Search results for "championship"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGame needs the odd giant killing
TOTALLY agree with Jake Smith’s letter last week. The Championship clubs deserve more exposure and must be given regular games against...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks need to pick best XV on ability alone
JEREMYGU SCOTT Selected on merit: South African back rower Siya Kolisi PICTURE: Getty Images EVER since South Africa adopted a quota...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGraham glad to resume family affair with Falcons
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Gary Graham about emulating father George’s team of ‘98 Stepping up: Gary Graham breaks past Christian Wade...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMiddle Matavesi brother swaps ships for Pirates
By NEALE HARVEY ROYAL Navy back rower Sam Matavesi has revealed his ambition to follow brothers Josh and Joel into the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoEaling blast Titanswith second-half 5-try romp
By GUY WILLIAMS Speedster: Lewis Robling outpaces Toby Williams to score PICTURES: Gareth Lyons EALING’S successful season, second in the Championship...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ISAAC CURTIS-HARRIS LONDON IRISH BACK ROWER As a member of the London Irish youth side that became Premiership U18s champions in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWilliams confident of filling Webb role for Wales
CRACKERJACK Bristol scrum-half Rhodri Williams believes Rhys Webb’s defection to Toulon will offer him a route back into a Wales jersey...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Gregor Townsend is showing Wales the way to play
Peter Jackson on the evolution of Scotland and how they may be firmer favourites for the Six Nations than Wales
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVarsity: Who was the dashing Cambridge wing in Sherlock mystery?
Brendan Gallagher investigates the man who was Conan Doyle's hero, Godfrey Staunton
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVarsity: Seven-timer Briggs is Light Blues brigade history maker
Brendan Gallagher picks out the stars to watch in this week's Varsity match showpiece
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Features
/ 8 years agoDefence to the fore as Titans are suffocated
By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor 13pts Taunton 7pts Thwarted: Chinnor’s speed demon Jamil Hamilton. IF defences win championships then Chinnor are going...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAre Game Board now plotting a ten-team Premier?
WE could be heading back into the shadowlands of clandestine decisionmaking, with the idea being floated that the Premiership could be...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWasps eye moves for Thompson and Socino
LEICESTER have their eye on a couple of Premiership rivals as they look to improve their squad for next season. Wasps...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTownsend is showing Wales the way to play
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Gregor Townsend last appeared in Cardiff on Six Nations business a long time...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExpect another Mennaye thriller
Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field PIRATES coach Alan Paver knows it will come down to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBristol stay on track but Knights put up a fight
By GUY WILLIAMS Defiant: Doncaster’s Curtis Wilson scores LEADERS and promotion favourites Bristol completed the first half of their Championship campaign...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWinless Rotherham battling to stop the rot
By JON NEWCOMBE ANDY KEY returns to Headingley for the first time since he was sacked by Leeds in February 2011....
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Features
/ 8 years agoSeven-timer Briggs is Light Blues brigade history maker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the stars to watch in next week’s Varsity match showpiece BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cambridge will find themselves in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWho was dashing Cambridge wing in Sherlock mystery?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER investigates the man who was Conan Doyle’s hero, Godfrey Staunton BRENDAN GALLAGHER Case to solve: Cambridge skipper Cyril Overton...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoThe Ella brothers: the pop stars of Aussie rugby
Brendan Gallagher remembers the wonderful Junior Wallaby side that boasted a fabulous trio...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLam: We ‘re still looking for an 80-minute performance
By WILL CARPENTER LEAGUEleaders Bristol made it a perfect ten in the Championship with victory at Ashton Gate. A blistering first...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTitans are denied by Holland ‘s late show
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMTitans were within a few minutes of winning their first league game of the campaign in ten attempts....
