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No lifting the mood for Irish rugby as England ‘A’ run riot over XV side in Thomond Park Ireland XV endured a difficult night at Thomond Park as Cullie Tucker’s side fell to a comprehensive defeat at the hands of a supremely-drilled England ‘A’ side, in front of Andy Farrell and the Ireland coaching staff.

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'We made hard work of it, especially in the second half' There was a mixture of satisfaction, relief and frustration about Ulster’s 21-14 result over Cardiff.

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Fresh-faced Munster battle hard but Glasgow prove too powerful - The Irish Times Fresh-faced Munster battle hard but Glasgow prove too powerful  The Irish Times

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McMillan hails home-county Coombes and Edogbo as Munster breathe sigh of relief in Cork Seán Edogbo was named player of the match on debut while Gavin Coombes was the match-winner against Dragons.

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Ulster face pre-match puzzle trying to second guess Stade Francais’ game plan What we have is a bit of rarity these days as Saturday lunchtime is essentially about dealing with an unknown quantity as it has been a significant period since Stade Francais have been on Ulster’s radar.

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Ulster’s cold-blooded thrillers turned up the heat against Munster… but Richie Murphy needs to mix things up in Europe Even though you would have walked away from Ravenhill on Friday night badly needing to get close to some heat, all those who turned up to make it a full house will surely have still found warmth in Ulster’s performance.

Ulster’s cold-blooded thrillers turned up the heat against Munster… but Richie Murphy needs to mix things up in Europe @beltel.bsky.social #UlsterRugby #MunsterRugby #RugbyMatch

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Ulster cough up 14-point lead as Cardiff come back to snatch win at the death - The Irish Times Ulster cough up 14-point lead as Cardiff come back to snatch win at the death  The Irish Times

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Munster grab bonus-point win in scrappy Cork clash with Gloucester Clayton McMillan’s men finished with five tries against the second-string English side.

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Jack Crowley starts as Munster look to bounce back against Gloucester at Páirc Uí Chaoimh - The Irish Times Jack Crowley starts as Munster look to bounce back against Gloucester at Páirc Uí Chaoimh  The Irish Times

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Asia/Africa play-off match for 2027 Rugby World Cup qualifiers: Namibia vs. UAE - Xinhua Asia/Africa play-off match for 2027 Rugby World Cup qualifiers: Namibia vs. UAE  Xinhua

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WINNERS: Namibia defeated the UAE 86-29 in their play-off match in Uganda on Saturday, keeping their hopes alive for the 2027 Rugby World Cup. The UAE opened the scoring with an early try, but Namibia quickly found their rhythm, surging to a 39-22 lead - instagram.com WINNERS: Namibia defeated the UAE 86-29 in their play-off match in Uganda on Saturday, keeping their hopes alive for the 2027 Rugby World Cup. The UAE opened the scoring with an early try, but Namibia quickly found their rhythm, surging to a 39-22 lead  instagram.com

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Huge Battle in Store [Namibian] The Namibian Welwitschias face their toughest test of the season so far when they take on Italy in a rugby test match at the Hage Geingob Stadium at 15h00 this afternoon.

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Burger saves the day for Welwitschias A last minute penalty by Danco Burger gave the Namibian Welwitschias a rather fortunate 22-19 victory against Uganda at Walvis Bay on Saturday.  The Welwitschias outscored the Ugandan Cranes by three tries to one, but the home side made numerous mistakes, which Uganda used to good advantage, keeping the scoreboard ticking with regular penalties.  Namibia opened the scoring within 10 minutes when flyhalf Danco Burger crashed over for an unconverted try, but Ugandan flyhalf Yasin Wasswa reduced the gap to 5-3 with his first penalty midway through the first half. Another Burger try, converted by Godwin Silvanus, put Namibia 12-3 ahead, but another Wasswa penalty reduced the gap to 12-6 early in the second half.  Uganda took the lead for the first time when replacement flanker Brian Wandera went over for a try converted by substitute flyhalf Liam Walker, and they stretched their lead to 16-12 when Walker added a penalty shortly after. Namibia, however, launched attack after attack, with eighthman Adriaan Booysen, lock Oliver Kurz, and the wings Jurgen Meyer and Quirione Majiedt prominent, and finally regained the lead at 19-16 when hooker Armand Combrinck went over for a converted try from a driving maul.  Another Walker penalty tied the score at 19-19 before Burger completed a fine performance with his 80th minute penalty for a personal haul of 15 points. After the match, Burger, however, said they need to improve their performance if they hope to win the Africa Cup.  “We won’t be able to win the Africa Cup with a performance like this so we will make sure that we are better prepared for the Pumas next weekend. We had a very good start, we wanted a quick start and we got that, but we made too many unnecessary mistakes, we played against ourselves, and Uganda got their tails up and started coming for us. And that’s exactly what will happen at the Africa Cup; if you make a few mistakes you will get points against you,” he said.  “We had some good moments, but our execution wasn’t where we wanted it to be, but it’s a good start, now we know where we are at and we can just build from here on. Like I said, our tight facets were not up to scratch, we lost one or two lineouts, and we got a bit of an uphill battle in the scrums, so we will definitely work on that on Monday again.”  Regarding his winning kick at the end, Burger said he trusted his experience.  “There is always pressure, but I just told myself I’ve been under this type of pressure before. I just placed the ball and told myself to stay calm and to stay low, so then I kicked the ball and just trusted that it would go over, and it did,” he said. Uganda captain Byron Oketayot said they are improving.  “First of all, let me congratulate the Namibian rugby team on the win and for giving us this contest. We are trying to put things together and the results show that we are almost there. We haven’t polished everything yet but we are almost there. Going back home, we will review the video of the match and see where we went wrong. “We came as the underdogs, but it was a good performance and a good contest for us which is a plus. It was a tough contest, but we expected the physicality and we also brought the physicality to the game.  “At the end of the day, we fell short by three points, but it was a good performance by the boys and now we will just go back, review the video, see where we went wrong and then polish that up as we get ready for the World Cup qualifiers,” he said.  The post Burger saves the day for Welwitschias appeared first on The Namibian.

