North Harbour and 2011 Blues mid-field back Luke McAlister will be released from his New Zealand and North Harbour playing contracts following North Harbour’s round 10 ITM Cup match against Counties Manukau tomorrow (Wednesday 17 August). McAlister will join French club Toulouse following the release. North Harbour Rugby Chief Executive Brett Hollister said McAlister...
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Gloucester Rugby’s preseason friendly against French Top 14 champions Toulouse, earmarked as Olivier Azam’s Testimonial game, has unfortunately had to be cancelled. French international hooker Azam called time on his Kingsholm player career recently after 10 seasons and more than 200 appearances. 2010-11 was his testimonial season and a friendly against Toulouse was pencilled...
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Reigning Heineken Cup Champions Leinster have been drawn in Pool 3 of next season’s tournament and will face Bath, Glasgow Warriors and Montpellier as they try to defend the title they won in Cardiff just over a fortnight ago. Group one can rightly be regarded as the group of giants, with one of the...
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Leinster will hope to win their second ever Heineken Cup title as they take on reigning European champions Toulouse tomorrow. Sunday will see the 2000 Heineken Cup champions Northampton Saints take on the 2003 finalist Perpignan. With the exception of Perpignan they are all pushing for the title in their domestic leagues, as well...
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Defending champions Toulouse are hunting a record fifth Heineken Cup title – and five titles could also be on the agenda for Toulouse ace Cedric Heymans. The international wing is the only player to have four Heineken Cup winners’ medals in his trophy cabinet, won with Brive in 1997 and Toulouse in 2003, 2005...
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A thrilling weekend of European rugby witnessed two Heineken Cup quarter finals in Spain, top flight rugby making it’s debut in Milton Keynes, a record attendance for a quarter final and a second ever European fixture going to extra time. The two all-French encounters, Perpignan v Toulon and Biarritz v Toulouse, were taken over...
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Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium will set a Heineken Cup quarter-final attendance record when it hosts the all-French clash between Perpignan and Toulon on Saturday. With a sell-out now guaranteed in the Catalan capital, the 55,000 gate will surpass the previous quarter-final high of 48,500 at the old Lansdowne Road, Dublin, in 2005 (Leinster v Leicester...
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Florian Fritz, the Toulouse player (No 13), appeared before an independent Disciplinary Hearing at the ERC offices in Dublin today (Tuesday, 8 February, 2011), as a result of the red card he received during the Heineken Cup Pool 6 match against London Wasps at Adams Park on Sunday, 23 January, 2011, and as a...
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The Leinster squad trained in Donnybrook on Monday afternoon ahead of the visit of Saracens to the RDS in Saturday afternoon’s Round 5 Heineken Cup clash (KO: 1.30pm). Sean O’Brien, who was rested for the 15-10 victory over the Ospreys, rejoined the panel and will be available for selection while the injuries sustained by...
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Defending Heineken Cup champions Toulouse and former double winners London Wasps will bring the curtain down on the 2010 / 2011 Pool stages when they clash in a key Pool 6 contest at Adams Park on Sunday, 23 January, 2011. Tournament organisers ERC today (Wednesday, 22 December) announced the dates and kick-off times for...
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