Rugby Union

Saracens centre Olly Hartley will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a serious knee injury during the Premiership win against Gloucester on Saturday. The 22-year-old scored a try – his seventh this campaign – in the 46-24 victory at StoneX Stadium before the injury. Hartley will now have …

Forward Georgia Evans says Wales have taken their foot off the gas and that has allowed the rest of the Six Nations to pass them by. Evans has been a mainstay in the Wales side that climbed to a record high of sixth place in the world following successive third-place …

Exeter Chiefs full-back Tommy Wyatt has signed a new contract with the club. The 24-year-old has impressed this season and taken his overall tally to nine tries in 36 games since joining Chiefs permanently. The Taunton product was originally dual-registered with Championship side Cornish Pirates. “I’m really excited for the …

Bristol Bears have signed second-rower Steele Barker, hooker Tom Doughty and scrum-half Sam Edwards for the 2024-25 season. Lock Barker, 23, joins from Championship side Cornish Pirates, where he has made 17 appearances in this campaign. Doughty, 27, arrives from second-tier Doncaster Knights, having previously spent four years with west …

Bath have signed former St Helens rugby league wing Regan Grace on a deal until the end of the 2024-25 season. The 27-year-old joined Bath in February as he recovered from a long-term injury and played in two friendlies for the club in March against Gloucester and Leinster. Grace ruptured …

And he added: “It’s something that’s happening at Glasgow – Harlequins game [in the Champions Cup], [Challenge Cup] final last year, Munster game in the [United Rugby Championship] quarter last year and then it’s kind of a similar thing with Scotland. “We know we’ve got the players and in games …

Danny, Ugo and Chris talk about the top four race in the Premiership and English nines. Source link

The World Cup in 2022 lasted five weeks. Burns and Mather’s schedule was much more compact with their five games being played across 18 days. Wins over Russia and hosts Scotland in the pool stage were followed by victories over Canada and France in the knockout rounds. There was precious …

On the 30th anniversary of the final, England’s Gill Burns and Giselle Mather reminisce about their Rugby World Cup victory against the USA in 1994. Source link

1: Jane Mangham (now Coats), Red Rose number 31 Mangham now calls Edinburgh her home and has been involved in coaching both rugby and football in Scotland. Jane is a qualified teacher but now enjoys life as a teaching assistant. 2: Nicky Ponsford, Red Rose 10 Ponsford moved into the …

Ireland co-captain Sam Monaghan is poised to return in Saturday’s Six Nations encounter against Scotland. The lock sat out last weekend’s 88-10 defeat by England but is fit again as the fifth-placed Irish seek a second win of the tournament. “I’m putting my hand up [for selection]. I have hit …

Alex Matthews says England will “thrive” off the expected fierce atmosphere in their Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider in France on Saturday. The Red Roses have not lost in 28 Six Nations games since they were beaten by France in Grenoble in 2018. England are chasing a third consecutive …

However, before their Premiership showdown at Bath on Friday night, McCall confirmed the new deals were not yet set in stone. “Maro and Jamie have agreed something in principle, but I’m not sure there’s a contract on the table as it stands,” he added. “It’s pretty important it gets sorted …

Chloe Rollie will miss Scotland’s final Six Nations game in Ireland following a three-match suspension for her red card in the win over Italy. The full-back was shown a yellow card in the last minute of Saturday’s 17-10 success in Parma, but the dangerous clear-out was then upgraded to red. …

Bristol Bears have a “huge” opportunity to win a major trophy for the first time when they appear in Sunday’s Allianz Cup final, said head coach Dave Ward. Bears have home advantage when they face Saracens at Shaftesbury Park. They beat Premiership defending champions and current league leaders Gloucester-Hartpury 54-28 …

Scotland lock Jonny Gray has left Exeter Chiefs with immediate effect to “explore other playing opportunities”. The 30-year-old moved to the Premiership side in 2020 but has not played this season because of a serious knee injury suffered during the Champions Cup semi-finals in April 2023. The 77-times capped second …

A new brain-cooling treatment for sports-related concussion is being trialled in professional rugby union. It is the first acute treatment for the injury able to be delivered pitchside and is being used by six clubs in the United Rugby Championship (URC). ‘PolarCap’ works by delivering targeted cooling to the head …

Danny, Ugo and Chris talk about the top four race in the Premiership and English nines. Source link

Ellie Kildunne & Sophie Ellis-Bexter star in the best moments from week four of the Women’s Six Nations. Source link

Rosie Galligan and Lark Atkin-Davies will miss England’s Grand Slam decider against France on Saturday through injury. Lock Galligan, 25, pulled out of the 88-10 win over Ireland in the warm-up with a thumb injury, while hooker Atkin-Davies, 29, came off with an ankle injury. Both will see specialists this …