NH Club Rugby
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Interesting story on the resurrection and rebuild of the Worcester Warriors
They have their first match since being booted out of the premiership in 2022 this Sunday morning playing at home to Coventry in the Championship Division (effectively Div 2) this coming Sunday morning. There is talk about the number of players they looked at when starting to build their new squad and there was mention of up to 200 players being cut adrift when Wasps, London Irish, Jersey and the old Worcester setup all folded in succession. Just shows that there might not be as many paid positions available to players from this neck of the woods as many think, other than our guys being clearly better players than those available up there!
https://www.ruck.co.uk/breaking-worcester-warriors-confirm-return-for-2025-26-season/
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Weekend Vodacom United Rugby Championship results
DHL Stormers 35 Leinster 0
Glasgow Warriors 35 Hollywoodbets Sharks 19
Vodacom Bulls 53 Ospreys 40
Zebre 31 Edinburgh 28
Scarlets 21 Munster 34
Connacht 26 Benetton 15
Cardiff Rugby 33 Emirates Lions 20
Round 2
Fri 3 Oct Stormers v Ospreys (6pm)
Fri 3 Oct Dragons v Sharks (8.05pm) Live on S4C
Fri 3 Oct Edinburgh v Ulster (8.05pm)
Sat 4 Oct Connacht v Scarlets (1.45pm)
Sat 4 Oct Zebre Parma v Lions (2pm)
Sat 4 Oct Benetton v Glasgow (5.30pm)
Sat 4 Oct Bulls v Leinster (5.30pm)
Sat 4 Oct Munster v Cardiff (7.45pm) -
Round 3
Fri 10 Oct Munster v Edinburgh (7.45pm)
Fri 10 Oct Scarlets v Stormers (7.45pm) Live on S4C
Sat 11 Oct Benetton v Lions (3pm)
Sat 11 Oct Ospreys v Zebre Parma (3pm)
Sat 11 Oct Glasgow v Dragons (5.30pm)
Sat 11 Oct Leinster v Sharks (5.30pm)
Sat 11 Oct Ulster v Bulls (7.45pm)
Sat 11 Oct Cardiff v Connacht (7.45pm) Live on S4C -
Difficult weekend for SA teams except the Stormers.
POS TEAM P W L PTS 1 Stormers 3 3 0 14 2 Munster Rugby 3 3 0 14 3 Glasgow Warriors 3 2 1 11 4 Cardiff Rugby 3 2 1 11 5 Ulster Rugby 2 2 0 10 6 Bulls 3 2 1 10 7 Benetton Rugby 3 2 1 9 8 Zebre Parma 3 2 1 9 9 Connacht Rugby 2 1 1 6 10 Leinster Rugby 3 1 2 6 11 Ospreys 3 1 2 5 12 Edinburgh Rugby 2 0 2 3 13 Sharks 3 0 2 2 14 Dragons RFC 3 0 2 2 15 Lions 3 0 3 1 16 Scarlets 2 0 2 0Round 4
Fri 17 Oct Edinburgh v Benetton (7.45pm)
Fri 17 Oct Connacht v Bulls (7.45pm)
Fri 17 Oct Dragons v Cardiff (7.45pm) Live on S4C
Sat 18 Oct Lions v Scarlets (12.45pm)
Sat 18 Oct Sharks v Ulster (3pm)
Sat 18 Oct Leinster v Munster (5.15pm)
Sat 18 Oct Zebra Parma v Stormers (7.45pm)
Sat 18 Oct Ospreys v Glasgow (7.45pm) -
Geez ,just sitting here enjoying watching Gloucester/Bristol game, and reminds me again how much the development of artificial turf has allowed these team to play open rugby. Where as once they were playing in mud etc so often, teams u there struggled to really open games up, now the skills etc seem to be used all the time without fear. Anyway 21-20 at halftime in entertaining game!
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Noah Caluori. Remember the name!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c1e38pn6nv2o
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McMillan's great start at Munster continues with a dominant 31-14 win at Leinster. Leinster had the majority of their Irish internationals playing.
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More on Five-Try Caluori:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c867wze69lqo
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Looking at the Leinster team that got thrashed by the Stormers, it isn't just the SA teams that send a B team for away games.
@Bovidae said in NH Club Rugby:
Looking at the Leinster team that got thrashed by the Stormers, it isn't just the SA teams that send a B team for away games.
Leinster one from four so far this season, their win was against a sharks team that has lost every game so far. Both of these teams are performing well below their potential. Sharks lost to an average team yesterday even though they had 13 current springboks on the field.
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More on Five-Try Caluori:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c867wze69lqo
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@sparky looks one hell of talent .
@Steven-Harris He plays like a cross between Israel Folau and Christian Cullen. Probably a question of when, rather than if, he plays for England. One hell of a talent that's for sure.
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@Steven-Harris He plays like a cross between Israel Folau and Christian Cullen. Probably a question of when, rather than if, he plays for England. One hell of a talent that's for sure.
@sparky has a superb running style for a big lad , can shift into another gear if required and his skills in the air are superb .everyone else in the world seems to be developing players with top end pace except NZ atm
