The Leicester Tigers were left a little rattled by their unexpectedly long bus trip which delayed their arrival at Twickenham in London for the Aviva Premier League Final against first-timers Harlequins on Saturday afternoon. Thousands of green shirted Tigers fans were also delayed, some of whom didn’t make it in time for kickoff. Leicester looked […]
Northampton gave the English Premiership title race on Friday new momentum after beating log leaders Harlequins 24-3 at Franklin’s Gardens. England fullback Ben Foden and wing Roger Wilson scored tries while flyhalf Ryan Lamb contributed 14 points with the boot as the third-placed Saints gave Quins their second defeat of the season. Saracens can now […]
Francois Louw’s Bath Rugby were in excellent New Year form as they trounced London Irish 30-3 at The Rec. Another South African, scrumhalf Michael Claassens had a brilliant match scoring one of the best tries of the Aviva Premiership season to secure victory for Bath Rugby. Claassens took a heavy late tackle from Delon Armitage […]
The British equivalent of the Currie Cup, the Aviva Premiership, produced some scintillating rugby this weekend. On Christmas Eve, the Saints ran out winners 22-13 over Francois Louw’s Bath Rugby. The hosts were utterly dominant in the first half, racking up tries from Phil Dowson, Tom Wood and Jamie Elliott and seven points from the […]