IRB CEO and Rugby World Cup Limited Managing Director Mike Miller is to step down from his roles at the end of January. In his 10 years at the helm at the IRB and Rugby World Cup Limited, Mike has overseen three hugely successful Rugby World Cups, the re-inclusion of
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Brive first club to qualify for ACC quarter-finals
Brive are the first club to qualify for the 2012 Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals following their 19-9 Round 6 Pool 5 victory over Sale Sharks at Edgeley Park
Amlin Rugby Ambassador, Lawrence Dallaglio, selects his Amlin Challenge Cup pool*
What an incredible start to the final round the Amlin Challenge Cup Pool matches we have in store tonight with Brive and Sale Sharks already clashing for what is effectively a Pool 5 shoot-out. Edgeley Park is a seething cauldron and I know that Steve Diamond will have whipped his
HC Talking Points – Edinburgh to play London Irish in the final pool match on Sunday
After Edinburgh’s brilliant win over Racing Metro last weekend, they return home to play London Irish in the final pool match on Sunday for a place in the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup (kick- off 3.15pm). It is the club’s most important match in almost a decade, and they
ACC Talking Points – Quarter-finals upcoming
Four clubs, including four-time Heineken Cup champions Toulouse, are still in the mix to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Amlin Challenge Cup this season as the battle for coveted quarter-final places in Europe’s top two tournaments reaches a climax in Round 6 of Pool matches this week. Toulouse may
HC Talking Points – Two through, six to go
Munster Rugby and defending champions Leinster Rugby are safely through to the 2011/12 quarter-finals with a match to spare – and Saracens need just a single point from their trip to Benetton Treviso on Sunday to join them in the last eight. But the other places are there to be claimed,
“Rugby for Life” – WRU initiative to help children get active
A ground breaking initiative aimed at encouraging more children and adults to reap the benefits of getting involved with rugby as a healthy lifestyle hobby which promotes the importance of teamwork has been unveiled by the WRU. The union has recruited fourteen Rugby Participation Officers (PO’s) to newly created roles in