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Jan 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on FOUR UNCAPPED PLAYERS TO FACE IRELAND IN ROME AND ENGLAND AWAY
Italy Head Coach Jacques Brunel named today a 30-man squad ahead of RBS 6 Nations’ 2015 first two rounds. The Azzurri will assemble in Rome from January 25th to 28th ahead of their home debut against reigning champion Ireland on February 7th in...
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Jan 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on Legends of sevens turn out for National Sevens
All Blacks Sevens and New Zealand Women’s Sevens players out in force A star-studded line-up of All Blacks Sevens stars from the past and present will be a feature of the opening day of the Bayleys National Sevens which kicks-off at Rotorua...
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Jan 14, 15 •
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Comments Off on Six Nations Ireland favorites, England out to gain edge
The count down is on, as the sides up in the Northern Hemisphere will look to sharpen up on their game plans, test out combinations and look to see who to cut out from their World Cup plans. With England hosting the show piece this year the onus is on the...
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Jan 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on Laureus World Sports Awards Shanghai 2015
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS TO BE STAGED AT GRAND THEATRE SHANGHAI ON APRIL 15 · Globally televised Awards Ceremony in Shanghai will be attended by many of the world’s greatest sports legends · ‘I am delighted that the Awards Ceremony will take place in...
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Jan 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on Kenya Rugby Statement:
S/O to Eric Situma. He was hired fulltime by Rugby Afrique(formerly CAR) as a Regional Development Officer. He is responsible for the 2nd and 3rd divisions’ competitions, and has to assist with the Get Into Rugby project and other projects related to school...
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Jan 10, 15 •
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Comments Off on England Saxons to play Ireland Wolfhounds in Cork
Photo: Jon Callard to coach England Saxons ENGLAND Saxons will face Ireland Wolfhounds at Irish Independent Park on Friday, January 30. The match will kick off in Cork at 7.45pm and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports HD. The last time the two sides met on...
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Jan 9, 15 •
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Comments Off on KURTLEY BEALE RE-SIGNS WITH AUSTRALIAN RUGBY
Qantas Wallabies and NSW Waratahs playmaker Kurtley Beale has signed a one-year contract extension with Australian Rugby that will take him through until after the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The 26-year-old talent has played 49 Tests for Australia and featured in...
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Jan 7, 15 •
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Comments Off on Clock ticks down to the start of the 2015 RBS 6 Nations
Photo: Ireland celebrate winning the 2014 tournament – Inpho Welcome to the 2015 RBS 6 Nations, with the first game of the tournament now less than a month away below is a complete guide to this year’s fixtures. The action gets underway with...
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Jan 7, 15 •
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Comments Off on Wales Under 20 prepare to face England one month today
The WRU International Pathway staff will finalise the Wales Under 20 squad for the Six Nations next week following two, three-day training camps. The squad will be supported by a group of young coaches – newly appointed WRU international skills coaches...
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Jan 2, 15 •
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Comments Off on Welcome to 2015: Year of Rugby World Cup
Watch the Welcoming – http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E6imltvSeR8 HOST CITIES MARK 2015 Tournament organisers England Rugby 2015 and tournament owners Rugby World Cup Limited, along with Visit England and Newcastle Council marked the turning of the...
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Jan 1, 15 •
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Comments Off on #Kenya7s Training squad:
Photo: Marc Sing Key 1.) Patrice Agunda, 2.) Dennis Muhanji, 3.) Felix Ayange 4.) Collins Injera, 5.) Dan Sikuta, 6.) Dennis Ombach, 7.) Lavin Asego, 8.) Andrew Amonde, 9.) Oliver Mang’eni, 10.) Jacob Ojee, 11.) Michael Wanjala, 12.) Billy Odhiambo,...
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Dec 31, 14 •
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Comments Off on New Year’s Honours for rugby family
WORLD Cup-winning England pair Sarah Hunter and Rochelle Clark have received MBEs in the New Year’s Honours List for services to rugby – while former RFU chairman and president Paul Murphy, Hertfordshire volunteer John Stuart Atkinson and Winscombe...
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Dec 29, 14 •
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Comments Off on PHIPPS EXTENDS COMMITMENT TO AUSTRALIAN RUGBY
Qantas Wallabies and New South Wales Waratahs scrumhalf Nick Phipps has signed a two-year contract extension with Australian Rugby that will take him through until the end of the 2017 season. The 25-year-old has played 28 Tests and played in all 14 Test...
