Thursday Morning Round Up
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbySteve Tew Hopes Schmidt Hasn't Retired For Good Schmidt’s statement - that he will take a break from rugby - didn’t surprise New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew but it...
Maro Itoje commits future to Saracens with new deal until 2022
7 years ago by The Guardian• England forward says he is ‘pleased to stay’• Itoje had been linked with HarlequinsSaracens have confirmed Maro Itoje has signed a new deal until 2022. The England forward’s current contract...
Maro Itoje commits his future to Saracens
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbySaracens have today confirmed that Maro Itoje has committed his future to the club until the summer of 2022. The 24-year-old Sarries centurion joined the club in 2013 and stormed to...
The hand is good - Farrell expects to be fit to face Ireland
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyDespite having an operation on his hand just a fortnight before the Six Nations begins, Owen Farrell expects to be fit to face Ireland. Owen Farrell is confident he will be fit...
"If he's surplus to requirements, England must be world-beaters" - former players baffled by Alex Goode omission
7 years ago by Rugby DumpA notable absentee from Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad last week was Saracens full-back Alex Goode. The 30-year-old has been capped 24 times for his country but has fallen out of favour with Jones recently...
Guinness Six Nations: England squad update
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe England men’s squad will depart for Portugal tomorrow to begin preparations to play Ireland in their opening Guinness Six Nations match in Dublin on 2 February 2019 (kick off 4.45pm, live on...
England’s Marlie Packer: ‘I thought it was all over. I’d lose my job, lose my rugby’
7 years ago by The GuardianThe Saracens back-rower’s career hung by a thread after a ‘soul-destroying’ drink-driving incident but the RFU’s support meant the chance of a fresh startMarlie Packer remembers it as a gorgeous...
These are the 3 leading Premiership try scorers, but only one has made the England squad
7 years ago by Rugby DumpWhile Eddie Jones announced his England squad for the upcoming Guinness 6 Nations last week, the three top try scorers in the Gallagher Premiership were in European action for their clubs. And they've...
Rugby union: talking points from the European Champions Cup
7 years ago by The GuardianDan Robson’s display is silver lining for Wasps, Tadhg Beirne outmuscles Exeter while Saracens look Leinster’s biggest threatDan Robson’s performance for Wasps was one of the few shining lights on...
Champions Cup Highlights: Saracens v Glasgow Warriors
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA bonus point win for the home side who despatched Glasgow Warriors. Maro Itoje was well deserved Man of the Match after a great outing which saw him show off a bit of everything in terms of...
