All posts tagged "Championship"
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Carl Kirwan – Rotherham flanker
When you consider Rotherham‘s Carl Kirwan’s last job was putting up scaffolding in the North Sea it is understandable why the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Quick-learners Argentina exposed bish-bash Boks
Argentina have more than proved their worth in the revamped Tri-Nations, now the Rugby Championship, by drawing with South Africa when...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years ago“Jonny Wilkinson remains in the frame,” says Warren Gatland
Jonny Wilkinson is not yesterday’s man as far as Lions coach Warren Gatland is concerned. Gatland opened the door to the...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Mike Denbee – London Welsh flanker
From Weston-Super-Mare to the Premiership… pinching yourself? I’ve certainly gone the long way round… Weston to Plymouth to Spain to Birmingham...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRugby Championship Round Three: preview and predictions
Australia v South Africa Australia have made their intention clear before their crucial clash against South Africa in Perth, they will...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoRFU Championship Preview: team by team
Bedford Blues The shortening of the play-off format from a top eight to a top four will assist part-time outfit Bedford...
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English Championship
/ 13 years ago“We’ll have fun rising to challenge,” says Newcastle’s Dean Richards
Dean Richards will warn his Newcastle troops to expect the unexpected when they finally get their Championship campaign up and running...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoSSE National Leagues preview
With the National Leagues competitions starting on Saturday, we take a look at how Fylde, Ealing, Caldy and Redruth are preparing....
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoChampionship winners must go up says chairman Geoff Irvine
Championship clubs’ chairman Geoff Irvine, right, says their Premiership counterparts need worry about only one thing – to avoid finishing bottom...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoBath’s Francois Louw gets South Africa call
Bath flanker Francois Louw will miss at least the first three rounds of the Premiership season after he was called up...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoHaughton moves across The Channel
As revealed in The Rugby Paper, full-back Richard Haughton joined Perpignan on a six-month deal as a medical joker for Sofiane...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoArgentina draw in historic match against South Africa
Argentina had to concede an unlucky 16-16 draw against South Africa for their first ever home game of the Rugby Championship...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoNew Zealand 22 Australia 0
New Zealand have retained the Bledisloe Cup with a convincing 22-0 over the Wallabies in Auckland for the second round of...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoFalcons have strength in depth to make a quick return says Glen Delaney
With the honourable exception of Bedford’s Mike Rayer, there is no coach with more experience of English rugby’s second tier than...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Baldwin – Bath flanker
A double try-scoring performance in only his fourth senior rugby game set Bath‘s Tom Baldwin’s career off on the right foot...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoUlster v Newcastle: teams
After impressive performances against Leicester last Saturday, Jared Payne, Michael Allen and Chris Farell retain their starting positions in the Ulster...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoArgentina v South Africa preview: Hernandez out of historic match
Juan Martin Hernandez will miss the historic fixture in Mendoza after he had to withdraw with a groin injury suffered at...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoWales’ captain Sam Warburton on starting blocks for Lions tour
Last year Sam Warburton got the needle – now he is aiming for an injury-free season to fulfil his Lions dream....
