International Rugby Players

Gavin Henson signs for Aviva Premiership club Saracens

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End of the road for Vickery

Former England captain and British and Irish Lions prop Phil Vickery will announce his retirement from the game following medical advice after he sustained yet another neck injury.

The Wasps strongman and a World Cup winner from 2003, is set to announce his decision at a press conference later today. The 34-year-old had successfully come back from four major back and neck operations before - but this time he was warned the risk of serious injury was too great. The news will have hit Vickery hard, the man nicknamed Raging Bull had been talking about forcing his way back into England's World Cup plans and extending his playing days by another year.

Vickery's final international appearance was for the Lions in their third Test victory over South Africa at Ellis Park in 2009. His final game for Wasps, on September 25, was against Gloucester at Kingsholm, the club where he had spent 11 years after moving from Cornwall.

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Best wishes for the future

Wallabies training, Hong Kong

Hosea Gear, Jerome Kaino, Joe Rokocoko, Keven Mealamu, Ma'a Nonu, Sonny Bill Williams & Mils Muliaina out & about in Hong Kong

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All Blacks training, HK

All Blacks Captain's Run, HK

Wallabies Captain's run, HK

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Top 14

Racing Metro 92 18 - 18 Perpignan

Racing Metro - Perpignan

LIVE Bledisloe Cup: New Zealand v Australia

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Bledisloe Cup

Australia 26 - 24 New Zealand

Aviva Premiership

Gloucester Rugby 19 - 12 Leicester Tigers

Saracens 9 - 23 Exeter Chiefs

Northampton 34 - 13 Newcastle Falcons

Top 14

Toulouse 44 - 5 Toulon

Aviron Bayonnais 18 - 29 Montpellier

SU Agen 29 - 14 La Rochelle

Castres Olympique 41 - 24 Bourgoin

Brive 21 - 27 Biarritz Olympique

ASM Clermont Auvergne 27 - 3 Stade Francais

Australia - New Zealand

Saracens - Exeter Chiefs

Gloucester - Leicester Tigers

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Clermont - Stade Francais