Stephen Brown took over the role of Acting CEO from Martyn Thomas as of yesterday, Tuesday, November 29. As previously stated, Martyn Thomas will also on December 16 relinquish the chairmanship of England Rugby 2015 , the directorship of European Rugby Cup Ltd and step down from the International Rugby Board Council and the...
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Leicester Tigers No 8 Thomas Waldrom (pictured) will fly out from England tonight (Monday) as precautionary cover for Nick Easter who continues to have treatment on his back. Waldrom, part of the extended Rugby World Cup Preliminary Squad, will arrive in New Zealand on Wednesday (September 21). He is not an official replacement for...
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Wasps hooker Geraldine Thomas has been called up to the England Women’s Elite Playing Squad (EPS) for the 2011/2012 season. Thomas replaces Richmond hooker Emma Croker who has withdrawn from the squad this season for personal reasons. Thomas has previously played England Under 20s rugby and will now join the EPS squad who will...
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) Board of Directors met yesterday for its regular monthly meeting. Key agenda items included appointing an Acting CEO, hiring a new CEO and appointing an Independent Non-Executive Director. The Board agreed as follows: Martyn Thomas was confirmed as Acting CEO of the RFU until such time as a new...
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Sale Sharks long-term plans have received a huge boost with the news that exciting teenage star Henry Thomas has signed a two year extension to his existing contract with the Edgeley Park club, committing the tighthead prop to the Sharks until June 2014. Thomas’s progression at the Aviva Premiership club has been little short...
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership Rugby have today announced that Ian Metcalfe, RFU Board Director, will replace Martyn Thomas, Chairman of the RFU Board, as Chairman of the Professional Game Board (PGB) with immediate effect. The Professional Game Board was formed out of the eight year deal signed three years ago by...
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The Wales Sevens squad has arrived in New Zealand ahead of the next two legs of the HSBC Sevens World Series – Wellington on Friday and Saturday and Las Vegas on February 12 and 13. There are three new caps in the squad – Dragons scrum half Nicky Griffiths, Pontypridd’s Adam Thomas and Aberavon’s...
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Bedford Blues finish their mini tour in Wales with a clash against Swansea in the British and Irish Cup this evening. Director of rugby Mike Rayer rings the changes once more, but both Tom Bedford and Sean Tomes start their third game of the week. There is also an opportunity for flying youngster Josh...
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Thomas Waldrom has been voted the Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Month. The Leicester Tigers number 8 was picked for December by a panel made up of rugby media representatives from print, TV, radio and the photographers. Rugby World editor Paul Morgan, who chairs the panel, commented: “Since arriving from New Zealand, Thomas...
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Paul O’Connell, the Munster replacement (No 19), appeared before an independent Disciplinary Hearing in Dublin today (Thursday, 16 December, 2010) as a result of the red card he received during the Heineken Cup Pool 3 match against the Ospreys at Thomond Park on Sunday, 12 December, 2010. The red card was issued to Mr...
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