CHIEFS' JOHNSON SET FOR THIRD TEST START
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:08
- Published on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 11:01
Exeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson is set to make his third international England Rugby start in Saturday’s 3rd Test against South Africa at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth.
The 29-year-old Chiefs forward played throughout the 36-27 2nd Test defeat against the Springboks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg and did enough to earn his third successive Test call-up.
CHIEFS TO FACE HEINEKEN CUP HOLDERS
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:10
- Published on Monday, 11 June 2012 13:00
Exeter Chiefs will play star-studded Heineken Cup holders Leinster in next season's competition following today's 2012-2013 pool draw in Dublin.
Rob Baxter's Chiefs will also face top French 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne as well as Welsh wizards Scarlets, from Llanelli, in next season's European Club Rugby cup competition.
RFU CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-2013 structure
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 01:08
- Published on Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:13
The new-look 2012-2013 RFU Championship structure has been officially rubber-stamped following a period of consultation between the Rugby Football Union and the Championship clubs committee.
The agreed structure is designed to deliver optimum home games while continuing to provide an exciting season for Championship clubs - including Bristol Rugby, Cornish Pirates and Plymouth Albion - and their supporters.
RUGBY: PIRATES, DORSET & WILTS, BRISTOL COMBI CUP
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:14
- Published on Sunday, 13 May 2012 16:31
Cornish Pirates host the RFU Championship final first leg against London Welsh at the Mennaye Field, Penzance on Wednesday May 23 (1945).
The return is fixtured for May 30 at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium (1945) with both legs screened live on Sky Sports.
WOMEN'S RUGBY: ENGLAND CALL ON SOUTH WEST 7
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:06
- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 16:08
Bristol back Sally Tuson and front row forward Kate Newton are set to make their England Women's rugby debut in Saturday's FIRA-AER European Cup opener against Spain in Rovereto, Italy (1630 BST).
The England starting XV also includes Bristol centre Kim Oliver and 22-year-old flanker Marlie Packer - from Yeovil - as well Lichfield's Bath-born former Avon RFC and Plymouth Albion scrum half Georgina Rozario, a UCP Marjon Sport graduate.
SOUTH WEST RUGBY SHORTS
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- Last Updated on Saturday, 12 May 2012 12:46
- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 13:15
Torquay-born Bath hooker Lee Mears has been named in Stuart Lancaster's 42-man squad for England's five-match tour of South Africa next month.
Mears, 33, is joined in the squad by club mate Carl Fearns and Exeter Chiefs back row forward Tom Johnson (pictured, pinnacle photo agency uk).
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