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Sam Warburton backs 'shafted' players to strike and claims region close to entering administration

Warburton has spoken out strongly for the players amid the ongoing troubles

Wales Online

Welsh rugby bosses tell players they are paying salaries rugby cannot afford

WRU interim CEO Nigel Walker met with senior members of Warren Gatland's squad to try to stave off the threat of Six Nations strike action - hours later players are believed to have walked out of a sponsor event early in a show of disaffection

Daily Mirror

Anderson makes inroads after England’s bold declaration in New Zealand

England made the second-earliest first-innings declaration in Test history in the Bay Oval and three late wickets put them on top on day one

The Guardian - UK

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Pat Lam confronts rumours his job at Bristol Bears is under threat

Bristol Bears are bottom of the Gallagher Premiership after 12 rounds

Bristol Post

Major League Rugby returns for season six – with US game at a crossroads

Utah chief executive bullish about prospects despite men’s Eagles’ World Cup failure and an ever-shifting landscape

The Guardian - US

Jamie Osborne finding his feet with Ireland after Six Nations call-up

Mercurial 21-year-old will be back in blue for Leinster on Saturday after soaking up more invaluable experience with Andy Farrell's squad

Irish Mirror

Today's rugby news as Wales players set out demands in heated meeting and international goes public on 'lack of respect'

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Matildas defeat Czechia 4-0 in first Cup of Nations game thanks to Hayley Raso brace

The Matildas are in their final stages of preparation before July's Women's World Cup, with Czechia their first opponent of 2023.

ABC News

Hammer embraces Bennett spray before Dolphins debut

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and his Dolphins teammates were treated to a classic Wayne Bennett spray ahead of Sunday's final pre-season hit-out before their NRL debut.

AAP

Hot Hughes smashes ton as NSW thrash Tasmania in Cup

Daniel Hughes continued his prolific run by scoring 129 for NSW in a 102-run win over Tasmania which smashed the visitors' hopes of making the one-day final.

AAP

Joe Westerman's wife says woman caught with shamed husband in sex act clip sacked

Castleford Tiger rugby league player Westerman was filmed in an alleyway beside a Greggs store in Yorkshire performing a sex act on a woman who was not his wife in the early hours of the morning

Daily Mirror

England’s Richard Cockerill feels Wales could be galvanised by off-field issues

Welsh professional rugby has been hit by a contracts freeze.

The Independent UK

England forwards coach Richard Cockerill laughs off calls to outlaw the maul

England scored three tries through driving mauls in Saturday’s victory over Italy.

The Independent UK

Six Nations: Wales strike threat could galvanise team to beat England, warns Richard Cockerill

Richard Cockerill has warned England to beware a Wales team bonded closer together by the threat of strike action.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

England and Borthwick seek advice from referees over ‘reckless’ scrum

England’s coaches have sought advice from some of the world’s leading referees including Wayne Barnes and Joël Jutge to rectify their ‘reckless’ scrum

Daily Mirror

Welsh legend Jonathan Davies slams “shambolic” episode amid Six Nations strike threat

Wales stars could go on strike forcing their Six Nations fixture against England to be cancelled after the WRU suspended handing out new contracts resulting in an uncertain future for players

Daily Record

Perthshire revel in rekindling relationship with Welsh rugby club Pontarddulais

The travelling party arrived in great numbers - more than 50 - for a friendly match last Friday

AAP

Big goals drive Alaalatoa's Wallabies ambitions

A stint overseas appealed to him but Wallabies prop Allan Alaalatoa says the chance to create history on home soil persuaded him to stay in Australia.

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Belfast Live

Antrim Grammar School creates history under 'Mourinho' rugby coach

The school is celebrating after reaching the final of the Ulster Schools' Medallion Bowl

Wales Online

English team could join WRU, merge with Welsh region and play in London under radical proposal

The idea has been discussed in the corridors of power

The Guardian - UK

WRU says ‘no room for manoeuvre’ on contracts despite players’ strike threat

The WRU has insisted there is “no room for manoeuvre” on the budget for player contracts in Wales despite the threat of strike action putting the country’s Six Nations fixture against England next week in jeopardy

Irish Mirror

Gardaí contacted as Ireland Six Nations tickets appear on third-party sites for over €3,000

Earlier this week, a French newspaper reported touts were selling tickets to last Saturday’s clash between Ireland and France for up to €2,000

Wales Online

Wales players told they've been paid unaffordable salaries for years as WRU boss meets with squad

The PRB's statement comes amid talk of strike action for the Six Nations clash between Wales and England

Wales Online

Wales international in stunning press conference address as he calls for end to 'civil war'

Ospreys lock Bradley Davies has opened up about the worries players are harbouring in Welsh rugby right now

The Independent UK

Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit ‘full of beans and bouncing around’ ahead of return

Rees-Zammit has not played since suffering an injury on Christmas Eve.

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