MANY men are concerned about hair loss, but not everyone has the deep pockets of Wayne Rooney to seek a hair transplant.

TIGER WOODS, along with the top four players in the world rankings, will contest this week’s Abu Dhabi Championship.

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MARTIN JOHNSON warned England the time has come to start turning Twickenham into a feared venue once again as they England have lost six of their 13 home Tests since Johnson took charge in the summer of 2008.

One thing you can predict with safety – more wailing and gnashing of teeth if the Heineken Cup turns sour for the English Premiership once again. Julian Bennetts reports.

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FURIOUS Nick Easter warned heads will roll if England fail to beat Australia in Sydney next Saturday.

MUNSTER rugby star and former international Alan Quinlan was yesterday named as the 2010 Tipperary Person of the Year.

ENGLAND like to bully teams. It’s their modus operandi. Throughout international rugby history, successful English sides have usually been aggressors.

Wasps back Josh Lewsey will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season, his club have confirmed.

IRELAND rugby coach Declan Kidney was one of four former UCC graduates honoured last night at the university’s annual alumni achievement awards.

London Irish and Scotland hooker Robbie Russell has been forced to retire through injury.

The participation of England’s top clubs in next season’s Heineken Cup will be decided by May 18 as top-level talks are set to resume tomorrow.

AUSTRALIAN rugby officials will be hoping that Eddie Jones’ departure as national coach will end a destabilising period that threatened to undermine preparation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.

Australia and Japan have signed an historic accord designed to promote co-operation between the two rugby football unions.

Australian prime minister John Howard today welcomed news the Pope is to visit Sydney for the World Youth Day celebrations in 2008, an event expected to draw thousands of overseas pilgrims to the city.

LIONS duo Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy will form the centre partnership for Leinster in their Celtic Cup quarter-final clash with Glasgow on Friday night, (Lansdowne Road, 7.30pm).

Australian fly-half Stephen Larkham has had an operation to remove a cancerous melanoma from his left leg and now faces an anxious wait for the all-clear.

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CONTROVERSY is something Christian Cullen has managed to avoid for much of his illustrious All Black career.

AZZURRI coach John Kirwan caused a sensation in Italian rugby yesterday when he omitted stand-off Ramiro Pez from his World Cup squad.

ULSTER centre Jonathan Bell has been forced to withdraw from the party flying out today for Ireland’s warm-weather training camp in Bilbao.

GAA officials are believed to be holding firm over plans to travel to Australia for next year's International Rules series.

Canada cruised to a 51-16 victory over Uruguay to move a step closer to qualifying for the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Australia’s rugby union Wallabies today captured another rugby league Test star, with winger Lote Tuqiri announcing his decision to switch codes.

The draw for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has been put back until early next year.

Graham Henry has handed Iestyn Harris a full international debut for Wales against Argentina on Saturday despite admitting he is not the finished product.

The 2003 World Cup will not be moved to the United Kingdom after the International Rugby Board confirmed Australia are still set to co-host the tournament along with New Zealand.