All posts tagged "Championship"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRoyle calling time at Caldy
By JOHN LYON THERE are many creaking retired players only too pleased to recount how they played the game into their...
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Features
/ 1 year agoHow London Welsh are working way back to top
William Gupwell goes down to south-west London to find a club out to rediscover itself London Welsh were once a club...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCampese:Schmidt is wrong man for Aussies
By CAMERON STEPHENS DAVID Campese delivered a blunt message regarding Joe Schmidt’s position as Australia’s head coach, claiming the Kiwi isn’t...
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Features
/ 1 year agoWe lost but it was great to watch, says Lam
By BEN JAYCOCK PAT Lam believes his side’s thrilling defeat to Gloucester last Friday is a continuation of a trendy, entertaining...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWelsh URC Weekly Roundup
Darren Powell reviews the weekend action involving the Welsh sides. Leinster put on a second-half show to slay the Dragons On...
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Podcast
/ 1 year agoSeries 4, Episode 5: David Campese reviews Rugby Championship and Australian Rugby
The Rugby Championship has a new winner for the first time since 2019, as South Africa clinched the last trophy available...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTwo matches, two defeats but Steve Diamond keeping the faith
By Ben Jaycock Harlequins ran in four tries yesterday to condemn Newcastle Falcons to a 28-14 defeat at The Stoop –...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoVal Rapava-Ruskin adds to Gloucester’s injury problems
By Ben Jaycock George Skivington has been dealt a major early season blow as he looks to right the wrongs of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoAndy Onyeama-Christie’s happy to step up to the plate
By Adam Hathaway Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall has revealed how Scotland flanker Andy Onyeama-Christie has helped fill the leadership...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoChampionship crowds are still too low
With all the talk about the RFUs treatment of the Championship there never seems to be any real analysis of the...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoThat’s not what I call a good idea ITV
Brilliant idea ITV! Put your freeview Premiership highlights programme on an obscure channel. Schedule it for a Wednesday lunchtime. Replace Flats...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMinimum standards criteria must apply to all
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Do title-chasing Bath – and other top tier clubs – meet...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFantasy Rugby 2024/25
LAST CHANCE TO ENTER PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoFiji deserve to play with best in world
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Every underdog has its day, as Daniel Dubois reminded us in knocking an entire cathedral’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWhy Lions should go to South America
Rugby soothsayers have been known to be wrong – precisely none of them foretold that Argentina would beat all three SANZAAR...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoLast-gasp Rob Farrar goes over to steal it for Ealing Trailfinders
By Mike Sinclair C Pirates .......... 24pts Tries: Wedlake 39, Penalty 46, Price-Thomas 72 Conversions: Houston 39, Jenkins 72 Penalties: Houston...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoCambridge able to deal with Caldy’s huff and puff
By John Lyon Caldy ................. 21pts Tries: Hearn 5, Wynn 77 Conversions: Curtis 77 Penalties: Curtis 23, 30, 52 Cambridge ......26pts...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoJordie Barrett a doubt for England re-match in Autumn Internationals
New Zealand centre Jordie Barrett has injured the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and is a doubt for the...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoJohn Barnes knows he’s on a tough road with Hartpury
By Ben Jaycock Hartpury have improved year on year since joining the Championship but director of rugby John Barnes says they...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoEben Etzebeth has final word as Springboks claim crown
By Ben Jaycock South Africa .................... 48pts Tries: Fassi 8, 33; du Toit 14, 73, Kolbe 38, Marx 69, Kriel 77...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoNext generation of All Blacks looks special – Sam Cane
By Ben Jaycock New Zealand ................... 33pts Tries: Reece 16, Jordan 22, Clarke 41, 64; Williams 55 Conversions: Barrett 23, 42,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoIt’ll be tough for Steve Diamond to get Newcastle Falcons up the table
By Jeff Probyn, A front row view of the game The start of the Premiership season last week threw up, as...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBalding thinking big as Moseley set sights on Championship
By CIARA FEARN FOLLOWING a strong showing last season, Birmingham Moseley have made a fast start this term and have their...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGwilliam’s ambition to build from the bottom
By TOM KELLY Boss: Taff Gwilliam PICTURE: Matthew Walker CANTERBURY director of rugby Taff Gwilliam is deter mined to grow the...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoExeter get off to a flyer to down big rivals
BUCS RUGBY ■ By Tom Jeffreys Exeter men avenged their championship final heartbreak with an opening round victory over Loughborough, as...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoContepomi right man for Pumas, says Bosch
By CAMERON STEPHENS Landmark win: Pumas celebrate beating South Africa and, inset top, Felipe Contepomi and, below, Marcelo Bosch PICTURES: Getty...
