Weekly Round Up

Weekly Round Up

Collins Injera ruled out of Paris 7s

Kenya head coach Innocent Simiyu has made just one change to his squad for the upcoming Paris Sevens, bringing in Darwin Mukidza for the injured Collins Injera.

Read more here




PRO12, Aviva Premiership & TOP 14 Final Round Permutations

Click Here for the breakdown of the Premiership, Pro 12 & Top 14 heading into the final round of weekend action.


Watch: Fantastic 80m try from the Hurricanes!

Bristol Rugby confirm departing player list

Bristol welcome eighteen new players into the fold, including All Black Steven Luatua, Ireland international Ian Madigan, Australian international Luke Morahan and Samoan internationals Chris Vui and Alapati Leiua.

See the full squad list HERE

2 of the best disallowed Super Rugby tries this season

Jason Jenkins has signed a contract with Japanese club Toyota Verblitz, following his team-mate RG Snyman, who will also take up a contract in Japan for Honda Heat.

Click HERE for the full story 

Warriors have captured the signing of 22-year-old Northampton Saints fly-half Sam Olver (Full Story)

Nottingham extend Joe Cobden's contract

The 25-year-old will continue as one of Nottingham's longest-serving players, having joined back in 2011. (FULL STORY)

PRO 12 Dream Team for the 2016/17 season

Combrinck back for Rugby Challenge match against the Welwitschias

Springbok wing Ruan Combrinck will make his long-awaited return from injury playing in Alberton on Saturday.

Ireland confirm November Tests

Ireland’s fixtures for November Test series:

Sunday 12 November 2017: Ireland v South Africa
Saturday 18 November 2017: Ireland v Fiji
Saturday 25 November 2017: Ireland v Argentina

 

Major League Rugby Launches

Major League Rugby(MLR) will formally launch as a new professional rugby competition in North America in the start of 2018. (Read more)

Edinburgh Rugby bring in Calum MacRae as Defence Coach

Edinburgh have confirmed that Calum MacRae will become their defence coach after successfully leading Scotland 7s to continued success on the Sevens World Series.

Lions to face Haka outside Tests & Maori Game

The Blues, Chiefs and Crusaders will perform the pre-match haka unique to each side, while the Highlanders and Hurricanes players decided against it. (FULL STORY)

Mamuka Gorgodze retires from international rugby

Georgia captain Mamuka Gorgodze has announced his retirement from international rugby after 71 Test caps. (Read more)

Skills Coach Mike Blair joins Scotland coaching team

Former Scotland captain Mike Blair has joined Gregor Townsend's coaching staff ahead of their 2017 summer tour (full article).

Wasps v Ospreys - Anglo-Welsh Cup : News Photo

Carlo Festuccia to retire at the end of the season

Wasps have announced that Italian international Carlo Festuccia will retire at the end of the 2016/17 season, after a 19-year career in professional rugby. (Read more)

Haydn Thomas confirms retirement

Exeter Chiefs' Haydn Thomas has today confirmed he will be retiring from playing at the end of the season. (Full article)

Dayna Edwards, Nigel Hunt, François Uys, Steven Setephano Mickaël Capelli, Edgar Tuinukuafe and Teiva Jacquelin have all committed to Bayonne for 2017/18 season. 

Full Story here

James Hall takes a break from rugby

James Hall will take a break from professional rugby as he will undergo knee surgery and will remain involved with rugby during his break.

The prop arrived at Bristol in 2013 and has made 44 appearances since.  Click HERE for James Hall's comments

Sale Sharks have confirmed the signing of Doncaster Knights prop WillGriff John.  

HE started his playing career at Pontypridd and represented Wales at all Junior Levels. Full Story here

John Hardie signs a one-year contract extension at Edinburgh

The back-row joined the capital club in 2015 and has since made 19 appearances.

More details here

Worcester Warriors announce 18 departures

Warriors have confirmed that 18 first-team and five Academy players will leave the Club this summer when their contracts at Sixways come to an end. 

Matt Protheroe, Dan Thomas & Sam Bedlow join Bristol

20-year-old fullback Mat Protheroe and 23-year-old back rower Dan Thomas arrive from Gloucester.

21-year-old centre Sam Bedlow joins from Sale Sharks. Full story here

Boom Prinsloo joins the Bulls

Prinsloo has signed a two-year contract that will see him stay at the Bulls until October 2019. Read more here

 Chris Vui joins Bristol Rugby from Worcester Warriors (Full Story)

Nigel Owens to referee Champions Cup Final, the fixture will be Owens' 100th tournament match.

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 Cheetahs centre Nico Lee sustained an ankle injury against the Crusaders and is likely to return following the June internationals.

SA U20s team to represent South Africa at World Rugby u20 Championships

Former All Black Aaron Mauger has signed on as Highlanders assistant coach for the next two seasons.

Mauger was recently the head coach of English side Leicester Tigers before being replaced in March. ( FULL STORY)

Newcastle Falcons sign Tevita Cavubati

The 29-year-old has been capped 15 times by his country and has made 24 appearances in his two seasons with Worcester.

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Dane Coles suffering from concussion symptoms

"Colesy's situation is complicated by the fact that... subsequent to his knee injury, he not only developed a calf strain but also some headaches," Boyd said (Full Story)

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Kieran Read injured for six weeks

He has had surgery on a fracture at the base of his right thumb and has travelled back to New Zealand. (FULL STORY)

Southern Kings injury Report

Justin Forwood injured for 9 months

He  picked up a knee injury during the Kings 44-3 victory over the Melbourne Rebels (Full Story)

Hooker Michael Willemse is set to miss the side's next three matches following an emergency operation on his appendix. 

Lionel Cronje facing a race against time to fit to face the Sharks on May 13, following a head knock that saw him unable to finish the match (READ MORE)

Rob Buchanan extends Harlequins stay, full story here

Kyle Baillie signs for London Scottish (FULL STORY

Huw Taylor signs Warriors first-team deal for the 2017/18 season. Click HERE for more details 

Jersey Reds add four more for 2017-18 season

Apakuki Ma'afu, Mark Best, Rory Bartle and Matt Rogerson all signed contracts with Jersey Reds for the 2017/18 season. 

Click HERE for the full story

Ewan McQuillin extends London Scottish stay

He initially joined the club on trial and went on to make 16 appearances throughout the season scoring two tries in the process. Read the full article here

Will Harries has re-signed for Ealing ahead of the 2017-18 Championship season.

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