All posts tagged "Championship"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCould Champions escape relegation?
THEREare suggestions that there may be no relegation from football’s Premier League this spring, in the wake of coronavirus. With the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoReplace Saracens with Newcastle then draw a line
THEperiod of ‘wait and see’ has passed and the RFU has made a decision regarding the future of their competitions. Now...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU declares end to the 2019-20 season in England
The Premiership has not been affected by the RFU's announcements
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoWhen Fran Cotton folded Paper, England’s Grand Slam was on
Brendan Gallagher recalls England's triumphant Five Nations Grand Slam in 1980
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 cancel league final and list criteria needed to return to action
The PRO14 has drawn a four-point criteria which must all be met to allow the season to resume
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens forward to move on loan to Premiership rival
TRP understands the forward is the latest player to move on loan - with Northampton Saints the destination
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSean O’Brien can take the Premiership by storm, says London Irish coach
Exiles forwards coach George Skivington also tips prop Harry Elrington to push for an England place in Japan
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Nottingham winger Jack Spittle
Jack Spittle walks Neale Harvey through three of his biggest pet hates in life
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoU20 World Championship in Italy set to be scrapped by World Rugby
France's defence of their 2019 title to be put on hold - reports
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLevelling up – Regionalised leagues would strengthen the club game
A lop-sided National One leaves the North-South divide looking uncertain
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPools panel may be created to decide final league positions
Football-style panels could convene to judge the results of unplayed matches
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBBC and ITV make last-ditch bid to keep Six Nations safe from paywall
Government intervention sees Six Nations become open to bid from the free-to-air broadcasters
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoPools panel may decide final league positions
By NEALE HARVEY Huge cost: Alistair Bow SOCCER-STYLE ‘pools panels’ could be convened to determine National League promotion and relegation issues...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Vunipolas are wanted by Super Rugby
Going Down Under? Billy Vunipola and, inset, Mako SARACENS brothers Billy and Mako Vunipola are attracting interest from Super Rugby sides...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIsiekwe will be a Saint for a season
NICK ISIEKWE is set to become the latest Saracens player to move out on loan when the club are playing in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhen Fran folded Paper, Slam was on
Brendan Gallagher looks back exactly 40 years to England’s great Grand Slam of 1980 Europe’s best: The 1980 England squad and,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCommunity clubs must speak up to instigate change
AS the concerted campaign against funding cuts for Championship clubs has shown, the RFU are sensitive to outside pressures. There are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoReferee Tempest is setting a great example
MARLON ZOGLOWEK TO THE letter published last week from junior referee Nick Loone, highlighting discrepancies in law enforcement, can I add...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths could be the man to save Tier 2
ED Griffiths could be making a comeback as a troubleshooter for the Championship, with the aim of securing finance for the...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales versus Scotland called off four hours after WRU said match would be played
WRU perform U-turn and decide to call Six Nations clash with Scotland off
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs centre Sam Hill to join Sale Sharks next season
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond has found his replacement for Cameron Redpath
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 suspended indefinitely in response to coronavirus pandemic
The PRO14 final was set to be played at the Cardiff City Stadium on June 20
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Features
/ 6 years agoThere’s not enough cash for a Tier Two
COLIN BOAG Honesty: Christophe Ridley refereeing Quins v Exeter Every so often you hear people praising New Zealand’s rugby model, and...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAustralian ace Reid signs at Kingsholm
EALING Trailfinders flanker Jordy Reid is the latest Championship star to step up into the Premiership after signing for Gloucester. The...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBlues are favourites to sign Saracens ace Tompkins
By STEFFAN THOMAS & ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF Blues have emerged as the leading contenders to sign new Wales centre Nick Tompkins...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRegionalised leagues would strengthen the club game
MARK NELSON LANCASHIRE COUNTY COACH Change is in the air apparently, the structure of league rugby in the English club game...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBargoed on the move at top of the table
Bargoed on the move at top of the table By CARL FIELD BARGOED moved to within five points of Pontypool at...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoIt just makes you regret that display in Paris
JEREMY GUSCOTT Impressive: Anthony Watson scored a superbly executed try ENGLAND have built on their performances week to week throughout this...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: It is about time CVC told us what they are up to
As CVC plot a takeover of major competitions in northern hemisphere rugby, Nick Cain writes about how little is known
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSix Nations to go behind Sky paywall for £300m
■ By PETER JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Taking over? Sky THE Six Nations is in ‘very real danger’ of vanishing from free-toair television...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand Prem and bring in playoffs
THE age old problem of to ring fence or not keeps rearing its ugly head. The fact Newcastle look likely to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFunds aren’t available to follow French route
Decline: Yorkshire Carnegie over-extened to fund huge wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images SO now the answer to English rugby’s problems is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRude welcome awaits
IN THE wake of RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney’s announcement to slash funding to the Championship and across the 2000+ clubs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards bedevils old employers
THE stupidity of the WRU in not giving Shaun Edwards a four-year extension came back to haunt them last week. The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPRO14 bid makes Blackett wait on Cov offer
Decision: Blackett COVENTRY look to have late competition in their bid to land Lee Blackett as they look to replace head...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIn-form Met bag bumper triumph at home
Championship & Division One round-up ■By CARL FIELD CARDIFF Met made it four straight wins to move up into third in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJarrod enjoying new voice in Wales camp
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES haven’t had the best of times in the Six Nations, but Jarrod Evans hopes his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTop 14 shun virus threat to go ahead on schedule
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive Yesterday’s Top 14 matches...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland ought to replicate the French system, says Grimoldby
Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby speaks of the gulf between the Championship and the Pro D2 in France, where he played for...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI’ll stay as long as Saracens want me to, says Alex Goode
Alex Goode comes to the defence of ex-Saracens chairman Nigel Wray, and says he wants to finish his career at the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Pro D2 can show the RFU how to run a second tier
Former Bath captain and Worcester DoR, Richard Hill, is currently in charge at Rouen in the second tier of French rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears’ Welsh exile Mat Protheroe signs for Ospreys
A player capable of making the move into Test rugby by playing under Wayne Pivac's nose?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Championship threaten to revive play-off system and add to Saracens woe
Life in the Championship next season might not be as straightforward as Saracens were expecting
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland Sevens captain Tom Mitchell feels change in the wind post-Tokyo Olympics
RFU cuts to the Championship have given rise to questions over the future of the England Sevens programme
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams verdict: Shaun Edwards is the difference between Wales and France
Shane Williams analyses France's first win in Cardiff for a decade
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-RFU chief raps cuts to Championship
Former RFU chairman Graeme Cattermole questions how the savings on the Championship budget cuts will be used elsewhere
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Six Nations
/ 6 years ago‘I wasn’t going to mess up that one’
SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg was delighted to bury the memory of his butchered try against Ireland – and even more pleased...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEx-RFU chief raps Tier Two cash cuts
By NICK CAIN ‘It’s poor’: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has added his criticism to the slashing cuts to Championship...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoChampions keep dream of a second Slam alive
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Threat: Theo Dan tries to break Decisive: Max O’Reilly scores Ireland’s fifth try as England’s George Barton closes...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoStrong second half sees Wales earn first victory
By SAM JACKSON MORGANStrong’s secondhalf try helped Wales to their first win of the championship – and their first over France...
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