The News Review:
- Leinster fight to keep Elsom in Ireland
- Ulster up for the new Cup
- Dragons team for Heineken Cup qualification clash
Leinster fight to keep Elsom in Ireland
The Age
au Friday May 29 2009 Leinster fight to keep Elsom in Ireland May 28 2009 – 4:20PM Leinster’s Australian coach Michael Cheika has outlined how much Rocky Elsom’s expected return would boost the Wallabies by revealing he’s still improving with every match. Elsom is close to re-signing with the Australian Rugby Union but Cheika warned it wouldn’t come without a huge fight from the Irish club heavyweights. The former Randwick coach told ruggamatrix. com the Heineken Cup champions were “doing everything we can to keep him” in Dublin. Part of their pitch is talking up the positive effects of the Irish lifestyle on the former NSW Waratahs firebrand. Cheika said Elsom was now a far more relaxed character highlighted by the way he handled a serious car accident before running amok in the weekend’s Heineken Cup final triumph against Leicester. “He’s very calm and relaxed now” Cheika told ruggamatrix.
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Ulster up for the new Cup
Belfast Telegraph
And that’s just as well as the teams have been drawn together in the same group in the new British and Irish Cup along with Moseley Bedford Blues London Welsh and Aberavon. In the season just ended Ulster and Llanelli played each other both in the Magners League and the Heineken Cup. Games in the new competition which is an extension of the Anglo Welsh Cup will be played over five weekends during the autumn internationals and Six Nations windows with the semi-finals and finals staged on April 24 and May 15. In addition to clubs from Ireland and Wales English National League ne and Scottish Premiership ne are also represented. Heineken Cup champions Leinster and Magners League winners Munster are also in the 24 strong competition which should provide an opportunity for Ulster’s up and coming stars to stake a claim for a regular place. Post a comment Limit: 500 charactersView all comments that have been posted about this article.
Dragons team for Heineken Cup qualification clash
Worldcupweb.com
sportsdigitalcontent. Newport Gwent Dragons Jason Tovey Gareth Wyatt Rory Sidey Ashley Smith Richard Fussell James Arlidge Wayne Evans Adam Black Tom Willis (capt. ) Rhys Thomas Hoani MacDonald Luke Charteris Dan Lydiate Craig Hill Lewis Evans Replacements Steve Jones Nigel Hall Grant Webb Andrew Hall Alex Walker Aled Brew Martyn Thomas Rugby Calvisano Luke Mclean Winston Mafi Matteo Pratichetti Gonzalo Garcia Ludovico Nitoglia Gerard Fraser Paul Griffen Alistair Mckenzie Leonardo Ghiraldini (Cap. ) Hoani Tui Piero Sidoli Cameron Treloar David Dal Maso Aaron Persico Alessandro Zanni. Replacements Benjamin Evans Tommaso D’Apice Valerio Bernabo Nicola Cattina Pino Patelli Giovanni Raineri Paolo Buso.