The News Review:
- Dragons are handed Challenge Cup lift
- TUGH EUR DRAW SUITS SEAN
- A GRWING REPUTATIN.
- Ed’s Review – England Rugby in June 2006
- Germany’s Carnival of Cultures
Dragons are handed Challenge Cup lift
Walesnline – Jun 23, 2006
They have signed outside-half Mike Hercus from Welsh rivals Scarlets centre or full-back Paul Emerick who scored a sensational try when vermach Parma ended their hopes of being in next season’s Heineken Cup and Glasgow forward Lee Harrison. New Scarlets boss Phil Davies has also been active in the transfer market making his first signing yesterday. He landed former Wales back rower Nathan Thomas on a one-year contract at the Gloucester offices of his agent Mike Burton from his former club Leeds Tykes. Nine-times capped Thomas 30 was a Heineken Cup winner with Bath. He has also played for Bridgend and Cardiff. European Challenge Cup PoolsPool ne: Dragons Bayonne Bristol Bucuresti. Pool Two: Glasgow Narbonne Saracens Gran Parma.
TUGH EUR DRAW SUITS SEAN
Glasgow Daily Record – Jun 23, 2006
“I firmly believe we will put the problems of last season behind us and be a competitive outfit in the Celtic League and Europe”We have been to Saracens before so we know what to expect. Narbonne will be a real handful because every French team is. And Parma will be a challenge because Italian club rugby is on the up as is reflected by the fact that they have three clubs in the Heineken Cup and Scotland have two. Pool 1: Bayonne Bristol Bucharest NG Dragons. Pool 2: GRAN Parma GLASGW Narbonne Saracens. Pool 3: Brive Montauban Padova Newcastle Falcons. Pool 4: Montpellier Connacht Bath Harlequins.
A GRWING REPUTATIN.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 23, 2006
A GRWING REPUTATIN. (23-JUN-06) Europe Intelligence Wire. Mark McCall’s men seem to have been placed in as tough.
Ed’s Review – England Rugby in June 2006
sportnetwork.net – Jun 23, 2006
But the only way English rugby as a whole can benefit from this flurry of delectable offloads and outrageous dummies is to recognise it as what it is: it is the Premiership waking up. Waking up to the fact that their Rugby League-obsessed defence-orientated Maximuscle-driven methods are no substitute for good rugby. They weren’t in the 1970s in Wales they haven’t been in the Heineken Cup for Toulouse and (despite a brief hiatus in 2003) they aren’t now. By some alarming coincidence the RFU appears to have set its alarm clock for exactly the same time; obviously after a very good long rest and with a bottle of Ritalin by the side of the bed because it has gone mad. With Weston Plans Long Form Agreements controlling stakes in Premiership clubs and ringfencing spewing forth from Twickenham at a constant rate of one controversy a day it’s a wonder that they had the time to hire a new coaching staff. The constant contractual wrangling and mild sense of panic gave the impression of a man moving house without buying any furniture after Phil Larder and Joe Lydon were removed from their posts at the beginning of May but the RFU got what and more crucially whom they wanted in John Wells Mike Ford and Brian Ashton so all was looking well. Now though summer is well and truly upon us and all is looking bleak once again.
Germany’s Carnival of Cultures
Spiegel nline – Jun 23, 2006
Some of them are Dutch some are from the Ivory Coast and sometimes the Dutch hug their African rivals. Both teams wear orange but they can still be kept apart. The Ivory Coast team is participating in a World Cup for the first time; the shirts of the players are a fresh orange color. The Dutch fans are hardened veterans; their patriotism is sponsored by corporations. The Continental corporation passes out orange hats decorated with tires the beer company Bavaria has orange lederhosen with lion tails to offer and Heineken has come up with green and orange hats that double as megaphones. This time the Dutch have no anti-German slogans on their T-shirts although some orange Wehrmacht helmets do feature. Some 70000 joyfully costumed Dutchmen take to the streets of Stuttgart’s city center… The Ivory Coast team is participating in a World Cup for the first time; the shirts of the players are a fresh orange color. The Dutch fans are hardened veterans; their patriotism is sponsored by corporations. The Continental corporation passes out orange hats decorated with tires the beer company Bavaria has orange lederhosen with lion tails to offer and Heineken has come up with green and orange hats that double as megaphones. This time the Dutch have no anti-German slogans on their T-shirts although some orange Wehrmacht helmets do feature. Some 70000 joyfully costumed Dutchmen take to the streets of Stuttgart’s city center. German fans take pictures. Women skip by dressed in dark orange tops and with orange chickens and fake braids on their heads.