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Premiership Rugby Cup: Gloucester 71-10 Bath - Sorry Bath crushed by rivals
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Friday, 12 November 2021 13:50
Gloucester crushed rivals Bath 71-10 to win their opening Premiership Cup tie.Former England forward Ben Morgan scored a hat-trick as Gloucester scored 11 tries against a Bath side who had no answer to their hosts' forward power.Bath, who fielded an inexperienced side, are still to win a match this term having lost all seven of their games in the league…
Ireland v New Zealand: Hosts hit with Covid scare before All Blacks game
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Friday, 12 November 2021 06:38
Ireland have reported a "potential positive case" of Covid-19 in the squad a day before the Autumn Nations Series match against New Zealand.The IRFU released a statement on Friday stating that "additional testing is being undertaken to establish if this is a false positive".The squad and management underwent additional lateral flow and PCR tests."The lateral flow testing returned no positives…
England v Australia: Manu Tuilagi on the wing may help Australia, says Matt Dawson
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Friday, 12 November 2021 09:17
England head coach Eddie Jones may have "made life easier for Australia" by selecting Manu Tuilagi on the wing for Saturday's Twickenham encounter, says Matt Dawson.Centre Tuilagi has only started on the wing once in 44 England caps.The move makes way for Owen Farrell to start at 12 alongside fly-half Marcus Smith, with Henry Slade at 13.Dawson said Tuilagi is…
England v Canada: Sadia Kabeya and Heather Cowell to earn first caps
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Friday, 12 November 2021 03:44
Teenage flanker Sadia Kabeya and wing Heather Cowell will make their England debuts against Canada on Sunday.Kabeya, 19, is in the back row with Loughborough team-mate Sarah Hunter, who returns to the starting XV at six and reclaims the England captaincy.Last weekend's captain Poppy Cleall keeps hold of the number eight shirt and will be vice-captain.England face the world number…
George Ford: Sale Sharks open talks with Leicester Tigers and England fly-half
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Friday, 12 November 2021 01:59
Sale Sharks want to sign Leicester and England fly-half George Ford, director of rugby Alex Sanderson has confirmed.The 28-year-old is the Premiership's leading scorer this season with 107 points, helping the Tigers win their first eight games.He is in a second spell with Leicester, following four years at Bath, but was born not far away from Sale, in Oldham.Sale have…
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