Canada prop DaLeaka Menin has signed a new deal to stay at Exeter for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 30-year-old has played 61 times for the Chiefs since joining in 2021 and has scored 10 tries for the club. She is currently with the Canada squad preparing to tour South Africa before this...
New Zealand tighthead prop Amy Rule will become the first Black Ferns player to move to Premiership Women’s Rugby when she joins Exeter after the World Cup. The 24-year-old has won 29 caps for her country and will sign for Chiefs from Super Rugby Aupiki side Matatu. Rule made her international debut against England in...
Scotland prop Zander Fagerson has been ruled out of the British and Irish Lions’ tour to Australia with a calf injury. His club, Glasgow Warriors, confirmed the news on X, adding: “We’re all behind you, Z – we know you’ll come back even stronger.” Fagerson, 29, last featured for Glasgow in early April and was...
England and Leicester Tigers prop Dan Cole will retire at the end of season. The 38-year-old is the second most capped men’s player in England history, having made 118 appearances for his country. Cole, who also twice toured with the British and Irish Lions, came through Leicester’s academy and has played 340 senior games and...
Exeter prop Marcus Street says a desire to be pushed “outside my comfort zone” was a factor in his decision to join Premiership rivals Saracens in the summer. The 26-year-old has played more than 100 games for Exeter since coming up through the club’s academy ranks to the first team set-up in 2017. But after...
Exeter prop Demi Swann has agreed a deal to stay with Exeter for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 29-year-old Canadian – who is also eligible for Scotland – moved to Sandy Park two years ago following the collapse of Worcester Warriors. She has gone on to play 19 times for the Devon side...
Nick Schonert has departed Sale Sharks by mutual consent with immediate effect. The South African-born prop, 33, has been with Sale for four seasons since joining from Worcester Warriors in 2021. But he has not played a single game in the Premiership this season after undergoing surgery on an Achilles problem last March. The last...
Herman Ese’ese has signed a new contract to stay at Hull FC until the end of the 2029 Super League season. The Auckland-born prop was already contracted until the end of next season, but he has added three more years on, while the club has an option to extend it by another year to 2030....
Castleford Tigers have signed Salford Red Devils prop Brad Singleton for an undisclosed fee on a deal until the end of next season. The 32-year-old previously played with Tigers head coach Danny McGuire when the pair were at Leeds Rhinos. Singleton is the latest player to leave the financially-troubled Red Devils, who are without a...
England lock Abbie Ward and prop Sarah Bern have signed new contracts to stay with Premiership Women’s Rugby side Bristol Bears. Co-captain Ward has agreed a new two-year deal with the club she joined from Harlequins in 2021. The 31-year-old has 69 caps for England and, along with team-mate Bern, is in the Red Roses’...
Castleford Tigers have signed prop Ramon Silva from Championship side Barrow Raiders. The 23-year-old joins after making 24 appearances for Barrow last season having turned out for London Broncos and Toulouse in 2023. In addition to his time with the Broncos and Barrow, Silva has also played for Widnes and North Wales Crusaders and had...