All posts tagged "Championship"
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Features
/ 2 years agoTo play in two World Cups was a dream
MY LIFEIN RUGBY DAVID SISI THE FORMER ITALY, ZEBRE, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LEEDS, LONDON IRISH & ENGLAND U20 LOOSE FORWARD RUGBY...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBorthwick needs to have a bigger pool
Winning feeling: Marcus Smith breaks clear during the victory against Ireland at Twickenham in last season’s Six Nations and, inset, Elliot...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBear keen to be a big hit Down Under
■ By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams has flourished in making the difficult transition from rugby union...
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Latest News
/ 2 years ago‘Team’ should be at centre of everything
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Rob Powell, below, head coach at Richmond RFC Why did you get into coaching...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoSymes snatches it for Ponty
Premiership Cup round-up A LAST-GASP penalty goal from outside-half Jacob Symes sent Pontypridd through to the semi-finals of the WRU Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRobson keen to make it to the top with Coventry
■ By CHRIS COLLYER COVENTRY ended the first five-match block of fixtures as the Championship’s only unbeaten side and full-back Charlie...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoConnacht vs Dragons – United Rugby Championship Preview
By Peter Ryan The Dragons will hit the road this weekend and travel to Northern Ireland to face Connacht. Dai Flanagan’s...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoOspreys vs Edinburgh – United Rugby Championship Match Preview
By Peter Ryan The Ospreys will host Edinburgh at the iconic Brewery Field as the URC’s first block of games concludes...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks vs Japan – Autumn Internationals Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports New Zealand will head to Japan to take on the Cherry Blossoms in their first game...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoScarlets vs Zebre Parma – United Rugby Championship Match Preview
It is another Friday night game for the Scarlets as they welcome Zebre Parma to Llanelli. We are entering the final...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoAn enormous honour – Caelan Doris to captain Ireland in Autumn Internationals
Caelan Doris will captain Ireland in an Autumn Nations Series that begins against New Zealand on November 8. Back-row forward Doris...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoGareth Davies calls time on Test career
Wales scrum-half Gareth Davies, 34, has announced his retirement from international rugby. The Scarlets half-back won 77 Wales caps and toured...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoRestoration of trio cannot be justified
IT appears to me that the authorities at the RFU have lost their moral and ethical compass in inviting these three...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoFigures don’t add up
IN his column in a recent edition of The Rugby Paper, Peter Jackson states that the RFU are set to earn...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoReturn of the big clubs has my vote
I UNDERSTAND the arguments against offering an olive branch to the three ‘Phoenix clubs’, as detailed in Nick Cain’s column last...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoAre we watching Quins Reserves?
Ace: Harlequins’ U20 World Championship-winning centre Sean Kerr starred for London Scottish last week PICTURE: Getty Images I’M sure the London...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks will have to be at their best against England
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable, every week... In some ways the New Zealand system means that they are not...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoTime for England to walk the walk
By Nick Cain Right here, right now, English rugby union craves forward momentum. It needs something to knock the negatives surrounding...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoIt would be grand for Wasps to return
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Prize assets: Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and, inset from top, Tom Willis, Gabriel Oghre, Alfie Barbeary, Asher...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRichman keeps his cool to win it for Cov
■ By LUKE JARMYN Caldy ..................15pts Tries: Cartmill 25, Hearn 55 Conversion: Barker 56 Penalty: Barker 73 Coventry ...........17pts Tries: Hitchcock...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAdamson’s record day is a delight for Blues
■By SAM JACKSON Bedford ............................. 34pts Tries: Garside 6, Adamson 15, 64; Worley 54, Wright 80 Conversions: Maisey 8, 57, 65...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge battle back to break their duck
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......29pts Tries: Hanks 26, Hema 33, Brownhill 76, Vanes 80 Conversions: Grimoldby 27, 77, 80 Penalty: Grimoldby...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDiamond still has faith as Falcons battle on
THE Premiership’s bottom two sides, Newcastle and Exeter, faced each other at Kingston Park on Friday night – a match which...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCall for All Blacks to pick from players based abroad
By GRANT SHUB BRUCE Reihana, who played two Tests for the All Blacks in 2000, believes it’s time for New Zealand...
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Features
/ 2 years agoLife with Welsh was such a roller coaster
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MATT CORKER THE CANTERBURY HEAD COACH AND FORMER WASPS, LONDON WELSH & RICHMOND FORWARD TO play professional rugby...
