The News Review:
- Newcastle sign up Bath prop vens
- Added Excitement As Cup Tours Leinster Camps
- Hines set to bolster Leinster
- Adam needs surgery on injured shoulder
- CRRECT: FCUS: New Brewery A Threat To SABMiller In Its Home Market
- Harlequins misconduct complaints hearing adjourned
Newcastle sign up Bath prop vens
BBC Sport
The 23-year-old had been with the West Country side his whole career making his debut in the Heineken Cup in 2004. "Laurence’s arrival gives us serious competition for places on both sides of the scrum" Falcons director of rugby Steve Bates told the club’s website. "He scrummages well is a handful around the park and will add to the overall quality of our squad. " vens becomes the Falcons’ 16th new signing of the summer.
Added Excitement As Cup Tours Leinster Camps
irish Rugby News
Each participant will receive a special rugby pack (bag t-shirt shorts socks ball and certificate of attendance). As was witnessed today at ld Belvedere the Heineken Cup trophy will be visiting every Leinster camp this summer and there will be an opportunity for all kids attending to capture their moment with European club rugby’s premier piece of silverware.
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Hines set to bolster Leinster
Irish Independent
The Australian-born but Scottish-qualified star looks set to leave French champions Perpignan to team up with the Heineken Cup champions on a two-year deal. Hines was only one of two Scots to be named in the original 37-man Lions squad after qualifying to play for the country through his maternal grandfather. At 6ft 7in and 18st Hines will give Michael Cheika more options in the pack but he will face plenty of competition for game time. Leo Cullen and Malcolm ‘Kelly lined out in the second row during the Heineken Cup final win over Leicester while promising youngster Devin Toner also operates there.
Adam needs surgery on injured shoulder
South Wales Evening Post
As revealed in Saturday’s Evening Post the prop will be sidelined for six months ruling him of four rounds of Heineken Cup action half of the Magners League programme and Wales’s entire autumn schedule of internationals. It is a body blow for the 28-year-old sprey who would have wanted to build on a superb tour with the Lions. But as he prepares to go under the knife he will be lifted by the belief of the region’s medical staff that he will return to rugby as good as new. Physio Chris Towers said: ”Adam had a scan at the Vale Clinic in Cardiff which confirmed that he had torn ligaments in the shoulder in the process of dislocating it.
CRRECT: FCUS: New Brewery A Threat To SABMiller In Its Home Market
Wall Street Journal
AE) and Diageo PLC (DE) about to come onstream in the next few months SABMiller PLC (SAB. J) faces a major threat to its long-term sales and profit margins in its home market particularly in the important premium segment. The new brewery will allow Heineken and Diageo to brew rather than import brands such as Heineken Pilsner Guinness.
Harlequins misconduct complaints hearing adjourned
European Rugby Cup
The Misconduct Complaints concerned the blood substitution of replacement Tom Williams (No 22) in the 75th minute of the Heineken Cup quarter-final match against Leinster at the Twickenham Stoop on 12 April 2009. The independent Disciplinary Committee is chaired by Robert HP Williams (Wales) and also comprises Pat Barriscale (Ireland) and Dr Stuart Reary (Scotland). ver the two-day hearing the Committee heard submissions from representatives of ERC and Harlequins and from a number of witnesses and also considered further evidence including broadcast footage from the game. The independent Disciplinary Committee still have further witnesses and evidence to hear and have now adjourned until Monday 20 July 2009 when the hearing will be reconvened in London.