Four clubs, including four-time Heineken Cup champions Toulouse, are still in the mix to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Amlin Challenge Cup this season as the battle for coveted quarter-final places in Europe’s top two tournaments reaches a climax in Round 6 of Pool matches this week. Toulouse may be leading Harlequins...
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The draw for the first round of the Ulster Bank Junior Cup was made by IRFU President John Hussey and Chairman of the Domestic Game Stephen Hilditch in the IRFU offices on Lansdowne Road today. Defending champions Crosshaven, the first Munster club to win the title, have been drawn away to Ulster side Cooke...
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MIKE SCHMID backs Esher to end a nightmare run in the New Year’s Day home clash with Birmingham if they reproduce the spirit shown in Tuesday’s defeat at London Welsh. Batting Esher slipped to a 24-17 reverse at Old Deer Park and have now lost eight successive games in league and cup. But Director...
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Saturday at 2.30pm the match everyone wants to see, Doncaster Knights v Nottingham rugby kicks off at Castle Park. Out of the last dozen clashes these teams have contested the wins are evenly balanced at 6 apiece giving both sides the chance to pull ahead at the weekend as no one expects a draw...
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SANZAR today unveiled a new look, details of the new competition format and the 2011 draw for Super Rugby, the southern hemisphere’s premiere inter-provincial rugby competition. At a televised launch event in Sydney, new SANZAR CEO-designate, Greg Peters, unveiled the new name, logo and colours that will underpin the rollout of Super Rugby across...
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Worcester continue their early dominance of the Championship with a hard fought win over Rotherham, running out 32-25 winners. Second placed Bedford Blues made up for their loss last week with a resounding defeat of Esher. Their 31-9 win was the biggest win of the weekend and underlines Mike Rayer’s team’s steady progress. Meanwhile...
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England will face Australia in the pool stages of the Rugby Sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi in what coach Ben Ryan describes as “the tastiest match in the qualifying round”. The 2006 silver medallists have been placed in Pool D with the Wallabies, Namibia and Sri Lanka for the tournament that...
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Wales have won silverware for the second week running by claiming the Bowl in George, South Africa, in the second leg of the IRB Sevens series. Craig Hill raced over in the first half and Lee Rees scored in the second period to lead Wales’s charge to a 14-5 victory over Russia in a...
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Scotland Women will face France, Canada and Sweden in Pool C of the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England. The premier 15-aside tournament in the women’s game, which will be played from next August 20 to September 5, will feature three pools of four teams with defending champions New Zealand, hosts and 2006...
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The Scotland 7s team have been handed a testing draw for the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens which takes place in George on 11 and 12 December. The Scots will play Argentina in the first game of day one before lining up against Tunisia and ending their day one campaign against England.
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