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Posted 452 days 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 453 days ago
24-year-old Tim Visser has penned a new deal with Edinburgh Rugby, keeping the try-machine in the Scotland capital until 2015.
Head coach Michael Bradley said: “Tim [Visser] is very much at home in Edinburgh and I’m sure that today’s announcement will make us the envy of many clubs in Europe. His consistency is what sets him apart. Year after year he…
Posted 456 days ago
Newport Gwent Dragons can confirm that wing Aled Brew is set to leave the region at the end of the season for Biarritz.
The 24-year old wing has enjoyed 2 stints at the Dragons, with international call-ups resulting from both his periods at Rodney Parade.
‘I’m looking forward to moving abroad but I also leave the Dragons with a heavy heart,” he…
Posted 458 days ago
Edinburgh Rugby revealed details of a major overseas signing, announcing that they have recruited South African prop WP (Willem Petrus) Nel from Super 15 side Free State Cheetahs on a three year contract until 2015.
An immensely powerful scrummager and dynamic ball carrier, Nel is held in high esteem in the southern hemisphere, with his capture seen as a major coup…
Posted 465 days ago
The Leinster team to face Benetton Treviso in Thursday night’s RaboDirect PRO12 clash in the RDS (KO: 7.05pm) has been named.
Dubliner Colm O’Shea will make his debut for the province and the 21-year-old former Belvedere College SJ centre – who has featured in four British & Irish Cup games so far this season – will form a midfield partnership with…
Posted 477 days ago
Scarlets tight head prop Rhys Thomas has been admitted to Morriston Hospital, Swansea, after collapsing during training at Parc y Scarlets yesterday afternoon (Thursday 26th January 2012).
Rhys was treated by Scarlets medical staff at his training base of Parc Y Scarlets before being taken by ambulance to hospital where he was treated for a heart condition.
He has undergone successful surgery…
Posted 478 days ago
After 15 months out with a knee injury Ben Blair returns to rugby this weekend
Having suffered a knee injury in the Heineken Cup match against Castres in October 2010, Cardiff Blues fullback Ben Blair returns to action to face Gloucester this weekend.
The Blues take on Gloucester at Kingsholm on Saturday 28 January at 3pm and Blair is relieved to be…
Posted 487 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 493 days ago
Two Glasgow Warriors players, Ruaridh Jackson and Moray Low, sustained injuries during the first half of last Saturday’s RaboDirect PRO12 match away to Scarlets.
Stand-off Jackson was withdrawn from the fray in Llanelli after experiencing pain in his upper leg when kicking an early penalty. The 23-year-old has been subject to further assessment, and no long-term issues are anticipated.
A Warriors spokesman…
Posted 498 days ago
One of the longest-serving and most popular members of the Glasgow Warriors squad will head up the team’s bid to stay at the top end of the RaboDirect PRO12 when they face Scarlets in Llanelli tomorrow (kick-off 6.15pm).
Fergus Thomson, the hooker who has played some 122 games for the club since 2003, will make his first appearance of the season…
