Team News Neath’s 2011/12 British & Irish Cup campaign ends on Saturday when attractive visitors Plymouth Albion come to The Gnoll (kick off 3.00pm). Injuries have taken their toll so the Welsh All Blacks ring the changes. Neath coach Patrick Horgan said, “As a rule, we don’t complain about injuries but three players went...
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Alex Davies will be back on very familiar ground when London Welsh travel to Plymouth Albion on Saturday. The Exiles fly half will make his first return to Brickfields since trading Plymouth for Old Deer Park in the summer, having more than left his mark at Albion during his three years at the club....
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Jamie Roberts, Gethin Jenkins and Bradley Davies will all start for the Blues against the Dragons this Friday. The World cup stars line up for the Blues for the first time this season with Roberts forming a centre partnership with the inform Casey Laulala, this being the only change in the backs to the...
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Alex Davies’ late heroics with the boot against the Cornish Pirates to salvage a draw for London Welsh should have come as no surprise. The former Plymouth Albion recording breaking fly half came off the bench to land three penalties in the last 12 minutes to earn the Exiles a 17-17 draw, and end...
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The Scarlets have confirmed that 30 year-old centre Regan King will leave the region at the end of his contract this summer after six seasons in Llanelli. The once-capped All Black has been a valued member of the Scarlets squad for the past six years and more recently has played an important role in...
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A Rugby Football Union Disciplinary Panel sitting last night (Tuesday, January 11, 2011) at the Haydock Holiday Inn ruled on the citing by independent citing officer Matt Bayliss of Sisa Koyamaibole of Sale Sharks for kicking Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth during the Aviva Premiership match at Edgeley Park on January 2. Koyamaibole pleaded guilty to...
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Moseley’s RFU Championship fixture against Bedford will go ahead as planned with a 7.45pm kick off. A pitch inspection on Monday proved to be no problem when the iRB standard pitch was found to be in excellent condition. Temperatures last night were similar to Sunday night and therefore there has been no need to...
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Plymouth Albion will be hoping to build on last week’s home performance against Worcester Warriors when they travel to Nottingham on Sunday (3pm). Graham Dawe’s side led the former Premiership club for nearly three quarters of last week’s match, but in the end their resistance was finally ended by three Andy Goode penalties which...
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This coming Saturday sees the Cornish Pirates play their first away game in this season’s RFU Championship. Moseley are their opponents, where the kick off at Billesley Common is at 3pm. The Pirates have emerged victorious from their last two visits to ‘Mose’, and will be keen to make it three on the trot,...
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The vexed question of which team should Warren Gatland pick to play Italy is a talking point in the Welsh Message Board (WMB). RR poster “Hook”, poses this question and offers Gatland the following advice: “I think its important we don’t make the same mistake as Gats did last year but I would make...
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