Sports News - West
12 May 2008
WELSH ACE WATKINS SIGNS FOR GLOUCESTER
WELSH international Matthew J Watkins (pictured) has agreed a two-year deal with Guinness Premiership leaders Gloucester.
02 May 2008
BRISTOL CONFIRM THEIR GROUND-BREAKING MOVE TO RODNEY PARADE
BRISTOL have confirmed they will ground-share with Newport at Rodney Parade for the next two years, bringing Guinness Premiership rugby to Wales for the first time.
(Pictured - Bristol's new Memorial Stadium)
01 May 2008
MEEHAN NAMED PREMIERSHIP COACH OF THE MONTH FOR SECOND TIME
BATH'S Steve Meehan (pictured) has been named Guinness Premiership Coach of the Month for April.
30 April 2008
FEAUNATI QUITS PRO RUGBY FOR TEACHING
ZAK FEAUNATI (pictured) is retiring from professional rugby at the end of the to go into teaching. The 34- year-old, who has been a mainstay of the Bath Rugby squad since arriving at the Rec in 2003, will hang up his boots after the completion of the Guinness Premiership and European Challenge Cup campaigns.
27 April 2008
MEEHAN PRAISES A FIVE-STAR PERFORMANCE THAT PUTS BATH INTO EURO FINAL
HEAD coach Steve Meehan (pictured) believes Bath played one of their best games of rugby under his command as they reached the European Challenge Cup final to face Mike Ruddock's Worcester.
27 April 2008
TEAM BATH INTO PLAY-OFFS
24 April 2008
EX-NEWPORT ACE STRANGE TO LEAVE BRISTOL
THERE will be no homecoming for ex-Newport outside-half Jason Strange (pictured) next season when Bristol ground-share with the Black and Ambers at Rodney Parade.
22 April 2008
RUGBY UNION - BATH LEGEND ROBINSON JOINS SCOTTISH COACHING TEAM
FORMER Bath legend Andy Robinson (pictured) will assist Frank Hadden in Scotland's summer tour of Argentina, the SRU have confirmed.
14 April 2008
SINGLETON MISSES MEDAL
TEAM Baths Georgina Singleton (pictured) just missed out on the medals at the European Judo Championships when finishing fifth.
14 April 2008
LAMB - GLOUCESTER CAN GO ALL THE WAY IN THE PREMIERSHIP
BRILLIANT Ryan Lamb (pictured) reckons Gloucester have it in them to go all the way in the Guinness Premiership.
09 April 2008
RUGBY UNION - JONNY F IS INCREDIBLE, SAYS BATH BOSS MEEHAN
HEAD coach Steve Meehan believes Samoan Jonny Faamatuainu (pictured) is coming of age as a Bath player this season, describing him as 'incredible'.
09 April 2008
MODERN PENTATHLON - HARLAND BACKS BRITAIN'S MEN
OLYMPIC bronze medallist Georgina Harland (pictured) is backing the British mens modern pentathlon pairing of Sam Weale and Nick Woodbridge to make the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
07 April 2008
JOHNSON CAN MAKE ENGLAND GREAT AGAIN - BARKLEY
OLLY BARKLEY (pictured) hopes that the instalation of World Cup-winning skipper Martin Johnson in the national set-up will sweep him onto the England plane bound for New Zealand this summer.
03 April 2008
SWIMMING - REMARKABLE MARK GETS OLYMPIC STANDARD
UNIVERSITY of Bath swimmer Mark Foster (pictured) rolled back the years by clocking the A qualifying standard for the Beijing Olympics at the British Championships Wednesday (April 2).
29 March 2008
GLOUCESTER 'MUGGED' AS WORCESTER SCORE FIRST WIN OVER THEM
WORCESTER 17 GLOUCESTER 14
GLOUCESTER went back to the Guinness Premiership summit on Saturday despite being 'mugged' by arch rivals Worcester at Sixways.
(Pictured - Gloucester head coach Dean Ryan)
28 March 2008
GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS - ALL CHANGE FOR BRISTOL'S TRIP TO IRISH
BRISTOL make several changes to his side for Sunday's trip to London Irish including the return at hooker of England ace Mark Regan (pictured) and a full debut for Academy flanker Iain Grieve.
28 March 2008
GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS - KEY DUO BACK FOR GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER launch into their Guinness Premiership derby against Worcester Warriors on Saturday with both Alex Brown (pictured)and Olly Morgan back in the starting line-up.
27 March 2008
HALLIDAY TELLS DE GLANVILLE - 'YOU ARE WELCOME TO AN RFU JOB'
FORMER Bath and England international Simon Halliday (pictured) reckons Phil de Glanville would be 'welcome' to a management job with the national squad if he went for it.
