The Irish Rugby Football Union has announced that Paul O’Connell has signed a new Ireland international contract that will see him remain in Ireland to play his rugby with Munster for a further two seasons until 2014. O’Connell made a try scoring international debut against Wales in Dublin in 2002, having made his first...
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Ryan Burrows knows what to expect this Friday night when Leeds Carnegie take on Rotherham at Headingley Carnegie having been in the opposition camp the last time the Titans came to Headingley Carnegie in the Championship. Burrows made the move up the M1 this summer to join Leeds Carnegie and endured a baptism of...
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Bedford Blues have moved quickly to fill the void left by Nick Walshe’s move to the RFU by appointing experienced coach Paul Larkin to the management team. Larkin, 54, had spent 25 years with Northampton Saints as a player and then a coach before leaving the club in 2007. Whilst at the Saints, Larkin...
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Leeds Carnegie number eight Danny Paul has agreed a new one year contract with the club and says he is excited about the Championship campaign next season. Paul, 24, has undergone an operation on a hip injury in the close season but is hopeful of being fit for the start of the new campaign...
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Connacht have been dealt a timely boost with the addition of former Ireland U20 scrum-half Paul O’Donohoe from Leinster. O’Donohoe is the latest member of Ireland’s famous 2007 U20 grand slam winning team to join the province, and will join up with Andrew Browne, TJ Anderson, Eoghan Grace and Niall O’Connor in the green...
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A twenty two man O2 Ireland Wolfhounds Squad to play the England Saxons in Ravenhill on Friday has been named. The starting XV will be announced by the Wolfhounds Coaches at a press conference in Belfast on Wednesday. Prop Tony Buckley is ruled out after picking up an injury in the game against Scotland...
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Northampton Saints today announced that Paul Doran-Jones will join the club ahead of the 2011/12 season. The 25-year-old prop joins the Saints from Gloucester, where he has played for the last two seasons. Comfortable on either side of the scrum, Doran-Jones was capped by England in the 2009 Autumn Internationals and is in the...
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Newport Gwent Dragons Head Coach Paul Turner has been relieved of his duties pending a hearing into disciplinary matters. A statement from the Dragons says “As previously announced, the region’s LV= Cup games against Sale Sharks this weekend and next weekend’s game against the Scarlets will be led by the assistant coaching team as...
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Bedford Blues finish their mini tour in Wales with a clash against Swansea in the British and Irish Cup this evening. Director of rugby Mike Rayer rings the changes once more, but both Tom Bedford and Sean Tomes start their third game of the week. There is also an opportunity for flying youngster Josh...
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After two league defeats on the spin, Bedford Blues have the chance to put the Championship behind them and concentrate on the British & Irish Cup and the visit of London Welsh this weekend. The Blues have a busy week ahead of them as they face three cup games against three Welsh teams. Things...
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