All posts tagged "Championship"
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Features
/ 2 years agoUniversity pathway to top of the game
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Being named in an England Students squad is among the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoThe ringfence which is encouraging open play
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE have been a few articles written about how the Premiership has...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoCHAMPIONSHIP
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWorboys: I’m aiming to be first-choice 10 at Ealing
By BEN JAYCOCK George Worboys endured ‘the most testing five years of his life’ at Bath but is looking forward to...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten Wild Knights finish in fine style
Japan League One round-up By TOM JEFFREYS Saitama Wild Knights sealed an unprecedented unbeaten league season with a 43-14 win over...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed show their worth
Championship round-up ALREADY crowned champions, Bargoed ran in nine tries as they came from 14-0 down to record a 59-21 victory...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoBiarritz’s fight for survival goes on
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Ten days ago, under-new-management ProD2 strugglers Biarritz gave themselves what looked a lot like a crucial safety...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEPCR Challenge Cup semi-final preview
For the second year in a row each of the four Challenge Cup semi-finalists come from a different country, but it’s...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoI’ll never stop looking for hidden gems – Lam
By PAUL REES Pat Lam says he will never stop plundering the rugby mine of the Championship and the leagues below...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoLineout ace Parling joins Wallabies
Former England lock Geoff Parling has joined Joe Schmidt’s Australia coaching set-up as the build-up to next summer’s Lions tour intensifies....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoNo space for Georgia
Wales will not be playing Georgia this autumn, with Fiji, Australia and South Africa lined up on November 10, 17 and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens know how to win – Tompkins
By BEN JAYCOCK With the Premiership run-in hotting up, Saracens centre Nick Tompkins claims ‘experience matters’ in these blockbuster end-of-season contests...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPorter delivers as Quins stay in hunt
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........................41pts Tries: Northmore 1, 26; Lewies 33, Murley 45, Porter 67, 73 Conversions: Smith 27, 34, 46;...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoCrunch time for red lines
The crunch is coming as negotiations between the Championship and the RFU/Premiership over promotion-relegation intensify, with the Premiership ring-fence moratorium finishing...
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Six Nations
/ 2 years agoFaultless England demolish France
By BEN JAYCOCK France....................... 21pts Tries: Vernier 17, M Menager 27, 69 Conversions: Queyrol 19, 28, 70 England....................42pts Tries: Muir 4,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPreview Seventh place play-off
Harlequins v Trailfinders Today. 2.30pm HARLEQUINS head coach Amy Turner makes two changes from the side that ran in five tries...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoThe boys down west who know how to win
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED The way they see it down Exeter way, only one team is flying the flag for the...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoWales on a mission to survive or decline
Paul Rees asks whether the country which has won 12 Grand Slams can still afford to run four regional sides A...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoTo play for Gosforth & Bath was wonderful
My Life in Rugby with Rob Cunningham - The former Scotland, Anglo-Scots, Boroughmuir, Bath, Gosforth, Tynedale & Northumberland hooker talks about...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoAwayday struggles
Having endured more than their share of hard times in following a club which once described itself in all immodesty as...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years ago‘Ireland in blue’ will provide stiffest test
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Phil Dowson and Leo Cullen first crossed paths in European action 10 seasons...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoBalding casts admiring look at Chinnor as a benchmark
By BEN JAYCOCK Birmingham Moseley director of rugby Adam Balding has tipped his hat to National One winners Chinnor after his...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHolders out as big rivals York snatch narrow win
■By MO SHER DEFENDING champions Driffield were dramatically beaten 31-30 by York to ensure there will be a new name on...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins & England U20 centre Sean Kerr
By BEN JAYCOCK Sean Kerr revealed kicking in front of a vibrant, hostile crowd in France during England U20s Six Nations...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoHonours for Narberth & Bargoed
Championship round-up NARBERTH and Bargoed are champions of Championship West and East respectively after their victories yesterday. Centre Hedd Nicholas scored...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoRecord crowds flock to matches
JAMES HARRINGTON - FRENCH COLUMN More people than ever are flocking through the turnstiles of Top 14 and ProD2 matches, according...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCokayne in for Red Roses decider
Amy Cokayne comes in for the injured Lark Atkin-Davies as England take on France in a third-consecutive Grand Slam deciding match...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCall to give support for Worcester revival
By BEN JAYCOCK Worcester Warriors’ Supporters Trust chairman Marcus Mulcahy is frustrated at the lack of empathy and support shown by...
