All posts tagged "Championship"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLoughborough take title in their stride
By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH hammered Swansea to reclaim the BUCS Super Rugby title, despite intense pressure from Hartpury. It was one...
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/ 1 year agoThere’ll be no cheating while I’m in charge, says new boss
THE Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the body that runs the Top 14 and ProD2 professional men’s rugby divisions in France,...
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/ 1 year agoSimon Easterby disappointed with comments around Antoine Dupont injury incident
Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby has expressed disappointment with accusatory comments made by France head coach Fabien Galthie regarding the Antoine...
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Podcast
/ 1 year agoPODCAST (S4, E26): France target Six Nations title and Wales target England scalp with Alex Cuthbert
After a cracking weekend of rugby in which the championship tilted in French favour following their stunning win in Dublin, Ollie...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoJack Boyle – Ireland’s future front row star
By Pete Ryan You won’t find a position quite like the prop in any sport. It is a position defined by...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoBritish and Irish Lions watch: How players chances have changed after this weekend’s Six Nations
After the huge announcement that the British and Irish Lions squad and captain will be revealed in front of thousands of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSix Nations stock Risers and Fallers: Ireland the biggest losers after missing huge Grand Slam opportunity
It was another brilliant weekend of Six Nations action, in which France climbed up to pole position with one round to...
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/ 1 year agoFrancis Baron: It’s time for the entire RFU Board to go
By Nick Cain Francis Baron has called for the replacement of the entire RFU Board, adding a radical dimension to the...
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/ 1 year agoWe must pull together to grow game – Rob Baxter
By Mark Stevens Rob Baxter believes that the responsibility for growing rugby – both financially and in terms of interest –...
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/ 1 year agoFit-again Josh Hodge keen to kick on with Exeter Chiefs
By Paul Rees Josh Hodge is getting a kick out of life at Exeter as the fullback looks to put himself...
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Peter Jackson
/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Wales edge closer to unwanted record
By Peter Jackson At Murrayfield 70 years ago, Wales played the role of polite guests to perfection, enabling their supposedly hopeless...
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/ 1 year agoU20s Six Nations: Double red for Wales allows Scotland to take the high road
By Ben Jaycock Scotland ............. 27pts Tries: Douglas 18, 74; Moncrieff 27, Brown 34 Conversions: Urwin 18, 34 Penalty: Coates 65...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAndy Robinson praise for cross-league rivalry
By Jon Newcombe Andy Robinson has spoken about the positive experience of playing Championship clubs in what looks set to be...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoPrem Rugby Cup: Ealing Trailfinders go close but Exeter Chiefs sneak home
By Mark Stevens Exeter ................................ 28pts Tries: Hodge 26, Penalty 33, E Roots 63, Wyatt 70 Conversions: Hodge 27, 64, 71...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoGeorgia’s flyer Akaki Tabutsadze on his way to the top
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, By Brendan Gallagher It's the Rugby Europe Championship final...
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/ 1 year agoKnights can take on the best again, says Smith
By CONOR MCLARNON Focus: Doncaster Knights flanker Thom Smith DONCASTER flanker Thom Smith feels he and his fellow players shoulder the...
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/ 1 year agoBazalgette: I learnt a lot from the Bears
By CHRIS COLLYER RELIABLE fly-half Harry Bazalgette is no stranger to multitasking as his kicking skills continue to prove invaluable to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPlayers must pack their own parachute
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Paul Westgate, below, the head of performance rugby at the University of Nottingham How...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoEngland need a true, open pathway
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game So, Bill Beaumont is calling for a game in unison...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoQEGS stand in the way of Harrow’s title defence
By TOM JEFFREYS HARROW face the unique opportunity to defend their National Schools Cup champions title as they face Queen Elizabeth...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoTurner steps down at Ampthill
FORMER Wales flyhalf Paul Turner will step down as head coach of Ampthill at the end of the season after 14...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLynn excited to name his first Wales squad
NEW Wales head coach Sean Lynn has named a 48-player training squad ahead of the 2025 Six Nations. The Gloucester-Hartpury boss...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 1 year agoOlamide Sodeke on the ‘brotherhood’ in the England U20s camp
By Charlie Elliott England U20s have been hugely successful in the past few years, having won the Six Nations and the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGregor Townsend: Scotland have a lot to play for in last two Six Nations games
Gregor Townsend insists Scotland still have plenty to play for in this year’s Guinness Six Nations despite back-to-back defeats against Ireland...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: France v Ireland best moments
By Charlie Elliott France and Ireland have cemented their status as the two teams to beat in the Six Nations, being...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: A brief history of Ireland v France
By Charlie Elliott Recently, Ireland and France have been the biggest rivals in the Six Nations. While it isn’t geographical and historical like...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: France and Ireland combined 23-man squad
By Charlie Elliott Ireland host France this weekend in the Six Nations in the biggest match of the tournament so far. ...
