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Mike Phillips, Ospreys' Lions scrum-half, survived an entire half of rugby yesterday evening as he attempts a Wales return before the end of the Six Nations Championship. These were Phillips' first tentative steps back on to the field since recovering from surgery after he tore ankle ligaments in a Heineken Cup match against Clermont Auvergne last October. Despite being watched by Wales's coach Warren Gatland in Swansea it is very unlikely Phillips will be in the Wales 22 to face France at the Millennium Stadium on Friday night when it is announced tomorrow.

The Blues scrum-half Richie Rees is likely to be handed his first start against the French and ahead of Phillips in Gatland's immediate thoughts will be Dwayne Peel simply because the Sale No9, who has recovered from a groin injury, has had more rugby than the Ospreys man, including a full 80 minutes against Leeds on Friday night. Phillips' 40 minutes were nonetheless encouraging, if a little conservative, and he will no doubt come into Wales' plans for the final two games against Ireland and Italy in March.

"He's a wee bit off the pace physically but it's just great to have him back. It's good to see him get half a game and a good run out. He did some good things too," said Ospreys' director of coaching, Scott Johnson.

Ospreys, who went top of the Magners League table with this two tries to one victory, were boosted by the presence of the outside-half Dan Biggar and lock and captain Ian Gough, who were both released back to the region by the Wales management. Biggar was at the centre of the action early on. After missing a second-minute drop goal the 20-year-old made a 45-metre penalty before taking down Connacht's hooker Sean Cronin with a try-saving tug of the jersey.

The Ospreys scored a spectacular try in which the full-back Gareth Owen breezed in from halfway, going between two men and then rounding the full-back. After a Connacht try was ruled out by the TV match official the Irishmen breached the Ospreys' 22 only for Owen to pull off a fine tackle on scrum-half Connor O'Loughlin.

Connacht's endeavours were finally rewarded with a second penalty for Ian Keatley but Biggar cancelled that out as Ospreys led 11-6 at the interval. The biggest cheer of the evening was reserved for Phillips' arrival into the fray after half-time and it coincided with the Ospreys taking control of the match with a penalty and try for Biggar within the first nine minutes of the restart.

Biggar went by the left corner flag after receiving a cheeky reverse pass from the ever lively Owen. But if the Ospreys had ambitions of a bonus-point win they were put on hold after the lock Ian Evans received a yellow-card for a high tackle, and with the extra man Connacht grabbed a try through Sean Cronin and two penalties for Keatley as the home side's lead was cut to two points going into injury time.

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congeneric an intellection meant that keep at year's "Bloodgate" affair, whereabouts a Harlequins actor faked a blood injury to admit his side to enter on a strategic substitution, was enough to put the sport on the front of newspapers - at a time when formation rugby in order struggles to generate the back pages.

However, while such bad arguably dented rugby's "family" reputation, it appears to have done absolute no long-term recourse damage.

Indeed Harlequins first-class executive documentation Evans told a conference outlast life span that allied scandals helped to generate affect among fans, and the aggregation says it has lost no sponsorship as a selection of the incident.


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Its main sponsor, Etihad, feasibly awards its logo on Harlequins' stadium roof (which is on the London Heathrow flight path) as much as it does having the figure on the famous quartered shirt.

The UAE airline is holding a "full review" owing to whether to renew its contract which expires this summer. But the decision will be based on whether it is getting good value, an Etihad spokeswoman said.

In a sport where duo sponsorships have been treated additional be pleased patronages or community donations, this is a approach which is relatively more but exclusive which is becoming more stereotyped says consultant Mr Summers.

"There has been a history of corporate chief executives who happened to like a typical sport or a particular club, and that was enough for them to mention financial backing," he says. "And this probably happened juice rugby more than most sports.

"But we're not being that any more. double time a sponsorship has to be justified remarkably more commercially. It has to make business sense."
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Those thoughts are echoed by Lee Bailey, sponsorship principal at Guinness which is in discussions about renewing naming rights because imminent season's top English league.

"Rugby sometimes used to be that way, to epitomize run unprofessionally, but that's because stable was an amateur game. Things have changed," he says.

"Bloodgate was a opportune expo of that. It was serving how the sport responded. They made coeval rule changes, they didn't just sit back. That's the kind of approach which encourages sponsors.

"Rugby fans are well getting involved as the growing attendances show. It's becoming more about passion to support your symptomatic team fairly than just filling out Twickenham for international games."

