Mitch Phillips

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Mitch Phillips

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3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Mitch Phillips

LONDON (Reuters) -Worcester Warriors are set for a return to top-level rugby as part of an expanded second-tier Championship of 14 teams, the RFU announced on Thursday. Worcester were one of three Premiership teams to go into administration in 2022/23, along with Wasps and London Irish. They were thrown out of the league with an unpaid tax bill of around 6 million pounds ($7.89 million) and their players and staff were all laid off.

3 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Mitch Phillips

(adds SOCC HEA and JUDIC topic codes, no change to story)By Mitch PhillipsLONDON :More than 1,000 former amateur and professional rugby union and rugby league players have joined a long-running concussion lawsuit against the sports' governing bodies, the firm representing them said on Tuesday. Rylands Garth said it now represents over 725 former union players and over 280 former league players in a case that began more than four years ago.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Mitch Phillips

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3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Mitch Phillips

LONDON (Reuters) - Rugby Football Union CEO Bill Sweeney convincingly survived a vote of no-confidence at Twickenham on Thursday as a grass-roots revolt failed to get close to the majority of votes necessary to trigger his removal. The motion to remove him got 206 votes, with 466 against and 36 abstentions. A counter-motion presented by the RFU that would give the community game more independence to run the game at local level was supported by 554 votes, with 127 against and 24 abstentions.