All posts tagged "Fin Smith"
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoMike Tindall: R360 will transform our game
Mike Tindall says delaying Rugby R360 until after the 2027 World Cup was the right decision, insisting the breakaway competition can...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoRugby brain injury case faces High Court ruling
More than 500 former rugby union and rugby league players are fighting attempts to strike out part of their landmark brain...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 weeks agoFin Smith urges England to keep building after attacking breakthrough
Fin Smith believes England’s attack is starting to click after their Nations Championship summer but says they must keep improving when...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoFin Smith admits England must solve discipline issues
Fin Smith says England must eliminate their costly discipline problems after Steve Borthwick’s side collected four more yellow cards in the...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoEngland should learn from Saints
That’s how to do it: Saints with the Prem trophy AS A dyed in the wool Saints fan, I thought it...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoJoe has a tough task at Worcester
WORCESTER: a blast from the past with both eyes on the future. How else to explain the appointment of a figure...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: Super Northampton Saints at their swashbuckling best
Justice was done at a packed Franklin’s Gardens on Friday night when Northampton, the best team in the league over the...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoNick Cain: At the top level, Northampton Saints’ young guns have a bit to learn
When the European Cup reaches the last eight thankfully it has shed the hangers-on who finish in the lower end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoPhil Dowson concerned over Fin Smith injury after Northampton Saints beat Saracens
Phil Dowson hailed his Northampton Saints side for navigating through the early loss of fly-half Fin Smith on route to securing...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoEngland ‘superstar’ Henry Pollock joins Eddie Hearn’s agency
Henry Pollock’s rapid rise continues off the field as well as on it after the England back row signed a major...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: “Henry Pollock is made for YouTube” – Six Nations Round Two ft Andrew Forde
In this week’s episode of The Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by the king of rugby compilations,...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoMissing from big kick-off
EIGHT props will be missing from the starting grid for the Six Nations. All will be back, some later than sooner,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoNorthampton Saints 66-21 Harlequins: Splendid Saints go back to the top of pile
Northampton Saints swept back to the top of the Prem table last night thanks to some outstanding spells of attacking rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoNorthampton Saints 47-21 Sale Sharks: Josh Kemeny shines as Saints sink Sharks
Henry Pollock shone once more but was remarkably overshadowed by his back row colleague Josh Kemeny, who scored a wonder try...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoPhil Dowson: I’d love to keep George Furbank at Northampton Saints
Phil Dowson thought long and hard before signing a new contract at Northampton Saints and believes players should also carefully consider...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoBristol Bears 46-12 Northampton Saints: Bears run riot to end Saints unbeaten start
Ashton Gate again proved a graveyard for Northampton Saints as their unbeaten start to the season came to an abrupt halt...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoGeorge Ford wins England fly-half battle against Fin Smith for Australia clash
George Ford has edged Fin Smith in their battle for England fly-half duties against Australia with Marcus Smith missing the Allianz...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoNewcastle Red Bulls 19-36 Northampton Saints: Alex Coles puts on a show as Saints get a grip
While England are well stocked in most areas, one position where the shelves are fairly thin is second row, but Alex...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoGlad that Ford has no time for R360
HATS off to George Ford. Again. It’s reaching the stage where there’s no point putting on the hat in the first...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoEd Slater calls for more research into MND
Ed Slater has urged the government to increase funding for research into motor neurone disease after England 2003 World Cup winner...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoDowson concern for injured Freeman
NORTHAMPTON boss Phil Dowson reported England wing Tommy Freeman had suffered a bruised hip which forced him off after half-time. Dowson...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoNew deal will keep Smith at Saints
ENGLAND and British & Irish Lions fly-half Fin Smith has signed a multiyear contract extension with Northampton. The 23-year-old, who has...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoThame carries on great tradition
TOBY Thame, a recent Academy graduate who has just spent nine months rehabbing from a serious knee injury, has become the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoTommy Freeman tipped to be superstar by Lions coach
Lions assistant coach Andrew Goodman has tipped Tommy Freeman for superstardom after working with the England wing in Australia. Goodman, Ireland’s...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoBritish and Irish Lions: It’s like the good old days says Owen Farrell
Owen Farrell has caught up with two long-term rivals on the current Lions tour in Johnny Sexton and Finn Russell and...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoPaul Rees: British and Irish Lions Player Ratings against Argentina
1. ELLIS GENGE Fired up from the start, won scrum penalties and was in rampaging form in the loose - the...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Kayde Sylvester
Kayde Sylvester, the Cambridge and former Northampton Saints second row, chooses the best XV he has played with or against 1....
