Harlequins have signed experienced scrum-half Stu Townsend from Exeter Chiefs. The 29-year-old Devonian made more than 120 appearances for the Chiefs during almost a decade with the club, featuring in two Premiership title-winning campaigns as well as their 2020 European Champions Cup triumph. Townsend played against his new club at The Stoop just over a...
Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Sam Maunder will be released by the club following the conclusion of the 2024-25 Premiership season The 25-year-old has spent the majority of the current campaign on loan with Championship side Coventry and will now join the club on a permanent basis. Maunder played 62 matches for Exeter, starting in 34 of...
Exeter’s England scrum-half Flo Robinson has signed a new contract at the Sandy Park club. The 23-year-old made her debut for the Red Roses against Italy in this year’s Six Nations. She has played 80 times for the club in two spells – having returned last summer from a season at Harlequins. Next season will...
Le Garrec also suggested that the situation in the match contributed to his reaction. Racing had just had Fijian wing Vinaya Habosi sent off for making contact with the head of a Perpignan player, and trailed by 11 points with 10 minutes remaining. Racing ultimately lost 28-24. The big-spending Parisian side, who sacked former England...
England’s most-capped men’s player Ben Youngs has announced he will retire at the end of the 2024-25 season. The scrum-half, 35, played in 127 Tests for his country and won four Six Nations titles as well as five Premiership titles with Leicester Tigers. Youngs became Leicester’s youngest ever league player aged 17 in April 2007...
Exeter Chiefs have signed scrum-half Charlie Chapman from Gloucester for next season. The 26-year-old has been with the Cherry and Whites since the age of 14 and has made more than 90 appearances for the club since his senior debut in 2018. He will have competition from scrum-half, and former Gloucester team-mate, Stephen Varney, who...
Cornish Pirates have signed Exeter scrum-half Will Becconsall on loan. The 22-year-old from Truro has made seven appearances in all competitions for the Premiership club this season, and started their league loss to Harlequins in October. His best season came in 2022-23 when he made seven starts, including being first-choice scrum-half in Exeter’s European Champions...
Forward Harry Thacker and scrum-half Kieron Marmion have both signed new contracts with Bristol Bears. The Premiership club have not confirmed the lengths of either contract. Thacker, 31, joined Bristol in 2018 and has scored 60 tries in 127 matches – more than any other forward for the club. Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam...
Ulster have said scrum-half John Cooney will leave the Irish province at the end of the season. Cooney, 34, will move to Brive in France after an eight-year stint at the Kingspan Stadium club. The Dublin-born player, who had spells at Leinster and Connacht, won his 11 Ireland caps during his time at Ulster. Cooney...