Search results for "championship"
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWelch has grown into true leader
By TRP REPORTER On the rampage: Will Welch of Newcastle is tackled by Mitch Eadie of Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images AS...
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Premiership
/ 8 years ago‘Slim-line’ Skelton in the best shape of his life
By NEALE HARVEY Feeling good: Will Skelton GARGANTUAN Saracens lock Will Skelton has revealed how losing ten kilos has enabled him...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 years agoNowell close to agreeing new Chiefs’ contract
Negotiations: Jack Nowell JACK NOWELL looks set to become the first of the large number of Eddie Jones England squad who...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPremiership promises to be highly exciting
THE 2018-19 Principality Premiership began at the weekend amid a serious discussion over whether the league has any future in Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRotherham win their pitch battle
By JON NEWCOMBE ROTHERHAM TITANS’ preparations for life in National One were disrupted this week after the club found themselves caught...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMcCall factor is magic ingredient for Sarries
BRENDAN GALLAGHER charts the remarkable rise of Mark McCall and his methods at Saracens Champions: Saracens celebrate with the Premiership trophy...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoIrish put a marker down with power play
By GARY FITZGERALD Hero: James Cordy gets a hug on scoring Rock and roll: Benjamin Meehan’s try celebration PICTURES: Lissy Tomlinson...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWest Country foes set to rekindle rivalry in Ashton Gate near sell-out
26,000 tickets and counting have been sold for the Premiership season opener between Bristol and Bath
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Featured
/ 8 years agoMichael Cheika needs to bridge the gap to the All Blacks, says ARU chief
"I don’t think it’s about changing what we’ve got, it’s about what can we bring"
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens ………18 Richmond………12
■ A YOUNG Saracens Storm side battled hard in a full-blooded friendly for a narrow win over Championship side Richmond on...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBRISTOL
Director of Rugby: Pat Lam Captain: Jordan Crane Ground: Ashton Gate Capacity: 27,000 Newly promoted clubs have a habit of going...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNifty Nizaam has proved he can cope in land of giants
By NEALE HARVEY Off-loading skills: Nizaam Carr NIZAAM Carr has ordered Wasps to strike fear into the hearts of their opponents...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNobody wants to help clubs like us say Ealing
By NEALE HARVEY EALING managing director Ben Ward admits he is “frustrated” by Premiership Rugby’s dismissive attitude towards the Championship and...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFive to follow…
Brendan Gallagher marks your card on some of the players you should be keeping an eye on during the 2018-19 Premiership...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEaling can push the favourites close
Former Nottingham boss Ian Costello, now Wasps attack coach, runs the rule over this season’s Championship clubs Livewire: Doncaster’s Fijian scrum-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFalcons’ feelgood factor gives Mowden Park a boost
Neale Harvey looks at the prospects of the teams in National One aiming to climb into the Championship Driving on: Rory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCozens back to help Hartpury and Oxford women improve
Coaching: Luke Cozens LUKE COZENS is banking on his trophy-winning experience in France to help Hartpury consolidate their place in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRams aim to charge into new era
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 SOUTH Signing: Fly-half Alex Seers has joined the Rams With a modern new name to back up his...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaracens battle to keep Skelton from going home
Wanted: Will Skelton SARACENS are facing an uphill battle to retain the services of Wallaby lock Will Skelton when his contract...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoPoland have the athletes to become world class
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS Man mountain: Gregory Kacala in action for Brive...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEvergreen Grifiths can’t hear the fat lady singing just yet
Jon Newcombe talks to Doncaster coach Clive Griffiths about the challenges ahead Passionate: Clive Griffiths loves the game CLIVE Griffiths’ passion...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks aim for the solar plexus
THE continued domination of the Rugby Championship by New Zealand, reflected in their two runaway wins so far over the Wallabies...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTuilagi’s back but Eastmond is the Tigers midfield star
By ROB WILDMAN MANU Tuilagi showed he has recovered from summer surgery to put himself in line to face Exeter next...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGriffiths upset by Falcons dominance
By GUY WILLIAMS Still in it: Morgan Eames scores for Knights Away: Ben Stevenson runs in one of his two tries...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoFEATURE: Rob Baxter on Exeter’s prospects in the Premiership and Europe and why ring-fencing would be ‘morally wrong’
Is there any part of Exeter Chiefs that director of rugby Baxter doesn't have a role within?
