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After the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup finals, the PREM returns for the penultimate round of the regular season. There are five blockbuster matches pencilled in over the weekend, with plenty still to play for across the league. Check on all the PREM team news, our predictions, how to watch and more below. Friday Bristol Bears v Bath Prediction: Bath by 10 Bristol Bears: 15 Noah Heward, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Santiago Grondona, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Joe Owen, 5…
The quietest man in the stadium will be the most brilliantly lit when the spotlight falls on him come the end of the match. Mark McCall will hope that his last home fixture in charge of Saracens will have ended with his team back in the top four, just when it matters most, with one round to play.A win against Harlequins on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd would move Saracens above Exeter into fourth, with the Chiefs due to visit Leicester on Sunday. Saracens are 20-point favourites to beat Quins; Leicester 11-point favourites to beat Exeter. Unless both…
Shaw, 22, recalled watching the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.’When I was in the crowd, it inspired me,” she added. “So hopefully other people, if they have a disability, seeing an increased Para-sport participation, it might inspire them to take up a sport.’It is one of the only competitions where the able-bodied and Para-sports are done side by side, so the increased coverage and everything about that I think is just amazing.”Being in the stands at Tollcross back in 2014 helped convince a then-10 year old Shaw that “this is really cool, I want to do this”.The Aberdonian admitted going…
NZ Rugby appear to have pulled the rabbit out of the hat by keeping hold of Hurricanes star Fehi Fineanganofo, according to a report in New Zealand. It was announced in January that the wing had signed a contract with Newcastle Red Bulls, which would see the speedster leave for the PREM and rule him out of the Rugby World Cup. That deal did not attract too much attention at the time but, after a storming start to the campaign, concerns began to grow that the All Blacks were potentially losing one of the most gifted wide players in the…
Former Bulls head coach Jake White has called for SA Rugby to force Springboks to play locally as franchises continue to draw the ‘short stick’. White believes that the Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers cannot compete with European heavyweights in the Investec Champions Cup without a change in selection policy from SA Rugby and has again campaigned for a return to the old restrictions. Previously, the Springboks head coach was barred from selecting players based overseas, much like the current policy implemented by New Zealand Rugby, while Ireland have a similar restriction for Andy Farrell. This helps keep the top…
Fulham forward Harry Wilson has pulled out of Wales’ friendlies against Ghana and Romania next month, along with defender Ben Cabango of Swansea City.Wilson, 29, has been Wales’ outstanding performer under Craig Bellamy and 12 of his 17 career international goals have come in the past three years.The former Liverpool and Bournemouth player is out of contract with Fulham this summer and has been linked with a move to several other Premier League clubs, including Aston Villa, Everton and Leeds United.Cabango, an unused substitute in Wales’ World Cup play-off defeat against Bosnia-Herzegovina in March, played 47 games for Swansea this…
Meanwhile Cornwall’s Women travel to North Midlands on Sunday hoping to secure their own spot at Twickenham.They are in the semi-finals of the second tier of the County Championship having thrashed Berkshire 86-0 and beaten rivals Devon 26-17 last week to top their pool and earn a place in the last four.”I think we’ve got such a talented bunch at the moment,” Cornwall coach Jo Holden said.”We prepare for a team the same way we always do, we look at our game and we kind of focus on the things that we can make better, because especially at county level…
Here’s how to nominate athletes for South Bend Tribune Athlete of the WeekIf you have an athlete you would like for us to consider for our Athlete of the Week award, here is how you do so!Corrin Adamo’s voice was still hoarse 48 hours later.Adamo joined Penn’s rugby team for her final two years of high school, graduating in 2019. The Lady Kingsmen made a run to the state championship game in her senior season but fell short, which made leading the squad back to the top of the mountain as their head coach and winning a state title for…
Konate sounded as confident as ever when he told us in April that there was a “big chance” he would be at Anfield next season.In fact, he even asked reporters to speak to Liverpool’s sporting director Richard Hughes, implying that he always wanted to stay at Liverpool, despite rumours linking him with a move to Real Madrid earlier in the season.”I’m waiting to sort the contract, but when everything is sorted, you will have to ask Richard what I said to him in September, November and he’s going to say something to make everyone quiet,” Konate said at the time.Over…
Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says his side’s trip to Leicester is vital for their hopes of making the Prem play-offs.Fourth-placed Chiefs are seven points behind third-placed Leicester and three ahead of Saracens in fifth – who Exeter host in their final league game next weekend.The clash at Leicester is the final Prem game of the weekend, meaning Exeter will know where Saracens – and sixth-placed Bristol, who are two points further back – are in the table before kick-off.”I’m trying not to get too caught up in all the permutations that can happen by the time we even…