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Revealed: Top England players started less than 40% of Premiership games

Frontline England players started less than 40% of their clubs’ regular season Premiership matches in the 2022-23 campaign, the Guardian can reveal

The Guardian - UK

Bristol Bears could be handed unforeseen Champions Cup lifeline ahead of 2023/24

The uncertain future of London Irish has huge ramifications for the entire professional rugby landscape in England

Bristol Post

London Irish have 'mountain to climb' to avoid fate of Wasps and Worcester

Premiership bosses fearing the worst as cash-strapped Exiles approach Tuesday's survival deadline with no sign of proposed takeover

Daily Mirror

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Today's rugby news as Wales 'needs' star to succeed Faletau and axed Welsh player considers new career after difficult meeting ended things

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Wales Online

Lawrence Dallaglio in swipe at RFU as he vows stricken Wasps will return

Club icon and director claims English rugby’s governing body have done “very little” to help troubled outfit

Evening Standard

What awaits two-time European champions Wasps at bottom of rugby's pyramid

Stone RFC, unbeaten champions of Level 10 division where Wasps could be headed, lift lid on life in 'proper old school' rugby where post-match recovery involves yards of ale rather than ice baths

Daily Mirror

Wasps’ demise shows why owners must cut their cloth accordingly

Wasps vowed to become Europe’s richest club when launching a radical retail bond after moving to Coventry. Just eight years later, the storied club is all but buried.

Evening Standard

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Today's rugby news as Wales find 'next 100-cap winger', Biggar on brink of history and English giants face oblivion

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Wales Online

Fallen rugby giants Wasps denied place in English second-tier

London (AFP) - Fallen giants Wasps will "move to the bottom of the playing pyramid" it was announced Thursday after their licence to play in English rugby union's second-tier Championship next season was revoked.

AFP

Wasps condemned to bottom of rugby pyramid as RFU revoke Championship licence

New owners HALO22 Limited hoped to relaunch Wasps in the second-tier Championship

The Independent UK

Wasps DEMOTED to bottom of rugby pyramid as debts spiral to £95million

Wasps will not resume their journey in the Championship after they failed to meet an RFU deadline which means they will start life at the bottom of the rugby pyramid in the 10th tier

Daily Mirror

Wasps denied Championship entry as RFU withdraw licence due to ‘lack of progress’ concerns

Wasps’ chances of reforming have been dealt a crippling blow by being denied entry into next season’s Championship.

Evening Standard

Wasps have Championship licence revoked by Rugby Football Union

Hopes that new owners HALO22 Limited could relaunch Wasps in the second tier have been dashed.

The Independent UK

Paul Sackey: Losing Wasps and Irish doesn't bear thinking about - those clubs made me

“I worry that I’ll speak to kids in years to come and tell them I played for Wasps and London Irish and they will look at me blankly and say, ‘Oh.. who are they?'

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Wales Online

The best players in world rugby switching countries at the Rugby World Cup

A number of players could be representing a second Test nation in France later this year

Wales Online

Former Dragons boss calls for Anglo-Welsh league and identifies exiled talents Wales can't afford to lose

Turner has called for a two-tier Anglo-Welsh league

The Guardian - UK

London Irish at risk of Premiership ban after RFU sets deadline for takeover

London Irish will be suspended from next season’s Premiership unless their takeover is completed by 30 May or proof of funding is offered

The Guardian - UK

Sale dreaming of Premiership glory and northern rugby union revival

Alex Sanderson aims to grow the Premiership finalists’ fanbase but may need RFU help in what can be a southern-centric sport

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Daily Record

Accies hero Andy Winter says Alloa win proves they're fighting for gaffer John Rankin

Winter's hat-trick and a double from Dario Zanatta turned round a 3-0 aggregate deficit against the Wasps

Daily Mirror

Women's rugby looking to build on England's Six Nations triumph with 'game changer' event

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of women's rugby fans are expected to travel to Twickenham Stoop on Saturday to watch Harlequins take on Wasps in a momentous Premier 15s clash

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Gopperth: “I'm not going to lie, rugby is not in a great place at the moment"

“I have never known a year when so many have retired, either because they can’t find jobs or they [salaries] have been slashed to such a level that they’re better off going 9-5 and building a new career"

Daily Record

Alloa Athletic 1 Hamilton 0: Accies stung by Wasps in play-off semi-final first leg

It's advantage Alloa going into the second leg at New Douglas Park on Saturday

Evening Standard

Doubts emerge over Worcester Warriors takeover as Atlas Group look to revive stricken club

Deal to buy rugby club not yet complete despite administrators signing off purchase

Daily Mirror

Ben Morgan: 'It’s a real concern that rugby's professional game will disappear'

EXCL: Former England star, who plays his final match for Gloucester at Bristol on Saturday before heading into retirement, voices fears for future of sport he loves

The Guardian - UK

Piutau’s Bristol swansong heralds end of the Premiership’s rockstar era

Club struggles in a shifting financial landscape mean it is harder to attract top overseas players to the English domestic game

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