All posts tagged "Challenge Cup"
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoTom Varndell: I won’t quit England until I beat Mark Cueto’s record
Tom Varndell wants to end his career abroad but he will not leave English rugby until he is the most prolific...
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/ 11 years agoEuropean Cup finals teams
Champions Cup final: Clermont v Toulon Clermont: Nick Abendanon; Noa Nakaitaci, Jonathan Davies, Wesley Fofana, Naipolioni Nalaga; Brock James, Morgan Parra;...
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/ 11 years agoEuropean Cup semi-finals teams
Champions Cup Clermont v Saracens Clermont: Nick Abendanon; Noa Nakaitaci, Jonathan Davies, Wesley Fofana, Naipolioni Nalaga; Brock James, Ludovic Radoslavjevic; Vincent...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Lyn Jones is happy to foster home-grown Dragons
Lyn Jones and his home-grown Dragons start the most challenging week of their lives today. By the end of it, nobody...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup quarter-finals teams
Exeter v Newcastle Exeter: Byron McGuigan; Tom James, Ian Whitten, Sam Hill, Matt Jess; Henry Slade, Will Chudley; Ben Moon, Jack...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Elliott Stooke – Gloucester lock
What do you make of Gloucester‘s season? Slow start but picking up the pace. Was it to be expected after so...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Lions legend Graham Price takes a prop shot at Adam Jones axe
As the only tighthead on the planet to have propped the Lions through 12 consecutive Test matches, Graham Price knows a...
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/ 11 years agoWorcester announce signing of Phil Dowson
Worcester Warriors today announced the signing of Phil Dowson ahead of next season. The Northampton back-rower will move to Sixways this...
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/ 11 years agoDunn and Ewels commit to Bath
Charlie Ewels and Tom Dunn have renewed their contracts with Bath in a move which sees the duo make the step...
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/ 11 years agoDenton and Maitland out of Six Nations start
Scotland duo David Denton and Sean Maitland will miss the start of the Six Nations through injury. The pair sustained calf...
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/ 11 years agoEuropean Cups semi-finals draw
Wasps and Northampton will host the Champions Cup semi-finals should they win on the road at Toulon and Clermont. Following the...
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/ 11 years agoLondon Welsh suffer sixth Challenge Cup defeat
London Welsh are still winless this season following a 17-12 defeat to Lyon in the last round of the Challenge Cup...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 6 teams
POOL 1 Grenoble v Cardiff Blues Grenoble: Fabien Gengenbacher (Capt.); Ratu Alipate Ratini, Jackson Willison, Louis Marrou, Daniel Kilioni; Jordan Michallet,...
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/ 11 years agoExeter through to Challenge Cup quarter-finals
Exeter have joined Gloucester and the Dragons in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after their 33-24 win at Connacht yesterday. The Chiefs...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 5 teams
Bordeaux-Bègles v London Welsh Bordeaux-Bègles: Romain Lonca; Paulin Riva, Metuisela Talebulamaijaina, Charles Brousse, Lucas Blanc; Pierre Bernard, Baptiste Serin (c); Laurent...
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/ 11 years agoEdinburgh beat London Welsh in Challenge Cup
Edinburgh have one foot in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after beating London Weslsh 24-6 yesterday. The Scots, who had Dougie Fife...
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/ 11 years agoNewcastle Falcons fall in Paris
Newcastle Falcons have lost their unbeaten record in the Challenge Cup after they went down 31-24 to Stade Francais in Paris...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 4 teams
Bayonne v Connacht Bayonne: Jon Elissalde; Saimoni Vaka, Lalakai Foketi, Matthieu Ugalde, Pierre Sayerse; Clement Otazo, Christophe Loustalot (Capt.); JC Van...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 3 teams
Bucharest v NG Dragons Bucharest: Luke Samoa; Robert Neagu, Catalin Dascalu, Florin Ionita, Ionut Botezatu; Florin Vlaicu (Capt.), Florin Surugiu; Constantin...
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/ 11 years agoExeter thump La Rochelle in France
Exeter carried on their formidable run of form with a 36-10 away win over La Rochelle in the third round of...
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/ 11 years agoLa Rochelle v Exeter teams
La Rochelle: Jean-Pascal Barraque; Botia Veivuke, Alofa Alofa, Kini Murimurivalu, Damien Cler; Jules Lebail, Julien Audy; Jordan Seneca, Benjamin Geledan, Benoit...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 2 teams
London Welsh: Seb Jewell; Rhys Crane, James Lewis, Olly Barkley, Nick Scott; Gordon Ross, Paul Rowley; Shane Cahill, Mathew Dobson, Taione...
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/ 11 years agoLondon Irish demolish Rovigo
London Irish scored ten tries as they demolished Rovigo 72-14 in the opening round of the Challenge Cup yesterday. Topsy Ojo...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round one teams
Newcastle v Bucharest Newcastle: Lee Smith; Tom Catterick, Tom Penny, Chris Harris, Noah Cato; Rory Clegg, Warren Fury; Eric Fry, Rob...
