Glasgow's Franco Smith named URC Coach of the Season
Glasgow Warriors boss Franco Smith has been named BKT United Rugby Championship Coach of the Season.
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Next year they'll be 'bigger, better': SA teams add 'extra flavour' to European competitions
The first season of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby with South African teams ended on Saturday as holders La Rochelle edged Leinster in the showpiece event in front of a sold-out Lansdowne Road crowd.
'It doesn't look very good': Stormers set to lose versatile Feinberg-Mngomezulu for URC final
The Stormers are set to be without the services of playmaker Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu in next weekend's URC final against Munster in Cape Town.
Cheslin Kolbe stars as Toulon thump Franco Smith's Glasgow Warriors to win Challenge Cup
Italy veteran Sergio Parisse scored while Springbok star Cheslin Kolbe dazzled as Toulon beat Glasgow Warriors 43-19 on Friday to win their first Challenge Cup title.
RC Toulon crush Glasgow Warriors in European Challenge Cup final after dominant performance
RC Toulon crushed Glasgow Warriors’ dreams of becoming the first Scottish side to win a continental trophy, after cruising to a 19-43 in the European Challenge Cup final at the Aviva Stadium. The French side were dominant from the start and opened the scoring with only five minutes gone, as Baptiste Serin brilliantly held off Ollie Smith to score before converting his own try.
Cape Town vying to host first Champions and Challenge Cup finals in Africa
European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) chairman Dominic McKay revealed that the City of Cape Town is one of the cities vying to host either of the 2025 and 2026 Champions and Challenge Cup finals.
Glasgow Warriors’ Franco Smith: ‘I’ve always wanted to take difficult jobs’
F ranco Smith knows his appointment as Glasgow Warriors head coach in August last year wasn’t greeted with cheers on the banks of the River Clyde. “Most fans probably didn’t know who I was,” he says with a shrug.
Eddie O'Sullivan: Defence the priority for Munster v Glasgow
Eddie O'Sullivan believes Munster's defence will be the winning or losing of their BKT United Rugby Championship semi-final against Glasgow Warriors on Saturday night (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player).