Search results for "championship"
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for England to get Sevens game in order
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is no nation in the Rugby Union family that was not disrupted...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoOne old competition which has had its day
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers may be surprised to learn that back in the days when dinosaurs were roaming the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPuma Vivas signs deal at Kingsholm
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER GLOUCESTER have done a deal to sign Argentina loosehead Mayco Vivas on a short...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRichmond stunned by Caldy fightback
By BEN FENTON Richmond..........32pts Tries: O’Meara 4, 23; Kiernan 14; Kaye 18 Conversions: Landray 4, 14, 23 Penalties: Landray 67, 70...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPowerful Reds hit big six to blunt Cov
By TOM INNES Jersey ................40pts Tries: Lewis 18, 54; Harris 32, 40; Holgate 48, Clarke 73 Conversions: Bennett 18, 32, 40,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRolling back the years … Defying time to stay at the top
PAUL REES LOOKS INTO THE SECRET OF HOW PLAYERS ARE MANAGING TO KEEP GOING FOR LONGER WHEN the Tonga back rower...
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News Extra
/ 3 years agoStudents spurred on by this summer’s graduates
NEWS EXTRA ■By NICK POWELL AN impressive 37 university players have been picked up by Premiership and Championship clubs heading into...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Jackson scales ramp of ‘Everest’ for charity FORMER Bath and London Welsh No.8 Ed Jackson is climbing the spiral ramp at...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoAny team can beat anyone in National 1 – Cattell
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK JOINT Bishop’s Stortford head coach Marcus Cattell expects National 1 to be one of the most...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSweet for Sheffield to reclaim bragging rights
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK SHEFFIELD director of rugby Simon Tomlinson is revelling in last weekend’s victory over arch rivals Sheffield...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoFired-up Ponty’s tribute for Butler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL paid a fitting tribute to their former captain Eddie Butler, who died suddenly on Thursday,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoURC chief keen to emulate US sports model
■By STEFFAN THOMAS MARTIN Anayi admits the United Rugby Championship does need to consider a restriction on player salaries and would...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, September 18, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18...
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Podcast
/ 4 years agoOspreys can reach play-offs – Booth
Ospreys boss Toby Booth has set his sights on the URC play-offs this season, after his side earned a place in...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCaldy RFC establish a supporter’s club in Copenhagen
By John Lyon Caldy‘s first match in the Championship, a home fixture against Hartpury was memorable for the club and its...
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Podcast
/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Thirty-One with Toby Booth
Ahead of the United Rugby Championship getting underway this weekend, host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain and Chris Hewett are...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoSpringboks unchanged for critical Argentina clash
South Africa have made no changes to their starting line-up ahead of their vital match against Argentina in Round Five of...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoDuo of changes for All Blacks’ Bledisloe opener
New Zealand have made two enforced changes in the only switches to their starting line-up for this Thursday’s Rugby Championship and...
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Top 14
/ 4 years agoWade seals Racing 92 move
Christian Wade has secured a fairytale move to Racing 92, as he recommences his rugby career after four years away. Wade,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoWe’ll take changes in our stride, says Paver
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates fought hard for an opening night win against Richmond on Friday and coach Alan Paver has...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPollard will light up Tigers – Liebenberg
By PAUL REES Hanro Liebenberg is backing his South African compatriot Handre Pollard to take to life in the Premiership quickly...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoVideo nasties help shake demons for Skivington
By PAUL REES George Skivington spent his summer watching video nasties as he plotted how to get Gloucester into the tour...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoGet real, T2 teams can’t have any more
WITH Premiership clubs’s finances coming under severe scrutiny and the RFU’s resources, as Jeff Probyn writes, fully stretched, what on earth...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPremiership could be most competitive yet
RUGBY has had a lot of negativity around it in recent months but I’m so excited by the start of the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoWhen will the RFU come to its senses?
