Saturday 26 November 2022
The club game in England is currently in the midst of a financial crisis which has seen two top-tier clubs drop out of the Premiership.
The Warriors’ Premiership future had been left in doubt after the club was partially liquidated on Wednesday.
Crisis-hit club have debts of over €27.7m (£25m).
The 32-year-old said racism was “rife” within rugby.
Eddie Jones is due to be replaced following next year’s World Cup.
Burrell opened up about receiving comments about bananas, fried chicken and slavery and being greeted with a racial slur.
An RFU statement says he is “expected to make a full recovery”.
The Irishman is now in a wide-ranging role as the RFU’s director of performance rugby.
The new rule means all players who are permitted to tackle in full contact age grade rugby will do so at the same height.
The Australian also described an RFU review into the Six Nations as ‘very useful’.
Simon Amor appears to have paid the price for the team’s blunt attack after 15 months in the role.
Meanwhile, EPCR confirmed that 24 teams will take part in next season’s Champions Cup.
The Australian presided over a fifth-place finish for the second time in his Twickenham reign.
The Six Nations outcome has not made the head coach question himself.
The RFU began a review into the ‘historical context’ of the popular song earlier this summer.
English rugby’s governing body are still awaiting approval from Westminster as tickets went on sale.
Irishman JP Doyle was made redundant by the RFU in England earlier this month.
The English union has suffered significant financial pain because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
However, Bill Sweeney says it would be ‘very difficult’ to ban the song.
‘Things that were normal then should not necessarily be normal now,’ said the former England hooker.
The English rugby anthem’s credited author is Wallace Willis – a freed slave from 19th century Oklahoma.
Sweeney did not rule out next year’s Lions tour of South Africa being rescheduled.
Bill Sweeney says the English union will lose out on £107 million if the November Tests are cancelled.
Sale Sharks have been been handed a suspended five-point deduction and fined.
Jones wants his side to be remembered as “the greatest team the game has ever seen”.
The spread of coronavirus means no major sporting action can currently take place in the UK.
Ealing have suggested they will take legal action if Newcastle are promoted.
The union says it remains in ‘active discussions’ with the top-tier league.
The England head coach had criticised the referee after their win over Wales.
The 49-year-old has joined the English union as its new performance director.
The former Ireland fullback has endured a difficult season in charge of Leicester Tigers.
Automatic relegation could also be scrapped in favour of a play-off between the existing top-tier side and the best Championship club.
The 49-year-old has also been linked with a position on Andy Farrell’s Ireland coaching ticket.
The Premiership will be restructured in the move and will last 11 months with its final to take place in late June.
After paying over €4,700 in fines, the England out-half is free to make his debut for David Humphreys’ Gloucester this evening.
The Gloucester out-half has been left out of their squad for tomorrow’s friendly against Ulster.
Rugby authorities are hoping to see a reduction in the number of concussions being sustained in tackles.
Brad Shields hasn’t heard from New Zealand Rugby over his request to play with Eddie Jones’ side in June.
The South African has been with the Premiership club since 2012.
The RFU wants to boost the national popularity of rugby union.
