Richard Cockerill: Leicester Tigers' young guns must learn and...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryMaybe three or four years ago, I would have brought in a 35-year-old prop to help get us through our current injury worries in the front-row. Any side without the quality and experience of Marcos Ayerza,...
Stuart Lancaster hit with yet another injury blow as England's Tom Johnson ruled out for three months
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsEngland have been dealt another injury setback ahead of the QBE Series next month after it was confirmed that Exeter flanker Tom Johnson will be sidelined for up to 12 weeks with a neck injury. Johnson,...
Neck surgery rules Tom Johnson out of England’s autumn intwernationals
1 decade ago by The TimesStuart Lancaster has been dealt a further injury blow after Exeter Chiefs confirmed that Tom Johnson, their back-row forward, will miss next month’s QBE autumn internationals. Johnson, who has...
Chiefs' Johnson to have neck surgery
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsExeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson has become the latest player to be ruled out of England's autumn internationals. He has not played since the national team's summer tour to New Zealand and is...
England suffer further injury woe
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumExeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson is unlikely to play again before 2015 after his club confirmed he needs neck surgery. Johnson last played on England's tour of New Zealand in June and there were...
Johnson to miss autumn Tests
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby02 October 2014 Johnson, who has won eight caps and toured New Zealand with England earlier this year, is due to undergo neck surgery next Tuesday. The 32-year-old is now added to a...
Stuart Lancaster's new long-term contract is controversial but gives him certainty, which is not to be sniffed at
1 decade ago by The TelegraphSomewhere up north Nina Lancaster is having mixed thoughts and emotions. She will be happy that her husband, Stuart, has just been awarded a new six-year contract by the Rugby Football Union,...
After 2011 debacle, Lancaster’s new deal is even more significant
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogTwo things immediately sprung to mind after reading this morning of the new, bumper, deal offered to Stuart Lancaster and his coaches:1. It was shrewd of the RFU to give Lancaster et al their backing...
Parling & Corbisiero Out Until 2015
1 decade ago by In The LooseNorthampton Saints prop Alex Corbisiero and Leicester Tigers lock Geoff Parling will miss England’s autumn internationals because of injury. Corbisiero, 26, suffered a shoulder ligament tear during Northampton’s...
Cockerill: 'I'm not going anywhere'
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumLeicester Tigers boss Richard Cockerill has vowed to fight on despite his club's poor start to the season. The Tigers have a miserable injury list at the moment with a large number of their first-team...
