BATH’S OLLY BARKLEY is still only 30 so is sure to have a good few years left playing professional rugby, but he is already planning for life post-retirement. The centre has set…
Tournaments
Andrew Hore benched for Chiefs clash
Highlanders’ Head Coach, Jamie Joseph, has named his team to play the Chiefs at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on Friday. He has made five changes to the run-on team…
Crusaders missing All Blacks trio
CRUSADERS LOOSEHEAD prop Wyatt Crockett will notch up a century for the Super 15 side when he starts against the Hurricanes this Saturday in Addington. Injuries to All Black trio…
Premiership coaches row, row, row their boat
TOBY BOOTH and Neal Hatley are in unchartered waters as they take on one of the biggest challenges of their lives in Canada: the gruelling 715km Yukon River Quest, in…
Mike Tindall to become player-coach at Gloucester
GLOUCESTER RUGBY’S new Director of Rugby, Nigel Davies, was delighted to confirm that Mike Tindall has signed a contract to become a player/ coach at the club next season. Davies…
Bath sign Argentine ace Agulla
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL winger, Horacio Agulla will be joining Bath Rugby next season. The 27 year old, equally adept playing on the wing or at fullback, has been capped 34 times…
Bedford Blues have access to ten Saracens players
BEDFORD BLUES and Premiership champions Saracens renewed their player partnership as the the two clubs confirm that ten Sarries players will be available to the Championship side. Scrum-half Luke Baldwin…
Gloucester draw Exiles in Amlin Challenge Cup draw
Former Amlin Challenge Cup champions, Gloucester Rugby, have been drawn with high-quality opposition in English rivals, London Irish, as well as French representatives, Bordeaux-Bègles and Mont-de-Marsan, following the pool draw…
Heineken Cup Pool draw kind to Quins
REIGNING HEINEKEN Cup champions, Leinster, have been drawn in Pool 5 of the 2012/13 tournament and will face ASM Clermont Auvergne, Scarlets and newcomers, Exeter Chiefs, as they attempt to…
French Focus: Top 14 Final
THE FRENCH domestic season reaches its climax on Saturday evening as Toulon take on Toulouse in front of a full house at the Stade de France. Reigning champions Toulouse are…