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The Spurs of Prem Rugby: how Harlequins lost their swagger

Marcus Smith’s return from injury offers hope but Quins appear a fragile side beset by entrenched problems

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9

Sports quiz of the week: Harry Kane, Victor Wembanyama and WSL winners

Have you been following the big news in football, tennis, basketball, rugby, hockey, cycling, darts and the NFL?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9

‘I don’t think anyone really saw it coming. I didn’t’: meet Bristol’s World Cup hopeful Fitz Harding

The 27-year-old flanker confounded expectations leaping from Durham university’s fourth XV to Prem rugby captain – don’t bet against his big England ambitions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9

This is Australia’s best shot at the Bledisloe Cup in years – but beware an All Blacks side with a ‘point to prove’

BLEDISLOE CUP: High on confidence after beating South Africa, the Wallabies face an injury-hit New Zealand in Auckland in the first of back-to-back Tests

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Is Prem rugby union turning into basketball? Nailbiters supply case for defence

Record try-glut in round one suggested all-out attack is en vogue, but maybe you can defend well and still concede tries in the modern game?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

Expect a call: Wallabies coach on cross-code wonder

Mark Nawaqanitawase could still feature on the Wallabies' November tour, with coach Les Kiss keen to reconnect after the cross-code talent's mesmeric NRL form.

AAP · Oct 8

Battle for use of Chiefs NRL team name headed for court

New Zealand Rugby has filed proceedings in the NZ High Court over the decision to name the NRL's Papua New Guinea expansion side the Chiefs.

AAP · Oct 8

Hip-drop tackle added to rugby's global rule book

World Rugby has moved to outlaw the hip-drop tackle that's claimed multiple high-profile victims across codes but previously gone unmentioned in the rule book.

AAP · Oct 7

Saracens’ Brendan Venter takes aim at ‘autocratic’ Prem over media duties

Technical director held court at club’s training base, comparing rugby to winemaking and claiming interviews ‘steal my joy’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Brendan Venter questions ‘autocratic’ decision after Saracens fined by Prem Rugby

Venter has insisted he does not wish to do interviews in a joint press conference with head coach Joe Shaw

The Independent UK · Oct 7