HARLEQUINS NUMBER EIGHT Nick Easter has retired from rugby to take up a coaching position with the club today. The former England number eight bows out of the game after 12 years at The Stoop, in which time he has made a club-record 281 appearances for Quins. Yesterday, the Premiership club announced the signing of George Naoupu – an experienced […]

MUNSTER ARE SET to announce the signing of South Africa international Jaco Taute ahead of the new season. The three-times capped Stormers and Western Province centre/fullback is expected to join on a short-term contract initially, following injuries to Munster midfield pair Francis Saili and Sam Arnold. The deal was first reported by Netwerk24 in South Africa, and sources in Ireland have […]

STUART LANCASTER, WHO will take charge of Leinster’s defence with immediate effect, said he wants to help the province become a “dominant force in Europe again”. Lancaster was introduced at Leinster’s UCD base today. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The former England head coach was unveiled to the media at Leinster’s UCD base this afternoon, after the province had earlier announced that […]

SITTING ACROSS THE table from Enda McNulty, I catch myself early on. We’ve all seen the clip. Hundreds of times. ’We fight for that inch’. We get it. The motivational techniques, the inspirational stuff – it tends to irritate us after a while. We’re wary of over-complicating. We remain steadfastly suspicious of keeping an open-mind. It’s not long before the begrudgery and […]