All posts tagged "Championship"
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoRFU funds needed to maintain leagues
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The way it was: a great Championship clash between Ealing Trailfinders and...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Gun: Worcester Warriors centre Oli Morris
Oli Morris discusses his ambitions for the new Premiership season and divulges in how his Warriors career started with a trip...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoO’Brien brings know-how to Park
■By WARREN MUGGLETON LONDON Irish flanker and former Ireland international Sean O’Brien has joined National League 1 Rosslyn Park as a...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRonan O’Gara’s diamonds can come up trumps | James Harrington
James Harrington previews the new Top 14 season and sees promise in La Rochell's hopes of banishing heartbreak in the final
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/ 5 years agoChick: Falcons aim to start fast and not fade
■By ADAM HATHAWAY NEWCASTLE back rower Callum Chick says the Falcons will be flying when their Premiership campaign kicks off against...
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/ 5 years agoLast man standing Moon eyes more glory
■By PAUL REES AND then there was one. Ben Moon is the last survivor from the squad that won Exeter promotion...
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/ 5 years agoAmps turn set-piece power into points to clinch win
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ..........40 Bedford ............38 AMPTHILL recovered from a first quarter bashing to clinch this keenly contested derby between...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders 34-29 Gloucester: Uzokwe at the double to down Gloucester
First blood to Ealing ahead of their reverse fixture with Gloucester next week at Kingsholm
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/ 5 years agoMorgan opts for Warriors coaching gig
LONG-SERVING Cornish Pirates player and coach Chris Morgan is leaving the Championship club to take a coaching role at Worcester’s academy....
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/ 5 years agoNational League shake-up may be on its way
Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank
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Features
/ 5 years agoTigers tie up gives kids route through
Paul Rees finds out more about Nottingham’s new partnership with Leicester Tigers Nottingham were among the leading clubs in England 30...
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/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers team with Lichfield
LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby....
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy no fixtures out yet for URC?
ONE month to go and still no word of the fixtures for the opening round of the United Rugby Championship. At...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe magnificent men of England’s swinging 20s
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI can’t wait for Gareth Anscombe to return, but go slowly! | Shane Williams
The Wales fly-half is back in full training at the Ospreys ahead of the autumn
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Features
/ 5 years agoName-change for Cardiff is a home-coming for legend Peter
Q&A ON THE RECORD PETER THOMAS Benefactor: Peter Thomas is Cardiff’s geatest backer Peter Thomas played for Cardiff in the 1960s...
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/ 5 years agoThe Scarlets rebuild under Dwayne Peel and Sean Fitzpatrick
By STEFFAN THOMAS SEAN Fitzpatrick is confident the Scarlets can turn their fortunes around under new head coach Dwayne Peel, but...
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/ 5 years agoArgentina 10-29 South Africa: Handre Pollard puts boot into the misfiring Pumas telling
A penalty-ridden affair sees the Springboks beat the Pumas for the second-straight week
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/ 5 years agoShane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery
The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHenry Trinder opts for Ampthill over top flight return
The Gloucester stalwart discusses his return to English rugby in the Championship with Ampthill, where he will start coaching as well...
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/ 5 years agoCut subs to force front five to get fit, says Cardiff S&C guru Trystan Bevan
Trystan Bevan shares the view of Ian McGeechan and Willie John McBride that the number of replacements must be reduced
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/ 5 years agoCardiff strive for more with Bok four looming
CARDIFF chairman Alun Jones has told his team and Welsh rugby as a whole they will have to raise their game...
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/ 5 years agoNew Zealand 57-22 Australia: Rampant All Blacks race to record score
Ben Jaycock reports on the All Blacks claiming the Bledisloe Cup for another year
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSilence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams
Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Gloucester back row Josh Gray
Last March, Eddie Jones invited seven players from the England U20s camp to train with the senior team during the Six...
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/ 5 years agoQuins off to a flyer with big cup upset
Welsh Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS MAESTEG Harlequins stunned Neath to record a shock 32-23 home victory over the Welsh...
