Saracens’ squad will be broken up after their relegation from the Premiership at the end of the season was confirmed, says director of rugby Mark McCall. Premiership Rugby announced on Saturday that the defending champions will be relegated for persistent salary cap breaches. They had already been deducted 35 points and fined £5.4m for three […]
Posted on January 19, 2020
England number eight Billy Vunipola could miss the Six Nations with a suspected broken forearm sustained during Saracens’ win over Racing 92. It would be the fourth such injury for Vunipola in two years, having broken his right arm twice and his left once. The 27-year-old played every game in England’s run to the World […]
Posted on January 19, 2020
Cricket Web Team | 12:01am GMT 19 January 2020 The current Australia Tour of India has been making headlines in the cricket industry. The Australian Cricket team had always been a tough contender in cricket as they had been ranked to be the world’s number 2. These two tough teams had always been clashing on […]
Posted on January 19, 2020
Reigning champions Saracens will be relegated from rugby union’s top flight at the end of this season following persistent salary cap breaches, Premiership Rugby have confirmed. Sarries had already been deducted 35 points for the current Premiership campaign and fined £5.4m for three seasons’ spending above the cap. Proof of immediate cap compliance was required […]
Posted on January 19, 2020
Martin Chandler | 12:18am GMT 19 January 2020 There have been plenty of cricket magazines that have, for varying lengths of time, graced the newsagents and bookstalls of the UK, and a not inconsiderable number in other countries where the game has a hold. Uniquely amongst them The Cricketer has survived for almost a century, […]
Posted on January 19, 2020
Heineken Champions Cup Pool One Lyon (17) 24 Tries: Lambey, Gill, Ngatai Cons: Wisniewski 3 Pen: Wisniewski Northampton (5) 36 Tries: Haywood, Harrison, Reinach, Furbank, Fish Cons: Biggar 4 Pens: Biggar Northampton claimed a late bonus-point victory at Lyon, keeping their hopes of reaching the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals alive. Lyon led at the break […]
Posted on January 18, 2020
Heineken Champions Cup Pool Three Ulster (7) 22 Tries: Coetzee, Baloucoune, Addison Cons: Cooney 2 Pen: B Burns Bath (7) 15 Tries: McConnochie, Batty Con: Burns Pen: F Burns Ulster edged out Bath with a 22-15 win in Belfast to advance to the last eight of the Heineken Champions Cup. Marcell Coetzee and Ruaridh McConnochie […]
Posted on January 18, 2020
What is going on with Saracens, one of England’s most successful rugby union clubs? In the past five years no one has been better, with Sarries winning England’s Premiership four times and being European champions three times. Six Saracens players started for England in the Rugby World Cup final defeat by South Africa in November, […]
Posted on January 17, 2020
Saracens’ star players would still be able to play for England even if they are relegated from the Premiership to the second-tier Championship. The defending champions are facing the drop at the end of the season for exceeding salary cap limits. While this would probably lead to a dismantling of the squad, playing in the […]
Posted on January 17, 2020
Centre Jamie Roberts says he has told Wales coach Wayne Pivac he is still available for international rugby despite an immediate move to South Africa. Roberts will join Super Rugby side Stormers from Bath when he flies out to Cape Town next week. The 33-year-old was not named in Wayne Pivac’s 38-man Six Nations squad, […]
Posted on January 17, 2020