Search results for "championship"
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoBillingham hit skids in Kirkby downpour
■ By DAVID LAWRENCE REGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP JUST one game survived the rain and Kirkby Lonsdale ignored the wretched conditions...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland must now show variation under pressure
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Failure to adapt: Scotland triumph at Murrayfield to claim the Grand Slam...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWelsh All Blacks relegated with seven games to go
■ By JOHN MURPHY Principality Premiership NEATH have been relegated from the Principality Premiership after they were comfortably defeated by RGC1404...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens provide Silva service in relegation shoot-out
■ By ALEX BYWATER Bridgend …31 Bargoed …11 BRIDGEND gave their head coach Matt Silva the perfect birthday present as they...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoNow Farrell has a host of questions to answer
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK What a comeback: Scotland’s Sam Johnson celebrates with his teammates after scoring their sixth try...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHigh-speed Hadleigh has Cardiff in a frenzy as party time starts early
■ PETER JACKSON at Principality Stadium What a start: Hadleigh Parkes scores for Wales after 69 seconds PICTURES: Getty Images AND...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoWales are a target now says record man Alun-Wyn
ALUN-WYN Jones says Wales have painted a World Cup target on their backs after their Grand Slam. The Wales captain led...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby: Nations League would bring in £5billion over 12 years
World Rugby have met with some of the game's power brokers in Dublin to outline their plans for the 12-team Nations...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJoe Cokanasiga misses out on selection as England name team for Calcutta Cup clash
Eddie Jones makes four changes for concluding round of the 2019 Six Nations
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoShane Williams column: Keep the same Wales team and let’s win a Six Nations Grand Slam
Shane Williams' thoughts on the win at Murrayfield and Wales shot at a Grand Slam
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘Top-class’ prop Kieran Brookes commits to Wasps
Sticking with Wasps after joining from Northampton
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFlockhart’s boot kicks losing run into touch
By LUKE JARMYN Thwarted: Robin Hislop halts Jacob Fields Sharp shooter: Wing Dougie Flockhart makes a break for Doncaster PICTURE: Simon...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRogerson on mission to secure early promotion
Triple ton: Topsy Ojo VICTORY over Yorkshire Carnegie would be just that much bit sweeter for proud Lancastrian Matt Rogerson who...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoUnforgiving Noves plots downfall of old enemy
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Big rivalry: Guy Noves, left, and Bernard Laporte Former France team boss Guy Noves did not pick...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoGame-changer Joe proves he’s too hot to handle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Needs a rest: Tom Curry Prolific: Jonny May scores THERE is still so much to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoGatland: We must seize this Slam bid
WARREN Gatland urged Wales to go out and live their dreams when they face Ireland in Saturday’s Grand Slam showdown. The...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoKeep the same team and land that Slam!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Delight: Wales players celebrate at the end of the Murayfield match RELIEF. That’s my overriding...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHenderson fired-up for Schmidt’s swansong
By JOHN FALLON Winning streak: Ireland second row Iain Henderson has not lost to France PICTURES: Getty Images TEAMS IRELAND: Ireland:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorking in the breaker’s yard
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SAM UNDERHILL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A MODERN NO.7 AND THE LAWS AT THE BREAKDOWN Power-houses: Sam...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLam’s right to make voice heard, fans should follow suit
I WAS struck by Nick Cain’s reference, in his well-balanced piece on the World League, to Pat Lam’s statement that the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDonkeys still doing their best to disrupt the game
COLIN BOAG ‘Regions on their knees’: Bernard Jackman, former Dragons coach Sometimes you just have to despair about the state of...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates prepared for Cup backlash
Preview Cornish Pirates v Jersey Reds Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISHPirates welcome Jersey Reds to the Mennaye Field looking to avenge their...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJordan Burns not giving up on chasing down London Irish
The Ealing Trailfinders scrum-half on the Championship title run and nearing a new deal
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEaling have a ground fit for the Premiership if Irish slip up
Championship contenders are working on contingencies to meet Premiership stadium criteria
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEaling have a ground fit for the Premiership says Ward
By NEALE HARVEY EALING have a stadium on standby and would be able to take a place in the Premiership if...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoExiles replace head coach Rouse with Steadman
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE NIC ROUSE is looking for new opportunities after being told he is to be released as London...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWales have a way to go to emulate JPR’s record
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ferocious: JPR Williams on the Lions tour of 1971 The sideboards are still...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe can still turn up the heat on Irish says Burns
WING-HEELED Ealing pivot Jordan Burns pledges to pile the psychological pressure on London Irish as he plots a route back into...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGermany’s call just too good to ignore
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Doncaster’s new international prop Toby Williams Toe to toe: Toby Williams packs down for Germany PICTURE: Bruno...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFrustrated Carnegie players demand crisis talks
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE players will demand answers from chairman Dave Dockray at a meeting on Tuesday as...
