Search results for "championship"
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHenriquez blazed a trail before shutters closed
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Inclusive: Stade Francais team shot: Jerome, seated far right, Verges...
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Features
/ 5 years agoExit from Kingsholm wasn’t about money
MY LIFEIN RUGBY LUKE NARRAWAY THE FORMER ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH AND PERPIGNAN NO.8 “I wasn’t offered another contract by Gloucester...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoParling helps develop Wallabies’ dark side
By NEALE HARVEY Wearing the coach’s hat: Geoff Parling Right: Wallaby bolter Trevor Hosea AFTER establishing his top-flight coaching credentials with...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoClear from beginning Lee was a cut above say Titans
By JON NEWCOMBE LEE BLACKETT’s success as a Premiership head coach comes as no surprise to one of the men who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPuzzled by Eddie’s choice at scrum-half
I HOPE Eddie Jones picks Ben Spencer and Dan Robson when they become available – I don’t understand him sticking with...
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Features
/ 5 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Packman chasing a Prem return DONCASTER Knights winger Howard Packman is keen to secure...
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Jason Whittingham: We’ll ride out the storm but we need help from Treasury
Worcester Warriors co-owner Jason Whittingham discusses the state of English rugby under the current circumstances
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGuscott column: Finn Russell has a box of tricks but may be too risky for Lions
Does the impact of Handre Pollard's injury for the Springboks change things for how the Lions approach their selection?
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs star Sam Simmonds fights to save boyhood club Teignmouth
Sam Simmonds and brother Joe are desperate to see rugby return to their old club Teignmouth
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: How did a £91m sink hole open up to swallow RFU?
Nick Cain questions where the RFU cash reserves have been spent, and how the government will be asking the same
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHow did a £91m sink hole open up to swallow the RFU?
NICH CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HOW is it that the RFU, which has had the enviable reputation almost...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBiggest challenge of my 35 years in sport
Jeremy Blackmore talks to former RFU director Rob Andrew about rugby’s future Survival mode: Rob Andrew is fighting to safeguard the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMoney man Gooley puts Ealing staff at ease
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Backer: Mike Gooley EALING Trailfinders owner Mike Gooley has assured...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPolish mining unearthing hidden gems in England
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Answering the call: Ed Krawecki, left, Ross Cooke,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoParisse defies the odds… and gravity
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWe’ll ride out this storm but we need help from treasury
JASON WHITTINGHAM ON THE RECORD Q&A Worcester Warriors co-owner Jason Whittingham tells NEALE HARVEY why he and business partner Colin Goldring...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLlandovery’s supply line pre-dates WRU
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Monkey fight: Llandovery do battle with Christ College Brecon in 1961...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPenberthy quits Reds to become boy in blue
By JON NEWCOMBE AARON PENBERTHY has swapped the playbook for the lawbook as he begins a new career in the State...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales still top seeds after RWC alter pool cut-off
By GEORGE LAWRENCE ENGLAND and Wales will be in the top band for the 2023 Rugby World Cup’s pool stage draw...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSam fights for future of family club Teignmouth
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER star Sam Simmonds has launched an emotional plea to get lower league rugby back up and running...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoIrish hooker Cornish gets big Kiss approval
By NEALE HARVEY HOOKER Matt Cornish’s seamless transition from the Championship marks him down as a solid Premiership player of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPicking Saracens sends bad message
SARACENSthoroughly deserved their victory over Leinster and showed tremendous determination and courage both individually and collectively in their battle against Racing....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCancel 8 Nations and divert funds to the grassroots
UNDER the headline ‘Top flight rugby may not return until 2021’, Sale supremo Steve Diamond says “rugby could cease to exist...
