SUTTON-BASED rugby fan, Vince Owen, won the Rugby World competition for an exclusive break to meet players from Bath Rugby Club and take a brewery tour, courtesy of Wadworth, one…
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Mitchell targets World Cup return – with video
DREW MITCHELL is aiming to return from injury in time from the World Cup. The Australia wing dislocated his ankle and broke a bone in his leg while playing for…
Leon Holden, Ben Jacobs and Serge Betsen to leave Wasps
London Wasps can today confirm that interim Director of Rugby Leon Holden and players Ben Jacobs and Serge Betsen will move on at the end of the season. Both Holden…
Gavin Henson sacked
Reports from France confirm that Toulon have sacked Gavin Henson with immediate effect, following his brawl in a bar with Toulon players after their win over Toulouse. A WRU spokesperson…
Bath sign Hurricane and Samoan prop Perenise
Bath Rugby are very pleased to announce the signing of tight-head prop, Anthony Perenise on a three year contract. The seven times capped Samoan Perenise will join up with the…
Rugby Book Review – Just For Kicks by Kenny Logan
WHEN KENNY Logan decided to publish his autobiography, he wanted a ghostwriter who didn’t know him and so would have no preconceptions. He chose The Observer’s Michael Aylwin and it’s…
The life and times of James Simpson-Daniel
From the start I loved rugby. I was four when I first headed to Middlesbrough RFC for mini rugby, following my older brother, Chris, there. In the garden I was…
How to use boxing in your rugby training
Boxing is a fantastic conditioning tool, writes Roy Headey, the RFU’s Head of Sports Science. It’s physically demanding but because guys love doing it they don’t realise just how hard…
What’s gone wrong at the Ospreys?
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor THE OSPREYS’ 22-20 defeat to Munster at the Liberty Stadium means it’s extremely unlikely the defending champions will qualify for the Magners League…
Ospreys 20 Munster 22 – International Watch
MUNSTER BEAT the Ospreys 22-20 but whose performances will have impressed Warren Gatland and Declan Kidney? OSPREYS Alun Wyn Jones In one word – immense. He carried his team and…