Rugby player (25) dies after suffering serious head injury during a game
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentIn the week after George North's double concussion in Wales' clash with England in the Six Nations, former Irish international Neil Francis claimed it would take a fatality for rugby authorities to address...
Dream to reach final - Halfpenny
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsWales full-back Leigh Halfpenny says reaching the European Champions Cup final with Toulon is more than he could hope for.
Rugby union player Nicholas Tooth dies after head injury in NSW grade match
1 decade ago by The GuardianThe 25-year-old was playing for Quirindi Lions when he collapsed after making a tackle on SaturdayA rugby union player has died after suffering a head injury during a Central North first grade match in...
Toulon 25-20 Leinster (aet) | European Champions Cup match report
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Toulon 25-20 Leinster (aet)• Wales full-back lands 20 points to set up final against Clermont AuvergneSome games are so bad they become almost comical. This was one of them, as farcical a spectacle...
Win 'why I joined Clermont' - Davies
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsJonathan Davies says the chance to win the European Rugby Champions Cup was one of the major reasons behind joining Clermont Auvergne from Scarlets. The Wales and British and Irish Lions centre...
Brown not given up on Scotland yet
1 decade ago by RBS 6 NationsScotland flanker Kelly Brown insists he has not given up hope of being recalled into Vern Cotter's squad ahead of the World Cup, despite missing the RBS 6 Nations.
Clermont march into the Final
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Clermont scored a hard-earned 13-9 win over Saracens in Saint Etienne on Saturday to become the first team to reach the 2015 European Champions Cup Final. They will play the winner of Sunday's encounter...
England head coach Stuart Lancaster will snub Steffon Armitage for Rugby World Cup squad - and rightly so
1 decade ago by The TelegraphThe time has come. For the entirety of this international season, too many observers have been trying to draw Rugby World Cup conclusions from every little moment. It has been rather tiresome, if...
Dragons loss 'end of world' - Thomas
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsNewport Gwent Dragons stand-in captain Rhys Thomas said losing their European Challenge Cup semi-final against Edinburgh felt as if "it was the end of the world". A win would have sent the Welsh...
Toulon v Leinster (Sun)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsLeinster have retained their starting line-up from the quarter-final win over Bath for Sunday's European Champions Cup semi-final against holders Toulon. That means centre Ben...
