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·Guinness Premiership Previews
Guinness Premiership Previews.
·Craig Newby the first new recruit at Leicester
Leicester, who have yet to confirm officially thatToby Flood and Ben Woods are en route from Newcastle, were able to announce that Craig Newby was on board for next season, writes Rob Wildman.
·Ian McGeechan the only man for the Lions
Most decorated British and Irish Lion impresses with his integrity and is without ego or prejudice, writes Mick Cleary.
·Coventry must prove their solvency to RFU
Coventry, one of the oldest and most famous names in English rugby, have yet to satisfy demands from the Rugby Football Union that they have the funds to continue their 134-year history next season.
·Loss of Murrayfield picnic site hard to swallow
The days of the pre-match picnic at Murrayfield may be numbered following confirmation that the Scottish Rugby Union is set to lose a substantial part of its landholding behind the stadium's west stand
·Springboks to select Europe-based players
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers will name a national training squad of up 45 players for the forthcoming international season.
·Declan Kidney given task of reviving Ireland
Declan Kidney, the coach who has guided Munster to four Heineken Cup finals in the past eight years, was confirmed as the new Ireland coach, writes Brendan Gallagher.
·Brian Ashton steps up to receive his gong
If rugby's high-ups treated Brian Ashton shabbily, the Queen showed the ex-England coach due respect, awarding him an MBE, writes Jasper Gerard.
·Frank Hadden picks untested trio for Scotland
Scotland coach has acknowledged the importance of next month's two-Test tour to Argentina by opting to take two complete teams of players and a full complement of backup staff.
·Wasps on track for Premiership semi-finals
Newcastle 13 Wasps 32Shaun Edwards' sdie maintained their charge up the Premiership table last night but were made to work for their ninth win in 10 games by a Newcastle team without any of their four England internationals.
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·Play-Off Semi: Southend -v- Doncaster
DONCASTER Rovers travel to Roots Hall, home of Southend United this evening, to face the First Leg of the Coca-Cola League One Play-Off Semi Finals. Sean O'Driscall could be facing one of the most important games in the clubs history without striker Paul Green, who faces a late fitness test ahead of the trip, along with Jason Price, who has also been carrying a knock.
·BMW starts practice in Turkey in tricky conditions
In the first free practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix, Nick Heidfeld completed the major part of the preparation work for the BMW Sauber F1 Team. While the German completed three stints comprising a total of 21 laps, his team-mate, Robert Kubica, made do with just one stint of seven laps.
·Fisi given 3 place grid penalty
Race stewards have decided to demote Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella three places down the grid from whatever position he qualifies in the qualifying session tomorrow for this weekend's Turkish GP. The Italian reportedly exited the pit lane under a red light during the first free practice session today.
·Nelson Piquet: “We must continue moving forward”
Renaults second driver Nelson Piquet previews this weekends Turkish Grand Prix where he aims to have a better weekend than the last race in Spain where the rookie made 2 mistakes and ended up not finishing the race. Piquet hopes to reach Q3 in this race and score some world Championship points
·Alonso: “Our objective is to keep improving."
Renaults number one driver Fernando Alonso looks ahead to this weekends Turkish Grand prix where he hopes the team can continue to move forward from the advancements they made in the Spanish Grand Prix where he managed to qualify on the front row of the grid to everyones surprise
·Scotty Speaks – out of retirement one final time!!
Disappointing (I had to use that word) as last weeks result was against Sale, on Friday we travel to Leicester ahead of taking on the Tigers at Welford Road. The winners will be guaranteed a place in next season’s Heineken Cup, and maybe a place in the Guinness Premiership Play offs,
·Glaws aiming to finish top of the table again
The talking stops on Saturday as Gloucester aim to finish top of the Guinness Premiership table for the second season running and, more important, clinch a home game in the play-off semi-finals. It's top v second as Bath stand in their way at Kingsholm, Dean Ryan attempting to set up his team for a series of games in which they hope to make it third time lucky in play-off finals.
·Transfer Target Revealed
Blackpool are rumoured to once again be chasing Aberdeen's Lee Miller. Who is out of contract at the SPL side and out of contract. Meanwhile a recently released Seasiders striker could possibly move the other way, Along with an update on Gorkss to Rangers!
·IESTYN HARRIS CASE SETTLED
To The club have agreed to settle the dispute between the Leeds Rhinos and the Bradford Bulls over Iestyn Harris' return to rugby league from union in 2004. The Bulls have now accepted the fact that when they signed Harris on his return from rugby union, he was actually commitedto sign for the Rhinos, and have apoligised to the club for doing so.
·Let the Fun Begin as Play-Offs Commence
We take a look ahead to the Football League Play-Offs which begin tonight.when Doncaster Rovers travel to Southend in the first of the League One first-legs at Roots Hall. Play-Offs in the Championship and League Two follow over the weekend before the final League One game on Monday evening.
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·Wallabies find positives in South Africa loss
Australia captain Stirling Mortlock said the Wallabies had shown they would be a force at this year's World Cup despite a last-minute 22-19 loss to South Africa in the Tri-Nations at Cape Town on Saturday night.
·Rathbone likely to miss World Cup
Brumbies winger Clyde Rathbone is unlikely to be available for World Cup selection due to a knee problem which plagued him during the second half of the Super 14 season.
·Steyn field goal sinks Wallabies
A late field goal from replacement Francois Steyn gave South Africa a come-from-behind 22-19 victory over Australia in their opening Tri-Nations Test at Newlands in Cape Town this morning.
·Slick All Blacks belt Canada
New Zealand fly half Dan Carter scored 29 points in his comeback from injury as the All Blacks hammered Canada 64-13 in their one-off Test at Hamilton on Saturday.
·Junior All Blacks clinch Pacific Nations Cup
New Zealand's Junior All Blacks thrashed Australia A 50-0 at Carisbrook in Dunedin on Saturday to clinch the Pacific Nations Cup with a week to spare.
·Late burst gives Tonga first win in Pacific Nations Cup
Tonga registered their first win in the Pacific Nations Cup rugby union championship when they staged a second-half revival to beat Fiji 21-15 at Churchill Park in Lautoka today.
·Rathbone likely to miss World Cup
Brumbies winger Clyde Rathbone is unlikely to be available for World Cup selection due to a knee problem which plagued him during the second half of the Super 14 season.
·Springboks looking to Mandela for inspiration
The Springboks will draw on inspiration from former president Nelson Mandela when they meet Australia at Newlands on Saturday night (Australian time).
·Dallaglio in England training squad for World Cup
Former captain Lawrence Dallaglio has been named in a 47-man England training squad for the World Cup in September and October.
·All Blacks to stick to game plan against Canada
New Zealand coach Graham Henry has ordered his players to forget about trying to score an avalanche of points against Canada in their one-off Test in Hamilton on Saturday.
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