Worcester Warriors have bolstered the club’s back row resources with the capture of highly rated Samoan international Ezra Taylor. Taylor, who has featured for both the Highlanders and Queensland Reds in the Super 15, is expected to jet into Sixways in the coming weeks. The 28-year-old, who stands 6ft 4in tall and weighs 17st...
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Storming star winger Hosea Gear has re-signed with the New Zealand Rugby Union, and he will play his 2012 Investec Super Rugby season with the Highlanders, it was announced today. Gear, 27, has signed with New Zealand Rugby for two years. Highlanders Coach Jamie Joseph said they were delighted with Gear’s signing. “This is...
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Rugby Southland CEO Roger Clark has been appointed General Manager of the Highlanders’ Super Rugby franchise. Clark has for the last four months been the Highlanders’ Project Manager on a secondment funded by the New Zealand Rugby Union, and has played an important role in both the on and off field re-structuring of the...
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Otago flanker Adam Thomson has today confirmed his commitment to the Highlanders for the 2011 Investec Super Rugby season. Highlanders Coach Jamie Joseph today welcomed Thomson’s re-signing with the Southern franchise as important retention of a locally-produced rugby talent and core part of the Highlanders’ team. “I’m very excited that Adam has decided he...
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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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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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