All posts tagged "Championship"
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoNo scrums? No problem for Springboks
BRENDAN GALLAGHER LAST week in Brisbane Pieter Steph Du Toit famously asked Luke Pearce: “Where’s the scrum?” when presented with a...
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/ 2 years agoPoor terrestrial coverage is doing the game no favours
NICK CAIN THE NFL has infiltrated free-to-air broadcast channels in the UK, such as the BBC and ITV, using weekly content...
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/ 2 years 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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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoAge of protectionism must come to an end
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Powered up: Argentina scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou celebrates victory over the All Blacks last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoGlad to see clock ticking on scrum
CHRIS HEWETT THOSE of us who have spent our entire careers writing against deadline know all there is to know about...
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/ 2 years agoProp Tayack returns after horror year
By MIKE SINCLAIR JAY Tayack, grateful to be back fit and healthy, was unveiled to supporters as Cornish Pirates’ latest signing...
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Features
/ 2 years agoPlaying England 7s was an incredible experience
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MARK BRIGHT THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND TASMAN, REDRUTH, LONDON SCOTTISH, RICHMOND & EALING TRAILFINDERS BACK ROW,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoRoad to next World Cup lacks jeopardy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s...
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/ 2 years agoThe good, bad and the ugly…
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TOUR BY NEW ZEALAND EVER IN 1972-73 Brendan Gallagher looks back at the highs and...
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/ 2 years agoHalliday: I’m proud of united approach
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE SIMON Halliday has left his role as chairman of the Championship Clubs’ board both proud and frustrated...
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/ 2 years agoWe must all share the blame -Youngs
By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar...
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/ 2 years agoEaster ‘appalled’ by Prem Cup exclusion
By JON NEWCOMBE NICK Easter has described the decision to exclude his Chinnor side and Cambridge from next season’s Premiership Cup...
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/ 2 years agoMatthews stepping into Pellegrini shoes
By BEN JAYCOCK REPLACING World Cup star Pat Pellegrini could be perceived as a daunting prospect but Coventry new signing Tommy...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoLETTER: RFU not helping English rugby
Steve Borthwick is doing a great job in charge of the national side as are his players and our recent U20...
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/ 2 years agoDREAM TEAM
STUART CORSAR, THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM & DONCASTER PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoErasmus: We didn’t cherish ball and look after it like gold
AFTER easing past Australia with a phenomenal all-court game in Brisbane, South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus is expecting a reaction...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoSpringboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate
By PAUL REES Australia.............................. 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa .................... 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoWhisper it, but these Boks may deserve our love
BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE are many of you out there, often to be found in the noisy corner of X, who don’t...
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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years agoSeven-try Pirates put Redruth to the sword
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates....47pts Redruth..................... 5pts THE full-timers of Cornish Pirates proved too strong for their National 2 West neighbours...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWhat counts is how the money is spent
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT WAS a close-run thing but, after crunching the numbers harder than a caffeine-fuelled psephologist on election...
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Features
/ 2 years agoJUNIOR KPOKU
YOUNG GUNS RACING 92 & ENGLAND U20 LOCK Junior Kpoku is learning from some of the biggest stars in rugby at...
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Features
/ 2 years agoThe matchday vibe in Bath was awesome
MY LIFEIN RUGBY DOMINIC DAY THE FORMER WALES, SCARLETS, BATH & SARACENS LOCK AND FOUNDER OF FOURFIVE I DIDN’T play rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoHow the sun keeps shining for Spain
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Impressive: Joel Merkler in action for Toulouse PICTURE:...
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/ 2 years agoFantasy Rugby 2024-25 – Enter Now
Do you fancy yourself as a Fantasy Rugby expert? Well, here is your chance to prove it as The Rugby Paper...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoTonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby
Coventry's Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge and Chinnor ruled out of Premiership Cup
Last year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCornish Pirates: Richard ‘Dicky’ Evans knighted
In terms of Rugby Royalty, the Cornish Pirates' Richard ‘Dicky’ Evans certainly ranks among the historical greats.
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/ 2 years agoHaydn Thomas urges England U20s to push on to the next level
As the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and...
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/ 2 years agoBristol Bears sign Argentina U20 star Benjamin Elizalde
One of the stars of the U20 World Championship, Argentinian full-back Benjamin Elizalde, has joined Premiership side Bristol Bears.
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/ 2 years agoDan Thomas signs for Cardiff with the help of former teammates
Dan Thomas has revealed the significant part his former teammates, including England star Ellis Genge, played in his recent move to...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoJulian Salvi relishing his role as Georgia defence coach
Julian Salvi has never been one to shy away from a good challenge. Now he is relishing his job as Georgia's...
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/ 2 years agoCardiff sign another scrum-half in Johan Mulder
Cardiff have announced the signing of 24-year-old South African scrum-half Johan Mulder from fellow United Rugby Championship side the Lions.
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoJeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor
New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoJoe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions
Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWhy SVNS makes sense for the future
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in...
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/ 2 years agoWallabies need to get back in swing
SO here’s the question: will they be any good? The Wallabies, that is. Joe Schmidt, the latest New Zealander to cross...
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/ 2 years 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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Features
/ 2 years agoCall me The Stag – but I was stuck with Bambi
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND GLASGOW HAWKS/WARRIORS, WATERLOO AND BEDFORD BACK ROWER RORY McKAY IT’S been great...
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Features
/ 2 years agoMcCall out to build new dynasty at Saracens
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES FACING EX-CHAMPIONS AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE WITHOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO LAST season marked the end of...
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Features
/ 2 years agoNew leaders for old rivalries
The Rugby Championship preview Paul Rees predicts that New Zealand and South Africa will battle for top spot - but it...
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Features
/ 2 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CAIOJAMES WALES U18 & GLOUCESTER FLANKER Pocket rocket back row Caio James is unusually short for his position among the piano...
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/ 2 years agoDupont, the catalyst and the creator
BRENDAN GALLAGHER WE live in an age of superlative sports stars. Tadej Pogacar is very possibly the greatest cyclist we have...
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/ 2 years agoPromotion on the agenda as Chinnor move to next level
CHAMPIONSHIP ■ By BEN JAYCOCK Top dogs: Ealing Trailfinders celebrate winning the Championship last season PICTURE: Nick Phipps CHINNOR’S promotion to...
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/ 2 years agoSaints swoop to sign up Langdon Mk2
NORTHAMPTON have signed hooker Nathan Langdon from Sale FC. The 23-year-old has followed brother Curtis to Franklin’s Gardens, having impressed in...
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/ 2 years agoGatland less sure-footed on his return
WARREN Gatland has made more mis-steps in his second stint as Wales’s head coach than he did in his first 12...
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Features
/ 2 years agoI wanted to finish at the highest level possible
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALEX LEWINGTON THE FORMER SARACENS, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER AND NOTTINGHAM WINGER IWAS still in Notts County’s football academy...
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Features
/ 2 years agoThe Bears blueprint: Go and play without fear
PAUL REES ON HOW BRISTOL HEAD COACH PAT LAM PLANS TO GUIDE THE WEST COUNTRY OUTFIT BACK TO THE TOP Class...
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Features
/ 2 years agoStaying up’s going to be a challenge
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to Devonport Services head coach Ben Russell, below, as they prepare for life in National Two West...
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Features
/ 2 years agoCRAIG WRIGHT
YOUNG GUNS NORTHAMPTON & ENGLAND U20 HOOKER Having concluded his time in the England U20s setup with a World Championship medal,...
International Rugby
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