All posts tagged "Munster"
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoTHE 1995-96 HEINEKEN EUROPEAN CUP
AND so it came to pass that the Heineken European Cup finally became reality on October 31 1995 at a small...
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Champions Cup
/ 11 months agoChampions Cup to stick with format
By JON NEWCOMBE CEO: Jacques Raynaud Fans hoping for a return to the old four-team, six pools Champions Cup format in...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoTuipulotu shines in star-studded line-up
Following Glasgow’s epic victory in the final last weekend, Simon Thomas selects his team of the season from the URC It...
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Features
/ 11 months agoPenaud proves the ultimate in French flair
Peter Jackson adds up the points scored last season across all games and finds the French with much to celebrate Damian...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months ago25 years on and it’s still a special place
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was the 25th anniversary of the first-ever...
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Features
/ 11 months agoI’m thrilled to see Bath enjoying its success
MY LIFE IN RUGBY GJ VAN VELZE THE FORMER BULLS, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND BATH BACK ROW/LOCK My journey with rugby began...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoEtzebeth puts it on the line
PETER JACKSON Rising high: Peter O’Mahony, left, competes at the lineout with Eben Etzebeth PICTURE: Getty Images EBEN Etzebeth has never...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoBullish Irish plan to go one better
U20S WORLD CUP POOL B IRELAND By BEN JAYCOCK New Ireland head coach Willie Faloon has continued with Munster’s Evan O’Connell...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoJamison Gibson-Park and Jack Conan to miss Ireland Tests against South Africa
Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and back-rower Jack Conan will miss Ireland’s two-Test series against world champions South Africa, whilst head coach Andy...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoBattling Glasgow grab final chance
By SAM JACKSON Glasgow stunned champions Munster 17-10 at Thomond Park last night to secure a place in the United Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoMunster can’t live with slick Warriors
By JOHN FALLON Munster .............................10pts Tries: Frisch 56 Conversions: Crowley 57 Penalties: Crowley 13 Glasgow.............................17pts Tries: Steyn 24, Cancelliere 51 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoJordan targets revenge mission
Glasgow out-half Tom Jordan said that having been in South Africa last month for two games is going to be a...
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Features
/ 11 months agoQuartet help Cardiff pull off unlikely double
Peter Jackson discovers which clubs and players come out best and worst when it comes to red and yellow cards Despite...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoThere is no warm welcome for Spain
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gone but still winning. Sort of! London Irish...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoGeorge Turner raises doubts over Scotland future after making switch to Japan
Scotland’s first-choice hooker George Turner has signed for Japanese side Kobelco Kobe Steelers in a move likely to have implications for...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 11 months agoGlasgow sink Stormers for semi-final spot
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow........................ 27pts Tries: Cancelliere 61, Venter 74, Thompson 80 Conversions: Horne 62, 75, 80 Penalties: Horne 20, 29...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 11 months agoOspreys can’t stop Munster marching on
By SIMON THOMAS Munster ..............23pts Tries: Zebo 2, Scannell 18 Conversions: Crowley 3, 19 Penalties: Crowley 27, 57, 61 Ospreys ....................
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoJohann van Graan: Bath exactly where they should be after years of hard graft
Bath will face Northampton at Twickenham on Saturday after being transformed from Gallagher Premiership no-hopers to title contenders in under two...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 months agoCharlie Ewels believes Bath are ready to claim first Gallagher Premiership crown
Charlie Ewels says Bath are “embracing the pressure” ahead of their quest for a first Gallagher Premiership title. Bath and west...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 months agoTommy Freeman: Saints taking lessons from Dublin defeat into Premiership final
Northampton have been reflecting on the harsh lessons of their defeat at Croke Park to steel their bid to claim the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 months agoVan Graan’s attitude just right for us, says Spencer
By JON NEWCOMBE Bath captain Ben Spencer says one of the most impressive things about Johann van Graan is how quickly...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoHolders Munster happy at home
By JOHN FALLON Munster .........29 Ulster .............. 24 Champions Munster will have home advantage for the duration of the defence of...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoOspreys’ Nicky just too tricky for Cardiff
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff .................29pts Tries: Cabango 9, Grady 40, 85, Hamer-Webb 69 Conversions: de Beer 9, Thomas 70, 86 Penalties:...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 months agoFantastic four face final tests
PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE NORTHAMPTON The Saints finished at...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 months agoCloete & Van Velze to retire at end of season
Bath's South African forwards GJ van Velze and Chris Cloete will retire from rugby at the end of the season. Van...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoZebo calls time
Munster flyer Simon Zebo will retire at the end of the season. The 34-year-old was capped 35 times by Ireland, helping...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoIRFU changing funding model
THE Irish Rugby Football Union has announced a change to its funding model which will see the four provinces contribute “up...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 12 months agoHurricanes fly-half to replace Burns at Ulster
Ulster are set to make their second signing for next season with Hurricanes’ fly-half Aidan Morgan to join the province. The...
