Search results for "championship"
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoTaufua urges Crusaders boss to follow him north
Physical: Jordan Taufua HARISMATIC Crusaders coach Scott Robertson could enhance his All Blacks credentials by becoming a smash-hit in the Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMighty Pooler’s victory is their 60th in a row
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD RUTHLESS Pontypool ran in ten tries as they inflicted a crushing 62-14 home defeat on...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWhizz kid Rees-Zammit is speeding into Six Nations
By NEALE HARVEY WING sensation Louis Rees-Zammit has the talent and mental strength to take a Wales call-up in his stride,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEaling eager for Codling
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE ALEX Codling is in talks with Ealing Trailfinders about rejoining them as head coach for next season....
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
PETER WHITE, COVENTRY, ENGLAND COUNTIES AND FORMER STOURBRIDGE & BEDFORD NO.9, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. James...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAlan Dickens names first squad as England U20 head coach
Alan Dickens has retained eight players who played for England U20s in 2019 in a 32-man squad
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoA wishlist for rugby in 2020: Nick Cain’s wants an England Grand Slam
Nick Cain reveals his wishlist for England and the sport of rugby in general this year
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoHepher and Pellow see Champions Cup within touching distance for Exeter Chiefs
Past winners as players, head coach Ali Hepher and skills coach Ricky Pellow see Champions Cup glory as the next step...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGrind of club rugby is killing player numbers, says Richmond DoR Steve Hill
Hill sends a strong message to the RFU that 30-games-per-season is far too much for National League clubs
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoObituaries: The rugby players and pioneers we lost in 2019
Brendan Gallagher remembers those influenced the sport greatly
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Six Nations excitement can light up the New Year
Jeremy Guscott lends some advice for any players set to grace the Test stage for the first time in the upcoming...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoMy wish for 2020: A Grand Slam and a star scrum-half
THE Rugby World Cup saw South Africa and host nation Japan emerge as the big winners in 2019. South Africa’s third...
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Features
/ 6 years agoChiefs ‘have learnt how to rule Europe’
Are Exeter Chiefs ready to win the Heineken Champions Cup? NEALE HARVEY talks to two of their coaches who believe their...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoHill: Grind of club rugby is killing player numbers
By NEALE HARVEY RICHMONDdirector of rugby Steve Hill claims player numbers will “fall off a cliff” unless the amount of rugby...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMan of steel who nurtured Baa-Baas
Grand master: President Micky Steele-Bodger visits the Barbarians dressing room after the Killick Cup match with Argentina last year MICKY STEELE-BODGER...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLochore brought true style on and off the field
SIR BRIAN LOCHORE (Wairarapa-Bush and New Zealand) Died August 3, aged 78 ALL BLACKnumber 637. One of the New Zealand greats...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEagles must hope Irish don’t poach 20st man
THE US Eagles – slightly downcast at not doing themselves justice at RWC2019 but generally on an upward curve – are...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoOne-eyed heroes defy the ravages of war
EXACTLY 100 years ago this week the Five Nations championship cranked back into action after World War 1 and it kicked...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPerfect Pooler hit half-ton to stay unbeaten
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL completed their second consecutive unbeaten calendar year in the Championship with a thumping eight-try...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoStrongman John has eyes on lifting a Wales cap
STEP aside Big Ted, ‘Little John’ has taken on the mantle as the ultimate strong man at Sale Sharks. Andrew Sheridan...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDanny daring to dream about England again
By NEALE HARVEY SIX years after starring in England U20s history-making squad of 2013, London Irish prop Danny Hobbs- Awoyemi feels...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoENGLAND U20s CLASS OF 2013 – WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Junior Cup final squad – England U20s 23 Wales 15 15. Jack Nowell – Fullyfledged international superstar playing for Exeter Chiefs,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoConference call
FOLLOWING CVC involvement maybe we will see an integrated British League. It could consist of six conferences of four teams split...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSix Nations excitement can light up the New Year
MY wish list for the New Year starts with the teams competing for the 2020 Six Nations title to either play...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s
Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot - and we mean, a lot - of rugby this decade. So we asked him...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Nations aim to draw £750m TV mega deal as CVC near stakeholding
Could the era of free-to-air Six Nations viewing be coming to an end?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Rugby as Wales’ national sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
Can we expect a full house at any of the regions' this festive period?
