All posts tagged "Championship"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCanada fly-half joins Ealing Trailfinders
Ealing Trailfinders have confirmed the signing of Canadian international Shane O’Leary from Connacht. The fly-half arrives at Vallis Way with four...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoI joined Irish because of Venter says Franco
By NEALE HARVEY SECOND row enforcer Franco van der Merwe has revealed why the lure of working under South African legend...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoChampionship is tough life now says Reihana
Force to be reckoned with: Saints flyer Bruce Reihana hands off a young Jonny May in 2010 PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
NEIL MASON THE FORMER WORCESTER AND MOSELEY FLANKER As a competitive back-row forward, there is always going to be a thin...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
FREDDIE GABBITASS RICHMOND FLY-HALF What do you make of you first two games? For whatever reason we didn’t turn up against...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGriffiths out to put pressure on star names
By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS midfield starlet Tom Griffiths has vowed to make up for lost time after recovering from a freak...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNarberth salvage honour of away teams
SWALEC Championship round-up By JOE REES NARBERTH were the only team to come up trumps away from home in the Championship...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDickson targets top-flight debut in November
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson has stated his desire to officiate at the highest level after impressing on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWilson eyes Bedford link
JAMES WILSON could join the growing clan of ex-Northampton players at Championship side Bedford. The 34-year-old wing/full-back was one of a...
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Featured
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: John Barnes – Hartpury College Director of Rugby
How did pre-season go? We came back earlier than we normally do but we had to given the step up to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoJake: I’m still Sharp enough to reach the top
By NEALE HARVEY GIFTED London Scottish fly-half Jake Sharp reckons he can still force his way into the Premiership despite appearing...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
GARATH ARCHER THE FORMER NEWCASTLE, BRISTOL AND ENGLAND LOCK. Despite the fact my dad played on the wing for Gosforth when...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMadigan hoping Schmidt links keep in Ireland frame
By ALEX BYWATER IAN Madigan is refusing to give up on his Ireland dream, despite plying his trade in the English...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStudents fill the bin but secure the win
By ROB COLE SWALEC Championship round-up CARDIFFMetmade light of two yellow cards in the first half to run out 32-15 winners...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCarnegie will never be same as Leinster
IN LASTSunday’s TRP Jon Newcombe quotes Yorkshire Carnegie coowner Jon Wright: “Although Yorkshire is a county, we see the team as...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: So why has rugby just gone north in the North?
Sale entertain Newcastle on Friday night in the big northern derby – or the Sharks play the Falcons if you prefer...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoIrish have the culture to survive says Narraway
Former London Irish back rower Luke Narraway reckons the behind-the-scenes culture being created by coaching supremos Brendan Venter and Nick Kennedy...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Fearns in Les Bleus? C’est un outrage!
The thought of Carl Fearns becoming a surrogate Frenchman fills me with dread. This is not so much because the Lyon-based...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoChampionship better than A-League – Melville
Nigel Melville has cast doubt on Premiership proposals to create a fully blown A-League competition from season 2018-19. The RFU‘s director...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoThe struggles of Premiership rugby in the North West
SALE entertain Newcastle on Friday night in the big northern derby – or the Sharks play the Falcons if you prefer...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMelville: Championship better than A-League
By NEALE HARVEY Option: Nigel Melville NIGEL Melville has cast doubt on Premiership proposals to create a fully blown A-League competition...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCarnegie still harbour a vision of greatness
By JON NEWCOMBE Mastermind: Sir Ian McGeechan is looking after the academy IN the week that Yorkshire Carnegie put out a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTrebanos show no fear after the big move up
SWALEC Championship round-up By ROB COLE TREBANOS got their WRU National Championship campaign off to a flying start with a bonus...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew boys Croesy get off to a flier with a bonus
SWALEC Division One round-up By JOE REES NEW boys Croesyceiliog made a great start to life in Division 1 East as...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoIrish have the culture to survive says Narraway
