Racing Metro 92 who have already secured promotion to the Top 14 in France for the season 2009/10 have been out in the market and have secured Sebastian Chabal on a three year contract from Sale Sharks. He will rejoin his old team mate from Bourgoin Lionel Nallet. There are also rumours of further signing [...]

The Manchester Sevens which runs over the weekend of 10-12 July 2009 took a major boost this week as Puma came on board as sponsors providing all referees kit and added to the prize fund with kit vouchers. John Howarth, Sales Director, The Kit Team states: (quote) As a business, grassroots sport is important to [...]

The International Rugby Board’s Rugby Committee has ratified recommendations made at the Experimental Law Variations (ELV) Conference on which ELVs should be recommended to the IRB Council for adoption into Law at their meeting on 13 May. In total 10 of the 13 ELVs that comprise the current global trial programme have been recommended by [...]

The IRB 2009 nominations for the Hall of Fame are open until the 8th May and we thought our readers would like the opportunity to vote. So here are the links to view the nominees for the 19th,20th and 21st Centuries: CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NOMINEES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY>> CLICK HERE TO VIEW [...]

The referees for the three Lions Tests against South Africa this summer have been confirmed by the International Rugby Board and they are: New Zealand’s Bryce Lawrence who will do the first Test, with France’s Christophe Berdos and Stuart Dickinson of Australia named for the other games. IRB Referee manager Paddy O’Brien said (quote) They [...]

Here are all the results from the weekends games: Castres 16-21 Paris Biarritz 19-12 Toulon Montauban 15-10 Brive Montpellier 20-11 Bayonne Toulouse 13-6 Bourgoin Perpignan 20-16 Clermont Dax 12-8 Mt de Marsan Fixtures week 25 Fri 08 May 19:35 Dax v Toulon Eurosport Sat 09 May 13:30 Bourgoin v Castres Sat 09 May 13:30 Brive [...]

Here are all the results from the weekends games: Ulster 9-11 Cardiff Blues Munster 29-10 Scarlets Ospreys 30-32 Edinburgh Leinster 36-13 Glasgow Warriors Newport Gwent Dragons 27-14 Connacht Fixture 30 April Thu 30 Apr 19:05 Ospreys v Newport Gwent Dragons Liberty Stadium BBCw Predictions Just missed the one again this week, Edinburgh winning away was [...]

Here are all the results from the weekend: Highlanders 11-18 Stormers W Force 55-14 Lions Blues 24-31 Reds Hurricanes 56-7 Brumbies Cheetahs 20-13 Crusaders Bulls 33-27 Chiefs Fixtures Wk12 Fri 01 May 08:35 Hurricanes v Blues Wellington Fri 01 May 14:00 Lions v Crusaders Johannesburg Fri 01 May 16:05 Cheetahs v Waratahs Bloemfontein SkySportsX Sat [...]

Here are all the results from this weekend: Bath 33-18 Saracens Harlequins 31-12 Newcastle Falcons Leicester Tigers 73-3 Bristol London Wasps 34-3 Gloucester Sale Sharks 24-18 Northampton Saints Worcester Warriors 15-32 London Irish Semi-finals Sat 9 May 15:30 Leicester v Bath Walkers Stadium SkySports Sat 9 May 17:30 Harlequins v London Irish Twickenham Stoop SkySports [...]

The Churchill Cup will take place in Colorado this summer, it will be the first time the tournament has been staged solely in the United States. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park This year will see the U.S. Eagles, Canada, England Saxons, Ireland A, the Argentina Jaguars and Georgia play double headers at Infinity Park, Glendale – [...]