A typical collision in an NFL game. Retired footballers abuse opioid pain pills at a rate more than four times the general population. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images. Powerful league under pressure from class action lawsuit and DEA investigation Some former NFL players are alleging that before games they were given Toradol, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly […]
Scotland prop Alasdair Dickinson does not believe the grass will be greener for international rugby if more Tests are played on artificial surfaces. The Dark Blues will face Tonga at Kilmarnock’s Rugby Park on Saturday in the first ever full international to be played on a plastic pitch. Dickinson has no problem using the £500,000 […]
Ben Flower has been found guilty of gross misconduct by his club Wigan after his attack on St Helens stand-off Lance Hohaia during October’s Super League Grand Final. The Warriors prop has escaped dismissal though, and has instead been fined 50 per cent of his wages for three months. The Super League club added that […]
20 November 2014 by Tim Groves www.runningrugby.com The Rugby World Cup may be the cash cow that funds the investment into rugby but the times they are a changing, gradually, and inclusion in the Olympics should accelerate that and open up a world of financial opportunities. The World Cup in England next year is expected […]
Randalstown faced an uphill struggle in more ways than one in this league encounter at a sunny Dunmore Park which provided an excellent playing surface. On paper Ballymena looked formidable opponents, their numbers boosted by a couple of summer signings from the ‘town’ and the Randalstown lads still gaining experience as a unit. Randalstown with […]
VIRGINIA RFC U14s ‘A’ Team Continue Great Run in Qualifying League Virginia U14s ‘A’ side travelled to Belfast on Saturday morning for game 7 in the Ulster Qualifying League. They took on Instonians on a warm sunny morning, and like the weather they started brightly. The visitors dominated the early exchanges, in particular at the […]
DONAGHADEE 2nd XV 22 ARDS 3rd XV 5 Dee II welcomed Ards III to Donaldson Park in a Junior League 4 game which was much anticipated given their opponents last gasp win in the parallel fixture in the previous season. With a few tyros missing – including skipper Stephen Cullen & Matthew Kane unavailable through […]