10:02 PM GMT The women’s Six Nations game between Scotland and France on Saturday in Glasgow has been postponed after a home player tested positive for coronavirus, Scottish rugby said on Friday. “This decision has been taken together with Scottish Rugby, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and Six Nations,” Scottish Rugby said in a statement.
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1:13 PM GMT Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made three changes ahead of his side’s Six Nations clash against France at Murrayfield on Sunday. All three alterations came in the forward line with hooker Fraser Brown replacing Stuart McInally to make his 50th international cap, while Grant Gilchrist and Nick Haining have been selected
12:24 PM GMT James Harrington Three rounds down, two to go, and the biggest concern for Six Nations’ officials is, understandably, off the pitch. The coronavirus outbreak has prompted the Irish government to postpone Ireland vs Italy in Dublin this weekend, while England’s trip to Rome on March 14 has also been called off. No
Mar 5, 2020 Alexander Diegel When Dante Lopresti was winning national championships at the Washington D.C. rugby powerhouse Gonzaga College High School, he could not have imagined that in a few short years time, he would be scrummaging shoulder to shoulder with Rugby World Cup Champion Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira. 2 Related “I remember watching
12:27 PM GMT Wales have made four changes to the starting lineup for the Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham on Saturday. Liam Williams and Josh Navidi return from injury and are set to make their first appearances for the national team since the World Cup in Japan. Williams replaces the injured Josh Adams
11:08 AM GMT England head coach Eddie Jones has recalled Anthony Watson and Mark Wilson into the starting lineup for the Six Nations clash against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday. Both men will make their first appearances for England since the World Cup final against South Africa. Jones has only made two changes from the
10:40 AM GMT England Men’s Six Nations clash against Italy in Rome on March 14 has been postponed due to coronavirus, organised have announced. The game was initially set to be played behind closed doors in line with protocol from the Italian government announced on Wednesday but sources told ESPN that a decision to postpone
12:08 PM GMT Harlequins have signed former England winger Chris Ashton on a free on Wednesday following the player’s departure from Gallagher Premiership rivals Sale Sharks. The 32-year-old winger mutually terminated his contract with Sale on Monday, ending his two-year spell at the club. Ashton’s arrival at Twickenham Stoop survives his target of reaching 100
3:01 PM GMT England prop Mako Vunipola is in self-isolation as a precaution against the coronavirus and has been ruled out to face Wales in the Six Nations on Saturday, England Rugby said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old missed England’s 24-12 victory over Ireland on Feb. 23 after going to Tonga for family reasons and he
3:01 PM GMT England prop Mako Vunipola has been ruled out to face Wales in the Six Nations on Saturday as precaution against coronavirus, England Rugby said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old missed England’s 24-12 victory over Ireland on Feb. 23 after going to Tonga for family reasons and he travelled back via Hong Kong, which
12:41 PM GMT ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Wales and Cardiff Blues fullback Hallam Amos has been ruled out for the remainder of the Six Nations due to a knee injury, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) have announced. Amos sustained the injury during Cardiff’s 34-24 victory over Benetton Treviso in the PRO
6:59 PM GMT The remaining games of rugby’s Six Nations Championship will, subject to future government intervention, go ahead, despite the coronavirus outbreak that has led to the postponement of this Saturday’s Ireland v Italy match, organisers said on Monday. There had been fears that the games on March 14 between Italy and England in
2:22 PM GMT Leicester Tigers announced the signing of former Fiji international Nemani Nadolo from Top 14 side Montpellier on Monday. Nadolo will join the Gallagher Premiership club ahead of the 2020-21 season. The winger scored 222 points in 29 Test appearances for Fiji since his international debut in 2010. “Tigers are everything I’m looking
12:49 AM GMT There were two big upsets in Round 5 of Super Rugby as the Rebels held off the Highlanders in Dunedin and the Blues handed the Stormers their first loss of 2020 with an impressive triumph in Cape Town. Elsewhere there were wins for the Waratahs, Hurricanes, Sharks and Jaguares. Read on as
2:08 AM GMT The Stormers’ unbeaten start to the Super Rugby season came to a limp end as they slumped to a 33-14 home defeat at the hands of the Blues in a scrappy game at Newlands on Saturday. The Cape Town-based side were poor in every department as a brace of tries from English
11:41 PM GMT The Brumbies’ Super Rugby match against the Sunwolves scheduled for early next month in Osaka is set to be relocated due to the coronavirus. SANZAAR announced on Thursday morning the Japanese government has requested the cancellation of all sporting events for the next two weeks, which takes in the Brumbies’ match on
10:31 PM GMT Liam Napier Welcome to the new world order of athlete power. Professional rugby is celebrating its silver anniversary this season and, like any marriage, the relationship between those governing the game and those at the coalface has evolved significantly in that time. For the vast majority of the first 25 years of
2:48 PM GMT Ireland’s Six Nations fixture against Italy in Dublin has been postponed until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced. The match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin — originally scheduled for March 7 — has been postponed, and the IRFU has