All posts tagged "Ospreys"
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoGeordan Murphy’s nerves not calmed by title haul
Geordan Murphy admits he is “scared” by the prospect of coaching Leicester. Despite making more than 300 appearances for the Tigers...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoChiefs to face Heineken Cup champions next season
Exeter will face European Champions Toulon in the Heineken Cup next season. The Chiefs have been drawn with the French giants...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Leigh’s the guardian ‘angel’ for home club
Gorseinon RFC have done more than their bit for the international game over the last half century – from Onllwyn Brace...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Tom Johnson – Exeter and England flanker
1. Brett Sturgess – He would kill me if I didn’t put him! He’s a great scrummager and also very good...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoDavies to lead Wales in Japan
As revealed by Matt Lloyd in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Bradley Davies will captain a young Wales side that ncluded...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 12 years agoPower will be on from first scrum – Richard Hibbard
Hooker Richard Hibbard says the Lions need to take referees out of the equation by dominating from the first scrum to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoBaa-baas squad nearing completion
London Wasps flanker Sam Jones has been selected to play for the Barbarians against the British and Irish Lions and England...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Lee Beach – London Welsh and former Ospreys and Wales Sevens captain
We were in Dubai getting ready for the World Cup Sevens quarter-final in 2009 and Aled Thomas asked me how many...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWales name squad for Japan tour
Interim Wales coach Robin McBryde has named his squad to face Japan in a two-game series next month. There was a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul
Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRaboDirect Pro12 round 20: teams
Cardiff Blues v Zebre Cardiff Blues: Halfpenny; Williams, Evans (Capt.), Roberts, Robinson; Patchell, Jones; Filise, Breeze, Andrews; Reed, Paulo; Paterson, Copeland,...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Will Graulich – Gloucester lock
As the latest Gloucester lock to serve his apprenticeship at Hartpury, Will Graulich is certainly in good company – and the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoTop English clubs would ‘welcome’ Welsh tie-up
A senior Welsh official last night claimed that some English clubs would welcome reviving Anglo-Welsh competition – and even the idea...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Don’t despair, we will come good
Stuart Lancaster has said he wants his England side to have amassed 600 caps between them before the 2015 World Cup…and...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Gatland must think French
There are not many Lions coaches who go into a tour on the back of a vintage Six Nations, and Warren...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 12 years agoMichael Owen backs Tom Wood for Lions No.8 spot
This time last year Tom Wood feared he would never properly recover from his toe injury – 12 months on and...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoShane Williams to carry on in Japan
Shane Williams has revealed he will be returning to Japan to play a second season with the Mitsubishi Dynaboars. Talking to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRaboDirect Pro12 round 17: teams
Connacht v Zebre Connacht: Henshaw ; Poolman, Griffin, Murphy, Duffy (Capt.); Parks, Marmion; Wilkinson, Harris-Wright, White; Kearney, Browne; Muldoon, Faloon, McKeon. Replacements:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ryan aware that Welsh armband fits loosely
Wales have changed their captain so often in recent seasons that Ryan Jones is in his ninth spell in charge. In...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoItaly v Wales: teams
Sam Warburton and Alun-Wyn Jones have been named on Wales’ bench as they take on Italy in the Six Nations in...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Rowlands remains Top Cat of the lineout
The 50th anniversary of perhaps the strangest of all Wales matches has come and gone with scarcely a mention. Admittedly it...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGatland will pick Lions on form not nationality
British & Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland is adamant he will make his selection for the up-coming tour to Australia purely...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAll-English LV=Cup semi-finals as Harlequins beat Ospreys
Premiership Champions Harlequins claimed a 16-12 win over Pro12 champions Ospreys yesterday meaning there will be no Welsh representative in this...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to England and Tigers hooker Tom Youngs about Toulouse and Six Nations
Tom Youngs talks as he plays. Direct, to the point, honest, and over the past year his hard-working, uncomplicated attitude has...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoLV=Cup round 3: teams
Bath v Exeter Bath: Cuthbert; Lane, Banahan, Williams, Woodburn; Heathcote, McMillan; Beech, Webber, Perenise; Hooper (Capt.), Attwood; Koster, Gilbert, Skirving. Replacements:...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNorthampton Saints sign Kahn Fotuali’i
Northampton Saints have secured the services of one of Europe’s hottest property as they announced the arrival of Samoan scrum-half Kahn...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoSaracens in chase for Europe’s top target
Saracens, fresh from signing Billy Vunipola and James Johnston this week, are among a possee of clubs chasing Ospreys scrum half...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks at the current status of the Heineken Cup
If there was ever a time for the English clubs to emphasise that they are the real deal and not the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHeineken Cup round 6 teams
Pool 1 Munster v Racing Metro Munster: Jones; Howlett (capt.), Earls, Downey, Zebo; Keatley, Murray; Kilcoyne, Varley, Botha; O’Callaghan, Ryan; O’Mahony,...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoEli Walker gets Wales call up
Slick-running Ospreys winger Eli Walker has been named in the Wales’ Six nations squad by interim coach Rob Howley today. The...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoLeicester Tigers set for ‘winner-takes-all’ clash with Toulouse
Leicester Tigers have set themselves for a ‘winner-takes-all’ clash with Toulouse after securing a 15-15 draw against the Ospreys at the...
