Briefs-Hipkiss to replace injured Cipriani on England rugby tour

reuters.co.uk     20-May-2008            

May 20 (Reuters) - Sports news from around the world: Rugby - Leicester centre Dan Hipkiss was called into the England squad on Tuesday to replace injured flyhalf Danny Cipriani for next month's two-test tour of New Zealand, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said in a statement. Cipriani was ruled... [read full story]                    

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Cipriani overshadows Wasps' playoff win

reuters.co.uk     18-May-2008          

LONDON (Reuters) - Wasps beat Bath 21-10 on Sunday to secure their place in the English Premiership final but their win was overshadowed by a potentially serious leg injury suffered by flyhalf Danny Cipriani. The 20-year-old Cipriani got caught at the bottom of a ruck after being tackled by Olly...                    

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Cipriani overshadows Wasps' playoff win

mirror.co.uk     18-May-2008          

Wasps beat Bath 21-10 on Sunday to secure their place in the English Premiership final but their win was overshadowed by a potentially serious leg injury suffered by flyhalf Danny Cipriani. The 20-year-old Cipriani got caught at the bottom of a ruck after being tackled by Olly Barkley and was...                    

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Cipriani injury overshadows Wasps' playoff win over Bath

mirror.co.uk     18-May-2008          

Wasps beat Bath 21-10 on Sunday to secure their place in the English Premiership final but their win was overshadowed by a potentially serious leg injury suffered by flyhalf Danny Cipriani. The 20-year-old Cipriani got caught at the bottom of a ruck after being tackled by Olly Barkley and was...                    

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Cipriani injury overshadows Wasps win

metro.co.uk     18-May-2008          

Danny Cipriani looks set to miss England's tour to New Zealand after sustaining a suspected dislocated ankle in Wasps' 21-10 Guinness Premiership semi-final victory over Bath. Cipriani was tackled by Ollie Barkley in the 49th minute and found himself at the bottom of a ruck, shouting out in pain...                    

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Future fears for Cipriani after gruesome injury

dailymail.co.uk     19-May-2008          

Surgeons began the fight last night to save Danny Cipriani's dazzling rugby career from being destroyed by a gruesome ankle injury. England's 21-year-old fly half prodigy lay in a London hospital after being carried out of Wasps' Premiership play-off semi-final against Bath wearing an oxygen mask                    

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Injury agony for Danny Cipriani overshadows day of ecstasy for Lawrence Dallaglio

timesonline.co.uk     19-May-2008          

There will, after all, be one more big day for Lawrence Dallaglio, at Twickenham on May 31. The London Wasps captain refused to say farewell to rugby at Adams Park yesterday, driving forward on a tide of emotion into another Guinness Premiership final the club he has served for 18 years, despite...                    

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Ankle injury puts Cipriani out of tour

independent.co.uk     19-May-2008          

If Danny Cipriani is to be the new Jonny Wilkinson, it seems the poor young chap is going to have to do it the painfully hard way. After 48 minutes of Wasps' 21-10 Guinness Premiership play-off semi-final victory against Bath at Adams Park yesterday, the 20-year-old England outside half crashed...                    

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Dallaglio takes a punt but team-mates take a battering as Wasps limp into final

guardian.co.uk     19-May-2008          

Lawrence Dallaglio's 18-year senior career with Wasps will end at Twickenham in the Premiership play-off final at the end of this month but he marked his final home appearance by revealing a side to his game which had rarely received an airing. After Wasps had scored their third and final try to...                    

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Cipriani cut down by ankle injury

guardian.co.uk     19-May-2008          

Danny Cipriani, the fly-half around whom Martin Johnson was expected to build his new-model England, suffered a potentially career-threatening injury during Wasps' play-off semi-final victory over Bath in High Wycombe yesterday. Instead of looking forward to the Premiership final against...                    

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Wasps v Bath play-off: Key moments

telegraph.co.uk     19-May-2008          

3: Olly Barkley has an early chance to give Bath the lead, but misses a penalty kick from an acute angle. Wasps get a let-off. 5: Barkley's kicking woes continue as he this time misses from right in front. That's six points down the drain. 27: First blood to Bath as a defensive line-out goes all...                    

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