Dragons and Cardiff Rugby kickoff their BKT United Rugby Championship campaigns at home, while the Ospreys head to Ireland and the Scarlets are in South Africa for their first round ties. There has been plenty of activity over the close season even if many World Cup players won’t be on
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New italian Club “Zebre” set to replace “Aironi” in the Heineken Cup and the RaboDirect PRO12
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,
Players/Squads of the Year RaboDirect Pro12
This is the full list of awarded players/squads at tonight's RaboDirect Pro12 Awards happening in Cardiff: Tim Visser (Edinburgh) - Players' Player of the Year Stuart Hogg (Glasgow) - Young Player of the Year Joe Schmidt (Leinster) - Coach of the Year Hanno Dirksen (Ospreys) - Try of the Year Shane Williams (Ospreys) - Chairman's
All eyes turned to the 17th Heineken Cup
Connacht Rugby will taste Heineken Cup action for the first time next season – courtesy of Leinster winning their second Heineken Cup crown with a sensational comeback that clinched a 33-22 victory over Northampton Saints in a magnificent season’s finale at the Millennium Stadium. The extra two ERC European Ranking points
Northampton Saints V. Leinster – Most likely the Heineken Cup greatest game ever played
Certainly the 16th ERC showpiece, and the sixth staged in Cardiff, featured the greatest tournament comeback of all time. Leinster were 16 points adrift at the break, yet fought back to score 27 points without response to win the most coveted club rugby title in the world game for the second