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Championship clubs feel 'threatened' over RFU plans
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Wednesday, 10 January 2024 09:15
English Championship rugby union clubs say the Rugby Football Union (RFU) has "threatened them with effective relegation" over their objections to plans for a new second tier.Under the plans clubs would have to apply for a place to play in a new-look second tier from the summer of 2025.Clubs are against "non-meritocratic entry" to a new league and have doubts…
Edwards and Davies hail JPR's impact on game
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Tuesday, 09 January 2024 09:34
Many players dominate a position though few define it in the way JPR Williams managed in the number 15 jersey.The Welshman, who died on Monday aged 74, changed the way full-back was played globally, according to the greats who played by his side.Before him, full-back was seen almost solely as a last line of defence.But Sir Gareth Edwards and Gerald…
Six Nations teams to have names on shirts for first time
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Tuesday, 09 January 2024 06:49
All teams at this year's men's Six Nations are set to have their players' names on the back of shirts for the first time. The move, hoped to help attract casual fans, follows that of the women's tournament last year. Unlike football, rugby jerseys usually feature only numbers on the back.While some countries have shown names on the backs of…
Four surgeries and a witch doctor - Hastings on injury hell
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Tuesday, 09 January 2024 12:04
Adam Hastings is thrilled to be back playing rugby following a "hellish" 18 months riddled with injuries. The 27-year-old Scotland fly-half sustained shoulder, ankle and knee injuries during that period and required four operations.Now he is fit again and playing regularly for Gloucester."The past season-and-a-half has been fairly hellish for me in terms of just getting through games," Hastings told…
Who could benefit from Ireland's injury crisis?
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Tuesday, 09 January 2024 00:18
Mack Hansen and Jimmy O'Brien are to miss the Six Nations, James Lowe is only just back in training and has not played since the World Cup, while Keith Earls and Andrew Conway have called time on their international careers.It was revealed on Monday that Hansen would be ruled out for three to four months with a dislocated shoulder, while…
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