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Podcast
/ 1 year agoSeries 4, Episode 4: Argentina make history, but can they do it again?
For the first time since their involvement in the Rugby Championship, Argentina have secured a win against the other three nations...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoSimon Halliday’s demand for clarity over promotion-relegation play-off
By Nick Cain The RFU is under fire from the Championship for its failure to provide clarity over the terms of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSimon Halliday: We need clarity from RFU
Simon Halliday believes that the RFU is duty-bound to find a resolution for the Championship clubs because the play-off agreement has...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWe should be following F1 example, says Maro Itoje
By Adam Hathaway Maro Itoje has urged rugby’s administrators to follow Formula One out of the grid and give rugby a...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHelping Wasps would be a ‘slap in the face’
By Jon Newcombe London Welsh board director Jonathan Shankland says allowing Wasps to remerge from the ashes of administration and go...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoDual registration likely to distort competitiveness of recipient clubs
SO as the new season starts for the top tiers there is now a route between Championship and Premiership via a...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Jake Sharp
JAKE SHARP, THE FORMER SARACENS, BEDFORD, LONDON SCOTTISH & COVENTRY FLY-HALF, WHO IS NOW TRANSITION MANAGER FOR NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, CHOOSES THE...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoOnce again, the RFU is failing second tier
By Nick Cain READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A new English season starts this weekend with strife and frustration in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoFantasy Rugby 2024/25
PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoEaling Trailfinders show why they are favourites to retain Championship title
By William Gupwell Ealing T ............55pts Tries: Williams 5, Reid 11, 78; Holgate 17, Taylor 35, Bird-Tulloch 53, Moore 60, Hampson...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoNew boys Chinnor open up in fine style
By Steve Jackson Cambridge ....................... 24pts Tries: Caven 17, 77; Sylvester 48, Veness 67 Conversions: Grimoldby 49, 68 Chinnor.............................. 57pts Tries:...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoInjury blow to John Stevens mars trip for Cornish Pirates
By Rob Wildman Nottingham...... 18pts Tries: Clayton 21, Ecclesfield 80 Conversions: Arden 21 Penalties: Arden 18, 60 Cornish P ......... 24pts...
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Features
/ 1 year agoDespite bankruptcy, USA Sevens are in good shape
Ben Jaycock talks to Mike Friday about his ten years with USA Sevens – and watching son Lucas Mike Friday recently...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoBedford’s DNA impresses powerhouse Joel Matavesi
By Ben Jaycock Joel Matavesi has committed himself to Bedford Blues having been enticed by the club’s expansive and entertaining style...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoMaverick Shea the hardest of them all
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW NEWPORT heralded the season with a birthday bash on a lavish scale, filling...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoConor O’Shea backing England A to bridge the gap
By Ben Jaycock England A return to action in November and RFU director of performance Conor O’Shea feels they have a...
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Women's International
/ 1 year agoWXV 3 Newcomers prepare for Dubai test
WXV 3 takes place in Dubai with newcomers Madagascar, Hong Kong and Netherlands welcomed into the fray this year. There’s an...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThere’s no Larkin about with Steve at the helm
By JAMES ORPIN Star signing: Josh Matavesi CAMBORNE director of rugby Steve Larkins believes that making the club more attractive to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoNEWS EXTRA
Double injury blow for Bristol BRISTOL full-back Noah Heward will be out until the New Year after injuring his hamstring during...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoStudents getting set for the big kick-off
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby returns on Wednesday with the Women’s National League absorbed into the BSR umbrella....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEngland U20s 50-man squad
HEAD coach Mark Mapletoft has named a 50-man England U20 elite playing squad for the new season. After winning both the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoToby Booth: Tough telling players I was leaving Ospreys
By Mark Stevens Toby Booth admits telling his Ospreys players that he would be leaving at the end of the season...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team with Rich Vasey
Rich Vasey, the Caldy backs/attack coach and former fly-half chooses the best XV he has played with or against... Forwards 1....
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Letters
/ 1 year agoWe must work on attracting more people into the game
Thank you to Tracey Turner for the lengthy appraisal of the challenges facing English rugby and the suggested solutions. Thank you,...
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