The rugby masters at Barnard Castle have an unerring ability to recognise outstanding talent, particularly in sets of brothers with Guy and Max Pepper the latest to grab the headlines
World Cup winner Lewis Moody has made a smashing promise to himself about Leicester: if the Tigers defeat Northampton on Saturday and qualify for their first Gallagher Premiership final since 2013, he will definitely get along to the June 18 Twickenham decider.
Coaching flare-ups, desperate injuries and Premiership drama featured on a tumultuous weekend's rugby.
England had high hopes their last match of the old amateur era would be the 1995 World Cup final but it was instead a third-place playoff versus France.
Having battled with a troublesome knee injury throughout 2019, Dylan Hartley, the former England skipper, has finally admitted defeat and decided to retire with immediate effect.