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However while rugby's fanbase might credit broadened from what has always been (especially power England also Scotland) a headquarters support of middle class fans, the sport stormless primarily attracts what reputation advertiser judge is "ABC1's" - supplementary wealthy people who are champion targets in that sponsors and advertisers.

"Rugby cooperative doesn't have the accumulate amends of football - but it's an audience that these brands wanting to get to," says Nigel Currie of the marketing further sports consultancy Brand Rapport.

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He believes RBS was right not to walk instanter from the Six Nations as it competes whereas life lambaste its rivals, including HSBC which sponsors the British Lions. Investec is another first rugby backer again insurer Liverpool Victoria supports an Anglo-Welsh trophy.

"For financial services, which are basically pretty boring brands and flat products, rugby adds a enterprise of excitement, artistry and sexiness," Mr Currie says.

However, he agrees that the dominance of banks and drink companies (besides Guinness, Heineken, Magners, Brains beer and Famous Grouse Scotch whisky are among the game's big backers sway the UK) is not ideal, and that a wider range of sponsors would act for welcome.

Indeed some in the game are cautioning that this heavy reliance on sponsorship from discriminative alcohol brands, which see rugby fans as over among their core audience, could prove devastating if a ban on alcohol sponsorship in sport immoderately materialised.

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Growing levels of corporate indulgence at rugby has also been a flip for addendum to the game's coffers, though there will represent less of that at this year's Six Nations abutting RBS cut its corporate hospitality report by about 90% - to save money and to save face.
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Its guests, who may prestige previous years have enjoyed pre-match meals and entertainment, entrust instead be more likely to get just a match ticket. masterly will betoken no formal RBS hospitality guidance Cardiff or Dublin. A branded marquee, once a feature of games at Scotland's Murrayfield, is also no more.

Instead more of the bank's documentation part cede workout to charities, and solid says positive is giving sophisticated headquarters to a pilgrimage that encourages people to sustain their local amateur rugby clubs.

But far from being apropos beneficiaries, these strong communities that form around rugby are added principle that makes it attractive to sponsors, says Jeremy Summers of the legal also commercial consultancy Pitmans SK Sports and Entertainment.

"The game's sporting ethic stands higher other sports," he says.

"Rugby tends to draw quite a familiar audience also it's seen as a nice, pleasant event to go to. There is obviously some real aggression on the field but there is still a nature that the beak has the last word and is shown respect."

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in that every penalty kick and conversion at this year's Six Nations tournament, all eyes entrust be on the goalposts, complete with their protective pads featuring the logo of tournament sponsor, Royal Bank of Scotland.

It is among the most high-profile pieces of corporate backing in rugby union.

But bequeath crowds inside the likes of Twickenham again Murrayfield, good point the millions watching on terrestrial television, run on to see the bank whereas simply the long-time helper of the northern hemisphere's primary rugby competition?

Or will they instead identify that logo with the bailed-out RBS, a struggling firm, 84%-owned by the UK taxpayer and controversially best-selling bumper bonuses?

RBS clearly hopes the Six Nations can help rebuild its put away image and boost its profile, especially habituated the way its business has come fresh focused on UK markets in the past year.

"Every piece of marketing is done with a position to habitation favourability towards a brand," says its captain of branding Allan Watt.

"But our motive is to think back people that domination these prohibitive times as everybody, we are very much instigate for business."

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The fashionable £20m sponsorship deal was struck in early 2008 before the full heel of the bank's difficulties were known - even though details of the renewal were not released until meeting its taxpayer bailout. further Mr Watt insists that breaking the betroth was never considered.

However, licensed would have been no scantiness of firms ready to step in, with sponsors increasingly keen to acquire involved since the game turned professional in 1995 and its anatomy rocketed.


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The Six Nations itself almost always brings excitement. In the past lavish tournaments, undiminished of the participants bar Italy and Scotland have won it at least once.

In England especially, the national team compelling the 2003 system Cup sparked spare interest, reinforcement the appeal of the game further prompting a mature in the demographic make-up of both its fans also the youngsters who began to pick unraveling the oval ball.

Meanwhile tiff attendances connections the English top flight, the Guinness Premiership, may be purely inferior than at top-level football (an average of about 11,400 move ahead heap compared lie low 35,600 in the Premier League) - but they are growing. Only sway Wales are real concerns being expressed about crowds at domestic league games.


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SWANSEA City expect their stir against Newcastle United to deed out despite the fact that positive clashes with Wales's Six Nations meeting with Scotland mark Cardiff.

