Leicester Tigers team news: Marcos Ayerza starts in only change...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryMarcos Ayerza returns to the Leicester Tigers starting line-up for the Aviva Premiership semi-final at Bath tomorrow. Ayerza starts at loosehead prop in the only change to the team that secured Tigers'...
Bath's Ford Premiership's top player
1 decade ago by Rugby 365England and Bath flyhalf George Ford has been named the English Premiership Player of the Season. Ford, 22, has established himself as hosts England's first-choice No. 10 ahead of this year's World...
England announce 50-man Rugby World Cup training squad
1 decade ago by RugbyMedia.co.ukENGLAND today announced their extended training squad for the Rugby World Cup 2015. Named as a 50-man group, the squad will meet up at Pennyhill Park on Monday, June 22 to begin preparing for the tournament...
England World Cup squad to give Chris Ashton chance to resurrect career
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsChris Ashton will be handed a lifeline to resurrect his England career today when he will be named in Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup training squad along with five uncapped players, including his Saracens...
Sam Burgess can make the grade for England - as flanker, believes Francois Louw
1 decade ago by The TelegraphAs a veteran of more than 30 caps for the Springboks, and surely one of the first names on Heyneke Meyer’s squad list when it comes to this autumn’s Rugby World Cup, there are not many players better...
Aviva Premiership big four battle on but Exeter and Wasps close in
1 decade ago by The TelegraphSo, the predictable ‘big four’ will contest the Aviva Premiership play‑offs after all. Though Exeter fell agonisingly short of reaching their first play-off game, the way they have conducted...
Bath in 50-point trial run
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Bath warmed up for their Premiership home semifinal by seeing seven different try-scorers lift them to 50-30 victory over West Country rivals Gloucester at the Rec. Gloucester bookmarked the first...
Bath emerge triumphant as George Ford leads scoring spree
1 decade ago by The TimesBath 50 Gloucester 30 Bath set up a home Aviva Premiership play-off semi-final against Leicester with a seven-try demolition of west-country rivals Gloucester. Fielding a second-string line-up,...
Bath 50-30 Gloucester
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsBath scored seven tries as they crushed Gloucester to set up a home play-off semi-final with Leicester Tigers. A depleted Cherry and Whites managed a four-try bonus point before they face their...
Manu Tuilagi axe will damage England's World Cup hopes - but it was the right call
1 decade ago by The TelegraphWith the culture he has created within the England squad it would have been an easy decision for Stuart Lancaster to tell Manu Tuilagi that he will be taking no part in the Rugby World Cup because of...
