Ollie Chessum out of the summer tour. Significant blow for #England - and Leicester Tigers.

Story soon Times Sport

Finn Russell returns for Bath v Newcastle, starting at 10 - after a groin injury in April v Exeter in Europe - and so the top four fight swings again...!

Times Sport #PremRugby

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿’s richest club Bristol Bears tighten belt after reduced TV deal.

Interesting to hear from Pat Lam why Bristol won’t pay to cap - but remain the biggest supporters of it being higher .

“We’ve got too much fat on all the different edges” Times Sport
thetimes.co.uk/article/13d71e…

An opportunity here for Alex Lowe 📰 and I look like idiots (thanks Times Sport 😅😬)

Tell us we are and why you’re not here
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Are Bath doomed and can Bristol or Quins cause Premiership upset?

thetimes.co.uk/article/95e167…

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So that’s our Fab 5️⃣ nominees for #Pat2024 revealed.

Who will take home the cup on May 23?

🏆 Wayne Barnes

🏆 Andy Farrell

🏆 Siya Kolisi

🏆 Courtney Lawes

🏆 Jacques Nienaber

Thanks to all members who voted 🗳️

Lots of reaction to the destination semis story/idea — more of it on The Ruck episode Times Sport here 👇🏼👇🏼

The The Rugby Union Writers’ Club membership have voted, but if you were to choose, who’d be your outstanding rugby figure of 2023-24 from our shortlist?

The winner will be announced soon and awarded at our annual lunch at The Oval later in the month.

#Pat2024

Belting shortlist The Rugby Union Writers’ Club

Who’d you vote for if you could?

#Pat2024

Nienaber completes the #Pat2024 shortlist!

Incredibly self-indulgent nonsense news from the #statcave , but I've just worked out that Toulouse v Harlequins was the 300th rugby match I have reported on as a paid journalist for Mail Sport & Times Sport combined.

55th European Cup game. Cheers all for reading!

Big Courts makes the The Rugby Union Writers’ Club #Pat2024 shortlist - following Wayne Barnes, Andy Farrell, Siya Kolisi so far. One more to reveal.

Who'd take your vote?

🏉 English clubs can’t buy European glory – they must breed it instead

After Champions Cup disappointment, Will Kelleher says Gallagher Premiership clubs must battle against riches of France by focusing on intelligent structures and player development ⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…

Third out of the traps for #Pat2024 — fine shortlist building here The Rugby Union Writers’ Club

Next up!

Nominee 2️⃣

ANDY FARRELL Irish Rugby

Mastermind of Ireland’s back-to-back #SixNations titles in 2023 & 2024, he has made his side the team to beat in northern hemisphere rugby.

📸 Getty Images
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Underway!

Congrats to Wayne Barnes for making the shortlist (again!)

How will he be with the fame polly barnes ?!

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#Pat2024

Morning!

Today we will reveal the shortlist for the 2023-24 Pat Marshall Memorial Award — as voted for by our membership.

Who will make the top 5️⃣?

Keep your 👀 peeled on this feed throughout the morning…

#Pat2024

How can English clubs catch up with European giants?

Some thoughts on how the Premiership teams turn moral victories into actual ones Times Sport — Danny Wilson saying it’s about coaching & player development, because it can’t be about money.

thetimes.co.uk/article/dc08c6…

Oosh — big reveal coming tomorrow!

#Pat2024