Ulster are edging towards winning their tug-of-war with leading French sides Racing 92 and Lyon to keep Ireland winger Jacob Stockdale in Belfast when his contract runs out at the end of the season. Stockdale, 28, whose career has stalled by a series of injury problems, had been speaking to Racing 92 and Lyon about […]
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Leicester are also in pool one with with defending champions Toulouse, South African side Sharks, fellow Premiership side Exeter and Ireland’s Ulster. They face Sharks, who beat Exeter 39-21 in their opening match, in their next on Saturday. Cheika, who took Leinster to the European title in 2009, says whatever happens in the rest of […]
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Relive Siya Kolisi’s power and an impressive turn of speed with this clip of his brace of tries from the Sharks’ big win against the Exeter Chiefs in the Investec Champions Cup. Siya was on FIRE this afternoon Watch instant #InvestecChampionsCup highlights of @SharksRugby‘s win now https://t.co/Txcifyjnpw pic.twitter.com/qcVOYWv6LP — Investec Champions Cup (@ChampionsCup) December 7, […]
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The British and Irish Lions seldom amount to more than the sum of their parts. Many a tour, even in the professional era, has finished as an uneasy mishmash of cultures working at cross purposes. On one or two, the aggregate of four nations has not proved better than one single country with a well-honed […]
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Former head coach Steve Hansen has launched a passionate defence of New Zealand’s 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign, insisting the Kiwis were denied a title victory. Speaking to DSPN‘s Martin Devlin, Hansen pulled no punches about the All Blacks’ defeat to the Springboks in Paris last year, as well as their overall performance at the […]
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Former Champions Cup winners La Rochelle have put England back row Sam Underhill on their shopping list for next season despite him having another left to run on his contract with Premiership title chasers Bath. Blindside flanker Underhill, 28, who started his career at Gloucester, making his debut in the Premiership Cup as an 18-year-old, […]
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The latest Welsh winners and losers from the opening round of European rugby
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The call from the Championship clubs comes after three former RFU chairmen called for Ilube, Sweeney and “the relevant RFU board members” to resign. Martyn Thomas, Graeme Cattermole and Brian Baister claimed “enormous and irreparable damage” had been done to the reputation of the RFU by the awarding of the bonuses. The Community Clubs Union […]
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Skipper Salmaan Moerat and World Cup winners Frans Malherbe and Deon Fourie are among a host of Springboks set to return for the DHL Stormers before the end of 2024. Moerat, Fourie (both knee), Malherbe (ankle), Sti Sithole (ankle), and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (concussion) are all expected to make their return over the coming weeks. Steven […]
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