Search results for "championship"
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoChange the maul rule to get brighter rugby
Bedford boss Mike Rayer believes laws relating to the maul need revising after statistics showed that nearly as many tries are...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher comment: Stuart Lancaster was the right man in the wrong job
The alarm bells started ringing loudly, for me anyway, in a dusty classroom at Loughborough University last May. It was just...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain on the big debate: Call in Sir Clive, Jones, Baxter, Mallinder and Edwards
Ian Ritchie has a solution to England‘s coaching future staring him in the face: Appoint Sir Clive Woodward as RFU performance...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Mark Jones – former Scarlets and Wales wing now Rotherham coach
Hopefully my rugby career has plenty of miles left on the clock – the long commute from Llanelli to Rotherham certainly...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoA preview of the Champions Cup pools
By Brendan Gallagher Pool 1: Saracens, Ulster Toulouse and Oyonnax Overview: Saracens had 15 players involved in the World Cup but...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Roland de Marigny – former Italy, Leeds, Calvisano, Bangor and Natal Sharks full-back
For me not facing down the Haka hurt more than the result when Italy played New Zealand in our opening match...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to England’s great grand-slam winning captain Will Carling
Will Carling, the triple Grand Slam captain who helped to transform England into one of the best teams in the world...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: England apart, this has been a World Cup to remember!
So how will history view Rugby World Cup 2015? The biggest and grandest in terms of crowd numbers and stadia? Unquestionably,...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoInterview: James Horwill
James Horwill on Harlequins’ start to the season and facing English and European opposition for the first time As Harlequins approach...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Darren Fox – former Northampton flanker
If I’m brutally honest with myself I didn’t fulfill my potential as a player. Yes, I played 149 games for Saints...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain gets the lowdown on Wallaby coach Michael Cheika
Bob Dwyer is a member of one of rugby union’s most exclusive clubs as one of the seven coaches who have...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoMarco Mama hoping to make good on his promise
Striking the balance between loyalty and ambition can be a tricky affair for today’s professional players.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Crucial to reintroduce level between club and country
For the first time since its 1987 inception, the Rugby World Cup does not have Northern Hemisphere side in the semi-finals...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoName salary cap-busters who are wrecking game, says Christian Day
Premiership clubs who break the salary cap must be named and shamed, according to players’ union boss Christian Day.
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEight-try Carnegie run riot over Moseley
Yorkshire Carnegie kept the pressure on Bristol at the top of the Championship table with a 52-19 demolition of Moseley. Jonah...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: England must move on, without Stuart Lancaster
Stuart Lancaster said he would be looking for some solace this week in the Lake District. Before departing the England camp...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Gareth Thompson – Hartpury College full-back
It was the Gareth Thomson show in Hartpury last week as the full-back scored all of his side’s points in their...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: England’s debacle? It’s all fault of Boris Johnson!
Boris Johnson is addressing the great and the good on the occasion of the World Cup draw at the Tate Modern...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoBasic errors by Stuart Lancaster cost us says Mike Friday
Critical pre-tournament errors in selection by head coach Stuart Lancaster and a failure to deploy X-factor players during losses to Wales...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Bainbridge – Former Blaydon, Fylde, Orrell, Gosforth, England & Lions Lock
I’m firmly of the belief that National Service or a couple of years of compulsory rugby would help today’s youth understand...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: George Cox – Nottingham flanker
George Cox had resigned himself to missing out on England schoolboy selection only to see his world change with one phone...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: This golden generation of Pumas WILL top the world
As befits a good Yorkshire man, Les Cusworth is not a betting man. But if he was he would invest heavily...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Kiwi coaches rule – and that’s good for game
Wales have done it with Warren Gatland, and so have Ireland with Joe Schmidt, and Scotland with Vern Cotter. However, England’s...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Ireland’s big name players are enhancing reputations
My forecast for an England Ireland semi-final looks to be 50 per cent true at this stage, with Ireland pretty much...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain Inquest: Disastrous failure of nerve and judgement
As England limp out of the 2015 World Cup into the annals of great sporting failure as the first host nation...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Salary cap cheats will be hammered to protect league’s integrity
Two Premiership clubs set to be fined and deducted points for the 2015-16 campaign.
