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Aphiwe Dyantyi signs for South Africa side Sharks after four-year doping ban
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Tuesday, 13 June 2023 04:28
Aphiwe Dyantyi says he is "excited to be back" after signing for South African team Sharks shortly before the end of a four-year doping ban.The 2018 World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year tested positive for multiple anabolic steroids in 2019.Dyantyi, who scored six tries in 13 Tests for South Africa in 2018, denied any wrongdoing and said the banned…
Paul Rendall: Former England and Wasps prop dies aged 69
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Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:39
Former England prop Paul Rendall has died at the age of 69 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease last year.He won 28 caps for his country and played at the 1987 and 1991 Rugby World Cups.Nicknamed 'The Judge', Rendall - who played his club rugby for Wasps - made his Test debut aged 30.England Rugby tweeted that Rendall was…
Eduardo Bello: Newcastle Falcons sign Argentina prop on two-year deal
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Tuesday, 13 June 2023 01:07
Newcastle Falcons have signed Argentina international prop Eduardo Bello on a two-year deal from Saracens.The 27-year-old has won nine caps for the Pumas and spent last season with the Premiership champions.He joins Mateo Carreras, Matias Moroni, Matias Orlando and Pedro Rubiolo among the Falcons' Argentine contingent."He's an international-class tight-head who is good in the set-piece, so it's great news to…
Ben Meehan: Gloucester scrum-half among five more departures
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Monday, 12 June 2023 08:51
Scrum-half Ben Meehan is among five more first-team players to leave Gloucester this summer. The 30-year-old is to return to his home country Australia to be "closer to his family", a club statement said.Meehan made 42 appearances for the Cherry and Whites after joining in 2021, including 17 this season.Centre Giorgi Kveseladze, full-back Kyle Moyle, hooker Henry Walker and Scotland…
Premier 15s final: Smiling Kelsey Jones hails Gloucester's Wales impact
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Monday, 12 June 2023 05:05
Kelsey Jones has one of the biggest smiles in sport and that grin became even bigger at the weekend. The Wales hooker scored in Gloucester Hartpury's play-off victory over Bristol Bears, which saw them make a first Premier 15s final.They will take on last year's runners-up Exeter Chiefs back at Kingsholm on Saturday, 24 June. Jones says the achievement was…
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