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Get to know Jonathan Davies

Posted 370 days ago

Jonathan Davies

By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
SCARLETS CENTRE Jonathan Davies has become a fixture in the Wales team, but we wanted to know what he gets up to off the field as well as find out his views on a couple of other topics…
MUSIC I like all sorts. I went to see Kanye West and Jay Z with a few…

Chris Cusiter on life in Glasgow

Posted 387 days ago

Chris Cusiter

CHRIS CUSITER will be to the fore of Glasgow’s bid to reach the RaboDirect Pro12 final when they play Leinster at the RDS on Saturday night.
Scotland scrum-half Cusiter, who this season agreed a new three-year deal with Glasgow, will be looking to help the Warriors make the final for the first time and give coach Sean Lineen a fitting send-off…

Blues make six changes to face Edinburgh

Posted 397 days ago

Cardiff Blues have made six changes, as they bid farewell to a number of great servants when they take on Edinburgh at the Cardiff City Stadium, Sunday 2.05pm kick off
It will no doubt be an emotional occasion being the final home match for Ben Blair, Casey Laulala, Martyn Williams, Maama Molitika, Gethin Jenkins, John Yapp, Richie Rees and Dan Parks,…

Leinster name strong team to play Ulster

Posted 398 days ago

In all there are 13 Ireland qualified players in the starting Leinster XV including scrum-half Eoin Reddan – making his 60th Leinster appearance – who links up with Jonathan Sexton at half back for the trip to Belfast, (Friday, KO: 7:05pm).
Luke Fitzgerald is named in a back three alongside the Kearney brothers. Unfortunately, Eoin O’Malley was a late withdrawal this…

Blair to leave Edinburgh

Posted 406 days ago

Edinburgh Rugby can confirm that scrum-half Mike Blair, in his tenth year with the club, will leave at the end of the season.
A former pupil of Edinburgh Academy, Blair played club rugby first for Edinburgh Academicals and then for Boroughmuir, before joining Edinburgh Rugby in 2002.
He made his Scotland debut against Canada in the same year and went on to…

Edinburgh sign Georgia international Dimitri Basilaia

Posted 407 days ago

Edinburgh Rugby today welcomed a significant boost to the club’s physical dimension with the signing of Georgia number 8 Dimitri Basilaia from Valence d’Agen.
The announcement serves as the latest signing for the Murrayfield club, which booked a place in the semi-final of the Heineken Cup with an historic 19-14 win over Toulouse, lining up a clash with RaboDirect PRO12 rivals…

Munster v Leinster preview

Posted 417 days ago

Munster fans

THE TOP two in the RaboDirect Pro12 go head-to-head at Thomond Park tonight as Munster host their Irish rivals Leinster. It’s sure to be an enthralling match, but who’s going to come out on top in Limerick? Here Conor Murray, Alan Quinlan, Bernard Jackman and RTE Sport’s Michael Corcoran offer their thoughts on the top-of-the-table clash…

Edinburgh back to full strength ahead of Scarlets visit

Posted 419 days ago

Edinburgh Rugby have welcomed the return of nine front-line Scotland internationalists for this Friday’s PRO12 clash with Scarlets at Murrayfield Stadium (kick-off 7.35pm).
The players returned to training at the start of the week and have all been successfully re-integrated into the squad for the crucial match against a playoff-chasing Welsh outfit bolstered by the return of their Grand Slam winning…

Down returns for Blues against Scarlets

Posted 425 days ago

Cardiff Blues second row forward James Down has recovered from a fracture dislocation of his ankle to make his first start since Racing Metro in November.
The Blues also welcome back Grand Slam heroes Alex Cuthbert and Lloyd Williams to the side following their heroics against France last Saturday.
Sam Warburton and Gethin Jenkins are both out with shoulder injuries while Leigh…

O’Driscoll and Cullen return for Ospreys clash

Posted 425 days ago

Brian O’Driscoll will make his first appearance for Leinster after making significant progress in recent weeks following injury and he will partner fellow Ireland international Fergus McFadden at centre for the visit of the Ospreys at the RDS (KO: 7.05pm).
Isaac Boss links up with Ian Madigan at half back with David Kearney forming a lively back three alongside Luke Fitzgerald…

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