All posts tagged "Championship"
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFright night for Falcons at electric Lady Bay
By ROB WILDMAN NEIL Fowkes told his Nottingham squad they must back up this performance in forthcoming trips to Yorkshire Carnegie...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJones brings the Russian Bear back to basics in bid to claim their first title
By JON NEWCOMBE RUSSIA head coach Lyn Jones says his team will adopt a win-atall costs mentality as they look to...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoWho would open their books for scrutiny?
Academy boys: Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje PICTURE: Getty Images Saracens, Saracens, Saracens, it seems that’s all this season has been...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBargoed get 7-up to keep heat on Pooler
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD BARGOED moved to within six points of Championship leaders Pontypool after running in seven tries...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoYoung Falcons are flying
DEAN Richards says the Championship is a fantastic breeding ground for young talent after Josh Hodge’s England call-up. The England U20...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDivert Tier Two funds to national leagues
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PICKING up the thread...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIt’s a slap in the face for Championship
IN the ongoing Saracens relegation saga, prominent figures such as Tony Rowe have insisted that all clubs in the Premiership must...
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Features
/ 6 years agoOverall, there is sadness at end of Saracens’ era
Magnificent: Maro Itoje scores as Saracens beat Racing with 14 men PICTURE: Getty Images THE Saracens salary cap story is a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoMurphy calls for more bravery
GEORDAN Murphy bemoaned a slow Leicester start as his team were pipped at the post by Tom Homer’s second try, after...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNigel Wray issues apology to Saracens as Premiership releases report into salary cap breach
Nigel Wray speaks out to clarify co-investments with players revealed in finer detail by the Dyson report
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Mystery of James Hook and the Wales No.10 shirt
Peter Jackson ponders why James Hook was rarely considered to play at outside half for Wales under Warren Gatland
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPlayer-head coach Joe Ford leaves Yorkshire Carnegie
Carnegie say Ford has left the Championship club to concentrate on his business activities away from rugby
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership Rugby finally break cover over Saracens farrago
Chief executive Darren Childs says Premiership Rugby acted to protect the integrity of the league
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Vindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Saracens
Nick Cain believes the punishment served to Saracens bears no relation to their crimes
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars
What will this mean for their England careers?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens have ‘tainted’ their success and should ‘repent’, says Bristol owner Lansdown
Bristol Bears owner Steve Lansdown lifts the lid on his displeasure at Saracens flouting salary cap rule
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
NEWCASTLE BACK ROW ROB FARRAR Rob Farrar might have forged a career in Rugby League or cricket had fate not taken...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoYes, the flying Falcons can stay unbeaten says Radwan
By JON NEWCOMBE Eye for the line: Adam Radwan NEWCASTLE won’t let up in their bid to make Championship history and...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNot even bogey ground can stop Ponty
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL enjoyed their first victory at the Gnoll since December 1991 – running in eight...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoCoventry sack Walshe after their Ampthill defeat
News By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE NICK Walshe has become the second coaching casualty of the Greene King Championship season. Walshe joins...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNo big-match jitters for strongman John
By STEFFAN THOMAS Rave reviews: WillGriff John is hoping to impress the Wales selectors PICTURES: Getty Images ON the eve of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSaracens, Europe and McConnochie: What’s in Sunday’s TRP?
Plenty of news, views, action and reaction in issue #592 of The Rugby Paper – here’s what features… SARACENS: Sarries risk...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLancaster: Davies right man to salvage Carnegie
By JON NEWCOMBE Mutual respect: Davies and Lancaster STUART Lancaster says Yorkshire Carnegie couldn’t have made a better appointment than bringing...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER NEW ZEALAND, BLUES, CHIEFS, WORCESTER, MUNSTER, SALE SHARKS AND COVENTRY CENTRE. SAM TUITUPOU WINNING Super Rugby in 2003 as...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTruelove saves the day for rocking Rhondda
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD REJUVENATED Ystrad Rhondda hauled themselves out of the bottom four after a memorable 20- 13...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoFarrell got away with another cheap shot
It seems that Saracens just cannot keep out of the headlines for all the wrong reasons, no matter what they do....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSearle becomes a Warrior
WORCESTER Warriors have signed fly-half Billy Searle from Wasps on a twoyear contract from the start of next season. Searle, 23,...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGloucester whizz-kid Louis Rees-Zammit can speed into Six Nations
Like many others at Gloucester, their rise gathered pace at Hartpury College
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps fly-half Billy Searle to switch to Worcester Warriors
"I'll continue to give my all to the jersey till the end of the season" - Billy Searle
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJordan Taufua urges Crusaders boss to follow him north
The Leicester Tigers flanker believes head coach Scott Robertson can boost his All Blacks aspirations by gracing the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe four players set to leave Saracens early as club seeks to balance up the books – reports
After the retirement of Nigel Wray, the reality of Saracens' £5.36m fine for breaching the salary cap appears to be taking...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChampionship chairman fears funding cuts to Tier Two
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow on the state of play between Championship clubs and the RFU, with the central funding agreement soon...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBow fears funding cut could hit Tier Two
By NEALE HARVEY Concern: Alistair Bow NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow says hard-up Championship sides are being forced to put recruitment plans...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoMoaning Chiefs sound like sore losers
EXETER’S 14-7 win over Saracens last weekend was well-deserved thanks to a fierce defensive effort and their ability to take their...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMighty Pooler’s victory is their 60th in a row
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD RUTHLESS Pontypool ran in ten tries as they inflicted a crushing 62-14 home defeat on...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWhizz kid Rees-Zammit is speeding into Six Nations
By NEALE HARVEY WING sensation Louis Rees-Zammit has the talent and mental strength to take a Wales call-up in his stride,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEaling eager for Codling
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE ALEX Codling is in talks with Ealing Trailfinders about rejoining them as head coach for next season....
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLochore brought true style on and off the field
SIR BRIAN LOCHORE (Wairarapa-Bush and New Zealand) Died August 3, aged 78 ALL BLACKnumber 637. One of the New Zealand greats...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEagles must hope Irish don’t poach 20st man
THE US Eagles – slightly downcast at not doing themselves justice at RWC2019 but generally on an upward curve – are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoConference call
FOLLOWING CVC involvement maybe we will see an integrated British League. It could consist of six conferences of four teams split...
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Features
/ 6 years agoChiefs ‘have learnt how to rule Europe’
Are Exeter Chiefs ready to win the Heineken Champions Cup? NEALE HARVEY talks to two of their coaches who believe their...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoHill: Grind of club rugby is killing player numbers
By NEALE HARVEY RICHMONDdirector of rugby Steve Hill claims player numbers will “fall off a cliff” unless the amount of rugby...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s
Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot - and we mean, a lot - of rugby this decade. So we asked him...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Nations aim to draw £750m TV mega deal as CVC near stakeholding
Could the era of free-to-air Six Nations viewing be coming to an end?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Rugby as Wales’ national sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
Can we expect a full house at any of the regions' this festive period?
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSuper sub provides the Bright spark for Scottish
By TOM INNES THE ultimate in impact substitutions saw veteran No.8 Mark Bright claim the winning try for London Scottish within...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWelch has willpower to quench Trailfinders
By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE took a giant stride towards reclaiming their Premiership place with a hard-working display which, coupled with some...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEmotions run high over death of ‘Ibou’
French rugby this week mourned 2013 Top 14 champion Ibrahim Diarra, who died on Wednesday at the age of 36. A...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFirst-half blitz earns Newcastle No1 billing
By LUKE JARMYN A FIRST-HALF try-double from lock Sean Robinson put Newcastle on course for a resounding win to claim the...












