Australia to allow overseas players international selection with new policy
1 decade ago by The TimesWith a horde of players set to flee to Europe after this year’s World Cup in England, Australia have announced a new policy that, for the first time, will allow talent playing overseas to be selected...
‘Frustrated’ Mike Brown out for the season
1 decade ago by The TimesMike Brown, the Harlequins and England full back, looks certain to miss the rest of the season because of concerns over his lengthy battle with the effects of concussion. Conor O’Shea, the club’s...
Owen Farrell signs new contract with Saracens
1 decade ago by The TelegraphOwen Farrell, the England fly-half, has handed Saracens a boost in the wake of their Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Clermont Auvergne by signing a new contract with the club. Farrell, 24, made...
Chris Robshaw's rise from sleepy Surrey village to England captain
1 decade ago by The TelegraphAs the World Cup draws closer so the scrutiny of Chris Robshaw grows ever sharper. Every decision to kick to the corner will be second guessed as every turnover that Steffon Armitage wins will be used...
Owen Farrell signs contract extension with Saracens
1 decade ago by The TimesSaracens announced today that Owen Farrell, their England fly-half, has signed a contract extension to stay at the club. While clubs in France are currently doing crazy big business every day –...
Welsh rugby's 'Judgment Day' needs a positive verdict
1 decade ago by The TelegraphThe Welsh Rugby Union announced last week that it was employing Sports Recruitment International, the firm the England and Wales Cricket Board is using in the search for its new managing director, to...
All-French Twickenham final lacks fireworks
1 decade ago by The TimesSo there we were at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne on Saturday afternoon, trying to take in the noise and the preposterous, bubbling sea of yellow and assembling a guestimation of the epic...
Alan Solomons has a mission to complete at Edinburgh
1 decade ago by The TimesAs Alan Solomons, the Edinburgh head coach, celebrates guiding the first side from Scotland to a European rugby final, he has made it clear there is still much to he done at the club and that he wants...
England must resist siren calls for Steffon Armitage
1 decade ago by The TelegraphMick Cleary: Picking the Toulon flanker for the World Cup training squad is an attractive idea, but for the good of the squad and the game Stuart Lancaster must not do it
Injured Aaron Cruden suffers World Cup agony
1 decade ago by The TimesAaron Cruden, the New Zealand fly half, is almost certain to miss the World Cup after rupturing the anterior cruciate...
