London Wasps interim Director of Rugby Leon Holden has today named his side to face London Irish at the Madejski Stadium in the Aviva Premiership Rugby on Sunday. Holden has made six changes from the starting line -up that lost to Northampton Saints last weekend. Richard Haughton is out of the game as a...
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England U20 got their 6 Nations campaign off to the perfect start tonight, securing an impressive 20-26 victory against Wales at the Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli. Rob Hunter’s men looked strong throughout and the win ensured double celebration for England’s teams this weekend, with the seniors triumphing in Cardiff on Friday night. Things...
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England today added two players to the squad preparing for the RBS 6 Nations match against Italy at Twickenham on Saturday. London Irish prop Alex Corbisiero comes in for Tim Payne (London Wasps) who has returned to his club for treatment to a sternum injury. Gloucester Rugby wing James Simpson-Daniel has been added to...
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Bristol Rugby home to London Welsh on Sunday 30th January at 3:00pm Bristol Rugby return to league action at home to London Welsh, looking to maintain their run of success in the British and Irish Cup Competition. Bristol Head Coach Paul Hull has stuck largely with the squad that has performed well in recent...
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The LV= Anglo Welsh Cup returns this weekend with all eyes on London Wasps’ match in Abu Dhabi against Harlequins. London Wasps’ bold move brings two of English rugby’s biggest names onto the international stage, as they go head-to-head in the first-ever Cup match overseas. The game will be played in front of a...
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MIKE TINDALL (Gloucester Rugby) left the England training camp in Portugal last night for an MRI scan in London after sustaining a blow to a thigh in training. The scan confirmed there was no major damage and he is due to return to training with the England squad when they reassemble at Pennyhill Park...
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Moseley has pleasure in confirming the signature of Cambridge University Captain Ben Maidment. Ben a 22 year old, 6’4”, 17½ st ball carrying no 8 (or no 6), who was previously a student at Durham University, is currently studying Land Economy at St. Edmunds College Cambridge and won blues two years running. He has...
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London Irish hooker, David Paice has re-signed with the club for a further three seasons which will see him stay with the Exiles until the end of the 2013/14 season. David joined the London Irish Academy in 2003 and went on to become an integral part of the club’s U19 team that won the...
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England today drafted four replacements into the Elite Player Squad preparing for the RBS 6 Nations. The players called up are Northampton Saints flankers Tom Wood and Phil Dowson, Leicester Tigers lock George Skivington and Bath Rugby full back Nick Abendanon. Wood and Dowson are injury replacements for Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers) and Lewis...
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The Ulster Ravens travel to play London Welsh at Old Deer Park this Saturday in the British & Irish Cup competition looking to bounce back from a 20—25 defeat last weekend to Neath and Belfast’s Shaws’ Bridge venue. Ulster’s youngsters led 17-3 at the half-time break but were overpowered in the second half by...
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