The News Review:
- LAST SEASN: Premiership: 3rd Powergen Cup: Pool stage European…
- HEAD F RUGBY PERATINS: Simon Cohen
- Guinness Premiership club-by-club guide
- Davies: Henson hard done by
LAST SEASN: Premiership: 3rd Powergen Cup: Pool stage European…
Times nline – Sep 1, 2006
But what about the more traditional London Irish power game up front? Does that still exist? Irish do not intend to jettison forward strength for increased pace on the ball elsewhere and they have signed Dave Fitter an Australia international prop to deepen their pool of front-row muscle. Wasn’t third in the table a case of overachievement last season?No it was well-earned. Paul Hodgson is very underrated at scrum half but if anything is going to find Irish out this season it could be their formidable-looking Heineken Cup group.
HEAD F RUGBY PERATINS: Simon Cohen
Times nline – Sep 1, 2006
theleicestertigers. uk PHNE NUMBERS: Club: 0116 2541607 Tickets: 08701 283430 STARDUST NEEDED T TURN GRIT INT GLDSo four seasons now without a trophy? No obvious reasons to say that will change this season. Leicester will still be badly disrupted by England calls and their recruitment has been relatively low-key. They need a little sprinkling of stardust to turn Midland industry into gold. What’s with the Murphys? Geordan Ireland’s full back right we know all about and Johnny another full back has been part of Leicester’s development squad for a year. Now comes Frank a former Ireland Under-21 scrum half from Munster to challenge Harry Ellis and Scott Bemand.
Guinness Premiership club-by-club guide
Telegraph.co.uk – Sep 1, 2006
The club’s policy is to include the juniors as much as possible as they are the fans of the future and because the club is keen to work with youth. It should be a good season for the club. We have a great squad and as long as we can get through the international window K and not pick up too many injuries I expect us to achieve at least the top four and do well in the Heineken Cup. HARLEQUINS Director of rugby: Dean Richards. Head coach: Andy Friend. Captain: Paul Volley. Last season: National ne champions.
Davies: Henson hard done by
Ireland nline – Sep 1, 2006
substring (2 11); document. Henson will appeal against his 72-day suspension tomorrow having already served more than two weeks for an offence committed during spreys? Heineken Cup defeat against Leicester just before Christmas. The spreys centre was cited for elbowing Tigers prop Alex Moreno ? and he is currently set to sit out Wales? opening three RBS 6 Nations games against England Scotland and Ireland next month. A three-man panel which includes former Ireland and Lions prop Phil rr will hear Henson?s appeal at the European Rugby Cup offices in Dublin. The ban could be quashed reduced retained or even extended. But whatever happens former Wales fly-half Davies is firmly on Henson?s side.