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Dec 24, 14 •
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Comments Off on AFRICA RUGBY NEW LOOK EXECUTIVE
On Saturday, December 13th, the Confederation of African Rugby gathered in Marcoussis, France, for its 2014 General Assembly Meeting. This year, the General Assembly took place in two parts with first of all an Extraordinary Assembly. In keeping with IRB...
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Dec 23, 14 •
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Comments Off on BRADLEY WILKIN JOINS AUSTRALIAN SEVENS PROGRAM
Photo: Marc Sing Key The Qantas Australian Rugby Sevens program is delighted to announce the signing of Bradley Wilkin, effective from January 2015. The Queensland Reds Elite Development flanker, who turned 19 earlier this month, arrives at Sevens HQ in...
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Dec 23, 14 •
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Comments Off on Greg Smith appointed Black Ferns Head Coach
Former professional player and Waikato Coach Greg Smith has been appointed Head Coach of the New Zealand Black Ferns team through to the next Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017. New Zealand Rugby General Manager Rugby Neil Sorensen today announced Smith’s...
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Dec 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Wayne Smith to re-join All Blacks coaching staff for 2015
Photo: Anton Geyser One of world rugby’s leading coaches, Wayne Smith, is to return to the All Blacks coaching staff for the 2015 season, it was announced today. Smith, who was part of the All Blacks coaching staff from 2004 through to the team’s...
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Dec 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on THREE NEW ADDITIONS TO WOMEN’S RUGBY SEVENS CENTRALISED PROGRAM
The Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens program has announced its list of contracted players for 2015. Now in its second year of being a centralised in Sydney, national Women’s Head Coach Tim Walsh has made three additions to the contracted list with...
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Dec 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on MR GABRIEL OUKO APPOINTED KRU CHAIRMAN
Photo: Marc Sing Key On behalf of the Board of the Kenya Rugby Union, I would like to inform you that the Chairman of the Union, Mr. Mwangi Muthee, has resigned from the Board with immediate effect. In accordance with Clause 10 (10) of the Constitution of the...
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Dec 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on NMB Stadium records 8% visitor growth with Sevens & projects increased economic impact for Bay
Photo: Marc Sing Key PORT ELIZABETH, DECEMBER 18, 2014: NELSON Mandela Bay Stadium today announced that the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens tournament (13 – 14 December) will have positive downstream economic growth effects for hospitality sectors, tourism...
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Dec 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Barbarians and Argentina double anniversary celebration at Twickenham for the Killik Cup
The Barbarians will celebrate a spectacular year of international rugby against Argentina at Twickenham Stadium next November in the annual Killik Cup Autumn fixture. The famous invitation side celebrates its 125th birthday in 2015 and will take on the Pumas...
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Dec 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on JAMES HORWILL SIGNS A THREE-YEAR POST-RUGBY WORLD CUP DEAL WITH TOP ENGLISH CLUB HARLEQUINS
Queensland Rugby Union today announced James Horwill has signed a three-year contract with English Premiership giant Harlequins. Horwill, a 107-cap St.George Queensland Red who has 58 Wallabies caps and has led the national team on 16 occasions, will make the...
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Dec 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Adam Ashley-Cooper signs two year deal with Bordeaux
Photo: Werner Nysschen Phoyography NSW Waratah veteran Adam Ashley-Cooper has signed a two-year contract with leading French club Bordeaux Begles. Ashley-Cooper, who has earned 46-caps for the NSW Waratahs and 104 test caps for the Wallabies in an already...
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Dec 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Daniel Carter to leave New Zealand Rugby at end of 2015
Daniel Carter, world rugby’s leading points scorer and one of the greatest players to ever don the All Blacks jersey, is to leave New Zealand rugby at the end of the 2015 season. The All Blacks and Crusaders first five-eighth has announced he has signed...
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Dec 16, 14 •
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Comments Off on Hansen reappointed as All Blacks Head Coach to 2017
All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen has been reappointed until the end of the 2017 season, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) confirmed today. The contract extension, announced by NZR Chief Executive Steve Tew at a media conference in Wellington, will see Hansen coach...
