The News Review:
- Cup offers unfamiliar parts refreshment
- Sheridan’s neck injury leaves Sale seething
- Luscombe leaves Dragons for Quins
- So should Jenkins get the job?
- The Heineken Regatta: photographing an active event for the first…
- Henson appeal to be heard
Cup offers unfamiliar parts refreshment
guardian.co.uk – Apr 1, 2006
Strange then that only Toulouse have chosen to play at a stadium that qualifies as their natural habitat. There is no question Bath and Perpignan in particular will be much happier their games are being staged at the Walkers Stadium and Lansdowne Road instead of the smaller suffocating cauldrons of Welford Road and Thomond Park. When Leicester took their European semi-final against Toulouse across the road last season the atmosphere was sensational but they took fatally long to settle. Bath have won only two of their last 15 encounters with the Tigers but suddenly the playing field feels more level… Bath have won only two of their last 15 encounters with the Tigers but suddenly the playing field feels more level. Munster for their part were honour-bound to satisfy their supporters’ feverish demand for tickets but will recall what happened the last time they played a European game in Dublin. Their semi-final against Wasps two years ago may have been the tie of the century but it was the English side who won and went on to lift the trophy. nly Biarritz can argue that their switch across the border into Spain makes sporting as well as business sense. The 32000-capacity Estadio Anoeta home of Real Sociedad will be festooned in Basque flags and only a serious effort by a depleted Sale team will be remotely good enough. In the event of a Biarritz victory their semi-final will also take place in San Sebastián against Leicester or Bath. Already it is hard to see any visitors breaking Basque hearts before the final in Cardiff on May 20.
Sheridan’s neck injury leaves Sale seething
Independent – Apr 1, 2006
Bath have made it as well but the chances of them surviving today’s game with Leicester at the Walkers Stadium have been drastically undermined by the enforced absences of Matt Stevens and Steve Borthwick both of whom are injured. Bath have made it as well but the chances of them surviving today’s game with Leicester at the Walkers Stadium have been drastically undermined by the enforced absences of Matt Stevens and Steve Borthwick both of whom are injured… Bath have made it as well but the chances of them surviving today’s game with Leicester at the Walkers Stadium have been drastically undermined by the enforced absences of Matt Stevens and Steve Borthwick both of whom are injured. Maybe the West Country cognoscenti knew something when to adapt one of Rowan Atkinson’s more cutting one-liners they rejected the fixture as they would have spurned a rabid dog. Bath the first English team to lay hands on this veritable holy grail of a trophy in 1998 were allocated more than 8000 tickets of which they sold the princely total of 2000. It cannot have been because the supporters yearned for the surroundings of Welford Road which was considered too small a venue for the game – the Tigers’ ancient den is hardly the warmest and most welcoming place on earth as the likes of Biarritz and Stade Français have discovered over recent campaigns. Whisper it quietly but it seems the Recreation Ground faithful have caught the whiff of a beating and would rather spend their afternoon elsewhere. Sale meanwhile are in the mood to send the England hierarchy to the salt mines for their alleged mishandling of Andrew Sheridan the formidable loose-head prop who had he been fit to take on an equally intimidating Biarritz side in San Sebastian tomorrow may have given the Premiership leaders the scrummaging edge they crave.
Luscombe leaves Dragons for Quins
BBC News – Apr 1, 2006
“Harlequins have got a good bunch of players. They’ve done extremely well in the first division and I’m looking forward to playing in an exciting back division with Stuart Abbott and Andrew Mehrtens. “I’ll miss not playing in the Heineken Cup but moving to England shouldn’t hamper my international career if I can produce the goods – it hasn’t affected Colin Charvis or Mark Taylor.
So should Jenkins get the job?
Walesnline – Apr 1, 2006
If he was English in charge of a top English club then it is a pretty secure bet Jenkins would have coached England either pre or post-Sir Clive Woodward. That Wales continue to overlook his qualities is a source of amusement and bewilderment for rugby fans throughout Britain and Ireland. During Jenkins’ coaching career at Stradey Park Llanelli won eight domestic trophies the 2003 Celtic League title and reached two Heineken Cup semi-finals only losing to last-gasp penalty goals. Even when Wales turned to him as an assistant to Alan Davies he enjoyed success helping win the 1994 Five Nations Championship. And don’t forget the Lions tour of New Zealand last summer – a miserable failure in so many different ways – but also a trip when Jenkins hardly put a foot wrong in his role with Ian McGeechan overseeing an unbeaten midweek team. Doesn’t Jenkins therefore tick the majority of boxes Wales would require on a blueprint for success?Most rugby-playing countries would want to have a coach of Jenkins’ calibre in their midst yet only in Wales do the sport’s rulers seem uncertain about his capability and suitability for such a demanding post. Whatever it takes a way must be found whereby one of the most consistently successful British coaches in recent times is handed a chance to make his mark on rugby’s international stage.
The Heineken Regatta: photographing an active event for the first…
Free with registration – PSA Journal – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 1, 2006
The Heineken Regatta: photographing an active event for the first time. (01-APR-06) PSA Journal. It occurs on the first weekend in March and it is headquartered on the Dutch side of the Island of St.
Henson appeal to be heard
Ireland nline – Apr 1, 2006
substring (2 11); document. Henson the spreys and Wales centre was found guilty of striking Moreno in Leicester?s 17-15 Heineken Cup victory on December 18 and suspended for 10 weeks and two days. The spreys urged on by Wales coach Mike Ruddock lodged an official appeal yesterday hoping for a reduction in the length of the ban which effectively rules him out of Wales? RBS 6 Nations defence. However if the appeal fails Henson could be saddled with an extension to his spell on the sidelines. The appeal committee will be chaired by Brian McLoughlin of the Irish Rugby Union and will also comprise of Philip rr from Ireland and Mike Hamilton from England.