Quins to face no further action September 8, 2009 RUGBY UNION: Harlequins will not face expulsion from this season’s Heineken Cup, after the ERC decided to take no further action following the fake blood scandal. Quins were fined an unprecedented €300,000, while coach Dean Richards received a three-year ban, but the ERC has confirmed no further punishments are expected. Meanwhile, Quins lock George Robson [...]
McGeechan awaiting Quins’ next move October 12, 2009 FORMER British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan insists he has not received any contact from Harlequins about taking over at The Stoop. The Scot is a free agent after parting company with Wasps in May and is seen as the ideal replacement for Dean Richards, who quit as director of rugby in the wake [...]
McGeechan awaiting Quins’ next move October 12, 2009 FORMER British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan insists he has not received any contact from Harlequins about taking over at The Stoop. The Scot is a free agent after parting company with Wasps in May and is seen as the ideal replacement for Dean Richards, who quit as director of rugby in the wake [...]
Tigers roar back to deny Ospreys win October 11, 2009 LEICESTER head coach Richard Cockerill saluted his injury-hit team’s never-say-die attitude after watching them claw back to draw 32-32 with Ospreys in the Heineken Cup at Welford Road. The Tigers fought back from 26-8 down with a late Jeremy Staunton try to share the spoils and earn themselves a try-scoring bonus point in their opening [...]
AB InBev sells nine breweries for $3bn October 15, 2009 BEVERAGES giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) sold nine Central European breweries to buyout house CVC in a deal worth as much as $3bn (£1.8bn) yesterday. The sale, under which CVC will get the rights to sell brands like Stella Artois, Becks and Hooegaarden in the region, is the third by the firm in recent months. [...]
Richards’ bloodgate ban was savage, says lawyer September 6, 2009 THE LAWYER representing shamed Dean Richards has broken the silence on the former Harlequins’ rugby director’s three-year ban, describing the punishment as “savage” and “excessive”. Richards was banned from any form of coaching by Heineken Cup organisers, the European Rugby Cup, for his part in the now infamous ‘bloodgate’ scandal which has cast a shadow [...]
Richards had ‘central control’ of Quins’ fake blood scandal September 2, 2009 DEAN RICHARDS’ reputation as one of rugby’s most respected coaches lay in tatters today after the damning verdict on the Harlequins fake blood scandal directed the blame firmly on his shoulders. In a written judgement of his European Rugby Cup appeal hearing, the Quins’ former rugby director was described as the “directing mind” in the [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS July 5, 2009 HEINEKENBroker JP Morgan yesterday raised its price target for beer brewer Heineken from €23.00 (£19.70) to €26.00, forecasting an improvement in beer volumes during this year and next. JP Morgan added it did not believe that Heineken is again the “cheap value, recovery player” in the sector, but said that the worst is over in [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS July 5, 2009 HEINEKENBroker JP Morgan yesterday raised its price target for beer brewer Heineken from €23.00 (£19.70) to €26.00, forecasting an improvement in beer volumes during this year and next. JP Morgan added it did not believe that Heineken is again the “cheap value, recovery player” in the sector, but said that the worst is over in [...]
RFU could hit Richards with further punishment August 18, 2009 FORMER Harlequins boss Dean Richards, still reeling after being handed a three-year ban for faking an injury to one of his players, has been warned he could face further punishment. The Rugby Football Union says it will look into claims that emerged during Monday’s hearing that Richards, 46, had fabricated injuries on four previous occasions. [...]