Search results for "championship"
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoDon’t rush to rubbish World Lge, we need it!
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK “The international game is treading water from one World Cup cycle to the...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoShocker for Scots as Trulla’s late score seals it
■By GARY HEATLY Scotland U20…22 Italy U20 …32 JACOPOTrulla’s try sealed a brilliant opening victory for Italy as Scotland mounted a...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoWales without star centre Tiaan as they tackle the champions
■By ALEX BYWATER WALES head coach Gareth Williams has been dealt a blow with Tiaan Thomas- Wheeler unavailable. The Ospreys centre...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUnderdog status suits me just fine
Jon Newcombe talks to Graham Rowntree as work begins for his World Cup return Passionate: Graham Rowntree takes a Georgia training...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoItaly’s Six Nations place safe despite desperate run
RELEGATION will not be introduced to the Six Nations, according to tournament chief Ben Morel, who also says there is no...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership self-interest set to repeat
JEFF GAGE Europe’s second tier: Saints skipper Dylan Hartley “It’s time the rest of English rugby woke up to the fact...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoQuality of soccer’s second tier is streets ahead
HAVINGread Nick Cain’s piece picking at Steve Lansdown last Sunday, I can’t help but object to his ridiculous argument about why...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoA-Team Six Nations needs resurrecting
Getting up to speed: Dan Robson in Saxons action WITH the Six Nations just kicking off I have a question: Just...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDismayed at these reasons to ring-fence
AMI alone at being dismayed at some of the arguments being used to support ring-fencing (Stephen Rodgers, Jan 27). His reasoning...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoReferees must simply stop ignoring the laws
I WAS RFU President in 2013/14 and spent a few weeks with England U20s as they went on to win the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWhy should we bail out SANZAAR? It’s their own fault
COLIN BOAG Twitter spat: Brian Moore commentating In crisis: Warratahs’ Jed Holloway on the attack during the Super Rugby semi-final in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoVaughan: Close the league but prepare for expansion
■By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER chief executive Stephen Vaughan says Premiership Rugby must get their head around an expansion system if they...
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Features
/ 7 years agoA ton of trouble for England
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE MASSIVE PHYSICAL CHALLENGE FACING EDDIE JONES’ MEN AT TWICKENHAM NEXT WEEK Land of giants: from left,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoQuins eye Carnegie centre Forsyth
Move? Andy Forsyth HARLEQUINS have spoken to Yorkshire Carnegie centre Andy Forsyth about making a move to the Premiership next season....
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Features
/ 7 years agoAussie ace Reid on radar for Saracens
Wanted: Jordy Reid SARACENS are looking to pounce on Championship high-flyers Ealing Trailfinders for their Australian flanker Jordy Reid. The 27-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJudge targets top-three finish to repay his debt to Paver
Excelled at Sarries: Christian Judge Master: Alan Paver BATH-BOUNDprop Christian Judge says he owes Cornish Pirates scrum guru Alan Paver a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorld league could sound World Cup’s death knell
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Under threat: World league could hit the cash raised by Six Nations...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPack power sends Ealing into last four
■By GARY FITZGERALD Held: Nottingham’s Shane O’Leary BEN WARD heaped praise on his formidable forwards as Ealing cruised into the semi-finals...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates pick Reds pockets with Koster’s try at the death
■By TOM INNES Pivotal: Javier Rojas-Alvarez THE PIRATES snatched victory and a Championship Cup semi-final place thanks to a spectacular Dan...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCarnegie will expect the unexpected from Bedford
■By JON NEWCOMBE Tough job: Steve Boden AS THEIR 53-52, 15-try thriller with Coventry showed, anything can happen when Bedford are...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKeatley stops off at Irish en route to Treviso
Exile: Ian Keatley IAN KEATLEY’S departure from Munster has been brought forward after London Irish snapped up the fly-half on a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoReds won’t block Biljon if top-flight come calling
JERSEY chairman Mark Morgan says he would not stand in the way of rugby director Harvey Biljon taking a top job...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoYachvili: The players did ‘sack’ Lievremont
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Star turn: Dimitri Yachvili kicks the conversion for France during the 2011 World Cup final PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNeath heading for the drop but Bramwell won’t let them wither
■By ALEX BYWATER Captain fantastic: Neath’s Aaron Bramwell THEY are doomed to Principality Premiership relegation and are enduring their worst season...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoImportant players can aspire for Premiership says Morris
■By NEALE HARVEY WASPS flanker Ben Morris claims Premiership ringfencing would be a disaster for tier two rugby. Morris, 27, joined...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoUnderdogs? England are the big dogs of Dublin now
