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Blues and Wales Number 8 Andy Powell Joins London Wasps
London Wasps have confirmed that Welsh international Andy Powell has signed with the club ahead of the 2010/11 season.
Powell completes Wasps’ recruitment ahead of the new season, signing an initial one-year contract, and the powerful back-row forward brings with him a wealth of experience after five years with Cardiff Blues as well as previous stints with Beziers, Leicester and Newport.
The highly rated Powell (Who wears Adidas Adi Pure Boots) is renowned for his uncompromising style of play - with his direct running and pure physicality.
Tags: Cardiff Blues, London Wasps, Wales Rugby
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Scotland and Glasgow Flyer Thom Evans forced to retire
Scotland flyer Thom Evans will sadly not be able to make a fairy-tale comeback from the spinal injury suffered playing for Scotland last season.
Evans crashed into Lee Byrne during the Six Nations clash with Wales, damaging two vertebrae.
The 25-year-old was stretchered off the field in a neck brace and as the severity of his condition emerged it was reported that the on-field care by physios and Dr James Robson, the experienced Scottish medic, had played a significant role in ensuring he did not suffer permanent paralysis.
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Sir Ian McGeechan Joins Bath Rugby
Bath have confirmed the appointment of Sir Ian McGeechan as their new performance director ahead of the coming campaign.
McGeechan has been working in consultancy roles since the end of the British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa and his departure from London Wasps.
He was most recently working in an advisory capacity at Gloucester, assisting head coach Bryan Redpath at Kingsholm over a five-month period.
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Richard Hill to Take Charge Of Worcester Warriors
Former Bristol chief Richard Hill looks set for a return to English rugby with Worcester Warriors.
Hill has spent the past season coaching Racing Club Chalonais in the French third division, leading the side to the play-offs.
However he now appears set to replace Mike Ruddock as director of rugby at Sixways after beating off competition from the likes of Dean Ryan and Steve Diamond for the post.
Tags: Guinness Premiership Rugby, Worcester Rugby
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Johnson Names His 44 for England’s Summer Tour
England manager Martin Johnson has included nine uncapped players in an expanded squad for the team’s tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Olly Barkley (who wears Adidas Adi Pure 3 Rugby Boots), who won the last of his 23 caps against the All Blacks in 2008, has also been picked by Johnson for the first time after playing an integral role in Bath’s march to the Guinness Premiership semi-finals.
Tags: England Rugby, New Zealand All Blacks
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Henson To Return To Rugby In September
Gavin Henson, the 28 year-old Ospreys and Wales centre is said to have told the Welsh region that he wants to restart his career next season, 18 months after his last match.
The controversial Welshman (Who wears Nike Rugby boots), has been on unpaid leave from the Ospreys all season after a string of injuries left him feeling depressed and lacking in motivation.
But now, the Ospreys joint managing director Mike Cuddy has said that his star turn has indicated a return to action in five months’ time – exactly a year before the 2011 World Cup gets underway in New Zealand.
“Gavin has been honest with me all along,” said Cuddy.
“He has told me he will be back next season and playing before the end of the year. All the injuries, especially the prolonged ones over his groin and achilles tendon, got him down. He took a break and now he’s feeling all the better for it.”
Henson’s return would be greeted with genuine enthusiasm by Wales, who have sorely missed his creativity.
His last game in the Ospreys’ EDF Energy Cup semi-final against Gloucester 13 months ago, a ‘soul destroying’ blow which eliminated him from the Lions.
He has missed all but 14 of Wales’ 59 internationals in the last five years due to a succession of groin, hernia, calf, hand, achilles tendon and ankle-ligament problems.
If he does return, it will be with next year’s World Cup very much in mind. After all, depsite his achievements with Wales and the British and Irish Lions, he has never played in the tournament, being ruled out of the last two through poor performances in 2003 and injury in 2007.
Tags: Magners Celtic League, Nike Rugby Boots, Ospreys Rugby, Wales Rugby
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Wallaby Great Mortlock To Join Cipriani At The Melbourne Rebels
Former Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock has agreed to a three-year deal with new Super Rugby team, the Melbourne Rebels.
Mortlock (who wears Adidas Predator X Rugby Boots), the highest point-scorer in Super Rugby history, will join the new franchise for their debut season in 2011 after thirteen seasons with the Brumbies.
“Stirling is yet another addition to our growing team of players with strong leadership skills,” said Melbourne coach Rod Macqueen.
Tags: Australia Rugby, Super 14 Rugby, Super 15 Rugby
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Mike Phillips Signs New 4 Year Deal With The Ospreys
The Ospreys have announced that prize asset scrum-half Mike Phillips had signed a four-year contract with the region. It is thought that the Ospreys had to fight off interest from Several French and English Clubs aswell as the Stormers in South Africa.
The news brings an end to speculation surrounding the future of a player who has been at the Ospreys since joining in the summer of 2007, making his debut in a 13-13 Magners League draw against Edinburgh at Murrayfield in October that year, following his delayed arrival at the Liberty Stadium due to his involvement in the Rugby World Cup.
Capped 38 times by Wales and three times by the Lions, 27-year old Phillips (who wears Adidas Predator X rugby boots) has recently returned from an injury lay-off after suffering ligament damage in the win over Clermont Auvergne at the Liberty Stadium last October, coming off the bench in the recent Magners League game against Connacht.
Tags: Mike Phillips Rugby, Ospreys Rugby, Wales Rugby
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Cipriani Set To Join Melbourne Rebels
Wasps have confirmed that Danny Cipriani has agreed terms with new Australian Super 15 franchise the Melbourne Rebels for next year.
Cipriani’s ties with Wasps will be cut at the end of the season, although a return is likely and discussions on that subject are ongoing.
“Obviously we are disappointed that Danny is leaving, especially as he has worked hard on a return to form on the back of a couple of nasty injuries,” said Wasps coach Tony Hanks.
“However, knowing his reasons are based on rugby and personal development, we as a Club support his decision.
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Invictus- Lovell Rugby Review
It is Unusual for us in the Office at Lovell Rugby to review a film rather than new products or a match. So when we heard about Invictus and the story of Nelson Mandella and the Springboks World Cup Win in 1995 at the Rugby World Cup in South Africa, we thought we would share our thoughts and as ever like to hear your thoughts.
Tags: Invictus Film, Lovell Rugby News, Matt Damon, New Zealand All Blacks, South Africa Rugby
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