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In the News (Sat 26 Jul 08)

  
  Guinness Premiership - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Guinness Premiership is the present name for the leading rugby union league competition for English clubs.
Clubs in the Guinness Premiership are allocated a £2.25m wage bill to pay their players in a season.
Benefactors of Premiership clubs are reluctant, in some cases, to add further investment with the fear of relegation looming.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guinness_Premiership   (1110 words)

  
 GUINNESS STOUT BEER, ARTHUR GUINNESS AND ST JAMES STREET DUBLIN IRELAND BREWING HISTORY | THE RAM INN FIRLE.
Arthur Guinness, the godson of the Archbishop of Cashel, started his brewing business at St James's Gate in the centre of Dublin, Ireland in 1759.
Mothers would teach their daughters to find a Guinness man. They meant of course a Guinness worker or better stilla family member, not a drinker.
The Guinness business rewarded its workers with better than average wages, widow's pensions and paid holidays.
www.budweiser-beer.net /guinness.htm   (918 words)

  
 Guinness News
Portuguese giants Benfica have set a new Guinness world record for the football club with the most paid up members, surpassing the previous record set by Manchester United, the club said.
Thursday, November 9, 2006 T he connection between Boston and Ireland is thicker than Guinness, and the eight annual Magners Irish Film Festival, opening tonight and running through Sunday, is proof of that.
Top-flight English rugby will become a franchise if bid to scrap relegation succeeds IN ALL their dealings with the Guinness Premiership clubs, the RFU has always held the idea of relegation and promotion to be...
www.topix.net /who/guinness?scoring=d   (719 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership - Tigers To Take Revenge || Betting Zone - Unofficial Betting News and Views
The Guinness Premiership kicks-off once more this weekend and along with it comes the now-annual London double header, where the four 'London' based sides (and I say this in the loosest possible terms) come together to take each other on at Twickenham.
Quins are there to be shot at as supposed Premiership 'newcomers' but Dean Richards have worked hard over the summer attracting players to the Stoop and their side looks a little too classy on paper to go back down - however this didn't help them two years ago.
The Guinness Premiership quite often saves the best for last and the opening weekend is no exception with a re-run of last season's Championship final as Leicester host Premiership champions Sale at Welford Road.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s522/st103459.htm   (2317 words)

  
 Scrumbag: Guinness Premiership Preview: Saracens
At one point last season, it wasn't Leeds who looked like they were going to limp their way out of the Premiership.
A simply dire run of form had put Saracens on the edge of a precipice, and they had taken out a rock hammer and were merrily chipping away at their foothold.
It might be over-doing it to put them in the play-off spots, but they'll give a lot of teams a lot of problems.
www.scrumbag.tv /2006/08/guinness_premie_9.html   (523 words)

  
 Scrumbag: Guinness Premiership Round-Up
Guinness Premiership Round-Up Here's a run-down, game-by-game, of how the first week back after the holidays went in the Guinness Premiership.
With five minutes to go in the Premiership curtain-raiser, certain writers not a million miles from here were hitting up Amazon for recipe books on how to cook hats.
Close-run battles were the order of the day on this first weekend of Premiership action.
www.scrumbag.tv /2006/09/guinness_premie_1.html   (955 words)

  
 Saracens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Worcester Warriors have lost all five previous Guinness Premiership matches this season although they did break their duck with a 24-12 victory at Northampton in the EDF Energy Cup two weeks ago.
Top of the table Bristol are undefeated in the Guinness Premiership this season, whilst they have lost just once at Memorial Stadium since March: 16-19 to Northampton in the Premiership on 30 April.
Reigning Guinness Premiership champions, Sale Sharks, have won nine of their last ten matches in all competitions, with their only defeat in that time coming at Leicester on 3 September.
www.saracens.com /news/article.php?id=3013   (705 words)

  
 GUINNESS Premiership "Fans of the Match" Award London Irish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The winners were chosen for their efforts at dressing up and embracing the true spirit of GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP fans.
Winners Karyna and Paul Gibbons and friend Bill Newton from Reading along with friend Andrew Parfoot from Burgess Hill in W. Sussex, shown here with the GUINNESS Girl and BBC Presenter John Inverdale, were photographed pre-match, chosen as winners and invited on to the pitch at half time to receive their prize.
GUINNESS are running their Fans of the Match activity at each of the live Sky GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP matches this season and giving fans the chance to win prizes worth a combined value of £100k over the course of the rugby season.
www.london-irish.com /fansaward.ink   (283 words)

  
 Bristol Rugby : 2006-7 Guinness Premiership fixtures confirmed
To date, 14 matches have been scheduled with each of the 12 Guinness Premiership teams featured in at least one home game in the opening three months.
Bristol's Premiership survival was one of the major storylines from last season while Bath are without Head Coach Brian Ashton.
Alongside the Guinness Premiership Sky Sports broadcasts the Heineken Cup, England's Autumn Internationals, the Tri Nations, Super 14s and Currie Cup and NPC matches live.
www.bristolrugby.co.uk /25_3869.php   (717 words)

