All posts tagged "Bristol"
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSaints flyer Naiyaravoro targets first half blitz
Force of nature: Taqele Naiyaravoro TAQELE Naiyaravoro aims to use his formidable pace and power to help Saints break free from...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHampson off to join Ealing
EALING Trailfinders’ recruitment drive has continued with the capture of Wasps scrum-half Craig Hampson. Having missed out to Gloucester for Joe...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACK REEVES GLOUCESTER CENTRE Billy Twelvetrees may be the darling of The Shed right now but coming up fast on the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
JOHN AFOA, BRISTOL AND FORMER NEW ZEALAND, BLUES, ULSTER AND GLOUCESTER PROP, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSaints suddenly become sinners
AT THE start of the month, Northampton were in serious contention for the honour of finishing the season with the cleanest...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWest Country prop tug-of-war
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ON THE BLIND SIDE GLOUCESTER are set to make a move to take Northampton...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHunt for club goes on for wantaway Rhys
RHYS PRIESTLAND is struggling to find a club in France next season according to Blindside sources. In January it was announced...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTenacious Quins seeking six on the bounce to consolidate place in play-offs
By GARY FITZGERALD PAUL Gustard describes his ideal Harlequin as being “tough, tenacious, resilient and someone who has fun”. But the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorking in the breaker’s yard
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SAM UNDERHILL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A MODERN NO.7 AND THE LAWS AT THE BREAKDOWN Power-houses: Sam...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Falcon off to France NEWCASTLE centre Pedro Bettencourt, 24, will join French side Oyonnax this summer. The 24-year-old joined from French...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins avert scrum-half injury crisis with loan signing
Danny Care and Charlie Mulchrone are both nursing injuries
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSarries go easy after first half slaughter of Saints
By ADAM HATHAWAY MAX MALINS was the star of the show as Saracens returned to winning ways after last week’s defeat...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGloucester pay price for late double yellow
By ROGER PANTING Livewire: Bristol scrum-half Andy Uren stretches out to score their second try GLOUCESTER’S rich vein of form came...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDon’t count England out yet says former All Black
By NEALE HARVEY Prop star: John Afoa FORMER New Zealand prop John Afoa insists England still have a team to rival...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester’s offer to Manu Tuilagi is ‘fairly stingy’, says ex-Tiger Lewis Moody
Racing 92's megabucks stokes conversation of loyalty towards Leicester and if it works both ways
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoQuins make hay with sun on their backs
By GARY FITZGERALD Delight: Mike Brown celebrates scoring Quins’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images Battling: Callum Sheedy runs in to score...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSheedy: Every point so crucial
CALLUM Sheedy is confident Bristol Bears can claw their way to safety if they continue to show the heart and commitment...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, BRISTOL, MOSELEY, NEWBURY, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING AND ROSSLYN PARK CENTRE ANDY REAY I think of myself as a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoShoulder op rules out Hurrell for six months
BRISTOL centre Will Hurrell will be out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury which requires surgery. The...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAttwood jumps on Bristol bandwagon
BRISTOL confirmed they have done a deal to re-sign England lock Dave Attwood from Bath at the end of the season,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGustard’s galvanised Quins like Conor did – Evans
PAUL Gustard-inspired Harlequins are building to a new glory era that could match their trophy-winning exploits of 2011 and 2012, says...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership self-interest set to repeat
JEFF GAGE Europe’s second tier: Saints skipper Dylan Hartley “It’s time the rest of English rugby woke up to the fact...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBristol will bring Attwood home
BRISTOL have beaten a host of their Premiership rivals to tempt Dave Attwood, right, into returning to his home town club...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSharks line up £1m deal to lure lock star Retallick
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Talks: Brodie Retallick SALE SHARKS are in advanced discussions with All Black star Brodie...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHarcourt reacts to Haskell’s ‘negative’ comments
