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2008–09 Scarlets Season
The 2008–09 season is the sixth in the history of the Scarlets regional side. The season will see the Scarlets compete in three competitions: the Celtic League, the EDF Energy Cup and the Heineken Cup. The season welcomes a change of ground, with the team moving from their home of over 125 years, Stradey Park, to a new stadium in Pemberton named Parc y Scarlets, as well as a change in the team name, dropping the "Llanelli" from their moniker to become the Scarlets. Pre-season and friendlies Celtic League The Scarlets opened their 2008-09 Celtic League season away to Ulster on 5 September 2008. Despite playing against the wind in the first half, the Scarlets scored an early penalty in the sixth minute, before Darren Daniel scored the first try of the game, crossing in the corner. Clinton Schifcofske scored three penalties in response to make the half-time score 10–9 to the visitors. The Scarlets then took full advantage of the wind in the second half, Stephen Jones putting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Davies (rugby Union)
Nigel Gareth Davies (born 29 March 1965) is a former Wales national rugby union team, Wales international rugby union player, who played his club rugby at Llanelli RFC. His son Sam Davies (rugby union), Sam Davies is a professional rugby union player. Davies was born in Waun y Clun, Trimsaran and as a youth player played for local rugby union club Trimsaran RFC. In his final year of playing for the youth team he was invited by Llanelli RFC to play for them in a friendly match, from which he impressed enough to be selected by the club. Davies played 498 games for Llanelli including nine WRU Challenge Cup finals. During his Llanelli career he scored 115 tries and 487 points in total. Nigel also scored 5 tries whilst playing centre for Wales in 29 appearances. Davies was appointed assistant coach to the Wales national team under Gareth Jenkins and was appointed caretaker Head Coach following the departure of Jenkins after the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In May 2008 Davies was announced as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Higgitt
Rob Higgitt (born 12 August 1981) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played as a centre. Born in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Higgitt began his rugby career with Ruthin, for whom his father was the chairman. He played for Ruthin from the age of 6 until he was 18, when he enrolled at the University of Bath. While playing rugby for the university's team, Higgitt was spotted by Bristol, who signed him up and played him in their Under-21 side. In 2002, he went on a season-long loan to Caerphilly in the Welsh Premier Division. Upon his return to Bristol, they were unable to put him on a professional contract immediately, but when he made the first team in November 2003, the club put him on a £6,000 contract. In five years in the Bristol first team, Higgitt amassed a total of 111 appearances, scoring 20 tries, and became an integral component of the team's defensive line. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he signed for the Scarlets, one of four Welsh regional sides playing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton Schifcofske
Clinton Schifcofske (born 10 November 1975), also known by the nickname of "Choka", is an Australian former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. During his career, he played for the Crusaders in the Super League. as well as the South Queensland Crushers, the Parramatta Eels and the Canberra Raiders in Australia, as a . In the sport of rugby union, he played for Irish club Ulster rugby, Ulster in the Pro14, Celtic League competition and also he spent a year with Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. . Background Schifcofske was born in Moranbah, Queensland, he is of Polish people, Polish descent, his parents were both born in Australia to Polish parents. Rugby league Schifcofske made his first grade debut for the now defunct South Queensland side in Round 5 1996 against the North Sydney Bears at North Sydney Oval. However his rookie season was marred by a five match suspension after testing positive for a banned testosterone-based supplement. The following year, Schi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Daniel
Darren Daniel (born 13 September 1986) is a Welsh rugby union footballer. Daniel began his career with Llanelli RFC, working his way up through the junior and youth teams, before finally reaching the senior squad. By the time he was 18, Daniel was a regular in the Llanelli first team, and it wasn't long before he was promoted to the Scarlets regional side. He made his debut for the Scarlets on 20 August 2005 in a friendly match against the Worcester Warriors, but didn't score his first try until the following match, another friendly against a Scarlets Regional Select XV four days later. Daniel spent most of the 2005–06 season playing for Llanelli in the Principality Premiership, but also played five matches for the Scarlets, scoring one try. In the 2006–07 Magners League, however, Daniel became much more of a fixture in the Scarlets squad, playing 21 matches and scoring 10 tries, including a hat–trick in the win over the Glasgow Warriors. Nathan Brew's arrival at the We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Rugby
Ulster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby union teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the Irish regional pool of the United Rugby Championship and in the European Rugby Champions Cup, each of which they have won once. Ulster were the first Irish team and the first team outside England and France to win the European Cup in 1999. The team represents the IRFU Ulster Branch, which is one of the four primary branches of the IRFU and is responsible for rugby union throughout the geographical Irish province of Ulster, comprising Northern Ireland ( Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone) and three counties in the Republic of Ireland which are Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan. Prior to professionalisation, Ulster were a representative amateur team taking part in the IRFU Interprovincial Championship. They have also competed in the now defunct Celtic Cup (2003–05). Their development team, Ulster A, formerly known as the Ulster Rav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Evans (rugby Union)
