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Posted 489 days ago
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 contracted member of the Scotland 7s squad, Horne,…
Posted 491 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
IT WAS hardly a vintage performance by Cardiff Blues in Reading but they head into the final round of the Heineken Cup pool stages with quarter-final qualification in their hands. Level on points with Edinburgh, they just have to match the Scots’ performance next weekend to make the last eight.
As for this match against…
Posted 493 days ago
We are in for a treat this Friday night as two former European champions, Ulster and Leicester, lock horns at Ravenhill. The Heineken Pool 4 clash is a must-win game for both teams, the hosts currently sitting atop their group on 14 points and the Tigers just two behind them.
Brian McLaughlin has been able to name a full-strength team, with…
Posted 516 days ago
The Irish Rugby Football Union today announced some refinements to its professional player contract policy to further support the national succession strategy for the Ireland team to come into effect from Season 2013/14. .
The challenge for the IRFU in an increasingly competitive environment is to strike a long term balance between success for the Ireland team, through exposing Irish players…
Posted 517 days ago
The Scarlets, Ospreys, Cardiff Blues and Newport Gwent Dragons have united under a landmark legal agreement that will seek to deliver greater long-term sustainability in regional rugby supported by the WRU.
A series of pragmatic new measures have been agreed, with the philosophy behind the agreement firmly anchored in the need to protect and encourage investment in development structures and pathways…
Posted 518 days ago
Cardiff Blues will play their 100th Heineken Cup match when they travel to the Madejski Stadium in Round 5 to meet London Irish.
They will join Toulouse, Munster, Leinster, Leicester Tigers and the Scarlets as tournament centurions, while Perpignan will play their 100th European match when they host Newport Gwent Dragons at Stade Aime Giral in Round 5 of the Amlin…
Posted 518 days ago
Munster stand alone as the only club left with four from four as the tournament takes a break before resuming in 2012 with the critical Rounds 5 and 6 that will determine the prestigious quarter-finalists.
And the Heineken Cup takes that break on the back of a record breaking weekend of matches high in quality, tension and drama – perhaps best…
Posted 518 days ago
The Glasgow Warriors backline will boast yet more international quality in season 2012/13, after it was today confirmed that Sean Lamont is to return to the club from the start of the next campaign.
The news comes just over a fortnight after his brother Rory rejoined the Warriors after a four-year hiatus.
Sean, a powerful winger who can also play in the…
Posted 520 days ago
A Heineken Cup Pool match is set to attract a crowd of more than 40,000 for the second successive Saturday when defending champions Leinster and Bath Rugby clash at the Aviva Stadium in a key Pool 3 match as the tournament moves into the second half of the group stages.
There were 41,063 fans at Wembley Stadium watching Saracens beat the…
Posted 520 days ago
Four times Heineken Cup champions Toulouse will reach another tournament milestone this weekend when they become the first team to notch 1 million fans at their home matches in Europe’s premier club tournament.
Guy Noves’ side were the inaugural winners of the competition and were also the first team to win the title three times. They were the first club to…
