Alex Lowe
Rugby Correspondent at The Times
Rugby Correspondent for The Times. 🏆🏆 Two-time SJA rugby journalist of the year. DMs open for any tips or story ideas. @thetimes @timessport
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1 week ago |
thetimes.com | will Kelleher |Alex Lowe
Players who join rugby’s proposed global grand prix-style competition will not be considered for England selection as the RFU is likely to stand firm over its commitment to the Premiership. The Times revealed this week that team owners from the Premier League, Formula 1 and the NFL have submitted bids to buy franchises in R360, which is backed by the 2003 World Cup winner Mike Tindall and due to be launched next year.
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Alex Lowe
It is not an easy journey for a coach in any sport to find success or fulfilment after taking charge of England. Roy Hodgson enjoyed some warmth and respect at Crystal Palace; Peter Moores won cricket’s County Championship; Andy Robinson and Eddie Jones worked again in Test rugby. But the post-England experience is rarely straightforward. Martin Johnson chose not to even embark down that path. Same with Sir Gareth Southgate, so far.
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Alex Lowe
Team owners from the Premier League, Formula 1 and the NFL have submitted bids to buy franchises in the revolutionary global rugby union competition that is due to be launched next year, The Times understands. Taking inspiration from F1 and cricket’s Indian Premier League, the concept is for a grand prix-style travelling league that would feature eight men’s franchises and a four-team professional women’s competition.
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Alex Lowe
And then there were four. Bath clinched first place in the Premiership table three weeks before the end of the regular season but the full play-off picture was only settled on Saturday and it has delivered two blockbuster semi-finals. Bath will host Bristol Bears in a Friday-night West Country derby that could sell out the Recreation Ground four times over. When the sides met in the league on May 10, Bristol’s nominal home game attracted more than 50,000 to the Principality Stadium.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Alex Lowe
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