SPORTING DIGEST: RUGBY UNION

Friday 02 July 1999 23:02 BST

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Bath may conclude the signing of Angus Gardiner, the 27-year-old English- born open-side flanker, next week. Gardiner helped Canterbury Crusaders to successive Super-12 titles.

The RFU yesterday rejected Worcester's proposal to merge with Sale and thereby purchase themselves a place in next season's first division. The board unanimously decreed that Worcester's move fell outside recently published regulations covering club buy-outs and related issues.

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