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The race for play off places reaches boiling point in the Premiership with two rounds to go

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

A league season is often described as a marathon rather than a race and the 2019/20 season is no different.    The lockdown stalled a number of teams' momentum while other returned from...

Premiership Round 21 Highlights: Bath Rugby v Gloucester Rugby

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Bath needed a big effort and they certainly delivered. After a poor first half, Gloucester looked like they were in cruise control and took a 17 point lead in the second half. Bath needed a miracle at...

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Saracens can still be Goode without Owen Farrell in quarter-final Leinster clash

4 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

Sir Clive Woodward gives his verdict on the mouth-watering Euro showdown between Saracens and Leinster in the quarter-final in the Heineken Champions Cup in Dublin on Saturday. ,

Saints sign front row cover for Champions Cup quarter-final after EPCR permit player's registration

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The EPCR Board has today unanimously agreed to a change in the Tournament Rules which permits the registration of front row players after the September 1 deadline.   “We are pleased that EPCR...

Injury Crisis Could See Northampton Face Exeter A Man Short

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Northampton Saints' loosehead prop injury crisis could see Chris Boyd's side front up against Exeter Chiefs with just 22 players.   Boyd has just one fit loosehead prop in their ranks...

Form Guide: Champions Cup Quarter-Finals

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Champions Cup is back and just eight teams remain as the top clubs in Europe battle it out this weekend for a place in the semi-finals.   Five winners, with 13 Champions Cup titles, remain...

Goode vs Vunipola: The Saracens 10 dilemma

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Owen Farrell’s reckless and brutal challenge in Round 18 left not only Charlie Atkinson with a headache, but now Mark McCall as well.   Farrell was handed a five-match ban last week by a disciplinary...

Stuart Hogg winning race to be fit for European tie

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

  Exeter Chiefs expect to enter their Champions Cup quarter-final with Northampton Saints on Sunday with no fresh injury concerns as Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg is winning his fitness battle to...

McCall ponders Vunipola at 10 for Leinster game

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The suspension of England stand-off Owen Farrell has Saracens boss Mark McCall plotting the immediate future of the fly-half berth in his team.   "We’ve got two choices - to move Goodey (Alex...

Premiership | Saracens vs Exeter Chiefs lineups & preview

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The penultimate game of the round takes the form of Saracens hosting the table-topping Exeter Chiefs at Allianz Park on Sunday evening.     While Saracens are out of the running as far as...