All posts tagged "Bristol"
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoMcCall confident stunned Saracens will bounce back
By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens have endured a tough campaign on and off the pitch as they head into the playoffs but...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoSlade delighted to be presented with top award
Exeter and England outside centre Henry Slade has picked up the 2023/24 Premiership Player of the Season award following a standout...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTime to do away with bonus points
IS it time for a review of the bonus point system? Bath acquired 15 this season to finish second in the...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLam backs Ibitoye for England’s tour
By NICK POWELL Bristol boss Pat Lam says winger Gabriel Ibitoye should be selected for England’s summer tour after he topped...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoBath and Saints to win – but only just
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to see Northampton changing the way they’ve played all season when they...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoTry tsunami sends a mixed message
Peter Jackson looks at an increase in points scored but suggests the figures may be hiding a problem for the Premiership....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCollier fits the bill for NZ challenge
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK England finished the Six Nations with a resurgence, but their next destination, New Zealand, is...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoFantastic four face final tests
PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE NORTHAMPTON The Saints finished at...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoYou write off Saracens at your peril – Grewcock
By BEN JAYCOCK Danny Grewcock has joined Paul Sackey as the second player to be inducted into the Premiership Rugby Hall...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung guns who are shining for the Chiefs
Paul Rees talks to Exeter DoR Rob Baxter to find out how his investment in homegrown talent is paying off at...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoPoor defence cost us, admits Wilson
By NICK POWELL Harlequins head coach Danny Wilson has admitted poor defence cost them a place in the play-offs after a...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoSaracens hold on to take it at the death
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens ............................ 33pts Tries: Clifford 20, Gregson 29, Campbell 40, 66; Cleall 59 Conversions: Harrison 21, 40, 60,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoWills grabs hat-trick as Bears go on rampage
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Harlequins .......25pts Tries: Neumann 9, 27, Mullen 74 Conversions: Cromack 10, Tuima 74 Penalties: Cromack 17, 21 Bristol...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoCamborne make impact but top two dominate final line-up
NATIONAL 2 WEST DREAM TEAM >> THE BEST XV FROM 2023-24 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR REPORTERS After Dings Crusaders’ National...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoYoung gun Baxter headlines Premiership Team of the Season
By Ben Jaycock Tyro Harlequins prop Fin Baxter is the headline selection in Premiership Rugby‘s 2023/24 team of the season which...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSinckler the latest England star to link up with BaaBaas
Kyle Sinckler is the latest England star to be included in Barbarian F.C.’s squad for this summer’s Killik Cup clash against...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWilliams is still the centre of attention
By PAUL REES When Bristol signed Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Virimi Vakatawa last year to boost their midfield, few would...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoLam so keen to keep hold of Vakatawa
Pat Lam wants Virimi Vakatawa to extend his stay at Ashton Gate and is in talks with the France centre over...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoSarries’ star exits generate extra fuel
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Saracens are the defending Premiership champions, and Mark McCall’s side are looking more and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRuthless Bath crush Saints on perfect day
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bath .................................... 43pts Tries: Bayliss 7, Muir 14, 63; Dunn 42, Spencer 53, Barbeary 60 Conversions: Russell 8,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBig win but it’s not enough for Bears
By NICK POWELL Harlequins ....................... 28pts Tries: Cunningham-South 9, 52; Dombrandt 22, Northmore 47 Conversions: Smith 10, 23, 48, 53 Bristol...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPat’s proud as his boys stoop to conquer in record style
Pat Lam was pleased with his team’s efforts in a history-making win at The Stoop despite missing out on a place...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFalcons’ misery but hosts restore pride
By PAUL REES Gloucester ....................... 54pts Tries: Mercer 10, Harris 18, C Atkinson 20, Thorley 31, Blake 42, May 48, Hearle...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoTop flight losing its soul, and integrity
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK GLOUCESTER’S 90-0 capitulation to Northampton at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend reflected all that...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoToo many coaches taking liberties in selection
It should not be difficult to distinguish between a Premiership rugby match and a game of county cricket: one, full of...
