Current State: As poor as anywhere in the squad and poorer than most. The English management have rotated through centres willy-nilly and eventually settled on a number of aging journeymen with a desperate gamble on a kid. The gamble paid off, and now Tuilagi is wondering who will be joining him in the EPS...
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London Scottish have signed Canadian World Cup star Adam Kleeberger from the British Columbia Bears until the end of the season Kleeberger, 27, who plays as a back-row forward, won praise for his standout performances during the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. An aggressive, tough tackling flanker, he was named man of the...
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Llanelli full back Jordan Williams has earned himself November’s Principality Premiership Player of the Month award after an exciting month on the field. The versatile back is the third winner of the rugby award this season and Llanelli Principality Building Society Senior Customer Adviser manager Dean Roberts presented Jordan with his award. Jordan said:...
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Accolades have showered down on Jonny Wilkinson since he announced his retirement from international rugby, with players and personalities from all corners of the global game applauding an exceptional career with England and the British and Irish Lions. Few players have achieved the status enjoyed by the former Newcastle Falcons fly-half, but another player...
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Phil Dowson of Northampton Saints was this evening suspended for two weeks for a dangerous tackle, contrary to Law 10(4)(j), on Saracens’ Alex Goode during the Aviva Premiership match at Franklin’s Gardens on November 26, 2011. Dowson, who pleaded guilty, was suspended from December 7 to December 20 by an RFU Disciplinary Panel of...
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Saracens have signed Peter Stringer on a three-month loan from Munster. The Irish international scrumhalf will be registered to play for the English champions in the Aviva Premiership and Heineken Cup. Mark McCall, Director of Rugby, said: “We are fortunate to have a pair of outstanding young scrumhalves in Ben Spencer and Luke Baldwin,...
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PHIL DOWSON of Northampton Saints has been cited for a dangerous tackle on Saracens’ Alex Goode during the Aviva Premiership match at Franklin’s Gardens on November 26. Dowson has been charged with acting contrary to Law 10(4)(J) in that he “lifted a player off the ground and dropped or drove that player in to...
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Steven Shingler will serve a 4 week ban as a result of a “tip tackle” he made on Cardiff centre, Dafydd Hewitt in London Irish’s loss to the Blues at the City of Cardiff Stadium. The former Scarlet could have found himself out of the game for twice as long however, had it not...
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Doncaster Knights face local rivals Rotherham Titans this weekend and Brett Davey has included five players who have previously pulled on the jersey of the Knights’ South Yorkshire enemy. Captain Chris Hallam, player-coach Glen Kenworthy, Samoan centre PJ Gidlow, prop Stuart Corsar and vice-captain Matt Challinor are all ex-Titans stars and are likely to...
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As player after player has rushed forwards to insist they’re going nowhere, one England player has bucked the trend. Lewis Moody has decided that 71 caps, 2 World Cup finals, untold injuries and the rest of it is enough for him. His decision has left me with a number of mixed emotions. I am...
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