RL Today: Paul Vaughan move confirmed & England and All Stars wages revealed
General manager of football for the Canterbury Bulldogs Phil Gould has confirmed that forward Paul Vaughan is heading to the UK for the 2023 season.
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Today's rugby news as South Africa trio blocked from facing Wales and best-paid rugby positions revealed
Here are the latest rugby headlines on Thursday, June 16.
Super Rugby Pacific: Crusaders name blockbuster lineup for the Blues final
The Crusaders have named a powerful starting lineup for the much anticipated inaugural Super Rugby Pacific final against the Blues at Eden Park on Saturday.
Rugby-Blues brace for Crusaders challenge in blockbuster Super final
(Reuters) - An unstoppable force will meet an immovable object when the Auckland Blues take on the Canterbury Crusaders in the Super Rugby final at Eden Park on Saturday.
Blues brace for Crusaders challenge in blockbuster Super final
An unstoppable force will meet an immovable object when the Auckland Blues take on the Canterbury Crusaders in the Super Rugby final at Eden Park on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal's 'motivation' key to his injury management and longevity, says top physio Stephen Mutch
Rafael Nadal's concern for Alexander Zverev's ankle injury was obvious. Suffering from a chronic foot injury himself, the Spaniard knows the agony an injured state can cause. Wearing a worried look, Nadal empathised with Zverev, who was writhing in pain on the Roland Garros clay as the doctor checked on him. A few days after his 14th French Open triumph, the 22-time Grand Slam winner was at the doctor's clinic himself. In the lead-up to the clay-court Grand Slam, Nadal's chronic injury, the Mueller-Weiss Syndrome in medical terms, flared up at the Rome Masters. It's an injury that Nadal has been managing for years and one that kept him on the sidelines for most of last year. But his drive to excel is perhaps unmatched, which is what fueled Nadal's record-making comeback at the Australian Open. He defeated a red-hot Daniil Medvedev in the final to win his 21st Grand Slam trophy -- going past Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. But Nadal's favourite clay season this time didn't begin like it ended. In Rome, the foot didn't cooperate and Nadal lost to Denis Shapovalov in the round-of-16 clash. On top of that, he had a rib fracture. "Everybody knows in the world of tennis that the preparation (for the French Open) was not ideal," Nadal told Eurosport. "I have been outside of the practice courts for one month and a half with a stress fracture on the rib. And then I have the foot that is something that stays there all the time. In Rome, it was very difficult. But I've had my doctor here (at Roland Garros) with me and we played with no feeling in the foot."
Behind the ruthlessness that has defined Steve Borthwick's Leicester Tigers revolution
Freddie Burns has never been shy of voicing an opinion and the affable fly-half, who turned 32 last month, is in his second stint at Leicester Tigers. That makes him a prime candidate to reflect upon how Steve Borthwick has guided a proud club back to Twickenham.
Rugby Championship abandons home and away format
The Rugby Championship organisers have wound the clock back and adopted a mini-tour format for at least the next three years saying it will restore "rugby's traditional touring values".