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| Leicester coach Dean Richards has admitted the double European champions are facing a tough task to qualify for next season's Heineken Cup. The Tigers lost 31-13 to Gloucester on the last day of the season and finished the season in sixth place in the Zurich Premiership. | Thirty-four points for young
replacement fly-half Rob Sweeney saw Swansea to a shock victory over their oldest rivals at St Helen's. Sweeney, on as an early replacement for the injured Arwel Thomas, contributed a try hat-trick and a 100% kicking return in his remarkable haul, to close the 127-year history between these sides at the highest level. |
Neil McMillan deservedly won the AIB
League ''Man of the Match'' award after Ballymena lifted the All-Ireland title at
Lansdowne Road on Saturday. The Ulster flanker was at his peerless best as Ballymena defeated Clontarf 28-18 in a rip-roaring final. |
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| The threat of relegation from the
Premiership has prompted Bath and Bristol to consider merging into a solitary entity next
season. Bristol's multi-millionaire owner Malcolm Pearce wants to pull the plug on his one-man funding of the Shoguns and pool resources with their West Country rivals. |
Wales coach Steve Hansen's decision to name Martyn Williams, Colin Charvis, Robin McBryde and Stephen Jones as joint captains for the summer tour to Australia and New Zealand provoked a media furore. | Bristol owner Malcolm Pearce is to outline his plans for the club's future on Wednesday. Pearce has been involved in talks about a possible merger with Bath, who finished above the Shoguns on points difference at the bottom of the Zurich Premiership. |
