IRFU to offer 43 pro contracts to female players
The IRFU has confirmed it will offer 43 professional contracts to Ireland women's 15s and 7s players next season.
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Clarke returns but All Blacks largely stick to guns
New Zealand wing Caleb Clarke will play his first test in two years but coach Ian Foster has resisted the urge to make wholesale changes for their Rugby Championship opener in South Africa, though he has recalled hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho.
Wing Clarke back for All Blacks but Foster sticks to his guns
NELSPRUIT, South Africa : New Zealand wing Caleb Clarke will play his first test in two years but coach Ian Foster has resisted the urge to make wholesale changes for their Rugby Championship opener in South Africa, though he has recalled hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho.
Winger Caleb Clarke plays first Test since 2020 as All Blacks name team to face Boks
All Blacks coach Ian Foster has named his team to tackle the Springboks in a Rugby Championship Test at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.
Go underground, save jobs, cut congestion and keep Metrolink running: Councils’ urgent appeal to give Manchester the HS2 it deserves
Greater Manchester's leaders have submitted their formal petitions calling on the Government to build an HS2 that will truly work for the region and its passengers for the next 120 years. The High Speed Crewe-Manchester bill had its second reading in Parliament in June. It includes plans to build an above ground station with concrete viaducts, shut down a key Metrolink route for two years, blight job potential and kibosh many of the city’s aims for clean air and public transport.
Yobs trash five vehicles with 'bricks and sharp items' near Sainsbury's
Cars parked up near to a convenience store in Stockport have been trashed by yobs in a wave of vandalism. Greater Manchester Police says five vehicles have been damaged at the Massie Street Car Park, in Cheadle, in the space of three days.
Final hours of 'lovely, fun' mum killed by her partner before he died minutes later in police crash
The last hours of a mum who was killed by her partner before he died in a car crash have emerged at court. Becci Rees-Hughes had been stabbed multiple times and suffered head trauma before she died at her East Yorkshire home, Hull Coroner's Court heard.