Premiership champions, Saracens have confirmed the re-signings of three of their best players ahead of the new Premiership season. Current captain of the club, Steve Borthwick, Neil De Kock and Scotland International, Kelly Brown have all re-signed..

Jim Hamilton has extended his contract at Gloucester Rugby for 2 years meaning he will stay until 2014. The 28 year old was signed from Edinburgh last season and has made 20 appearances for the West Country sid.

Brian O'Driscoll, who has always been at the centre of injury fears, believes he will be available for Ireland's opening world cup match against USA. O'Driscoll, for whom it will be his fourth World Cup, discussed his hopes to be ready in a press conference. "Probably.

David Wallace sustained a knee injury in Ireland's warm up match with England on Saturday following a hard tackle from Manu Tuilagi. The Ireland flanker will miss all of the World Cup, Heineken Cup Pool Stages and a significant part of the Celtic.

New Zealand back-rowers, Kieran Read and Adam Thomson, are preparing to miss the opening weeks of the Rugby World Cup. Read, who is suffering with an ankle sprain will miss the opening weeks but will probably be able to return later on in the tournament..

The entire coaching staff at Saracens have signed contracts until 2014. The Premiership title holders staff include Andy Farrell, father of fly-half Owen, Mark McCall, Director of Rugby, Brendan Venter, controversial Technical Director as well as Paul.

Wasps No.8, Dan Ward-Smith has been forced into retirement with immediate effect after receiving medical advice regarding a back injury. The back-rower appeared 49 times for London Wasps in 2 seasons playing for the club. He also spent some.

Following fears that some of England's key players would not be fit ahead of the start of the World Cup, Martin Johnson has confirmed that the full England squad, which he announced last week, will all be available for next month's World Cup. Captain,.

Ahead of the Aviva Premiership Season and the start of the Rugby World Cup 2011 we are looking for committed people to contribute to our blog throughout, or for a part of the new rugby season. You will be able to write match previews or reports.

In the post match press conference, James Simpson-Daniel explained how his testimonial against Russia was no pushover game and the Gloucester squad were taking it seriously as they prepared for the start of the Aviva Premiership seaso.

It was an occasion to remember as Gloucester legend, James Simpson-Daniel, held his testimonial match against Russia.The game was a warm up for both sides with Russia preparing for the World Cup which kicks off in just a few weeks. Gloucester looked.

Philippe Saint-Andre, former Gloucester player and coach has now moved up through the coaching ranks and is set to coach France, replacing previous boss Marc Lievremont. Saint-Andre started his coaching career at Gloucester and went on to coach Bourgoin,.

Following possible injury worries for England back-rower, James Haskell, he has been declared fit to participate in Englands final RWC warm up. Haskell had a foot scan to ensure that know serious damage had been done. The scan revealed swelling in a.

Pat Sanderson has been forced to retire following a shoulder injury. Sanderson was probably nearing the end of his career anyway at the age of 33, but he is nearly 34 now. His career ending injury was suffered five months ago, in March when Worcester.

England Squad Backs: (13) Delon Armitage (London Irish), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints). Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints), Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks), Matt Banahan (Bath). Shontayne Hape (London Irish), Mike Tindall (Gloucester), Manusamoa Tuilagi.

Nations from the world are calmly awaiting the announcement of their sides world cup squad today and for the Scots, the wait is over. The side features 4 of Gloucester's player then mainly Glasgow and Edinburgh players. But representatives selected have.

  With the world cup on our doorsteps, speculation has arisen as to who will win this years compeition. Many believe the All Blacks will win for only the second time. However, yesterday, the Springboks made their case as potential winners of.

The teams in the premier league over the last few years have never changed dramatically. It's usually Leeds go down and Bristol go up or vice versa, apart from the 09/10 season when Worcester went down and Exeter came up. However, if Worcester.

The Millenium Stadium filled quickly prior to the match but the scoreboard didn't change so quick. England held strong in statistics with 65% possession and 75% territory but the score at the break was only 6-6. Several chances were missed from England.