All posts tagged "Championship"
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Features
/ 6 years agoCanada are already aiming at RWC 2023!
Steffan Thomas meets the Canadian coach Gruff Rees to discuss RWC 2019 IT HAS been eight years since Canada won a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCardiff Uni lose Davies to Bridgend
By ROB COLE CARDIFF University are looking for a new director of rugby following the departure of Alun Wyn Davies to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoMelville: Carnege’s fate is still in the balance
By JON NEWCOMBE RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville says the future of Yorkshire Carnegie as a Championship club is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSquare pegs not wanted
ONCE again I open up the pages of TRP and see all doom and gloom, well nearly all. If it’s not...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBates is a big miss
IT’S a shame to see the RFU lose another top coach as England U20 boss Steve Bates follows Dean Ryan out...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDeano lands lock De Chaves
NEWCASTLE have signed lock Sebastian de Chaves from London Irish on a oneyear deal. De Chaves, 28, was born in South...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks pick Reece ahead of Naholo
STEVE Hansen has named four new caps in a 39-man squad for the Rugby Championship but there is no place for...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 6 years agoLealiifano back for Wallabies after cancer
By SAM JACKSON Recall: Brumbies captain Christian Lealiifano Out: James O’Connor CHRISTIANLealiifano is back in the Wallabies set-up for the first...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 6 years agoBoks take it slow with captain Kolisi
Injured: Siya Kolisi SOUTH Africa will ease Siya Kolisi back into action this summer with the injured team captain likely to...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 6 years agoErasmus’ squad can do serious damage
New star at No.9: Herschel Jantjies For the first time since 2015, there was no South African representation in the Super...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPlay-offs fly in face of player welfare
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Favourites: Newcastle are expected to earn promotion to the 13-team Premiership PICTURE:...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoOverseeing the development of Delon Armitage and Charlie Ewels has been one of my proudest achievements, says Toby Booth
In this lengthy feature, we talk to the departing Bath assistant coach about his time at the Rec and his past...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRelegation holds back young talent warns Newcastle Falcons Darren Barry
The new arrival at Kingston Park shares his reasoning for ring-fencing the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: The week that was for Eddie Jones and Leicester Tigers
Jeff Probyn reflects on Leicester Tigers being put up for £60m
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks to partner with troubled Yorkshire Carnegie?
There are concerns for the future of Carnegie's famed academy after members agree CVA
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStan opts for South West over Coventry
EXETER Chiefs have signed Harlequins forward Stan South from under the noses of Coventry. The 22-year-old, who can play either at...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRivals say Carnegie could still go down
By JON NEWCOMBE RIVAL clubs believe that Yorkshire Carnegie could still be relegated from the Championship even though their members have...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRocky road puts Ilnicki on the champagne trail
By JON NEWCOMBE Champs: Jake Ilnicki, circled, and Seawolves team-mates celebrate their title success Negotiator: Tom Beattie MAJOR League Rugby champion...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWard determined to help put Ampthill on the map
By NEALE HARVEY Ambition: Paul Turner Relief: Dave Ward DAVE Ward says he is hugely relieved to have found a new...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoIrish are fully Loaded for Premiership onslaught
Big potential: Ben Loader Leinster great: Sean O’Brien England wing prospect Ben Loader cannot wait for Super Rugby star Waisake Naholo...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoU20s give blueprint for the senior game
THEU20s World Championship was a good competition with many countries setting out their stall for the future. The competition is also...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoREVEALED: Sneak peek at GK IPA Championship fixtures 2019-20
The Rugby Paper can reveal who all fixtures on the opening and final day of the Championship season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMore Fijians on their way to Scotland as Mesu Dolokoto signs for Glasgow Warriors
Dolokoto becomes latest player to join Glasgow Warriors, with Edinburgh already recruiting heavily from Fiji
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Featured
/ 6 years agoAlex Dombrandt almost quit rugby over two sucker punches
The Harlequins and England World Cup bolter was twice the victim of assault when playing in Wales
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoDombrandt nearly quit over pitch assaults
By PETER JACKSON ENGLANDWorld Cup bolter Alex Dombrandt almost gave the game up because of two ‘dreadful incidents’ during his three-year...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoKarkadze breaks Fiji hearts
Georgia …12 Fiji …8 GEORGIA held on to their status for next year’s U20 Championship in Italy with a pulsating finish...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland battle to win despite yellow to win
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Match-winner: Tom Willis Proud: Fraser Dingwall TOM Willis scored an injury time try to secure victory for England...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoOutpowered Scotland left facing the axe
Scotland…19 Italy…26 SCOTLAND slumped to their fourth straight defeat amid the rain and thunder in Rosario. Carl Hogg’s side trailed 14-7...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDombrandt leap as big as Olympic hero Lynn
This time last year the English rugby public at large had never heard of Alex Dombrandt, let alone seen him in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYes we want promotion but only when it’s on fairer terms
Q&A ALISTAIR BOW ON THE RECORD With Championship finances precarious and the future structure of top-flight professional rugby under review, Nottingham...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEQP system is not working, the figures are a fudge
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME England qualified: Nathan Hughes came to the Premiership before he was capped...
