Newcastle Falcons have confirmed that tight-head Carl Hayman will join French Top 14 side Toulon when his contract expires at the end of the season.The All-Blacks prop has been a force in the Falcons pack since joining the club in April 2007.More to follow.
Brian O'Driscoll looks likely to miss Leinster's Heineken Cup quarter-final against Clermont Auvergne next month.O'Driscoll sustained a knee injury in Ireland's Six Nations defeat by Scotland on Saturday and is expected to be ruled out for around six weeks.Holders Leinster will face the French outfit on Friday, 9 April.Gordon D'Arcy is also a doubt for the quarter-final after sustaining a groin i
England skipper Jamie Peacock is the latest Leeds Rhinos player to join the club's burgeoning injury list after damaging ligaments in his foot.The 32-year-old left the field during the second half of his side's 17-10 home defeat by Hull KR.Rhinos were missing eight first-choice players, including skipper Kevin Sinfield, for Friday night's clash.The Super League champions confirmed the prop will h
Stephen Ferris believes the hype around Ireland's last game at Croke Park had an impact as their four-year residency ended in an anti-climactic defeat.There was a lot of hype coming into it and you can't help but read about it, said Ferris after Scotland's 23-20 win denied Ireland another Triple Crown. Perhaps sometimes you need to distance yourselves from that. For me personally there was so mu
France coach Marc Lievremont expressed his satisfaction after his team claimed a first Grand Slam since 2004 with a hard-fought win over England in Paris.Lievremont was criticised for wholesale squad rotations early in his tenure after taking over the side in 2007, but his experiments have finally paid off. It is a very nice baby even if the birth was quite difficult, he said. For the first time
Scotland avoided the Six Nations Wooden Spoon and denied Ireland a Triple Crown by winning 23-20 at Croke Park thanks to a last-gasp Dan Parks penalty.Scotland led 14-7 at half-time through a Johnnie Beattie try and two penalties and a drop-goal by Dan Parks.Brian O'Driscoll scored an early try which Jonathan Sexton converted.Parks and Sexton swapped penalties before Tommy Bowe's converted try ma
Captain Lewis Moody refused to blame referee Bryce Lawrence for England's loss to Grand Slam champions France.Manager Martin Johnson remonstrated with the New Zealand official at half-time and at the end of the match. There seemed to be a differing number of penalties going against us - scrums, clear-outs at the breakdown, but that's the way it is, Moody told BBC Sport. It was our game to win, n
Warren Gatland has warned his players not to get carried away after Wales beat Italy in their Six Nations finale.The coach hailed some outstanding rugby in the 33-10 win ahead of tough summer Tests against world champions South Africa and the mighty All Blacks. We have a few tough months ahead with South Africa and New Zealand which will really test us, Gatland said. There are still aspects of
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