Tidjane Thiam: from Paris with love December 3, 2013 PRUDENTIAL boss Tidjane Thiam sent a pretty overt message to his French countrymen when he accepted his Grand Prix de l’Economie award last week. Facing a packed Parisian audience (which included Christine Lagarde), Tidjane – a graduate of France’s top universities – chose to extol the UK’s business practices, describing the UK as having a “unique [...]
Length of lay-off still unknown for injured Hartley November 17, 2013 INJURED hooker Dylan Hartley faces an anxious wait to discover how long he will be sidelined for after suffering a bruised lung in England’s 30-22 defeat to New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday. The 27-year-old, who won his 50th cap against the All Blacks, was forced off early in the second half and replaced by [...]
Quality of Quins’ European win stuns even triumphant players December 8, 2013 HARLEQUINS No8 Nick Easter admitted the quality of their performance in Saturday’s bonus-point 32-8 win at Racing Metro shocked even their own dressing room. With two defeats to open up their Heineken Cup campaign, Quins gave their qualification cause a huge boost as Nick Evans, Easter, Charlie Walker and then Karl Dickson all went over. [...]
Saracens swoop for centre Bosch October 16, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Aviva Premiership pacesetters Saracens have signed Argentina centre Marcelo Bosch from Biarritz. The 29-year-old has won 23 caps for the Pumas, scoring three tries. Meanwhile, former Sarries coach Eddie Jones, now in charge of Japan, was admitted to hospital in Tokyo yesterday after showing signs of a minor stroke.
City Moves for 16 December 2013 | Who’s switching jobs December 15, 2013 Fladgate The law firm has made two appointments. Ian Brent (right) joins as a corporate partner. He was previously head of corporate at Davies Arnold Cooper and head of London corporate at Halliwells. Melissa Needham joins as a corporate associate from DAC Beachcroft. BDO The accountancy firm has recruited Neil Williams as a director in [...]
Quins glad of European chance to wipe away Premiership blues October 10, 2013 HARLEQUINS’ scrum-half Karl Dickson hopes the Heineken Cup can prove to be a welcome distraction from their poor Aviva Premiership campaign. Quins’ focus turns to Europe for a fortnight with Pool Four clashes against the Scarlets this Saturday and last year’s runners-up Clermont the week after. And having lost three of their first five games [...]
Tigers stunned by Wasps and old boy Goode October 27, 2013 LONDON Wasps fly-half Andy Goode overcame blustery conditions to summon a man-of-the-match display and upset his former team, Aviva Premiership Rugby champions Leicester Tigers, 22-12 at Adams Park yesterday. Goode, who notched 17 points, including two opportunist drop-goals as Leicester continued their six-year winless streak in High Wycombe, hailed his forwards for helping him cope [...]
Irish pay price for sloppy errors in cup reverse November 10, 2013 LONDON Irish forwards coach Glenn Delaney admitted indiscipline cost his team as they slipped to a 29-21 away defeat to Newcastle Falcons in the LV= Cup. Two weeks after losing to the same opposition in the Aviva Premiership at Kingston Park, Falcons fly-half Rory Clegg proved the difference between the two teams with five successful [...]
Sarries star Brits happy to sit out and cash in as understudy George thrives October 3, 2013 CANNY Schalk Brits is adamant he will cash in on the talents of Jamie George as the hookers battle for the right to keep Saracens unbeaten in Aviva Premiership Rugby against Wasps on Saturday. George, 22, is set to replace the South African as the leaders rotate their squad but Brits is content to sit [...]
O’Shea keeps faith despite Quins’ third defeat from five October 6, 2013 DEFIANT Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea has warned his rivals not to write them off after seeing his troops slip to their third Aviva Premiership defeat of the season at London Irish. Quins were undone on Saturday by a second-half flurry from the Exiles, as both Blair Cowan and Alex Lewington crossed for tries in the [...]