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Summer Tours
/ 2 years agoDomachowski has his eye on top spot
By SIMON THOMAS Corey Domachowski is a man on a mission to be Wales’ number one No.1. The Cardiff prop now...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoChamp teams must hold on to players
READING letters, Sunday 14/4, Alec Jones makes a very valid point re Newcastle’s non relegation. Then alongside I see Exeter is...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoOutsiders aiming for a place in the final
Paul Rees looks ahead to the Champions Cup semi-finals where Quins and Saints are facing an uphill battle BEFORE this season’s...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWorboys repays Easter’s support
By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor secured promotion to the Championship last weekend and star man George Worboys thanks director of rugby Nick...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNavy set sights on retaining Babcock Trophy
NEWS EXTRA ROYAL Navy head coach Dave Pascoe hopes a tougher build-up to this season’s Inter Services Championship will ensure his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoScoring in Hell Fire Corner was great
My Life in Rugby with Greg Goodfellow - The former Cornwall, Chinnor, Redruth, Cornish Pirates, Coventry, Mounts Bay & Hawick scrum-half...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGreat to see Swiss move up the ladder
There will be a new name mixing it with the bigger teams in the Rugby Europe Championship next season after Switzerland...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLoughborough hold on to get it right this time
Men’s Final By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough............ 35pts Exeter.............................31pts LOUGHBOROUGH claimed their first ever BUCS Super Rugby Championship title, and first in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDale takes control as Hartpury make it three in a row
Women’s Final By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough............ 22pts Hartpury........................ 34pts HARTPURY University secured their third Women’s National League title in a row...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons hooker Jacob Oliver
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle Falcons have endured a dismal campaign in the Premiership but tyro hooker Jacob Oliver believes the future...
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Rugby Europe Championship
/ 2 years agoDefeated, but Ukraine show grit and pride
Special report STEVE HILL Switzerland was always going to be Ukraine’s toughest match of this three Test series and so it...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeguizamon’s off to a flying start at Pampas
By JOE SANTAMARIA Former London Irish back row Juan Manuel Leguizamón is enjoying a flying start to his coaching career with...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed’s double dream alive
Championship round-up BARGOED maintained momentum for a Championship league and cup double after a crushing 75-7 win at East division bottom...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoJIFF looks likely to play a vital role
JAMES HARRINGTON - FRENCH COLUMN It's logical – as the final stop-start sprint in a hard-fought Top 14 season begins –...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoKalling-Smith aiming for top
By JON NEWCOMBE Rams centre Axel Kalling-Smith has come out second-best with both club and country this season but he can...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHartpury hold off Loughborough fightback to seal hat-trick of titles
By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury……………………………………………..34 Tries: Dale 9, 40+2; Constable 17, Aspinall 22, Grizzle-Johnson 34, Veerkamp 80 Conversions: Manns 10, 80+1 Loughborough……………………………………22...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLoughborough stun Exeter to end long wait for title
By TOM JEFFREYS Exeter……………………………………………….31 Tries: J Gulley 29, Joseland 43, 68, 76 Conversions: McCaig 31, 44, 69, 77 Penalties: McCaig 12...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales legend Owens retires at 37
Former Wales captain Ken Owens has retired from professional rugby aged 37. The ‘Sheriff’ was the oldest ever-player to hold the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoWomen’s Lions sponsors will provide funding to avoid imbalance
A £3 million grant funded by Royal London will attempt to provide more balance among the Home Nations, ensuring the women’s...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMinnows in line for a World Cup boost
By JON NEWCOMBE World Rugby aims to streamline the Rugby World Cup qualification process to give non-high performance nations even more...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBaxter backs world club champs
By SAM JACKSON Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter welcomes plans for a new club world championship providing it is financially...
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Features
/ 2 years agoComing to grief on the road to Morocco
Mark Stevens talks to Exeter chairman Tony Rowe about his love of classic rallying across all corners of the world WIDELY...
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