Bath Rugby have announced their Academy squad for the 2011/12 season. The Academy will comprise 17 fulltime members, some of whom made their Bath Rugby debut recently in the first round of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s series at the Recreation Ground. Six new faces have been contracted for next season,...
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London Wasps today announce their Academy for the 2011/12 season. After successful seasons last year Christian Wade and Jack Wallace graduate from last year’s Academy and take up their place in the first team squad. Jonah Holmes, Chris Elder, Sam Jones and Joe Launchbury will all enjoy their second year in the Academy, retaining...
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Thirteen players have been promoted from the Leeds Carnegie Academy into the first team squad for the new 2011-12 Championship season and Academy Manager Mark Luffman is promising Leeds fans some exciting times ahead for these young stars. The players have been training with the first team squad since the start of pre-season and...
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London Wasps have added to their strength in depth with the signing of young centre Alex Cheesman. The 22-year old, who has been studying at Oxford University, has signed a one-year contract with the club after completing his studies. Cheesman initially came through the Wasps Academy system, playing for Wasps at Under 18, Academy...
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The Leinster Academy panel for the 2011/12 season has been named and includes a number of Ireland Under-20 internationals who competed in the recent IRB Junior World Championships. In all there are 18 players in the Academy including Jordi Murphy, who captained Ireland Under-20’s last month. The Academy programme is set out over three...
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London Irish is delighted to announce that four players who were members of the London Irish AASE (Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence) team last year will be joining the Exiles Academy. David Sisi, Jack Moates, James Lightfoot-Brown and Ben Pritchard will join current Academy players Guy Armitage, Max Lahiff, Jamie Gibson, Kieran Low and...
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Leinster Rugby have announced that Rhys Ruddock and Eoin O’Malley have each agreed new one and two year deals respectively with the province. The former Leinster Academy graduates follow a long list of players who have committed their immediate futures with Leinster and news of their signings is seen as a further boost for...
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Marsh today hosted the launch of the Rugby Football Union’s Scrum Factory programme at its offices in the City of London. The insurance experts are supporting key programmes for grassroots rugby in England, including Scrum Factory, which aims to recruit and train front row players together with developing all players in the scrum. Pupils...
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Two of the rising stars of the London Irish squad have re-signed for the club. Alex Corbisiero and Tom Homer have committed their future to the Exiles by signing new two year contracts that will keep them at the club until the end of the 2012-13 season. Corbisiero who was born in New York...
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After 15 consecutive weeks of RFU Championship rugby, Bristol Rugby entertains Nottingham Rugby in the first round in the British and Irish Cup on Friday evening at the Memorial Stadium kick off 7.45pm. The Bristol coaching staff has selected a team showing a mix of youth and experience. Academy Coach Matt Salter is “running...
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