MATT DAWSON’S RIP ROARING RUGBY DVD released through Revolver Entertainment on Monday 21 November 2011 England Rugby World Cup winner, national sporting hero and top TV star, Matt Dawson, presents an action-packed collection of rugby’s greatest ever players and most memorable moments in ‘Matt Dawson’s Rip Roaring Rugby’ – THE definitive DVD stocking-filler gift for […]
Tough. Honest. Uncompromising. From his early years as a boy in Yorkshire to his successes on the rugby pitch as Ireland’s most-capped flanker and a British and Irish Lion, Easter’s Rising charts the personal and professional journey of Simon Easterby, one of Rugby Union’s most popular forwards. Simon was born in Harrogate to an English […]
After a round of games that saw four home wins, with two of those victors also picking up try bonus points, the same four teams Ospreys, Leinster, Munster and Glasgow Warriors still occupy the RaboDirect PRO12 Play-Off Zone. Elsewhere in the table Scarlets were the biggest movers with their 22-12 win over Welsh rivals Newport […]
The two week break for European competition has seen the RaboDirect PRO12 teams return with an impressive record having performed well in both Cup competitions. Edinburgh, Leinster, and Scarlets top three of the Heineken Cup pools, with Ospreys sharing the lead in a fourth, whilst Newport Gwent Dragons head their pool in the Amlin Challenge […]
Following their 9 all draw against Scarlets on Saturday evening, Ospreys remain at the top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table, but are joined on 26 points by Leinster, who won the all-Irish derby beating Munster 24-19 at the Aviva Stadium the night before. As a result of that game Leinster and Munster swapped places, but […]
After a weekend that saw leaders Ospreys fall to their first defeat of the season, and Italian outfit Benetton Treviso gain their first ever try bonus point, the top four teams in the RaboDirect PRO12 stayed the same with Ospreys, Munster, Leinster and Cardiff Blues currently occupying the Play-Off Zone spots. Two of those teams, […]
After a two week break for the final stages of the Rugby World Cup, the RaboDirect PRO12 makes a welcome return with two games in Scotland and one in Ireland on Friday night. In Scotland, Glasgow Warriors host table-toppers Ospreys; a victory would not only see the visitors equal their own best start to the […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 may take a break over the next couple of weeks as attention focuses on the Rugby Word Cup finals in New Zealand, but it does so on the back of a record breaking 6th Round. The omens were good on Friday night when Glasgow Warriors’ Duncan Weir kicked a tournament record equalling […]
Round 6 of the RaboDirect PRO12 kicks off on Friday night with games in Scotland, Wales and Ulster. In Scotland, Glasgow Warriors, who so far have had a great start to their season winning two away games, now have to defend their home turf against Newport Gwent Dragons who have recorded one win and one […]