Dimitri Yachvili the Biarritz scrum-half was the star in the Amlin Cup Final at The Twickenham Stoop as Biarritz beat Toulon 21-18 and booked their place in the heineken Cup for next year. Not only did Yachvili kick seven from seven penalties, but he also pinned Toulon in their own 22 with a superb array of box and line kicks to the corners. Yachvili The game was not a … [Read more...]
Top14 France McAlister helps Toulouse to Top
The final week of the regular season in the Top 14 threw up no surprises as Toulouse took top spot with a win thanks to some deft touches by Luke McAlister against Montpellier 20-13. ASM Clermont booked the second spot with a thrashing of Brive and that result confirmed Pro D2 for them. Fofana was the star in this meet, with a couple of tries and some superb assists as … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s Twickenham Finals Fiji Storm to Cup – Fiji 38-15 Samoa
Fiji ended the season in second place for the series, but won at Twickenham in storming style as they blew Samoa away 38-15. Samoa just could not live with the power,pace and devil from this developing team. The third place play-off between New Zealand and Argentina was a one sided affair which the Kiwis coasted through to a fine win at 40-0. This saw them end the season … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s Twickenham USA Dominate Super Powers Semi Clash
The USA beat Russia by 38-12 as they powered into the final of the shield where they will meet France to stuttered past Kenya 17-14. In the Bowl Wales just squeaked past Portugal but need to tighten their defence when they meet Scotland who had an easy run out against Zimbabwe 31-19. The Women's final sees England face the Netherlands who held on to beat Australia 19-14. … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s Twickenham Q-Finals Fiji out-muscle England
England as we expected lost their semi-final to Fiji in the tightest of games as they were out-muscled and contained by the Islanders going down 21-14. The surprise of the round was Argentina turning over the Australians 12-7. Spain started well against Samoa, but eventually the Samoan power, pace and experience led to a 22-7 win. Twickenham Crowd a record The Women's … [Read more...]