Topic: Leicester

Flood tide overwhelms Worcester

England fly-half Toby Flood kicked 24 points as Leicester strengthened their grip on top spot in the English Premiership with a 39-18 win at Worcester on Saturday.Flood, chosen ahead of Jonny Wilkinson for England's concluding Six Nations match away to France last ...

Youngs called up for 6Nations clash with Scotland

Ben Youngs, England's latest call-up, will lay claim to family bragging rights if he helps fashion a win against Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday.Youngs's father, Nick, also a scrum-half, played for England in 1984 when they were beaten 18-6 by Scotland at ...
Ben Youngs, England's latest call-up, will lay claim to family bragging rights if he helps fashion a win against Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday.Youngs's father, Nick, also a scrum-half, played for England in 1984 when they were beaten 18-6 by Scotland at ...

England drop Moody for Scotland rugby match

Lewis Moody was dropped on Tuesday by England manager Martin Johnson, his former Leicester team-mate, for Saturday's Calcutta Cup Six Nations match away to Scotland at Murrayfield.Johnson insisted his decision to bring in Worsley, widely regarded as England's best defensive back-row, was ...

Moody joins Bath rugby club

England flanker Lewis Moody confirmed Friday he will leave Leicester to join Bath on a three-year contract at the end of the season."I have always known that if I was ever going to leave Leicester, the only club I would consider in ...

Moody moves to Bath

England flanker Lewis Moody confirmed Friday he will leave Leicester to join Bath on a three-year contract at the end of the season."I have always known that if I was ever going to leave Leicester, the only club I would consider in ...

Old foes Munster and Saints drawn together again

Two-time champions Munster and the team that beat them in the 2000 European Cup final Northampton will be sick of the sight of each other after they were drawn to play each other in the last eight of this year's edition on ...

Mauger heading home to New Zealand

Aaron Mauger is to leave Leicester at the end of the European season and head back to New Zealand in a bid to regain a place in the All Blacks' squad for next year's World Cup on home soil.The 29-year-old centre joined ...

RFU keep Saracens coach Venter waiting

Saracens coach Brendan Venter was left waiting to find out what punishment he would receive from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) after a disciplinary panel reserved its judgement until Wednesday.The former Springbok centre appeared before a hearing in London on Tuesday charged ...

Ospreys face crunch Clermont test in European Cup

Big-spending Ospreys boast a squad many rugby clubs can only dream of but the European Cup competition has not been kind to the Welsh region.The final two pool matches of this year's tournament, starting on Saturday in France, promise another nerve-wracking run-in ...