IN Rugby Paper Sept 4, Nick Cain says “the Premiership cartel is throttling the English game by killing ambition”. He adds...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKeep rich owners on a tight leash
COLIN BOAG Huge asset: Gloucester fans pack out Kingsholm Stadium last season PICTURE: Getty Images There are lies, damned lies, and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWhen the game met with royal approval
Brendan Gallagher Although it would be a stretch to suggest that Her Majesty The Queen was a diehard rugby fan, she...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTime for England to get act together
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK We are a year out from the 2023 World Cup – and three...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoU20 success will help our senior team, says Lamaro
Michele Lamaro insists Italy’s success at U20s level can breathe new life into the Azzurri’s senior side and make them more...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIt’s time for WRU and the clubs to sort this mess out
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The United Rugby Championship kicks off this coming weekend and I sincerely hope the campaigns...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCaldy have a lot to learn as Hartpury get in the swing
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................22pts Tries: Bibby 18, Jones 26, Darlington 42, Caine, 79 Conversions: Jones 42 Hartpury............33pts Tries: Benz Solomon...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNo certainties in the race for glory in Paris
If the attraction of a sport is measured in terms of unpredictability, international rugby has never been as compelling. Ever since...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘False start at Gloucester took me on scenic route’ – My Life in Rugby with Guy Thompson
The former Wasps, Leicester, Jersey and Ealing back rower talks about his life in the game I think I am right...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoThis is one crazy gang I wouldn’t want to miss
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER So once more into the breach. Another Premiership...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Wasps close to securing funding WASPS are close to securing funds to repay some of their multimillion-pound debts. Bondholders are owed...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPeters hoping to make mark at Newcastle
By JON NEWCOMBE Having had his World Cup dreams dashed, Spain international Josh Peters is hoping that another of his rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoAmbitious Gallagher aiming for top-flight contract
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK FREE scoring hooker Matt Gallagher has set himself a personal goal to earn a Premiership contract...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 NATIONAL LEAGUES Premiership (3pm kick-off) Gloucester v Wasps Sale v Northampton WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 INTERNATIONALS Women’s England v...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWorld of rugby mourns death of Queen Elizabeth II
The world of rugby at all levels were united as they mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday evening....
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Features
/ 4 years ago“Wait and see” on Salary Cap reduction – Lynagh
Former Australian legend Michael Lynagh believes fans should not rush into judgement about the impact of the reduction of the Premiership‘s...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Thirty with Michael Lynagh
Another full house for your 30th edition of The Rugby Paper Podcast! The guys welcome an Australian World Rugby Hall of...
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Top 14
/ 4 years agoEngland and Top 14 star Mercer first name in Razor-rog Barbarians squad
England, Bath and Montpellier star Zach Mercer has been named in the Barbarians squad for November’s Killik Cup 2022 match against...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRelton returns home to take the Pirates route
Arthur Relton is returning to his Cornwall rugby roots this season keen to follow a well-trodden path into a Premiership career....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCallard predicts brighter future for Leeds
By NICK POWELL LEEDS Tykes head coach Jon Callard is aiming high for this season. In the 2019/20 Championship season Leeds...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSmith backing Fifita to light up Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS Vaea Fifita has been tipped to take the United Rugby Championship by storm following his highprofile move from...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLet’s hope we still have 13 teams come Friday
COLIN BOAG After 11 long weeks, at last the Premiership returns on Friday evening. Yes, we’ve had summer tours and the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland’s Jersey trip leaves RFU all at sea
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK English club rugby has never been more in need of coherent, strong, farsighted...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBath prepare well for derby
Jersey..............17 Bath ..................38 By TOM INNES Bath tuned up for a derby date with Bristol Bears in the opening round of...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLeinster take their chances as they prove too strong for Quins
Harlequins........21pts Leinster ............26pts By ALAN ROBINSON Leinster stepped up their preparations for the new United Rugby Championship season with a five-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPirates on top as they turn the table on Chiefs
Cornish Pirates ..42pts Exeter......................14pts By MIKE SINCLAIR Pirates took a leaf out of the Exeter playbook with some impressive forward finishing...
International Rugby
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