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ARCHIE McParland will play a key role in Northampton’s title charge with England scrum-half Alex Mitchell likely to miss the rest of the season with another hamstring injury. Mitchell, above, missed two months action after injuring a hamstring playing against Ireland in February. He returned to duty in Saints’ Champions Cup defeat at Bath in […]

By SAM JACKSON BRISTOL Bears flanker Steven Luatua has extended his contract into a 10th season with the club. The 35-year-old, who won 15 All Blacks caps before switching to play for Samoa at the 2023 World Cup, has made 160 appearances for the Bears, including 90 as captain, since joining from Auckland Blues in […]

GEORGE Furbank scored a last-minute try to defeat Gloucester and secure Northampton Saints home advantage in the Prem semi-finals. ■By GARY FITZGERALD League leaders Saints – who had already secured a play-off spot – were made to sweat in the sweltering heat of Franklin’s Gardens until the final seconds in an 11-try thriller which saw […]

■By ALEX REED FORMER Wales scrum-half Lloyd Williams aims to bow out today as a Champ winner when Worcester clash with Bedford in the final at Goldington Road. The 32-cap 36-year-old, who went to two World Cups, won three Six Nations titles and one Grand Slam – and is the all-time appearance record for Cardiff […]

■By PAUL REES TOM Pearson has had another strong season for Premiership leaders Northampton but has not come closer to adding to his one England cap. The 26-year old flanker’s name is high on a number of statistical tables in this season’s Prem, from carries and metres made to dominant tackles and turnovers, but he […]

■By SAM JACKSON FORMER England captain Jo Yapp wants to “help shape the future of women’s rugby for years to come” after being named as the first British and Irish Lions Women coach for next year’s inaugural tour in New Zealand. Yapp, who became head of England women’s pathway after guiding Australia to the quarter-finals […]

> Continued from Page 1 involved in the club and the city.” Williams is proud to have played his part in the rejuvenation of the club in their first season back. “Everyone’s bought in and given themselves to the club, which is great and everyone’s pulling in the same direction, which makes things a lot […]

PROP star Scott Sio aims to sign off at Exeter Chiefs with a Prem winner’s medal before he joins Cardiff this summer By SAM JACKSON Thankful: Rob Baxter ber 2022 with an open mind to just improve as a player and a person and I feel I’ve done that here. “The club have given me […]

■By BEN JAYCOCK IT has been a whirlwind year for Millie David, but the Bristol Bears flyer insists she is only scratching the surface of what she can become. The rapid rise of the exciting young winger has taken her from PWR prospect to an England international in little over 12 months, with David now […]

George Furbank scored a last-minute try to defeat Gloucester and secure Northampton Saints home advantage in the Prem semi-finals.