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Feb 11, 15 •
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Wales have made one change to their side to face Scotland on Sunday, with Liam Williams coming into the starting XV. Scarlets back Williams will win his 20th cap at Murrayfield and replaces George North. North is currently symptom free and whilst nearing the...




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Feb 10, 15 •
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ENGLAND Head Coach Stuart Lancaster has named an unchanged match day squad for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations match against Italy at Twickenham (2.30pm, live on BBC 1). The 23 players will re-assemble at Pennyhill Park on Wednesday evening, with the starting XV...




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Feb 5, 15 •
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Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome Date: 7/2/2015 Time: 16h30 CAT Televised live on SS1 Follow on Twitter: @RugbyFifteen Italy: 15 Andrea Masi; 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Luke McLean; 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Edoardo Gori; 1 Matias...




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Feb 5, 15 •
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Paul O’Connell will captain the side on his 97th cap for his country and is partnered in the second row by Devin Toner. The front-row is made up of Jack McGrath, Rory Best and Mike Ross. The back-row consists of Peter O’Mahony, Sean O’Brien...




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Feb 5, 15 •
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Venue: Millennium Stadium, Wales Kick-off: 22h05 CAT Date: 6/2/2015 Televised live on SS1 Follow on Twitter: @RugbyFifteen Wales: WALES TEAM TO PLAY ENGLAND: 15- Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon), 14- Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), 13- Jonathan Davies (ASM Clermont...




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Feb 5, 15 •
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Head coach Vern Cotter today named the Scotland squad for this Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener against France at the Stade de France in Paris (7 February, kick-off 6pm local, 5pm GMT) – live on BBC1. The starting team features just two changes to that...




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Feb 5, 15 •
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Team: 15-Scott Spedding, 14-Yoann Huget, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Wesley Fofana, 11-Teddy Thomas, 10-Camille Lopez, 9-Rory Kockott, 8-Damien Chouly, 7-Bernard Le Roux, 6-Thierry Dusautoir, 5-Yoann Maestri, 4-Pascal Pape, 3-Rabah Slimani, 2-Guilhem Guirado,...




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Feb 2, 15 •
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Warburton to win 50th cap against England Captain Sam Warburton will win his 50th cap against England on Friday evening as he leads a Wales side that contains two changes from the XV that beat South Africa in their last outing. Warren Gatland has named his...




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Feb 2, 15 •
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Henry Slade has been called into the England squad preparing to face Wales after a starring role in England Saxons’ victory over Ireland Wolfhounds on Friday night. The Exeter Chiefs pivot scored 13 points in the 18-9 victory in Cork, slicing over for the...




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Jan 28, 15 •
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OWEN FARRELL (Saracens) will miss the RBS 6 Nations after suffering a knee ligament injury. Farrell was assessed by a specialist yesterday evening who confirmed that he suffered a high grade medial ligament strain that will keep him out for the duration of...




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Jan 26, 15 •
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Castres number 8 Johnnie Beattie has been added to the Scotland squad to re-enforce the group for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations. The 29-year-old back-row, who scored a try in his club’s European Champions Cup defeat to Harlequins on Saturday, arrived at...




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Jan 23, 15 •
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Ireland Backs: Isaac Boss, Tommy Bowe, Darren Cave, Gordon D’Arcy, Keith Earls, Luke Fitzgerald, Craig Gilroy, Robbie Henshaw, Felix Jones, Dave Kearney, Rob Kearney, Ian Keatley, Ian Madigan, Kieran Marmion, Fergus McFadden, Conor Murray, Jared Payne,...




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Jan 21, 15 •
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England name squad for Six Nations, including Nick Easter and Danny Cipriani. Which players are you looking out for ahead of Rugby World Cup 2015? Forwards: Dave Attwood ; Calum Clark ; Dan Cole; Alex Corbisiero; Nick Easter; Dylan Hartley; James Haskell;...




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Jan 20, 15 •
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The Ireland Women’s Squad (sponsored by AON) ahead of the RBS 6 Nations has been named. The squad sees a number of new faces, uncapped at international XV a side rugby. Seven players included in the squad are involved with the Ireland Sevens set-up,...




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Jan 20, 15 •
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Scotland squad: Forwards: Hugh Blake (Edinburgh Rugby), Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Blair Cowan, Geoff Cross (both London Irish), David Denton, Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby), Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Castres), Ross Ford...




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Jan 20, 15 •
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Forwards: Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Paul James (Bath), Rob Evans (Scarlets), Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Scott Andrews (Cardiff Blues), Richard Hibbard (Gloucester), Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues), Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Alun Wyn...




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Jan 16, 15 •
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The WRU international pathway staff have selected a 32 man squad for the forthcoming Under 20 Six Nations, which will be led by Ospreys lock Rory Thornton. Nine players are already capped at this level – Thornton, along with fellow forwards Luke Garrett,...




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Jan 15, 15 •
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Italy Head Coach Jacques Brunel named today a 30-man squad ahead of RBS 6 Nations’ 2015 first two rounds. The Azzurri will assemble in Rome from January 25th to 28th ahead of their home debut against reigning champion Ireland on February 7th in...




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Jan 7, 15 •
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The WRU International Pathway staff will finalise the Wales Under 20 squad for the Six Nations next week following two, three-day training camps. The squad will be supported by a group of young coaches – newly appointed WRU international skills coaches...




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Mar 4, 14 •
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Maesteg Celtic wing Ffion Bowen is the only personnel change in the Wales Women’s side to tackle England at the Stoop on Friday, although there are three positional changes for the Six Nations encounter. (KO 7.30pm) To accommodate Bowen on the wing,...




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Feb 24, 14 •
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Following Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations fixture against England at Twickenham, please find below an update on the squad injury profile. Peter O’Mahony Peter has a hamstring strain. He will be monitored by the medical team over the course of the coming...




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Feb 17, 14 •
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DAN COLE will have a period of rest from rugby to relieve a bulging disc in his neck which is trapping a nerve. The Leicester Tigers and England tight-head prop was diagnosed after experiencing weakness during a gym session at St George’s Park last week and...




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Jan 26, 14 •
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The Six Nations Council, at its meeting on 22 January 2014, gave approval for the six Unions to implement the IRB’s Pitch-side Suspected Concussion Assessment (PSCA) trial at all matches in the RBS 6 Nations Championship in 2014 including the U20s and...




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Jan 8, 14 •
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The RFU continues to urgently work with all parties, with the clear aim of ensuring that a competitive European tournament continues beyond this season, to grow the game both domestically and across Europe. Bill Beaumont, RFU Chairman said, “The RFU has...




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Feb 13, 13 •
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Wales interim head coach Rob Howley has rewarded the starting XV that beat France 16-6 last weekend by confirming the same line-up will start the clash against Italy in Rome on Saturday, 23 February. Howley has kept faith with the side that recorded Wales’...



