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Saints: Job not done yet

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Victory over London Welsh may have secured Northampton Saints top spot in the Premiership for the first time in their history, but Director of Rugby Jim Mallinder admits that feat will mean little unless...

'Exemplary' Tigers eye play-offs

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Leicester Director of Rugby Richard Cockerill praised his side's "exemplary" attitude, after they overcame the sending-off of Seremaia Bai to beat Wasps 26-21 and move closer to the Premiership play-offs. Victory...

Wasps hopeful over Simpson injury

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

Wasps boss Dai Young is keeping fingers crossed that scrum-half Joe Simpson will be fit for next weekend's final round of Premiership fixtures. Simpson limped out of the final half hour of his...

Emotional Cockerill heaps praise on players and staff after...

1 decade ago by Leicester Mercury

Emotional Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill has heaped praise upon his squad and coaching staff after their heroic 14-man win at Wasps. Not only were Tigers underdogs going into the...

Gatland 'hugely worried' about North

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

Wales head coach Warren Gatland says he is "hugely worried" about George North's future following the wing's recent concussions. North, 23, suffered a fourth head injury in five months when playing...

Gatland concerned for North future

1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby

10 May 2015North suffered concussions in Tests against New Zealand last November and England in February's Six Nations opener, when he played on before sitting out the next game against...

Wales coach Warren Gatland 'hugely worried' about future of George North

1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby News

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has expressed deep concerns about the future of George North. The Northampton winger suffered a third concussion in four months when being knocked out against Wasps at...

Saracens v Exeter Chiefs: Matchday live

1 decade ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Exeter Chiefs travel to Saracens’ Allianz Park on Sunday looking to keep their dreams of a top-four finish alive. Rob Baxter’s men have lost all three games they have played at the North London ground,...

Wasps 21 Leicester Tigers 26, match report: Tigers eye top four after hard-fought win in new derby

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

You write off Leicester at your peril. When the pressure is on – and it was most certainly on here with a place in the play-offs at stake in this new Midlands derby – they just know how to win. ...

England game is not Wales' biggest challenge at Rugby World Cup - it's Fiji, insists Warren Gatland

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Considering the task ahead, Warren Gatland is remarkably relaxed. Tanned, smiling, chatting amiably and freely, and sporting a beard that is more the result of some over-relaxation while back home in...