10:40 AM GMT England Men’s Six Nations clash against Italy in Rome on March 14 has been postponed due to coronavirus, sources have told ESPN. The game was initially set to be played behind closed doors in line with protocol from the Italian government announced on Wednesday — no fans will be allowed to attend
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10:40 AM GMT England Men’s Six Nations clash against Italy in Rome on March 14 has been postponed due to coronavirus, organised have announced. The game was initially set to be played behind closed doors in line with protocol from the Italian government announced on Wednesday but sources told ESPN that a decision to postpone
12:08 PM GMT Harlequins have signed former England winger Chris Ashton on a free on Wednesday following the player’s departure from Gallagher Premiership rivals Sale Sharks. The 32-year-old winger mutually terminated his contract with Sale on Monday, ending his two-year spell at the club. Ashton’s arrival at Twickenham Stoop survives his target of reaching 100
12:41 PM GMT ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Wales and Cardiff Blues fullback Hallam Amos has been ruled out for the remainder of the Six Nations due to a knee injury, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) have announced. Amos sustained the injury during Cardiff’s 34-24 victory over Benetton Treviso in the PRO
3:01 PM GMT England prop Mako Vunipola is in self-isolation as a precaution against the coronavirus and has been ruled out to face Wales in the Six Nations on Saturday, England Rugby said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old missed England’s 24-12 victory over Ireland on Feb. 23 after going to Tonga for family reasons and he
3:01 PM GMT England prop Mako Vunipola has been ruled out to face Wales in the Six Nations on Saturday as precaution against coronavirus, England Rugby said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old missed England’s 24-12 victory over Ireland on Feb. 23 after going to Tonga for family reasons and he travelled back via Hong Kong, which
6:59 PM GMT The remaining games of rugby’s Six Nations Championship will, subject to future government intervention, go ahead, despite the coronavirus outbreak that has led to the postponement of this Saturday’s Ireland v Italy match, organisers said on Monday. There had been fears that the games on March 14 between Italy and England in
2:22 PM GMT Leicester Tigers announced the signing of former Fiji international Nemani Nadolo from Top 14 side Montpellier on Monday. Nadolo will join the Gallagher Premiership club ahead of the 2020-21 season. The winger scored 222 points in 29 Test appearances for Fiji since his international debut in 2010. “Tigers are everything I’m looking
12:49 AM GMT There were two big upsets in Round 5 of Super Rugby as the Rebels held off the Highlanders in Dunedin and the Blues handed the Stormers their first loss of 2020 with an impressive triumph in Cape Town. Elsewhere there were wins for the Waratahs, Hurricanes, Sharks and Jaguares. Read on as
2:08 AM GMT The Stormers’ unbeaten start to the Super Rugby season came to a limp end as they slumped to a 33-14 home defeat at the hands of the Blues in a scrappy game at Newlands on Saturday. The Cape Town-based side were poor in every department as a brace of tries from English