London Welsh were crowned kings of the Championship last night at the Kassam Stadium — a palace deemed unfit for the round table of Premiership rugby by the RFU, writes…
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Wulf and Ranger return for Chiefs showdown
Blues coach Pat Lam welcomes back a couple of players from the squad’s lengthy injured list to the starting 22 this week. Fullback Rudi Wulf returns to the side after…
Kieran Read back for Crusaders
ALL BLACKS loose forward Kieran Read returns to the Crusaders starting line-up to face the Highlanders. Read sustained a bruised pelvis during their 28-19 defeat to the Rebels, nearly three…
Gloucester prop Harden replaces Matt Stevens in England squad
GLOUCESTER PROP Rupert Harden has been called into the England squad for the tour to South Africa. Harden replaces Saracens’ Matt Stevens, who suffered a shoulder rotator cuff injury during…
Western Force sign Cheetahs fly-half Ebersohn
THE WESTERN Force recruitment drive for the 2013 season is in full swing with the signing of Cheetahs fly-half Sias Ebersohn to the squad on a two year deal as…
French focus: Top 14 Quarter-final play-offs
IN FRANCE they call them ‘les barrages’, in English we’d call them ‘play-offs’; perhaps the best description is the Top 14 quarter-finals, which is in effect what unfolds on Saturday…
All Blacks trio Williams, Weepu and Nonu benched for Blues
ALI WILLIAMS looks set to play his 100th Super Rugby game off the bench after he and fellow All Blacks Piri Weepu and Ma’a Nonu were relegated to the reserves…
Ospreys prop Cai Griffiths signs for London Irish
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…
Rugby World’s Championship Blog
LONDON WELSH showed the RFU exactly what they thought of the their decision to bar them from the Aviva Premiership by making the Cornish Pirates walk the plank at the…
Western Force winger Cummins celebrates 50 caps against Lions
THE CLASH against former coach John Mitchell’s Lions will see just two changes to the starting 15 with Nick Cummins returning from injury and Alfie Mafi back in the side…