To celebrate the opening of the new Leicester Tigers Store at the Welford Road stadium, one of Tigers’ favourite sons, Martin Corry, will be turning out to cut the ribbon…
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What have the Falcons been up to?
Five Newcastle Falcons were present at the re-opening of Burger King on Newcastle’s Northumberland Street last weekend. Ally Hogg, Darren Fearn, Mark Wilson, Joel Hodgson and Joe Robinson were accompanied…
Wales v England tickets – only 6,000 left
Ticket sales for Wales’ summer fixture against England have hit record levels as interest hots up ahead of this weekend’s sizzling summer clash on Saturday 13 August (kick-off 2.30pm) at…
Alex Gray joins London Irish
London Irish has fought off considerable competition to sign England U20’s number 8, Alex Gray, on a two-year-contract from Newcastle Falcons.Alex is a product of the Newcastle Falcons Academy, the…
New World Rankings published – is your team in their rightful place?
They may not have fielded their best line-up but Ireland’s 10-6 defeat to Scotland in their first Rugby World Cup 2011 warm-up match at Murrayfield on Saturday has proved costly…
Hook, Byrne and Stephen Jones back for Wales v England
Morgan Stoddart has had successful surgery on his broken leg and will return to Wales from London tomorrow (Tuesday). Stoddart broke his left leg during Wales’ clash with England at…
Chris Ashton’s World Cup Verdict
It was a very frustrating start to the England World Cup training camp for me. I was delighted to be named in the 45-man squad but knew I would start…
England 23, Wales 19 – The English Verdict
It was a win, but it certainly wasn’t pretty – however, England boss Martin Johnson was happy enough with his team’s first World Cup warm-up match. “It was what we…
England 23, Wales 19 – The Welsh Verdict
Disappointed though they were to have lost to England at Twickenham, the Welsh management were still pleased with some aspects of the day’s work. The biggest plus from their point…
England 23 Wales 19 – the video highlights
Wales outscored England three tries to two but the boot of man of the match Jonny Wilkinson separated the sides as they both continued their preparations for next month’s Rugby…