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The Latest Breaking News from World Rugby

New headguard brings hope of gamechanging safety breakthrough

Design from Leicestershire-based company just waiting for green light of approval from governing body World Rugby

The Guardian - UK

Rugby Australia trials new tackle height laws to combat concussion

Trial law designed to reduce head-to-head contact in tackles, with research showing concussion risks are four-times higher in tackles above sternum

The Guardian - AU

Rugby players to apply for class action lawsuit in legal case over brain injuries

A GLO would bring more than 200 claims together in one case, but a full hearing may not take place before the end of 2024

The Guardian - UK

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Rugby players’ brain injury battle reaches watershed moment in court

Legal action brought by 268 players faces a day of reckoning on Friday while the sport continues to wrestle with the repercussions of head trauma

The Guardian - UK

Prince George, Charlotte and Louis will have to pass this test if they’re ever going to eat Christmas dinner with King Charles and Queen Camilla

It's claimed Prince George, Charlotte and Louis will have to pass this test before getting to eat with the King and Queen at big gatherings

Woman & Home

Rugby union players’ legal action over head injuries to be heard in high court

Claim is by 234 players from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, including six women

The Guardian - UK

Wayne Barnes: ‘It’s gone to the next level of abuse in the last 12 months – aimed at my family’

Rugby referee who retired after the 2023 World Cup final on his career, online abuse and friendship with Howard Webb

The Guardian - UK

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Smith rules out Glasgow Warriors return for Ali Price despite scrum-half concern

Franco Smith has ruled out a return to Glasgow Warriors for Ali Price despite Jamie Dobie facing 14 weeks on the sidelines

The National (Scotland)

‘I heard what I heard’ – Tom Curry stands by racism claim against Bongi Mbonambi

World Rugby found “insufficient evidence” to back up the England flanker’s claim.

The Independent UK

England ‘unprofessional’ over racism allegation – South Africa’s Bongi Mbonambi

World Rugby found ‘insufficient evidence’ to back up Tom Curry’s claim he had a racist slur directed at him by Mbonambi.

The Independent UK

Bongi Mbonambi accuses England of being ‘unprofessional’ after allegation of racial slur

England flanker Tom Curry accused South Africa hooker Mbonambi of calling him a ‘white c***’ during the World Cup semi-final

The Independent UK

The rise and rise of women's sport

Almost a third more Kiwi eyeballs were glued to women’s sport in the past year, proving the worth of hosting three World Cups in NZ. But how do sports maintain the momentum? Suzanne McFadden reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

Black Ferns, Red Roses, red cards and red faces

Rugby writer Adam Julian sums up the first Women's XV international tournament - and examines how the Black Ferns find themselves once again so far behind England

Newsroom.co.nz

Prince William hopes to pass on seriously impressive skill to son Prince George that Kate Middleton says she is ‘so bad’ at

“I have to make sure my children are better than me”

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The Independent UK

Leigh Halfpenny has ‘an exciting challenge’ awaiting him after Wales retirement

New Zealand Super Rugby heavyweights Crusaders could be his next port of call.

The Independent UK

Marlie Packer and Abby Dow nominated for World Rugby Women’s Player of the Year

The England pair are among four nominees for the prestigious award after shining in their country’s grand slam triumph

Evening Standard

New Zealand demand World Rugby review refereeing decisions in World Cup final loss to South Africa

The All Blacks saw their captain, Sam Cane, sent off just minutes into the game and a try controversially ruled out

The Independent UK

Warren Gatland rules himself out of coaching the Lions again and backs a successor

Wales coach Gatland headed up the composite team for the three previous tours but won’t lead them to Australia in 2025

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The Guardian - UK

Strange new worlds: can the Rugby World Cup live long and prosper?

The 2027 showpiece will not break new ground so making the US a rugby hotbed in 2031 is now an unlikely mission

Evening Standard

Rugby World Cup 2023 awards: Star player and coach, best match, biggest shock and more

Seven weeks of incredible rugby came down to one point in Paris and now Nick Purewal crowns his winners

The Independent UK

Rugby World Cup awards: The best player, match and moment from our writers in France

An epic final between the Springboks and All Blacks saw Siya Kolisi lead his team to a fourth men’s crown, Luke Baker and Harry Latham-Coyle reflect on a wonderful festival of rugby in France

The Guardian - UK

Government declares ‘the Webb Ellis is in South Africa’s kant’

The South African government said ‘the Webb Ellis is in South Africa’s kant’ in a statement referencing the row over the alleged racial slur after the World Cup semi-final win over England

The Guardian - UK

Concussed: Sport’s Uncomfortable Truth by Sam Peters review – rugby’s shame

This investigation into the increasing risk to players’ health in professional rugby is a passionate call to action

Radio France Internationale

France bids adieu to World Cup as rugby chiefs impose new world order

For a tournament boasting innovations such as a panel of referees using videos to review whether a yellow card should be upgraded to red and a clock on the big screens around the stadiums to show the time remaining for a penalty or transformation to be kicked, it was pure…

The Independent UK

Titanic clashes, lopsided groups and future changes – 5 World Cup talking points

The World Cup in France has had plenty of thrills and spills.

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