Cullen appointed as Leinster coach
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsThree-times Heineken Cup-winning captain Leo Cullen is named new Leinster coach to succeed Matt O'Connor.
Leo Cullen appointed Leinster Head Coach
1 decade agoLeinster Rugby have confirmed this morning that Leo Cullen has been handed a 2 year deal as Head Coach of the province.It has been announced that Cullen would take the position of interim Head Coach...
Inside Rugby: Former Leicester Tigers flanker Neil Back still has...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryFormer Leicester Tigers flanker Neil Back says he still feels no remorse for the infamous 'Hand of Back' incident that earned him death threats from Munster fans after the 2002 Heineken Cup final.Some...
Rugby World Cup 2015 Focus: Nigel Melville's American Revolution
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire EchoNigel Melville is relishing his return to Kingsholm with USA – ten years after he left Gloucester.The former Cherry and Whites director of rugby parted company after failing to qualify for the Heineken...
Toulon's Paul O'Connell set for Irish return as Leinster handed nightmare Champions Cup draw
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentThree-time Heineken Cup champions Leinster were handed a huge task to reach the knockout stages of the Champions Cup after today's draw in Switzerland.
France: Guy Noves will do things his way
1 decade ago by Rugby WorldFrench coach-in-waiting, Guy Noves has had a 22-year coaching education at Toulouse in readiness for the top job. So what do we know about the four-time Heineken Cup winner?Deep thinker: Noves has been...
‘This means more. I could have packed it in’
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentWhen Denis Hurley stood on the podium in Cardiff and watched Paul O'Connell and Ronan O'Gara lift the 2008 Heineken Cup, he must have felt like the good days would run and run.
Sale, Gloucester wins tops for O'Connell
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentMunster legend Paul O'Connell says his best memories of wearing the famous red shirt were the titanic Thomond Park battles against old English foes Gloucester and Sale Sharks in the Heineken Cup.
‘I just smash anything that moves'
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsIf Saturday's Aviva Premiership final is being billed as "Beauty against the Beast" - the carefree attacking play of Bath's young backs against the suffocating Saracens defence - then there is little...
It is 4 years to the day when Munster won their last league title
1 decade agoIt is exactly four years to the day when Munster won their last piece of silverware and their last league title. Known as the Magners League at the time, Munster took on Leinster in the final at Thomond...
