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Rugby news snippets from Britain

Various pre-season friendly matches have taken place this weekend, ahead of the start of the Aviva Premiership and RaboDirect Pro12 competitions. Furthemore, there has been news of player injuries as well as some player transfer news.

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George Earle also leaving the Cheetahs for the UK

Cheetahs lock George Earle will head to the Scarlets in July in the hope of representing Wales at the 2015 World Cup.

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Cheetahs Super Rugby contenders (continued) – Tall Timber

Hallo all rugby addicts! It’s good to see the blogging intensifying, as prep for the 2012 Super 15 has started in earnest at all the franchises. Rassie’s antics has stolen my thunder momentarily, but I’M BACK!

Anyway, back to my series of articles on contenders for the Cheetahs 2012 Super squad. Tall Timber is next. An area where the Cheetahs have not had dominance since David de Villiers’ departure. We have had some good locks, guys like Braam Els, Flippie, Rory Duncan, and Barend Pieterse,  but we need some staunch players to really get the powerful Cheetahs scrum to become destroyers!

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Fijian Rugby boss quits

Fiji Rugby Union Chief Executive Keni Dakuidreketi has resigned as without offering any explanation for his decisionafter 10 years in administrative roles.

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