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2013–14 Scarlets Season
The 2013–14 season was the 11th in the history of the Scarlets, one of the four Welsh regional rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ... sides. In this season, they competed in the Pro12 (formerly known as the Magners League), the Heineken Cup and the LV Cup. Pre-season and friendlies RaboDirect Pro12 Fixtures Table Anglo-Welsh Cup Fixtures Table Heineken Cup Fixtures Table Transfers In Out New development contracts Statistics (+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance) ''Stats accurate as of match played 20 April 2014'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarlets 2013-14 2013–14 Pro12 by team 2013–14 in Welsh rugby union 2013–14 Heineken Cup by team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Easterby
Simon Easterby (born 21 July 1975) is a professional rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the interim head coach for the Ireland national team. Early life Easterby's father is English and his mother Irish, so had Irish citizenship from birth. He is the younger brother of Guy Easterby, also an Ireland international. He was educated at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire. Club career Easterby captained the Scarlets for five consecutive seasons and played more than 50 European games, 201 games (19 tries) for Llanelli and the Scarlets. He had been part of the West Wales region since signing from Leeds Tykes in 1999. In August 2010, Easterby was forced to retire through a knee injury at the age of 35. International career Despite being born in England, Easterby turned down the opportunity to play for England under Clive Woodward. Ireland Easterby made his first international appearance in a 2000 Six Nations Championship victory over Scotland at Lansdowne Road. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Try (rugby)
A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area (on or behind the goal line). Rugby union and league differ slightly in defining "grounding the ball" and the "in-goal" area. In rugby union a try is worth 5 points, and in rugby league a try is worth 4 points. The term "try" comes from "try at goal", signifying that grounding the ball originally only gave the attacking team the opportunity to try to score with a kick at goal. A try is analogous to a touchdown in American and Canadian football, with the major difference being that a try requires the ball be simultaneously touching the ground and an attacking player, whereas a touchdown merely requires that the ball enter the airspace above the "end zone" while in the possession of an opposing player. In both codes of rugby, the term ''touch down'' formally refers only to grounding the ball by the defensive team in their in-goal. A t ... [...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] |
Zebre
Zebre Parma (, meaning " Zebras") are an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR competitions from the 2012–13 season. They are based in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. They are operated by the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) and replaced Aironi in the Pro12. Zebre Parma, often referred to as "the XV of the North-West" (), represents the four committees of Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy and Piedmont, which includes tens of thousands of members and several clubs. Since 2018, it represents also teams from others committees like Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche, Tuscany and Sicily. The team was officially named Zebre Parma at the start of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season. History The entry of Italian teams into the Celtic League had been proposed for many years. After several failed attempts, there was hope that a deal for Italian entry would be done in time for the 2010–11 season, with the Scots delaying support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Warriors
The Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became the first Scottish team to win a major trophy in rugby union's professional era. In 2023-24 they became the first Scottish side to win the United Rugby Championship in its current form. The side is known for its fast, dynamic and attacking style of play, using offloads and quick rucks. Defensively the club prides itself on its 'Fortress Scotstoun' where the club play at home. History Glasgow Warriors are a continuation of the amateur Glasgow District side founded in 1872. For the history of Glasgow as an amateur district side see: Reshaped as a professional club in 1996, Glasgow Warriors were originally known as Glasgow Rugby before rebranding as Glasgow Caledonians in 1998 by a merger with the Caledonian Reds. They dropped the Ca ... [...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] |
Nic Reynolds
Nic Reynolds (born 7 April 1989) is a Welsh rugby union footballer. He is tall and weighs . He currently plays at centre for London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership, having previously made over 100 appearances for Llanelli RFC and over 50 appearances for the Scarlets. Reynolds started his career playing for Llanelli RFC in the Welsh Premiership. He made his first appearance as a substitute in a friendly against Bridgend Athletic in 2007, and then went on to make a further two appearances in the 2007–08 season. He became a regular in Llanelli's side in the 2008–09 season, making 26 appearances, scoring 10 tries. His impressive performances in the 2009–10 season earned him a call-up to the Scarlets squad, and he made his debut against Newport Gwent Dragons in March 2009. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Reynolds left the Scarlets and Llanelli to join London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club () was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Rugby
Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh plays the majority of its home games at Edinburgh Rugby Stadium. The original Edinburgh District (rugby union), Edinburgh District team played the first ever inter-district match against Glasgow District (rugby union), Glasgow District in 1872, winning the match 3–0. The amateur district team was reformed with professionalism, as Edinburgh Rugby, in 1996 to compete in the Heineken Cup, its best performance coming in the 2011–12 season, when the club reached the semi-final but lost out narrowly to Ulster Rugby, Ulster, 22–19. The quarter-final tie against Toulouse attracted a former club record crowd of 37,881 spectators to Murrayfield. As of 2025, the attendance record stands at 40,063, achieved against Glasgow Warriors in 2024. In 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Williams (rugby Union)
Scott Williams (born 10 October 1990) is a Welsh international rugby union player who most recently played for the Scarlets in the United Rugby Championship. Born in Carmarthen, Williams attended Coleg Sir Gar, and is a fluent Welsh speaker. Club career Williams played for Whitland RFC before joining Llanelli RFC. In 2009, Williams joined the Scarlets. In 2018, Williams signed for the Ospreys. Williams dealt with numerous injuries over the following years, including a bulging disc. Williams rejoined the Scarlets in 2021. He extended his contract in 2022. Williams was named man of the match against his former club the Ospreys, as the Scarlets won 22–19 on the 2022 New Years derby. International career Williams has represented Wales U16, U18 and U20. It was announced on 9 May 2011 that Williams, along with 8 other Scarlets players, was in the Wales senior team against the Barbarians on 4 June 2011. He made his full international debut as a second-half replacement. Willi ... [...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] |
Benetton Rugby
Benetton Rugby, also known as Benetton Treviso ( or ), is an Italian professional rugby union team based in Treviso, Veneto which competes in the United Rugby Championship, the European Rugby Challenge Cup and European Rugby Champions Cup, European Champions Cup. Treviso rugby team was founded in 1932 and has won 15 Italian national championships. The team has been owned by the Benetton Group, Benetton clothing company since 1979. Treviso have competed in the United Rugby Championship (formerly the Pro14 and Pro12) since 2010, and have previously competed in the Top10 (rugby union), Italian domestic championship. Treviso have supplied many players to the Italy national rugby union team, Italian national team, such as Alessandro Zanni and Leonardo Ghiraldini. Conversely, several notable foreign internationals have played for Treviso, including Rugby World Cup winners Craig Green (rugby union), Craig Green, John Kirwan (rugby), John Kirwan and Michael Lynagh. The President of Trevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob McCusker
Robert McCusker (born 10 December 1985) is a Welsh former rugby union player, who played across the back row. McCusker began his career with the Scarlets, and also played for London Irish and the Ospreys before retiring. McCusker also played internationally for Wales. Club career Born in Wrexham, McCusker began his rugby career playing for Mold RFC in WRU Division Four North, before being picked up by the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC. He made his debut for the Scarlets in a match against the Exeter Chiefs on 18 August 2007. He was made club captain by the Scarlets for the 2012–13 season. Despite primarily being a flanker, McCusker often played at number 8 for the Scarlets. McCusker left the Scarlets at the start of the 2015–16, moving to London Irish, signing a one-year contract. After one season with London Irish, McCusker returned to Wales, signing for the Ospreys as injury cover for Sam Underhill. He later extended his short term contract into a full time deal with the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