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/ 11 years agoGloucester thrash Brive in Challenge Cup opener
Charlie Sharples crossed for a hat-trick of tries as Gloucester demolished French side Brive 55-0 at Kingsholm last night in the...
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/ 11 years agoGloucester name side for Challenge Cup opener
Australian Billy Meakes will make his first Gloucester start with Brive the visitors to Kingsholm in the first round of the...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Europe’s suddenly got a lot tougher for the Irish
Soon after Brian O’Driscoll had been revealed as the latest jewel in BT Sport’s ever-expanding crown of former international pundits he...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoLuke Arscott: I’ll help Anthony Watson but No.15 jersey is up for grabs
Full-back thrilled about leadership role at new club to get the most out of its talented but youthful backline.
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Moment In Time
/ 11 years agoMoment in Time: the 2006 Challenge Cup final
Cup finals are often tight, tense affairs decided by a mistake or controversial penalty. But not on this particular occasion as...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup fixtures announced
Round 1 October 16 Gloucester v Brive (19:45) October 17 Newcastle v Bucharest or Calvisano (20:00) Bordeaux-Begles v Edinburgh (20:00) October...
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European Rugby
/ 11 years agoTwickenham to stage inaugural Champions Cup final
The inaugural Champions Cup final will be hosted at Twickenham it was announced today. The Challenge Cup decider will go ahead...
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European Rugby
/ 12 years agoEnglish clubs react to European Cups draw
Jim Mallinder – Northampton Director of Rugby “We haven’t played Racing Metro before, and going to Paris will be an exciting...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoEuro Cup place ‘will keep’ Joe Launchbury at London Wasps
Fears that England lock Joe Launchbury could be the next Wasps star pinched by Saracens have eased now that qualification for...
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/ 12 years agoNew Northampton deal for Jim Mallinder
Jim Mallinder has celebrated Northampton‘s Premiership and Amlin Cup double by putting pen to paper on a new five-year deal. The...
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/ 12 years agoOne-week ban for Salesi Ma’afu
Salesi Ma’afu has received a one-week ban for punching Leicester‘s Tom Youngs during last Friday’s Aviva Premiership semi-final. This means the...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Daniel Browne – London Welsh back row
Just 35… is happy birthday in order? Thanks. I’ve been getting lots of grief off the boys! Quite a few were...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Big Man’s dynasty is thriving at Tigers
When Frank Whitcombe signed for Broughton Rangers at Belle Vue in Manchester, they gave him £100 and a keeper’s job at...
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/ 12 years agoThe new face of European Rugby
After months of negotiations, the future of European rugby has finally been sorted with all the European stakeholders agreeing the new...
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/ 12 years agoERC Statement on European Rugby
As European rugby’s stakeholders today (Thursday, 10 April) confirm an agreement for a new phase in the development of the European...
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/ 12 years agoEuropean Rugby Broadcast Statement
BT and Sky have reached an agreement in principle concerning arrangements for the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Neil Best – London Scottish flanker
Enjoyable stint at Scottish? It’s been good. I never envisaged playing here but I’m 35 in April and I’m pleased to...
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/ 12 years agoChris Robshaw re-appointed England captain
As expected, Chris Robshaw has been re-appointed England captain for the upcoming RBS 6 Nations. Since taking the reins for Head...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Booth – former Leicester and Bath wing
There are two major incidents that shaped my rugby career – first it was watching the 1994 Challenge Cup final and...
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/ 12 years agoBath clarify Gary Gold’s exit
Bath explained Gary Gold’s shock departure claiming the club and the South African couldn’t agree on what the role of Director...
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/ 12 years agoAmlin Challenge Cup round 2 teams
Worcester v Sale Worcester: Chris Pennell; Josh Drauniniu, Alex Grove, Max Stelling, Dean Hammond; Paul Warwick, Jeremy Su’a; George Porter, Chris...
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/ 12 years agoWasps in driving seat with Bayonne win
Two second-half tries put London Wasps in the driving seat to qualify for the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals after a 26-10...
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/ 12 years agoTwo-week ban for Bath’s Ollie Devoto and Scarlets’ Samson Lee
Ollie Devoto has been hit by a two-week ban for punching Bordeaux-Bègles winger Blair Connor last Saturday in the opening round of...
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/ 12 years agoSale v Biarritz: preview
Joe Ford and Will Cliff will lead Sale‘s attack tomorrow as they host Biarritz in the opening round of the Amlin...
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/ 12 years agoERC meeting to take place in Dublin tomorrow
In a response the statement released by Premiership Rugby earlier today, the ERC has hit back saying the stakeholders are to...
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/ 12 years agoEnglish and French to start discussion over new European competition immediately
In a statement released today, Premiership Rugby confirmed they considered the negotiations over the European Competitions ended and they were to...











