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Lawes free to play but Tuilagi cops ban

England's Courtney Lawes and Manu Tuilagi have both learned their fate after the pair were cited following last weekend's Six Nati…

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12 Mar 2020, 15:19

Joe Marler handed lengthy ban by Six Nations disciplinary committee

The loosehead prop had been the subject of a citing complaint by the independent citing commissioner, Peter Ferguson, following la…

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12 Mar 2020, 14:52

EPCR adopts wait-and-see approach regarding Champions Cup quarter-final schedule

Champions Cup matches are fixed for Exeter, Clermont, Dublin and Toulouse on the weekend of April 4/5, with Challenge Cup games pl…

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12 Mar 2020, 13:49

Guinness PRO14 season suspended due to coronavirus outbreak

Explaining their rationale in a statement issued on Thursday afternoon, tournament organisers said: “The PRO14 is an internation…

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12 Mar 2020, 12:31

Townsend: 'It would be a surprise if the game was called off this late'

England’s trip to Italy and France-Ireland in Paris have been postponed this weekend but Scotland are continuing to prepare to f…

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12 Mar 2020, 12:14

Leicester confirm triple injury blow, including an operation for England winger Jonny May

The Tigers winger lasted just eight minutes at Twickenham and his club have now revealed he is set for an indefinite period on the…

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12 Mar 2020, 10:24

Three more fixtures under threat amid Ireland coronavirus lockdown

The conclusion of the European Champions Cup and the Guinness PRO14 are both now up in the air after Irish prime minister Leo Vara…

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12 Mar 2020, 10:12

Scarlets' Sam Lousi banned for top-end red card at Munster

The Welsh region’s forward was shown the red card in Limerick on February 29 by referee Mike Adamson and was cited under law 9.1…

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12 Mar 2020, 9:20

Richie McCaw's Test cap record is about to be equalled

Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones will equal the world record held by New Zealand’s Richie McCaw for most rugby union Test match appe…

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12 Mar 2020, 8:51

Wales make four changes to their team to play Scotland

New Welsh coach Wayne Pivac has had a difficult campaign so far, losing to Ireland, France and England following an opening day wi…

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12 Mar 2020, 8:14

Scotland make three changes to their team to play Wales

Having ended France’s Grand Slam hopes with a resounding success last Sunday at BT Murrayfield, Gregor Townsend had responded to…

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12 Mar 2020, 7:53

Premiership clubs fear coronavirus could cause 'financial armageddon' - reports

The English league season has completed only 13 of its 22 regulation season rounds of fixtures and club administrators are concern…

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12 Mar 2020, 7:27

The devastating family situation affecting England's Joe Cokanasiga

Despite serving for almost 14 years in the British armed forces and serving two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, the English …

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12 Mar 2020, 6:19

Ousted Saracens boss Edward Griffiths back in the game in a surprise role - reports

The administrator recently spent just 26 days at the crisis London club, during which time they failed to sort out their salary ca…

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12 Mar 2020, 5:51

'We don't want robots... otherwise, you might as well just talk to a computer'

Eddie Jones' 79 per cent win ratio with England is valuable enough to overlook his frequent verbal detonations claims the admiring…

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12 Mar 2020, 4:52

Ex-England player claims Jones' post-match protest against Marler only motivated by Wales losing

Joe Marler's chequered disciplinary record has left him facing a substantial ban on Thursday but an ex-England team-mate insists t…

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12 Mar 2020, 3:54

Brett Cameron to start for the Crusaders while Fergus Burke lines up on the bench for Super Rugby debut

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12 Mar 2020, 0:09

Joe Marchant and Patrick Tuipulotu granted rests as Blues bring back All Blacks wing

The Blues return to Eden Park for a demanding clash against the touring Lions side from South Africa at the one-off afternoon star…

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11 Mar 2020, 23:08

James O'Connor returns for Reds alongside specialist goal-kicker as Brad Thorn makes six changes

The return of Wallabies star James O'Connor is one of six changes to the Queensland Reds starting XV for Saturday's Super Rugby cl…

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11 Mar 2020, 21:25

This year's Lions are an empty shell of their former self

The Lions team of 2020 is a pale shadow to the sides that reached three consecutive finals in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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11 Mar 2020, 16:59