All posts tagged "Championship"
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoWe’re flying thanks to Kevin Sinfield says Dave Doherty
Carnegie centurion Dave Doherty credits the British & Irish Cup – and the growing impact of Kevin Sinfield – for the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Friday fun and games is strictly for Wales
Friday night fever of the virulent Six Nations kind will break out again in Cardiff next month. France in Round Three...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWarriors sign Bath lock Spencer
Warriors have secured the signing of Bath lock Will Spencer who will move to Sixways ahead of next season. The giant...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: It’s time for Six Nations to produce real quality
It’s normally right now – the second and third week of January – that I fall back in love with the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBlues bring in Matthew Morgan
Matthew Morgan will leave Bristol at the end of the season after signing a two-year deal with the Cardiff Blues. The...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Nathan Earle – Saracens wing
How are you settling at London Scottish? Very well thanks! I’ve been here more or less a month now and I’m...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Rory Bartle – London Scottish forward
Rory Bartle is only 19 but he already has a mature head on his shoulders and that is why he decided...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Alex Cuthbert finding form at just the right time
Christmas derbies… there’s nothing else like them in Welsh rugby. As a player I loved this time of year. Now, as...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoUnion novice Kevin Sinfield ‘happy to be learning’
Kevin Sinfield has won everything there is to win in Rugby League but he has set himself one last rugby challenge...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoChampionship round 13 teams
Bedford v London Scottish Bedford: Piers O’Conor; Pat Tapley, Michael LeBourgeois, Tom Griffiths, George Perkins; Jake Sharp, Henry Taylor; Alex Lundberg,...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Michael Hills – Doncaster captain
What do you make of the Knights season so far? It’s been fantastic and we just have to keep it going!...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jake Abbott – former Worcester and England Sevens
I’m living the proverbial dream as the first professional overseas player in America at the country’s first professional rugby club, Griffins...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoPremiership Rugby making player welfare the priority
Premiership Rugby will continue to prioritise player welfare in 2016 and head of rugby operations Corin Palmer believes a new link-up...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: BBC snub lets bigots back into the game
On their biennial visit to Cardiff over three decades from the early Sixties, England played the role of the compliant guest...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoRFU ‘should fund welfare’ for Championship players
Nottingham legend Dave Jackson reckons it is high time Championship professionals were properly represented by the Rugby Players’ Association. While Premiership...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Taylor Prell – Yorkshire Carnegie full-back
Taylor Prell is hoping to end his season in Manchester representing England U20s at the Junior World Cup – and the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Matt Symons’ pilgrimage has been an indictment of our system
I had an interesting letter this week from Jeff Gage who often corresponds with The Rugby Paper. In his letter, he...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Aaron Carpenter – Cornish Pirates No.8
Enjoyed that win in Nottingham last week? It was a good win for us. It was a long way to go...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Singleton – Worcester hooker
Jack Singleton wished he had travelled to Italy to take on Zebre this weekend but the youngster has now set his...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoChampionship round 11 teams
Bedford v Doncaster Bedford: Steffan Jones; Pat Tapley, Tom Griffiths, Ollie Dodge, George Perkins; Jake Sharp, Pete White; Alex Lundberg, Sam...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Our home grow talent is blocked by foreign imports
After a brilliant display by all the Premiership teams in Europe last week, it would seem that there’s definitely not a...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoJack Lam commits future to Bristol
Jack Lam has resisted the temptation to move to France and instead signed a new-two year contract with Championship heavyweights Bristol....