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Ninja Eddie Jones slew Boks with lethal planning
Welcome to Ninja rugby, the brainchild of Eddie Jones. The Japan coach borrowed from the methods of the covert mercenaries feared...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSteve Borthwick turns Japan into Land of Rising Scrum
Japan‘s pack, once the butt of jokes and considered little more than a speed-bump on the way to the try-line by...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: England need a Raging Bull to down these cocky Aussies
Michael Cheika has not made many slip-ups since his appointment as Wallaby coach last year, but his decision to play down...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Chas Cusani – former Orrell lock
My reputation as a ‘no-holds barred’ player may have gone before me during 20 years with Orrell, Lancashire and the North,...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoGavin Henson is even hungrier now after final heartache
Gavin Henson has been backed to be Bristol‘s promotion catalyst by head coach Sean Holley, following the fly-half’s return from serious...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoNick Farr-Jones: Wobbly pack is huge worry for Wallabies
Australia have a great track record of winning the World Cup in UK after victories in 1991 and 1999, but...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoNick Evans – Canny old All Blacks won’t be caught cold like in 2007
The only team capable of beating New Zealand are the All Blacks themselves according to Nick Evans, who knows better than...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoAgustin Pichot – Legacy of 2007 transcended world sport
Former Argentina captain Agustin Pichot has urged the Pumas’ current generation to forget the team’s heroics at Rugby World Cup 2007...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWales lack strength in depth but can be best in the world – Non Evans
Non Evans MBE is one of the most recognisable figures in women’s rugby and Welsh sport. When she retired in 2010...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Craig Willis – Newcastle fly-half
The World Cup warm up defeat at Kingston Park won’t be one to remember for Georgia but it will shine in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature Time for Rugby World Cup to make another Quantum leap
Far be it from me to heap the pressure on the already overworked organisers but RWC2015 is probably the most important...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoNew batch of Springboks can bring home the hat-trick – Chester Williams
As a proud South African, World Cup winner Chester Williams wants nothing more than to see his beloved Springboks become the...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSerge Betsen backs Chris Robshaw and England to make it to the final
England’s back-row is not in the same class as Australia and Wales but the legendary French flanker is still tipping Stuart...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Ben Ward – Ealing Trailfinders Director of Rugby
What was the club’s reaction to Sam Stanley coming out? It was a big thing for him and it’s probably a...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoRelaxed, Fiji are the Brazil of rugby – so watch out if you see them smiling
Fiji’s most-capped player Nicky Little has warned his former colleagues not to go into their shells when they tackle England in...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Adam Kwasnicki – London Scottish hooker
Did you get a chance to switch-off this summer? Knowing when to switch off is an important part of being a...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoNorthampton sign Springbok legend Victor Matfield
Northampton Saints have today announced the signing of World Cup-winning Springbok Victor Matfield ahead of next season. The 38-year-old, who will...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Will Safe – Gloucester No.8
The Premiership Sevens has been showcasing the best talents English rugby has to offer for many years now and Will Safe...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher pays tribute to Bakkies Botha
It’s all a bit rock’n’roll for Bakkies Botha at present. Farewell gigs in Cape Town, Tokyo and, most recently, at the...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoWallabies can exploit Red Rose uncertainty says Matt Burke
Wallabies legend believes Australia can make it a hat-trick of World Cup wins on UK soil.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoPremiership plans to expand top flight could be ‘dead’ forever
Proposals for a 14-team Premiership and a moratorium on promotion and relegation from season 2016-17 are dead. The Rugby Paper can...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Robin Cowling – former England prop
With my family background I suppose I was destined to play rugby. My dad came from County Durham and played Rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher recalls the biggest World Cup upsets in history
Shock results – upsets – are not a common occurrence at World Cups where generally thing go very much to form. Indeed...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s column: James Horwill axe shows how the mighty can fall, fast
James Horwill’s arrival at The Stoop to join his new Harlequins team-mates will probably come sooner than he expected following his...
International Rugby
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