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Posted 6 hours ago
London Irish has signed Tom Smith from Ospreys on a two year deal the club can reveal this afternoon.
Smith, who was born in Bristol, has made 60 appearances for the Welsh region scoring two tries. Standing 6 feet 2 inches and weighing just under 17 stones, he will bring plenty of physicality to the Irish back row as well as…
Posted 9 hours ago
After losing against two Irish teams, Benetton Treviso continue their Celtic adventure in Wales for Round 16 of the RaboDirect PRO12.
Treviso have been hit hard by injury and six nations selections, missing 15 players in total including Francesco Minto, who replaces Paul Derbyshire. They meet Llanelli on Thursday (ko 19:35) at Parc y Scarlets, just 7 points behind the Welsh…
Posted 9 hours ago
Eight internationals line up for Western Force in the 2012 Super Rugby season opener in Canberra this Friday against the Brumbies.
Following 15 weeks of intensive pre-season preparations Coach Richard Graham said his side is eager to make a strong statement as competition points go on the line for the first time in 2012.
“We’ve drawn a line in the sand and…
Posted 10 hours ago
The Scarlets will be looking to home and a supportive Parc y Scarlets crowd on Thursday evening as they face a vital game against Treviso in their RaboDirect PR012 top four ambitions.
Having won their last five league games at home at Parc y Scarlets, the West Wales region will be looking to extend winning ways and their best home run…
Posted 10 hours ago
Blues coach Pat Lam has named a starting line-up of players who earned their jerseys through solid pre-season performances and are in optimum shape to play the Crusaders in the opening round of the Investec Super Rugby season.
Captained by Keven Mealamu, the Blues welcome back winger Rudi Wulf after a stint in Toulon and he is joined by North Harbour…
Posted 12 hours ago
The Crusaders will open the Super Rugby season this Friday night when they meet the Blues in Auckland. Coming off a successful pre-season where they knocked off the Highlanders, Hurricanes and Rebels, the Crusaders will be looking to continue their winning streak as the official season kicks off.
Four changes have been made to the starting fifteen that met the Rebels…
Posted 13 hours ago
England Saxon and london Irish scrum-half Paul Hodgson has signed a three year contract with Worcester Warriors.
Hodgson, who is currently part of the Saxons EPS squad and has made nine test appearances for England, will make the move to Sixways on a three-year deal from the start of next season.
Known as ‘Dodge’ because of his sidestepping skills, Epsom-born Hodgson has…
Posted 1 day ago
Headingley was the scene for the latest upset in what is proving to be a fascinating second tier competition, writes Richard Grainger.
The penultimate week the Championship’s Stage One saw Leeds lose 22-24 at home to bottom-placed Esher on Sunday, a reversal which virtually ends Leeds’ Premiership dreams for this season. Of course, the Yorkshire side, currently in seventh place,…
Posted 1 day ago
Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby winger Lee Jones has capped a breakthrough season with an extended deal that will keep him at the Murrayfield club until 2014.
As one of the season’s stand-out performers, the young Borderer has shown an extraordinary strength and guile as a line-breaking, try-scoring winger, running in five scores in 16 appearances so far this season, two of…
Posted 1 day ago
IN December Peter Stringer was parachuted in to Saracens from Munster to assist them during their injury crisis. Sarries regulars Richard Wigglesworth and Neil de Kock were struck down with knee and arm injuries respectively, leaving 19-year-old Ben Spencer at the top of the pile, and seeing as he was such an unknown quantity at the time, Mark McCall and…
