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England rugby coach Eddie Jones says stoppages and too many reserve players are making rugby too much like American football and steps need to be taken to speed up the game. In an interview on New Zealand television, Jones said matches of two scheduled 40-minute halves now regularly take more than 110 minutes to complete […]
All 13 Premiership clubs have unanimously approved a sweeping overhaul of the league’s salary cap. Last month, a review led by former government minister Lord Myners proposed 52 recommendations to overhaul the salary cap following a comprehensive review. Saracens’ salary-cap scandal: What have we learned? Premiership rugby clubs to return to small group training Prem […]
CHRIS FOY: Rob Howley paid a heavy price for his betting scandal which came amid personal trauma… now he MUST be welcomed back into rugby Rob Howley’s Mail on Sunday interview has been well received by rugby The ex-Wales coach opened up on his betting scandal and personal turmoil Howley is looking for a way […]
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend joins calls for summer rugby as global playing calendar for the sport edges closer The fixture backlog could quicken plans for alignment between north and south Clubs are losing millions of pounds in revenue due to postponed matches Hopes of completing this season’s Premiership campaign appear very bleak Here’s how to […]
Murrayfield has emerged as the front-runner to stage a ‘home’ British and Irish Lions Test against Japan before next year’s tour of South Africa. The fixture is pencilled in for Saturday, 26 June 2021, with the Lions’ tour opener scheduled a week later. It would be the first Lions home Test since the draw against […]
Premiership Rugby has confirmed it will not be taking part in World Rugby’s trial of new laws to limit coronavirus transmission. Temporary law trials relating to the scrum, tackle, ruck and maul were approved along with a package of best-practice match hygiene measures. Among the planned measures are limiting the number of scrums with no […]
Henry Slade’s road to becoming an international centre has been a long but successful one, but it was not necessarily always part of the plan. The Plymouth native came through the ranks as a fly-half, famously steering England to the U20 World Championship in 2013. It was not until he made his breakthrough at Exeter […]
Exeter Chiefs are renowned as one of England’s top rugby union sides and, but for the coronavirus pandemic, would likely be challenging to reach a fifth successive Premiership final. On 26 May 2010, though, the club had never played a game in the top tier and were facing their biggest match ever – the Championship […]
Rugby Australia do not expect a rush of players to walk away from their contracts after they agreed to release three Queensland Reds team-mates who refused to take pay cuts during the COVID-19 shutdown. Wallabies lock Izack Rodda, fly-half Isaac Lucas and lock Harry Hockings were stood down by the Reds last Monday for refusing […]
The IRFU has unveiled plans for rugby’s return in Ireland, with the penultimate weekend in August seeing action take place at the Aviva Stadium. Under the plans, two games will see the four provinces face off on August 22 and 23. The clashes will be part of the PRO14 2019/20 season. Currently in Ireland, rugby’s […]