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Scott Mathie – former Bulls, Sharks, Leeds and Sale scrum-half
If there is one match I’d like to be able to go back in time and change, it would be my...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoChampionship round 10 teams
Bristol v London Scottish Bristol: Jack Wallace; Tom Varndell, Jack Tovey, Gavin Henson, David Lemi (Capt.); Matthew Morgan, Will Cliff; Jack...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoChange the maul rule to get brighter rugby
Bedford boss Mike Rayer believes laws relating to the maul need revising after statistics showed that nearly as many tries are...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher comment: Stuart Lancaster was the right man in the wrong job
The alarm bells started ringing loudly, for me anyway, in a dusty classroom at Loughborough University last May. It was just...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Mark Jones – former Scarlets and Wales wing now Rotherham coach
Hopefully my rugby career has plenty of miles left on the clock – the long commute from Llanelli to Rotherham certainly...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Roland de Marigny – former Italy, Leeds, Calvisano, Bangor and Natal Sharks full-back
For me not facing down the Haka hurt more than the result when Italy played New Zealand in our opening match...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoChampionship round 9 teams
Bedford v Yorkshire Carnegie Bedford: Steffan Jones; George Perkins, Michael Le Bourgeois, Tom Griffiths, Dean Adamson; Myles Dorrian, Peter White; Alex...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Darren Fox – former Northampton flanker
If I’m brutally honest with myself I didn’t fulfill my potential as a player. Yes, I played 149 games for Saints...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoName salary cap-busters who are wrecking game, says Christian Day
Premiership clubs who break the salary cap must be named and shamed, according to players’ union boss Christian Day.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEight-try Carnegie run riot over Moseley
Yorkshire Carnegie kept the pressure on Bristol at the top of the Championship table with a 52-19 demolition of Moseley. Jonah...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGK IPA Championship teams
Cornish Pirates v Bristol Cornish Pirates: Toby May; Jack Arnott, Tom Riley, Rheon James, Matt Evans; Kieran Hallett, Alex Day; Jack Andrew,...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGK IPA Championship round 7 teams
Bedford v Rotherham Bedford: Piers O’Conor; George Perkins, Henry Staff, Tom Griffiths, Dean Adamson; Jake Sharp, Jordan Burns; Alex Lundberg, Charlie...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoCornish Pirates claim much-needed win over London Scottish
The Cornish Pirates returned to winning ways yesterday with a 21-17 win over the high-flying London Scottish in Penzance. Tries from...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGK IPA Championship round 6 teams
Cornish Pirates v London Scottish Cornish Pirates: Toby May; Jack Arnott, Tom Riley, Rheon James, Craig Holland; Kieran Hallett, Alex Day;...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: This golden generation of Pumas WILL top the world
As befits a good Yorkshire man, Les Cusworth is not a betting man. But if he was he would invest heavily...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain column: Kiwi coaches rule – and that’s good for game
Wales have done it with Warren Gatland, and so have Ireland with Joe Schmidt, and Scotland with Vern Cotter. However, England’s...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Ireland’s big name players are enhancing reputations
My forecast for an England Ireland semi-final looks to be 50 per cent true at this stage, with Ireland pretty much...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Salary cap cheats will be hammered to protect league’s integrity
Two Premiership clubs set to be fined and deducted points for the 2015-16 campaign.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBristol and Carnegie win in Championship
Bristol claimed their fourth consecutive win of the season beating Rotherham 28-12 at Ashton Gate yesterday. Ollie Robinson claimed a try...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain column: Ninja Eddie Jones slew Boks with lethal planning
Welcome to Ninja rugby, the brainchild of Eddie Jones. The Japan coach borrowed from the methods of the covert mercenaries feared...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSteve Borthwick turns Japan into Land of Rising Scrum
Japan‘s pack, once the butt of jokes and considered little more than a speed-bump on the way to the try-line by...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: England need a Raging Bull to down these cocky Aussies
Michael Cheika has not made many slip-ups since his appointment as Wallaby coach last year, but his decision to play down...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGK IPA Championship round 4 teams
Ealing Trailfinders v Cornish Pirates Ealing Trailfinders: James Love; Rhys Crane, Toby Howley-Berridge, Joe Munro, Phil Chesters; Tristan Roberts, Alex Davies;...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Chas Cusani – former Orrell lock
My reputation as a ‘no-holds barred’ player may have gone before me during 20 years with Orrell, Lancashire and the North,...
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Club Rugby
/ 11 years agoGavin Henson is even hungrier now after final heartache
Gavin Henson has been backed to be Bristol‘s promotion catalyst by head coach Sean Holley, following the fly-half’s return from serious...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGK IPA Championship round 3 teams
Bristol v Nottingham Bristol: Wallace; Varndell, Tovey, Mosses, Amesbury; Henson, Cliff; O’Connell, Jones (Capt.), Hall; Glynn, Sorenson; Koster, Robinson, Eadie. Replacements:...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSerge Betsen backs Chris Robshaw and England to make it to the final
England’s back-row is not in the same class as Australia and Wales but the legendary French flanker is still tipping Stuart...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoChampionship round 2 teams
Bedford v Moseley Bedford: Steffan Jones; George Perkins, Michael Le Bourgeois, Ollie Dodge, Sam Blanchet; Jake Sharp, Jordan Burns; Tom Williams,...















