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After finishing third last season, missing out on an Aviva Premiership Final place following a 34-23 loss to Exeter Chiefs, Wasps have started the 2016/7 season with aplomb. It is fair to say that Wasps are definitely back. Between 2000 and 2010 only two teams managed to lift the Premiership trophy – Leicester Tigers and […] READ MORE
Last Word On Rugby was kindly invited by the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) to join their training camp in Brown’s Resort, Algarve, to witness the England Rugby Squad field training, and to have a chance to speak with Eddie Jones. After leaving from Lisbon, LWOR arrived at one of the most amazing and well prepared sports resorts in […] READ MORE
England are approaching the upcoming series of Autumn Internationals with a depleted squad stripped of a number of positional first choices and in some cases 2nd and 3rd picks also. England Rugby Squad Injuries No Excuse According to Eddie Jones The injury list includes James Haskell, George Kruis, Maro Itoje, Courtney Lawes, Jack Clifford, Sam […] READ MORE
As seems to be a perennial event these days, World Rugby made a raft of law changes coming into the new season. Whilst these seem to be predominantly based around ‘the scrum and tackle ball area’ they have been done with a simple objective; to speed up the game , increase the ball in play […] READ MORE
With the season fast approaching, Steve Kendall picks five players to watch in the Aviva Premiership as the season develops and progresses Five Players to Watch in the Aviva Premiership this Season Ellis Genge After touring with England in their summer whitewash of Australia, Genge has now moved clubs for the 2016/2017 season from newly […] READ MORE
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