Leeds Carnegie have bolstered their Championship promotion hopes with the signing of Tongan international prop Halani Aulika until the end of the current season. The 28-year-old, who can play at loose or tight head, joins having played for the Highlanders in Super Rugby last season and made three appearances in the World Cup in...
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Fly half Freddie Burns is the latest member of the Gloucester Rugby squad to agree a new contract with the club, signing a new contract that will keep him at Kingsholm until the end of the 2013-4 season. The 21 year old joined the Gloucester Rugby Academy from local rivals Bath and made his...
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Peter Horne today became the latest highly rated rising star to be secured on a long-term contract by Glasgow Warriors. The 22-year-old centre has put pen to paper on a new deal that will see him play a pivotal role in the club’s progress until at least the end of May 2015. Currently a...
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Mike Brown of Harlequins has been voted the Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for December. The Harlequins’ full-back was chosen as the month’s stand out performer by a panel of distinguished rugby media – including writers, broadcasters and photographers. “Mike has reinvented himself this year and turned himself into a world class...
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London Wasps have added to their second-row options by signing Namibian lock Heinz Koll until the end of the season. Koll joins Wasps, linking up with fellow countryman Tinus Du Plessis, following their recent World Cup campaign, during which Koll started all four games for his country, and impressed with his physicality and strong...
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Gloucester Rugby have confirmed that Fijian international flanker Akapusi Qera has agreed a new two year contract with the club. Suva born Qera is currently in his fifth season at Kingsholm and the confirmation that he has agreed to extend his stay with Gloucester is a welcome boost in a week which concludes with...
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England Under 20s will play their 2012 Six Nations home matches against Wales and Ireland at Aviva Premiership grounds The Twickenham Stoop and Adams Park respectively. Harlequins will play host to England’s first home game of the tournament on Friday, February 24 before London Wasps take the reins for England’s final Six Nations game...
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The Leinster management hope to be in a position to welcome back several Ireland internationals into the panel for Saturday evening’s RaboDirect PRO12 clash against Cardiff Blues in City Stadium (KO: 6.15pm). Following Sunday’s 15-13 victory over Connacht, the medical team reported that Richardt Strauss suffered an accidental blow to the face, though at...
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London Scottish have signed Canadian World Cup star Adam Kleeberger from the British Columbia Bears until the end of the season Kleeberger, 27, who plays as a back-row forward, won praise for his standout performances during the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. An aggressive, tough tackling flanker, he was named man of the...
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London Irish have announced that scrum half Darren Allinson has committed to the Club for a further two seasons. Allinson, 24, joined the Exiles at the start of the 2010/11 season and has since made 33 appearances. He has appeared in 9 out of 15 of London Irish’s games so far this season, forming...
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