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Alex Cuthbert: Ospreys wing added to Wales squad for autumn series
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Monday, 25 October 2021 08:25
Alex Cuthbert has been added to the Wales squad for the autumn series games against New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji and Australia. Cuthbert, 31, has not played for Wales since 2017 having spent the past three seasons playing for Exeter Chiefs.But Cuthbert has been recalled having returned to Welsh rugby when he joined Ospreys in June.The wing, who has 47…
Scotland v Tonga: Mark Bennett and Fraser Brown miss out for Scots
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Monday, 25 October 2021 07:47
Scotland have lost centre Mark Bennett and hooker Fraser Brown to injury ahead of their opening Autumn Nations series encounter against Tonga.Head coach Gregor Townsend has called up Edinburgh's Dave Cherry as a replacement for Glasgow Warriors' Brown for Saturday's game at Murrayfield.Edinburgh back-row Magnus Bradbury has also come into the squad. Australia (7 November), South Africa (13th) and Japan…
Rob Baxter: Exeter Chiefs boss calls on players to 'get on with it' after third loss
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Monday, 25 October 2021 04:21
Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter says his side need to stop finding reasons for not playing well after suffering a third defeat in six matches."We just have to get on with things a bit," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon."We're almost refusing to get on with things, everything seems a little bit more complicated than it needs to be."We just need…
Les Elder: New Zealand captain on returning to rugby after giving birth
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Monday, 25 October 2021 02:37
Three years ago, New Zealand captain Les Elder woke up every morning with one goal in mind: to win a World Cup on home soil.The Black Ferns flanker is still just as firmly fixed on that aim, but that is not the first thing she thinks about each day now.First, she thinks about her 17-month-old daughter Mihiterena.Elder is in England…
Maro Itoje says rugby union needs to do more to deal with racism
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Sunday, 24 October 2021 22:26
Rugby union can do more to tackle racism and to increase diversity in the sport, says British and Irish Lions and England forward Maro Itoje.The Saracens lock discussed issues of race in the game with his former headmaster Floyd Steadman, an ex-scrum-half for Itoje's club who was the first black captain in the top tier of English rugby union.After his…
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