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHarlequins release former Hartpury star Jonas Mikalcius
27 tries for Hartpury when they won promotion to the Championship
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoUp the intensity by reducing schedule
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk COLIN Boag rightly states...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPumas need a leg up, not the Kiwis
YET again the Rugby Championship fixture draw is skewed towards the All Blacks. They are the only team to get three...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDinosaurs must realise TMO plays a vital role
COLIN BOAG Injured: Ospreys signing Gheorghe Gajio is out for six months Well done to World Rugby for standing up to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAcademy kids star as Warriors run in 8 tries
Worcester ….52 Hartpury ……24 WORCESTER ran in eight tries as they swept to a comfortable win. Four first-half tries from Ollie...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpittle scorches in as Titans capitulate
By ROB WILDMAN Power play: Nottingham No.8 Josh Poullet crashes over from short range PICTURE: Phil Hutchinson TEAMS NOTTINGHAM: Robinson; Spittle,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLone wolf Danny needs some proper wing men
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS Shot in the foot: Danny Cipriani outside court...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe Fijian Beast could be coming to feast at Bath
Explosive: Josua Tuisova ARE Bath about to break the bank to land Toulon’s superstar winger Josua Tuisova to replace injured England...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJohnny enjoys growth spurt at Newcastle
Impressive start: Johnny Williams on debut for Falcons last weekend AFTER seven years at London Irish, Johnny Williams is relishing the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoQuins rejection was tough admits Twomey
BATTLING lock Sam Twomey insists the heartache he suffered after being forced to leave Harlequins has been replaced with a fresh...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoCutbacks cause fear over future of Welsh club game
By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Wales coach Nigel Davies fears some of rugby’s most historic clubs could fall out of existence with...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoBarrett has too much class for Wallabies
By GARY FITZGERALD Command performance: Beauden Barrett dives over for the All Blacks PICTURES: Getty Images BEAUDEN Barrett produced another breathtaking...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoDe Klerk gets Boks rolling in second half rout
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH Africa, with Sale’s Faf de Klerk at the helm, turned up the wick after the break with...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBoring? That’s what people used to say about Tigers!
Q&A ROB BAXTER ON THE RECORD Rob Baxter In possession: Joe Simmonds must battle Gareth Steenson and Henry Slade for the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLuatua’s top-flight delay finally over
By ROB COLE All Black class: Steven Luatua finally gets his chance to play in the Premiership PICTURE: Getty Images STEVEN...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSarries lock jam sends Cutmore down to Pirates
By NEALE HARVERY IMPOSING Cornish Pirates second row Danny Cutmore is drawing inspiration from erstwhile Saracens colleague Nick Isiekwe as he...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTitans set to unleash their new ‘Pit Bull’
By JON NEWCOMBE Abrasive back rower: Anton Petrowitsch NEW Rotherham flanker Anton Petrowitsch says he is proud to be an ambassador...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMark Flanagan adds steel to Bedford Blues’ pack
It's been a summer of impressive recruitment by Mike Rayer at Goldington Road
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAshton dots down at the death on his Sharks debut
By SAM JACKSON SALE got their pre-season campaign off to a flyer on Friday night with star signing Chris Ashton scoring...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoReds show resilience to slow Quins’ march
By TOM INNES Jersey ……….14 Harlequins …33 HARLEQUINS late surge was enough to seal an eventually comfortable win over a plucky...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDiamond’s move for Boks duo blocked
SALE SHARKS are looking for reinforcements after their advances for Springbok prop Coenie Oosthuizen and scrumhalf Ross Cronjé were knocked back....
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Features
/ 8 years agoWallabies will pose real threat in Bledisloe opener
THE current All Blacks are a very talented team and boast the ability to go unbeaten during the Rugby Championship. Their...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoMario must stop this Pumas freefall
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off Big job on: Argentina coach...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHansen right to decide that Beauden’s still tops
GLENN DELANEY, defence coach at the Highlanders and former London Irish and Nottingham coach, runs his expert eye over the Rugby...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExiles’ nose is pointing up with Kidney at the controls
Q&A DECLAN KIDNEY ON THE RECORD Perfect fit: Star fly-half signing Stephen Myler PICTURES: Getty Images Former Ireland and Munster head...















