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Trevor Phillips slammed the RFU plan to ban the song. Pictured here in 2017 A former head of the Commission for Racial Equality has slammed plans to ban ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ – describing it as ‘Black people’s own culture being cancelled’. Trevor Phillips, 66, condemned the Rugby Football Union for reviewing the popular sporting … Read more
REVEALED: England rugby fans could be BANNED from singing the iconic ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ song because it originated among American slaves 150 years ago, as the RFU clamps down on institutional racism By Will Kelleher For Mailonline Published: 15:49 BST, 18 June 2020 | Updated: 16:00 BST, 18 June 2020 England’s rugby anthem Swing Low, … Read more
That’s a new way to self-isolate! Jonny May climbs out of a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at his home during lockdown as the England rugby star attempts to recover from a fractured cheekbone Leicester Tigers star Jonny May posted a clip of him using a hyperbaric chamber The England wing is recovering from a cheekbone injury … Read more
ANOTHER Six Nations may have to be played in November – with southern hemisphere teams potentially unable to travel due to coronavirus pandemic A ‘second Six Nations’ may have to be played due to coronavirus crisis disruption The contingency idea could become reality with some teams unable to travel Europe may be able to relax … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
It was in the Sky Banquet rooms on the 47th floor of the Keio Plaza hotel in Shinjuku last October that British visitors became fully acquainted with the Japanese concept of shoganai. Eddie Jones, coach of England’s rugby team, used the word numerous times to explain the local attitude to the incoming typhoon. Shoganai, roughly … Read more
England Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood reveals his aunt Jean has died after contracting coronavirus as he pays emotional tribute to the ‘kind’ woman who ‘brought sunshine in to my life’ Former England rugby star Will Greenwood says his aunt has passed away after she was diagnosed with coronavirus The World Cup winner said … Read more
The entire final round of Six Nations matches ‘could be postponed because of coronavirus – and will not be played until a Hallowe’en ‘Super Saturday’ on October 31′ The Six Nations commitee could be set to postpone the last round of fixtures due to fears surrounding the coronavirus Reports in France claim federations made the … Read more
Piers Morgan blasts the ‘exhausting’ critics who want England rugby star Joe Marler ARRESTED for grabbing a Welsh opponent’s genitals – as the player cheekily brands the furore ‘complete b******s’ on social media Joe Marler could face punishment for handling Alun Wyn Jones’s genitals Incident during Saturday’s Six Nations match at Twickenham went viral England … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more