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Women's Rugby World Cup postponed until 2022

This year's women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is set to be pushed back until next year due to the uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RFU study: Concussion most common injury

Concussions accounted for 20% of injuries suffered by rugby players in the English Premiership's 2018-19 season, a Rugby Football Union (RFU) study has said.

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Premiership Rugby to check WhatsApps in new salary cap rules

Premiership Rugby will be allowed to access texts, emails and bank statements of players and club officials to maintain the integrity of a salary cap system.

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Geordan Murphy leaves Leicester Tigers after 23 years

Geordan Murphy spent 16 seasons at Leicester Tigers as a player, making more than 300 appearances, before becoming the team's head coach in 2018.

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Exeter triumph deserved end to challenging season

Exeter Chiefs have been the best team in the land since we began this campaign 372 days ago, and their Heineken Cup-Gallagher Premiership triumph is just reward for what was a turbulent and critical 13 months for the sport.

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Exeter beat Wasps 19-13 in the rain to complete double

Exeter Chiefs completed a momentous double when they beat Wasps 19-13 in a rain-lashed arm-wrestle of a Premiership final in a near-empty Twickenham on Saturday a week after winning the European Champions Cup.

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Wasps get green light to play Premiership final

Wasps have been given the green light to play in Saturday's Gallagher Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs after the latest batch of COVID-19 results came back all negative.

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Premiership: Wasps' finals place in doubt

Wasps risk giving up their place in the Premiership final to Bristol after reporting 11 positive COVID-19 tests in week, halting team training.

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Coronavirus: Wasps return seven positive tests

Wasps' preparations for the English Premiership final suffered a setback after seven members of the club's playing staff returned positive tests for coronavirus on Wednesday.

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Sharks vs. Warriors cancelled due to more COVID-19 cases

Sale Sharks' final Gallagher Premiership match against Worcester Warriors has been cancelled due to more coronavirus cases, meaning they miss out on a place in the end-of-season playoffs.

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Sale match postponed, Gloucester clash off due to COVID-19

Sale Sharks' final Premiership match against Worcester Warriors has been postponed until Wednesday after the club reported a number of COVID-19 positive tests, the league announced on Saturday.

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England centre Tuilagi ruled out for six months with Achilles injury

England and Sale Sharks centre Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out for six months with an Achilles injury, according to the Gallagher Premiership side's director of rugby Steve Diamond.

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Premiership owners fear clubs will go bankrupt

Gallagher Premiership owners have said clubs could go bust if the U.K. government does not provide financial aid after its U-turn on allowing fans at stadiums amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Sale edge past Quins to win Premiership Cup

A try and penalty late on from South African brothers Dan du Preez and Robert du Preez put Sale ahead, with back row Faf de Klerk sealing the winner to deny Harlequins.

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Premiership fans return to watch Bath cruise past Harlequins

Premiership Rugby welcomed back supporters for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic when Harlequins hosted Bath on Saturday afternoon.

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Vunipola defends protest decision: 'I'm more a person of Jesus'

Billy Vunipola refused to kneel at Saracens' opening game of the restarted Gallagher Premiership.

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Quins up and running as Premiership returns

English rugby's Premiership returned after five months on Friday and it was Harlequins who drew first blood, beating second-placed Sale 16-10 in a possible early indicator of how pre-lockdown form will count for little.

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Rugby clubs support anti-racism in restart

Top-flight Premiership clubs will take a stand against racism with different gestures as Premiership Rugby committed itself to making the sport more diverse and inclusive, however Rob Baxter criticised the commitment saying it hangs players out to dry.

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