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TRP Live
/ 12 years agoLive: Ospreys v Leicester
Live running commentary from our man Nick Verdier as Ospreys take on Leicester in the 5th round of the Heineken Cup...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Magnificent Ospreys put life back into Wales
After the Grand Slam, the Grand Slump as befitting a nation where extreme mood swings tend to be the norm. After...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoToby Flood cleared of tip-tackle charges
Toby Flood will be available to face the Ospreys on Sunday in the Heineken Cup after being cleared of a tip-tackle...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions place is Sexton’s to lose in Six Nations
Jonathan Sexton is in pole position to be the Lions first pick for the Test No.10 shirt now that his main...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Let’s hear it for these Ospreys heroes!
Toulouse had been to Wales many times before last week, losing the odd game by the odd point here and there....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWins for Leicester and Ospreys
Leicester went top of Pool 2 but had to wait until the 76th minute and a penalty try to claim a...
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TRP Live
/ 12 years agoLive: Treviso v Leicester – Exeter v Scarlets
Live running commentary from our man Nick Verdier as Leicester Tigers take on Treviso in the fourth round of the Heineken...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoHeineken Cup round 4: Preview and Predictions
Pool 1 Edinburgh v Racing Metro After over a year on the sidelines, Edinburgh welcome Ben Cairs back in their starting...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years ago“A loss would see us wave the Heineken Cup goodbye” – Julian Salvi
Securing away points is crucial for any team looking to make it out of the Heineken Cup group stages but for...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoRaboDirect Pro12 round 10 preview
Ospreys v Cardiff Blues Samoan international Kahn Fotuali’i return from international duties to start at scrum-half captain the Ospreys as they...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoWales v New Zealand teams
Wales captain Sam Warburton has been recalled by returning coach Warren Gatland ahead of their clash with the All Blacks on...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoPremiership round 9: preview and predictions
Bath v Harlequins: Army boy Semesa Rokoduguni is in line to make his Premiership debut for the West Country side as...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoRaboDirect Pro12 round 9: previews and predictions
Dragons v Connacht Club captain Lewis Evans and loosehead prop Phil Price return to the Dragons’ starting line up as they...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoGavin Henson – “At last a coach is playing me at No.10”
It’s been a long journey of broken promises, off-field incidents and not a lot of rugby but Gavin Henson says he...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoJohnny Leota’s try hands Samoa famous win over Wales in Cardiff
A late try from Johnny Leota handed Samoa a 26-19 win over Wales at the Millennium tonight. The score was ever...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoLV Cup round 2: preview and prediction
Dragons v Northampton The Dragons and the Saints are both looking for their first win in the competition at Rodney Parade...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoJones to captain Wales against Samoa as Warburton is dropped
Ryan Jones will captain Wales for a record 29th times against Samoa on Friday with Sam Warburton dropped to the bench....
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain assesses the challenge ahead for England against the big three
Now comes the reckoning. Forget about all the window-dressing surrounding the good intentions of Stuart Lancaster’s young hopefuls and cut to...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoLV Cup Round 1: preview and predictions
London Irish v Sale With both team in serious need to build on momentum, Brian Smith and Steve Diamond have named...
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