25 March 2008
GLOUCESTER HOST EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIIPS
GLOUCESTER is to host the European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships 2009 after the European Federation for Aquatic Sports confirmed the bid had been successful.
23 March 2008
MEEHAN TELLS HIS PLAYERS TO ENJOY BEING AT THE TOP
BATH 19 LONDON IRISH 16
BATH boss Steve Meehan (pictured) told his players to enjoy being top of the Guinness Premiership this weekend before their final push to the title.
20 March 2008
BRISTOL CENTRE HIGGITT JOINS THE SCARLETS WELSH REGION
BRISTOL centre Rob Higgitt (pictured) has signed for Llanelli Scarlets along with former Swansea and Sale Sharks scrum-half Sililo Martens.
19 March 2008
NARRAWAY SIGNS A NEW TWO-YEAR DEAL WITH GLOUCESTER
LUKE NARRAWAY, (pictured) one of Gloucester's leading forwards whose form this season earned him a call-up to Englands Six Nations squad, has signed a two-year contract extension with the Guinness Premiership leaders.
17 March 2008
PERRY SIGNS THREE-YEAR DEAL TO STAY AT BRISTOL
ENGLAND scrum half Shaun Perry (pictured) has given Bristol Rugby the perfect boost for the rest of the season by signing a new three year contract.
13 March 2008
GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS - TEENAGER SHARPLES MAKES DEBUT
CHARLIE Sharples will make his Guinness Premiership debut tomorrow when Gloucester travel to Sale Sharks (7.45pm).
(Pictured - head coach Dean Ryan)
13 March 2008
TENNIS - YOUNG STARS SET TO CAUSE A RAQUET
11 March 2008
ASHTON TO BE REPLACED BY WHITE - CLAIM REPORTS
ENGLAND head coach Brian Ashton (pictured) is being lined up for the sack with the man who beat his side in last year's World Cup final, Jake White, possibly being offered the Twickenham hotseat, claim reports on Tuesday (March 11).
07 March 2008
BEATTIE OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON AT BATH
FLANKER Andy Beattie (pictured) is out for the rest of the season after suffering a major knee injury against Bristol last week.
06 March 2008
BALSHAW BACK FOR CALCUTTA CUP CLASH AFTER CIPRIANI IS AXED
GLOUCESTER'S Iain Balshaw (pictured) is back in the England squad for the Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland on Saturday at Murrayfield after Wasps' Danny Cipriani was caught coming out of a London nightclub on Thursday morning.
04 March 2008
RUGBY UNION - BROWN HAS SURGERY ON JAW FRACTURE
GLOUCESTER lock Alex Brown (pictured) underwent surgery on Tuesday (March 4) to stabilise a hairline fracture in his jaw, sustained during his side's 30-25 defeat against Harlequins on Saturday.
03 March 2008
BARKLEY SHOULD BE IN SIX NATIONS RIGHT NOW SAYS COACH MEEHAN
BATH secured their first win over Bristol in a decade on their West Country rival's patch on Sunday and their coach Steve Meehan reckoned Olly Barkley (pictured) should be playing for England right now.
26 February 2008
AUSTRALIAN HARRISON BECOMES BATH'S SECOND LOCK SIGNING IN 24 HOURS
FORMER Australia lock Justin Harrison (pictured) is joining Bath on a one-year contract. It is the second signing in the boilerhouse made by the club in 24 hours as the 33-year old veteran of 34 Tests for the Wallabies joins Stuart Hooper in making the move to the Recreation Ground next season.
25 February 2008
LEEDS CAPTAIN HOOPER JOINS BATH
LEEDS captain Stuart Hooper (pictured) will be joining Bath at the end of the season on a three year contract.
22 February 2008
BREAKING RUGBY NEWS - BARKLEY QUITS BATH AND SIGNS FOR GLOUCESTER
OLLY Barkley, (pictured) the second highest points scorer in Bath's history, has dropped a huge bombshell and is joining Gloucester this summer on a two-year contract.
20 February 2008
MODERN PENTATHLON - FOUR BRITS THROUGH TO WORLD CUP ROUND ONE FINAL
13 February 2008
ATHLETICS GREEN PICKED FOR WORLD INDOOR CHAMPS
UNIVERSITY of Bath student Steve Green (pictured) has been selected to compete at his first World Indoor Athletics Championships.
12 February 2008
TAUMALOLO TO QUIT BRISTOL AT THE END OF THE SEASON
FORMER Ebbw Vale full-back Josh Taumalolo (pictured) is leaving Bristol at the end of the season. The Tongan international was under contract through 2008-9 but asked the club if he could be released in order to spend more time with his family, who remain back home in the South Pacific island.
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