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Celtic Rugby has announced (Monday, 8 March, 2010) that from next season the Magners League will include two teams from Italy. The 10th season of the tournament will see the Magners League expanded to four nations as Italy joins Ireland, Scotland and Wales in a high profile 12-team cross-border competition designed to considerably enhance...
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Popular All Blacks, Highlanders and Southland halfback Jimmy Cowan has re-signed with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) and Rugby Southland through until the end of 2012, it was announced today. The re-signing will see the Highlanders captain play his provincial rugby for Southland and Super Rugby for the Highlanders for the next three...
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Multi-Year Deal Brings 43 Live Matches and Exclusive Coverage of Final to ESPN in UK Premier Rugby and ESPN have agreed a three year contract for exclusive live rights to 43 matches per season from the Guinness Premiership, beginning next season and running through to the 2012-2013 season, including exclusive live coverage of the...
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Glasgow Warriors head coach Sean Lineen has this week challenged his players to back-up their status as Magners League leaders by putting in a winning performance against Gloucester when they return to Heineken Cup duty at Firhill on Friday night (kick-off 7:30pm). “It’s a tail of two tables,” he said. “In the Magners League...
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Namibia has won the battle for the Africa 1 qualification spot for Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) after defeating Tunisia over a two-match series with an aggregate score of 40-23. The sides met two weeks ago in Tunis, where Namibia claimed a narrow victory, defeating the home side 18-13. The second leg of...
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The Welsh Rugby Union will be hitting all the right notes with fans tomorrow (Saturday, 28 November) – as Rhydian Roberts is set to perform new hit ‘O Fortuna’ before the Invesco Perpetual Autumn Series clash with Australia at the Millennium Stadium. The classically trained X Factor finalist will raise the iconic roof with...
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Worcester Warriors are today delighted to announce that ‘hot property’ Miles Benjamin has signed a new two-year contract to remain at Sixways Stadium. Wing wonder Benjamin, who has a stunning strike rate of 24 tries in 60 games for Warriors, has put pen to paper on a deal that will keep him at the...
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Worcester Warriors have today announced that Scrum & Forwards Coach Tony Windo has agreed a new contract at Sixways Stadium. Former prop legend Windo has put pen to paper on a new three-year deal, with his current contract due to expire at the end of this season, to remain a key part of the...
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Newcastle assistant coach Stuart Grimes has laid down the challenge to his Falcons pack, ahead of Sunday’s LV= Cup visit of Harlequins to Kingston Park (kick-off 3pm). Having seen his side concede a hat-trick of second-half tries from driving mauls in defeat to Worcester last weekend, the Scotland great wasted no time in highlighting...
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Wales have made five changes to the starting line-up who faced New Zealand last Saturday for the visit of Samoa to the Millennium Stadium in the Invesco Perpetual 09 Series clash on Friday night (Kick-off 7.30pm). Ospreys fly-half Dan Biggar wins his fourth cap when he starts at half back with Dwayne Peel (Sale...
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