England wing Henry Arundell marked his Top 14 debut with a hat-trick of tries Arundell moved to Racing 92 after the demise of his boyhood club London Irish He was a bit part figure at the World Cup despite scoring five tries against Chile By Alex Bywater For Mailonline Published: 23:27 […]
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Toulon had been hoping to replicate the old glory days of Jonny Wilkinson and co but it was Lyon who emerged with the Challenge Cup spoils on a warm night in the south of France. This is the first European title ever claimed by the up-and-coming Top 14 side and, […]
Sale booked a Champions Cup quarter-final trip to La Rochelle by crushing the Scarlets 57-14 in Llanelli. Sale’s first European Cup last-eight appearance for 15 years was never in doubt after they produced a dominant display built on immense forward power. The Scarlets had no answer as the hooker Akker […]
Wayne Barnes has been laying down the law with the England squad this week after a high penalty count in the opening three rounds contributed to the champions relinquishing their title early. Having cancelled an 11-point deficit against Wales in Cardiff to level in the last round, three offences in […]
The fate of the British & Irish Lions tour this summer remains up in the air with a final decision having been deferred until next week. Lions officials, however, have ruled out any prospect of relocating the tour to Australia, and shifting it to the UK and Ireland will only […]
Jamie Roberts is much more than a brilliant centre who has achieved so much for Wales and the Lions. Jamie has somehow combined qualifying as a doctor and pursuing postgraduate studies at Cambridge University while playing club rugby in France and England as well as Wales. He’s still putting in […]
Rugby set to be hit by ‘shockwaves’ from landmark legal case in France concerning concussion that could push clubs towards ‘financial collapse’ Jamie Cudmore has brought a civil case against former club Clermont Auvergne Cudmore claims club exposed him to potential serious injury after concussion A court-appointed neurologist found side […]
For five years, Martin Castrogiovanni disappeared off the face of the rugby earth. Sacked by his club for going to Las Vegas with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he was never seen again. Occasionally, the Italy legend would respond to a WhatsApp message. ‘I don’t speak about rugby, amigo,’ he would reply. As time […]