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Alex Cuthbert: Exeter Chiefs chasing Premiership & Champions Cup double, says wing
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Friday, 28 August 2020 01:46
Exeter Chiefs are targeting a Heineken Champions Cup and Premiership double, says wing Alex Cuthbert.Chiefs have an 11-point lead at the top of the Premiership, winning three times since the restart, including victories at title rivals Sale and Bristol.They host Northampton in the Champions Cup quarter-finals next month."Without being arrogant it's what we've talked about and it's what we've had…
What next for Glasgow Warriors after changing of the guard?
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Friday, 28 August 2020 00:11
Saturday's 15-point loss to Edinburgh consigned Glasgow Warriors to only a second season outside the Pro14 play-offs in nine years.As their rivals ponder a home semi-final with Ulster, new Warriors head coach Danny Wilson will start preparing for the new season - provisionally set for the start of October - having acknowledged his side could face a challenging time when…
Welsh regions again Covid-19 free ahead of Pro14 derbies
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 08:37
Welsh rugby's professional teams have returned no positive tests for Covid-19 ahead of the weekend's Pro14 derbies.The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) says a 297 tests were conducted this week, taking the total to 1,962.It follows a similar announcement on 20 August after Dragons' Jamie Roberts tested positive for coronavirus.Wales centre Roberts has returned to training since his isolation period ended.A…
Rhys Webb: Returning Ospreys and Wales scrum-half looks for home comforts
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 02:47
Returning Ospreys scrum-half Rhys Webb has admitted he missed the buzz of playing for Wales during his international exile of more than two years.A move to French side Toulon in 2018 made him ineligible for Wales, but a return in 2020 saw him welcomed back into the Test fold for the Six Nations."At the beginning I thought I wouldn't miss…
25 years of professional rugby: Global and gender growth key to future of the sport
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 05:31
World Rugby boss Brett Gosper says "geographic and gender growth" will drive the future of the sport, as rugby union seeks to reach new markets and expand the women's game. Twenty-five years on from the start of the professional era, Gosper believes a "simpler and safer" sport will emerge over the next quarter of a century. The World Rugby chief…
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