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Campaign to restore game’s battered image

24.09.09
English rugby chiefs believe protecting the core values of the sport can help erase the memory of a summer which featured fake blood capsules and admissions of drug use at a Guinness Premiership club... more

Damian Hopley blast at clean-up group's bias towards RFU

28.08.09
English rugby chiefs have ran into immediate controversy when they named a 13-strong Task Group designed to clean up the game following the scandals at Bath and Harlequins... more

Banned Dean Richards could face new charges over cheating

18.08.09
The RFU will wait to receive the full judgment over ‘Bloodgate’ before deciding whether to issue new charges against rugby legend Dean Richards, physio Steph Brennan and Harlequins... more

Bath call on senior stars to keep players in check

05.08.09
Bath have launched a "mentoring" system designed to avoid the drug scandals that have rocked the rugby club... more

New tests to target rugby's drug cheats

04.08.09
English rugby is to bring in tough new drug tests this season to save the sport from further damage following the banning of five Bath players... more

Leinster coach feels for banned Tom Williams

22.07.09
Tom Williams has been made a "scapegoat" for faking a blood injury says Alan Gaffney, whose Leinster side were the victims of the controversy in the Heineken Cup clash... more

Lawrence Dallaglio: Lions must win opener

28.05.09
Rugby union: Lawrence Dallaglio has warned the present tour party they must win the opening Test in Durban to have any hope of repeating that historic feat... more

Delon Armitage is up for top prize after his Lions snub

23.04.09
Rugby union: Delon Armitage, left out of the Lions tour to South Africa, and brother Steffon have both been nominated in this year’s Professional Rugby Players’ Association awards... more

Warning over France exodus 'legal'

19.03.09
Rugby union: England stars playing in France next season will not be able to challenge the Rugby Football Union over a warning about their international careers... more

Players set for legal fight over RFU's French threat

18.03.09
Rugby union:England's players' union are taking legal advice over a letter sent by the RFU telling top stars they could be jeopardising their international places by moving abroad... more

Venter shows door to 18 Saracens stars

25.02.09
Ruby union: Saracens have decided to release 18 of their squad this summer as they try to slash their wage bill... more

McGeechan’s warning as trio quit for French euros

17.02.09
Rugby union: Wasps director of rugby Ian McGeechan took a swipe at players who put money ahead of ambition today after losing three stars to French clubs... more

Stevens: I failed drugs test

20.01.09
England prop Matt Stevens has revealed he has failed a drugs test... more

Kiwi Flutey: I'm proud to wear England jersey

05.11.08
Riki Flutey will be belting out God Save the Queen at Twickenham in a very public confirmation of his conversion from proud New Zealand Maori into genuine England international... more

Joe Worsley comes out fighting for Wasps as he plays down clash in training

09.10.08
Flanker is more worried about getting season back on track with Euro victory than Cipriani bust-up... more

Johnson's joy at deal for stars

12.08.08
Agreement between Team England Rugby and Rugby Football Union confirms match fees, win bonuses and image rights... more

How they voted - leading Londoners reveal their political leanings

01.05.08
The Evening Standard's Katharine Barney found out who backed whom - and why - in the mayoral election ... more

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