31.   The governing body of English rugby league on Monday increased its ban for steroid use from two years to four years.

32.   The new club will be known as London Irish and will be based at the Stoop, near English rugby headquarters at Twickenham.

33.   The three unions will meet with representatives from the English rugby union in Auckland to discuss arrangements for the England tour of the South Pacific next year.

34.   Twickenham, home of English rugby, also is an option.

35.   Veteran New Zealand lock Ian Jones says he will join English rugby club Gloucester after the World Cup.

36.   Yates, who plays for the English rugby union club Bath, got a six-month suspension for ear-biting.

37.   His whirlwind success in English rugby, he admits, has been nothing short of a fairytale.

38.   His comments go straight to the heart of the debate currently raging in English rugby at senior level.

39.   I hope this will confirm to everyone associated with the game that Saracens intend to become one of the greatest clubs in English rugby.

40.   A top English rugby player who received the longest prison sentence ever imposed for violence on the pitch failed in an appeal against his conviction on Thursday.