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Saracens: Alec Clarey and Alex Losowski banned for three weeks and one week respectively
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Tuesday, 20 December 2022 04:16
Saracens prop Alec Clarey has been banned for three weeks after being sent off for a dangerous tackle in the Champions Cup win over Lyon.Clarey, 28, accepted his red card for tackling Lyon's Arno Botha in a "dangerous manner" at an independent disciplinary hearing.Clarey's guilty plea cut the usual six-week sanction for the offence in half.Centre Alex Losowski received a…
Finn Russell: Scotland fly-half to join Bath from Racing 92 next year
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Tuesday, 20 December 2022 02:55
British and Irish Lions fly-half Finn Russell will join Bath from Top 14 side Racing 92 after the 2023 World Cup.The Scotland playmaker is in his fifth season with the three-time Champions Cup finalists but will leave after the World Cup in France next October. The 30-year-old, who joined Racing from Glasgow Warriors, has scored 272 points from 66 matches…
Steve Borthwick: New England coach signals new era
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Tuesday, 20 December 2022 03:45
Sitting beside a new head coach as they faced the media at Twickenham on Monday, Bill Sweeney declared this was the "launch of a new age of England rugby".Steve Borthwick's appointment, as Rugby Football Union chief executive Sweeney suggests, is about more than just a change of personnel.With a new head coach, there is a new attitude and approach too.…
Steve Borthwick: England coach appointment is not a knee-jerk reaction, says RFU CEO Bill Sweeney
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Monday, 19 December 2022 10:30
Chief executive of the Rugby Football Union Bill Sweeney talks to BBC sports news correspondent Laura Scott about replacing Eddie Jones as England head coach with Steve Borthwick, "who was our preferred candidate".READ MORE: Five things at the top of Borthwick's to-do list
Leicester Tigers: Richard Wigglesworth retires as player to replace Steve Borthwick as boss
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Monday, 19 December 2022 04:59
Richard Wigglesworth has been named as Leicester Tigers' interim head coach, retiring as a player to replace Steve Borthwick after his England departure.Wigglesworth hangs up his boots at the age of 39, having made an all-time record 322 Premiership appearances during his 20-year career.The scrum-half was already working as a coach at Tigers when he helped them to the Premiership…
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European Challenge Cup: Bristol Bears 35-19 Zebre - Bears earn comfortable bonus-point win
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Heineken Champions Cup: Northampton Saints 6-17 Munster - Irish side claim gutsy win
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Dan McFarland: Ulster coach angry over venue switch for La Rochelle defeat
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Heineken Champions Cup: Lyon 20-28 Saracens - Premiership leaders hold on to seal victory
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Heineken Champions Cup: Exeter Chiefs 44-14 Bulls - Luke Cowan-Dickie hat-trick in bonus-point win
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Heineken Champions Cup: Leicester 23-16 Clermont Auvergne - Tigers remain unbeaten
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Friday, 16 December 2022 04:16
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Friday, 16 December 2022 13:09
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European Challenge Cup: Glasgow Warriors 26-18 Perpignan - hosts survive scare in bonus-point win
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