Insurance, investments and pensions group LV=, is the new title sponsor of the LV= Cup, rugby’s Anglo-Welsh tournament, the joint competition managed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). … The eventual winner, if an English club, will gain a place in the Heineken Cup for next season. The tournament already has a broadcaster with Sky Sports committed to promoting the LV= Cup and showing one live match per round and the semi-finals and final for …
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SATURDAY'S OPPONENTS – BRIDGEND TOWN – North Wales Blogs …
Bridgend Town have recently announced a ground breaking deal where by the club now shares the Brewery Field in Bridgend with the Celtic Crusaders (Rugby League) and Bridgend Ravens (Rugby Union). Add a Comment · delicious · digg this …
European Club Rugby : Evans eyes Welsh winner
The Official Website of the European Rugby Cup. Includes news, fixtures, results and statistics for the Heineken Cup, European Challenge Cup and the ERC.
Official RBS 6 Nations Rugby : Barnes out of European tour
6nations.net The Official Website of the RBS 6 Nations Europe’s Premier International Rugby Tournament. … Australia Under-20 fly-half Matt Toomua now comes into the Wallabies’ squad as full replacement for Barnes after initially being called up as cover for the young playmaker for next week’s tour match against Guinness Premiership club Gloucester. The 19-year-old Toomua left Sydney for London last night, and will join the Wallabies touring party when the team arrives …
Expert predictions for Wallabies grand slam 2009
Lote Tuqiri Ex-Wallaby, “I’m hoping for a clean sweep but i do worry about the Welsh and the Irish on home soil. Totally different rugby up there as u know..Sharpey will b a massive loss in the tight 5, lineout calling etc, We just really …. We didn’t play well in the 3 Nations and since then it’s been either back to club rugby or the gym. Hardly top preparation for a Grand Slam. Add to that the continued mucking about at 10 and 12 and the waste of a chance to develop …
Rugby: Leading Welsh players unavailable for All Blacks clash …
Wales are set to be without their English-based rugby players for next month’s test against the All Blacks in Cardiff.Premier Rugby, which runs the English club premiership, has barred Welsh players who earn their livings in England… …
Official RBS 6 Nations Rugby : Wilkinson feared end of England career
6nations.net The Official Website of the RBS 6 Nations Europe’s Premier International Rugby Tournament. … But the 30-year-old has been revived at French club Toulon, where he has been in impressive form after returning to full fitness. His comeback will be completed when he lines up against Australia on November 7, with the atmosphere in the England camp already reviving memories of 2003. “I probably did fear this day would never come,” said Wilkinson. …
Welsh Euro dream soars as rugby prepares for year of the Ospreys …
The Cardiff Blues (and in particular Martyn Williams) were the victims in that semi-final, of course, a penalty kick away from the biggest stage in club rugby. And it was the Ospreys who had been left behind, demolished 43-9 by a …
European Club Rugby : Still no substitute for experience
A whole host of Hayes’ contemporaries who have also been alive and kicking since the early Seventies are also ready to bust a gut in European action, veterans like Leicester Tigers’ Welsh-speaking hooker Mefin Davies (37), …
European Club Rugby : Phillips blow for Ospreys
The Official Site of European Club Rugby. Includes comprehensive guide to the Heineken Cup, Amlin Challenge Cup as well as ticket information. … Olympus Rugby XV Madrid · Overmach Parma · Petrarca Padova · Racing-Metro 92 …