All posts tagged "Heineken Cup"
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoToulouse hit the turbos to cruise clear of Sharks
By CAM STEPHENS Toulouse ...................... 54pts Tries: Mallia 35, 56, Ramos 47, 72; Mauvaka 68, Retiere 75, Ntamack 78 Conversions: Ramos...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Andy Long: ‘Bitter-sweet Test career taught me a hell of a lot’
The former England, Bath, Munster, Rotherham, Newcastle and Northampton hooker talks about his life in the game When I was with...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Steve Lander: ‘Controversy inevitable when you’re a referee’
The former international referee, who took charge of 18 tests from 1995 to 2003, talks about his life in the game...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoIt’s like a cup final – Annett
Preview Bath v Toulon Kick-off 3.15pm BATH’S Challenge Cup game against Toulon was postponed yesterday because of flooding. The game will...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoDoddie and Benny lead list of heroes we have lost
Brendan Gallagher remembers those the game has lost over the last 12 months Phil Bennett (Felinfoel, Llanelli, Wales, Barbarians, British and...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Andy Northey
The Former North of England, Northampton, St Helens RLFC, Waterloo, Rotherham & Sedgley Park centre chooses the best XV he has...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoAu revoir! French not captivated by Europe
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST ENGLAND’S elite clubs barely saw the French for dust in the early years of the European Challenge...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoBreakdown will be key against Zebre, says MacGinty
Focus: AJ MacGinty FLY-HALF AJ Mac-Ginty, who will be up against former Bear Tiff Eden at Ashton Gate when Bristol take...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoBiggest Rugby Competitions
Rugby is one of the top sports with a large fanbase globally. Like other sports, rugby features various leagues and competitions...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoLewies: Quins up for Tank challenge
By GARY FITZGERALD Stephan Lewies is convinced the “world class attack and spine” at Harlequins puts them in prime shape to...
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European Rugby
/ 3 years agoFord setting his sights on Europe glory
Sale fly-half George Ford says he is more motivated than ever to enjoy glory in a European competition. Ford, 29, has...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSkosan: We need to get flying start
By GARY FITZGERALD Power runner: Courtnall Skosan playing for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images Courtnall Skosan is banking on fortress Franklin’s to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNow Chiefs are fighting to keep Cowan-Dickie
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Off to France? Luke Cowan-Dickie Below, Jack Nowell Exeter Chiefs are fighting to keep hold of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Joe Maddock
The former Crusaders, Bath, Treviso and Saracens winger, now attack coach at Bath They say one man’s misfortune is another man’s...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoTime to cut salary costs which are burying clubs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Wasps went into self-administration some weeks ago, even from a distance you knew...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThe man who kept Wasps on the road
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Malcolm Sinclair holds the distinction of being Wasps’ first full-time professional, an appointment...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoCole shows us how to survive life at the front
CHRIS HEWETT Welcome to the age of the anti-scrum. We wait whole half-hours for a set-piece only to find none coming...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTwo Welsh clubs lined up to play in England
EXCLUSIVE By NEIL FISSLER Premiership Rugby have had initial discussions with the Welsh Rugby Union about two Welsh regions joining England’s...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Richard Barrington
I had two years still on my contract at Jersey but when Saracens came in for me after my first year...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoImproving Ospreys target play-offs
OSPREYS boss Toby Booth has set his sights on the URC play-offs this season, after his side earned a place in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhite keen to prove he’s good enough for Scotland
By GARY FITZGERALD Ben White has set his heart on a dream trip to France next year and he hopes turning...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering...
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Features
/ 3 years ago“I just ran around and smashed everything” – My Life in Rugby with Martin Purdy
The former Wasps, Bath, Gran Parma, L’Aquila, London Welsh, Massy and Grasse lock discusses his career As a professional sportsman you...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoSuck out the joy and people will turn away
Paul Rees talks to Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill about the game’s future Then it came, the question was why...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTiger Jack hangs up his boots for a fresh start
Having played rugby fulltime for 10 years, former Leicester Tigers centre Jack Roberts has retired from rugby at the age of...
