1:32 PM GMT Saracens fullback Liam Williams will return to Wales and rejoin his former side Scarlets at the end of the season, the two clubs announced on Thursday. Williams helped Saracens to win the Champions Cup and Premiership double last season and was part of the Wales team who won this year’s Six Nations
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5:03 PM GMT Huw Richards Close • FT’s rugby writer from 1995 to 2009• Also writes for the International Herald Tribune and the Sunday Herald Remember when we were still wondering if New Zealand would ever win another World Cup, Japan were regarded as the global tournament’s punchbags, Martin Johnson was in charge of England and Warren
9:26 AM GMT Premiership Rugby have announced a comprehensive independent review aimed at strengthening its salary cap regulations in the wake of the 35-point deduction and £5.3 million fine imposed on champions Saracens last month. English and European champions Saracens decided not to appeal the sanctions for failing to disclose payments in each of the
5:11 PM GMT Former South Africa prop Tendai Mtawarira is joining Washington’s Old Glory DC in the fledgling Major League Rugby in the U.S.. The Rugby World Cup winner, nicknamed “Beast”, will sign for a year after announcing his retirement from internationals after the Springboks were crowned world champions in Japan last month. “I’m excited
1:00 PM GMT Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has announced his international retirement, Scottish Rugby said on Thursday. He follows winger Tommy Seymour and former captain John Barclay in retiring after the Rugby World Cup in Japan, where Scotland crashed out at the pool stage. Clermont Auvergne scrumhalf Laidlaw, 34, led Scotland 39 times, more than
11:52 AM GMT Former France international Ibrahim Diarra has died at the age of 36, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) announced on Wednesday evening. Diarra had been admitted to hospital in a critical condition on Friday, and he passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest and subsequent strokes. The flanker enjoyed his only international cap
10:20 AM GMT England prop Kyle Sinckler has said he doesn’t remember his team’s 32-12 defeat to South Africa in the World Cup final after he was knocked unconscious early in the game. The Harlequins player collided with teammate Maro Itoje in the third minute of the game while attempting to tackle Makazole Mapimpi. 1
11:03 AM GMT Japan loose forward Amanaki Mafi has been discharged without conviction but ordered to pay $50,000 after he pled guilty to assaulting former team mate Lopeti Timani in New Zealand in 2018. Mafi, 29, was not present in court in Dunedin and entered a guilty plea to the one charge of assault with
12:07 PM GMT Former Wales assistant coach Rob Howley has been suspended from rugby for 18 months, with nine suspended, for breaching the sport’s betting regulations. Howley, a part of Warren Gatland’s backroom staff during the New Zealander’s time in charge of Wales, was sent home from this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan before
Dec 16, 2019 Former Wales assistant coach Rob Howley has apologised for breaking rugby betting regulations, saying “the last few months have been immensely tough. Howley was suspended from rugby for 18 months, with nine suspended, on Monday for placing 363 bets over a period of five years. “I am an extremely private man, and