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Champions Cup pain fuels Leinster’s Andrew Porter in Croke Park clash
Leinster have not won the Champions Cup since 2018, which is the sort of fact to send those of a certain age scurrying to the record books to see if it can really be true. Turns out it can. No doubt…
Boost for Saracens as Maro Itoje avoids ban for a dangerous tackle
Maro Itoje is free to play in Saracens’ Premiership run-in after he escaped a suspension following his citing for a dangerous tackle, a decision which could impact on his availability for England this summer. Itoje had been cited for his…
Saracens face fresh blow after Vunipola arrest with Itoje set for suspension
Saracens’ woes have been compounded after Billy Vunipola’s arrest in Mallorca with Maro Itoje facing the prospect of a suspension that could rule him out for the club’s end-of-season run-in. Only 24 hours after news of Vunipola’s arrest emerged, Itoje…
The Breakdown | English rugby must wear salary cap and resist temptation to remove it
They published the annual salary-cap report last week. Premier Rugby has turned this into quite the glossy document, as if to underscore how seriously the concept of the salary cap is taken these days. Poignantly, this is the first time…
Billy Vunipola tasered twice during arrest at weekend in Spanish bar
Billy Vunipola was tasered twice by police officers before being arrested at 4.30am on Sunday morning after an incident in a bar in Majorca. The arrest occurred in Epic bar in Palma after the England rugby international took off his…
Rugby Australia posts $9.2m deficit and braces for challenging year ahead
Rugby Australia has declared a $9.2m deficit for last year is not unusual, but warned 2024 will be “another challenging year” as the governing body is forced to stump up growing interest payments. The Wallabies were eliminated in the pool…
‘I was lost’: Ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg reveals rehab has sparked reset
Former Scotland captain Stuart Hogg has revealed spending time at a rehabilitation centre helped him “reset” after being charged by police in connection with an incident in the Scottish Borders. Hogg, Scotland’s all-time leading try scorer, retired from playing in…
Vermeulen double inspires Exeter to emphatic victory against Gloucester
A glance at the teamsheet suggested this might be a difficult afternoon for Gloucester, and so it proved. Exeter’s international contingent, led by the Wales captain, Dafydd Jenkins, and spearheaded by virtuoso displays from England’s Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Henry Slade,…
England’s Six Nations blitz built on sacrificing discipline for dynamism | Sarah Rendell
England Women’s Six Nations campaign was formidable but it seems even more so when you look at their numbers: 270 points scored via 44 tries across five matches, with only 41 points conceded. The captain, Marlie Packer, said after the…