Search results for "championship"
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGold adds his experience to the Blue Bulls
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former Bath boss Gary Gold is back in coaching after agreeing to join Jake White’s coaching staff at...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSmith’s backing Cov to get better
Coventry secured their highest ever finish in the Championship last season and young second row George Smith knows there’s added pressure...
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Features
/ 3 years ago‘I’ve given everything I could to the game’
Ben Jaycock sits down with Stuart Hogg to discuss his career and his plans for the future Scotland centurion Stuart Hogg...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoAt last! Spain show us what they can do
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S BEEN a bittersweet roller coaster five or...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoJapan host great party as Boks snatch the glory
Japan, having been thwarted at the death in their efforts to stage RWC2011, finally achieved their aim in 2019 and made...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins & England U20 back row Zach Carr
Zach Carr was planning a holiday in Asia with his family this summer but was drafted into the England U20s camp...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHoney aiming to make his mark at Rams
By BEN JAYCOCK Dead-eye goal kicker Fraser Honey has taken the step up to National 1 side Rams and is hoping...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTwelvetrees keen to get Ealing firing
Ben Jaycock talks to the former England star as he prepares to help his new club fight to regain the title...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBercis buzzing for a shot at big boys
By BEN JAYCOCK Joe Bercis is set to become the all-time appearance holder for Ampthill this season and aims to put...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCov sign up new talent to fill academy void
Coventry Rugby have stepped in to prevent the career hopes of aspiring teenage rugby players in the West Midlands being dashed...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoOnline Casinos Invested in Rugby Fans: Here’s How
With online casinos and bookmakers expanding into sports sponsorship, rugby teams are not being left in the dust. Instead, these platforms...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCodling can’t wait to take on ‘fantastic challenge’
By JON NEWCOMBE Having coached in multiple leagues in Wales, Northern Ireland, England and France, it is fair to say Alex...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTreat players well and they will stay here, says RPA’s Day
By JON NEWCOMBE RPA chairman Christian Day believes making English players the best-looked after in the world will help to combat...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTime for Champ clubs to lead way
IN last weekend’s Rugby Paper, Chris Hewett wrote how Fiji, Samoa, Georgia, and others are cheated by the way in which...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJones is Ospreys target to succeed Edwards
NEWS EXTRA OSPREYS are keen to bring in Mark Jones as defence coach. Jones, 43, recently led Wales U20s to sixth...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks pull Wallabies apart
By BEN JAYCOCK Australia.............................. 7pts Tries: Valetini 7 Conversions: Gordon 8 New Zealand .................. 38pts Tries: Frizell 3, Taylor 34, Jordan...
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News Extra
/ 3 years agoSummer Tests use ‘Bunker’ review system
NEWS EXTRA A FOUL play Television Match Official ‘Bunker’ review system is one of a number of innovations set to be...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe should not wait so long for RFU review
NICK CAIN IT is inconceivable that in any other era in English rugby a vote of no-confidence in the governance of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHalfpenny deserves to join illustrious 100 club
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IHOPE that Leigh Halfpenny’s name is the first put down on the team sheet by...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland need to think on their feet
PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PRE-WORLD CUP FRIENDLIES AND URGES BORTHWICK’S MEN TO TAKE THEIR CHANCES AFTER weeks of working...
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Features
/ 3 years ago‘Time England had central contracts’
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to former Ireland captain Rob Saunders, who won 12 caps between 1991 and 1994 before venturing into...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoA phoney war that has little to tell us
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AND suddenly the World Cup warmups, or the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFinancial squeeze sees Welsh exodus
Ben Jaycock reports on the problems faced by the Welsh regions as international stars and young talent head for exit Benetton...
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Features
/ 3 years agoNorthumbria born but I’m Scottish at heart
MY LIFEIN RUGBY SRU PERFORMANCE TRANSITION MANAGER AND FORMER SCOTLAND, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND GOSFORTH BACK ROW PETER WALTON WHEN we beat...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Ealing Trailfinders wing Epi Rokodrava
By BEN JAYCOCK After being made redundant at Wasps last year, Epi Rokodrava fell off the radar of England U20s but...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoScots suffer shock defeat to Uruguay
By BEN JAYCOCK UNDER-20s rugby in Scotland hit a new low on Tuesday when their promotion-chasing side lost to Uruguay at...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoBordeaux put their faith in Gazzotti
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FRANCE U20 sensation Marko Gazzotti has swapped the Alps for the Atlantic and the ProD2 for the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 30/07/23
At last the World Cup warm-up matches are getting underway after a long summer of build-up, and you can find reports...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAllan desperate to be starter at 10 for Italy
Tommaso Allan agrees his Italian side will have a tough job to get out of Pool A in the Rugby World...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDarge in charge as Scotland take on Italy
By Nick Powell, Online Editor Rory Darge will captain Scotland as they get their World Cup warm-up campaign underway against Italy...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoYoung leaves Cardiff following investigation
Dai Young has left Cardiff Rugby despite being cleared after an independent investigation into bullying allegations against him. Young was suspended...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLudlam: It’s all coming together
By ADAM HATHAWAY Lewis Ludlam insists England are not behind the eight-ball heading into the World Cup despite facing a race...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFed-up Falcons angry over limited telly time
By JON NEWCOMBE Newcastle Falcons are said to be seething after what they perceive to be another snub in the 2023/24...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKolisi in line to face Wales
By SAM JACKSON South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is set to feature in the World Cup warm-up match against Wales on...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 years agoFarrell’s favourite to lead the Lions
By PAUL REES There has been little cheer for rugby in Australia in recent years, but the prospect of a Lions...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoByrne the go-to man
WITH Johnny Sexton’s absence I can think of nobody better to fill the Ireland number 10 shirt than Ross Byrne. A...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHansen’s hungry for another ‘first’
Mack Hansen has loved linking up with his Irish team-mates for this year’s World Cup preparations, and is eager to play...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoLibbok deserves a chance at No.10
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF HAVING beaten the Springboks in Auckland, the All Blacks certainly have one hand...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTigers in line to keep Watson
ON THE BLINDSIDE Leicester Tigers have emerged as the favourites to re-sign Anthony Watson following the World Cup later this year...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoUnder-20s proved the future is bright
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DID you hear the one about the trainee fortune teller who gave up because he couldn’t see...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCambridge confident they can match Caldy
By BEN JAYCOCK Championship newcomers Cambridge are using Caldy’s performance last season as inspiration ahead of their debut campaign in tier...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoAttention! Get ready for the phoney war
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE phoney war is about to start next weekend when the northern hemisphere sides get...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSouth Africa know right recipe
Paul Rees makes his case for why Springboks will be a very different animal come the World Cup In this instant...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIkitau may miss World Cup with shoulder injury
NEWS EXTRA AUSTRALIA centre Len Ikitau faces a race to be fit for the World Cup after fracturing a shoulder blade...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoArendse can light up the World Cup
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NO sooner had it started than the abbreviated...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAll that glitters isn’t necessarily gold…
Paul Rees looks at the big name players who have been on the move in the Premiership during this close season...
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Features
/ 3 years agoLewis has his sights set on higher honours
Ben Jaycock talks to England’s second row starlet Lewis Chessum on his return from the Junior World Cup in South Africa...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoMcCaw breaks pain barrier to deliver gold for All Blacks
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage IT WAS close to midnight on a filthy...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExeter sign O’Connor from Munster
By BEN JAYCOCK Exeter Chiefs have signed Munster second row Eoin O’Connor. The 22-year-old moves to Sandy Park after four years...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoSouthern Hemisphere given big advantage
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, if ever there was a sign of a true bias in...
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