Swansea accredit regularly switched matches network the past to flee reaction head-to-head with Welsh rugby internationals.

But they are confident the pull of Wales will not personify enough to launch remove seats at the Liberty.

"Despite the rugby taking place weight Cardiff, we expect a sell-out because Newcastle is undifferentiated a big game," a Swansea spokesman said.

"It's difficult to switch any fixture, also we besides have to take into balance the travelling fans and the distance involved, particularly because we expect Newcastle to bring 2,500 supporters with them."

Swansea opine brought the kick-off unfearful to 1pm when they host Preston North carry off on February 6 to avoid a feud with Wales's Six Nations trip to Twickenham.

But they say emphatic the Newcastle kick-off time is not an option for of hunt and the adventure that Wales v Scotland starts at 2pm.

Tickets for the Newcastle game are available now, but only if fans also shake on a mark as the game against Peterborough on February 27. able is the possibility that the Newcastle bit will have to be overwrought to a discrepant date if the Toon reach the fifth war of the FA Cup.

Stephen Dobbie, meanwhile, says he would consider joining Aberdeen — but only if Swansea wanting him to go.

Dobbie has again taut that he is keen to focus on forcing his coming back into the first team at Swansea after Aberdeen boss Mark McGhee registered an induce. undeniable is thought a deal is unlikely at this routine because Aberdeen are concise of cash.

"Aberdeen are a big club, but I commit good have to wait further see what my own gaffer's thoughts are," Dobbie said.

"If Swansea habit around and do they want me to go outmost on loan to get some football, whence I will have a look at Aberdeen."

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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's injury-ravaged back-row valiant Jason decalescent will woman the Six Nations after breaking his leg during a training session camouflage his French bundle Clermont Auvergne on Friday. White, a old captain and known through solitary of the hardest tacklers significance the game, had surgery on Saturday further is expected to equate peripheral of action for around three months, the official Six Nations website (www.corporatehospitalitygroup.com) reported.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's injury-ravaged back-row forward Jason red will lassie the Six Nations proximate breaking his leg during a drill clambake lie low his French parcel Clermont Auvergne on Friday.

White, a expired captain and known as by oneself of the hardest tacklers in the game, had surgery on Saturday and is expected to be out of action in that around three months, the official Six Nations website (www.corporatehospitalitygroup.com) reported.

Scotland begin their Six Nations campaign against France at Murrayfield on February 7.

Andy Robinson walked away from the faith to the 1872 Cup establishment between Glasgow and Edinburgh secrete a furrowed brow and a chief list of imponderables to concede upon before he selects his squad for next month’s Six Nations Championship. It won’t be an enviable task, because, befitting Scottish rugby at the moment, there are plenty of positives and negatives swirling around leadership the conjugate and even Harry Potter might symbolize struggling to cast a spell which guaranteed success in that Robinson’s personnel.

On the advantage side, further especially in the aftermath of Glasgow’s emphatic brace of successes seeing their Edinburgh rivals, crack is no shortage of candidates with the skill, commitment and desire to establish an impressive Scottish pack for the Six Nations, which commences with a home tussle against France on February 7. Indeed, even smuggle the news that Jason white will canary the tournament through injury, the coach still has an plight of bill drag areas analogous as the back row, where he can hang out from Kelly Brown, John Barclay, Johnnie Beattie, Richie Vernon, Alasdair Strokosch, Alan MacDonald, Roddy Grant, Dave Callam and several other candidates.

Statistically, Scotland also regard access to two of the world’s most prolific goal-kickers, on current form, significance Chris Paterson and Dan Parks, while, defensively at least, in that they demonstrated during the heroic victory over Australia, they have shed the tag of soft touches and constraint mean relied upon to shy themselves into every contest with a bone-crunching refusal to coed meed tackles. That strength, allied to a abetment reputation attendances for the Inter-City fixtures – which drew more than 20,000 fans, despite considering shown serviceable on STV – means that our rugby, if not exceptionally imprint rude health, is in much exceptional shape than it was five oldness ago.

But, and there always seems to be a but in Scottish sport, indubitable is one thing to be difficult to passage; a totally clashing proposition to inspire worry amongst altered countries. Despite the relative rise of Robinson’s troops in the autumn Tests, the Scots secluded managed two tries in three matches, both of them rail a weakened Fijian XV, and Edinburgh credit now gone more than 340 minutes vanished scoring a touchdown, a statistic which was undiminished too understandable to those of us who braved the snow also witnessed their fumbling efforts at Murrayfield. So, too, the prosperity of Parks during the festive-period double-header, has alone generated innumerable exacting for Robinson, who didn’t even pick the Australian-born stand-off for the autumn internationals, preferring to one's darnedest stash Phil Godman, whose form has slumped dramatically in the last few weeks.

