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2019–20 Scarlets Season
The 2019–20 season was the 16th season in the history of the Scarlets, a Welsh regional rugby union side based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. They competed in the Pro14 and after failing to qualify for the European Rugby Champions Cup, Champions Cup the previous season for the first time in their history, participated in the European Rugby Challenge Cup, Challenge Cup. It was the team's first and only season under head coach Brad Mooar, who was assisted by defence coach Glenn Delaney and assistant attack coach Richard Whiffin, following Wayne Pivac's departure to leathe Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team. On December 24, 2019, it was announced that Mooar would leave the Scarlets at the end of the season to join the New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand All Blacks' coaching team. On 12 March 2020, the season was indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regular season resumed on 22 August 2020, with the number of rounds reduced from 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Mooar
Brad Mooar (born 28-Aug-1974) is a New Zealand professional rugby union coach. He was previously assistant coach at Southern Kings and Crusaders (rugby union), Crusaders and was head coach at the Scarlets in Wales. Nowadays is assistant coach in the Scottish national rugby union team, Scotland men’s national rugby union team. References Living people New Zealand rugby union coaches Scarlets coaches 1974 births Expatriate rugby union coaches People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School {{NZ-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Pivac
Wayne Pivac (born 1962) is a New Zealand rugby union coach who is the head coach of the Green Rockets Tokatsu, NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu who play in the Japan Rugby League One. In November 2019 he replaced Warren Gatland as the Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team coach and remained in this position until 2022. A former sworn officer in the New Zealand Police, he was a constable at the Takapuna police station on Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore. He played his early rugby at Rosmini College and then Westlake Boys High School. Pivac played senior rugby for both the Northcote and Takapuna rugby clubs. Pivac played for North Harbour Rugby Union while he was a policeman. A recurring knee injury forced Pivac to retire from playing rugby at the age of 28. In 2012 Pivac was named at flanker in the Westlake Boys High school 50 year anniversary greatest First XV. New Zealand and Fiji Pivac began coaching at Takapuna Rugby Football Club, Takapuna RFC, guidi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Conbeer
Ryan Conbeer (born 5 February 1999) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship as a winger. He had previously played for the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC Professional career Conbeer first played for Tenby RFC, before moving to Narberth RFC at U12 level. While with Narberth, Conbeer was selected for Wales U16. Conbeer played for Scarlets U16, and joined the academy. He progressed into the Wales U18 side, and joined them on a tour to South Africa. Conbeer earned his first call-up to the Wales U20s squad for the 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. Conbeer's debut came in a victory to Italy U20, a game in which Conbeer scored a try. Over three seasons, he made 23 appearances in total for the U20 side, scoring five tries. At age 17, Conbeer made his debut for the Scarlets in 2016 in a 44–21 victory against Bath. In 2017, he graduated from the Scarlets academy and signed a development contract with the club, and began to train f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus O'Brien
Angus O'Brien (born 17 September 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays Dragons RFC. He can play as outside half and fullback. O'Brien is a Wales under-20 international. Angus O’Brien played club rugby for Caerleon RFC at Junior level before beginning his Senior career. O'Brien made his debut for the Dragons regional team on 12 September 2014 aged 19 versus the Ospreys, kicking 4 penalties in a 15–17 defeat. O'Brien was released by the Dragons at the end of the 2017–18 season and joined the Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby c .... Ahead of the 2022–2023, O'Brien was re-signed by the Dragons. He signed a new "multi-year" contract with the Dragons in April 2024. References External links Dragons profile {{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, Angus Rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Rawlins
Lewis Rawlins (born 13 April 1990) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Scarlets as a second row or a flanker. Rawlins made his debut for the Scarlets in 2012 having previously played for their academy, Caerphilly RFC, Cross Keys RFC and Llanelli RFC Llanelli Rugby Football Club () is a Welsh rugby union club founded on 30 March 1872. The club's historic home ground was Stradey Park in Llanelli, but they moved in 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent Pemberton. The club song is " .... He was part of the squad that won the Pro 12 in the 2016–2017 season. References External links Scarlets Player Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Rawlins, Lewis Rugby union players from Caerphilly [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Prydie
