Alex Bywater
Rugby Reporter at Daily Mail
Rugby reporter for Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (@mailsport). Views my own.
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16 hours ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Alex Bywater
Byron McGuigan was born in Namibia and raised in South Africa. He played club rugby in New Zealand, Glasgow, Exeter and Manchester and won 10 caps for Scotland. But after a nomadic journey through life as well as professional sport, the former wing has now found a home with Sale and England as one of the brightest defence coaches in the game. 'I have a great fondness for England,' one of the newest additions to Steve Borthwick's national setup told Mail Sport. 'It's the place I want to be.
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1 day ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Alex Bywater
Australia wonderkid Joseph Sua'ali'i faces race to be fit for British & Irish Lions series after suffering broken jaw Joseph Sua'ali'i needs surgery on a broken jaw and is now a Lions doubt The 21-year-old is one of Australia's brightest prospects after swapping codes Sua'ali'i is not Australia's only fitness concern with Noah Lolesio also injured By ALEX BYWATER Published: 10:20 EDT, 14 May 2025 | Updated: 10:20 EDT, 14 May 2025 Australia wonderkid Joseph Suaโaliโi faces a race against time...
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1 day ago |
deepnewz.com | Alex Bywater
5 posts โข GPT (4.1 mini)Published May 14, 2025, 10:01 AMThe referees for the upcoming European rugby finals have been confirmed. Nika Amashukeli will officiate the Investec Champions Cup Final between Northampton Saints and Union Bordeaux-Bรจgles in Cardiff, with assistant referees Andrea Piardi from Italy and Andrew Brace from Ireland, and Marius Jonker from South Africa serving as the Television Match Official (TMO).
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3 days ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Alex Bywater
Leicester have appointed former Tigers and England lock and current Australia assistant Geoff Parling as their head coach from next season. The Welford Road outfit have been scrambling around for a new boss since they learned incumbent Michael Cheika would be leaving at the end of the current campaign. Paul Gustard, Leon MacDonald and Stuart Lancaster were all linked with succeeding Cheika, but it is the 41-year-old Parling who will now take on the role.
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3 days ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Alex Bywater
As a child, Fin Smith made regular trips to Scotland to visit family relatives and would often be seen wearing the old British & Irish Lions kit of his grandfather Tom Elliot. Now, the Northampton and England fly-half is set to receive some of his own and follow in his late relativeโs footsteps after being selected for this summerโs trip to Australia. Elliot, a Scotland international and prop, was a Lions tourist in 1955.
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Steve Tandy emerges as No 1 contender to be next permanent ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ head coach (as per @benjames1796 / @Steffan_Thomas1) https://t.co/DUG40FCU0k
๐ป19-36 ๐ฏ Bristol punch themselves out as Leicester claim big win. Tigers now up to second, a place ahead of Bristol but level on points. Thrilling @premrugby play-off run-in in store. Report from Ashton Gate yesterday on @MailSport. https://t.co/wK5Ay1Ba4k
RT @BristolBears: This pass comes with a warning ๐โ ๏ธ ๐ป 5-12 ๐ฏ (19 mins) #BRIvLEI | #BristolBears https://t.co/U1QFYpx10x