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Features
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns – Max Clein
Young Guns Max Clein is enjoying learning from his childhood hero Sean Cronin at Munster and hopes to emulate the Ireland...
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Features
/ 2 years agoMurray out to make good in the land of his mother
TRP By SIMON THOMAS Probyn: Please don’t take captain George off too early >> Page 37 BLAIR Murray may have been...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWill Hoskins Sotutu make the switch to England?
By Charlie Elliott Blues loose forward Hoskins Sotutu is at the centre of plenty of speculation following his withdrawal from the All Blacks side for the Autumn...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFrance Rugby strongly oppose the implementation of the 20-minute red card
Following World Rugby’s announcement to propose the global trial of new laws that will be reviewed by the Council, FFR (French...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRams aiming to join elite
By Jon Newcombe Rams are confident they would add significant value to the Championship if they became part of a revamped...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoJapan will be latest destination for Richie Gray
By Bryn Palmer Scotland lock Richie Gray will link up with World Cup winners Pieter-Steph du Toit and Aaron Smith when...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoLucky Warriors
LAST week’s Rugby Paper included the following statement: “Worcester Warriors, who went into administration in 2022, have been formally invited by...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoDon’t try to keep up with richer leagues
IN response to Neil Edwards’ letter of Sept 29 and further in support of Jeff Gage’s letter of Oct 6, crowds...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDREAM TEAM
RHYS HAYES, THE CHESTER HEAD COACH AND FORMER CHESTER, CALDY, CHESHIRE & ENGLAND COUNTIES FLY-HALF/FULL-BACK CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoTobias Elliott has been on fire for Saracens, says Ivan van Zyl
By Adam Hathaway Saracens scrum-half Ivan van Zyl knew Tobias Elliott was the real deal when the young wing was ripping...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPhoenix clubs locked in madhouse
THE RFU decision to invite expressions of interest from the three “Phoenix clubs” – Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish – to...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoGlasgow Warriors warm up for trip in style
By Bryn Palmer Glasgow ………33 Zebre ……………… 3 Defending champions Glasgow warmed up for their return to South Africa next week...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling find the energy to subdue Nottingham
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham ...... 21pts Tries: Myall 28, Dickinson 64, Williams 79 Conversions: Arden 28, Johal 64, 79 Ealing .................36pts...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHartpury get back to the script and finish in style
By MO SHER Hartpury .......... 43pts Tries: Short 2, 73; Hunt 5, 27; Holliday 65, Gibson 78 Conversions: Bazalgette 3, 6,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster left with nothing but worries
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........... 0pts L Scottish ......... 12pts Tries: Riley 20, Kerr 41 Conversion: Lloyd-Seed 41 DONCASTER suffered another...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVictor Matfield: Eben Etzebeth can reach 150 caps
By Grant Shub Victor Matfield, who played 127 Tests for the Springboks and recently relinquished his record to Eben Etzebeth, believes...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFalcons will be taking a simpler approach, says Diamond
By BEN JAYCOCK Boss: Steve Diamond STEVE Diamond says Newcastle Falcons will operate with a simplistic game plan moving forward which...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBiljon brings Championship experience to Titans’ squad
■By CIARA FEARN Boss: Harvey Biljon ROTHERHAM Titans director of rugby Harvey Biljon is enjoying the challenges and excitement that come...
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Features
/ 2 years agoPlaying out in France was brutal -it really was
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRIAN MULLEN THE FORMER LONDON IRISH & CLERMONT FLY-HALF NOWADAYS it is a trend: players moving across the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoSorry to say, but it’s their own fault
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE is something I always admired about the RFU, it has always...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMake your mistakes and learn from them
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Simon Culley, below, head of rugby at Durham University How and why did you...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPremiership Rugby plays down talk of a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league
Premiership Rugby appears to have killed off proposals for a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league in favour of retaining a...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSeries 4, Episode 6: Gallagher Premiership, Exeter records and the need for speed with Olly Woodburn
After a few weeks debating the dramatic final rounds of the Rugby Championship, time to revisit the Gallagher Premiership! Three rounds...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoFit-again Curtis Langdon chasing international honours
By Ben Jaycock Curtis Langdon is desperate for another crack with England having missed the summer tour after injuring his shoulder...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoI’d be happy to step up at 12 – Seb Atkinson
By Ben Jaycock Gloucester's Seb Atkinson aims to show he can be the solution to England’s problem at No.12. Atkinson was...
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
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