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Tane Tu'ipulotu (L) of the Chiefs is tackled by Caleb Ralph ...
Getty Images;  May 4, 2007 ;     223 words ...DEAN TREML Getty Images 05-04-2007 Tane Tu'ipulotu (L) of the Chiefs is tackled by Caleb Ralph ... Full Size JPG (530 KB) Tane Tu'ipulotu (L) of the Chiefs is tackled by Caleb Ralph (R) of the Crusaders during the round fourteen ...

Article: Surf dude Tane is waves in struggle out to make with Saracens; ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ...OLD surfing habits die hard for Tane Tu'ipulotu, but the teak-tough Tongan centre should embrace ... ve got to get the ball to him." CAPTION(S): CAVALRY CALL Tane Tu''ipulotu is demanding his Falcons team-mates get tough at ...

Article: 'If you give it everything the fans will warm to you, so I'm ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  November 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... ahead of the crucial winter months, it is perhaps a good thing Tane Tu'ipulotu arrives in the North East with a keen appreciation ... rugby league international. CAPTION(S): GREAT EXPECTATIONS Tane Tu'ipulotu has an excellent rugby pedigree - and he knows what ...

Article: Women refs? Is this a joke, boys? Plastic fantastic: Newcastle's ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: CHRIS FOY SOME 13 years on from the advent of professionalism, revolutionary winds are still blowing through rugby union, with news of female referees in Dubai and plastic pitches in Newcastle. Purists from the amateur era will be wondering what has become of their sport as two more

Article: Rugby Union: McRae gets the drop on tame Tigers Zurich ...
The Independent on Sunday;  January 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... club's first Premiership success at Welford Road, the ground where the Tigers were once ... earner for Leicester. It arrived at Welford Road on Friday and fans, paying pounds 5 ... Last night the World Cup finally left Welford Road and was taken by police escort on the ...

Article: Leicester 40 Wasps 26 Welford Road: 17,418 Wasps ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  April 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... coach Marcelo Loffreda, who takes over at Welford Road next season, would have been impressed ... Wasps have never won in the league at Welford Road in 17 attempts. Twickenham is not Welford Road. Easy? I don't think so. Scores ...

Article: Humphreys expects at welford road
South Wales Evening Post;  October 10, 2008 ;     530 words ... ... year's tournament, starting against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road on Sunday. And Humphreys insists that his players won ... you have to deal with it." No Welsh side has ever won at Welford Road in the 13-year history of the tournament with the Ospreys ...