. The boot of Dimitri Yachvili and...

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/ 13 years ago

Three more years at Kingsholm for Savage

After Jonny May yesterday, Tom Savage has become the latest player to commit his future to Gloucester signing a new three-year...

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/ 13 years ago

Hartley handed two-week ban

Dylan Hartley has been banned for two weeks for striking an opponent with his elbow last week. The incident occurred as...

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/ 13 years ago

Ben Cairns return for Edinburgh

After over a year on the sidelines, Edinburgh welcome Ben Cairs back in their starting line-up for the reception of Racing...

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/ 13 years ago

Jonny May extends stay at Gloucester

Jonny May will remain at Kingsholm after agreeing a new contract with Gloucester. 22-year-old May, who is one of the brightest...

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/ 13 years ago

Wasps v Bayonne: teams

James Haskell will captain London Wasps tonight as they host Bayonne at Adams Park for fourth round of the Amlin Challenge...

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/ 13 years ago

McBryde named Wales interim head coach

Robin McBryde has been named as Wales interim Head Coach for their two-Test summer tour to Japan next summer. With Warren...

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/ 13 years ago

Gloucester confirm Hamilton exit

After weeks of speculations, Gloucester confirmed that club captain Jim Hamilton will leave Kingsholm at the end of the current season...

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/ 13 years ago

Priestland out for rest of the season

Rhys Priestland will be out of action for six months after suffering a ruptured left achilles tendon during the region’s Heineken...

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/ 13 years ago

Tomás O’Leary out for 4-6 months

Tomás O’Leary will be out of action for “between four and six months” with a back injury. The London Irish scrum-half...

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/ 13 years ago

Sam Warburton out of Montpellier clash

Sam Warburton will miss Cardiff Blues’ Heineken Cup clash with Montpellier this afternoon after withdrawing from the game early today. The...

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/ 13 years ago

Exeter suffer Chris Whitehead injury blow

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has confirmed today that hooker Chris Whitehead is likely to miss the next three months...

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/ 13 years ago

Late call for Danny Cipriani

Danny Cipriani will start at fly-half for Sale‘s reception of Toulon in the third round of the Heineken Cup this afternoon....

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/ 13 years ago

Wins for Castres and Connacht

French side Castres kept their hopes of qualification alive with a narrow 9-6 win in Glasgow. Scott Wight kicked two successful...

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/ 13 years ago

London Welsh suffers defeat in Grenoble

London Welsh conceded two second half tries and now see now see their qualification hopes reduced to nothing after a 20-9...

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/ 13 years ago

Chris Hala’ufia wins 5-week ban appeal

London Irish Chris Hala’ufia has had his five-week ban dismissed after he won his appeal in London today. On Tuesday, the...

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/ 13 years ago

Rowntree and Farrell to coach the Lions

England coaches Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell will assist British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland on this summer’s tour...

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/ 13 years ago

Quade Cooper stays with ARU

Wallaby playmaker Quade Cooper has settled his differences with the Australian Rugby Union by signing a new two-year deal. Cooper had...

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/ 13 years ago

Banahan and Mears have appeal rejected

Bath duo Matt Banahan and Lee Mears have seen their appeal against their recent ban rejected today in London. Centre Banahan...

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/ 13 years ago

Season over for Wasp Lee Thomas

London Wasps confirmed today that Lee Thomas will miss the rest of the season having ruptured his Achilles in Exeter last...

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/ 13 years ago

Lawes and Wood starting for Saints against Ulster

England duo Courtney Lawes and Tom Wood have been brought straight back into Northampton‘s starting line-up as they prepare for a...

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/ 13 years ago

Wight starts for Glasgow, Maitland set for debut

Scott Wight will lead the Glasgow attack as the Scots seek their first Heineken Cup win of the season against Castres...

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/ 13 years ago

London Scottish deducted points

Championship club London Scottish have been deducted three points for fielding an unregistered player. The Exiles fielded Alexander Mackenzie in their...

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/ 13 years ago

Worcester v Perpignan teams

Euan Murray is set to make his Worcester debut tonight after being named in the Warriors’ staring XV to face Perpignan...

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/ 13 years ago

Ferris undergoes ankle surgery

Stephen Ferris underwent surgery today to repair a tendon injury in one of his ankles. The Ulster and Ireland flanker damaged...

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/ 13 years ago

Quartet banned, Louw free to play

Chris Hala’Ufia has been banned for five weeks after appearing at a discipline hearing in Bristol yesterday. The London Irish No.8...

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/ 13 years ago

Watisoni Votu to be a Chief within 10 days?

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is hopeful of completing the signing of Fijian international Watisoni Votu within the next week....

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/ 13 years ago

Quintet cited following weekend’s incidents

Bath trio Matt Banahan, Francoi Louw and Lee Mears have all been cited following the heated clash between the West Country...

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/ 13 years ago

Graham Kitchener extends contract with Tigers

Lock Graham Kitchener has agreed a new contract with Leicester Tigers. 23-year-old Kitchener moved to Welford Road in the summer of...

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/ 13 years ago

Opponents confirmed for 2013 QBE internationals

England will play three consecutive Test matches against Australia, Argentina and New Zealand in next year’s QBE Internationals, The Rugby Football...

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/ 13 years ago

Dan Carter set to start for the All Blacks

There will be a battle of the IRB player of the year nominees at fly-half between Owen Farrell and Dan Carter...

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/ 13 years ago

Farrell shortlisted for IRB Player of the Year

England fly-half Owen Farrell has been nominated for the International Rugby Board’s Player of the Year award. Farrell has been shortlisted...

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/ 13 years ago

John Mitchell officially joins Sale

As expected and revealed in The Rugby Paper over a month ago, John Mitchell has taken over as a member of...

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