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSix Nations revolution in CVC deal worth £750m
By PETER JACKSON THE SIX Nations have opened preliminary talks aimed at securing the biggest television deal in rugby history that...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew faces at Irish are refreshing for Franco
By NEALE HARVEY Aiming high: Exiles lock Franco van der Merwe PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS LONDON IRISH: Jackson, Rona, Stephenson, Hepetema,...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoStooke ready for a scrap against the green giants
Up for the fight: Elliot Stooke ELLIOTT Stooke is relishing the battle with London Irish’s big beasts as Bath aim to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoNational sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
At close of business on Friday, shrinking attendances in the PRO14 confirmed that the Welsh regional teams had joined Jeremy Corbyn...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoRugby’s decade of difference
Brendan Gallager looks back over the past ten years…the good, the bad and the superstars Brendan Gallager looks back over the...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSuper sub provides the Bright spark for Scottish
By TOM INNES THE ultimate in impact substitutions saw veteran No.8 Mark Bright claim the winning try for London Scottish within...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWelch has willpower to quench Trailfinders
By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE took a giant stride towards reclaiming their Premiership place with a hard-working display which, coupled with some...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoGriffiths keeping his Knights on guard
By SAM JACKSON Prepared: Clive Griffiths Winless: Martyn Wood YORKSHIRE Carnegie are still looking for their first win of the campaign...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPackman feeling rejuvenated under Boden
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Northampton full-back/wing Howard Packman is striving to put a couple of stop-start years behind him at his...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGeorgia will progress with Currie Cup invitation
GEORGIA have given up expecting any help from the Six Nations but South Africa are proving staunch allies. This week the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHouse of Lancaster is fighting for the future of Yorkshire
Neale Harvey talks to young fly-half Dan Lancaster about his love for Carnegie and the influence of his dad, Stuart Brave,...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoNew boss relishing restoration challenge at Albion
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY NEW Plymouth Albion head coach James Scaysbrook says the challenge of guiding the club back towards...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRayer given bigger war chest to turn Blues around
By JON NEWCOMBE BEDFORD Blues chairman Geoff Irvine has opened his cheque book and released more funds to help DoR Mike...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEmotions run high over death of ‘Ibou’
French rugby this week mourned 2013 Top 14 champion Ibrahim Diarra, who died on Wednesday at the age of 36. A...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoRelegation has no fears for Prem
THE main reason given for Premiership clubs devaluing the European Cup by putting out half strength sides is that they are...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: No more false starts, cull the scrum cheats
Brendan Gallagher points to the outright disqualification for false starting in athletics as something rugby should adhere with scrum resets
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoStadium for Cornwall can end talent drain to Exeter says ex-Pirate Matavesi
The Northampton Saints hooker backs old club Cornish Pirates to push for the Premiership if they can get their Stadium for...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAlun Wyn Jones – BBC Sports Personality of the year?
Anybody who saw Wales‘ excellent run of form in the Rugby World Cup will recognise the fact that it was Alun...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFoster has work cut out to win fans’ vote
MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERT Stepping up: Ian Foster has been promoted from assistant coach. Inset, Scott Robertson PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoChiefs going full-throttle for the knockouts
By NEALE HARVEY Sandy Park favourite: Ben Moon PICTURE: Getty Images Passed fit: Stuart Hogg SELF-CONFESSED “old bugger” Ben Moon is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo more false starts, cull the scrum cheats
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I suspect I’m about to hack off all front rowers past and present but hopefully they will...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFirst-half blitz earns Newcastle No1 billing
By LUKE JARMYN A FIRST-HALF try-double from lock Sean Robinson put Newcastle on course for a resounding win to claim the...
International Rugby
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International Rugby
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