The Championship Blog – Week 5 round-up

NEWCASTLE FALCONS stay top of the class by virtue of giving Leeds a lesson in finishing at Kingston Park on Friday night, writes Richard Grainger. This match-up was tipped as…

[imagebrowser id=30] THE HEINEKEN Cup takes centre stage in the November issue of Rugby World, with a pool-by-pool analysis on the game’s foremost club competition. Jamie Heaslip tells us Leinster…

FORMER ENGLAND scrum-half Kyran Bracken is supporting Stoptober – the Department of Health’s first ever mass attempt to get the nation to stop smoking. The new campaign encourages quitters to…

OLLY BARKLEY will start his final game for Bath Rugby at fly-half as the West Country side look to get back to winning ways in the Aviva Premiership against Sale…

WALES AND Blues lock Bradley Davies will make his 100th appearance for the region when they face Ulster tomorrow. Hailing from Llantrisant, the former Pant Comprehensive pupil originally played outside…

IN LESS than a year Warren Gatland will take a squad of the best players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to Australia, with the aim of becoming the first…

ENGLAND NAME their 12-man squad for the first leg of this season’s HSBC Sevens World Series. The Gold Coast Sevens on October 13-14 is the first event of the new…

AS OCTOBER draws near the rain is lashing pedestrians with more regularity. For some south of Berwick this is a reminder that grounds will soften and tries may be unpleasantly…

IT’S the ultimate goal for any fitness savvy guy. But getting a six-pack shouldn’t mean slaving away on complex machinery, having to know absolutely everything about sports nutrition and increasing…

HEYNEKE MEYER has handed Cheetah’s fly-half Johan Goosen his first Test start, picking the former Baby Bok over an out-of-form Morne Steyn, against Australia in Pretoria on Saturday. Etzebeth is…