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Leicester Tigers have appointed former England and Leeds Rhinos rugby league captain Kevin Sinfield as defence coach. The ex-England rugby league captain, 40, will join Steve Borthwick’s coaching team ahead of the 2021/22 Gallagher Premiership season. Sinfield, who left his role as director of rugby at the Rhinos earlier on Thursday, arrives at Welford Road […]
Exeter boss Rob Baxter warns of player rebellion over ‘frightening inconsistency’ punishments after Chiefs forwards Dave Ewers and Sam Skinner are banned for dangerous tackles and ruled out of Premiership play-offs Baxter has criticised how dangerous tackles are being interpreted It came after Exeter duo Skinner and Ewers were handed four-week bans It means both […]
Rugby Union legend Martin Johnson has told how he desperately battled to save the life of a neighbour who suffered a heart attack. World Cup winning captain Johnson, 51, sprinted down the road to grab a defibrillator from his local village hall. He and wife Kay then took turns administering CPR to the man while […]
Exeter forwards Sam Skinner and Dave Ewers have been suspended and will miss the Chiefs’ Gallagher Premiership play-off against Sale Sharks on Saturday. Scotland lock Skinner was sent off for a dangerous tackle during last weekend’s 20-19 regular season victory over Sale, while flanker Ewers was cited for a dangerous tackle in the same game. LISTEN: Townsend […]
Wallabies star Dane Haylett-Petty has played his last game for the Melbourne Rebels and possibly at international level but says retirement isn’t on the cards despite having not played a match since suffering a concussion while playing for the Wallabies in October last year. The Herald can reveal Haylett-Petty, 31, has part ways with the […]
Dan Biggar hopes Lions tour of South Africa will be ‘pinnacle of career’… as Welsh fly-half reveals ‘beauty’ of the team is that camaraderie overrides any rivalry between countries Dan Biggar will be part of Lions squad flying to Jersey on Sunday to begin tour Preparation is underway ahead of three-match series against South Africa […]
We round up all the action from the final day of the Gallagher Premiership regular season, which saw semi-final seedings and Heineken Champions Cup places up for grabs… Exeter Chiefs 20-19 Sale Sharks Reigning champions Exeter staged an extraordinary fightback with 14 men to beat Sale and book a home play-off against the same opponents. […]
Owen Farrell will have a target on his back when he captains Saracens at Ealing in tomorrow’s Championship Final. A fortnight before joining up with the British and Irish Lions the England captain is one of five tourists charged with getting Sarries back into the Premiership. Ealing don’t need to be told that they are […]
Ed Robinson has followed in the footsteps of his father Andy by coaching England… now the 28-year-old must get something out of Eddie Jones’s struggling attack in this summer’s Test matches Ed Robinson has returned to Eddie Jones’ England coaching team this summer Robinson, 28, follows the same path as his father and ex-England coach […]
Eddie Jones believes the way Kyle Sinckler handled his British and Irish Lions rejection and subsequent selection can be the making of him. Jones had expected the Bristol prop to play a senior role in the England squad he named yesterday to prepare for July Tests against USA and Canada. He was the one player […]