Mark Bennet scored Edinburgh’s first try in Parma Zebre 10 (3) Try: Kearney Con: Canna Pen: Canna Edinburgh 26 (10) Tries: Bennett, Farndale Cons: Van der Walt 2 Pens: Van der Walt 4 Fourteen-man Edinburgh eked out a scrappy but crucial victory against Zebre to keep their slender Pro14 play-off hopes alive. The visitors led […]
Odogwu played for Leicester and Sale before this breakthrough season with Wasps Rugby is a game for all shapes and sizes. That’s what they say. If so, it was ill-prepared for Paolo Odogwu’s skillset. Presented with a powerful 11-stone 11-year-old, his first coach initially picked Odogwu at prop. Midway through his rugby debut, even the […]
To help build a better understanding of our players across the game there will be a participation survey sent over the coming weeks.Doing so will allow better insight to inform planned projects on the use of alternative formats of the game in the future and support player retention strategies. The survey will also give a […]
Bath’s entire squad were told to self-isolate at home after the false positive tests Premiership Rugby has 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 […]
Harlequins forward Kristine Sommer had expressed concerns at the lack of coronavirus testing in Premier 15s 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 […]
Eddie Jones has been England head coach since 2015 England head coach Eddie Jones is self-isolating after forwards coach Matt Proudfoot tested positive for Covid-19. Jones and attack coach Simon Amor have been identified as close contacts of Proudfoot and must self-isolate for 10 days. In a statement, the Rugby Football Union said Proudfoot was […]
Scotland’s last match was a 31-16 defeat by Ireland in Dublin in the Autumn Nations Cup on 5 December Scotland’s squad for the Six Nations is announced on Wednesday with the Calcutta Cup opener against England on 6 February looming large. A bizarre 2020 started slowly for Gregor Townsend’s men, picked up with a run […]
Elinor Snowsill plays fly-half for Wales and Bristol Bears It has been a tumultuous week for Elinor Snowsill. While the Wales and Bristol fly-half was coming to terms with so much uncertainty ahead, trolls on social media told her they did not care. And so the 31-year-old spoke out on Twitterexternal-link using #icare, a hashtag […]
The win against Edinburgh was only Glasgow’s third Pro14 victory of the season Glasgow Warriors can use their thrilling victory against Edinburgh as a “springboard” during a difficult season, says head coach Danny Wilson. The 23-22 win at Scotstoun was only Glasgow’s third Pro14 victory. Eroni Sau’s last-minute try gave Edinburgh the chance to snatch […]
Maro Itoje (centre, celebrating) was a key part of the British and Irish Lions drawn series against New Zealand in 2017 Maro Itoje’s CV doesn’t have many gaps. Multiple Six Nations, Premiership and Champions Cup titles. Two World Player of the Year nominations. One Rugby World Cup final appearance. And not a lot of room […]