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Champ clubs refuse to delay new deal

FURIOUS Championship clubs have voted against proposals to push back the new push back the new Professional Game Agreement (PGA) by another year, to 2025-26.

Dynamic duo back for more

PAUL de Villiers and Katlego Letebele will return for their second stint with the Junior Springboks, this time as captain and vice-captain of the South African squad that are at home in this World Rugby Under-20 Championship.

MARINERS AIM TO REEL 'EM IN

NEIL YOUNG wants Marine's summer shopping to make people sit up and take notice

Jones opts for mixed approach

WALES U20s interim head coach Mark Jones has named five uncapped players in his squad.

BRAD'S GOT THE GREEN FOR GO

Ace sows seeds at Lewes

Spencer's the man to fire up England

STEVE Borthwick’s ability to get the best out of the best scrum-half in England will have a crucial bearing on how well England play at the 2023 World Cup.

CARL'S SET TO SHAKE IT UP!

CARL Dickinson says he has had a long-running admiration for the vociferous, yet long-suffering, Bury FC fans - and he can't wait to get the famous Gigg Lane roar on his side

Champions Cup reverts to multi-pool

THE Heineken Champions Cup reverts to a multi-pool format next season, but teams from the same league will not face each other.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BASH

Striker rival Mullin helped push me to hit new heights

Sirker's glad he's moved Down Under

CALLUM Sirker feels Championship players are a victim of Premiership clubs financial mismanagement so decided midway through last season to leave Cornish Pirates to move to Australia and focus on his law career while also playing in the Shute Shield for West Harbour.

WE LOVE TO BE BESIDE THE SEA

SWANAGE Town & Herston can rightfully be referred to as a sleeping giant of Dorset foot ball but their new manager hopes he can be the man to lead them back to their previous glories

Not bad for a stocky centre-forward convert

AS I write this, a group of 50 of us are a day into the latest Walk4Matt event, covering the 100 miles of the Warwickshire Ring Canal network.

CHURCH CHASE PLANNING BID

Meadow row rumbles on

BOSS' CHANCE TO MAKE HAY

HAVING hit some heady heights during his playing days, sharp shooter Paul Hayes can't wait to begin his brand new journey in the dugout

Borthwick: Mercer a contender for France

STEVE Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his time across the Channel.

Heineken pull plug on Europe

GLOBAL brewing giants Heineken are to step down as title sponsors of rugby’s Champions Cup, leaving tournament organisers with a big financial gap to fill before their two tournaments kick off in December.

BLUES GET READY FOR A VENTURE UP NORTH

Smith accepts club's fate after failed appeal

We'll keep on fighting, says Newcastle owner

NEWCASTLE owner Semore Kurdi has rubbished claims that the club is willing to be relegated to the Championship because it is struggling to pay its way in the top flight.

DARYL MCMAHON

I'm primed, refreshed and ready for a return

STEVE LANDS ON HIS FLEET!

STEVE Claridge is looking to rediscover his love for football after nine months of professional pain and personal sadness by returning to his roots

MEDICAL MARVELS

THESE 10 TECH INNOVATORS ARE DISRUPTING MEDICINE AND SAVING LIVES

South Korea's Youthful Recluses

The government is trying to reach out to isolated young adults. Other Asian nations are wrestling with similar problems

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING VILLAINS TO COME OUT OF THE WALKING Dead was Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Negan, and now he's back in The Walking Dead: Dead City (June 18 on AMC)

MACEDONIA MAYHEM

SAM TODD RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND'S GOLDEN GENERATION TOILED AGAINST UNHERALDED OPPONENTS IN SOUTHAMPTON JUST OVER 20 YEARS AGO...

ENGLAND'S 70S SUCCESSES

STEVE TOLMIE PICKS OUT SOME HIGH POINTS AMID A TOUGH DECADE FOR THE THREE LIONS...

UP FOR THE CUP

PHILIP D'ROURKE LOOKS BACK AT THE FIRST DOMESTIC COP FINAL IN A HANDFUL OF COUNTRIES - AND CHARTS THE VARYING FORTUNES OF THE PARTICIPANTS...

NOTTS LANDING

EMOTIONALLY-SPENT NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THEIR RETURN TO THE PROMISED LAND OF THE EFL

GARRY'S GLORY DAYS

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO FORMER NOTTINGHAM FOREST STRIKER GARRY BIRTLES ABOUT HIS RAPID RISE TO FOOTBALL STARDOM IN THE LATE 20S

BICENTENNIAL SOCCER

COLIN ALLAN REPORTS ON A TOURNAMENT WITH A DIFFERENCE IN THE USA BACK IN 1976...

LIONESSES ON PROWL

JOHN LYONS LOOKS AT ENGLAND'S CHANCES AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE WORLD CUP DOWN UNDER...