KARENA WIHONGI of Sale Sharks has been suspended from participating in Rugby Union for four months for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine. The suspension by a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel on March 9, 2011 runs from January 28, 2011 (provisional suspension date) to May 26, 2011...
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The Irish Rugby Football Union today confirmed that Ireland will play the Barbarians for The MasterCard Trophy at Thomond Park, Limerick on Friday 4th June 2010 – Kick off 7.45pm. This match will form part of Ireland’s 2010 Southern Hemisphere tour preparations and the Barbarians’ Summer Tour, with a fixture against England the week...
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) yesterday met with Coventry President and former England fullback Peter Rossborough at Twickenham Stadium about the future of the club and Championship rugby in the City. The discussions between Mr Rossborough and his advisors and RFU Chief Executive Francis Baron, RFU Management Board Chairman Martyn Thomas and RFU Company...
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The Rugby Football Union Management Board today accepted a proposal from the Championship Clubs Committee that the inaugural final be played over two legs, home and away, of the finalists rather than at Twickenham. This arrangement is subject to the RFU Council agreeing the required regulation change. The matches will be played in midweek...
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DANNY GREWCOCK of Bath Rugby was tonight banned for two weeks for striking Saracens’ Neil de Kock during the Guinness Premiership match at the Recreation Ground on October 31. Grewcock, who pleaded guilty before a Rugby Football Union Disciplinary Panel of Jeremy Summers (chairman), Philip Evans and Michael White at the London Bloomsbury Holiday...
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Nintendo UK has announced a one year partnership with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which will bring the entertainment giant to Twickenham Stadium. The partnership with Nintendo, set to run until September 2010, will see commercial rights apply to key rugby events over the year at Twickenham including The Investec Challenge Series matches (England...
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