Ireland wing Mack Hansen is ready to make his return from injury on Saturday after over eight months on the sidelines.
RugbyPass exclusively revealed on Wednesday that Saracens boss Mark McCall is ready to make the former Leicester Tigers man Balmain his sixth signing ahead of next season.
The Irish URC side have also confirmed their squad of 43 for the 2024/25 campaign, slightly down in size from 2023/24.
A hip injury kept scrum-half sidelined for the whole 2023/24 campaign and his name was the final addition to an exit list that had already contained the likes of the Bristol-bound Viliame Mata.
Former Ireland U20 hooker Adam McBurney is set to move from Edinburgh to Connacht at the end of the season.
Bristol Bears kept themselves firmly in the play-off picture in the Gallagher Premiership as they came from behind to defeat rivals Gloucester 33-24 at a packed-out Kingsholm.
Edinburgh slipped out of the BKT United Rugby Championship playoff places after going down 22-19 to the Sharks - their first defeat of 2023.
Olly Cracknell’s converted try three minutes from time lifted London Irish to a wafer-thin 21-20 victory over Edinburgh in the European Challenge Cup. Adam McBurney and Ramiro Moyano crossed the whitewash for Edinburgh, with Emiliano Boffelli adding the extras to both tries, before Jaco van der Walt’s penalty helped the Scottish side into a 17-7 lead at
Tuesday is moving day in the Edinburgh hooker position as Richard Cockerill has signed Adam McBurney and is releasing Mike Willemse.
