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#1 Philippe Barrau

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 09:06 AM

sell out à Wembley

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#2 Philippe Barrau

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 02:42 PM

HUDDERSFIELD GIANTS

1) Brett Hodgson
2) Martin Aspinwall
3) Kevin Brown
4) Paul Whatuira
5) David Hodgson
6) Liam Fulton
7) Luke Robinson
8) Eorl Crabtree
9) David Faiumu
10) Darrell Griffin
11) Jamahl Lolesi
13) Stephen Wild
14) Simon Finnigan
15) Paul Jackson
16) Keith Mason
19) Michael Lawrence
20) Scott Moore
21) Leroy Cudjoe
24) Shaun Lunt


WARRINGTON WOLVES

11 - Louis Anderson
13 - Vinnie Anderson
25 - Chris Bridge
6 - Lee Briers
16 - Garreth Carvell
18 - Michael Cooper
24 - Ben Harrison
23 - Chris Hicks
14 - Mickey Higham
2 - Paul Johnson
4 - Matt King
30 - Richard Mathers
28 - Tyrone McCarthy
22 - Lee Mitchell
7 - Michael Monaghan
8 - Adrian Morley
10 - Paul Rauhihi
19 - Chris Riley
12 - Ben Westwood

#3 Philippe Barrau

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 04:17 PM

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#4 Philippe Barrau

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Posted 29 August 2009 - 06:59 AM

Cup : une finale inédite

Huddersfield et Warrington ont déjoué les pronostics, en se hissant en finale de la Cup, cet après-midi (15 h 30) à Wembley. Qui détrônera Saint-Helens qui reste sur un triplé en Cup ?

Les Giants d'Huddersfield sont au rendez-vous. Après avoir sorti le tenant du titre, Saint-Helens, en demi-finale, les gars de Nathan Brown entendent bien ravir la Cup aux Loups de Warrington. Hudd ersfield, finaliste malheureux en 2006, n'a plus remporté ce titre depuis 1953. Du côté de Warrington, il faut remonter à 1974, date de la cinquième Cup glanée par le club.
Cette finale qui, une fois de plus, devrait se jouer devant 85.000 fans, parait des plus indécises. Deux équipes au style diamétralement opposé. Huddersfield et son pack de fer possèdent en Brett Hodgson un joueur clé. A Huddersfield, on fait les choses dans les règles. A coup de charges lourdes, la bataille du milieu se met en place.
"Wembley est un rêve"
Pour Eorl Crabtree, certainement l'un des tout meilleurs piliers de la Super League, le rêve est devenu réalité : "Vous savez Wembley c'est un rêve de pouvoir y jouer une finale de la Cup. On y est. C'est aussi spécial pour moi car mon grand-père et mon oncle y ont aussi disputé une finale. J'aimerais aussi inscrire mon nom au palmarès de cette compétition. Warrington est une équipe très solide, expérimentée. A nous de rester concentré sur le travail à accomplir".
En effet, les Wolves de Warrington, entraînés par Tony Smith, ont de sacrés arguments à faire valoir. Lee Briers, leur meneur de jeu et le centre Matt King sont les grands artisans du parcours sans faute en Cup. Le groupe aura fière allure, à l'instar de son capitaine Adrian Morley qui est impatient de croiser le fer avec le paquet d'avants adverse : "Tout le monde pense qu'Huddersfield possède le plus gros pack de la Super League. Tant mieux. A nous de mon trer que l'on peut faire tout aussi bien. Celui qui soulèvera la Cup sera celui qui sortira vainqueur de la bataille qui se fera devant".
Wembley devrait donc vibrer. Huddersfield part légèrement favori dans cette finale au regard de sa saison déjà exceptionnelle et de ses douze victoires sur Warrington, lors des sept dernières années pour seulement sept défaites.
Bruno Onteniente 15 h 30 à Wembley
WARRINGTON : 1. Mathers – 2. Hicks 3. Bridge 4. King 5. Riley- (o) 6. Briers (m) 7. Monaghan – 13. Westwood – 11. L. Anderson 12. V. Anderson – 10. Carvell 9. Higham 8. Morley (cap).
Remplaçants : Rauhihi, McCarthy, Harrison, Johnson.
HUDDERSFIELD : 1. B. Hodgson (cap) – 2. Cudjoe, 3. Whatuira, 4. Lawrence, 5. D. Hogdson – (o) 6. Brown (m) 7. Robinson – 13. Faiumu - 11. Lolesi 12. Finnigan – 8. Crabtree 9. Moore 10. Griffin. Remplaçants : Wild, Aspinwall, Mason, Lunt.
Arbitre : Steve Ganson.
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 05:06 PM