■From NICK CAIN at the Aviva Stadium Roar: Cian Healy scores Ireland’s first try Speed merchant: Henry Slade wins the race...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWallaby Fainga’a admits he’s been sub-standard
Probyn: World league could spell the end of World Cup ■By NEALE HARVEY Star signing: Nick Phipps MULTI-CAPPED Australia hooker Saia...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDynamic England dare to dream
ENGLAND fans left Dublin last night dreaming of Six Nation success – and even World Cup glory – as Eddie Jones’...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoMurray: Slow start and soft tries were the killers
IRELAND scrum-half Conor Murray said their sluggish start cost them dearly. “We started slow and gave gave up a couple of...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoBrutal and brilliant, this was England at their best
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Confrontational: Manu Tuilagi showed how much he has been missed “England didn’t dip in their intensity...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoFrench need Clouseau to detect how Wales could steal this one
■By PETER JACKSON Interception: George North beats the tackle of France’s Yoann Huget to score Wales’ third try Looking good: Yoann...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWe’re good because of the level of scrutiny Joe Schmidt pays to preparation, says Ireland captain Best
"We know that it is preparation that wins games"
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUmaga kicking on nicely with run of games for Carnegie
By JON NEWCOMBE Silky skills: Wasps loanee Jacob Umaga HALIFAX-BORN Jacob Umaga is relishing being back amongst his roots and getting...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
England quintet sign new deals ENGLAND centre Jonathan Joseph has signed a new contract at Bath. The 27-yearold, who joined the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoClayton returns to battle relegation
NEWS EXTRA BIRMINGHAM have resigned No.8 Adam Clayton in a bid to avoid relegation. Clayton previously played for the club between...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBudgen rolls back the years in victory over Met
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff Met 13 Bedwas 31 BEDWAS advanced to the quarter-finals of the WRU National Cup with a hardfought...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKeys suffer upset in gruelling Gwent derby battle
By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys 9 Pontypool 12 PONTYPOOL claimed their place in the last eight with a Gwent derby victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGrabham heroics helps Ravens succeed on the road
By GEOFF CHAMPION Newbridge 0 Bridgend 21 BRIDGEND overcame plucky Championship side Newbridge with three tries in mud bath conditions. Owen...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSheppard try helps Ystrad move up to second
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD YSTRAD Rhondda are up to second in the National Championship after bagging maximum points against...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGap getting wider between the tiers
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WELL done to Colin...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMaybe we should copy Scots’ lead
I DON’T think Colin Boag has taken his ring-fencing argument far enough. Surely, Scotland, with its two Champions Cup qualifying teams...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLansdown’s the face of double standards
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK STEVE Lansdown may have done great things for Bristol Bears by underwriting their...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTomos set to follow the great Sir Gareth
Derby delight: Tom Collins scores for Northampton in their big win over Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images TOMOS Williams is in line...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMayhew demands smarter play to down Ealing
By JON NEWCOMBE YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE captain Rich Mayhew says his side will need to up their game if they are to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBiljon wants another Reds letter day
By NEALE HARVEY FRESH from signing a bumper new five-year contract, Jersey Reds supremo Harvey Biljon urges his men go for...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTackle trial scrapped as concussion rate rises
THERFU have prematurely ended the trial of a new tackle height law after an increase in the number of concussions. Matches...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoEnter the gladiators for a mighty dust-up
The Rugby Paper’s brains trust reconvened for the annual Six Nations debate to thrash out all the top talking points ahead...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoPreparation is secret of our success says Best
GARY FITZGERALD talks to Rory Best about the growing confidence in the Irish camp Ireland Grand Slammers: Ireland with the trophy...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoWarren can borrow from Blues to beat Les Bleus
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Sniping threat: Cardiff scrum-half Tomos Williams PICTURE: Getty Images CARDIFF Blues haven’t been the best...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHard-wired Farrell is too much of a risk as the captain
Nick Cain looks at problems England may cause themselves with leadership decision England Unique: Phil Bennett is the only fly-half to...
International Rugby
Heartbreak for England as Thomas Ramos snatches the Six Nations title for France
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