VIDEO – Parling sets short-term Premiership goals in RWC year
1 decade ago by RFU News FeedGeoff Parling plays his first Aviva Premiership match of the season tomorrow and is intent on continuing the eye-catching return to form he produced opposite Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock in New Zealand...
Slater sidelined after surgery
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby09 September 2014The 26-year-old lock has been sidelined since captaining England's midweek side to a 38-7 victory over Super 15 outfit the Crusaders in New Zealand in June. Leicester...
'Slater out for the season'
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby09 September 2014The Leicester captain is expected to miss the entire 2014/15 campaign after undergoing knee surgery, boss Richard Cockerill has announced. The 26-year-old tore his anterior...
Aviva Premiership talking points: round one
1 decade ago by RFU News FeedIn the build-up to Rugby World Cup 2015, this Aviva Premiership campaign is set to be an extremely intriguing one. Indeed, the competition kicked off this weekend and produced some enthralling encounters. ...
Best of the weekend: Hat-tricks galore as domestic rugby returns
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogSaints sparkle in season openerNorthampton began their title defence in gloriously emphatic fashion, obliterating a disjointed Gloucester side, 53-6, at Franklin’s Gardens. Although the upheaval at...
Saturday Round-Up
1 decade agoFoley Loses Opener: Munster head coach Anthony Foley got his reign off to a terrible start last night as his side went down to the narrowest of losses, losing 14-13 at the hands of Edinburgh. The visitors...
Northampton Saints 53 Gloucester 6: George North leads the charge as champions continue where they left off
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsChampions by name, champions in performance. The Saints continue to march to the same beat of last season, the celebratory airs ringing round Franklin’s Gardens long into the night as the Premiership...
Premiership: War on two fronts
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Northampton Saints: 15 James Wilson, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 George Pisi, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 George North, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Samu Manoa, 7 Tom Wood, 6 Calum Clark, 5 Christian Day, 4 Courtney...
Lawes refocuses Saints for title defence
1 decade ago by RFU News FeedCourtney Lawes has hailed the “unbelievable” feel-good factor produced by Northampton Saints’ maiden Aviva Premiership title, but insists last term’s success will mean nothing when the holders...