Tom Prydie (born 23 February 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player. A fullback who can also play on the wing, Prydie is the youngest player ever to represent the Wales national team and the youngest player in the history of Europe's top rugby union club competition, the Heineken Cup. Early life Born in Porthcawl, a seaside resort near Bridgend, Prydie primarily played football in his early childhood. He represented his primary school, Nottage, at under 11s rugby, within the Bridgend and District Schools' RU. He played for West Wales A (Under 11s) in their victory over East Wales at Virginia Park, Caerphilly RFC, on 10 April 2003. He made his first ever appearance at the Millennium Stadium on 3 May 2003, when he represented Bridgend Schools' Under 11s v. Cardiff Schools' Under 11s, in the final of the DCThomas Cup. Club career His rise to prominence began in summer 2009, when he was noticed by Scott Johnson, the director of coaching for the Ospreys regional team. Prydie was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffan Hughes (rugby Union)
Steffan Hughes (born 17 February 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Old Glory DC as a centre. Hughes previously played for the Scarlets regional team. He is a Wales Under-20 international and previously captained the side. Hughes made his debut for the Scarlets regional team in 2014 having previously played for the Scarlets academy. Ahead of the 2019-2020 season, Hughes was named as one of the Scarlets' vice-captains along with Werner Kruger, James Davies and Jonathan Davies. Hughes had first captained the Scarlets side against the Cheetahs during the 2017-2018 season. Following the 2021–2022 season, Hughes was released by the Scarlets, and subsequently joined Dragons RFC on a short-term deal as injury cover. After scoring 3 tries in 18 appearances, Hughes signed a new long-term with the Dragons at the end of the 2022-2023 season. On 1 September 2023, ahead of the new season, Hughes was named as the new Dragons RFC captain for the upcoming campaign. Hughes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Jones (rugby Union)
Marc Jones (born 3 April 1987) is a rugby union player for the Scarlets in the Pro 14 He plays as a hooker. In the 2005–2006 season, Jones made 1 appearance as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title. On 19 January 2015, it was announced Jones joined Bristol on a two-year deal starting from the next season. On 22 March 2017, Jones returned to Sale Sharks on a two-year contract from the 2017–18 season. On 28 August 2018, Jones left Sale to sign for Welsh region Scarlets in the Pro14 The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in ... from the 2018–19 season. References External linksGuinness Premiership profile 1987 births Living people Rugby union hookers Rugby union players from Pontypridd Sale Sharks players Welsh rugby union players Bristol Bear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom James (rugby Union, Born 1987)
Tom James (born 17 April 1987 in Rhymney) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player. James represented Wales and spent most of his career with Cardiff Blues Club career After turning to rugby from athletics, he joined Merthyr RFC on the wing. After a successful year at Merthyr James joined Cardiff RFC at the start of the 2006–07 season. James scored 11 tries in just nine games to open the season which brought him to the attention of the first fifteen, with whom he had an academy contract. He was immediately put into the 22 man squad for the Cardiff Blues trip to Edinburgh in the Celtic League. He came off the bench midway through the second half and within minutes had marked his professional debut with a try. A slight knock kept him out of the first few games of the 2007–08 season. He came back shortly after the start, firstly playing a game for Cardiff RFC before starting the Blues away game against Munster in which he scored two tries. The following week he sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Reds
Jersey Reds was a rugby union club based in Jersey, Channel Islands. On 28th September 2023, the club ceased trading and shortly thereafter went into liquidation following the withdrawal of financial support from a key investor. Until season 2022/23, the professional arm of Jersey Reds was part of Jersey RFC, a members' club established in 1879 which also had an amateur men's side, Jersey Reds Athletic, who play in the National Leagues (tier 7); Jersey Reds Women, who play in the Women's National Championship South 2 league; and a thriving Mini section with over 500 boys and girls participating. For the first season of the national leagues in England in 1987–88, Jersey were in London Three South-West (level 7), and did not play any higher until promotion in 2005. Two professional players were signed in 2006 and gradually the club's 1st XV shifted towards full-time professionalism, which was introduced in 2013. By this time Jersey had been promoted four more times to reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