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Features
/ 7 years agoNottingham withstand second-half stranglehold
By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAMproduced enough slick moments to topple Pirates by three tries to two at Lady Bay on Friday evening....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLowes set for return at Ealing
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA EALING TRAILFINDERS have been talking to former Yorkshire Carnegie boss Jimmy Lowes about a coaching role...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoOwen to Coventry
DONCASTER centre Will Owen has signed for Championship rivals Coventry with immediate effect. The 25-year-old, who has spent the last two...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER NEWCASTLE, SCARLETS, LONDON IRISH AND SARACENS WINGER ANDREW FENBY My journey is a bit of an unusual one in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie must take blame for not altering focus of attack
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Wasted: George Ford could have changed England’s emphasis against Wales It’s so...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeaders Pooler make it a sweet sixteen
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD PONTYPOOL extended their lead at the top to 11 points but were made to work...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSo who would be the real world champions?
COLIN BOAG Not so super: Chiefs clash with the Sunwolves in Super Rugby yesterday Last week details leaked out about World...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWorld League leak was just a scare story
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THERE is often a gap as wide as the Grand Canyon between a...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoPacific island players’ union to explore nuclear option of boycotting 2019 Rugby World Cup in light of proposed ‘World League’
Fiji, Tonga and Samoa have all qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Featured
/ 7 years agoChris Pennell FEATURE: I’d be crazy to leave Worcester Warriors
One-club man Pennell says there is a collective building at Worcester after a number of first-teamers extend their deals
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDon’t rule us out of title chase, says Eddie
By ALEX BYWATER Oneills Early hope: Tom Curry goes over to give England the lead in Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images EDDIE...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJaunty France join the party as Scots get more travel sickness
By PETER JACKSON Taking the plunge: Yoann Huget scores France’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images All over: Gregory Alldritt, centre, is...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoClubs handicapped by helping England
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SOMEHOW, in its first stab at a restructured season, the Premiership has arranged...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIrish charge for a second Grand Slam gathers pace
By DAVE MURPHY Star man: Craig Casey Late try: Marco Butturini ONLY Wales and France stand in the way of a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScott takes charge of new-look England
By SAM JACKSON Captain’s call: Harlequins second row Abbie Scott ENGLAND centre Emily Scarratt will sit out the women’s Six Nations...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSean’s long wait is over
IMAGINE making your debut in the Six Nations during the last few minutes of a home win over Wales and then...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’d be crazy to leave Warriors now my vision is taking shape
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Worcester’s loyal servant Chris Pennell ahead of a huge game with Newcstle JON NEWCOMBE Warrior through and...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSteele eyes big finish to stop-start season
By NEALE HARVEY Making strides: Irish No.9 Scott Steele SCRUM-HALF Scott Steele aims to lay down a marker ahead of the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMay’s braced for Pirates backlash
By NEALE HARVEY Aiming high: Ealing fly-half Laurence May FLY-HALF Laurence May says Ealing have the scent of silverware as they...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, BRISTOL, MOSELEY, NEWBURY, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING AND ROSSLYN PARK CENTRE ANDY REAY I think of myself as a...
International Rugby
Heartbreak for England as Thomas Ramos snatches the Six Nations title for France
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