Rugby

10:22 AM BST Rugby Football Union (RFU) referees’ chief Tony Spreadbury says he met with England head coach Eddie Jones to discuss bringing domestic and international officiating into closer alignment, particularly regarding the breakdown. Refereeing in the Premiership has tended to favour the attacking team at the breakdown while international referees have largely given the
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12:27 PM BST Bristol Bears’ star signing Charles Piutau will miss the club’s Premiership opener against Bath due to a shoulder injury. Piutau joined newly-promoted Bristol from Ulster in the summer in a reported £1 million-per-season deal. Pat Lam, Bristol Bears’ head coach, looks at their promotion to the Gallagher Premiership as an opportunity to
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11:49 AM BST Pat Lam is talking about bears, and their various characteristics. “Some animals will go for the kill the whole time, but the bear will go for the kill when it absolutely has to, while having that soft side,” Lam says, as he tells the story of exactly why Bristol have the added
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3:10 PM BST The 2017-18 Premiership season finally gets underway this weekend, with the clash between newly-promoted Bristol Bears and Bath opening the campaign on Friday night. After winning their third Premiership title in four years last season, Saracens will be the team to beat once again while Exeter Chiefs, Wasps and Leicester Tigers are
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11:59 PM BST Greg GrowdenESPN Rugby Close After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media in Australia, Greg Growden now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one of Australia’s most renowned writers. Rugby Australia must get its
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5:27 AM BST Under-fire Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika has the full support of the Rugby Australia board and will see out his contract, according to CEO Raelene Castle. However at the same time, Castle said the governing body “can’t just ignore” the team’s below-par performances across the first two Bledisloe Cup Tests. The call
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1:56 PM BST Wasps fly-half Jimmy Gopperth is set to miss the vast majority of the new season after being ruled out for up to nine months with a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury. Gopperth, who was the Premiership and Wasps player of the year in 2016/17, will be out for between six and nine
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6:32 AM BST New Zealand Rugby boss Steve Tew says there’s no easy solution to the annual problem plaguing the Bledisloe Cup. Aside from Australia getting better. The silverware won’t be up for grabs when Yokohama stages the third match on October 27, something the NZ Rugby boss hopes won’t affect the crowd size. Nissan
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