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Features
/ 8 years agoElla brothers were the pop stars of Aussie rugby
BRENDAN GALLAGHER remembers that wonderful Junior Wallaby side that Boasted a fabulous trio Forty years ago, this month a group of...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMorris making system work at Scottish
By LUKE JARMYN LONDONScottish director of rugby Dave Morris is confident there ‘s more to come from his mixture of professionals...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN EARL SARACENS FLANKER Ben Earl lacks nothing in confidence and, like many of his other young Saracens colleagues, he aims...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSANZAAR need to see bigger picture
Japan fans JAPANhave been predictably getting it in the neck from some quarters ‘down south ‘ for voting for France rather...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoIt certainly was a good year for Oxford ‘s Grand Slam winning duo
ACCORDINGto a recent survey, 1957 was the ‘best and happiest year ‘ in history to live in Britain. I have no...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBig ask to bounce straight back up – Schmid
By JON NEWCOMBE ROTHERHAM legend Mike Schmid fears it will be a long road back for his old club if they...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGlover gets nod for Dubai
By SAM JACKSON SIMON Amor has named an experienced squad as England Sevens kick-off their World Sevens Series in Dubai next...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoProtheroe benefiting from time with Bruce
GIFTED full-back Mat Protheroe believes testing himself under Premiership legends Pat Lam and Bruce Reihana at Bristol will help him fulfil...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFoundations in place to make Coventry great says Narraway
By JOE BYRNES Old school: Luke Narraway WITH11 league wins from 11 Coventry stand head and shoulders above the pack in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaints to go on raid for Wasps flier Bassett
NORTHAMPTON have lined up a swoop on Wasps to take winger Josh Bassett to Franklin ‘s Gardens next season. The 25-year-old...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: England will improve this year, but so will the All Blacks
With Eddie Jones saying England need to play catch up with the All Blacks, Jeremy Guscott looks at their chances
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don Armand on the rugby trail
Nick Cain talks to the Exeter Chiefs back row about his upbringing in the African state and his career in rugby
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Features
/ 8 years agoFaux pas to undervalue French infuence
THERE was, predictably, a deal of moaning and mourning from some quarters about the decision of World Rugby’s delegates to vote...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoI chose Richmond over Twickenham
LAST Friday it was my pleasure to be at Richmond against Doncaster in the Championship. It was a close victory for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don on the rugby trail
NICK CAIN TALKS TO DON ARMAND ABOUT STRIFE IN ZIMBABWE AND HOPE IN ENGLAND MEET Don Armand, Mr Adaptable. The rangy...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKirby holds nerve towin kickfest for Richmond
By ANDREW BEACHAM THIS was not a game that will linger in the memory, although that will not concern Richmond who...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHis monstrous boot changed way the game was played
THE record books will tell you that Sam Doble scored a world record 581 points in the 1971-72 season but it...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShields pins his colours to Wasps
HURRICANES captain Brad Shields is understood to have signed for Wasps in a bid to make England’s World Cup squad. Following...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIt’s time, England, to put some stick about
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Opportunity knocks: Elliot Daly goes over for England’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images England weren’t wildly impressed with...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEngland will improve this year, but so will All Blacks
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Improved carrying force: Joe Launchbury took it to Australia PICTURE: Getty Images To close the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAussies offer acid test of England’s back row mobility
Nick Cain analyses the challenge of the Wallabies who have a 'score to settle'
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoMichael Cheika picks power over playmaker in Wallabies midfield
Samu Kerevi gets the nod to start at inside centre alongside Tevita Kuridrani
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Features
/ 8 years agoFfitch stars as Loughborough get campaign back on track
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP IT WAS the travellers who reigned supreme this week as the BUCS big show rolled into...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTata put heat on Narberth with win in Cardiff
Welsh Championship round-up SECOND placed Narberth failed to take advantage of the inactivity of Championship leaders Pontypool as they managed only...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIreland turn the screw with three-try flourish
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND, with a performance of growing authority and excellence, dismissed South Africa from their presence to get their...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPlans to expand Tier Two to 14 on hold says Melville
By NEALE HARVEY PLANS to expand the Championship from 12 to 14 teams next season have been postponed after clubs failed...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew lock star Salmon aiming for big catch
By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8...
International Rugby
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