Posts Tagged ‘ Colin ’

Colin High was today presented with the IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service 2010 in association with Emirates Airline. During a 57-year rugby career High has made an exceptional contribution at all levels of the game, from playing to refereeing domestic fixtures and Test matches before establishing a reputation as one of the world’s...
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The bulk of the All Blacks squad have been made available to play ITM Cup matches over the coming weeks, before the All Blacks end of year tour to Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The All Blacks returned to New Zealand on Sunday following their 23–22 victory over Australia in the final...
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Highlanders Coach Jamie Joseph today announced that Canterbury first five-eighth Colin Slade will play for the Highlanders franchise in the 2011 Investec Super Rugby competition. After two seasons with the Crusaders, 22-year-old Slade, will be moving further South to cement his place as a specialist in the No 10 jersey, after signing a contract...
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The Welsh Rugby Union  paid tribute to former Wales Sevens coach, the late Colin Hillman and showed the importance it places on international Sevens by awarding caps to the Rugby World Cup Sevens winning players. From now on, caps will now be awarded to all Wales Sevens internationals, but in recognition of all the...
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The Ireland Under-19 side will take on their Australian counterparts in their first fixture of the season. The game will take place on Tuesday the 2nd of December in Cork IT under floodlights with a 7.30pm kick-off. Ireland Under 19′s are coached by Allen Clarke who is assisted by Colin McEntee and Jonathan Bell....
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The five New Zealand squads in the 2010 Rebel Sport Super 14 were announced at a special event in Auckland today. Coaching teams for the Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes, Crusaders and Highlanders and New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) officials spent the last two days finalising their squads for the new season. NZRU General Manager Professional...
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Scotland’s top young guns are just two games away from a place in the National Youth Cup final at Murrayfield (Sunday 21 February). The quarter-final draw of the under-15 and under-16 National Youth Cup was announced today with young club players from across Scotland challenging for a place in the semi-final on Sunday 23...
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Canterbury celebrated their first back-to-back successes in the Air New Zealand cup in Christchurch on Saturday night, beating Wellington by three tries to two in a 28-20 victory. Canterbury, led 25-10 after 60 minutes, but found themselves only five points ahead in a tense final six minutes, and down to fourteen men with fullback...
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Leinster Rugby have announced this year’s graduates from the HETAC (Higher Education and Training Awards Council) programme for 2009. Conor McInerney and James Power picked up their diplomas at a function in the RDS on Wednesday afternoon and the duo follow in the footsteps of the likes of Fionn Carr, Matthew D’Arcy, Ross McCarron,...
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The Irish Rugby Football Union has confirmed the coaching and management positions for representative teams for the coming international season. Connacht Coach Michael Bradley will again take charge of the Ireland A side for the season, with their first fixtures coming against the full Tonga side in Belfast (November 13) and Argentina Jaguars in...
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