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This Week In Rugby 🏉
🤝 Hemispheres United? The inaugural United Rugby Championship kicks off on Friday night, it will see club sides from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Italy and South Africa go head to head throughout the season.
🌹 New Roses Blooming? England Head Coach Eddie Jones has announced his squad for a training camp later this month. There are 8 uncapped players included - Louis Lynagh, Mark Atkinson, Jack Kenningham, Gabriel Oghre, Raffi Quirke, Sam Riley, Bevan Rodd and Ollie Sleightholme. It also sees a number of notable players miss out, including George Ford, Jamie George and both Mako and Billy Vunipola.
✂️ Cutting Contact? New World Rugby guidance will suggest limiting full-contact training to 15 minutes per week, following research that shows 35-40% of rugby injuries occur in training. It is currently a “soft guideline” but the is an intention to make it more robust as time goes on.
📖 Not Consulting The Form Book? Ireland and Lions forward Iain Henderson has agreed with a suggestion that Warren Gatland picked players on familiarity rather than form for the Test Matches this summer. He went on to particularly highlight the selection of Courtney Lawes who had missed the majority of the season due to injury prior to starting all three Tests.
What’s On? 📺
The Rugby Championship
New Zealand vs South Africa - Sat 8:05am, Sky Sports Arena
Australia vs Argentina - Sat 11:05am, Sky Sports Arena
Gallagher Premiership
Gloucester vs Leicester - Fri 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
Wasps vs Bristol - Sat 3pm, BT Sport 2
London Irish vs Sale - Sun 3pm, BT Sport 1
United Rugby Championship
Zebre vs Golden Lions - Fri 5:35pm, Premier Sports 1
Ulster vs Glasgow - Fri 7:35pm, Premier Sports 1
Cardiff vs Connacht - Fri 7:35pm, BBC1 Wales & Premier Sports 2
Treviso vs Stormers - Sat 1pm, Premier Sports 1
Leinster vs Bulls - Sat 5:15pm, Premier Sports 1
Edinburgh vs Scarlets - Sat 5:15pm, S4C & Premier Sports 2
Munster vs Sharks - Sat 7:35pm, Premier Sports 1
Dragons vs Ospreys - Sun 2pm, Premier Sports 1
Top 14
La Rochelle vs Biarritz - Sat 2pm, FreeSports
Racing 92 vs Lyon - Sat 4pm, FreeSports
Perpignan vs Toulon - Sat 8pm, Premier Sports 2
Toulouse vs Clermont - Sun 8:05pm, Premier Sports 2
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