All posts tagged "Bath"

• Jeremy Guscott

  / 12 years ago

  Jeremy Guscott: Backs must stop game being just about size and power

  One of my New Year resolutions for 2014 would be for the backs in all teams bar New Zealand and Australia...

  By Jeremy Guscott
• Brendan Gallagher

  / 12 years ago

  Brendan Gallagher: RFU Championship clubs face a vital strategy meeting

  Later this month the chairmen and owners of the 12 RFU Championship clubs will lock themselves away in a Birmingham Hotel...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 12 years ago

  Championship clubs’ rage over Anglo-Welsh proposals

  Championship chair- man Geoff Irvine believes it is highly unlikely the Rugby Football Union will sanction a 16-team Anglo-Welsh league, describing...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• My Life in Rugby

  / 12 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Don Caskie – former London Scottish & Gloucester centre and Moseley & Georgia head coach

  After my playing career I coached Georgia for the World Cup in New Zealand – an outstanding experience all-round. It is...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Bristol sign Dwayne Peel and Anthony Perenise

  Bristol have made two major coups in their quest for promotion from the Championship with the arrival of Sale scrum-half Dwayne...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Jamie Gibson salvage draw for Leicester

  Jamie Gibson scored a try on the last play of the game as Leicester salvaged a 27-27 draw against Bath at...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 12 years ago

  Nick Cain: Danny Cipriani is a risk, but he could unlock golden door

  Who holds the keys to No.10 for England? There is no shortage of contenders to pilot them through the 2015 World...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Featured

  / 12 years ago

  Dead-eye Stephen Myler has England in his sights

  Northampton’s marksman Stephen Myler has revealed his burning to desire to represent England during the forthcoming RBS Six Nations.

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 12 years ago

  Peter Jackson: All Blacks chase the dollar in Big Apple

  The All Blacks have announced their intention to cash in on the American market with a match in New York next...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 12 years ago

  Gamble on Leicester Tigers exit has paid off says George Ford

  It is hard to avoid drawing comparisons between George Ford and Owen Farrell – two of the brightest young things in...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 12 years ago

  Steve Meehan fears for Bath after Gary Gold’s shock exit

  Former Bath head coach Steve Meehan fears the club could be in danger of being “sent off the rails” unless its...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• 20 Questions

  / 12 years ago

  20 Questions: Brett Sturgess – Exeter prop

  Nearly, but not quite for Exeter so far this season? Yes, especially in the last two weeks against Saracens and Bath....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• My Life in Rugby

  / 12 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Steve Booth – former Leicester and Bath wing

  There are two major incidents that shaped my rugby career – first it was watching the 1994 Challenge Cup final and...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Dream Team

  / 12 years ago

  Dream Team: Peter Short – former Leicester, Bath, Exeter and England Saxons lock

  1. Dave Flatman – he was not afraid to put himself in the way, and was very aggressive on the pitch....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Bath beat Northampton to win A-League title

  Bath United claimed a 29-20 win over the Northampton Wanderers at Franklin’s Gardens to lift the A-League trophy last night. A...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Bath clarify Gary Gold’s exit

  Bath explained Gary Gold’s shock departure claiming the club and the South African couldn’t agree on what the role of Director...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Gary Gold and Bath part company

  Bath confirmed today that Gary Gold has left the Club with immediate effect. in a statement, the West Country club explained...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 12 years ago

  Martyn Thomas – “Mark McCafferty should go – he led us into wilderness”

  Ever since the Anglo-French club pact was formed Martyn Thomas has predicted that the Top 14 clubs would fold like a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Bath Rugby tackling concussion head-on

  Bath have launched a new programme aimed at helping local schools and rugby clubs to be aware of the dangers of,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Featured

  / 12 years ago

  Anthony Watson gets in good Nick for World Cup

  Anthony Watson admits he dreams of playing for England in the 2015 World Cup – but if he does so he...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 12 years ago

  Young Gun: Tom Ellis – Bath lock

  Tom Ellis has been hooked on rugby since the age of six but he took an unorthodox route to reaching his...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 12 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: The good, bad and ugly of the scrum machines

  So at last we have the answer to all scrum problems – the new scrum machine being used by Bath Rugby...

