Edinburgh Rugby announced today that Rob Moffat is standing down as head coach following his appointment in July 2009. His current assistant and Scotland A head coach Nick Scrivener is taking over head coach duties until the end of this season. Chief Executive of Scottish Rugby, Gordon McKie, thanked Rob for his significant efforts...
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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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Leinster Rugby have signed Ireland hooker Sean Cronin who will join the province in the summer on a two year deal. Cronin, 24, was educated at Ardscoil Rís in Limerick and has previously played with Munster and Connacht, whom he joined in the summer of 2008. A former Ireland Schools representative, Cronin featured in...
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Connacht Rugby have announced that prop Jamie Hagan has penned a 2 year contract deal with the club. The 23 year old from Balbriggan joined Connacht in 2009 from the Leinster academy and has appeared in 27 Magners League games and 11 Amlin Challenge Cup games for Connacht since then. Hagan is capped for...
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Almost 15 years after he was plucked by Jack Rowell from the obscurity of Third Division Otley and Woodhouse Grove School and thrust into the Five Nations spotlight, Paul Sampson is now just one game away from making his 100th league appearance for London Welsh. The Dragons face Bedford on Saturday in the British...
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The Leinster squad trained in UCD on Monday afternoon with a number of Ireland international players set to re-join the panel for the visit of the Ospreys to the RDS in Friday night’s Magners League clash (KO: 7.35pm). Luke Fitzgerald stepped up his rehabilitation from the knee injury sustained during the November series and...
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The onset of the Festive Season brings with it two rounds of local derbies, planned to avoid excessive travel over the holiday period, but very pertinent with the current weather conditions. Round 11 kicks off in Italy with the first ever all Italian derby in Magners League history when Benetton Treviso host Aironi at...
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Edinburgh head coach Rob Moffat has challenged his players to show the same ruthlessness they displayed in recording a record Magners League win against Connacht last September when the Galway side return to Murrayfield on Friday (kick-off 7.05pm). Edinburgh’s eight-try 62-13 triumph 14 months ago was their biggest ever success in the tournament, and...
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Benetton Treviso welcome third placed Ulster to the Stadio Monigo in Italy, where the hosts have won four out of their five Magners League games so far, including victories over two Irish Provinces. In Scotland, Edinburgh are also building a good home record, but Connacht, who were denied victory in the last minute of...
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Aironi will be boosted by the arrival of James Marshall when they return to Magners League action later this month. Born in Auckland on December 7 1988, Marshall played at fly-half in all 13 games for Tasman Makos during last ITM Cup, scoring three tries. “When I found out that I missed Super 15...
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