By NEALE HARVEY Hope: Luke Narraway FORMER London Irish back rower Luke Narraway reckons the behind-thescenes culture being created by coaching...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks could call time on Cheika’s reign
COLIN BOAG Crunch time: Michael Cheika faces a difficult match in Perth It has been open season on Australian rugby for...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTom goes toe to toe against his old pals
By GUY WILLIAMS A WEEK today, when Rotherham launch their Championship campaign at home against Nottingham, will be an emotional experience...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoThe green, green grass of home is down to Max
PETER JACKSON Max Boyce casts his mind back to the early Sixties and runs through his playing career at Glynneath. It...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBristol pay differentials won’t cause disharmony says Lam
By NEALE HARVEY Probyn: Marler shows value of old-fashioned drinking! BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam insists that motivation will prove no issue...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHartpury so close to a mighty scalp
By JAMES CANDY Gloucester …41 Hartpury …33 CALLUM Braley spared Gloucester’s blushes as they escaped with a narrow win over Championship...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBedford strength tells but Club show their spirit
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …21 Bedford…38 THE pace and physicality of the Championship side succeeded in the end as Bedford scored...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWe’re ready now says Kennedy as Irish run riot over brave Richmond
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish supremo Nick Kennedy declared his promoted side ready for Premiership duty after a convincing victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWedlake injury overshadows Plymouth pluck
By MARTIN WOOLLATT Pirates …22 Plymouth …14 ALTHIOUGH it was a pre-season friendly, this first cross-Tamar derby since March 2015 brought...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRichmond set for the drop. Sorry!
Former England scrum-half and London Scottish coach Pete Richards looks ahead to the Greene King Championship season Super talent: Bristol signing...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIt won’t be a cakewark for Cov’s cash warns Brightwell
NICK VERDIER previews the battle for promotion from National One where big-spending Coventry start as favourites Birmingham Moseley back-rower Chris Brightwell...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWallabies fire out a warning to Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WROTE last week how Wales must look at this year’s Rugby Championship and take...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThe Bok who gave Meads his toughest challenge
THROUGHOUT his career Colin Meads was frequently asked who his toughest and most feared opponent was and although the likes of...
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20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Arthur Ellis – Ealing Trailfinders openside
How has pre-season been going? Everyone is pretty excited to get started and play some games now after a lot of...
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Guest Blogs
/ 8 years agoFive reasons why the Rugby Super League is worth betting on
While betting has seeped into almost every sport such as football and horse racing, rugby is still considered to be relatively...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoYes, it looks like something is really starting to happen for Coetzee’s Springboks
By NICK VERDIER SOUTHAfrica did not have it all their own way like they did against France in the June Test...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPortuguese pathfinder Vieira quits Italy for Rotherham
IT’S A brave decision to swap the sunshine of the Portuguese coast for industrial South Yorkshire, but that’s the choice of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMorahan happy Bristol match his ambitions
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Wallabies star Luke Morahan reckons Bristol’s signing of former All Black Charles Piutau has reinforced his decision...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBedford toughening up for promotion bid
BEDFORD player-coach Alex Rae reckons adding grit to his side’s traditional running game will ensure Championship favourites Bristol do not have...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGrace: Plymouth can make mark in six-way title race
By NEALE HARVEY RETURNING Plymouth back rower Eoghan Grace reckons his side are ready to give big-spending Coventry a run for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoProtheroe stars in first half before Scarlets bring on the heavy mob
By STEFFAN THOMAS Bristol…26 Scarlets …33 SCARLETS scored 21 unanswered points to inflict a second preseason defeat on Bristol. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoPremiership planning for 22-match A-League
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER chief Simon Cohen says he would welcome plans to revamp the Premiership A-League by making it a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYarde ‘hurt’ by Eddie’s snub says Kingston
By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins…47pts Jersey Reds…21pts JOHN Kingston admits Marland Yarde is “hurting” after being snubbed by Eddie Jones again for...