WARRINGTON 25-16 HUDDERSFIELD spect 76560

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Posted 30 August 2009 - 06:33 AM

Warrington remporte la Cup face à Huddesfield

Hier au Wembley Stadium. - Warrington bat Huddersifled 25 à 16. Spectateurs : 76 560.
Pour Warrington : 4 essais Hicks, Monaghan, Anderson, Mathers, 4 coups de pied Bridge, 1 drop Briers.
Pour Huddersfield : 3 essais Hodgson, Hodgson, Lunt, 2 coups de pied Hodgson.
Huddersfield était favori, mais c'est Warrington qui décroche la Cup, la sixième de son histoire. Cette finale inédite offre son premier trophée depuis 1974aux Wolves. Les hommes de Lee Briers, loin d'être assurés de jouer les paly-offs de Super League, ont d'ores et déjà réussi leurs saison. Les Giants tenteront eux de se consoler lors de play-offs qu'ils sont certains de disputer.
S'IL N'EN RESTE QU'UN , JE SERAI CELUI LA !

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Posted 01 September 2009 - 06:18 AM


Huddersfield Giants and Warrington Wolves show rugby league is in rude health


Rugby has had a torrid time adjusting to the pressures of commercialisation. Clubs have struggled to pay the salaries that players and agents demand, national sides have struggled for the loyalty of their stars, and now cheating is threatening to tear the game apart.


By Andrew Baker
Published: 7:32PM BST 30 Aug 2009
Warrington Wolves-Huddersfield and Warrington show rugby league is in rude health
Give me sunshine: Warrington Wolves fans celebrate their Challenge Cup win, but there was no vitriol between fans Photo: PA

All of that applies to rugby union. Rugby league, on the other hand, has embraced the challenges of commercialisation with enthusiasm and a considerable degree of success, and while there have been traumas along the way – some die-hards still can't comprehend the concept of a game played in sunlight – the sport is in rude health, at least on the evidence of Saturday's Carnegie Challenge Cup final at Wembley.

Look at the title of the competition, for a start. It is sponsored by Leeds Met Carnegie University, which tells you a great deal about the image of the sport and its aspirations. Not only that, but the two teams contesting the final were themselves sponsored by their local seats of learning, Huddersfield Giants by Huddersfield University and Warrington Wolves by the University of Chester.



The message coming through loud and clear here is that this is a wholesome sport which bright young people can enjoy, as spectators as well as players. A message supported by the crowds who descended on Wembley, cramming the southern reaches of the M1 with their minibuses and coaches.

A family crowd, knowledgeable, passionate and entirely without rancour, both Wolves and Giants followers united in their delight at being present for such a showpiece, and united in full voice to accompany the Black Dyke Band and Hayley Westenra in Abide With Me.

That was evidence that the sport has clung on to some of its most cherished traditions while accelerating into the future. Because once the game began the pace of change was emphasised above all by the pace of the match.

There was plenty of skill on display at Wembley, but speed and commitment are the key to success in the sport. In rugby union coaches like to emphasise the importance of rapid response to every breakdown. But in rugby league there are no breakdowns.

The pace is relentless. Even the half-dozen scrums in Saturday's encounter were perfunctory, simply a way of redistributing possession. Hordes of purple-clad stewards stood by, ready to hurl a fresh ball back into play whenever a kick strayed out of bounds; physios and coaches raced on and off the field while play continued, distributing advice and water; even the television cameramen sprinted on and off to cover celebrations and conversions.

The teams kept the scoreboard ticking rapidly as well in the early stages, when Warrington established a dominance that they would never relinquish.

Neither Huddersfield nor their splendid support ever gave up hope, but the second half was one-way traffic as Warrington romped to victory.

There was no crowd violence, none of the on-field violence or cheating that plagues the other code of rugby. Instead, a good, clean, fast game that has glimpsed the future and sees little to fear.

The only drawback, for the departing fans, was the location of the venue. "Don't see why they had to build a national stadium here," a disconsolate Huddersfield supporter observed. "They could have put it in Birmingham."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleag...ude-health.html





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