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Scarlets have signed South African international prop Werner Kruger on a three-year deal. Kruger joins the Pro12 club from Super Rugby side Bulls, and will join up with the Welsh club ahead of the 2016/17 season. The 31-year-old has four Springbok caps to his name, as well as coming up to the Northern Hemisphere with […]
Ospreys scrum-half Tom Habberfield has signed a new three-year contract at the Welsh club. Having made his debut for Ospreys in 2012, the 23-year-old has acquired 67 appearances for the Pro12 outfit, and has made his name as a very reliable back-up scrum-half for Steve Tandy’s men. With Rhys Webb’s long-term injury making him absent […]
Welsh prop Rhodri Jones has joined his Pro12 rivals Ospreys, from Scarlets. The former-Llanelli forward made an impressive 100 appearances for the Scarlets in his five year tenure at Parc Y Scarlets. However, now, he travels the short journey eastwards to play his rugby for Steve Tandy’s Ospreys. A tight-head prop, Jones will compete for […]
England centre Jonathan Joseph has been described as ‘world-class’ by Bath team-mate George Ford. Joseph featured for Eddie Jones’s England in their comfortable 40-9 victory over Italy in the second game-week of the 2016 Six Nations tournament. Speaking to the Mirror, England and Bath fly-half George Ford claims that Joseph is world-class. JJ is world […]
Blue Bulls and South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard will miss the Vodacom Super Rugby season after rupturing cruciate ligaments in training. Pollard featured greatly for the Springboks in the 2015 World Cup, playing at 10 whilst South Africa finished in third place. And despite being just 21-years-old, the extremely accurate goal-kicker is highly regarded as […]
Ospreys and Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb is set to return from a long injury lay-off on Saturday, says the South Wales Evening Post. Webb suffered a serious foot injury in Wales’s World Cup warm up match against Italy back in September, which subsequently ruled him out of the 2015 World Cup as well as the […]
The 2016 RBS Six Nations got underway at Stade De France on Saturday with France hosting the tournament’s underdogs, Italy. The feisty Italians challenged the French down to the wire, although the home-side had enough to secure a 23-21 victory. Italy fly-half Carlo Canna obtained the first points of the tournament, after reverting into the […]
England and Saracens winger Chris Ashton has lost his appeal for making contact with the eye of Ulster’s Luke Marshall last month. Ashton appeared to gouge the eyes of Ulster centre Marshall during a Champions’ Cup group stage game on 16th January at Allianz Park. Despite originally being called-up to England’s Six Nations campaign by new […]
Wales centre Jamie Roberts has claimed that Jonathan Davies is ‘fired up’ for Wales’s Six Nations opener against Ireland on Sunday. Warren Gatland’s men face the Irish at the Aviva Stadium, with the two sides looking to obtain silverware after respective World Cup heartbreak. Now, Roberts, who will play alongside Davies in the centre on […]
England are ready to offer Ospreys starlet Sam Underhill an international call-up in the summer to clinch the flanker’s future services, according to the Daily Mail. Underhill, who has burst onto the scene at Pro 12 side Ospreys recently, is currently being monitored by Eddie Jones as he looks to give the open-side an international […]
Leinster prop Cian Healy is in a race against time to be fit for Ireland’s Six Nations opener against Wales. Healy has undergone a ‘scope and clear out’ of his right knee. Subsequently, after surgery, he is expected to be sidelined for up to a month. With the 28-year-old out for what is likely to be […]
England and Gloucester winger Jonny May has been ruled out of the 2016 Six Nations tournament. May has 19 England caps to his name after becoming a key player for Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership in recent years. He also was England’s first-choice left wing at the 2015 World Cup and gained a number of plaudits […]