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Sheehan and Lowe set for Leinster return this week
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Monday, 20 January 2025 06:24
Fit-again Dan Sheehan and James Lowe are set to return to action for Leinster this week before linking up with Ireland's Six Nations squad. Hooker Sheehan, 26, has not played since sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury during Ireland's defeat by South Africa in July.New Zealand-born wing Lowe, 32, has been out since Ireland's Autumn Nations Series win over Australia…
Lynn named new Wales women head coach
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Monday, 20 January 2025 08:08
"We have a Six Nations campaign and Rugby World Cup to prepare for in what promises to be the biggest year in the history of women's rugby."We have work to do but having coached, and coached against, the Welsh internationals in England, I know we have the players to make the nation proud."As well as coaching the PWR team, Lynn…
Saracens' Morrow to join England staff in summer
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Monday, 20 January 2025 06:30
Saracens' Phil Morrow will join England as head of performance at the end of the season, after an initial attempt to recruit him was blocked by Premiership clubs.England had hoped to bring in Morrow last autumn, but Saracens would only allow him to take up the role midway though a campaign if he continued with his club duties.Premiership clubs blocked…
'Absolutely no doubt' - Humphreys backs Easterby
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Monday, 20 January 2025 08:46
As part of his role, Humphreys - who won 72 caps for Ireland and captained Ulster to the European Cup in 1999 - says he wants to return all four Irish provincial teams to the "top end of Europe". Leinster, Munster and Ulster have all qualified for this season's Investec Champions Cup knockout rounds while Connacht have reached the last…
Scotland captain Tuipulotu ruled out of Six Nations
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Monday, 20 January 2025 04:03
Analysis - Tom English, BBC Scotland's chief sport writerThe grim confirmation of Sione Tuipulotu's Six Nations-ending injury was expected but it still landed with a thud nonetheless.Tuipulotu is one of the form inside centres in the game; a captain, a physical brute, an artist, an inspiration to his team. He's a pretty rare amalgam of world-class bludgeon and world-class rapier.His…
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