■By NEALE HARVEY BROADSTREET secretary Richard Harcourt has hit back at James Haskell over critical comments he made in last week’s...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNo fear for Piutau, Hughes worth his weight
WRECKING-BALL-Nathan Hughes will use the Six Nations to showcase exactly why Bristol were prepared to make him one of the highest...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoBears’ comeback has Sarries hanging on
By KIERAN WELLINGTON ROUND-UP Dancing feet: Lucy Attwood scored a fine try for Bristol THE game of the day came in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGap getting wider between the tiers
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WELL done to Colin...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMaybe we should copy Scots’ lead
I DON’T think Colin Boag has taken his ring-fencing argument far enough. Surely, Scotland, with its two Champions Cup qualifying teams...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGloucester battle over Polledri
GLOUCESTER are fighting to keep hold of Italian flanker Jake Polledri, below, when his contract runs out at the end of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoHigh five for Uren on historic day for Bristol
■By WILL CARPENTER ANDY Uren broke a longstanding club record as Bristol set up their first quarter-final in 12 years at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLooks like Eddie is going straight down the middle
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Power runners: Joe Cokanasiga can open up space like the great Jonah...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHughes signs for Bristol as Wasps go south
By ADAM ELLIS TRANSFER WRAP BRISTOL have confirmed the signing of No.8 Nathan Hughes from Wasps. The England international has signed...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoThree on the spin as Bristol defeat Valkyries
By GEORGE WEST Brist’l Bears… 34 Worcester V… 5 BRISTOL Bears women made it three successive Premier 15s victories with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWillie le Roux to leave Wasps amid interest from Japan and South Africa
Does this leave Wasps short at full-back?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWasps’ Nathan Hughes makes Premiership switch to Bristol Bears
Hughes signs three-year deal to make Premiership switch
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoStand up, Pro Game Board men
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN NIGEL Melville made it clear just before Christmas that there would be promotion...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEastmond: We need rethink over red cards
By NEALE HARVEY Collision: Kyle Eastmond goes high on Quins’ Marcus Smith KYLE Eastmond has called for greater understanding and empathy...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSin-bins no skin off nose of rampant Bears
By KIERAN WELLINGTON Firwood W ………0 Bristol Bears…14 TWO sides in desperate need for a win went headto- head but Bristol...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLightning back to their best in Sharks success
By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks ….14 Loughboro ……53 Bonus try: Olivia Jones LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning got back to winning ways with an...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Hardie stays at Falcons SCOTLAND international flanker John Hardie has signed a new two-year deal at Premiership side Newcastle Falcons. The...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWell, well…Holmes divines road to top
By NEALE HARVEY Success: Ed Holmes has had a breakthrough season FORMER hydrography student Ed Holmes aims to prove water can...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath have turned a corner since the Leinster game, says Freddie Burns
Bath fly-half credits attack coach Girvan Dempsey with influence on team's confidence
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDai confident Wasps will see best of Lima
By NEALE HARVEY Getting to grips with Premiership: Lima Sopoaga is tackled by Quins trio Jack Clifford, Dave Ward and Matt...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoVarndell couldn’t pass up chance at Tigers
NEWS EXTRA TOM Varndell struggled to adapt to life in France and says he is pleased to be back playing in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNomads life for Otley after sale of famous old ground
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA OTLEY RUFC are in discussions with West Park Leeds and Ilkley Rugby Clubs about a temporary...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMiddleton: Contracts will drive bid for No.1
By SAM JACKSON Reward: Katy Daley-Mclean has over 100 caps WORLD Cup winners from 2014 Katy Daley- Mclean, Sarah Hunter, Marlie...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoRFU hand 28 full-time contracts to England Women stars
Lydia Thompson, Poppy Cleall, Abbie Scott and Marlie Packer all get contracts
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMorahan ready to extend his stay at ambitious Bears
Jeff Probyn: CVC deal may not be good for rugby By NEALE HARVEY Smash hit: Luke Morahan scores another try AUSSIE...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTeague says No to Exiles job offer
FORMER England skills coach Rory Teague has turned down the chance to work for London Irish next season. Teague, who has...












