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Petrus du Plessis: Glasgow Warriors prop returns to NHS to battle Covid-19
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Wednesday, 08 April 2020 02:31
Glasgow Warriors player-coach Petrus du Plessis is to return to the National Health Service to help treat patients with Covid-19. The Pro14 season was suspended earlier this month and is unlikely to resume until August at the earliest.And Du Plessis, 38, has registered to return to the NHS as a respiratory physiotherapist. "I strongly believe it's important to have all…
Gareth Thomas: Ex-Wales captain loses family member to coronavirus
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Tuesday, 07 April 2020 09:50
Former Wales international Gareth Thomas says a family member has died of coronavirus.Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, the former Wales captain said he wanted to be real and honest so people could see the reality of the virus.The 45-year-old also said he is "petrified" for his daughter, who works for the National Health Service. "This virus has affected me…
Gatland suggests Lions-All Blacks 'decider'
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Tuesday, 07 April 2020 09:14
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has suggested a one-off "decider" with New Zealand ahead of the 2021 tour to South Africa.Gatland, 56, was in charge as the Lions and the All Blacks drew their three-Test series in New Zealand in 2017.The former Wales coach says a fourth fixture could help rugby to generate revenue after the coronavirus crisis.…
England's Jamie George talks isolation fitness, inspirational team-mates and dog names
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Tuesday, 07 April 2020 09:16
England and Saracens hooker Jamie George joined the Rugby Union Weekly podcast this week to talk lockdown fitness, British and Irish Lions ambitions, inspirational team-mates - and inadvertently naming his dog after a Manchester City defender.How’s isolation working out for you?Isolation’s all right actually. Weirdly I am quite enjoying the lockdown. I managed to get a very makeshift gym installed…
Scotland hooker Brown on fatherhood, nappies and missing rugby
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Tuesday, 07 April 2020 05:28
All credit to Fraser Brown for the things he has done on the rugby field this season, but the truth is that the best performer in the Scotland and Glasgow Warriors hooker's household by the length of Scotstoun Stadium and back again has been his wife. Jen only a few weeks ago managed to give birth to their first child,…
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