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Posted 846 days ago
SALE SHARKS have named their team for tomorrow evening’s Aviva Premiership Rugby game against Leicester Tigers, at Edgeley Park (KO 7-45pm). Head Coach Pete Anglesea said, “ We know that we will have to show them total respect throughout the game and match their physicality. We also know that we need to be focussed from the first whistle to the last.…
Posted 876 days ago
Martin Castrogiovanni has committed his future to Leicester Tigers after agreeing a new contract with the defending English champions. The Italy international tighthead prop is approaching 100 appearances for the club and has been a big hit with team-mates and supporters since his arrival at Welford Road in 2006.
Named Premiership Player of the Year in his debut season in 2006/07,…
Posted 890 days ago
The race for the prestigious eight Heineken Cup quarter-final places is entering the final straight – but 11 of the 24 teams in the 2010 / 2011 tournament will still be in elite European club rugby action come April.
While the six Pool winners and two best Pool runners-up will prolong their Heineken Cup adventure into the knock-out stages, the next…
Posted 892 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
England’s midfield problems have been well documented. While the likes of Chris Ashton and Ben Foden shone during the November Internationals, the same could not be said of the Mike Tindall and Shontayne Hape centre partnership.
The fact that Martin Johnson even experimented with Matt Banahan in the No 13 shirt proves that the England…
Posted 892 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
Leicester remain top of the Aviva Premiership after this hard-fought win over Midlands rivals Northampton at Welford Road.
A few flashes of brilliance from Ben Foden aside, it was a game for the purists with the two packs fiercely competitive both in the set-piece and the breakdown – and it was Leicester’s strength up front…
Posted 1256 days ago
By Paul Morgan, Editor of Rugby World Magazine
Leicester 34 Wasps 8
Wasps have problems, big problems up front as for the second time in a week they have been undone by a far more powerful front row.
This time – against Leicester – it was the turn of Dan Cole (who’ll find himself in the Saxons squad this week), the 22-year-old local…
Posted 1268 days ago
By Rugby World reader, Kate Bamber
London Wasps vs Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle have never won in eight previous visits to Adams Park, whilst the Falcons only previous win on Wasps soil was 33-30 at Loftus Road on 11 November 2001. London Wasps have won their last four encounters in all competitions since losing 6-22 at Saracens in the Guinness Premiership on…
Posted 1395 days ago
By Rugby World reader, writing from Australia
It was only a few months ago that the English rugby public united to support the British and Irish Lions. But come September, a divided front will descend down England as we welcome in the new Guinness Premiership season, and with that, our individual teams.
You’d be hard pressed to look beyond last season’s top…
Posted 1494 days ago
From Paul Morgan, Editor of Rugby World Magazine
Leicester turned in a streetwise performance at Twickenham to beat London 10-9 and become the champions of England. It was finally sealed by a Jordan Crane try ten minutes from time.
A couple of things I noted:
* It was magnificent to see a new side in the final. This will be the first, not…
Posted 1507 days ago
Sport is cruel that’s for sure and perhaps we saw it as its most cruel at the Millennium Stadium in the Heineken semi-final. Leicester and Cardiff were locked at 26-26 at the end of 80 minutes and again at the end of a further 20 minutes of extra time, so it was left to rugby’s first penalty shoot out. Now…
