#SWrugby shorts 06.01.15
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Welsh international fly-half Rhys Priestland is teaming up with Bath Rugby next season on a two-year contract.
The freescoring 27-year-old joins Bath from Scarlets for whom he has already made 147 appearances, scoring 1059 points.
#SWrugby shorts 05.01.15
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Bristol RFC have signed Italian international back Tommaso Benvenuti, 24, from USA Perpignan on an 18-month contract.
Benvenuti - who can play at centre, wing or full back - joined USAP from Treviso in May 2013.
LV= CUP reward for Chiefs hard work says Baxter
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- Created on Monday, 17 March 2014 00:45
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Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter praised his squad following a thrilling 15-8 LV= Cup final win over Aviva Premiership pacesetters Northampton Saints at Sandy Park.
Exeter's first major silverware in their 143-year history was clinched in front of 10,004 at Sandy Park thanks to tries from Chris Whitehead and cup-winning skipper Dean Mumm, who scored the match-winning touchdown. Devon-born fly half Henry Slade added the extras.
SOMERSET RFU Cup dates and updates
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- Created on Tuesday, 01 April 2014 13:16
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Somerset begin their build-up for May’s county championship campaign with a warm-up match against Bath Combination XV tomorrow at Walcot RFC (1930).
Somerset start the championship season against Devon at Bridgwater & Albion RFC on May 10 and visit Kent on May 25, when the match will take place at Medway RFC.
BRISTOL RUGBY Combination at Thornbury celebration
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- Created on Sunday, 16 March 2014 08:09
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Bristol Combination make a rare appearance at Thornbury RFC today to bring the curtain down on the South Gloucestershire club’s jubilee 50 celebrations (1330).
In days gone by playing for the Bristol Combination XV was in many cases the highest level of representative rugby local players could strive to attain. It was a genuine honour.
EXETER CHIEFS Cup of cheer for forward-thinking Mumm
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Match-winning skipper Dean Mumm believes Exeter Chiefs can use their LV= Cup triumph over Northampton as a springboard for success.
The New Zealand-born Australian international lock led from the front helping extend Exeter’s lead by finishing a scintillating second half move with Chiefs’ second try of the day.
ENGLAND RUGBY Call-ups for Ford, Nowell and Watson
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- Created on Wednesday, 08 January 2014 15:15
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Stuart Lancaster admits he is excited about the inclusion of Bath’s 20-year-old fly half George Ford in the England Senior squad.
Having starred for England’s Under 20 side for the past three years, Ford, Bath team-mate Anthony Watson and Exeter Chiefs' Cornish flyer Jack Nowell have been on Lancaster’s radar for a long time.
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