All posts tagged "Gloucester"
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoSlater glad to be back among the heavy mob
Ed Slater insists he left Leicester on his own terms after agreeing to be part of the controversial swap deal that...
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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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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNew laws bring try bonanza declares O’Connor
By JON NEWCOMBE LEICESTER head coach Matt O’Connor says the Aviva Premiership’s record-breaking start did not come as a surprise to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCrossword
ACROSS 1. Gloucester’s Kiwi-born scrum-half in England’s 2017 training squads (5) 3. US Eagles back-row man released by Cardiff Blues this...
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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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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPurdy signals it’s May-day for rivals
By NEALE HARVEY Physical presence: Henry Purdy scores against Bristol PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER wing Henry Purdy is ready to fill...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCrossword
ACROSS 6. Australia’s most-capped second-row forward (6) 7. Continent whose RFU national members include Guam and Kazakhstan (4) 8. Black bird...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSlater can propel Gloucester to top 6
IT didn’t take long for Ed Slater to show exactly what Gloucester have gained and what Leicester will be missing this...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSarries to face Saints in European opener
Two in a row: Saracens win the Europen Champions Cup last season CHAMPIONS CUP ROUND 1 FIXTURES Friday October 13 Ulster...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEnd of the road for Will Fraser
WILL Fraser has announced his retirement from professional rugby after failing to recover from a neck injury. The Saracens openside has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoI can’t wait for the Premiership season
THE Premiership is back next week and I can’t wait. Last season was brilliant and the play-offs were full of drama...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFrom Sam to Francois, don’t take your eyes of these guys
ANDY GOODE OUR GUEST COLUMNIST LOOKS AHEAD TO THE PREMIERSHIP With the Premiership season nearly upon us, there is a lot...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester power tells in second half
By JAMES CANDY Gloucester…40 Scarlets …21 GLOUCESTER went through the gears to complete their pre-season programme with a convincing win over...
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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 agoBath will need to step up for Tigers
Leinster …25 Bath …17 LEINSTER made it two from two against West Country opposition, backing up last week’s success over Gloucester...
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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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBig task ahead for Ackermann
By NEIL FLEMING Leinster …50 Gloucester …14 IT might have been only a pre-season game but Johan Ackermann saw what he...
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells NEALE HARVEY how he has overcome his Lions disappointment and is targeting silverware with...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoWilliams plots route to Cardiff via Gloucester
Owen Williams believes his summer switch from Leicester to Gloucester will enhance his prospects of leapfrogging Dan Biggar and Sam Davies...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJackson heads north to boost Scotland hope
TRANSFER WRAP By NICK VERDIER RUARIDHJackson will turn out for Glasgow again this season after leaving Harlequins with immediate effect. The...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie should make an example out of Tuilagi
COLIN BOAG Facing a ban: Manu Tuilagi training with England in 2016 It’s been a bad week for English rugby, with...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoClubs vote to close Jonny May contract loophole
PREMIERSHIP clubs have changed a rule involving player contracts due to recent transfer activities. The change comes into effect following the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
Q&A JOE LAUNCHBURY ON THE RECORD On the charge for Wasps: Joe Launchbury England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells...
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Features
/ 8 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Thursday August 17 Northampton v Nottingham Ulster v Wasps...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBish and Ray undervalued
NOBODY can say for sure but when it comes to the one-cap wonder to beat them all, David Bishop springs to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 8 years agoJeremy Guscott: Freddie’s coming home with a game to boost Bath
Freddie Burns has arrived at Bath as an experienced 10 who has made big improvements in terms of his professionalism during...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks back at 150 years of Wasps history
Wasps’ 150th anniversary season isn’t five minutes old and already they have one trophy in the Cabinet having retained their Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGloucester sign new head coach’s son
Gloucester have confirmed the signing of Ruan Ackermann, the son of incoming head coach Johan, from the Lions. The back-rower, who...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLeicester and Gloucester confirm May and Slater switch
Leicester Tigers have confirmed the signing of England international Jonny May from Gloucester for the start of the 2017/18 season. His...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie pushing to find limits of human fitness
NICK CAIN GETS EDDIE JONES’ VERDICT OF THE SUMMER ACTION EDDIE Jones started the new season by announcing he intends to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoScarlets can get Leigh back to attacking best
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND NOW the Guinness PRO14 is all sorted, I’m looking forward to the campaign ahead because...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders deny dream ending for Ackermann
By NICK VERDIER Lions …………………17pts Tries: Marx 64, Fourie 73 Conversions: Janjtjies 65, 73 Penalty: Janjtjies 27 Crusaders…………25pts Tries: Tamanivalu 8,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRead leads Kiwi charge to restore the world order
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Although it might be a slight exaggeration to claim that the Crusaders’ Super Rugby triumph at Ellis Park...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHardmen have powered Wasps through 150 years of battle
BRENDANGALLAGHER plotsthe rise of Waspsfrom Hampsteadto Coventry over150 years WASPS’ 150thanniversaryseason isn’tfive minutesold and alreadythey have onetrophy in theCabinet having retained...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFreddie’s coming home with a game to boost Bath
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK FREDDIE Burns has arrived at Bath as an experienced 10 who has made big improvements...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTuilagi returns to England squad
Manu Tuilagi has been named in the England training squad for their camp at the Lensbury Hotel later this week. The...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Nick Selway – Jersey hooker
1. Sam Lockwood – The first of many in this team who went from Jersey to the Premiership. Impressive scrummager with...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoAckermann has wish come true
By NICK VERDIER Back to back: Kwagga Smith scores to secure a a second consecutive final for the Lions THE Lions...
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Features
/ 8 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Thursday August 3 Leicester Lions v Coventry Friday August...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoAndy Goode: You’ve got to be a big noise now, Demetri!
The fly-half merry-go-round has been in full swing throughout a frenetic last few months with a host of No.10s switching clubs in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLondon Irish sign Gloucester hooker
London Irish have bolstered their front-row with the signing of hooker Darren Dawidiuk ahead of the 2017-18 Premiership season. Dawidiuk, 29,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEx-goalie Heyes is new prop blueprint
Neale Harvey talks to Peter Walton, the man who has helped shape England’s new batch England U18s forwards guru Peter Walton...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYou’ve got to be a big noise now, Demetri!
ANDY GOODE The fly-half merry-goround has been in full swing throughout a frenetic last few months with a host of No.10s...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
Anglo-Welsh battle for wantaway Moriarty BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Hot property: Ross Moriarty BRITISH LIONS flanker Ross Moriarty...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt’s folly to block investment … but we do need Euro wage cap
Q&A MARTIN ST QUINTON ON THE RECORD Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton tells NEALE HARVEY why he believes Premiership Rugby’s rejection...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoNeil de Kock Q&A: I only planned to stay two years, but the love shown by Saracens meant I stayed for 11!
Scrum-half Neil de Kock returns to South Africa later this summer after 11 years in England, safe in the knowledge that...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Friday August 4 Clermont v Exeter Saturday August 5...
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