Kay joins Tigers board
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby25 September 2014Former second-row forward Kay made 281 appearances for the Tigers between 1999 and his retirement four years ago, winning six league titles and back-to-back Heineken Cups. And...
Ben Kay joins Leicester Tigers board of directors
1 decade ago by The Rugby PaperLeicester Tigers today announced the addition of World Cup winner Ben Kay MBE to the club’s board of directors. After joining the club from Waterloo, Kay made 281 appearances in the Leicester second...
Play-off change in Champions Cup
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsNext year's European Rugby Champions Cup qualification process has been changed due to a fixture clash. The original play-off plan for the 20th and final place in the competition...
Hunt signing delights Cooper
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyReds number ten Quade Cooper has backed Karmichael Hunt to make the Wallaby squad for the RWC, saying he will be a "great asset" to Australia. The former Brisbane Broncos and Biarritz player will join...
Halfpenny's Toulon future 'resolved'
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsLeigh Halfpenny's future at Toulon appears to have been resolved following a meeting between the Wales full-back's representative and club officials. The 25-year-old has not played since surgery...
Leicester Tigers fly-half Freddie Burns is fired up for Bath...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryTomorrow’s visit to the Rec will not be the first time Freddie Burns has got into the famous old ground without paying. The 24-year-old fly-half was born, raised and schooled in Bath, played for their...
Champions Cup waiting on sponsors
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumJust four weeks from the start of the inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup, the tournament is yet to have any of its five major sponsors in place. Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty,...
IRB moves to clarify eligibility rules
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsSteffon Armitage's hopes of playing for France at next year's World Cup appear remote after the International Rugby Board clarified its eligibility rules. The Toulon flanker, who has five England...
Australia wants to host Lions warm-up match before tour of New Zealand in 2017
1 decade ago by The TelegraphThe Australian Rugby Union wants to stage a lucrative one-off match against the British and Irish Lions ahead of their tour of New Zealand in 2017. Bill Pulver, the chief executive of the ARU,...
Cup to go ahead regardless
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby18 September 2014European rugby bosses are yet to sign off any main-partner deals, just four weeks before the replacement for the Heineken Cup gets underway. Premiership Rugby chief executive...
