|
List Of 2018–19 Pro14 Transfers
This is a list of player transfers involving Pro14 rugby union teams between the end of the 2017–18 Pro14, 2017–18 season and the end of the 2018–19 Pro14, 2018–19 season. Benetton Players in * Marco Zanon from Rugby Mogliano, Mogliano * Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara from Waikato Rugby Union, Waikato * Derrick Appiah from London Scottish F.C., London Scottish * Giuseppe Di Stefano (rugby union), Giuseppe Di Stefano from Fiamme Oro Rugby, Fiamme Oro * Giovanni Pettinelli from Rugby Calvisano, Calvisano * Antonio Rizzi from Petrarca Rugby, Petrarca * Dewaldt Duvenage from * Toa Halafihi from Taranaki Rugby Union, Taranaki Players out * Filippo Filippetto ''retired'' * Marty Banks to NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes * Whetu Douglas to Crusaders (rugby union), Crusaders * Matteo Zanusso to Rugby Calvisano, Calvisano * Francesco Minto to I Medicei * Michael Tagicakibau to Manawatu Rugby Union, Manawatu Cardiff Blues Players in * Dmitri Arhip fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 South Africa, and the BKT United Rugby Championship in the competition's other territories, the split branding mirroring the format previously adopted in Super Rugby. The Championship represents the highest level of domestic club or franchise rugby in each of its constituent countries. The Championship is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe (along with the English Premiership and the French Top 14), the most successful teams from which go forward to compete in the highest-level continental club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. Since 2022–23 South African teams have been eligible to qualify for European competitions. Name The tournament has had a number of names as it has grown, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taranaki Rugby Union
The Taranaki Rugby Football Union (TRFU, Taranaki Rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Taranaki, New Zealand. Established in 1885, it is based in New Plymouth. The union's traditional colours are amber and black. The Taranaki Bulls and Taranaki Whio are the two most senior representative men's and women's teams, competing in the NPC and Farah Palmer Cup respectively. The Bulls typically play their home games at Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth, while the Whio play at Stadium Taranaki and other venues across the province. Taranaki Rugby is part of the Chiefs Super Rugby region and has a 23.1% ownership stake in the franchise. History Early years Taranaki was officially established in 1889 after a team chosen from the surrounding clubs in existence played as Egmont in 1885. They began with a brown coloured jersey before adopting the amber and black hoops in 1892. During the amateur period, the team won the Ranfurly Shield on four occasions. It had also won se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Harries
Jason Harries (born 14 February 1989) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who played for Cardiff Rugby as a wing or centre before announcing his retirement. On the field, He was a Wales under-20 and Wales Sevens international. Harries joined Cardiff in 2018 having previously played for the London Scottish and Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ... since returning to the 15-a-side game in 2015. References External links itsrugby.co.uk profile Welsh rugby union players Cardiff Rugby players Living people 1989 births London Scottish F.C. players Edinburgh Rugby players Rugby union wings Rugby union centres {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ospreys (rugby Union)
The Ospreys (), formerly the Neath–Swansea Ospreys ''www.walesonline.co.uk'', accessed 22 October 2020 is one of the four professional teams from . They compete in the and in European Professional Club Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Arhip
Dmitri Arhip (born 12 November 1988) is a Moldovan rugby union player who plays for the Dragons RFC at Tighthead Prop. He is also a Moldovan international. Career Early years Born in Camenca, Moldova he joined Kishniev Blue Marine, at 15 years old he moved to Romania to join Dinamo București, winning back to back national titles in 2006-07 and 2007-08. He went on to join Enisei-STM in the Russian Rugby Championship, winning two league titles in 2011 and 2012. Enisei-STM travelled to Ireland in 2012 for pre-season friendly against Connacht where Arhip was spotted by Swansea based side Ospreys. Wales career Ospreys He signed as injury cover in the 2012-13 season for the Ospreys, as well as featuring twice for Bridgend Ravens. He scored his first try for the Ospreys in his first season in a clash against Newport Gwent Dragons. On New Years Day, 2016, Arhip won his 50th cap for the Ospreys against Newport Gwent Dragons. Cardiff After 5 seasons with the Ospreys, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manawatu Rugby Union
