Brian Smith today stood down from his position as England attack coach. Smith was appointed in July 2008 and has decided not to seek a renewal of his contract. He said: “I feel that England have made great strides in the last three years and although the World Cup was a massive disappointment, we...
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Steven Shingler will serve a 4 week ban as a result of a “tip tackle” he made on Cardiff centre, Dafydd Hewitt in London Irish’s loss to the Blues at the City of Cardiff Stadium. The former Scarlet could have found himself out of the game for twice as long however, had it not...
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Plymouth Albion will be looking to continue their impressive home record this season when they entertain Bedford Blues in the Championship at Brickfields Saturday (kick-off 3pm). Graham Dawe’s side have won four out of five of their games at Brickfields, with their only defeat being a narrow 20-16 loss at the hands of the...
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Round 5 of the RaboDirect PRO12 kicks off on Friday night with the only two teams with a 100 per cent wining record both in action: table toppers Munster travel to Edinburgh, whilst second placed Ospreys host Connacht. Champions Munster, having lost out on a new defensive record last week when Cardiff Blues breached...
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Twickenham Stadium will stage the climax to this season’s expanded HSBC Sevens World Series. The 2011 Emirates Airline London Sevens attracted a world record weekend attendance of 100,094 as the penultimate event in the global calendar. Next year, London will stage the final leg over the weekend May 12-13 at the end of a...
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This weekend’s Bledisloe Cup and Investec Tri Nations Test in Auckland is set to record one of the biggest rugby crowds of the modern game in New Zealand. More than 50,000 tickets have been sold for the highly anticipated first encounter of 2011 between the All Blacks and the Wallabies. Saturday’s Test is set...
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London Welsh have signed record-breaking fly half Alex Davies from Plymouth Albion. The 25-year-old, who can also play full back, broke one Albion record and equalled another during a tremendous season at Brickfields last year, on his way to racking up 236 points in 25 Championship appearances. Davies kicked a record-breaking seven penalties in...
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Wales Under 20 head coach Richard Webster has highlighted his side’s desire to go out and show what they can do when they face Italy in Treviso tomorrow (5.10pm UK time, live on S4C). Webster says the squad has pulled together following the shock record defeat to New Zealand on Tuesday, and is determined...
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Northampton Saints today announced that season ticket sales are on target for record levels ahead of the 2011/12 campaign. The Saints’ on-field successes are continuing year on year, with the 2009 European Challenge Cup and 2010 LV= Cup titles followed by a place in the 2011 Heineken Cup final and back-to-back Aviva Premiership Rugby...
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England restored some pride by winning their final two games on the second day of a record-breaking Emirates Airline London Sevens. The two-day attendance of 100,094 at Twickenham Stadium represented the biggest weekend crowd for an HSBC Sevens World Series tournament, surpassing the 100,000 return at the Dubai Sevens in 2008. An agonising 19-17...
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