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CVC in advanced negotiations to secure minority shareholding in Guinness Pro 14 league for £120m

19/04/2019 00:10 - CVC Capital Partners, the private equity firm, are expected to intensify their bid to acquire a stake in the Six Nations after entering into advanced negotiations to secure a minority shareholding in the Guinness Pro 14 league for around £120 million....

Will Carling backs Owen Farrell to become world-class captain but says senior England players must support him

02/04/2019 16:12 - Will Carling is adamant that Owen Farrell will develop in to a world-class captain for England but has suggested that the fly-half needs greater “help and support” from fellow senior players in order to realise his potential....

Dan Leavy's cruel injury will hit Ireland hard at this year's Rugby World Cup

02/04/2019 15:25 - The news on Monday that Ireland's Dan Leavy will miss the Rugby World Cup led to a rather gloomy thought....

Talking Rugby: A piece of advice to rugby's powerbrokers - be careful what you meddle with

02/04/2019 10:00 - If there is a fan of the sport out there who has not been entranced and beguiled by the action on the field over the last fortnight then he or she must have been hiding away in a darkened, sound-proofed room with no mobile phone or broadband signal....

More Six Nations Ben Youngs: England are 'expecting the unexpected' against Italy 'I'm just some kid from Queensland': Scotland's Sam Johnson enjoying

03/03/2019 12:14 - England are “expecting the unexpected” when they play Italy at Twickenham on Saturday, two years after they were bamboozled by the Azzurri’s “no ruck” strategy that led to frantic questions to the referee as to what was going on....

Ben Youngs: England are 'expecting the unexpected' against Italy 'I'm just some kid from Queensland': Scotland's Sam Johnson enjoying whirlwind start

03/03/2019 00:08 - England are “expecting the unexpected” when they play Italy at Twickenham on Saturday, two years after they were bamboozled by the Azzurri’s “no ruck” strategy that led to frantic questions to the referee as to what was going on....

More Six Nations Conor O'Shea: 'We have got to go out there and take the game to England... if not we will get a hiding' Six Nations 2019: Setback for

02/03/2019 19:44 - Italy head coach Conor O’Shea has warned his team that they face a ‘massive litmus test’ on Saturday against an England side he believes ‘will be licking their lips’ following their defeat to Wales....