The lazy Father’s Day gift guide from Fiskars With Father’s day coming up, it’s time for a little honesty. Dads love their children but frankly, they can find day-to-day family life a little overwhelming. All they really want is an easy life. So this year, the Fiskars team has decided to reveal what men really […]
Welsh Rugby Star Lands Himself In Ice Cold Water Adam Jones teams up with SSE SWALEC to tackle boiler breakdown (3rd June 2015) After a long and hard season, Welsh prop Adam Jones was today spotted taking an icy cold bath at St David’s Dewi Sant Shopping Centre in Cardiff. The former Welsh international player […]
2015/16 Pool Draws – PRO12 clubs’ reaction Following today’s Pool Draws for the 2015/16 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, see below for reaction from selected Guinness PRO12 club representatives. Gregor Townsend – Glasgow Warriors Head Coach “We were seeded in the top tier last year and so we knew what to expect – another very […]
Garrett Tubridy appointed Tournament Director for 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup The Irish Rugby Football Union has appointed Garrett Tubridy as Tournament Director for the Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) which will take place in Dublin and Belfast in 2017. As WRWC Tournament Director, Garrett will be responsible for the planning and delivery of the […]
Following today’s Pool Draws for the 2015/16 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, see below for reaction from selected Aviva Premiership club representatives. Mark McCall – Saracens Director of Rugby “It’s going to be an interesting competition this season with the World Cup, but it’s a very exciting draw. I’ve been back to Ulster twice in […]
Lyon to host 2016 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals with Edinburgh chosen for 2017 The two highest-profile matches in the European club rugby calendar will be staged in France following today’s (Wednesday, 17 June) announcement that Lyon will host the 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals. Both finals will take place […]
This autumn the first ever World University Rugby Cup (WURC) will be held in England. Hosted by Oxford University Rugby Football Club (OURFC) the competition will see eight teams from across five continents compete to win the University World Champion title. The WURC will run parallel to the Rugby World Cup every four years, and […]
Halliday predicts heavyweight match-ups in Champions Cup pool draw EPCR chairman, Simon Halliday Simon Halliday, the recently-appointed chairman of EPCR, believes tomorrow’s pool draws for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup in Neuchatel will be the strongest in the history of European club rugby. “There is a new order in European rugby with teams like […]