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Archive for September, 2009
September 30, 2009 at 11:00 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, Six Nations News
The Rugby Football Union, deeply angered by the fake blood scandal at Harlequins, will consider a raft of far-reaching proposals aimed at eradicating cheating and sharp practice in the so-called "game for gentlemen". These include allowing bloodied players to remain on the pitch, sanctioning the use of local anaesthetic on minor injuries on the day of a match and, most radically, introducing "rolling" substitutions ? a development that would wholly transform the nature of the sport.
September 30, 2009 at 8:22 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, English Rugby Union, Gloucester Rugby News
The top 12 rugby playing colleges in England today kicked off their bid for the inaugural Advance Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) League title.
September 30, 2009 at 8:17 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, English Rugby Union, Six Nations News
Focus on what drives people to seek an unfair advantage
September 30, 2009 at 7:56 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, English Rugby Union, Six Nations News
Has the RFU really managed to draw a line under Bloodgate?
September 30, 2009 at 7:42 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News
The RFU will discuss the possible introduction of rolling substitutions on a trial basis in the Guinness Premiership.
September 30, 2009 at 6:47 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, Irish Rugby Union, Six Nations News
Team news and preview ahead of Saturday's Magners League game at the RDS Showground, Dublin.
September 30, 2009 at 5:16 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News
The RFU's "Image of the Game" task force has made 16 recommendations in an effort to eliminate cheating.
September 30, 2009 at 4:27 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, English Rugby Union, Six Nations News
A task group set up in response to recent scandals finds no evidence of widespread cheating in the English game.
September 30, 2009 at 4:18 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, English Rugby Union
All the latest rugby news, with Ryan Jones admitting that he would have no regrets if relieved of the Wales captaincy
September 30, 2009 at 4:00 pm · Filed under All Rugby Union News, English Rugby Union, Gloucester Rugby News
Gloucester Rugby are pleased to announce that ticket prices have been cut for their Anglo Welsh fixture on Sunday, 8th November 2009 (3pm) against Cardiff Blues.
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