England’s top players have agreed a new four-year commercial deal that will incorporate the next World Cup.

ROB ANDREW has hailed “an English solution for the English game” after the Twickenham unveiling of a new detailed agreement governing professional rugby in England.

INTERNATIONAL Rugby Board chief Dr Syd Millar has delivered an upbeat verdict on the Heineken Cup’s future.

ENGLISH championship contenders Gloucester will be delighted to play a role in the Heineken Cup next season, according to coach Dean Ryan.

Chris Horsman has revealed his devastation after being withdrawn from Wales’ squad which faced Australia last weekend.

ENGLAND’S professional players will today rise up to condemn the brutal scheduling demands being placed upon them by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premier Rugby Limited.

NEW ULSTER centre Mike Maguire has been forced to retire at the age of 24 after club medics discovered he was suffering from a degenerative hip disorder.

ENGLISH rugby is set for a return to the courtroom and another expensive legal wrangle after Premier Rugby threw England’s autumn international against New Zealand into doubt.

ENGLAND’S Rugby Football Union chief executive Francis Baron has warned England’s hopes of defending the World Cup will be jeopardised unless a peace agreement can be struck to end the civil war with Premier Rugby Limited.

Rugby star Henry Paul has been charged with failing to give a breath test after being pulled over by police in Britain, it emerged today.

English rugby, which today announced a profit of £18.4m (€26.2m) for the last financial year, has no immediate plans to reward the World Cup-winning players who have sparked an unprecedented boom in the game with a pay rise.

English rugby was in mourning today following the death of Harlequins’ scrum-half Nick Duncombe.