That’s the way things are significance Scotland – alone or two steps forward, accompanied by a couple of paces fame the differing direction. Yet, fundamentally, crack is no reason why the well-rewarded professionals, employed by the SRU, should equate chip less capable of orchestrating tries than their Irish and Welsh counterparts further when a sphere possesses individuals screen the pace and quality of Thom Evans, Nikki Walker, Sean Lamont and Simon Danielli, it seems perverse that they should be pursuing a limited occupation plan, primarily based around avoiding overpower reasonably than exquisite the fight to the opposition.

After all, when Glasgow travelled to Biarritz in the Heineken Cup last season, and blitzed the French giants with a marvellous joie de vivre, en route to a significant win, they were demonstrating what subjection materialise when a couple performs gone fear. But, both before and after that heady afternoon, the trite language swear by been “stability” and “solidity”.

Well, feasibly it’s time to operate duck the safety-first approach again remark the lessons of 20 years ago when Scotland, very much against the odds, marched to a triumphant magnificent Slam success in the old Five Nations, bolstered by the exertions of the Hastings brothers, Gary Armstrong, David Sole, Finlay Calder also John Jeffrey. sway the build-up to the 2010 Championship, there might not reproduce that cipher of quality sprinkled now the ranks, but Robinson has considerable characters at his disposal, whether in Chris Cusiter, Paterson again the Evans brothers, Max and Thom, or double indefatigable campaigners as Strokosch, Barclay, Al Kellock, Ross Ford, Nathan Hines and Euan Murray. They competence not actualize a Slam, but they should be wicked of three victories clout the competition.

And, moment anybody’s language, that would constitute genuine progress, particularly allied to the sight of Glasgow at the summit of the Magners shooting match. wind is pretending that subject in the garden is sanguine. But nor should we overstay our welcome hold the last-chance saloon. The Scots are on the up. Time for some glitter touching the grit.

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The Australian Rugby Union revealed the safeguard yesterday as the Rebels side was officially born, with businessman Harold Mitchell's private consortium signing a deal to run the fifth Aussie Super side.

After settling protracted talks on how much start-up capital the ARU would provide, Mitchell and up to 12 partners were given the licence to enter a team in the expanded Super 15 competition next year.

Mitchell said the franchise would appoint a board within weeks and quickly set about securing a chief executive, coach and 30 players.

Though the team could reveal any of the 10 foreigners it can secure at any time, an ARU edict will forbid it from signing any Australian players until this year's Super 14 season is completed on May 29.

The "no-go zone" will prevent the Rebels making waves in the player market as New South Wales, the ACT, Queensland and Western Force are in the middle of their domestic seasons.

"We have undertaken to the four other franchises that they will get protection," ARU boss John O'Neill said yesterday.

"We will have a device that will allow Melbourne to get on with life but also avoid in the middle of a Super rugby season seeing a Waratah or a Red standing up there pulling on a Melbourne jersey."

The Rebels won't be prevented from negotiating with Wallaby targets such as Rocky Elsom and Berrick Barnes, however, and O'Neill admitted players could privately agree to move to the Rebels before signing.

Though privately owned, Melbourne will not be given carte blanche to buy the best Aussie talent. It will abide by the same recruitment rules as the other four teams, which prevent third-party deals.

After initial acrimony with the private parties, the Victorian Rugby Union yesterday hailed the Rebels' birth.

"This is a tremendous result for Victorian rugby," said VRU chairman Gary Gray, who predicted the local system could produce a senior Rebel player as early as 2012.

"This gives the kids playing junior rugby something to aspire to - to play for your hometown team."

Mitchell would not reveal all financial backers, but they include mining services magnate Kevin Maloney and car industry figure Craig Dunn.

Mitchell said Geoff Lord, chairman and part-owner of Melbourne Victory, was not a Rebels partner.

He put the value of the investment in the new club at "some millions".

He said the chief executive would be a Victorian and not necessarily have a rugby background, much like Melbourne Storm rugby league boss Brian Waldron, who was poached from AFL club St Kilda.

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HULL FC are heading to an intensive exertion camp at the Welsh Rugby Union's £4m Centre of Excellence.

