All posts tagged "Bristol"
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoRochford on a roll as Dings fall to defeat
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford...........22 Dings C.............. 17 ROCHFORD backed up last week’s excellent win at Old Albanian, with a powerful performance...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJeeps one of many Rolls Royce players
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoDiversity’s problem? Lack of Asian stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why is rugby so keen to raise issues and set out to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMore to come from us – Jamie
MAN-of-the-match Jamie George warned there is much more to come from Saracens after a mixed bag on their return to Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 52-24 Bristol: The Marcus and Alex show rips Bears apart
EDDIE Jones will have plenty of decisions before naming his first autumn starting line-up but the No.8 and 10 jerseys are...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe were destroyed in second half – Lam
PAT Lam urged his battered Bears to dust themselves off and come back fighting next time. The Bristol boss admitted his...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 5-24 Bristol: Bristol dump Quins again to stay top of shop
BRISTOL condemned reigning champions Harlequins to a secondsuccessive defeat on home soil and affirmed their status as league leaders. The Bears...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMarcus wants England shirt for rest of his career – Murley
By NEIL FISSLER CADAN Murley was not surprised to see his landlord Marcus Smith return to Harlequins action in such emphatic...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens centre Josh Hallett
Josh Hallett says the feel-good vibes are permeating through Saracens after their return to the Premiership as he bids to make...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPleased to have left Welsh politics behind
STEFFAN THOMAS talks to former Cardiff coach Jason Strange about his switch to Rugby League JASON Strange has always been someone...
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Features
/ 5 years agoEngland women call up 11 debutants
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit Marcus Watson playing for his future at Wasps
MARCUS Watson aims to start persuading Wasps he deserves a new contract by putting Northampton to the sword today. Constant setbacks...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStars look to France as fee row rumbles on
BRISTOL Bears could be facing a fight to hang onto back row Nathan Hughes who has been offered to French clubs...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBristol 25-20 Bath: Radradra blow can’t halt Bears revival
BRISTOL cushioned the hammer blow of losing their Fijian superstar, Semi Radradra, for a lengthy period by sneaking a victory over...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStuart Hooper heartened by young Bath talent
BATH director of rugby Stuart Hooper was bemused by some decisions: “At some of the scrums, arms are being pulled before...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHogg’s back and so is the Exeter ‘edge’
Paul Rees talks to Henry Slade and Rob Baxter about Exeter’s stumbling start to the new season PREVIEW... Sale v Exeter...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBristol 27-17 Sale: Sharks show fight but Bears just too strong
BRISTOL made it four consecutive wins to the start the season with a bonuspoint victory over Sale. They began at lightning...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSharks slaughter gets Loughborough off mark
By NATHAN ROCHE DMP Sharks ......0 Loughboro L....59 LOUGHBOROUGH notched their first win of the Premier 15s season with a thumping...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJourneymen Saffers won’t excite the Celtic fans
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST As the first of this season’s Billionaires’ Row derbies between Bristol and Bath, two wealthy clubs separated...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoLoss of county pathway has blocked young stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It’s interesting to note that there are people out there who profess...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoFinn Russell says no to Japan’s offer of ‘at least’ £1m
FINN Russell has turned down the chance to become the best-paid player in the world and will see out the remaining...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoBorthwick will give thanks for Ford axe!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST No one ever called Leicester a quiet club – lest we forget, Austin Healey and Richard Cockerill...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoAnalysis: Eddie decides to go the way of Harlequins, not Saracens in autumn training squad
Paul Rees looks at the winners and losers from Eddie Jones' autumn international training squad
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Features
/ 5 years agoSelection no longer centres around which club you’re at
EDDIE Jones raided 12 Premiership clubs for his latest squad with London Irish the only side to miss out. Worcester, who...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoChamps Sale face tough trip to Tigers first up
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON KINGSHOLM will host Bath in the first match of this season’s Premiership Rugby Cup as the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI don’t see Smith-Farrell working as 10-12 combo | Jeremy Guscott
