Worcester sign Chiefs winger Heem
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsWorcester Warriors have signed New Zealand Sevens international Bryce Heem from Super 15 side Waikato Chiefs. The 26-year-old winger, who is 6ft 4ins, will join the club in the summer ahead of...
Championship 'may become meaningless'
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsNottingham chairman Alistair Bow says the Championship club would consider going part-time if the Premiership became ring-fenced. The Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby have held...
Bath wary of 'dangerous' Leinster
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsFirst-team coach Toby Booth has said Bath are aware of the threat posed by Irish side Leinster ahead of their Champions Cup quarter-final tie. Mike Ford's side won their final four games to reach...
Gloucester Rugby memories: When rugby players had 'real jobs'
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire Echo"RUGBY was my work, work was my hobby. "That was the mindset of former Gloucester hooker and England international Steve Mills in the season when he scored in the final of the John Player Cup in 1978. It...
London Welsh v Bath (Sun)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsLondon Welsh head coach Rowland Phillips makes six changes for his first game in charge. Seb Jewell returns at full-back and team captain Tom May at inside centre while Koree Britton, Ben Cooper,...
Worcester sign Pirates lock Barry
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsWorcester Warriors have signed lock forward Darren Barry from fellow Championship side Cornish Pirates. The 6 ft 6 ins 25-year-old ex-Bristol player will arrive at Sixways this summer, in time...
Saracens talent hunt is a refreshing approach to ensure hiddens gems are not lost
1 decade ago by The TelegraphTrust Saracens to do something like this. They really do like being different, don’t they? Last week they announced their ‘S-Factor’, where over the next month they will hold trials in Bristol,...
Italy women 22-5 Wales women
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsWales women were condemned to a third successive Six Nations defeat by Italy women in Padua. The visitors' try came from back-rower Sioned Harries after the hosts took the lead through Flavia...
The Agenda: Mark Cavendish hopes for dream finish in Milan-San Remo race
1 decade ago by The GuardianCavendish can fulfil a boyhood dream on the Via Roma and Walsall play the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final against Bristol City Continue reading...
Clark set to win 100th England cap
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsRochelle Clark will win her 100th cap for England in their final Six Nations match against France at Twickenham. Clark, 33, who made her Test debut against Canada in 2003 and won the World Cup...
