Clara Johnson

The  2022   Super   Rugby  Pacific season will be the 27th season of  Super   Rugby , an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season Countries Australia (5 teams) Fiji (1 team) New Zealand (5 teams) Pacific Islands (1 team) Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout Matches played 91 Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby have today announced the match draw for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific tournament. The exciting new 12-team format will see the incumbent five Australian teams and five New Zealand teams joined by newcomers Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika. The 18-week tournament will kick-off on 18 February with the final to be played on 18 June. Each team will play 14 regular season matches comprising one match against each of the other teams plus an additional match against three of the other teams, with an emphasis on in-territory derby matches. Each t

The  2022   Super   Rugby  Pacific season will be the 27th season of  Super   Rugby , an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season Countries Australia (5 teams) Fiji (1 team) New Zealand (5 teams) Pacific Islands (1 team) Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout Matches played 91 Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby have today announced the match draw for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific tournament. The exciting new 12-team format will see the incumbent five Australian teams and five New Zealand teams joined by newcomers Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika. The 18-week tournament will kick-off on 18 February with the final to be played on 18 June. Each team will play 14 regular season matches comprising one match against each of the other teams plus an additional match against three of the other teams, with an emphasis on in-territory derby matches. Each t

The Munster side has been named for Sunday’s Heineken Champions Cup clash against Wasps at the Coventry Building Society Arena (3.15pm, live on BT Sport & beIN Sports). Find out all you need to know ahead of the Wasps vs Munster Rugby game here. 12 players are set to make their senior Munster debuts with eight members of the Greencore Munster Rugby Academy included. There are five debutants in the starting XV – Academy quartet  Patrick Campbell ,  Scott Buckley ,  Eoin O’Connor  and  Daniel Okeke , and senior prop  James French . John Hodnett has recovered from a short-term ankle injury to make his first start in 13 months, and his Champions Cup debut, having missed the majority of last season with an achilles injury. There are first starts of the season in red for Conor Murray, Damian de Allende and Chris Farrell with the latter making his 50th Munster appearance after returning from an abdomen injury. Campbell starts at full-back with Andrew Conway and Keith Earls on either

The Munster side has been named for Sunday’s Heineken Champions Cup clash against Wasps at the Coventry Building Society Arena (3.15pm, live on BT Sport & beIN Sports). Find out all you need to know ahead of the Wasps vs Munster Rugby game here. 12 players are set to make their senior Munster debuts with eight members of the Greencore Munster Rugby Academy included. There are five debutants in the starting XV – Academy quartet  Patrick Campbell ,  Scott Buckley ,  Eoin O’Connor  and  Daniel Okeke , and senior prop  James French . John Hodnett has recovered from a short-term ankle injury to make his first start in 13 months, and his Champions Cup debut, having missed the majority of last season with an achilles injury. There are first starts of the season in red for Conor Murray, Damian de Allende and Chris Farrell with the latter making his 50th Munster appearance after returning from an abdomen injury. Campbell starts at full-back with Andrew Conway and Keith Earls on either

The 2022 Under-20 Six Nations Championship will be played between 4 February and 20 March 2022 and will follow the same weekends as the senior men’s championship. Matches will be broadcast in U20 Six Nations territories either on TV, broadcaster streaming platforms or via Six Nations digital channels. All matches will be available in the UK on BBC iPlayer and Ireland on RTE and Virgin Media, while Sky Italia will broadcast the matches of Italy Under 20s. Broadcast details for France will be communicated in due course. It is the first time that broadcasters in Ireland will show the Championship in its entirety. Scotland will begin there campaign at home to England at the DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh on Friday 4 February. Round 2 will take place on Friday 11 February with Scotland traveling to play Wales and then on Friday 25 February Scotland will host France at the DAM health Stadium in Round 3. In Round 4, Scotland will play Italy away on Friday 11 March and Scotland

The 2022 Under-20 Six Nations Championship will be played between 4 February and 20 March 2022 and will follow the same weekends as the senior men’s championship. Matches will be broadcast in U20 Six Nations territories either on TV, broadcaster streaming platforms or via Six Nations digital channels. All matches will be available in the UK on BBC iPlayer and Ireland on RTE and Virgin Media, while Sky Italia will broadcast the matches of Italy Under 20s. Broadcast details for France will be communicated in due course. It is the first time that broadcasters in Ireland will show the Championship in its entirety. Scotland will begin there campaign at home to England at the DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh on Friday 4 February. Round 2 will take place on Friday 11 February with Scotland traveling to play Wales and then on Friday 25 February Scotland will host France at the DAM health Stadium in Round 3. In Round 4, Scotland will play Italy away on Friday 11 March and Scotland