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Irish squad update

An Ireland 26 man squad will join up in camp this evening in Dublin to begin final preparations ahead of the opening game of the RBS 6 Nations Championship against Italy next Saturday (February 5th) in Rome. There are no fresh injury concerns for the Ireland team after last weeks camp in Limerick and...
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England Counties U20s turn to Bob Hood

England Counties U20s turn to Bob Hood

The newly created England Counties RU Under 20 team have appointed Yorkshireman Bob Hood as Lead Coach for their inaugural game against Scotland on Friday, May 6, 2011 at West Park Leeds RFC. During his time with Yorkshire Under 21s and Under 20s from 1995-2007 the White Rose team won 69 of their 74...
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Cambridge skipper joins Moseley

Cambridge skipper joins Moseley

Moseley has pleasure in confirming the signature of Cambridge University Captain Ben Maidment. Ben a 22 year old, 6’4”, 17½ st ball carrying no 8 (or no 6), who was previously a student at Durham University, is currently studying Land Economy at St. Edmunds College Cambridge and won blues two years running. He has...
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Fettes appoint Steve Bates as Director of Sport

Fettes College have announced they have appointed former England rugby International Steve Bates as Director of Sport for Fettes College and the Fettes College Prep School. In this newly created role, Steve will oversee all of the sporting activities at Fettes, develop and adapt current practices, promote our achievements and continue to nurture the...
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Warwick School to host Rugby Fitness Master Class

Senior staff from the Rugby Football Union’s Elite Rugby Department will be hosting a series of seminars and practical sessions for over 30 schools from around England at Warwick School on January 6, 2011. The sessions will be presented under the title of ‘Rugby Fitness for young rugby players’ and will include Olympic Lifts;...
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IRFU Announce National Talent Squads

The Irish Rugby Football Union today announced 94 selected players for the Ireland U18 Club, U18 School and U19 National Talent Squads for the season. The National Talent Squads are part of the IRFU’s High Performance pathway and consist of underage players who have been identified at this point in their development for progression...
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New Zealand schools team to play Australia schools

New Zealand Schools Coach Karl Jones and his Assistant Coach Andrew Douglas have named their team to play the one-off international against Australia Schools in Dunedin tomorrow. Following last week’s resounding 65 – 3 win over Tonga Schools in Hamilton, the New Zealand Schools team battled against a solid Otago Under 19 side in...
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Scottish Rugby Honours Graduates

Scottish Rugby Honours Graduates

Scottish Rugby honoured 17 of its community coach apprentices at a graduation ceremony at Murrayfield on Friday (24 September). The occasion was lead by Scotland head coach Andy Robinson and Keith Brown, Minister for Skills and Life Long Learning, which commended the graduates for achieving a Level 2 SVQ in Coaching, Teaching & Instructing...
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England future stars named by Fletcher

John Fletcher - England U18 head coach

England Under 18 head coach John Fletcher has started work with the next generation of the game’s international stars. Fletcher and assistant Peter Walton have put together a 26-man squad for this season’s England age group programme which kicks off against Ireland in December. They staged their first training camp at Harrow School this...
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Ireland announce team

Ireland Coach Declan Kidney has named the team to play France in the second game of the RBS 6 Nations Championship in Paris on Saturday. Keith Earls has been selected on the left wing in place of Andrew Trimble.  Donncha O’Callaghan has not recovered from the injury that ruled him out of the opening game....
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