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Posted 258 days ago
TUESDAY 18 September 2012 marks exactly three years to go until the next Rugby World Cup kicks off, but planning for the tournament is already well underway. The Olympics have set the bar high in terms of staging a global sporting event in the UK, so how are England 2015′s preparations going? World Cup winner Will Greenwood asks the tournament’s chief executive Paul Vaughan…
Posted 857 days ago
Sale Sharks have announced that former player and coach Steve Diamond will join the club as Executive Director of Sport from 1st February. Steve will be responsible for all rugby related matters including player recruitment, the coaching, medical and support staff, on field performance and the management of all rugby related budgets.
Steve initially joined the club as a player…
Posted 864 days ago
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today announced a major organisational restructure following the arrival of John Steele as Chief Executive in September 2010.
The changes, unanimously approved by the RFU Board of Directors, will, they hope, create a new streamlined executive leadership with more emphasis on delivering rugby at all levels and will simplify the organisational…
Posted 865 days ago
England and Scotland now know their final pool opponents for next year’s World Cup with Romania the last team to qualify for the New Zealand tournament.
Romania held Uruguay to a 21-21 draw in Montevideo in the first play-off leg before triumphing 39-12 in Bucharest to maintain their 100% participation record at the World Cup. They now complete Pool B…
Posted 909 days ago
England confirmed they will prepare for Rugby World Cup 2011 with three warm-up games in August next year.
Team Manager Martin Johnson’s side will face Wales at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, August 6, with the return game taking place at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, August 13.
They travel to face Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, August 27…