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/ 5 years agoWELSH RESULTS
WRU CHAMPIONSHIP CUP: GROUP 1: Cross Keys 13 - 33 Bargoed GROUP 2: Cardiff Met 47 - 22 Beddau GROUP 3:...
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/ 5 years agoWelsh Premiership: Dead-eye Jones kicks Bargoed to first round win
TWO penalties from Steffan Jones enabled Bargoed to launch their WRU Championship Cup campaign with a 13-7 home win over Bedwas....
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams
The new recruit at the Mennaye tells Adam Ellis how his past as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion is still present in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBrookes in to power up Toulon set-piece | James Harrington
A Toulouse-like revival at Toulon doesn't look set to happen this season on paper
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAgreeing to Prem divorce amounts to rugby treason
I COULDN’T agree more with Ian Stein’s letter of last week regarding Exeter chairman Tony Rowe. So Mr Rowe now wants...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoThe Championship Team of the Season 2021: Ryan Burrows hits record high five
Jon Newcombe reveals the Championship Team of the Season 2021, as voted by the league's head coaches
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/ 5 years agoBarritt: ‘Owen and the gang will be back in title mix’
What are the expectations for Saracens ahead of their Premiership return? Adam Hathaway asked former captain Brad Barritt
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJonker’s call is bonkers and insult to the Lions | Nick Cain
The appointment of Marius Jonker as TMO for a series between the Springboks and Lions is farcical
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoAll Blacks tell Wales: We’re still coming OK
A major boost for the WRU as the All Blacks reiterate their commitment to the autumn Test at the Principality
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/ 5 years agoBlues power up the front row
BEDFORD Blues have bolstered their options at loosehead with the former Ireland U20s international Joey Conway. Conway, 23, was part of...
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/ 5 years agoZander Fagerson agrees extension at Glasgow Warriors
The British & Irish Lions prop has signed a long-term contract at the Scotstoun club
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/ 5 years agoRowe: RFU must help clubs bridge gap to Prem
By PAUL REES TONY Rowe believes there should be a route into the Premiership for aspiring Championship clubs when the suspension...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHardest job was getting ‘Dommers’ off cakes! | Peter Jackson
Cardiff Met director of rugby Danny Milton talks to Peter Jackson about Alex Dombrandt's time in BUCS Super Rugby
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Gun: Cornish Pirates flanker Will Gibson
Will Gibson was involved with the academy at Exeter Chiefs before heading to Cardiff Met, signing a one-year deal at Pirates...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMighty Mouse can put a scare into giant Boks | Nick Cain
Hamish Watson can be the force that brings down the Springboks at the breakdown, writes Nick Cain
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRFU must take heed of Baron’s warning
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk YOUR recent ‘Baron Files’...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDaly’s lucky Lions number is looking like 13 against Boks
Nick Cain discusses the versatile roles Elliot Daly is able to play with his Saracens attack coach Kevin Sorrell, and whether...
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/ 5 years agoMore players are keen to get back say Rams
■By PAUL REES FEARS that players would desert rugby after 16 months of restrictions imposed by the pandemic and leave the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Kieran Murphy: Insulted in French, but I couldn’t understand!
The former Scarlets, Brive, London Welsh and Ealing Trailfinders will head for a job in the City
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/ 5 years agoWyles: Saracens will make top-flight tasty next season
Former Saracens Premiership winner Chris Wyles says the club have 'done their time' and should expect to challenge once again
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship may get new Thursday night TV slot
PREMIER Sports believe a successful Lions tour would help them achieve a breakthrough in England as they extend their rugby coverage...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGrassroots game must get fairer funding | Jeff Probyn
When I sat on the RFU council, no matter what was happening in the rugby world the CEO’s review of the...
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/ 5 years agoNational Leagues get online show to shine spotlight on 48 member clubs
NATIONAL League rugby is set for its own weekly highlights show, with part of the proceeds generated going back to its...
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/ 5 years agoPassion of the fans got me hooked on my first outing
By WARREN MUGGLETON who is hosting the The National League Rugby Review Show My first experience of National League Rugby came...
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