Danny Cipriani suffers a major setback in his bid to prove a move to the Melbourne Rebels can restart his England career with the new Super 15 franchise taking a 43-0 hammering from the New South Wales Waratahs... more
Former Bath co-captains Michael Lipman and Alex Crockett are considering their options after losing an appeal against their nine-month suspensions... more
Rugby union: Paul O'Connell insists he can rouse his battered and bruised Lions to salvage some pride in the final Test of their gruelling six-week tour of South Africa... more
Rugby union: England flanker Michael Lipman and three of his former Bath team-mates will face an RFU disciplinary panel charged with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game... more
Rugby union: England flanker Michael Lipman and Bath team-mates Alex Crockett and Andrew Higgins insist they only resigned because their positions at the club had become untenable... more
England's entire Six Nations challenge has been derailed by continually having to play 14-man rugby, placing question marks over the futures of both captain Steve Borthwick and manager Martin Johnson... more
Martin Johnson has insisted that discipline was not a problem within the England team as he expressed his dismay at Matt Stevens's positive drugs test for taking cocaine... more
Martin Johnson today confirmed Steve Borthwick will lead England into the Six Nations despite the team's dreadful run of Test defeats in November... more
Shaun Edwards today revealed he was prepared to forfeit London Wasps' match with Bath if the referee had deemed the frozen Recreation Ground pitch playable... more
Captain Bob Casey is taking nothing for granted even though he looks down on the rest of the Guinness Premiership this Christmas knowing his London Irish team have wildly surpassed their pre-season targets... more
Michael Lipman has been ordered to appear before a disciplinary panel having been cited by the TV match official for stamping on a New Zealand opponent... more
England prop Andrew Sheridan, who suffered a neck injury against Australia, appears to be winning his fitness battle for the clash with South Africa at Twickenham... more
Rugby: Danny Cipriani completed his remarkable comeback from injury when he was drafted into the England squad for the autumn rugby internationals... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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