Premiership
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath promote Neal Hatley to head coach role
Director of rugby Stuart Hooper had wanted to create a DoR-head coach structure at Bath
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership clubs have stated how they plan to promote anti-racism movement
Harlequins and Wasps players will take the knee before kick-off in the Premiership this weekend
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAlex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan
NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish confirm signing of former Argentina captain Agustin Creevy
The Exiles add to a position short of numbers after the departures of Dave Porecki and Saia Fainga'a last month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoChris Boyd questions absence of more English coaches under Eddie Jones
Attack coach Simon Amor is the only Englishman under the Eddie Jones hierachy
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years ago‘I can’t see any player playing three games in a row’ – Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
The long-term director at Gloucester addresses concerns over player welfare ahead of the Premiership's return
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe reveals how the profit-making club is struggling
TV rights income, CVC investment, and central funding all aren't enough to save clubs, says Rowe
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoFrom the school of Pat Lam, Jonathan Thomas is ready to develop Worcester pack
After four years at Ashton Gate, forwards coach Thomas has moved closer to his home near Worcester
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBT Sport to broadcast all behind-closed-doors fixtures in first for the Premiership
Premiership Rugby have confirmed the 2020-21 season will begin on November 20, 27 days after the Premiership final
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoWallace: ‘New expectations’ at Leicester Tigers under head coach Steve Borthwick
New signing Luke Wallace says Borthwick has already been inspiring the Tigers squad with a team meeting held in the stands...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoJackson Wray wants to leave mark on Champions Cup knowing Saracens will feel two-year absence
The ever-present Saracens back row is embracing the challenge of leading a young crop of players in the second tier
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership ring-fencing inevitable says Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
St Quinton is staunch in his belief that all 13 members of PRL should be in the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSenior contract assured, Bath academy star Gabe Hamer-Webb aims to be incomparable
Hamer-Webb has been thrust into Premiership and Champions Cup action this season at the Rec
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLoss of van der Merwe and Myler doesn’t leave London Irish short of leaders, vows Ben Loader
Blair Cowan is the lone co-captain standing at the Exiles, one of the players key to driving Irish to a strong...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoGloucester re-sign Franco Marais until the end of the season
Hooker Marais is awaiting the green light to travel to Japan after signing for NTT Red Hurricanes, coached by Johan Ackermann
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish close to wrapping up deal for 100-cap Wallaby
The Exiles are also poised to sign Tom Homer
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSale Sharks owner Simon Orange blasts government over crowd size limitations
As limited crowds watch England's cricket team play the West Indies, Orange blasts the UK government for its lop-sided guidelines
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Leicester’s George Ford expects to see Kyle Eastmond elsewhere in the Premiership
After some ins and outs at Welford Road, George Ford explains why he elected to stay at Leicester
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExodus of Argentina players to Premiership and Top 14 can save Pumas, says Marcos Ayerza
66-cap former Pumas and Leicester prop Marcos Ayerza speaks on the state of affairs affecting the Jaguares
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoDanny Hobbs-Awoyemi is back where it all started at Northampton Saints
Saints are loaded at the loosehead position, with Alex Waller keeping Hobbs-Awoyemi for company
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Falcons find Waldouck replacement in new defence coach Nick Easter
The ex-Harlequins No.8 is back working with Dean Richards, this time as coach
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoMorris: My Dad told me I needed to work twice as hard at life because of the colour of my skin
Harlequins full-back Aaron Morris on the ever-pressing need for rugby to do more for BAME coaches and more representation at board...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSkivington adds Dom Waldouck to Gloucester coaching staff
Waldouck, 32, leaves Newcastle Falcons where he had been defence coach
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoGloucester’s two-man shortlist for defence coach include World Cup-winning Springboks coach
The Cherry and Whites are looking at up-and-coming defensive minds to fill hole in coaching staff
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarlequins add competition for No.9 shirt with Scott Steele signing
Steele left London Irish last month after six years with the Exiles
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers sign Luke Wallace and welcome four more from overseas
Leicester Tigers replenish their squad with one forward and four backs
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaracens more depth behind Owen Farrell and the centres with Argentine signing
Juan Pablo Socino will offer an option at fly-half and inside centre for Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJudge me by my skill not my ethnicity, says Ashley Johnson
Johnson is now pursuing his coaching ambitions at Moseley and wants no prejudice in rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaracens lock in Maro Itoje with new long-term contract
"The culture at Saracens is second to none and I think that’s evident for everyone to see" - Itoje sticks by...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoEngland captain Owen Farrell commits long-term future to Saracens
Farrell is one appearance away from hitting 200 for Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoMitch Eadie is back at Bristol and finds a whole new look to Bears
The Bristol academy product and Rovers fan is back where it all began, which means playing at Ashton Gate
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoNine more test positive for COVID-19 after latest round of Premiership testing
Premiership Rugby confirm number of positive tests from 856 screened over the past week
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoElliot Daly becomes third England star to commit to Saracens in recent days
The British & Irish Lion joins Jamie George and Mako Vunipola in re-signing with Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoWasps starlets Jacob Umaga and Alfie Barbeary among 15 to sign new terms
Senior figures Joe Launchbury and Dan Robson also commit to playing at Ricoh Arena
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDelays on new stadium sees London Irish agree to play at Stoop
The pandemic has led to Irish's new stadium in Brentford not finishing construction on time
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers source reveals last stages of Manu Tuilagi renewal talks
Leicester had given Tuilagi and others in contract talks a July 1 deadline to agree new terms
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoIt’s official: Sale Sharks have signed Manu Tuilagi
Tuilagi keeps his England career alive by remaining in the Premiership with Sale Sharks
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoClub before country as Wales prop Tomas Francis signs for Exeter
Tighthead prop Francis is one of 30 players to agree extensions at Exeter Chiefs
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoGloucester add Logovi’i Mulipola to pack on short-term deal
The Samoan prop was one of two new signings announced by Gloucester over the weekend
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPremiership Rugby announce first four rounds of fixtures for 2019-20 restart
Harlequins and Sale Sharks to kick-off resumption of 2019-20 Premiership season
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLance Bradley – Our senior players wanted a forwards coach in charge
The Gloucester CEO opens up on the recruitment process which saw George Skivington appointed as head coach
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoScotland wing Sean Maitland commits to two more years with Saracens
The 48-cap Scotland back is staying at Saracens until 2022
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSix Premiership players test positive for COVID-19
The Premiership has carried out 804 tests, with a total of ten cases diagnosed
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLast summer’s big-money arrivals at London Irish could leave
The Exiles top-earner Adam Coleman is one of ten players understood to be locked in salary reduction talks
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaracens conclude agreement with emerging fly-half Manu Vunipola
The cousin of Billy and Mako Vunipola has penned an extension through to 2023
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoEngland prop Ellis Genge staying put at Leicester Tigers
“Ellis is a unique individual who we love having at Leicester Tigers” - Geordan Murphy
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarlequins play hard-ball with Welsh region’s pursuit of Adam Jones
Toby Booth wants to lure the Harlequins scrum coach to Ospreys in the PRO14
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRory Teague the latest to leave coaching upheaval at Gloucester
Rory Teague believes Gloucester have a squad to bring success to Kingsholm under new head coach George Skivington
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoTommy Reffell hoping to stamp his authority at Tigers just like Neil Back
Leicester announced the highly-rated Welsh openside flanker had agreed a new contract on Monday
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years ago‘There are very few teams that have the expertise that we have’, says Quins prop Simon Kerrod
After arriving at the Stoop last summer, tighthead Kerrod heaps praise on Adam Jones for refining his scrummaging












