Exeter Chiefs back Liv McGoverne has agreed a deal to stay at Sandy Park for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 27-year-old New Zealander – who can play at fly-half or centre – re-joined the club last summer. McGoverne had spent the 2022-23 season at Exeter, playing 26 games, scoring five tries and kicking...
Wales flanker Tommy Reffell has signed a new deal with Leicester Tigers to keep him at the club next season. The 25-year-old made his 100th start in Friday’s 33-0 East Midlands derby win at Northampton. He played for Wales at the 2023 World Cup and has won 27 caps in total, four of them during...
Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Watch: President Trump signs order to shut education department ‘once and for all’ US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, fulfilling a campaign pledge and a long-cherished goal of some conservatives. Accusing the agency of “breath-taking failures”, the Republican president vowed...
Wicketkeeper Adam Rossington will not play first-class cricket for Essex this summer after signing a new T20 only contract for the 2025 season. It replaces the final year of the 31-year-old’s previous deal with the club who he joined in 2022, initially on loan. Rossington has scored more than 3,500 runs in T20 competitions around...
Varney, who was born in Wales but qualifies for the Azzurri through his mother, made his debut for the Azzuri in a 2020 Autumn Nations Cup clash against Scotland. He has since made 32 appearances for the national side. The move will see him link up with Ross Vintcent, another Italian international. Varney left for...
Second row Irne Herbst is to leave Harlequins at the end of the season to join French Pro D2 side CA Brive. The 31-year-old has made 61 appearances for the club since he joined from Benetton in 2022. The South African lock has started eight out of his 14 games for the club this season...
Full-back Huw Anderson has signed a new long-term deal with Dragons. The 20-year-old, who also plays on the wing, made his debut for the region in 2023 and has played in eight games this season scoring two tries. He scored a stunning solo try against Newcastle on his first start for the region in the...
England all-rounder Dan Mousley has signed a new two-year contract to stay at Warwickshire until at least the end of the 2027 season. The 23-year-old has been with the Bears since he was 10 and came through the academy at Edgbaston to making his first-class debut in 2019. Left-hander Mousley has scored more than 1,000...
Former Australia batter David Warner will play in The Hundred for the first time having been signed by London Spirit. The 38-year-old was initially signed by Southern Brave for the first edition of The Hundred in 2020 before it was cancelled because of Covid-19, but had not been picked up since. Meanwhile, former England seamer...
“I’ve spent close to half my life as a Bear,” Hain said., external “I’ve loved every minute of my time here, it’s a special place and I’m lucky to call it home. “It’s been one hell of a journey and I’m looking forward to seeing what the next four seasons have in store and how...