Catch up in the Rugby week that was: June 13-19… We start in the Northern Hemisphere, Wales to be exact, to find Welsh scrum-half Mike Phillips has been indefinitely suspended…

Steenson ready for new season

Exeter playmaker Gareth Steenson is well aware the Chiefs will no longer be the surprise package of the Aviva Premiership this season, but he is confident he and his team-mates…

England’s 45-man World Cup squad revealed

Saracens prop Matt Stevens and Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi are among the players named in England Team Manager Martin Johnson’s 45-man preliminary training squad for the Rugby World Cup.…

WRU launch probe into 92-0 defeat

The Welsh Rugby Union Head of Rugby, Joe Lydon, has announced details of a dual focused study of the Player Performance Pathway within Welsh Rugby which will formulate its initial…

Junior World Cup semi-finals confirmed

Defending champions New Zealand, England and France all enjoyed victories on the last day of pool action at the IRB Junior World Championship 2011 in Italy to take their place…

England Saxons win the last Churchill Cup

Miles Benjamin scored two spectacular tries on his home ground to earn England Saxons a sixth and final Churchill Cup title, 37-6 over Canada. The Worcester Warriors wing raced 70…

Italy A win last Churchill Cup Plate against Tonga

MARCO BORTOLAMI saluted his Italy A players after they lifted the Churchill Cup Plate at Sixways, beating Tonga 28-17. The skipper, whose side had spluttered throughout the tournament, came good…

USA beat Russia to win Churchill Cup Bowl

TODD CLEVER lifted the Churchill Cup Bowl at Sixways to give the US Eagles a boost ahead of their Rugby World Cup showdown with Russia, winning 32-25 After a shocking…