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Features
/ 6 years agoShingler’s key to the Griffiths masterplan at London Welsh
By NEALE HARVEY Brains trust: Cai Griffiths and Stephen Shingler LONDONWelsh director of rugby Cai Griffiths hopes the addition of Ealing...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoDingwall frustrated by England’s ill-discipline
■By ADAM ELLIS Leader: Fraser Dingwall ENGLAND will grit their teeth in the hope of making it third time lucky against...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoThomas-Wheeler targets more big scalps in bid for fifth
■By ALEX BYWATER WALES U20’s most infamous clash with the Baby Blacks saw them hammered 92-0 in 2011. A side including...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGilmore boys are gunning for glory
Rousing finish: Fraser McReight scored a late try for Australia AUSTRALIAhave reached the final of an U20 Championship only once, a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHill’s enjoying high life again after painful axe
NEALE HARVEY talks to former England star Richard Hill about his success in France Building a legacy in Normandy: Richard Hill...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEQP rate proves our deal is working – Winstanley
By NEALE HARVEY English core: Saracens lead the way in Premiership. Phil Winstanley PREMIERSHIP Rugby has shot down suggestions that its...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBring final to Redruth
COLINBoag’s headline last week on the Baa-Baa’s “sideshow to the final” was bang-on; except, the real final was later on that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIt’s not a bottomless pit so spend wisely to safeguard future
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SO much in this...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGriffiths off to Ospreys
THE OSPREYS are close to agreeing a deal that will see them sign former England U20 centre Tom Griffiths. The 23-year-old,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoShepherd guides Cornwall to the title after Raumakita steps in
CORNWALL won their first men’s county championship in three years in a thrilling repeat of their 2016 final against Cheshire. Yorkshire...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoChampionship clubs tell Prem: You can’t ride roughshod over us
PREMIERSHIP Rugby faces a battle to get plans for a 13-team top-flight over the line after Championship clubs rejected an initial...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBaa-baas were sideshow compared to the Final
COLIN BOAG Beanfest: An England XV beat the Barbarians 51-43 The feast of rugby at Twickenham last weekend had something for...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoPumitas in seven heaven
Argentina………41 Fiji …………………14 ARGENTINA put on a show in front of the home crowd in Santa Fe by beating Fiji 41-14...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGloucester add to centre ranks with addition of Chris Harris
More variation in Gloucester's midfield for next season
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoVIDEO: 14-man England undone by Ireland in U20 World Championship opener
Two yellow cards and one red card cost England U20s in tussle for victory in Argentina
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Yorkshire Carnegie facing oblivion after failure to pay debts
Yorkshire Carnegie and chief executive Gary Hetherington issue statement after TRP's story
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Features
/ 7 years agoExiles’ jolly green giant Josh is hoping for England call at Bath
Leading from the front: Captain Josh McNally touches down for London Irish against Hartpury PICTURE: Getty Images Big moment: Josh McNally...
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