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Features
/ 5 years agoClubs must help save themselves with cuts
COLIN BOAG Isometimes wonder whether the Premiership and its clubs are living in a parallel universe. We keep getting told how...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRussell has a box of tricks but may be risk for Lions
JEREMY GUSCOTT FINN Russell demonstrated in last weekend’s European Cup semi-final victory over Saracens in Paris that playing in a high-powered...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPRO12 winner Heenan hungry for another title
By NEALE HARVEY Switched on: Bristol flanker Jake Heenan REGARDLESS of the shenanigans at Sale, Bristol flanker Jake Heenan insists nothing...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRyan Lamb feature: Coffee empire can wait, I can’t wait to get coaching
Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb talks about almost signing for Exeter in his career and the No.10 he wants to see...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Blackheath full-back Ben Ransom
Varsity Cup winner Ransom picks three of his biggest pet hates
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Ealing Trailfinders hooker Alun Walker
Ex-Edinburgh, Nottingham and Scotland U20s front row Walker picks a dream XV
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Humble beginning but Heineken Cup dreamt big
Brendan Gallagher at how the Champions Cup, or Heineken Cup, has always drawn big crowds far beyond club rugby's norm
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders could mix it with Premiership clubs, says Reid
Ex-Trailfinders flanker Jordy Reid, now at Gloucester, believes the club could fill in if financial ruin hit the top flight
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins and Exeter Chiefs to raise the curtain on 2020-21 Premiership season
Premiership Rugby have released the full schedule for the new season beginning in November
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoVunipola: Vincent Koch showed he is the best tighthead on the planet
England prop Mako Vunipola lauds the individual performance of Saracens teammate Vincent Koch in the win over Leinster
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoHowley signs for Kingsley’s Canada
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wales coach Rob Howley has been named assistant Canada coach following his return to the sport after being...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHumble beginning but Heineken dreamt big
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO now, in this most unusual and mind-bending season, we finally have the two finalists for the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCoffee empire can wait, I want to give my all to coaching now
RYAN LAMB ON THE RECORD Q&A Newly appointed Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb, 34, tells NEALE HARVEY how he landed his...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCattle eager to get the plates spinning
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS GAVIN Cattle is relieved to have kept his Cornish Pirates squad largely intact as Championship clubs...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps aim to crash the Robshaw party
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS supremo Lee Blackett has called for a huge physical effort at Harlequins tomorrow to lay the ground...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoVunipola: Vincent is world’s best No.3
By JON NEWCOMBE World’s best: Vincent Koch in dominant mood against Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images MAKO Vunipola has hailed front row...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTrailfinders can compete with the best says Reid
By NEALE HARVEY EALING Trailfinders would be more than capable of filling a top-flight spot in the event of a Premiership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo crowds spells trouble for Lions
WITH no crowds permitted for the forseeable future and Championship clubs saying that without them they cannot return to action, where...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRing-fence and cut wage bills to attract state aid
COLIN BOAG Devastating: If Gloucester’s famous Shed is silent for six more months During the week, Premiership Rugby, issued a statement...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoThe yellow brick road comes to sad and sobering end for Sarries
By NICK CAIN THIS is the end of the road for a Saracens side that has done it all when it...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoThis is the end of an era says McCall
SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall said: “In many ways it is the end of an era, but we showed all...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ex-England, Gloucester and Sale wing Tom Beim
Picked for the Tour of Hell in 1998, Beim relives the tough moments of his career which, in a way, offer...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoFive young English players primed to break out in 2021
Already on England's radar after coming through the Under-20 programme
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWilliams column: All eyes in South Africa will be on the Lions
Shane Williams looks ahead to the 2021 Lions tour, and reflects on his own experiences in South Africa
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Crafty Boks try to get the best of both worlds
Nick Cain analyses looks at SA Rugby's attempts to ford a bridge between hemispheres
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPRO14 open discussions to add more South African franchises
Sharks, Lions, Bulls and Stormers could be joining at the PRO14 at the expense of the Cheetahs and Kings
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Six Nations to resume in October
While the rugby world has once again been thrown into chaos due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it looks like the Women’s...
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