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Premier 15s: Coronavirus testing to be introduced in England's top tier of women's rugby
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Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:18
Coronavirus testing will be introduced in England's top tier of women's rugby when the league resumes, the Rugby Football Union has confirmed.The Premier 15s was suspended earlier in January for at least two weeks to help reduce the spread of the virus.The league had continued without testing and some players had voiced concern over this.The RFU will now pay for…
Rob Baxter wins Rugby Union Writers' Club personality of the year award
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Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:30
Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter has won the Rugby Union Writers' Club personality of the year award for 2020.The 49-year-old guided the Chiefs to a first-ever Premiership and Champions Cup double last year.The achievement came just a decade after he first led the Devon club into the top flight.He succeeds South Africa's World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi in winning…
Covid-19: Premiership Rugby investigate false positive tests
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Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:04
Premiership Rugby have launched an investigation after a number of false positive Covid-19 tests.But an operator error at Premiership Rugby's testers Randox Health saw the number of positive cases incorrectly reported to the league.There were actually just two positive cases in 989 tests across the Premiership this week. "As a result of routine risk analysis Randox discovered that in an…
Six Nations 2021: Old Wales guard and new blood - assessing Wayne Pivac's options
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021 11:30
Who to pick, who to drop and who to recall - it is time to assess the players Wales coach Wayne Pivac might select for the 2021 Six Nations.Wales have won only three competitive games out of 10 since Pivac took charge in late 2019 and need to start positively in the Six Nations opener against Ireland on 7 February.BBC…
Gallagher Premiership: Ugo Monye says ring-fencing is 'not right'
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021 09:49
Former England and Harlequins wing Ugo Monye says removing relegation from the Premiership would diminish the competition."A sport without consequence is not much of a sport," he told Rugby Union Weekly. "There have to be consequences at both ends of the table."I am not in favour of closing the shop. It's just not right."The Rugby Paper reports relegation will be…
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