Search results for "championship"
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTV cash puts block on end of drop | Nick Cain
MONEY talks – and when there is a threat of it being withdrawn Premiership clubs and their owners listen. That is...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPreview: Sean Robinson urges Newcastle to get clinical against Chiefs
Newcastle Falcons get the chance to show their early season form is no fluke on Sunday against the reigning Premiership champions
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
ROB KIRBY, THE RICHMOND AND FORMER ESHER AND SOUTHEND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Will...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoLondon Scottish withdrawal delays Tuilagi return
A new arrival at the Exiles last summer, Brian Tuilagi will have to wait to mark his return to English rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPirates enjoy hunt for new bounty
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S BEEN a difficult time for professional rugby...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThomas strives for Test breakthrough
By ALEX BYWATER Aiming high: Dan Thomas scores for Bristol against Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images DAN Thomas is determined to follow...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCian Healy to notch 50th Six Nations appearances for Ireland
Ireland travel to Cardiff to take on Wales in the opening round of the 2021 Six Nations
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: London Irish prop Lovejoy Chawatama
The Exiles tighthead includes a number of player from all levels of the game, including an old university teammate at UWE
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU risk the second great schism with wrong vote | Nick Cain
Nick Cain writes on the significant ring-fencing vote the RFU Council will hold on Friday, and its potential to create a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSix Nations round table: Grand Slam or not, let’s see some style!
The Rugby Paper's annual round table Six Nations debate looks a little different this year, but the discussion is just as...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSaracens boys fit and ready vows Jamie George
No worries for the England hooker over his, nor his teammates' fitness levels as Saracens await the Championship season with preparations...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoMarco Fuser loves to get down and dirty at Newcastle Falcons
The Italian international feels at home with the comfort of Dean Richards style at Falcons
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoTier Two clubs set to pull out of season
Neale Harvey reports on the perilous state facing some of the Championship's 12 clubs
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOfficial: WillGriff John to leave Sale for Wales homecoming
As revealed by The Rugby Paper on January 12, Sale Sharks will lose their first-choice tighthead prop
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoLions prop Johannes Jonker agrees Ealing move
Director of rugby Ben Ward adds South Africa tighthead to Trailfinders' front row options
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAll systems go for 2021 Six Nations as French government clears teams’ travel
France will play their first home fixture of the championship in Round 3 against Scotland, with teams given exemptions to quarantine...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTalks begin to expand Top 14 to 16 next season | James Harrington
A u-turn in French rugby after talk last month suggested the Top 14 would be reduced to 12, now it has...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoRugby Australia tell Lions: Play Springboks down here
A new option becomes available for the British & Irish Lions and SA Rugby to play the 2021 tour in Australia,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPivac could use some of Warren’s mindgames | Shane Williams
Shane Williams delves into how Warren Gatland made the 'underdogs' tag work for Wales in their endeavour to win the Six...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTelfer backs Scots to catch England cold
Scotland Jim Telfer tells Bryn Palmer why Scotland should be contenders at Twickenham Grapple: England captain John Scott gets to grips...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBig test now for France amid rising expectation
France Random madness remains France’s big weakness writes Brendan Gallagher Flair: France look well equipped at No.10 with Matthieu Jalibert covering...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRing-rusty Knights put up a fight in second half
■ By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ………26pts Tries: Bacon 2, Evans 43, Holling 48, Reed 57 Conversions: Olver 2, 43, 57 Ealing...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSpain kicked out of Six Nations to make way for Italy
Dominant: England win another Six Nations title ONCE international rugby became established in the Women’s game it was inevitable that the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWorcester had the antichrist of rugby
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ROB SIGLEY THE FORMER MOSELEY AND PERTEMPS BEES PROP AND BOURNVILLE DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Brothers in arms: Rob...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGriffiths plan can save our game says Notts’ Smith
NOTTINGHAM operations director Steve Smith has urged Premiership, RFU and Championship officials to shelve self-interest and collaborate for the betterment of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoI refuse to put cash into ring-fenced pot
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WISH I could...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMoney men would help RFU reprioritise
THERE is much talk of money men waiting in the wings to invest in clubs in the Premiership or Championship which...
