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Posted 332 days ago
GLOUCESTER RUGBY’S new Director of Rugby, Nigel Davies, was delighted to confirm that Mike Tindall has signed a contract to become a player/ coach at the club next season.
Davies was meeting the media for the first time in his new role having only been at Kingsholm for two weeks. He has hit the ground running and his first key decision…
Posted 332 days ago
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL winger, Horacio Agulla will be joining Bath Rugby next season.
The 27 year old, equally adept playing on the wing or at fullback, has been capped 34 times by his country and will prove an excellent addition to the back line with a great attitude and physicality as well as a nose for the try line. He will join…
Posted 333 days ago
BEDFORD BLUES and Premiership champions Saracens renewed their player partnership as the the two clubs confirm that ten Sarries players will be available to the Championship side. Scrum-half Luke Baldwin will be on a season long loan, while a further nine players have completed dual registration.
The nine players available will be Will Fraser (back row), George Kruis (second row), Ben…
Posted 363 days ago
By Owain Jones, Rugby World Editor
In a nutshell
HARLEQUINS CELEBRATED their first Premiership title beating Leicester 30-23 in a fine advertisment for the Aviva Premiership at a sweltering Twickenham. The Quins flew out of the blocks quickest on a sweltering with Tom Williams streaking in for the game’s first score after nine minutes. The Tigers were playing catch-up for the rest…
Posted 365 days ago
LONDON IRISH has signed Ospreys tight head prop forward Cai Griffiths.
Griffiths, who can also operate at loose head, has made over 100 appearances for the Welsh province, competing in the Rabo Direct Pro 12, LV and Heineken Cups.
The front rower, who stands 188cm and weighs 120kgs, was part of the Ospreys side that won the Celtic League in 2005 and…
Posted 366 days ago
LONDON WELSH are to be denied entry to the Aviva Premiership, even if they win the right to dine at English rugby’s top table by beating the Cornish Pirates.
The RFU’s Board of Directors announced this afternoon that they have accepted the findings of independent auditors in response to the Exiles’ request for scrutiny. The auditors concluded that London Welsh have…
Posted 367 days ago
WORCESTER WARRIORS is delighted to announce that former England lock Nigel Redman has today been appointed as the new Forwards Coach at Sixways and will return to the club for a second spell.
Redman rejoins the Warriors, where he previously worked as Academy Manager, after leaving his position as Elite Coach Development Manager at the RFU that he has held since…
Posted 377 days ago
By Bea Asprey, Rugby World Writer
In a nutshell
An error-strewn game saw the scores level on penalties til the final quarter of the game, and with Nick Evans showing his human side, missing two penalties during the game, Quins were left playing catch up. Lee Dickson’s try extended the Saints’ lead to make it 15-23, but a Joe Marler try in…
Posted 377 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
In a nutshell
Leicester reached their eighth straight Premiership final with a hard-fought win over defending champions Saracens. As you would expect when these two teams go head-to-head, it was a ferociously physical contest, but it was Leicester’s guile rather than their brawn that produced two decisive tries – Alesana Tuilagi and Steve Mafi crossing…
Posted 378 days ago
By Bea Asprey, Rugby World Writer
THE FIRST of this weekend’s Aviva Premiership semi-finals will see Harlequins and Northampton battle it out at the Twickenham Stoop. Neither team has competed in a league final before, but nor are they strangers to knock-out rugby, with both having competed in European finals last season. And having missed out on the latter stages of…
