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The Latest Breaking News from British Irish Lions

Leicester turn to Geoff Parling as head coach after hunt for Cheika’s successor

Geoff Parling has been appointed as Leicester’s new head coach, bringing an end to a drawn out recruitment process to find Michael Cheika’s successor

The Guardian - UK

Maro Itoje named British and Irish Lions captain for tour of Australia

The 30-year-old England second row has been chosen by head coach Andy Farrell to lead the Lions this summer.

The National (Scotland)

Five key questions for Andy Farrell ahead of British and Irish Lions squad announcement

The Lions boss is preparing to unveil his touring party to take on the Wallabies in Australia

The Independent UK

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England 16-15 Scotland: Calcutta Cup Six Nations player ratings

Jamie Ritchie was outstanding for a Scotland side who somehow lost, in part thanks to the efforts of Maro Itoje

The Guardian - UK

Best rugby balls to buy 2025: options for every type of player

From advanced designs to durability, find the perfect ball for any condition and enhance your game

Evening Standard

Simon Easterby: welcome to the precarious world of the backroom boss

The Ireland interim coach’s deputy tag may soon be cast off if he leads his country to a historic repeat triumph

The Guardian - UK

Flying Fiji perfect prep for Wallabies ahead of Lions

Australian fans can expect razzle-dazzle and bone-rattling collisions when the Wallabies host Fiji for the first time since 2017.

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The Breakdown awards: best rugby matches, players and quotes of 2024

The best and worst of the last 12 months and hopes for 2025 in our review of the year in rugby union

The Guardian - UK

Syd Millar: Ireland and Lions hero dies aged 89

Tributes paid to former prop

Evening Standard

Barbarians v World XV team news: Bristol Bears, Gloucester and Exeter Chiefs stars headline both squads

The Barbarians take on a World XV at Twickenham Stadium on May 28

Bristol Post

Barbarians v World XV squads in full as seven Wales stars play

A number of Warren Gatland's World Cup squad will play in the match

Wales Online

Scotland’s Stuart Hogg to retire from rugby after World Cup

Hogg, who turns 31 in June, will play out the rest of the season with Exeter before hanging up his boots after the international showpiece in France.

The Independent UK

Former England and Lions back David Duckham dies aged 76

Former England great David Duckham has died aged 76, his former club Coventry have announced

The Guardian - UK

The sporting legends who died in 2022 including Shane Warne, Phil Bennett and Eddie Butler

A tribute to the sporting stars who have passed away in 2022

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

Doddie Weir, former Scotland and Lions second-row, dies aged 52

Doddie Weir, the former Scotland and British & Irish Lions second row, has died aged 52, six years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Watson: ‘It always seems to be the players on the receiving end’

The England wing discusses his Bath exit, the spectre of brain injury and his hopes for next year’s Rugby World Cup

Wales Online

Lions tour 2021 documentary to finally air in UK this weekend

The long-awaited documentary charting the 2021 tour of South Africa will air this weekend

Wales Online

Tom Youngs' wife dies weeks after his retirement from rugby

Tiffany Youngs, the wife of former England and Lions hooker Tom Youngs, was first diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2014

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Daily Mirror

Rassie Erasmus left red-faced as adult video appears on his Twitter after being "hacked"

South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus saw his Twitter account hacked as he was left embarrassed by a pornographic video shared on his feed

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