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The new year continues with two more derby matches while the United Rugby Championship could have new leaders by the end of the weekend.With the South African teams playing derby games later in the month, there are four matches scheduled on Saturday starting with Edinburgh against Cardiff Rugby at the DAM Health Stadium. Mike Blair’s Edinburgh can leapfrog Leinster with a win and strengthen their Scottish/Italian Shield prospects in the process. Staying north of the border, Glasgow Warriors … [Read more...] about URC Round 10

The United Rugby Championship can confirm that three of this weekend’s R9 fixtures will not go ahead as scheduled due to a number of Covid-19 cases affecting four teams.The following fixtures have been postponed: Dragons v Cardiff Rugby Ulster v Leinster Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors The games were due to take place on Saturday and Sunday (January 1 and 2), however, a number of positive Covid-19 cases in Cardiff, Dragons, Ulster and Glasgow Warriors squads have been reported. The URC Medical … [Read more...] about 3 URC Fixtures Postponed

The game was due to take place on Sunday, 26th December in Belfast, however, a number of positive Covid-19 cases within the Ulster Rugby squad have been reported by the province. The URC Medical Advisory Group has liaised with Ulster Rugby and the local health authorities and deemed that the fixture cannot go ahead as scheduled. The United Rugby Championship will now consider available dates to reschedule the game. Go On - Share the Gqeberha Love! Reader InteractionsGqeberha's Latest News … [Read more...] about Ulster and Connacht Rugby fixture postponed

Wales Women assistant coach Geraint Lewis will leave the Welsh Rugby Union in the spring to take up a new opportunity as a lecturer in sport at Coleg y Cymoedd.Former Wales back row Lewis, who has been Wales Women forwards coach for the past two years, was part of the Wales U20 Grand Slam winning coaching team in 2016 and also carried out the roles of Wales U18 and Wales U19 head coach prior to joining the Wales Women coaching team on a full-time basis. Since being appointed as a full-time WRU … [Read more...] about Geraint Lewis takes up new opportunity

To all members of the Welsh rugby family. We have so much to be proud of over the past year, but I am writing to you at a time of further challenges, not just for our national game but for our nation. Firstly, and most importantly, I want to thank you for your efforts over the last year. It is extraordinary to think that a calendar year which began with no rugby and empty stadia ended with the community game adapting and thriving and 275,000 spectators visiting the Principality Stadium; albeit … [Read more...] about An open letter to Welsh rugby from WRU CEO Steve Phillips

The United Rugby Championship Round 8 Christmas Eve darby between Zebre Parma & Benetton Rugby teams have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.Zebre Parma coach Michael Bradley has made five changes to the squad selected from their Challenge Cup encounter with Toulon. Skipper Michele Lamaro has been named in the back row for Benetton. FRIDAY, 24TH DECEMBER Zebre Parma v Benetton RugbyStadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma – KO 13.00 IRE & UK / 14.00 ITA … [Read more...] about URC Round 8

Edinburgh Rugby today confirmed the signing of European Champions Cup and two-time English Premiership winning Exeter Chiefs and Scotland lock Sam Skinner.Skinner – who will join the capital club next season – has started nine of his 15 Test caps to date since he burst on to the scene with a player of the match winning international debut against Fiji at BT Murrayfield in 2018. The signing provides Edinburgh Rugby with a significant boost ahead of the upcoming 1872 Cup derbies – with the first … [Read more...] about Edinburgh Scoop Sam Skinner

Head Coach Danny Wilson has named a team showing just a single change from last weekend’s narrow defeat in La Rochelle, as Glasgow Warriors prepare to take on Exeter Chiefs this weekend in what will be the club’s first home European tie for almost two years.Jamie Bhatti’s promotion to the starting XV is the only alteration from the side that took to the field at the Stade Marcel Deflandre, with the Warriors earning a losing bonus-point at the home of last season’s runners-up. George Turner and … [Read more...] about Settled side named for Exeter clash

The North African Rugby Qualifiers Tournament, for men and women, has finally come to an end, as it was a two-day event filled with gripping matches, and enthralling updates.To begin with, the tournament took place at the stadiums of the Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT) in Alexandria, from the 17th to the 18th of December 2021. It is noteworthy that five countries were participating in this tournament, namely Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Senegal, and Libya, of … [Read more...] about Tunisia and Senegal successfully save their spots