SALE SHARKS boss Steve Diamond says mega-bucks Bristol are wrecking the game by splashing £1MILLION a year on All Blacks ace Charles Piutau. The newly-promoted Bristol Bears are funded by billionaire sugar-daddy Steve Lansdowne – who also owns football club Bristol City and share Ashton Gate with their egg-chasing brothers. And whilst teams can blast […]
DANNY CIPRIANI is wanted by Bath to save them from falling further behind the Premiership’s big guns. Ex-England playmaker Cipriani has yet to find a club for next season and has also had big-money offers from France and Japan. But Bath see the 30-year-old maverick as someone who can reignite the club’s fortunes after three […]
SALE SHARKS have told Israel Folau there is NO chance they would sign him after his homophobia and anti-gay slurs. The ambitious club are in the market for a world-class full-back and were linked with a £750,000-a-year deal for the controversial Australia star. But boss Steve Diamond says here is no mega-money contract on the […]
EDDIE JONES’ radical World Cup travel blueprint has been ripped apart by tournament chiefs. The England boss has been dealt a blow by organisers of Japan 2019 who have told his team to pack their bags and make sure they spend the full week in host cities. Ex Japan boss Jones, whose mother is from […]
EX-GUN cop Johan Ackermann dodged chasing South Africa’s most-deadly criminals during a career in the force. But the Gloucester boss has proved he can hunt down trophies. The South African arrived at Kingsholm just FOUR days before their first pre-season game and tomorrow they face Newcastle Falcons in an epic European semi-final. Good cop Ackermann […]