The Ireland Under 20 team to face South Africa in the Junior World Championship has been named. This match forms part of the 5th – 8th place play-off at the…
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George Ford & Owen Farrell paired for England semi-final
England U20 have named their team for the crunch IRB Junior World Championship semi-final against France in Treviso on Wednesday, June 22, kick off 5.00pm (UK time). The game will…
Wales team as they strive for fifth in Junior World Cup
Wales Under 20 play Fiji in the fifth place semi-finals tomorrow (Padua, 6pm) where a win would guarantee them fifth or sixth place spot in this year’s IRB Junior World Championship.…
O’Callaghan pays tribute to Paul Darbyshire
The rugby community in Ireland was struck by the news that Paul Darbyshire passed away in the early hours of Monday morning, 20 June. Munster’s head of strength and conditioning…
Appleyard joins the Dragons
Newport Gwent Dragons have signed up former WRU Academy Skills Coach Rob Appleyard as Assistant Coach for the region. Appleyard, currently working with the Wales Under 20 side at the…
Phil Waugh will quit after the World Cup
Phil Waugh announced today that he will retire from professional Rugby at the end of 2011. Waugh is the most-capped player in the history of NSW Rugby, and he has…
The Rugby Week in Review: June 13-19
Catch up in the Rugby week that was: June 13-19… We start in the Northern Hemisphere, Wales to be exact, to find Welsh scrum-half Mike Phillips has been indefinitely suspended…
Steenson ready for new season
Exeter playmaker Gareth Steenson is well aware the Chiefs will no longer be the surprise package of the Aviva Premiership this season, but he is confident he and his team-mates…
England’s 45-man World Cup squad revealed
Saracens prop Matt Stevens and Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi are among the players named in England Team Manager Martin Johnson’s 45-man preliminary training squad for the Rugby World Cup.…
WRU launch probe into 92-0 defeat
The Welsh Rugby Union Head of Rugby, Joe Lydon, has announced details of a dual focused study of the Player Performance Pathway within Welsh Rugby which will formulate its initial…