  
 FOX Sports - Guinness Premiership - Preview: Leicester vs. Bristol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bristol, the leaders of the Guinness Premiership, have made wholesale changes to the XV that saw off Bayonne last weekend as they prepare for the start of a gruelling festive campaign with a testing trip to Leicester on Friday.
Prop Dave Hilton makes his first start since picking up a knee injury against Gloucester in the last round of Guinness Premiership matches and there are first Premiership starts of the season for Mariano Sambucetti, Sean Hohneck and Richard Martin-Redman.
Top of the table Bristol have beaten Bayonne home and away in successive weeks, whilst their only loss in the Guinness Premiership this season was 21-26 at Newcastle on 3 November.
msn.foxsports.com /rugby/story/6295146   (714 words)

  
 Rugby news, fun, results, fixtures and features from Planet-Rugby.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Boxing Day kicks off a full programme of festive Guinness Premiership action for punters to get their teeth into and with several sides able to field full strength sides in the league for the first time since the beginning of the autumn internationals, there should be plenty to shout about over the next few days.
However, the most interesting development in the Premiership over the past few weeks has been the resurgence of Leeds, who are now only three points adrift of the rest at the foot of the table.
Sale's last match in the Premiership was a defeat away to Bristol but they had previously won their last six matches on the bounce.
www.planet-rugby.com /News/story_48096.shtml   (1610 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership
Guinness Premiership - While the London Wasps have been the dominant team over the past three years, this season is sure to be an exciting one with some of the most powerful rugby teams looking to dethrone the Wasps.
World Rugby Shop has the best selection of rugby gear and apparel for Guinness Premiership fans.
With all of the top Guinness Premiership teams represented, you're sure to find just what you are looking for.
www.worldrugbyshop.com /departments-shop-by-league-guinness-premiership.html   (82 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership 2006-2007 News - Scrum.com - Rugby News, Rugby Results, Rugby Action from Scrum, the best Rugby ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guinness Premiership 2006-2007 News - Scrum.com - Rugby News, Rugby Results, Rugby Action from Scrum, the best Rugby Football site in the World
27/12/06 Bristol went back to the top of the Guinness Premiership table as they scored the only tries of this west country derby to win 16-6 and complete a season's treble over Bath.
27/12/06 Bristol returned to the top of the Guinness Premiership as they bounced back from their pre-Christmas drubbing at Leicester to win the west country derby over injury-stricken Bath in front of a record attendance of 21,203 at Ashton Gate.
www.scrum.com /guinness/guinness06_07/news/guinness.asp   (379 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership Final, Corporate Hospitality, Twickenham Stadium, 2007
In May, Twickenham Stadium will host the Guinness Premiership Final.
The final comes after 22 rounds of England's top-flight club competition with the league leaders taking on the winners of a play off between second and third place, for the right to be crowned Guinness Premiership Champions.
The Guinness Premiership Final is an excellent event for corporate & private hospitality opportunities.
www.chooseyourevent.com /MoreDetails.asp?id=2733   (120 words)

  
 Bath Rugby : Danny wins Guinness Premiership Player of the Month
Bath’s Danny Grewcock has been named Guinness Premiership Player of the Month for October following impressive performances in the Guinness Premiership.
One of the best 2nd row displays seen at club level for a long time and on current form, he fully deserves the accolade of Guinness Premiership Player of the Month.
The voting panel consists of five members of the rugby media and, in a change from previous seasons, the PRA representative for each of the twelve Guinness Premiership clubs.
www.bathrugby.co.uk /4007_4512.php   (218 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership - O2 & England rugby - O2 Sponsorship - About O2 - O2
Guinness Premiership - O2 & England rugby - O2 Sponsorship - About O2 - O2 Skip Navigation
O2 is Premier Rugby’s latest sponsor acquisition in a new four year partnership as official partners of the Guinness Premiership.
The Premiership enables O2 to communicate its rugby association and credentials on a regional basis.  It also provides O2 with branding at Premiership clubs around the country as well as the opportunity to offer local corporate hospitality and business development opportunities.
www.o2.co.uk /abouto2/o2sponsorship/o2englandrugby/guinnesspremiership   (139 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership : News
The winners of the O2 Kick, Pass and Run Challenge National Finals were congratulated by Jason Leonard OBE at half time of the GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP Final on Saturday 27th May at Twickenham.
The 5 day “BE YOUR BEST” Premiership Rugby Academy Camp at Strensall in Yorkshire, in the Easter Holidays run by Sale Sharks, Leeds Tykes, Newcastle Falcons and the British Army, in association with O2, was a huge success with camp attendees coming from as far away as America to learn the specialist skills on offer.
It is the first time the Premiership Clubs have joined forces to launch a range of rugby courses under a collective banner with the aim of developing the rugby stars of the future.
www.premiershiprugbyacademy.com /6692_6783.php   (539 words)