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoNick Cain: Henry Pollock needs to wise up – old pros will be keen to take him out
Henry Pollock’s upward trajectory has been so stellar that there was always going to be a queue of gnarled old pros...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNorthampton Saints 28-26 Saracens: Saints fightback hits Sarries play-off hope
By Brendan Gallagher Northampton Saints ..... 28pts Tries: Kemeny 8, Haffar 59, 80; Penalty 71 Conversions: Smith 9, Hutchinson 59, 80+1...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoSaints deserve to be given medal for this impressive hat-trick
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Quality: Tommy Freeman dives in to score against...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoLeinster 34-37 Northampton Saints: Tommy Freeman hat-trick ignites stunning Saints
By Adam Hathaway Leinster ...........................34pts Tries: O’Brien 17, Van der Flier 25, 58; Doris 58, Lowe 69 Conversions: Prendergast 25, 47,...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNorthampton Saints 48-31 Bristol Bears: Alex Mitchell gets Saints in mood for Leinster
By Rob Wildman Northampton Saints ..... 48pts Tries: Mitchell 12, Langdon 19, Freeman 23, 36; Iyogun 46, Augustus 59, Pollock 76...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoRampaging Northampton Saints set up Leinster showdown
Beating Leinster in Dublin might sound like Mission Impossible but Northampton Saints fly-half Fin Smith insists playing the ‘Saints’ way is...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSix Nations: England’s warriors end Scottish curse
By Adam Hathaway England skipper Maro Itoje hailed his side’s warrior spirit as they reclaimed the Calcutta Cup at Twickenham yesterday...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTom James: From the start, Fin Smith was destined to make it to the top
By Paul Rees Tom James realised almost instantly that Fin Smith was destined for the top when the outside-half arrived at...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWe must up-speed the novices, says Henry Slade
By Adam Hathaway Henry Slade admits England have been learning on the job and it is up to older heads to...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoTom Seabrook hat-trick as Northampton Saints edge a thriller over Munster
By Rob Wildman Northampton ................... 34pts Tries: Seabrook 13, 48, 67; Langdon 40, Ramm 54 Conversions: Smith 40, 54, 67 Penalty:...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoOllie Lawrence’s play-acting was shameful to watch
Ollie Lawrence’s sham injury in the closing minutes of a knife-edge finish between Northampton and Bath at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFin Smith’s last-minute penalty lifts Northampton Saints over Bath in Premiership final rematch
By Charlie Elliott Northampton Saints edged out Bath in a nine-try thriller at Franklin Gardens, with a last-gasp Fin Smith penalty...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoAlex Mitchell & Fin Smith get Northampton Saints back on track
By Rob Wildman Northampton .................... 61pts Tries: Coles 5, Davison 8, 10; Mitchell 15, Kemeny 30, Freeman 37, Pearson 53, 56;...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPhil Dowson: No more of Jekyll and Hyde
Northampton boss Phil Dowson wants his team to stop being a “Jekyll and Hyde” outfit after some mixed form so far...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCenturion Mitchell goes back to where it all began
Ton up: Alex Mitchell ALEX Mitchell will mark a century of appearances in the Premiership today – against the same side...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCenturion Mitchell goes back to where it all began
Ton up: Alex Mitchell ALEX Mitchell will mark a century of appearances in the Premiership today – against the same side...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoHenry Pollock wins Phil Dowson’s backing
Northampton boss Phil Dowson has tipped Henry Pollock to thrive in Pretoria against the Bulls in next week’s Champions Cup clash....
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPhil Dowson: We didn’t stand up for fight
Northampton boss Phil Dowson admitted Gloucester “had a point to prove” and that his men “didn’t stand up for the fight”....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoOjo: Fin wasn’t played enough
■ By CAMERON STEPHENS TOPSY Ojo believes that England’s lack of experimenting in the Autumn Nations Series meant that they didn’t...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCarr-Smith is happy to play the long game at Bath
By JON NEWCOMBE WHILE two of his cohorts from England U20 rugby have enjoyed a meteoric rise since their age-grade days...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPhil Dowson relieved to get over line
Northampton boss Phil Dowson said “relief ” was his biggest feeling after Exeter had fought back to give Saints a late...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPhil Dowson says Northampton Saints must forget Courtney Lawes
Northampton boss Phil Dowson has told his squad to get used to life without Courtney Lawes in a hurry ahead of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoEngland squad shocked after resignations of key coaching duo
Defence coach Felix Jones and head of strength and conditioning Aled Walters are moving on for pastures new. England players have...
International Rugby
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International Rugby
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