Daniel Evans (born 15 November 1988) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played as a full-back. Career Evans was part of the Scarlets U16 team that formed part of an age grade clean sweep for the region in the inaugural season of the Reebok Regional Championships, and was part of the Scarlets U18 team that lost to the Ospreys in the U18 Final the following season. During the 2006–07 season, Evans turned out for the Scarlets U20 at fullback as they finished third in the Championship. Evans was a regular performer for Llanelli RFC scoring a try in the Welsh Cup quarter-final against Pontypridd as Llanelli knocked the holders out to make their way through to the semi-finals. In the following season, he was man-of-the-match in the Scarlets' 26–24 defeat of London Irish away, scoring a try that many believed would put him in the frame for a Wales recall in the Autumn. However, he missed out on selection, and again in the 2010 Six Nations. In May 2012 Evans joined Newport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragons (rugby Union)
Dragons RFC () are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup/ European Rugby Challenge Cup. They play their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport, which was the home of Newport RFC from 1877 to 2017, and is shared with Newport County AFC, the city's English Football League team. The Dragons were formed in 2003 as a result of the introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales, and represent a region covers an area of southeast representing an arena that covers an area of southeast Wales including Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen, with a total population approaching 600,000. They are affiliated with a number of semi-professional and amateur clubs throughout the area, including Pontypool RFC, Caerphilly RFC, Cross Keys RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC and Newport RFC. The team has been owned by Dragons RFC Ltd since 2023, having been solely owned by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Evans
Gavin Dean Evans (born 18 July 1984) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a centre. Born in Swansea, he began his career with Llanelli RFC and played for the Scarlets regional side from 2003 to 2009, when he moved to the Cardiff Blues. In 2016, he left Cardiff and signed for Neath RFC in the Welsh Premiership. After playing for Wales at under-16, under-18 and under-19 levels, he was part of the Wales Under-21 team that won the Under-21 Six Nations in 2005, before being capped by the senior team in 2006. Club career After starting off at Llanelli, Evans made his debut for the Scarlets in a friendly against Slovenia in August 2003, a match the Scarlets won 95–0. He also played against Llandovery a week later, and he scored his first try as Scarlets won 48–7. However, he would have to wait until February 2006 to make his first competitive appearance for the region, coming off the bench in a loss to Connacht. He made four more appearances that season, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Davies (rugby Union, Born 1988)
Jonathan Davies (born 5 April 1988) is a former Welsh professional rugby union player who played at Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre, centre for the Scarlets and the Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team. His brother is James Davies (rugby union), James Davies, who also played professional rugby for Wales as a Flanker (rugby union), flanker. Early life and education Born to Welsh people, Welsh parents in Solihull, England, Davies moved at a young age with his family to Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire, where his parents ran the Fox and Hounds pub; Davies is commonly known as "Fox", differentiating him from the Jonathan Davies (rugby, born 1962), Jonathan Davies who played both rugby union and rugby league during the 1980s and 1990s. He attended Ysgol Dyffryn Taf School, Dyffryn Taf Comprehensive School in Whitland, Carmarthenshire, and is a fluent Welsh language, Welsh speaker. Davies studied Sports and Exercise course at Trinity University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Jacobs (rugby Union)
Matthew Jacobs (born 23 February 1985) is a former rugby union player who began his career as a wing, before later playing as a centre. Born in Oxford, England, Jacobs was educated at Tregib Comprehensive School in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, and began his rugby career with Llandeilo RFC, as well as having a stint with Llangennech RFC. In 2004, he made an appearance for Llandovery RFC, and in 2005, he joined Llanelli RFC, where he became part of the Scarlets regional setup. He made his debut for the Scarlets in November 2008, starting on the left wing in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Northampton Saints. He made his Celtic League debut a few weeks later, this time playing on the right wing against Munster. In January 2009, he played for the Scarlets in a match against the Barbarians to mark the official opening of their new stadium, Parc y Scarlets; he opened the scoring with a try in the third minute as the Scarlets went on to win 40–24. His next appearance for the Scarlets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbarian F
A barbarian is a person or tribe of people that is perceived to be primitive, savage and warlike. Many cultures have referred to other cultures as barbarians, sometimes out of misunderstanding and sometimes out of prejudice. A "barbarian" may also be an individual reference to an aggressive, brutal, cruel, and insensitive person, particularly one who is also dim-witted, while cultures, customs and practices adopted by peoples and countries perceived to be primitive may be referred to as "barbaric". The term originates from the (; ). In Ancient Greece, the Greeks used the term not only for those who did not speak Greek and follow classical Greek customs, but also for Greek populations on the fringe of the Greek world with peculiar dialects. In Ancient Rome, the Romans adapted and applied the term to tribal non-Romans such as the Germanics, Celts, Iberians, Helvetii, Thracians, Illyrians, and Sarmatians. In the early modern period and sometimes later, the Byzantine Greeks u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Jones (rugby Union, Born 1979)
Mark Anthony Jones (born 7 November 1979) is a Welsh professional rugby union coach and former player who played as a wing for the Scarlets and Wales. Since making his international debut for Wales in 2001, he won 47 caps and scored 13 tries. He is currently head coach of the Ospreys. Early life Jones was born in Builth Wells, Powys. As a youngster, as well as playing rugby, Jones was also a sprinter and once competed against future World Junior Athletics champion Christian Malcolm in a 100 metres final; Jones said his performance against Malcolm was the reason he gave up athletics for a career in rugby. He began his domestic career at Builth Wells Youth before joining the senior side. He was signed by Llandovery from Builth and in his first season of senior rugby was the highest try scorer in the Welsh League. Jones joined Llanelli in 1997 and remained at the club until his retirement in 2010. Jones has represented Wales at U18, U19 and U20 levels and made his first team debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