  
 Gloucester Rugby Club : Guinness Premiership
Worcester coach John Brain has urged his team not to ``fragment'' under pressure as they battle against relegation at the bottom of the Guinness Premiership.
Saracens director of rugby Allan Gaffney hailed his side's 38-15 win over Northampton which moved the London club up to fourth in the Guinness Premiership table.
Bristol returned to the top of the Guinness Premiership as they bounced back from their pre-Christmas drubbing at Leicester to win the west country derby 16-6 over injury-stricken Bath in front of a record attendance of 21,203 at Ashton Gate.
www.gloucesterrugbyclub.com /304_24.php   (408 words)

  
 readaBet.com - GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP SEASON BETTING PREVIEW
The Premiership, this year sponsored by Guinness for the first time, just gets bigger every season, and as rugby continues to grow so does interest in the top tier of league rugby in England.
Clubs are becoming profitable for the first time, and average attendances for Premiership games were at 10,000 last season, and set to rise.
Defence remains an issue for the free spirited Saint-Andre, but they have strengthened since making the top three last season, so feel that an each way bet at 8/1 is a sensible course of action as a secondary wager.
www.readabet.com /index.php/rugby/article/7867   (1890 words)

  
 Newcastle Falcons : 2006/7 Guinness Premiership Dates Confirmed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Newcastle Falcons have confirmed the dates and times of their Guinness Premiership matches for the coming season.
Confirmation of the European Challenge Cup and Anglo Welsh Cup fixtures will be made shortly, with the Falcons playing the majority of their matches in the new 8pm Friday slot.
Season tickets are available from only £168 for adults and £75 for juniors, covering all 11 Guinness Premiership home games and all three European Challenge Cup group matches.
www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk /35_2459.php   (180 words)

  
 Sotic - Leading Providers and Designers of Sports Websites : Guinness Premiership Proves a Hit
Some of the innovative features of the site are thought to have contributed to the significant increase in page impressions.
For every GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP game, the site has live free to access audio commentary, supplied in partnership with the BBC, and live real-time stats.
The site is run by Premier Rugby the governing body for the GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP, and built by Sotic, the leading provider of sports websites, with editorial content from Scrum Limited, and statistics provided by Stuart Farmer Media Services.
www.sotic.co.uk /eng/136_165.php   (330 words)

  
 Newcastle Falcons : Guinness Premiership Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The club that finishes top of the Guinness Premiership table will automatically qualify for the Guinness Premiership Final.
The Guinness Premiership Final will be played at Twickenham on 12th or 13th May 2007 with the winning club becoming the Guinness Premiership Champions.
In addition to the Guinness Premiership Final, the top four clubs who have not automatically qualified for the Heineken Cup enter the Guinness Wildcard, giving clubs a chance to qualify for the final place in the European competition.
www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk /201_204.php   (289 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership : Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bristol went back to the top of the Guinness Premiership table as they scored the only tries of this west country derby to complete a season's treble over Bath.
The match at Ashton Gate, was a 21,500 sell-out which set a new Premiership record for a regular season match, beating the 20,840 for London Irish's game against Bath in March 2004 at the Madejski Stadium.
Re-live the action with our photo gallery from the Round 11 games in the GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP.
www.guinnesspremiership.com.cob-web.org:8888   (208 words)

  
 Rugby Football Union - Guinness Premiership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Regulations relating to uncontested scrums in the Guinness Premiership
100,000 crowds expected for Round One of the Guinness Premiership
On the move - Guinness Premiership transfer activity
www.rfu.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Premier_Listing/CategoryId/1   (54 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership news, live commentary, fun, fixtures, results and features from Planet-Rugby.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guinness Premiership news, live commentary, fun, fixtures, results and features from Planet-Rugby.com
Bristol had to dig deep for their 16-6 victory over a determined Bath side in a sold out Guinness Premiership match at Ashton Gate on Wednesday.
Missed conversions from Andy Goode proved the difference between Leicester Tigers and victory at London Irish in the Guinness Premiership on Boxing Day, with the Exiles triumphing 26-25.
www.planet-rugby.com /Tournaments/Guinness_Premiership/index.shtml   (219 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership Review - Web-User - The UK's biggest selling internet magazine
Guinness Premiership Review - Web-User - The UK's biggest selling internet magazine
Guinness Premiership holds a mass of details about all the teams, players and fixtures, as well as carrying competitions, photo galleries, news and a place to buy tickets.
There's even a beginner's guide to the game for those who get confused by the complex rules that seem to get tweaked every season.
www.webuser.co.uk /products/Guinness_Premiership_review_2843-108.html   (249 words)

  
 Guinness Premiership : Competitions
Win the chance to be the team mascot at Worcester Warriors thanks to O2 O2, main sponsor of the Premiership Rugby Academy Camps, are offering one lucky person chance to lead out Worcester Warriors against London Wasps at Sixways on 26th January.
You’ll also get to have a behind the scenes tour before you meet the captain and have your picture taken on the pitch with the mascot, Maximus.
Click this box if you would like to recieve information about Premiership Academy Camps, Top Tips and future Competition details.
www.rugbycamps.com /6692_8133.php   (287 words)

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