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/ 1 year agoLee Blackett’s backing for England pathway plan
By Mark Stevens Lee Blackett believes England Rugby have been meticulously developing its resources in a concerted effort to unearth a...
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/ 1 year agoJack van Poortvliet pleased to have Ben Youngs for support
By Mark Stevens Jack van Poortvliet knows that the road back to England’s No.9 jersey will be tough, but in clubmate...
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/ 1 year agoPremiership Cup: Blood-hungry Exeter Chiefs give Sale Sharks a lesson
By Mark Stevens Exeter Chiefs ...................50pts Tries: Wyatt 7, 30; Hodge 17, Brown-Bampoe 21, 44; Fisilau 61, Vermeulen 70 Conversions: Hodge...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoDominant Ealing run Saints off the park
■By ROB WILDMAN Northampton Saints ..... 26pts Tries: Hendy 10, Ramm 14, 26, 75 Conversions: Hutchinson 10, 14, 75 Ealing Trailfinders...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoSupport for change at RFU keeps on building
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week As the SGM vote calling for regime change at the RFU...
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Features
/ 1 year agoBlackheath’s James Shanahan – After seven years, it’s time for new challenge
Jon Newcombe talks to James Shanahan about his time as Blackheath coach and his move to Bury St Edmunds When James...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoLooking good! Ma’a Nonu could play again at 42
You learn not to make too many grandiose statistical claims in this business because there is always somebody or something you...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCleverley out for revenge when Navy battle Army
■By BEN JAYCOCK Competitor: Chester prop Dom Cleverley WHILE most of his teammates were relieved Chester would be rejoining National Two...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRFU’s roadshow yet to placate anger of clubs
THE newly formed Whole Game Union has grown with now over 200 clubs joining its ranks and still increasing its membership....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Time for England to focus on tries
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game With another week off, there is now more time to...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – George Pearson
Tigers back three player George Pearson made his England U20s bow by scoring a try in last week’s win over Scotland....
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoSix Nations Round Three: Stock risers and fallers
Every weekend of the Six Nations has players, teams and many more who disappoint and others who appear from nowhere to...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoCam Neild: We need to see return of promotion in Premiership
By Gary Fitzgerald Cameron Neild is a “big fan” of the old automatic promotion and relegation, and wants it brought back...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Triple top for Ireland, new hope for Wales
By Simon Thomas Wales .................................. 18pts Tries: Rogers 43, Morgan 43 Conversion: Anscombe 44 Penalties: Anscombe 23, 35 Ireland............................... 27pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoItaly vs France Preview: Callum Braley urges Italy to take the bold route
By Jon Newcombe Match Preview - Italy v France Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadio Olimpico Former Italy scrum-half Callum Braley has urged...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoU20s Six Nations: Kepu Tuipulotu leads the charge as England blow away limp Scotland
By Ethan Bents England ........................... 57pts Tries: Ridl 5, Tuipulotu 12, 37; James 29, Raymont 32, Burrow 43, Pearson 54, Bracken...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGeorge Makepeace-Cubitt happy to learn in Smith’s shadow
By Paul Rees George Makepeace-Cubitt is making the most of Fin Smith’s presence at Northampton, knowing there will come a point...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoThe time’s ripe for a summit of the egos
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Summits are all the rage right now, “rage” being the operative word, and as the...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoGloucester-Hartpury hitting form at the right time – Sarah Beckett
By Harry Scott-Munro Gloucester-H..52pts Tries: Hunt 20, Aldcroft 24, N Jones 39, 44; Venner 52, Beckett 61, Hendy 66, Else 79...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHappy to be a Hornet after time with the Bears stung
News By BEN JAYCOCK Top form: Hornets flyer Josh Sheppard JOSH Sheppard believes he has found a new home at Hornets...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoA Tour de France we’d all love to see for the British & Irish Lions
By Brendan Gallagher That hardy perennial, the possibility of another Lions Test against France, has poked its head above the frosty...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Josh Mann
Beefy prop Josh Mann is using Asher Opoku-Fordjour’s rise to Test level as an inspiration for his own journey inside the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDavies back to put fire into Coventry
By BEN JAYCOCK FOLLOWING a lengthy spell on the sidelines, Steff Davies hopes to return at the tail end of this...
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