Rhino Rugby News
RHINO JAPAN SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Rhino Japan MD Saburo Takahashi and Chairman David Syrad
receive the Award from British Ambassador Tim Hitchens.
RHINO GLOBAL SEMINAR AT TWICKENHAM GREAT SUCCESS
For the second successive year Rhino staged a Global Seminar to bring together staff, sales agents and licensees from all over the world. This time the splendid venue was the newly refurbished Presidential Suite at Twickenham Stadium.
As well as our licensees in the teamwear, leisurewear/apparel, artificial turf and male grooming products sectors we were joined by Rhino representatives from the US, Ireland, France, Asia, South Africa and Eastern Europe in addition to our rugby league team.
As for last year’s event, it was judged by attendees to be an inspiring and thought provoking day and one which fully demonstrated the massive strides currently being made by the wider Rhino group across a range of geographies and product areas.
RHINO BECOMES SUPPLIER TO JAPAN
Rhino is delighted to announce that it has become a Supplier of contact and training equipment to the Japan RFU.
We recently delivered a full set of training equipment to the Japanese national squad training camp ahead of their games with the All Black Maoris in Kobe this Saturday and Tokyo the following week.
Japan National Coach Eddie Jones, who has previously guided Australia to the 2003 World Cup Final and was assistant to Jake White when the Springboks triumphed in 2007, has already had a great impact on the fortunes of the Brave Blossoms who have had a good run of recent wins against Canada, the USA and Italy in addition to qualifying for RWC2015 by winning the Asian Championship.
Eddie comments: “The Japanese national squad is delighted to be using Rhino’s market leading contact and training equipment. The quality of the kit is well known and it will greatly assist our Rugby World Cup preparations”.
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WELSH RUGBY UNION RENEWS RHINO OFFICIAL SUPPLIER DEAL
Rhino has recently signed a new four year deal to continue as Official Supplier of contact and training equipment to the Welsh Rugby Union. Rhino has occupied this role since 2005 and this deal, which encompasses support for the game in Wales from international level through to grass roots, runs through until 2018. Already this season WRU Head of Rugby Josh Lewsey has announced an initiative which saw 43 schools in Wales appoint full-time school-club hub officers and those schools have directly benefitted from equipment supplied by Rhino. Rhino equipment has also been on offer at significantly reduced rates to each of the WRU’s member clubs via the governing body’s Participation Points scheme – thousands of items have already been ordered by clubs from pitch equipment to tackle bags and training gear, including 272 chrome whistles, 773 corner poles and 689 ‘hit shields’. At international level Rhino Rugby and the Wales national coaches are in close consultation about the equipment needs of the international players, with standard items like scrum machines, jackal and tackle bags on the agenda alongside new product development.
“We are working closely with the Wales national squad to make sure we meet all their training requirements with the kit we provide” , said Rhino Managing Director Anthony Locke. “Training techniques are constantly changing along with the way the game is played and we remain an innovative dynamic company at the cutting edge of design in terms of the equipment we are able to supply to national teams. But we also produce a staple diet of equipment which can enhance training and the matchdays at all levels of the game and we are extremely pleased to be able to announce a continued relationship with Welsh rugby will ensure that every need is catered for from grass roots to international level.” Comments WRU Chief Executive Roger Lewis: “Rhino Rugby are a specialist supplier and, put simply, nobody else can do what they do as well as they can do it. The most important thing about Welsh Rugby’s relationship with Rhino is that the national coaches and the players are happy with the equipment they supply, If we have the right supplier at a national level when we filter down the equipment and expertise to our age group sides and directly to grass roots rugby we know we are reaching the right standards to enable our teams and rugby clubs to flourish in their training environments.”
RHINO EXHIBITS AS OFFICIAL SUPPLIER AT RUGBY EXPO AT TWICKENHAM
Rhino-Turf MD Jonathan Gallagher with Reggie the Rhino
RHINO-TURF ATTENDS CC GRASS 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS IN CHINA
Reg Clark and Jonathan Gallagher with CCG CEO Qiangzhong Wang.
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Win a Signed British and Irish Lions Collision Top
RHINO RUGBY LEAGUE AMBASSADORS PULL OFF UNIQUE DOUBLE
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RHINO-TURF GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Artificial turf is one of the biggest growing sectors in the Rhino product portfolio. This season sees the top of the range Rhino-Turf VT60 surface featuring not only on a full size pitch at London Irish's new state of the art training ground in Sunbury, but also on the main playing pitch of National League 1 Ealing Trailfinders. See below for our latest advertising materials in this area, and in particular the resounding testimonial from the London Irish Executive Chairman.
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RHINO SUPPORTS INAUGURAL ANDREW WIDDOWSON TROPHY
Rhino was delighted to support yesterday’s game between Oxford University Greyhounds and Edinburgh University at the Iffley Road ground in Oxford.
The match, a thrilling 24 all draw, was instigated by EURFC President Andrew Widdowson, who played for the club as an undergraduate in the late 1970’s, including traditional annual matches home and away against Oxford. He then went on to undertake an education diploma at St Catherine’s College, Oxford but suffered a catastrophic neck injury in an early season college game before he could begin his quest for a Blue. Andrew eventually returned from Stoke Mandeville to complete his studies and embark on a teaching career at Felsted School, from which he recently retired back to Edinburgh.
His ambition to reinstate rugby matches between his two universities was shared by a number of friends, including Rhino CEO Reg Clark who played against him for Oxford on a number of occasions, and a group of those friends subscribed together to present a trophy in Andrew’s honour for annual competition.
Edinburgh, who are en route to play St Andrews at the Richmond Athletic Ground in their Annual Varsity Match, which now takes place every other year in London, will take heart from a very impressive first half performance which saw them take a 19-7 lead over the Oxford second string side, who included a number of players coming off the University’s recent successful tour to Russia.
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OURFC and EURFC captains Jacob Taylor and Cameron Muir with Andrew Widdowson and the new trophy. |
Reg Clark with the trophy at the Iffley Road ground. |
RHINO AT ENGLAND PARTNERS DAY
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| Anthony Locke with the Womens RWC, Junior RWC and Triple Crown trophies |
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MADIGAN BACK AT TOP OF GUINNESS PRO12 RHINO GOLDEN BOOT AWARD TABLE
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Ian Madigan receives the Rhino Golden Boot Award from Group CEO Reg Clark, Dublin 2013. |