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Dream Team
/ 12 months agoDREAM TEAM
JAMIE ELLIOTT, THE BEDFORD BLUES AND FORMER NORTHAMPTON AND ZEBRE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoMunster make it eight in a row
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ....... 26 Munster........... 29 Munster head coach Graham Rowntree insists his side have the belief to repeat...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoIceman Cooney lands late killer blow for Ulster
By JIM SHORT Ulster ............... 23 Leinster........... 21 John Cooney was the hero when his last-minute penalty secured victory for Ulster...
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News Extra
/ 12 months agoA tribute to unlucky Rory…
On the charge: Exeter’s Rory O’Loughlin powers forward against Munster PICTURES: Getty Images Another week ends with another player forced to...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoMunster make it seven in a row
Munster ......... 47 Connacht......... 12 By JOHN WILKINS MUNSTER made it seven wins on the spin with a seven-try victory over...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoEveritt set for Irish crunch
Edinburgh .......40 Zebre.................14 By BRYN PALMER EDINBURGH head coach Sean Everitt believes another five points will seal a URC play-off place...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 1 year agoMine was very much the road less travelled
My Life in Rugby - Mike Ross, the former Ireland, Harlequins and Leinster prop talks about his life in the game...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNew owners provide financial guarantees
BIARRITZ’S new owners this week provided French rugby’s financial watchdog with suitable guarantees of their finances, and revealed an eight-year plan...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoSmith: I’m better at handling mistakes
By JON NEWCOMBE Fin Smith credits his superb form this season to a mental mind-shift that enables him to now take...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoLeinster made to fight all the way
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............................20pts Tries: Lowe 10, 15, 43 Conversion: Byrne 11 Penalty: Byrne 29 Northampton Saints...... 17pts Tries: Hendy 58,...
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Feature
/ 1 year agoHow one match at Croke Park changed European Rugby
They say history doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. 15 years since Leinster dominated Munster in front of a world...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoLangdon is quick to make his point
By PAUL REES Northampton have placed an emphasis this season on putting pace in the legs of their players and that...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoLeinster all-stars set for blockbuster battle
By BEN JAYCOCK Having finally toppled their Champions Cup bogey team La Rochelle, next up for Leinster is Premiership pacesetters Northampton...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoTime for Saints to be true to themselves
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE contest between the 9-10 pairings of Leinster’s Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne and...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoNew low for Ospreys as Bulls go on rampage
By LUKE JARMYN Bulls ...................61pts Tries: Grobbelaar 7, Kriel 21, Arendse 29, 54, Moodie 38, 42, Papier 44, Penalty 61, Le...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoLions …………….13 Munster ………33
By KEVIN FALLON GRAHAM Rowntree was extremely proud of his men as the champions wrapped up a second bonus point in...
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Paul Rees
/ 1 year agoWales on a mission to survive or decline
Paul Rees asks whether the country which has won 12 Grand Slams can still afford to run four regional sides A...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year ago‘Ireland in blue’ will provide stiffest test
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Phil Dowson and Leo Cullen first crossed paths in European action 10 seasons...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFurbank: We were spoonfed too much
By PAUL REES George Furbank feels Northampton’s rise this season is down to a pre-season meeting when the players resolved to...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team with James Flynn
The Ampthill and former Saracens, Jersey, Yorkshire Carnegie & Sale Sharks prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoBarbeary leads the revenge mission
By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs ...................14pts Tries: Woodburn 46, Townsend 71 Conversions: Slade 47, 72 Bath .................................... 26pts Tries: Barbeary 28, Spencer...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoBan teams who pick reserves for knock-out stages
The Bulls are not the first outfit to undermine the European Cup by picking an understrength team, with some French clubs...
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