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Features
/ 3 years agoProud to be a foot soldier among the superstars
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BEN BROSTER THE FORMER WALES, SARACENS, WASPS, NORTHAMPTON, SCARLETS, BIARRITZ & BAYONNE TIGHT-HEAD I’M from Haywards Heath in...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMy body tells me to quit, but I just can’t!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY SOANE TONGA’UIHA THE FORMER TONGA, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON, RACING 92, OYONNAX, BRISTOL AND AMPTHILL PROP AND CURRENT PLAYER-COACH...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHorror show for Bath as they finish bottom
By TOM BRADSHAW Worcester ........43pts Tries: Hatherell 4, Simpson 44, Shillcock 52, 55, 76; Batley 61 Conversions: Smith 5, 45, 53,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFormer England flanker Tom Wood announces retirement from rugby
Former England flanker Tom Wood has announced he will retire from professional rugby next month following 12 seasons at Northampton. Wood...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSmell of fear stifling Premiership growth
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE subject of salary caps and their desirability...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMatt Garvey: I preferred the game when it was slower!
PAUL REES speaks to Worcester Warriors lock Matt Garvey about why the time is right to step away from rugby Matt...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBarbeary score swings it for Wasp as Blair laments ‘brain-farts’
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........30pts Tries: Vellacott 12, McBurney 26, Bradbury 66 Conversions: Boffelli 13, 26, 66 Penalties: Boffelli 9, 43,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoDeano to step down at Falcons
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER DEAN Richards is set to stand down at the end of the season and...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoJamison deserved red
JAMISON Gibson-Park’s yellow card in the Heineken Cup last weekend has to be the most blatent disregard of the head-contact laws...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBath bank on youth policy to bring back glory years
PAUL REES TALKS TO STUART HOOPER ABOUT BATH’S MOVE TO NURTURE HOME GROWN PLAYERS When Bruce Craig bought Bath in 2010,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIreland and Lions back row Seán O’Brien to retire at the end of the season
London Irish back row Seán O’Brien has announced his retirement from rugby at the end of the 2021/22 campaign. The Ireland...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExiles lock Coleman poised to snub Paris
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER ADAM Coleman is deciding his next move after talking to Racing 92 about a...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoGood on Diamond for telling it like it is
CHRIS HEWETT HATS off to the straight-talking Steve Diamond, “lead rugby consultant” – aka “new boss” – at Worcester. In this...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIrish imports pay their way better than Welsh
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ireland showing Wales the way goes beyond what happened in the Six Nations...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSerendipity enhances Euro Cup’s Round of 16
CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game, whether the governing class is ring-fencing the Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBlue means yellow in Wayne’s world
PETER JACKSON WAYNE Barnes, admirably true to form, set a shining example of how referees ought to react when players confront...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoWebb: We need to compete for the full 80 minutes
By STEFFAN THOMAS Veteran: Rhys Webb RHYS Webb has told his Ospreys side they must perform for the full 80 minutes...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoRugby needs this new ITV audience
CHRIS HEWETT WHO out there remembers what occurred immediately after the great Ashes series of 2005? To be clear: pretty much...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSuch a poignant glimpse of England’s lost talent
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLight Blues shone golden light upon the great game
Brendan Gallagher charts the rich history of 150 years of Cambridge University rugby As we nudge into 2022 it’s time to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWe shall recall them with pride
Brendan Gallagher remembers the great rugby players who passed away in 2021 RAYMOND JOHN McLAUGHLIN UCC Dublin, Gosforth, London Irish, Connacht,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMunster to line up Kidney for Van Graan
By NEIL FISSLER MUNSTER are weighing up a move for London Irish director of rugby Declan Kidney after confirming Johann van...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJoys of scoring written large on Dupont’s face
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMaddocks faces big French test
By STEFFAN THOMAS BARRY Maddocks has worked at the cutting edge of professional rugby for 20 years, and now faces one...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoOh, for those refreshing Heineken Cup years!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Heineken Cup rugby was once so vibrant and exhilarating – so spellbindingly good, year after year –...












