Heineken Cup: Round Four Roundup

heinekencupA bit late sorry but we take a look at an interesting weekend’s action in the Heineken Cup. This weekend saw some very close games as well as a few run away wins and perhaps most significantly saw Ulster lose their first competitive match of the season in one of the weekend’s close affairs. 

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SANZAR not sold on TMO changes

Greg PetersSANZAR CEO Greg Peters has intimated that it’s unlikely that Super Rugby will adopt television match official (TMO) rule changes next year.

Empowering the TMO to review possible infringements during try-scoring movements and incidents of foul play have been trialled in the Currie Cup and English Premiership competitions this year.

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French Hooker for Southern Kings

Virgil LacombeThe Southern Kings have signed Toulouse hooker Virgil Lacombe as their fourth international player for Super Rugby next year.

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Millennium Stadium to get synthetic pitch for 2015?

Millennium StadiumWales are set to play on a plastic pitch at the Millennium Stadium in a ground-breaking move being proposed by the Welsh Rugby Union.

Roger Lewis, the WRU’s go-ahead chief executive, has revealed behind closed doors talks have taken place about implementing the artificial surface at the home of Welsh sport.

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