Benetton Rugby

EPCR Champions & Challenge Cup – Round 1 & 2 appointments announced

EPCR have announced the match officials for the first two rounds of the Invested Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup. There’s debuts in the top comp for Scotland’s Sam Grove-White and the...

Warriors team named for Munster challenge

A starting XV containing 10 internationals will make the trip to Musgrave Park for a date with the defending champions this weekend, as Glasgow Warriors take on Munster in round seven of the BKT...

Six Nations Target For Centre Of Wales Attention Williams

Keiran Williams has been set the target of forcing his way into Wales’ Guinness Six Nations squad, having put the hangover from World Cup rejection behind him. The 25-year-old Ospreys centre...

Dejected Dobson Says URC Is Tougher Than Ever

John Dobson is one of the cheeriest, most upbeat figures in the game, so when he cuts a dejected figure you know times are challenging. It was all smiles for much of the DHL Stormers’ first two...

United Rugby Championship Round 6 Wrap-Up

A magic fixture and a bumper crowd Leo Cullen says there was something for everyone in a “magic fixture” as his Leinster team beat champions Munster 21-16 at a packed Aviva Stadium. A crowd...

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Match Preview: Glasgow Warriors v Ulster

Second hosts third in this battle of two BKT URC pacesetters, with both teams having won four of their first five matches. Giving his thoughts, Glasgow head coach Franco Smith said: “Ulster are...

Match Preview: Emirates Lions v Zebre Parma

The Emirates Lions are back on home soil in Johannesburg, with skipper Marius Louw saying they have grown as a group from their four weeks on the road in Europe. They beat the Scarlets 24-23 and picked...

Match Preview: Edinburgh Rugby v Benetton

Recruiting Ben Healy from Munster is already looking like one of the signings of the season by Edinburgh. The Scottish international fly-half is the leading points scorer in the BKT URC by some distance...

Match Preview: Cardiff Rugby v DHL Stormers

Cardiff’s South African fly-half Tinus de Beer is well aware of the threat posed by the DHL Stormers and sums it up in one word - chaos. “I played with a few of them, like Warrick Gelant,...