  By Jeff Probyn
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 12 years ago

  Dave Attwood has done it all himself, says Danny Grewcock

  As a bruising second row with a CV that features one or two misdemeanours, Dave Attwood has often been compared to...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Wales v Tonga preview

  Hallam Amos will make Wales debut against Tonga on Friday as head coach Warren Gatland makes 11 changes from the team that...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 12 years ago

  Mike Ford: Anthony Watson in line to get England call for Six Nations

  One has worked with him for four years, the other for four months – but both Neal Hatley and Mike Ford...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Leguizamon to lead Argentina at Twickenham

  Juan Martin Leguizamon will captain Argentina against England at Twickenham on Saturday. The former London Irish back-row takes over from the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• My Life in Rugby

  / 12 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Sam Vesty – former Leicester, Bath & England utility back

  One game that really sticks out was the 2009 Heineken Cup semi-final at Cardiff Blues where we were involved in the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Mike Phillips to start for Wales against South Africa

  Despite being sacked by Bayonne last week, Phillips has been named at scrum-half by Warren Gatland to take on South Africa...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Anthony Watson added to England squad

  Bath full-back Anthony Watson has been added to England squad ahead of their clash against Argentina next Saturday. The England U20...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Bath and Exeter win on the road

  Anthony Perenise and Horacio Agulla scored for Bath as the West Country side came out of a wet Sixways with a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Aviva Premiership round 7 teams

  Gloucester v London Wasps Gloucester: Rob Cook; James Simpson-Daniel, Henry Trinder, Ryan Mills, Jonny May; Freddie Burns, Dan Robson; Yann Thomas, Huia...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 12 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: Alcohol abuse is affecting more players than drugs

  The announcement this week of just five positive results out of a total of 617 drug tests in the RFU‘s anti-doping...

  By Jeff Probyn
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  / 12 years ago

  Rob Webber and Henry Thomas added to England Squad

  Rob Webber and Henry Thomas will join the England camp at Pennyhill Park this evening ahead of the clash against Australia at Twickenham...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 12 years ago

  Young Gun: Charlie Ewels – Bath lock

  Charlie Ewels has been nurtured by Bath and England since the age of 15 but there is only one man the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Aviva Premiership round 6 teams

  Bath v Gloucester Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Rob...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 12 years ago

  Francois Louw: I’m happy to split Bath with Springboks

  Just seven days after playing for the Springboks in a pulsating Rugby Championship decider against New Zealand, Francois Louw was not...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeremy Guscott

  / 12 years ago

  Jeremy Guscott: Joel Tomkins fits my idea of a real outside centre

  When I look at an outside centre I want an attacking player with enough pace to worry his own full-back and...

  By Jeremy Guscott
• My Life in Rugby

  / 12 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Craig Gillies – former Bath, Worcester and England lock

  With 288 first team appearances over 11 years, there is no doubting Worcester Warriors are a team close to my heart....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Amlin Challenge Cup round 2 teams

  Worcester v Sale Worcester: Chris Pennell; Josh Drauniniu, Alex Grove, Max Stelling, Dean Hammond; Paul Warwick, Jeremy Su’a; George Porter, Chris...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 12 years ago

  Owen Farrell earns Paul Grayson vote in line-up of the No.10s

  Paul Grayson cannot recall such intense competition for the England No.10 shirt but the second highest points scorer in Red Rose...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Two-week ban for Bath’s Ollie Devoto and Scarlets’ Samson Lee

  Ollie Devoto has been hit by a two-week ban for punching Bordeaux-Bègles winger Blair Connor last Saturday in the opening round of...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Bath’s Ollie Devoto cited for head butt

  Bath full-back Ollie Devoto has been cited for an alleged head butt on Saturday in Bordeaux. The incident with Bordeaux-Begles winger...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Tom Biggs joins Hull FC in cross-code switch

  Tom Biggs has today confirmed he will be leaving Bath at the end of the season to join rugby league side...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  / 12 years ago

  Aviva Premiership round 5: teams

  Gloucester v Exeter Gloucester: Martyn Thomas; Charlie Sharples, Mike Tindall, Billy Twelvetrees, James Simpson-Daniel; Freddie Burns, Tavis Knoyle; Yann Thomas, Darren Dawidiuk,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  Jeff Probyn

  / 12 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: Clubs face oblivion if RFU take on PRL over Europe

  Financial Oblivion are the words used by Bath‘s owner Bruce Craig when describing the possible fate facing the RaboDirect Pro12 if...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 12 years ago

  “Henry Trinder can bridge that Manu Tuilagi gap,” say James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies

  Gloucester duo James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies are convinced Henry Trinder is the man to fill Manu Tuilagi’s massive shoes this...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 12 years ago

  Nick Cain talks to Gloucester fly-half Freddie Burns about his challenge for club and country

  Freddie Burns is the sort of fly-half that scares the living daylights out of English coaches almost as much as he...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 12 years ago

  Nick Cain: These weakened teams undermine competition

  There are occasions when it is hard to fathom the workings, and the culture, of the English Premiership. Why, at a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 12 years ago

  Another injury blow for England?

  England have suffered yet another injury concern ahead of the Autumn Series with the news that Dave Attwood could be out...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 12 years ago

  New coffee-shop owner Chris Robshaw determined not to become a has-bean

  For Chris Robshaw, the coffee entrepreneur, it’s a case of better latte than never.

  By The Rugby Paper Team