After Oisin Heffernan’s departure from Lady Bay, Nottingham have been quick to find a replacement prop ahead of the new season as Josh McNulty signs from National League 1 outfit Chinnor. The 26-year-old Coventry born forward has played for the likes of Worcester, Gloucester and Harlequins with some Premiership Rugby experience although he has also…
Nottingham Prop Oisin Heffernan has joined Gallagher Premiership outfit Northampton Saints in a move that sees the 25-year-old step up a level to the top tier of English rugby-union. The player made 44 appearances for the green and whites in a two year spell but like many at the club has been frustrated with the…
Nottingham Rugby have loaned four players from Leicester Tigers as the green and whites look to bolster their squad ahead of a new Championship season which finally starts in March. Neil Fowkes side have signed Jordan Coghlan, Joe Browning, Osman Dimen and Emeka Ilione all from their neighbours down the A46 as the quartet will…
The much-shortened 2020/21 Rugby Championship season will get under way on the opening weekend of March with Nottingham RFU set to face Ealing Trailfinders in long awaited league action at the Bay. The fixtures have been announced for a campaign that will run until the end of May, with an eleven-team competition where each side…
Nottingham Rugby have confirmed their return to action will be soon as the Green & Whites will finally kick off a shortened Greene King IPA Championship from the weekend starting 6th March. The side haven’t played, since losing narrowly to Cornish Pirates on the 1st March last year but like many in the Championship, are…
Nottingham Rugby have issued a statement following the tragic loss of Tom Miller, a player who had recently signed his first professional contract with the Green & Whites having come through the Nottingham Trent University rugby programme. Tom, who was studying business management at NTU, died on the 7th December from a head injury due…
Nottingham and the county of Nottinghamshire is to stay in tier 3 as the government has announced post-lockdown plans for the country from Wednesday 2nd December and beyond. What this means for sport is that no fans will be allowed at venues in elite sport until the county is downgraded to at least tier two…
It’s incredible to think that prior to 1987, rugby union never had an ‘official’ national league competition in the UK for its major clubs. The likes of Leicester Tigers, Harlequin, Bath and Wasps, all formed back in the late 1800’s and with more than a hundred years of history and existence, would play over ten…
The RFU issued a statement last week suggesting that ‘elite’ rugby (which includes the Aviva Premiership and Greene King IPA Championship) can go ahead under latest government restriction, but with hard up clubs in England’s second tier reluctant to play without allowing supporters in to venues, that is not likely to happen until the new…
England Rugby Union have named a 32-man training squad ahead of Sunday’s fixture against the Barbarians at Twickenham and next weeks concluding six nations match in Rome with two players that have local connections involved. Joe Heyes who is yet to make his England debut is a 21-year-old Prop for Leicester Tigers who only started…
In the confusing times of ‘can we do this or that’ over six months on from an almost global lockdown was enforced here in the UK we are still non-the wiser on what happens next on when we can go and see many of our teams and athletes play. With some local restrictions now in…
Nottingham Rugby have signed winger Curtis Wilson from Doncaster Knights in a move that strengthens the Green and Whites back line as Neil Fowkes’ side add more quality to their line-up ahead of the new season. The former Sheffield Eagles Rugby League star began his pro career in Union at Yorkshire Carnegie scoring eight tries…
Nottingham Rugby have announced the signing of yet another new player as the Green and Whites continue to add a much changed attire to the 2020/21 squad roster. This time scrum-half Michael Stronge heads the way of the Bay as the 22 year old Northern Irishman signs following spells in his homeland at Ballymena and…
Nottingham Rugby have signed Sam Hollingsworth from Rotherham Titans in another signing to boost the clubs defensive line. The Fly Half who is also a specialist kicker, played 22 times for Rotherham last season scoring 128 points for the National 1 third tier team and joins Toby Williams who makes the short trip south to…
Nottingham Rugby Centre Harry Strong has joined Doncaster Knights ahead of the new season. The 23-year-old Exeter born back only signed from Exeter Chiefs in the summer of 2019 after graduating through his hometown teams Academy. Strong played 17 times for Nottingham last season scoring 3 tries and joins a Doncaster team who also recently…
Josh Buggea becomes the latest signing at Nottingham Rugby as the 26-year-old flanker joins the new look Lady Bay revolution from fellow Championship side Bedford Blues. A former England U18 international, Buggea joined Bedford from Worcester Warriors in 2014 and has since become a popular fixture in the sides back row ever-since. He joins Nottingham…
Nottingham Rugby have signed Jack Ramshaw from Chinnor RFC as the second row joins Willie Ryan and Carl Kirwan in moving North from the Oxfordshire National League 1 club. Ramshaw is 26 years old having played for London Irish, Yorkshire Carnegie and Rotherham he leaves a side that finished fourth in last seasons prematurely ended…
Newark Rugby Union Football Club have postponed the proposed launching of their Academy this summer due to the impact that coronavirus and the recent lockdown has had on the sides plans for next season. You Can Do Sport, who are working with Newark to launch a brand new Academy team have stated “It is with…
Winger Jack Spittle has left Nottingham Rugby to join Doncaster Knights after scoring ten tries in 14 appearances for the Green and Whites last season. A successful graduate of the Nottingham Trent University programme the exciting back will join fellow Championship opponents who finished ninth in the table last season, three places behind Nottingham before…
Former Ealing Trailfinder and Rotherham flanker Willie Ryan is the latest to have joined a whole host of new signings to put pen to paper at Nottingham Rugby for next season. The 6ft4in, 17stone Irish forward was most recently at Chinnor Rugby Club in Oxfordshire having started his career as a teenager back home at…
