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Nigel Owens slams rugby's new red card trial and accuses bosses of trying to 'paper over cracks'

The issue of head injuries is front and centre of the rugby agenda right now, with the Rugby Championship to have 20-minute red cards next week

Wales Online

Rugby Championship's tone-deaf 20 minute red card crusade only serves to widen rugby's growing chasm

This year's Rugby Championship will continue to trial the 20-minute red card despite World Rugby opting not to implement it globally

Wales Online

United Rugby Championship 2022/2023 fixtures in full as season starts with west Wales derby

The fixtures for the new URC season have been released, with kick-off times set to be confirmed next week

Wales Online

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Controversial 20-minute red card will be used in major summer internationals starting next week

World Rugby voted against a global trial, but the southern hemisphere competition will still use the law

Wales Online

Red card trial back for Rugby Championship

The red card replacement rule trial will resume in the Rugby Championship as southern hemisphere teams look to gather data to present to World Rugby.

AAP

SRU let down Scotland with switch to GB sevens team - Martin Hannan

Imagine the Scottish Football Association was to announce that from next season, at the direction of FIFA and UEFA, Scotland will merge into a team…

The National (Scotland)

What the players will have to prove when rugby's day of reckoning comes: The full legal lowdown explained

185 players - including around 50 former Welsh professionals such as Ryan Jones and Alix Popham - are taking legal action over alleged negligence

Wales Online

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England rugby international says legal action over brain damage is not the right way to go

England World Cup final winger Mark Cueto believes the matter needs to be kept out of the courts

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as calls made to slash season in half and Wales captain cleared in court

Here's your round-up of all the latest rugby headlines for Tuesday July 26

Wales Online

Rugby union warned ‘radical action’ must be taken to counter brain disease

‘Delay is no longer an option,’ said Progressive Rugby, a pressure group which has claimed the reputation of the sport is being ‘damaged beyond repair’

The Guardian - UK

More Wales rugby internationals yet to go public as Popham reveals Ryan Jones conversations and suicide cases

The former Wales No. 8 revealed he had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and probable CTE in December, 2020

Wales Online

Ex-Wales star emotionally reveals nine-year-old son accidentally discovered his dementia

Former Welsh rugby star Lenny Woodard was diagnosed a year ago amid a number of former pro players launching a lawsuit against RFU and World Rugby following their diagnosis of brain damage

Daily Mirror

Tonight's rugby news as son in tears over Wales international's diagnosis and World Cup opponents to be decided

Here are the latest rugby stories from Wales and beyond today

Wales Online

Lobby group finalises list of player welfare requirements to World Rugby

Proceedings are set to be issued at court

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

The full list of accusations rugby players are making against the WRU and World Rugby

The legal action against some of the sport's governing now seems destined for court

Daily Mirror

Former stars launch lawsuit against RFU and World Rugby after brain damage diagnoses

Former professional and semi-pro rugby stars have are set to launch a lawsuit against RFU and World Rugby following their heartbreaking diagnosis of brain damage

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as 50 former professional Welsh rugby players sue WRU and Eddie Jones plans to leave sport

Here are your rugby headlines for Monday July 25

The Independent UK

Players with early-onset dementia to issue proceedings against rugby authorities

The law firm representing the group says this is the largest ‘class action’ ever launched outside the United States.

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Wales Online

Nearly 200 players issue legal proceedings against rugby's governing bodies after brain damage diagnoses

WalesOnline understands there are around 50 former Welsh professional players moving forward as part of the legal action this week

Newsroom.co.nz

Pidgeon set pace for Kiwi women 92 years ago

The first NZ woman to compete at a Commonwealth Games in 1930, Gladys Pidgeon was almost barred from the pool. Angela Walker looks back at her remarkable journey.

The Guardian - UK

RFU to vote on banning transgender women from women’s rugby union

Transgender women will no longer be allowed to play in female contact rugby competitions in England due to safety and fairness concerns, under new recommendations from the RFU to be voted on next Friday

Daily Mirror

Transgender women barred from playing in female rugby competitions in England

Rugby have now banned transgender women from from playing in female rugby competitions in England soon after swimming also banned them from participating in female events

Wales Online

WRU chief Nigel Walker: Pivac proved people wrong, the 50 players we've identified as the future and the truth about Wales Sevens row

It's just over a year since Walker was appointed WRU Performance Director

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as new 'Club World Cup' agreed in seismic move and Nigel Owens says Wayne Barnes got it wrong

The latest rugby news stories from Wales and beyond today

The National (Scotland)

Scotland to join England and Wales in Team GB for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

SCOTLAND will no longer compete in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series after World Rugby – the global governing body – decreed that it must join…

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