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Entries Tagged as 'Heineken Cup'

2012 Heineken Cup Final

May 15th, 2012 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
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Tags: Ulster · leinster · Heineken Cup

Heinken Cup Quarter Finalists Squad Composition

April 4th, 2012 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. The ERC’s Heineken Cup is the true pinnacle of international rugby professionalism we are told constantly. Where our very best players have been lured by (previously) favourable exchange rates and the new experience of ‘real knockout rugby’ … yes, this was constantly held up before last year as an Achilles […]

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Tags: ruggerblogger infographic · Heineken Cup

The North Will Rise Again

May 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
Sure, you’re pretty so y’are.
The Northern Hemisphere’s glamourpuss event rolled out over the weekend - the Heineken Cup final between Leinster and Northampton in Cardiff - and it really was a fantastic 80 minutes of rugby, deserved of all the column inches and blogshite its generated in […]

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Tags: Heineken Cup · cardiff · Brian O'Driscoll · Ireland Rugby Team

Dwyer’s View: Leinster joins the greats

May 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
There’s a whole lot of rugby being played at the moment. In the south, the Super Rugby tournament is entering the ‘final lap’ leading in to the play-off series. In the north, the Aviva and Magners premierships have played their semi-finals and the European finals – both the […]

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Tags: Opinion · Heineken Cup

Dwyer’s View: Super Rugby Kicks Off Down South

February 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Three days & nights of Super Rugby, in the middle of a southern hemisphere summer! That’s hard work, but that’s what we’ve just seen. The standard varied from match to match; sometimes from half to half. Generally though, all games were marked by huge commitment and physicality.
I had thought, […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · act brumbies · NSW waratahs · analysis · Melbourne Rebels · Opinion · Provincial Rugby · Super Rugby · queensland reds · western force · Italy · France · England · Wales · Scotland · Heineken Cup · Southern Hemisphere · Ireland

Dwyer’s View: Heineken Cup continues to lead the way

December 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Heineken Cup is a great competition. It has great atmosphere, courtesy no doubt of the ‘international’ nature of the matches and the tribal support for the clubs, which is the nature of European rugby. It is exciting to play, or coach, or indeed support these teams in […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup

Dwyer’s View: Heineken Cup continues to lead the way

December 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Heineken Cup is a great competition. It has great atmosphere, courtesy no doubt of the ‘international’ nature of the matches and the tribal support for the clubs, which is the nature of European rugby. It is exciting to play, or coach, or indeed support these teams in […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup

Cameron Treloar: Where we’ve got it wrong…..

December 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The very culture of how we support our teams, be it the Wallabies or a super 15 side, is sadly defined by one man… the guy in the tight black t-shirt with the clip board running the door at Cargo bar.
This guy and others like him at the various […]

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Tags: Top 14 · Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup · rugby · France

Cameron Treloar: Where we’ve got it wrong…..

December 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Bob Dwyer wrote this article.
The very culture of how we support our teams, be it the Wallabies or a super 15 side, is sadly defined by one man… the guy in the tight black t-shirt with the clip board running the door at Cargo bar.
This guy and others like him at the various […]

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Tags: Top 14 · Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup · rugby · France

Cameron Treloar: Where we’ve got it wrong…

December 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Bob Dwyer wrote this article.
The very culture of how we support our teams, be it the Wallabies or a Super 15 side, is sadly defined by one man: the guy in the tight black t-shirt with the clipboard running the door at Cargo Bar.
This guy and others like him at the various establishments […]

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Tags: Top 14 · Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup · rugby · France

Cameron Treloar: Where we’ve got it wrong…

December 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Bob Dwyer wrote this article.
The very culture of how we support our teams, be it the Wallabies or a Super 15 side, is sadly defined by one man: the guy in the tight black t-shirt with the clipboard running the door at Cargo Bar.
This guy and others like him at the various establishments […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Top 14 · Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup · rugby · France

Dwyer’s view: the Heineken Cup, a great competition.

October 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Club rugby is invariably tribal and nowhere is this more marked than in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The baying from ‘the shed’ in Gloucester, the enthusiastic parochialism from the full-house at the Tigers’ Welford Road, the singing from the Irish and the Welsh teams or the full-blooded cry […]

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Tags: Heineken Cup

Dwyer’s view: the Heineken Cup, a great competition.

October 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Club rugby is invariably tribal and nowhere is this more marked than in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The baying from ‘the shed’ in Gloucester, the enthusiastic parochialism from the full-house at the Tigers’ Welford Road, the singing from the Irish and the Welsh teams or the full-blooded cry […]

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Tags: Heineken Cup

Dwyer’s View: Now we see what Europe has to offer!

October 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Over the last few months we have seen the cream of the world’s international teams fight it out for the coveted TriNations Championship – nine international matches, virtually one every week, between the three top teams in world rugby. It’s been intriguing, exciting and informative. New Zealand finished […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup

Dwyer’s View: Now we see what Europe has to offer!

October 10th, 2010 · No Comments

RugbyReg wrote this article.
Over the last few months we have seen the cream of the world’s international teams fight it out for the coveted TriNations Championship – nine international matches, virtually one every week, between the three top teams in world rugby. It’s been intriguing, exciting and informative. New Zealand finished well […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Northern hemisphere · Heineken Cup