Furlong was with the Ireland team this week for their training camp in Portugal Location: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday February 4 To start up: 2:15 p.m. GMT Blanket: Live on BBC One, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Ulster, Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sport website and app; live text commentary on …
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Rugby league has further tightened its concussion rules for the 2023 season, but the sport will not change its stance on tackle height despite significant and controversial changes to rugby union. The Rugby Football Union will ban tackles above the waist from next season in community play, a move which has met with significant backlash. …
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England men’s head coach Steve Borthwick has confirmed his squad for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener against Scotland. England will face Scotland in the historic Calcutta Cup at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday February 4 (4:45pm KO). Henry Slade withdrew from the squad with a hip injury suffered in Exeter Chief’s game against Castres ahead of …
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Henry Slade is the latest player to be kicked out Opening of the six nations of England at Twickenham on Saturday Slade has withdrawn from the 36-man squad, named by head coach Steve Borthwick, due to a hip injury sustained in Exeter’s Champions Cup game against Castres. Anthony Watson, who put in an impressive display …
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Townsend, now 49, remembers those milestones with the same enthusiasm you might imagine his seven-year-old self would have: and it provides a telling insight into his mindset when it comes to Six Nations this season. It will be his sixth championship as Scotland head coach, but he has to accept the fact that it could …
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Maro Itoje has revealed England players noticed a change in mood ahead of Eddie Jones’ sacking in November and likened it to the end of Boris Johnson’s term as prime minister. “I think I just saw him on the news,” Itoje said speaking exclusively to The Telegraph. “We felt the mood change, especially in the …
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George Furbank will lead Northampton Saints to Mattioli Woods Welford Road this weekend when the men in black, green and gold take on East Midlands rivals Leicester Tigers. Saints have won four of their last seven Derby visits to Leicester in all competitions but have found life on the road in the Gallagher Premiership difficult …
Leicester Tigers and Edinburgh Rugby will kick off the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Friday March 31 (kick-off: 8:00 p.m.). European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) today confirmed the draw for the Round of 16, which will feature five English teams – the most of any nation remaining in …
Chief executive Steve Phillips has said he believes he is the man at the helm of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) after he apologized following accusations of sexism, racism and misogyny. Phillips, who has faces calls to resign for the allegations of discrimination and bullying, apologized. He says he hasn’t considered his position following the …
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England head coach Steve Borthwick has confirmed that Jamie George and Elliot Daly have been forced out of his squad. Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons) and Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby) have been brought in to replace them. RANKED: Which Six Nations 2023 team have the most foreign-born players? The 2023 Six Nations Championship is the 24th …
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