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Welwitschias’ preparations take shape  The Namibian Welwitchias will play two matches in Windhoek and one in Walvis Bay in June in preparation for the Africa Cup which takes place in Uganda from 6 to 20 July.  At a press conference in Windhoek yesterday, Namibia’s Director of Rugby, Jacques Burger said that the local-based Welwitschias will play Uganda at Walvis Bay High School at the coast on 14 June, and the Airlink Pumas at the Hage Geingob Stadium on 21 June. A full-strength Namibian national side will then take on Italy in an international test match at the Hage Geingob Stadium on 27 June.  Burger said they will mostly use local-based players for the Uganda match, while Namibia’s foreign-based professionals will be available for the next matches, depending on when their club seasons finish.  “The reason why we spoke to Uganda is to get a feel of the difference between African rugby and the Africa Cup specifically, and teams like Italy and the Pumas. They’re a bit more set in their ways, a bit more structured, so we’ve got to get used to the way African teams play. They like to throw the ball around and do unpredictable things,” he said.  “We’ll definitely get a camp going and get everybody involved. We’re doing our fitness testing this afternoon at the Windhoek Gymnasium field. We want to make sure that the players are still at the level they were before we left them to go over to their clubs and obviously push from there to see where we’re falling behind, if we’re on the right track and what we can work on,” he added.  “I think the challenge is to bridge the gap between the local players and the foreign-based players. We don’t want to look past players in Namibia, we want to give them a fair opportunity to put up their hand and say, listen, I want to play for this country. That’s why we want to get them in early, to see where we are at. We had a really decent idea of where we were after the Boland game, but its really hard to judge a player on a once-off match. We need to get that continuity building up to the June matches, so we will work hard and make sure that we are well prepared, and once it’s game time, we’ll be firing,” he said.  Burger said there was still a lot of room for improvement in the standard of play in local club rugby. “There’s I think the intensity of the way we play is still at a low level in club rugby, so it’s definitely something that we need to up if we want to compete against the top sides,” he said.  “Wanderers have been dominating the league so far, so we’d like to see a more level playing field and everybody competing hard on weekends. We’d like to see more competitive games leading up to the June matches so that the players are ready for the big matches,” he added.  Namibia’s national u20 side, meanwhile, is hard at work preparing for the Barthes u20 Africa Cup in Harare from 19 to 27 April and Burger said he was excirted about their prospects.  “I’m very excited about the u20 team – a lot of thought has gone into how we can improve our junior level and I think a lot more can be done, and its extremely important that we get the guys ready to step up and assist them,” he said.  “They’ve had two warm-up matches and won both comfortably – 52-0 against the u20 Limpopo Bulls and 37-24 against the u20 Blue Bulls Presidential team, and I think the coaches Johan Zaayman and Jood Opperman are doing a great job and they’ve got a great squad together,” he added.  Burger said they are aiming to win the Barthes Cup.  “It’s extremely important that we send a strong team to the Barthes Cup and make sure that we win it, that’s the main goal – there’s no second place, if we play for second place then we are in the wrong game, we want to win it comfortably,” he said.  “It’s not going to be easy, there’s some strong competition that will be ready to gun for us, everybody is out to gun Namibia down in Africa, but we will go out there and do our best. I’m very confident and I’m excited to see what they can do at the Barthes Cup,” he added. The post Welwitschias’ preparations take shape  appeared first on The Namibian.

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'In the last couple of weeks we've finished strongly, but it's over the 80 that we're worried about' Jimmy insists that Sunday’s daunting-looking trip to Bordeaux is an ‘opportunity’ for Ulster.

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