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Lance Bradley: League place is no concern, George is key to our plans
Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley discusses the exit of Danny Cipriani mid-season and why he has total faith in George Skivington
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSmid: Don’t stop us, we’re only getting started
Ealing Trailfinders captain Rayn Smid reveals he would not move to any Premiership club for fear of the Championship winning promotion
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPay to go up? Shameful rubbish says Rams CEO Reynolds
The chief executive of National One Rams reacts with disbelief at the thought of clubs having to pay £20m to buy...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMako: I can still play a part in England’s Six Nations title defence
Neale Harvey talks to the England & Lions prop about whether his rehabilitation from an achilles injury will be completed in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThe door remains open to Joe Marler, says Eddie Jones
England head coach Eddie Jones says he is '100 per cent' behind Marler's decision to withdraw from Six Nations selection
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland hit by withdrawal of Launchbury and Marler ahead of Six Nations
Charlie Ewels and Tom West come into the England squad, as Eddie Jones loses 141 caps' worth of experience
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoWelsh Rugby Gets Assistance From The Wales Government
The Welsh Government will provide aid amounting to £2.7 million to each of Wales‘ four rugby regions. According to an announcement...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRising stars hit by double whammy | Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher can't wait for the return of the Rosslyn Park Sevens and U20 World Championship to resume
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoPRL flying the fairness flag is hard to stomach
Halting relegation this season is the right thing, but PRL's history of fairness is a strange story
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Features
/ 5 years agoWHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE 21?
Blackheath Founded: 1858 Home ground: The Rectory Field and more recently Well Hall. Currently solid citizens of National League One, finishing...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Alun Wyn looks set to eclipse Willie John Longevity: Alun Wyn Jones playing for Wales...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWiverns help game go global
Brendan Gallagher continues his series charting the history of the women’s game Pioneers: France and the Netherlands play in first women’s...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME To be fair, Saracens should stay down another season Surprise: Saracens lose to Ealing...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWilliams fears for a lost generation of Wales U20s
TRP Probyn: Saracens must stay down for two seasons By ALEX BYWATER Promise: Wales U20 beat France last season WALES U20...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIs copying the Prem best way to achieve self-sustainability?
IS the formation of a company “overnight” really the route to salvation for the Championship, as Coventry’s Nick Johnston suggests last...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCould Ealing be viable in the Prem in London?
COLIN BOAG Up-and-comers: Ealing Trailfinders beat Saracens last weekend When Saracens lost last weekend to the Premiership pretenders, Ealing Trailfinders, it...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFalcons’ camaraderie reminds me of Quins
Jon Newcombe talks to Nick Easter about his new job as Falcons defence coach Massive moment: Toby Flood scores the winning...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTesting times all round
THE order of priorities at the RFU are hard to fathom. The Championship clubs are being told to pay the £5,000...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThe Boks are all deserting their barren rugby land | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett bemoans the overloading of South African talent across European teams, and the effects on rugby in South Africa itself
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRob Baxter voted Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year 2020
The Exeter Chiefs director of rugby is the recipient of the Pat Marshall award after a Premiership and Champions Cup winning...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoFrench system is set up for success – Adamson
Former Bedford Blues wing Dean Adamson is settling in well to life in the second tier of French rugby at Pro...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBristol boy Joe Joyce done with clapping Exeter Chiefs
Spurred by a state-of-the-art training ground, lock Joyce says the squad already assembled by Bears can want for nothing in their...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Northampton Saints and Fiji hooker Sam Matavesi
Sam Matavesi, Northampton, Fiji and former Toulouse, Cornish Pirates, Plymouth Albion, Redruth and Camborne, hooker selects a XV based on the...
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