Round 5 sees the last round of RaboDirect PRO12 games before a short break to accommodate European Rugby. Two teams are currently vying for the top of the table, the two points Ospreys dropped in their second round draw with Leinster costing them dear as it hands over the top spot to Glasgow Warriors courtesy […]
As the RaboDirect PRO12 enters its 4th round, just one team remains with a 100 per cent winning record, Glasgow Warriors, and they are in action in Parma on Friday night when they face Zebre. Having waited so long for their first win in the competition, the Italian outfit will have their work cut out […]
Following the announcement of the change in date of Ospreys’ RaboDirect PRO12 Round 6 game against Newport Gwent Dragons, the broadcast schedule for the weekend of 25-27th October has been revised. Ospreys v Dragons, will now be televised by BBC Wales on its new date of Friday 25th October. This means that the Ulster v […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 continues into its third week with games split once against 4:2 between Friday and Saturday nights. The round opens with the all-Welsh affair between Newport Gwent Dragons and Scarlets at Rodney Parade. Both teams are pretty evenly matched having won one and lost one game so far, Dragons ahead of Scarlets in […]
The new season has arrived for the USRFR referees and our elite panel are in action in the Rabobank Pro 12. This week we are represented in two matches: Leinster vs Ospreys at Royal Dublin Society Referee: tba Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Michael Black (USRFR) Television match official: Brian Macneice (Ireland) Assessor: Michael Carroll […]
2013 – 2014 RaboDirect PRO12 Launch in Belfast Andy Irvine, Chairman of the RaboDirect PRO12 today launched this year’s competition in Belfast at the Titanic Experience in the presence of Belfast City dignitaries and all 12 Clubs’ captains and coaches. This year’s (2013-2014) competition will kick on the 6th of September with Scarlets playing the […]
Bangor RFC played Benetton Treviso on Tuesday in Italy in front of 2200+ people, Treviso though they were playing a premiership side so it was their I XV professional Rabo team – Bangor Team captain and manager Ricky Armstrong comments click the link below to play and then go to about 2 hours 8 minutes […]
Unlucky Ulster came so close to glory this afternoon at a sunkissed RDS, falling just short of an excellent Leinster side to finish runners-up in the 2012/ 13 RaboDirect Pro 12. Mark Anscombe’s men played catch-up all the way through the final after conceding as early as the third minute, but thanks to pinpoint kicking […]