Source: Bruce Perkins

Allianz Premier 15s – Round 12 – A Look Forward

This weekend’s fixtures: Saturday Bristol Bears v Sale Sharks DMP Durham Sharks v Wasps Harlequins v Loughborough Lightning Worcester Warriors v Exeter Chiefs Sunday Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury A new obstacle to progress rears its head: frozen grounds. A floodlit game in Braemar the other night at -22 degrees would have been an experience. The juiciest

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Source: David Howlett

Round 11: Allianz Premier 15s Review

We look back at last Saturday’s events in the Allianz Premier 15s, with all 10 teams in action for the first time this year. Wasps 40-3 Worcester Warriors Wasps kicked off the day’s action at Twyford Avenue against Worcester Warriors, securing a bonus-point victory in their first match of the year. Fly half Sarah Nicholas struck

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Source: Exeter Chiefs

Good News from Europe

Much the most positive news this week comes from Rugby Europe. They announce that the two outstanding international matches to decide the winners of the Rugby Europe qualifiers for the 2021 World Cup will take place as follows: Spain v Russia (20 February), and Spain v The Netherlands (28 February); both games to take place

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Wasps to face Worcester in first fixture of 2021

Allianz Premier 15s returns to Twyford Avenue for the first time in 2021, and to kick off the second half of the season Wasps welcome Worcester Warriors to the hive. The competition had taken a break over the January period during the heightened pandemic state across the UK. Following a revision of Covid safe protocols

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The World Cup Draw – A Light in the Darkness

As the draw was made for the pool stages of this year’s World Cup, all was sweetness and light. Optimism and ambition strode the stage: the largest crowds ever, great contests, the best players, all-embracing media coverage, the widest ever social media following – all were hailed in prospect. Barely a word about drawbacks. Sir

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