The Manawatu Rugby Football Union (MRU) serves as the governing body of the sport of rugby union in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. Founded in 1886, Manawatu is one of New Zealand's oldest rugby unions. In 1892, the MRU, amongst other unions, played a pivotal role in establishing the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU). During 1997–1998, Manawatu entered into an amalgamation with , as the "Central Vikings", wearing orange and blue attire. The union is based in the city of Palmerston North though its catchment area includes players and clubs from nearby towns in the province, including Ashhurst, Feilding, Rongotea, Linton, New Zealand, Linton, Bulls, New Zealand, Bulls, Pahiatua, Woodville, New Zealand, Woodville and Dannevirke. It has over 5,000 players, making it the tenth largest union in New Zealand in terms of player numbers. In 2011, the union celebrated its 125th jubilee. Manawatu have traditionally played in a distinctive green and white tramline jersey, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tagicakibau
Michael Tagicakibau (born 9 May 1985) is a Fijian rugby union player and coach. His usual position was on the wing. He is the brother of former Samoa international winger Sailosi Tagicakibau. but unlike his brother Michael played internationally for Fiji. Career Tagicakibau played in the Air NZ Cup for Taranaki before attending the trials for the Flying Fijians in 2007. He was part of the Fiji squad for the 2007 Pacific Nations Cup and made his debut against Tonga in June 2007 at Churchill Park, Lautoka and though he did not make the squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, he impressed the London Welsh team who he joined in February 2008. In 2008 he moved to London Welsh RFC in National League 1 and after an impressive first full season in English rugby, Saracens' then-Director of Rugby Brendan Venter signed him up for the 2009/10 season. He also played for Bristol. He played with the English club, Saracens until July 2014. and later with Scarlets. Tagicakibau also played for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Medicei
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural ''ies''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the "long I" sound, pronounced . In most other languages, its name matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History In the Phoenician alphabet, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative () in Egyptian, but was reassigned to (as in English "yes") by Semites because their word for "arm" began with that sound. This letter could also be used to represent , the close front unrounded vowel, mainly in foreign words. The Greeks adopted a form of this Phoenician ''yodh'' as their letter ''iota'' () to represent , the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek), it was also used to represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Minto
Francesco Minto (born 29 May 1987) is a former Italian rugby union player, and has been capped for the Italian national team for 39 occasions. His usual position was at flank. From 2010 to 2018 he currently played for Benetton in the Pro14. On 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup The IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was .... References External linksRBS 6 Nations profile 1987 births Italian rugby union players [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Zanusso ...
List of Italy national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Italy national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known. A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. List References {{Rugby union in Italy Italy Rugby union players Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crusaders (rugby Union)
The Crusaders (; formerly Canterbury Crusaders) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Christchurch, who compete in the Super Rugby competition. They are the most successful team in the competition's history and have won a total of 14 titles (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, as well as two regionalised Super Rugby titles in 2020 and 2021). Formed in 1996 to represent the upper South Island of New Zealand in the Super 12, the Crusaders represent the Buller, Canterbury, Mid-Canterbury, South Canterbury, Tasman and West Coast provincial Rugby Unions. Their main home ground since 2012 is Rugby League Park (known for sponsorship reasons as Apollo Projects Stadium). They formerly played out of Jade Stadium prior to it being damaged beyond repair in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The Crusaders struggled in the first season of the Super 12, 1996, finishing last. Their performance improved in 1997 and the team finishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whetu Douglas
Whetukamokamo H. Douglas (born 18 April 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a loose forward for Canterbury in New Zealand's provincial rugby competition the Mitre 10 Cup. Senior career Douglas debuted for Waikato in a match against Horowhenua-Kapiti in 2013 and to the end of the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season had made 36 National Provincial Championship and Ranfurly Shield challenge appearances and scored 8 tries. He was named co-captain of Canterbury for the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup season. In 2019 Douglas made a return to the Crusaders for the 2019 Investec Super Rugby season after a stint at Italian club Benetton. International He was named in the Māori All Blacks The Māori All Blacks, previously called the New Zealand Maori, New Zealand Maoris and New Zealand Natives, are a rugby union team from New Zealand. They are a representative team of the New Zealand Rugby Union, and a prerequisite for playing is ... squad for their northern hemisphere t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
