Thursday Round-Up
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbyPienaar would consider new dealSouth African scrum-half Ruan Pienaar says he would consider staying on at Ulster after his current deal runs out in 2017.Pienaar, 31, signed a new contract with the Irish...
Chiefs opinion: Rob Baxter's selection was a gamble which paid...
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoRob Baxter is not a head coach to rotate his squad for the sake of rotation, so I admit to being a little surprised when I saw the Exeter Chiefs starting XV for Saturday night's match at home to Bordeaux-Bègles.The...
Cardiff Blues’ Matthew Rees handed seven-week suspension for stamping
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Charge of stamping on Harlequins’ Nick Easter in European Cup tie upheld• Sanction reduced to seven weeks from 12 because of Rees’s guilty pleaThe former Wales captain Matthew Rees has received...
Gray looking forward to Toulouse challenge
1 decade ago by RBS 6 NationsScotland lock Richie Gray believes his imminent move to French side Toulouse will help take his game to the next level.
On This Day: All Blacks perform Haka in dressing room
1 decade agoOn the 25th of November 2005, the mighty All Blacks took on Wales at the Millennium Stadium in the last of their November International and before kick off even took place tensions began to arise.A disagreement...
Sam Warburton spearheads Welsh Rugby Union’s anti-doping campaign
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Lions captain’s message: you don’t have to cheat to reach the top• BBC Wales survey claims high drugs use below professional gameThe Welsh Rugby Union is using the Lions captain Sam Warburton...
Foden tipped for England return
1 decade ago by RBS 6 NationsFull-back Ben Foden is being tipped by club coach Jim Mallinder to earn an England recall under new head coach Eddie Jones.
Matthew Rees facing lengthy ban after red card for vicious stamp on Nick Easter's face
1 decade ago by Rugby DumpCardiff Blues hooker Matthew Rees will face a disciplinary hearing in London tomorrow (Wednesday 25 November) following the straight red card he received for stamping on the face of Harlequins number...
Drug abuse in Welsh grassroots rugby 'off the scale' but WRU chief 'not overly concerned'
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsAccording to UK Anti-Doping figures, players from Wales make up 34 per cent of all sportsmen and women serving drugs bans
Fears of widespread doping grow with a third of banned Britons from Wales
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Seventeen club rugby players from both codes currently banned for doping• ‘There’s more and more pressure to become bigger, stronger and faster’A third of the British sportsmen and women currently...