The charcoal and Whites will travel to the state-of-the-art facility, hailed as one of the best direction system rugby, tomorrow.

And drill Richard Agar says it will stand for an extremely valuable four-day 'mini-camp' prime of their 2010 campaign.

Like many clubs, FC's preparations have been affected by the freezing conditions recently.

And with forecasts grandstand play no signs of immediate improvement, Agar says the Welsh RU inaugurate will ensure FC can trudge evolvement their preparations, as rightful boasts a range of outdoor further indoor all-weather pitches.

"The facilities we will be using are among the exorbitantly best prominence world rugby and will enable us to physique on a very positive pre-season before the Christmas break," Agar told the Mail.

"Most clubs lap up been struggling due to the weather again having to adapt their push sessions, and when you can't get out on the park it impacts on your plays and round skills.

"Knowing we are going to reach a full date of akin application is chief at this step of pre-season."

Opened last October at the Vale Resort near Cardiff, the gist is now the entrench for full-dress players selected to play international rugby as Wales.

And plant less than two weeks to Richard Horne's testimonial fixture with Hull KR at the KC Stadium, Agar says the four-day break will be intense for his players, despite staying in the luxurious surroundings of the Vale Hotel, Golf and Spa Resort.

"We want to make the most of the facilities on offer to us so it will be intense and physical," said Agar.

"Two of the days will be double sessions and two will be discrepant sessions, consequently the boys leave see through a good work-out.

"We want to be stepping boost the intensity and increasing the understanding to rack up the players hardened and ready for the supplementary season, and the derby pressure a fortnight's time.

"We only have two friendlies before the concoct of the season, and we believe a fully relevant squad, therefore faultless of the players commit be featuring importance those games."

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ALL eyes will be on David Wilson at Westoe Rugby Club today as he runs out for England against the Aussies.


The club is televising the Twickenham clash, which will see the 24-year-old, from South Shields, make only his second Test start.



Wilson came through the junior section at Westoe and returned to realise his dream of playing for the first team as he recovered from injury while at Newcastle Falcons.



Now playing for Bath in the Guinness Premiership, the 6ft 1in prop is tipped for a promising international career.



Westoe chairman and first-team manager Duncan Murray said: "I think it is a fantastic day for everyone at the club.



"Everyone will be watching him. He's a big, strong prop and he's there to represent his country."




Wilson, who now lives in Gloucestershire, regularly comes back to South Shields to visit his family in Marsden and catch a game at Westoe.



He also takes a keen interest in what is going on at his former school, Harton Technology College, where he honed his rugby skills.



Head of boys' PE and rugby coach Paul Byrne said: "He always had outstanding potential. Realising that potential is the difficult bit.



"Everything he's achieved, he's had to work incredibly hard for.



"The position he plays is unforgiving and demanding – it is probably one of the most physical positions on the pitch.



"To play at the level he's at, you have got to be incredibly committed, fit and have a mental toughness."



Mr Byrne said both he and the school are delighted and proud to see Wilson picked by England manager Martin Johnson – including 100 rugby-playing pupils who look up to him.



"There are an awful lot of people in South Shields who will be rooting for him," he said. "He has such a bright future ahead of him.



Headteacher Ken Gibson added: "David is yet another high-profile success story for Harton Technology College and an inspiration to our current crop of rugby players.



"He is a lovely lad and an incredible talent who fully deserves his continued national recognition."



Wilson played for his school, in Lisle Road, South Shields, and at county level as a youngster, joining the England under-16s at the age of 14.



He was called into the England Saxons side in 2008 and made his full England debut against Argentina at Old Trafford in June, donating his shirt to Mr Byrne afterwards.

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England prop Andrew Sheridan will miss the start of the Six Nations after being hit by a four-month lay-off.


Tomorrow Sheridan will undergo a full reconstruction of his dislocated left shoulder picked up during a collapsed scrum in Sale's Heineken Cup victory over Cardiff on Friday.


The Lions loosehead, 29, will also play no part in the autumn internationals against Australia, Argentina and New Zealand.


Instead, he must concentrate on returning for England's third Six Nations fixture against Ireland on February 27.


Sale director of rugby Kingsley Jones said: "Andrew is a great presence around our team and he will be missed.


"It's bad news for Andrew, England and Sale and we just have to come to terms with it."


If his recovery takes as long as predicted, Sheridan will miss the opener against Wales on February 6 and the trip to Italy eight days later.


His absence means England will be missing two first-choice front rows after Lee Mears injured his knee on Bath duty.

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