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoAge is no worry for new Esher coach Ollie Smith
Having made his Leicester debut a few months after leaving school and toured with the Lions, aged 22, Ollie Smith’s appointment...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNew funding deal for Championship clubs revealed
As revealed in our The Rugby Paper on August 5th, the RFU has unveiled today a new four-year funding deal for...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoRodriguez starts at full-back for the Pumas
Martin Rodriguez will start at full-back for Argentina‘s Rugby Championship rematch against South Africa in Medoza. Rodríguez comes in for Lucas...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: All Blacks on top with or without Williams
If the Six Nations are playing catch up with the Southern Hemisphere powers, then the new Rugby Championship will be about...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPocock out for three months
Australia captain David Pocock will be out for up to three months after undergoing keyhole surgery today The Wallabies‘ skipper damaged...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoDu Plessis ruled out of Rugby Championship
Springboks hooker Bismarck du Plessis will miss the rest of The Rugby Championship due to a knee injury. He sustained the...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSouth Africa 27 Argentina 6
South Africa put on an impressive display in Cape Town to secure a 27-6 victory over newcomers Argentina in their opening...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLondon Welsh: “We’ll stick to our principles”
Ed Jackson believes the culture at London Welsh this season will not change despite the arrival of a host of foreign...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSpies to miss out entire Rugby Championship
South Africa’s injury problems have worsened after Pierre Spies was ruled out of the entire Rugby Championship campaign with a finger...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 13 years agoArgentina announce squad for Four Nations opener
Horacio Agulla, Marcos Ayerza and Gonzalo Camacho have been named in Argentina coach Santiago Phelan’s 26-man squad that will travel to...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 13 years agoOnly one new cap for World Champions for Rugby Championship
Auckland and Blues prop Charlie Faumuina is the only new face named in the 28-man All Blacks squad for the Rugby...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 13 years agoUncapped Gill named in Wallabies Four Nations squad
Australia U20 captain Liam Gill is set to make his Test debut after he was named in Robbie Deans 30-man squad...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRFU fury over Graham Henry’s slur against Wayne Barnes
Sir Graham Henry could face legal action following an admission that he wondered whether match-fixing was to blame for New Zealand‘s...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoFinal offer from RFU would see Championship clubs receive £4.3m backing
Championship clubs are close to agreeing a funding deal for the next four seasons after receiving what has been described by...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Lion king of Leeds will ride to the rescue
When it comes to understanding the importance of nurturing and building a brand, Sir Ian McGeechan’s track-record with the Lions takes...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 13 years agoMeyer names five new caps for the Boks
Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer has included five uncapped players in his 30-man squad for the inaugural Rugby Championship. Stormers loose forward...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoI was fed up facing the same teams all the time says Jersey new boy Richard Haughton
Richard Haughton has revealed how he turned down offers to remain in the Premiership in favour of a move to Championship...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoCoventry Nathan Jones: “Some Championship players earn no more than minimum-wage”
Coventry‘s new signing Nathan Jones has hit out at Championship clubs’ pay structures, revealing some of his former Nottingham teammates earn...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoCornish Pirates Aaron Penberthy ready to unleash full range of skills
Cornish Pirates supporters might have thought they had seen Aaron Penberthy’s full range last season, but the 20-year-old fly-half has said...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoWe’re doing things even better than the Natal Sharks says Bristol head coach Liam Middleton
Bristol head coach Liam Middleton hopes a recent fact-finding mission to South Africa will make the difference as his side targets...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNew Nottingham boss Marting Haag can make the step up says Ian McGeechan
Sir Ian McGeechan has backed Martin Haag to be a big hit in his first head coach role after Nottingham appointed...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNewcastle Falcons revival will be key for Jon Golding’s England call
A Newcastle pack getting the better of their Wasps counterparts at Adams Park sounds a familiar tale but this scene took...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNew Bristol signing James Grindal gears up for big time again
James Grindal ended a 13-year consecutive run in the top flight when he swapped Leicester for Bristol this summer, but such...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoRugby League legend Keith Senior returns to rugby Union 20 years later
Talk to anyone in either code about legendary Rugby League centre Keith Senior and the soundbites are always the same. “Great...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoGive our tier-two English coaches a chance says coaching guru Kevin Bowring
The RFU’s Head of Elite Coach Development, Kevin Bowring, wants to see more English-qualified coaches follow Glenn Delaney’s example and make...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNottingham fly-half James Arlidge plans farewell to remember
James Arlidge wants to set alarm bells ringing in opposition defences, as well as airport security. The 32-year-old Nottingham fly-half is...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Titterrell – former Lions, England, Sale, Gloucester and Leeds hooker
Sale became the first team to finish top of the league and win the Premiership final in 2006 and we could...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Dual registration could be casualty of London Welsh triumph
So natural justice has prevailed and the winners of the Championship have finally been allowed to take their place in the...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoNew Newcastle Director of Rugby Dean Richards is hunting for Heineken Cup Glory
The despair, the darkness, the doubts have been lifted from Dean Richards’ shoulders since his appointment as Newcastle director of rugby,...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoFormer Lion tourist Andy Titterrell still has what it takes
Former Lion Andy Titterrell insists he hasn’t given up hope on his playing career despite finding himself without a club in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 14 years agoJeff Probyn: Why do we always have this hype about brutality?
As the England players are recovering from the first of their three Tests they might well be wondering what all the...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoEngland put Ireland to the sword
England claimed second place in this year’s Six Nations with a crushing 30-9 victory over Ireland at Twickenham. Owen Farrell kicked 20 points...
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