The News Review:
- Who needs skill when there’s the ‘Heineken moment’?
- Rugby: Men of Munster on a legendary crusade
- Carter may miss out on Heineken Cup
- Rugby: Howley and Long named in the Lions management team
- Rugby: Ospreys’ cup challenge hopes looking less likely
Who needs skill when there’s the ‘Heineken moment’?
Independent, UK
Moments of great skill, such as a well-placed volley or a delicately controlled drop shot, go almost unnoticed. However, scoreboard messages giving the speed of particularly big serves are greeted by gasps, routine smashes by loud applause and long baseline rallies by amused surprise. Some of the biggest cheers of the day come during the "Heineken Moment" at the conclusion of matches, when television cameras scour the arena before settling on a member of the crowd who is holding one of the sponsor’s products. As for the players, the Shanghai experience has clearly been a pleasurable one. "The atmosphere in all the matches has been great," Andy Murray said. "They get very excited during all the matches. I haven’t met too many people, but I really enjoy myself here.
Rugby: Men of Munster on a legendary crusade
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
It doesn’t quite seem right – that this tiny little pocket in a remote part of Ireland has managed to become a rugby phenomenon. But they are a phenomenon, having won the Heineken Cup twice in the last three years. There is no better way of putting this than to say Munster are the Crusaders of Europe, who pride themselves on having no stars and a culture where no one is bigger than the team. Just like the Crusaders, they have relied on developing local talent and keeping things in-house. In the professional era, Munster have had one chief executive and just three coaches. The bulk of their players are local boys, men from the area who have grown up dreaming of playing for Munster.
Carter may miss out on Heineken Cup
Radio Sport, New Zealand
Dan Carter is set to join Perpignan in December but the club is threatening to withdraw from the Heineken Cup
The French club that All Black first five Dan Carter will play for from December is threatening to pull out of rugby?s Heineken Cup. Perpignan is disgusted with an 18 week ban for eye gouging handed down to their Romanian hooker Marius Tincu. The news of a possible withdrawal from the European competition came as news to Dan Carter and while he says there is not much he can do, he is still keen to play the tournament. Perpignan claims there is insufficient evidence in the case, saying the punishment is grotesque. Current Region Details
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Rugby: Howley and Long named in the Lions management team
WalesOnline, United Kingdom
He twice toured with the British & Irish Lions. Injury wrecked his dreams on the 1997 tour of South Africa after only five matches, while he played in the first two Tests in Australia in 2001 before injury once again took its toll. He played for Bridgend, Cardiff and London Wasps, helping Wasps to win the Heineken Cup and the Premiership titles. He is one of only eight Welsh players to have won a Heineken Cup winners medal. Long, 27 next Thursday, is Head of Performance Analysis. A former abrasive back rower with Bridgend Ravens, he hails originally from Cardiff. He was appointed as Head of Performance Analysis for the Welsh Rugby Union last year.
Rugby: Ospreys’ cup challenge hopes looking less likely
WalesOnline, United Kingdom
This was a Perpignan side still waiting for Carter to arrive from New Zealand and without 13 first-choice players for this game at the Liberty Stadium. The Ospreys, of course, are in the middle of their own injury-crisis. However, this was a game which the Ospreys had to win, probably with a bonus-point, to really stand any chance of getting out of their daunting pool, but they handed the visitors a losing bonus point. In Pool Three, with the likes of Perpignan and Leicester, you cannot afford to give away anything, especially at home.
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