THE names just keep coming when Eddie Jones selects his England training squads, and his latest 45-man selection is full of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps 44-8 Bristol: Wasps turn on turbos to thunder into season
WASPS made up for lost time after sitting out last weekend’s opening round with a startling performance, based on an uber...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLam: We know we can bring this back
WASPS boss Lee Blackett was delighted with the win but wants his side to back it up against Newcastle next week....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAgents row will take players abroad
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FRENCH and Japanese clubs are looking to pick off Premiership stars as the standoff...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBristol 9-26 Saracens: Lozowski back with Sarries master class
A SUPERB performance from Alex Lozowski ensured that Saracens returned to the Premiership with a bang by stunning last season’s table-toppers....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSloppy penalties cost us says Lam
AN UNHAPPY Pat Lam said: “We missed a number of chances and our ill-discipline cost us 21 points.” The Bristol director...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoCoach Jason in line for a cross code switch
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow m e on Twitter: @neilfissler JASON Strange could be set for a cross-code...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBassett can’t wait to join the party
By GARY FITZGERALD Buzzing: Josh Bassett can’t wait to get started this season PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS have been left kicking...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWales Women can’t thrive in current set-up
Former Wales Women’s coach Sam Dodge tells Alex Bywater things are badly wrong in the camp ASA MAN who made a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWalker to hooker. Graham is captain
DONCASTER have confirmed their leadership group for the new season, with flanker Sam Graham taking on captaincy duties. The former Bristol...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCORNISH PIRATES
Head of Rugby: Alan Paver/Gavin Cattle Captain: Nicolas De Battista Ground: Mennaye Field Capacity: 4,000 Pirates are going to be one...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agolast shot at success
Williams joined the club from Chinnor days before lockdown and hasn’t taken charge of a league match yet, in his 18...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEALING TRAILFINDERS
Head of Rugby: Ben Ward Captain: Rayn Smid Ground: Vallis Way Capacity: 3,000 Even without any additions to their squad, they’d...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIf we had Battle of Gnoll now we’d all be in jail!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LIONS, WALES, NEATH, OSPREYS, RICHMOND AND BRISTOL HOOKER BARRY WILLIAMS Good memories: Barry Williams playing...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFoulkes sees Coventry cast off their millstone
MOMENT IN TIME COVENTRY 1982-83 SUNDAY TELEGRAPH MERIT TABLE WINNERS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO DAVID FOULKS AND PETER ROSSBOROUGH THE Seventies...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBig personalties, big performances
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools EASTBOURNE College might not always be a pre-eminent force in the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBen Earl expects warm welcome in Bristol Bears
BEN Earl labels Bristol ‘my second club’ and is relishing a swift return to the place he claims has helped make...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSaracens spider web awaits fly-by-your-pants attackers | Jeremy Guscott
HARLEQUINS ability to defend the title they won last season prompted immediate thoughts that the likelihood is very slim, just as...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoWelcome to mad, mad world of modern rugby | Chris Hewett
A single English Premiership campaign is an interesting bunch of competitions. We’ve been treated to old-style fights for the title in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoMarston’s late try gives Bears the edge
By CARL LEE Glo-Hartpury ..17 Bristol ..............24 ROWNITA MARSTON’S try in the final five minutes proved to be the differencein a...
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoWill you Bet on Saracens Winning the Premiership?
The wait is nearly over, and the 2021/22 Premiership season begins on September 17. A glance at the latest betting odds...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurgess try seals the points for Ward’s Bears
By MATT MERRITT Bristol..............38 Exeter ..............21 ELINOR SNOWSILL‘S kick-off marked the beginning of the new Premier 15s season and a return...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoMatson is welcome addition to melting pot
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers will find this hard to believe, but the art historian Kenneth Clark knew so much...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBorthwick knows his captains, have faith!
MANY an eyebrow has shifted in a northerly direction since the news broke late last month, but Steve Borthwick knows what...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNight horrors keep Will Hurrell so worried about future
Two seasons after it happened at Welford Road, Will Hurrell is still suffering from the ‘really horrible’ effects of the tackle...
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