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Well, at least it saves me hiring a babysitter

May 27, 2010

AMIDST the furore and the mud-slinging, at least one good thing has come out of Brendan Venter’s failed attempt to attend Sunday’s Guinness Premiership final – he won’t have to fork out for a babysitter! The Saracens director of rugby lost his appeal to overturn a 14-week coaching ban on Wednesday night after an RFU [...]
Injury-plagued Thompson looks to seize his opportunity against BaaBaas

May 27, 2010

STEVE THOMPSON is hoping his summer move back to the Guinness Premiership will help him reclaim his former No2 England jersey. Thompson is set to complete his move from French club Brive to Leeds Carnegie, just four years after undergoing neck surgery and being told he risked paralysis by ever playing again. The 31-year-old starts [...]
Worcester appoint coach Hill and admit to Richards’ review role

May 27, 2010

RELEGATED Worcester have appointed former England scrum-half Richard Hill as their new coach. Hill, 49, has experience in guiding Bristol to promotion and up to third in the Premiership, and has also coached at Gloucester and Harlequins. Chairman Cecil Duckworth said: “Richard has a proven track record of winning the Championship, taking a side into [...]
Top-flight royalty Leicester out to make final history

May 27, 2010

LEICESTER will be looking to buck the trend tomorrow when the Guinness Premiership’s aristocrats collide with its upstarts in the final at Twickenham. In the seven years that the play-offs have determined who is crowned champions of England, only twice have the winners been the same team that finished first in the table. The Tigers, [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP FINAL?

May 27, 2010

RICHARD BARBER | JP MORGAN “I would like Leicester to win because they have more England players, and I think they will. Saracens were romping ahead early in the season but to me that was because they didn’t have any Six Nations players, so all the other teams were below par, but then they caught [...]
Lions can slay Robins to win vital promotion

May 27, 2010

MILLWALL vs SWINDON TOMORROW – 3.00PM SKY SPORTS 2 HAVING seen Norwich and Leeds go up, Millwall and Swindon lock horns tomorrow in the quest to join them in the Championship. The Lions are 4/7 favourites to clinch promotion with Swindon 5/4 to inflict more Wembley misery on the Londoners who lost 3-2 to Scunthorpe [...]
the INSIDER

May 27, 2010

Henry Cecil is still going great guns and his LORD SHANAKILL (5%) has a massive chance dropped in grade in the Group 3 Timeform Jury Stakes at Haydock (3.30pm) tomorrow. BARSHIBA (5%) will probably be a short price to win the 3.00pm at the Lancashire track but she should be adding additional black-type to her [...]
Fabregas: I’ll let Arsenal decide future

May 26, 2010

ARSENAL captain Cesc Fabregas has indicated he will not try to force the club’s hand over his desire to join Barcelona, insisting he is leaving the decision up to Gunners manager Arsene Wenger. Fabregas has told Wenger he wants a move back to his former club, seven years after swapping Catalonia for north London, and [...]
Murray must wait as light halts progress

May 26, 2010

ANDY MURRAY cut a frustrated figure after rain and bad light halted his French Open progress at Roland Garros last night. The British No1 was leading Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2, 3-3 when play was suspended at 9.30pm local time. Frequent showers meant that the players did not even start their second round showdown until [...]
Injury-hit Strettle’s back with a wing and a prayer

May 26, 2010

DAVID STRETTLE has vowed to take his England chance with both hands this summer – to end two years of injury hell. The 26-year-old wing has been rewarded for his blistering end-of-season form for Harlequins with a place in the starting XV to take on the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday. Now, he aims to [...]