Never, in the history of X Factor’s 6 years, has the winner played at such an iconic venue so soon after the live show. On the 27th December at Twickenham…
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Cornish Pirates 43 – 12 Leinster
Leinster suffered their first defeat of the British & Irish Cup campaign when they fell to a 43-12 defeat to the Cornish Pirates in Sunday afternoon’s 3rd round clash at…
ERC matches rescheduled
The widespread adverse weather that has swept across Europe in recent days has played havoc with all sporting events and rugby union has suffered with the rest. Frozen pitches, heavy…
Wellington Sevens – the draw in full
The pools and match schedule have been announced for the third event of the 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series, on 4-5 February 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand. Once again, the…
Paul O’Connell gets four week ban! with video of incident…
Ireland lock Paul O’Connell has been banned for four weeks for striking Jonathan Thomas in a Magners League game and can’t play until 10 January. The full text of the…
Western Force Mark Bartholomeusz out for ten weeks
An unfortunate training accident will see Emirates Western Force utility back Mark Bartholomeusz sidelined for approximately ten weeks after sustaining ruptured ligaments in his left ankle.
Aviva Premiership A League
Now that Autumn Internationals are no longer dominating the headlines lets take a break and look at results closer to home. The Aviva Premiership A League is in full swing…
Ulster 22 Bath 18 – The Verdict
By Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World BATH SHOULD be out of the Heineken Cup they are still in it because of the biggest shocks of the 2009-10 season, anywhere…
England’s overseas ban
RFU’s bold decision displays ambition By Dan Grose Recent months have brought about some rather large changes to English Rugby, both on and off the field. Following some dramatic improvements…
Gemma Hallett – Pontyclun and Wales
The Welsh back row took some time out of her busy training schedule to discuss how she got into the game, pratical jokes, and hopefully ending up relaxing on a…