All posts tagged "Champions Cup"
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlake out to make No.2 slot his own
By BEN JAYCOCK A hooker crisis at Kingsholm last season saw tyro Seb Blake chucked in at the deep end but...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDowson sets sights on Champions Cup success
NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Phil Dowson is targetting the Champiins Cup this season after what he admits have been a couple...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSexton escapes World Cup punishment in hearing
Johnny Sexton has been handed a three-match ban for his conduct after the European Champions Cup Final but will be available...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTime to put ban on tactical subs
IN HIS column last week Chris Hewett suggested imposing a weight limit on teams to restore a game for all shapes...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoStill no openness
SO now we have the Champions Cup draw – or do we? We know which teams are in which group, but...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoRFU needs to strike the right financial balance
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EARLIER this week, the RFU president Nigel Gillingham, sent out a newsletter...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years ago‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England
By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBoyle turns down Exeter approach
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter have failed with their attempts to land young Leinster prop Jack Boyle who has decided that his...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoLaw-tinkerers are a danger to the game
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST THE odds on Owen Farrell travelling to the World Cup as England’s starting No.10 are even shorter...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIrish weren’t given enough time – Ojo
■By NICK POWELL LONDON Irish’s record try scorer Topsy Ojo says it’s regrettable that the club weren’t given more time to...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 24: European Cup format and reattempting an England XV
This week on the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little is joined by columnists Brendan Gallagher, Nick Cain and Chris Hewett...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoLet’s hope our new big hitter has a big impact
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Among the many social media comments on the appointment of Richard Collier-Keywood as the new...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoNavigating The Sporting Event Ticket Price Surge Of 2023
Experiencing major sporting events in real life is exciting for many fans. However, the sudden increase in the resale prices of...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoI can’t wait to see Bath get going
■ Am I just being cynical or, with the demise of London Irish, does this give the RFU and PRL exactly...
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Top 14
/ 3 years agoAbendanon: French rugby is far more fun
By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoTop two get set to put on the glitz
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It's the final the Top 14 wanted and needed. Toulouse and La Rochelle – the two best...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson: We want to improve and not just be one-off wonders
By PAUL REES Sale took their pain to Spain. The day after the Premiership final defeat to Saracens at Twickenham, the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEnforce laws and game will be safer
WORLD Rugby should abandon their ‘player welfare’ platitudes and make the game safer by merely enforcing its own laws. A fortnight...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoExeter’s Simmonds signs for Pau
TOP 14 side Pau have signed Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds on a twoyear deal. The 26-year-old, who captained Exeter to...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTime for a drop-goal
AFTER watching Leinster being beaten by one point in last weekend’s Champions Cup final by La Rochelle, I was wondering why...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoClock is ticking as Irish eye takeover
By PAUL REES London Irish have a week to prove they have the funds to keep their place in the Premiership...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoColombe try leaves the Aviva stunned
By PAUL REES Leinster............................. 26pts Tries: Danty 19, Seuteni 37, Colombe 71 Conversions: Hastoy 20, 38, 72 Penalties: Hastoy 42, 49...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLeinster finally pay the price for their cynicism
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoSuperstar Parisse signs off in style
By BEN JAYCOCK Glasgow............................. 19pts Tries: Steyn 55, 73; Cancelliere 68 Conversions: Horne 56, 74 Toulon ............................... 43pts Tries: Serin 4,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoWiese wins the players’ player gong
NEWS EXTRA Standout: Tigers No.8 Jasper Wiese LEICESTER No.8 Jasper Wiese has been named the Rugby Players’ Association players’ player of...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Bath & England U20s fly-half/full-back Sam Harris
Sam Harris was delighted with his match-winning conversion for England U19s earlier this month, but is keeping his feet firmly on...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCrowley has final say in epic contest
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............................15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster .............................16pts Tries: Beirne 45...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy Ojomoh could be in with a shout
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST SO Bath won the big one against Saracens Under-12s and secured their Champions Cup qualification at the...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoDoris looking for revenge against La Rochelle
By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoToo many matches had no real meaning to them
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now, as we reflect and are drawing closer to the end of...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJoy for Kidney as Gonzalez seals it
By GARY FIZGERALD London Irish.....................17pts Tries: Gonzalez 26, 71; Pearson 62 Conversions: Jackson 27 Exeter .................................14pts Tries: Vermeulen 21, Hendrickson 64...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs keen to add Boyle to their roster
NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are in the bidding to bring young Leinster prop Jack Boyle to the Premiership this summer when...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGlynn out, Nowell in at La Rochelle
La Rochelle, who broke Exeter Chiefs’ hearts in the Champions Cup semi-final last weekend, are set for a one-in and one-out...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoLeinster’s double dream is on track
By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster...............35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWales prop Smith staying at Ospreys
NICKY Smith has signed a contract extension with Ospreys. The 29-year-old Wales loosehead had been touted as a possible recruit for...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoBoost for finances as recovery continues
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE Commission des Championnats professionnels de l’Autorité de régulation du rugby – the new name for the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLeinster school system a major advantage – Ferris
Ex-British & Irish Lion Stephen Ferris says it will be a huge challenge for other Irish provinces and clubs across Europe...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 17: Irish superiority in Europe with Stephen Ferris
In a blockbuster weekend of rugby, the Red Roses claimed the Grand Slam in a record-breaking decider at HQ, and La...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoLa Rochelle set up Leinster rematch with dominant Exeter win
By Nick Powell, Online Editor La Rochelle………………47 Tries: Rhule 9, 44; Seuteni 23, Aldritt 34, Kerr-Barlow 40, 68 Conversions: Hastoy 10,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSimmonds: We can take down holders
By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Simmonds is adamant Exeter Chiefs’ collective desire and mental steel can help them overcome the individual flair...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTreviso standing on the edge of history
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points AT the last count, Benetton Treviso had won...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWelsh quartet deserve no favours
PETER JACKSON Cardiff lost 50 per cent of their matches in the URC and duly failed to finish in the Champions...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse look set to lead from the front
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN As the French Top 14 takes a week’s break for the Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals, here’s...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBedford centre aiming for Wasps revenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Michael Le Bourgeois has enjoyed regular game time at Bedford after being cut by Wasps and is looking...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAtkinson enjoying life at Gloucester
By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhitten keen to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSimmonds lands late winner to stun Bears
By GARY FITZGERALD Exeter ................................ 22pts Tries: Whitten 25, Ewers 36, Iosefa-Scott 70 Conversions: J Simmonds 26, 71 Penalties: J Simmonds...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff show their class to overcome problems
By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ............... 21pts Tries: Parry 45, Thomas 63, Lake 67 Conversions: Anscombe 45, 63, 67 Cardiff ................ 38pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoMunster get it right in the end
By TOM SHEEDY Sharks .............22 Munster ..........22 Munster head coach Graham Rowntree knew it would be another gruelling outing in Kings...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoExtra-time joy for Exeter as hero Cairns bags winner
By NICK POWELL EXETER retained the men’s BUCS Championship by beating Loughborough in a 13-try thriller at the StoneX Stadium. With...
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