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Features
/ 2 years ago‘We have to manage load’
PAUL REES EXAMINES THE FALLOUT FROM GLOUCESTER’S 90-0 HIDING BY NORTHAMPTON SAINTS George Skivington has had better weeks. He knew his...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 years agoBears in hunt for a home play-off
Preview Bristol v Leicester Today. 3.30pm By BEN JAYCOCK ELLA Lovibond will lead Bristol Bears out on her 50th appearance, while...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoA thrilling ride but now it’s time to call it a day
MY LIFE IN RUGBY CHARLIE BECKETT - THE DONCASTER AND FORMER LEICESTER, LONDON WELSH, GLOUCESTER, JERSEY, AMPTHILL AND EASTWOOD SECOND ROW...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 19/05/24
An enthralling regular season of Premiership rugby rounds off this weekend with seven teams still in the hunt for the play-offs, and you...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership final day preview: All still to play for with play-offs undecided
Northampton and Saracens confirmed their places in the top four last Saturday, but five clubs will battle for the last two...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoI want to win title before I leave Bristol – Luatua
By PAUL REES Few overseas signings have had a more lasting impact in the Premiership than Steve Luatua who looks like...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWarning for Vunipola but Sarries carry on as usual
By BEN JAYCOCK BILLY Vunipola put his club Saracens through a PR disaster when he was arrested in Mallorca but director...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoTiueti out to make most of Cov move
By JON NEWCOMBE Inspired by his old Uni mate Will Rigg, Dafydd-Rhys Tiueti is hoping that joining Coventry this summer will...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoLeicester have the class to rule again
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Leicester are not where their fans want them to be – and a minority...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens closing in on finishing line
By PAUL REES Bristol Bears ....................20pts Tries: Batley 4, Thacker 52 Conversions: MacGinty 5, Williams 53 Penalties: MacGinty 11, 20 Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFarrell: We play with our heads up
OWEN Farrell said Saracens remained on course for another Twickenham final because of their ability to adapt their gameplan. A close...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoTime to put an end to marquee players
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ARE marquee players, or coaches, worth it, or are they just a Premiership...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoPower of the four musketeers
A common theme of last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals was the influence of the four scrum-halves, the catalysts of teams that...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoImbalance of northern sides may push up travel costs
By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE his side being shifted back to National Two North, Chester fourth official Martin Buck said it doesn’t...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years ago50 years ago, the Lions start to sweat
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER At the start of the year, this column...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 12/05/24
The Premiership returns with every team in the top seven heading into this weekend still having a chance of clinching a home semi-final,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoChessum out till next season in England and Tigers injury blow
Leicester Tigers lock Ollie Chessum will miss the rest of this domestic season and England‘s summer tour to Japan and New...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFord loving dramatic end to the season
By PAUL EDDISON George Ford is relishing the ‘do-or-die’ nature of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby run-in as his Sale Sharks side...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBrown will miss two matches
LEICESTER full-back Mike Brown has been suspended for two weeks after he swore at match officials following his red card in...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRFU’s still killing the dreams of investors
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The RFU’s indecision is final. It does not know what to do about...
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Features
/ 2 years agoWithout referees, there is no game
Paul Rees looks at the pressures on the men and women in the middle and asks what can be done to...
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Features
/ 2 years agoWe had belief in our ability
Mark Stevens talks to Exeter Chiefs legend Gareth Steenson as he embarks on a new chapter away from Sandy Park IN...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSaracens lift Cup
SARACENS women produced a clinical secondhalf display to beat Bristol 31-17 and win the Allianz Cup at Shaftesbury Park. Trailing 12-7...
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Features
/ 2 years agoUniversity pathway to top of the game
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Being named in an England Students squad is among the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoYou lived on the edge with Scotland
My Life in Rugby with Neil Edwards - The former Scotland, Barbarians, Rosslyn Park, Harlequins & Northampton second row talks about...
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