The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) has announced today, Wednesday, 7 June, that Zebre (Zebras) will be the new club to replace Aironi Rugby in the Heineken Cup and the RaboDirect PRO12 for the 2012/13 season. Zebre were originally founded in 1973 as an invitational club for north-western Italy. The new club,
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Heineken Cup – Round 6 results (20/21/22.01.2012)
POOL 6 Connacht Rugby 9 Harlequins 8 HT: 9-5 Attendance: 5,420 Connacht Rugby: G Duffy [capt]; F Vainikolo, K Tonetti, H Fa'afili, T O'Halloran; N O'Connor, P O'Donohoe; B Wilkinson (D Buckley 68), A Flavin (E Reynecke 58), R Loughney (D Rogers 77), M Swift, M McCarthy, J Muldoon, R Ofisa, G Naoupu Scorers:
Heineken Cup – Round 5 results (14/15.01.2012)
POOL 1 Munster 26 Castres Olympique 10 HT: 16-7 Attendance: 25,600 Munster: D Hurley; J Murphy, K Earls, L Mafi (D Barnes 77), S Zebo; R O'Gara (I Keatley 73), C Murray (T O'Leary 65); W du Preez (M Horan 72), D Varley (D Fogarty 72), B Botha (S Archer 73), D Ryan,
Heineken Cup – Round 4 results (16/17/18.12.2011)
POOL 2 Edinburgh Rugby 19 Cardiff Blues 12 HT: 19-3 Attendance: 4,384 Edinburgh Rugby: C Paterson; L Jones, N De Luca, J King (M Scott 74), T Visser (T Brown 74); G Laidlaw [capt], M Blair; A Jacobsen (K Traynor 79), R Ford (S Lawrie 74), G Cross (J Gilding 64), G Gilchrist
Heineken Cup – Round 3 results (09/10/11.12.11)
POOL 4 Ulster Rugby 31 Aironi Rugby 10 HT: 12-3 Attendance: 7,494 Ulster Rugby: A D'Arcy; A Trimble (S Terblanche 51), D Cave, N Spence (P Jackson 52), C Gilroy; I Humphreys, R Pienaar (P Marshall 51); P McAllister (T Court 51), R Best (A Kyriacou 70), J Afoa (A Macklin 70), J
Heineken Cup – Second Round results (18/19/20.11.11)
POOL 1 Northampton Saints 23 Scarlets 28 HT: 9-21 Attendance: 13,475 Northampton Saints: G Pisi (S Armstrong 71); C Ashton, J Clarke, J Downey, V Artemyev; R Lamb, L Dickson (M Roberts 65); S Tonga'uiha (A Waller 71), D Hartley [capt] (M Haywood 74), B Mujati (P Doran-Jones 71), C Lawes, M Sorenson
Heineken Cup – First Round Results (11/12/13.11.2011)
POOL 6 Harlequins 25 Connacht Rugby 17 HT: 19-10 Attendance: 11,856 Harlequins: M Brown, S Stegmann, G Lowe (B Urdapilleta 34), J Turner-Hall, S Smith, N Evans, K Dickson (D Care 50), J Marler, C Brooker (J Gray 59), J Johnston, O Kohn (T Vallejos 14), G Robson, M Faasavalu (L Wallace 72),