All news by author: Alex Spink

“What did I say to him? ‘They’re wondering if you’ve still got your bang, Manu’. That was it. It was irretrievable for the rest of the week!"

“You need an independent person to run the league. You can’t just have every single owner of each club having their input because then nothing gets done. You can’t ever grow the game"

“I have never known a year when so many have retired, either because they can’t find jobs or they [salaries] have been slashed to such a level that they’re better off going 9-5 and building a new career"

“Having seen and heard all the evidence, including that of Mr Murley, who gave a clear account as to the point of contact and the level of force involved in the tackle, the panel agreed with the submission that this was a yellow card offence"

“There were mitigating factors in the tackle with the slipping and the dipping and the mitigating factors are why we think it is a yellow and not a red"

England and Lions hooker agreed a move from Exeter Chiefs to Montpellier but that deal now appears to be off

English champions Leicester Tigers through to Premiership play-off semi-final against Sale Sharks despite losing FIVE senior coaches to national team

Leicester 17-20 Harlequins: Cadan Murley clinches Premiership top try scorer of season award with 15th try of campaign for victorious Londoners

EXCL: Former England star, who plays his final match for Gloucester at Bristol on Saturday before heading into retirement, voices fears for future of sport he loves

"Here and now we have got to have some confirmation the game is going ahead. I really hope it does and things settle down. I don’t know any more than you do right now"

“We have to get some people in who understand how we're going to make this game a proper business - so that it continues to grow and the players are financially compensated for what they're doing to themselves"

Premiership Rugby boss believes a takeover deal is close having been 'given the assurances they’re going to get the deal done pretty quickly' but as of last night there was still no confirmation April's wage bill had been met

“This club has been everything to me, it’s all I know. I came to Exeter at 16 as a young kid and I will be leaving with three children and a wife! It’s been unbelievable for me and my family”

La Rochelle 47-28 Exeter Chiefs: Seven-try holders set up repeat of last year's Heineken Cup final against Leinster

La Rochelle v Exeter Chiefs: Heineken Champions Cup semi-final, today, Bordeaux

La Rochelle v Exeter Chiefs: Heineken Champions Cup semi-final, Sunday, Bordeaux

England v France: 53,000 tickets sold for Saturday's Six Nations Grand Slam decider at Twickenham - the latest big crowd occasion for female sport

Saturday's England-France Grand Slam decider at Twickenham to be watched by a world record 53,000-plus crowd - and Kabeya aims to show next generation of young black girls their dreams can come true

“It’s the luck of the draw that we got the English teams. Unfortunately, there can be only one winner on the field”

Toulouse star faced with three-years of England ineligibility pleads: "Something has to change. Where the current salary cap lies it is not feasible for things to carry on the way they are"

Saracens 45-21 London Irish: Win means Saracens will play Northampton at home in Premiership semi-finals with Exiles missing out

Dutch track star stopped twice and was almost run over by a TV motorbike en route to the most dramatic win in London Marathon history

"This is a guy who holds British records from 1500m to marathon. Nobody has done that from 1500 to the Marathon ever, in the whole history of the sport"

Exeter v Bristol: Half of Chiefs team that won 2020 Champions Cup prepare to play at Sandy Park for the final time today

British star denied debut in race mum Liz won in 1996 - and she claims she was told "I wouldn’t be allowed to race due to a sponsor clash between myself and London Marathon’s sponsor”