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Sale sign Saracens flanker
Friday 26 June 2009
Sale Sharks have announced the signing of 24 year old Flanker David Seymour from Saracens.
David progressed through the Academy
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Tigers lose Dupuy but gain Grindal
Thursday 25 June 2009
Leicester Tigers have agreed to release Julien Dupuy to join Stade Francais and have announced the return of scrum-half James Grindal to the club in time for the new season.
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Tigers unconcerned about French exodus
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Leicester Tigers chief executive Peter Wheeler has insisted that the cureent exodus of players who are moving to France from the Premiership for the big buck contracts does not overly worry him.
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09/10 Premiership season to start early Sep.
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Local bragging rights will be at stake from the very first whistle of the opening weekend of the new Guinness Premiership season in September as a number of local derbies take place up and down the country.
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Bath Rugby get new CEO from September
Haag rejoins Bath as forwards coach
Bath sign Brumbies Super rugby flanker
Falcons sign Australian Walker
Gloucester bosses vow no more humiliation
Bath players to clear their names
Loffreda close to settling with Leicester
Bath quartet to face RFU disciplinary panel
Watson excited over Premiership Bath dip
Saints sign 10 year sponsorship with Beer Co.
Botha makes it another SA signing at Saracens
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Guinness Premiership Overview
Overview of the Guinness Premiership
The English Premiership is known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's
sponsorship (by Guinness) is a professional league competition for rugby union
football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system.
There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership.
The competition has been played since 1987, and has evolved into the current
Premiership system employing relegation to and promotion from the National Division
One competition.
Clubs competing in the Guinness Premiership qualify for Europe's two club competitions,
the Heineken Cup and the European
Challenge Cup.
The 2007/08 champions are the London Wasps.
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Bath Recreation Ground 10,600 Bath,
Somerset
Bristol Memorial Stadium 11,750.
Bristol
Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium 16,500
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Twickenham Stoop 12,700
Twickenham, Middlesex/London
Leicester Tigers
Welford Road 16,815 Leicester, Leicestershire
London Irish Madejski Stadium
24,161 Reading, Berkshire
London Wasps Adams Park 10,000
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Newcastle Falcons Kingston Park
10,200 Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Northampton Saints Franklin's
Gardens 13,600 Northampton
Sale Sharks Edgeley Park 10,852 Stockport, Greater
Manchester
Saracens Vicarage Road 19,920 Watford,
Hertfordshire
Worcester Warriors Sixways
Stadium 10,197 Worcester, Worcestershire
Source -Wikipedia
In
June this year the British
and Irish Lions will tour South Africa for the first time in 12 years.
The last time the British
and Irish Lions toured SA they were the World Champions and the
Lions won the series. Check
out our British and Irish Lions mini website HERE.
