The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) has announced today, Wednesday, 7 June, that Zebre (Zebras) will be the new club to replace Aironi Rugby in the Heineken Cup and the RaboDirect PRO12 for the 2012/13 season. Zebre were originally founded in 1973 as an invitational club for north-western Italy. The new club,
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Players/Squads of the Year RaboDirect Pro12
This is the full list of awarded players/squads at tonight's RaboDirect Pro12 Awards happening in Cardiff: Tim Visser (Edinburgh) - Players' Player of the Year Stuart Hogg (Glasgow) - Young Player of the Year Joe Schmidt (Leinster) - Coach of the Year Hanno Dirksen (Ospreys) - Try of the Year Shane Williams (Ospreys) - Chairman's