Another busy day in the rugby union game as Courtnall Skosan will miss the entire Super Rugby season with torn anterior cruciate ligaments.
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New Lions head coach Swys de Bruin confirmed that Lions wing Courtnall Skosan will be sidelined for six months with torn anterior cruciate ligaments and miss the entire Super Rugby season.
Saracens have announced that they will say farewell to one of the club’s most capped, and most popular, players when Chris Wyles retires at the end of the season.
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Wales full-back Liam Williams may require surgery and is a major doubt for the Six Nations opener against Scotland on February 3. Meanwhile, Worcester Warriors will be without the services of Michael Dowsett, Perry Humphreys and Pierce Phillips after they were all sidelined through injury.
England hooker and captain Dylan Hartley feels his side must accept their injury problems and focus on the upcoming Six Nations tournament. Former Springbok head coach Peter de Villiers was interviewed for the Zimbabwe national team’s coaching position in Harare on Tuesday.
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Connacht captain John Muldoon announced today that following 17 years with the province, he is to retire at the end of the season.
What’s on TV
The Sydney Sevens takes place all weekend and Sky Sports will covering that action, while they will also show the Toulon vs Bordeaux-Bègles and Castres vs Racing 92 clashes on Saturday. England’s second-tier also features as Bristol and Bedford Blues go head-to-head.
Meanwhile, with the Premiership taking break, the Anglo-Welsh Cup restarts and BT Sport will show the Gloucester-Ospreys and Bath-Newcastle encounters.
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