11:03 AM GMT Japan loose forward Amanaki Mafi has been discharged without conviction but ordered to pay $50,000 after he pled guilty to assaulting former team mate Lopeti Timani in New Zealand in 2018. Mafi, 29, was not present in court in Dunedin and entered a guilty plea to the one charge of assault with
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12:07 PM GMT Former Wales assistant coach Rob Howley has been suspended from rugby for 18 months, with nine suspended, for breaching the sport’s betting regulations. Howley, a part of Warren Gatland’s backroom staff during the New Zealander’s time in charge of Wales, was sent home from this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan before
Dec 16, 2019 Former Wales assistant coach Rob Howley has apologised for breaking rugby betting regulations, saying “the last few months have been immensely tough. Howley was suspended from rugby for 18 months, with nine suspended, on Monday for placing 363 bets over a period of five years. “I am an extremely private man, and
6:56 PM GMT Champions Cup organisers have launched an investigation into a mass brawl between Saracens and Munsters players on Saturday. Defending champions Saracens defeated Munster 15-6 at Allianz Park but the game was marred when almost 30 players from both sides were involved in a brawl in the second half. The European Professional Club
2:09 PM GMT Bryan Habana believes South Africa’s stunning Rugby World Cup triumph in Japan has created heroes who can inspire an entire generation and help the Blitzboks bid for Olympic rugby sevens gold in Tokyo next year. Habana expects to see tangible evidence of the feel-good-factor generated by the Springboks victory over England in
7:41 AM GMT Scotland and British and Irish Lions winger Tommy Seymour has announced his international retirement, Scottish Rugby said in a statement. Seymour is Scotland’s fourth-highest try scorer, with 20 tries in 55 appearances, and played at the last two World Cups, as well as the drawn 2017 Lions tour of New Zealand. “Playing
12:53 AM GMT New Zealand Rugby has opted for continuity by choosing Ian Foster over Scott Robertson to succeed Steve Hansen as All Blacks coach. Foster, who has been appointed for two years, has been assistant head coach of the New Zealand team since 2012 and takes over the top job from Hansen, who stepped
12:31 PM GMT Racing 92 have sacked Fiji international Leone Nakarawa after the player returned to the club late following his involvement in the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Nakarawa was due back at the club on Oct. 28 but instead returned over two weeks later without permission, with the club saying that the 31-year-old showed
11:16 AM GMT Former rugby players in New Zealand are being asked to donate their brains to research when they die as part of a study aimed at learning about the long-term effects of concussion and head injuries from contact sports. The Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at the University of Auckland launched the initiative
12:50 PM GMT The British and Irish Lions are set to play in front of a record crowd when they travel to South Africa in 2021. The first test will be played at the 88,000 capacity FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on July 24 where a sell-out crowd would surpass the Lions’ previous attendance record of