Sale Sharks today announced the signing of England International Hendre Fourie from Leeds Carnegie on a two year deal. He will join for an undisclosed fee from Sale to Leeds.…
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Matt Stevens – The chocolate eating champion!
For matt stevens, life at Saracens this season started with a chocolate-eating contest and will end, he hopes, with a return to the England set-up for next month’s Churchill Cup.…
NZ rugby fans offer free world cup accommodation to Wales fans
Rugby fans in New Zealand are offering free accommodation to Welsh rugby supporters around crucial pool matches if they travel to the southern hemisphere to watch Wales play in RWC…
IRB Junior World Championship 2011 set for record coverage
The IRB Junior World Championship 2011 kicks off on 10 June in the Veneto Region of Italy and will enjoy record broadcast and online coverage for an Age Grade Rugby…
Gruff Rees embarks on Italian sojourn
Wales Under 18 head coach and WRU Performance Skills Coach (Ospreys region) Gruff Rees has agreed to join Italian Super Club Aironi Rugby on a one-year secondment from the Welsh…
Gulliver travels to promoted Warriors
Towering lock Ben Gulliver has today put pen to paper and completed his anticipated move to Worcester Warriors ahead of the club’s forthcoming Aviva Premiership season. Coventry-born second row Gulliver…
Jamie Heaslip heading to the World Cup
In the past few months Jamie Heaslip has been somewhat pushed out of the spotlight. It’s not that the No 8 has completely disappeared from the hearts of Leinster and…
The Churchill Cup – A World Cup trial
In most years the Churchill Cup is little more than a development event, with little at stake, writes Paul Morgan. But in 2011 everything has changed with the competition becoming…
Ronan O’Gara’s X-factor audition tape – Video
Notoriously quiet Munster rugby star Ronan O Gara belts out Queen classic ‘I want to Break Free’ on his way to training.
HFW Wailers win the Amsterdam 7s
Top international Sevens team HFW Wailers triumphed in the prestigious Amsterdam 7s Competition last weekend. The team, which is based in the North-East, overcame Castricum, ve Arendeu, Lorraine, Moldova and…