All posts tagged "Leicester"
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Play off chaos! Exeter Chiefs v Saracens Prem shootout + URC semi finals
In this week’s episode of The Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by TRP writer Chris Collyer to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoExeter Chiefs’ Scott Sio is keen to bow out in style
Prop star Scott Sio aims to sign off at Exeter Chiefs with a Prem winner’s medal before he joins Cardiff this...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoSteven Luatua and AJ MacGinty agree new deals at Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears flanker Steven Luatua has extended his contract into a 10th season with the club.
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoJeremy Guscott: It’s time for Fin Smith to run England from No.10
Here’s my England backline to face South Africa in Johannesburg on July 4, based on current form and availability.
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoBath lead the way as Prem’s big spenders
Champions Bath were the Prem’s biggest spenders in their treble-winning season of 2024/25.
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoWe failed to take chances – coach
BATH head of rugby Johann van Graan saw his side miss the chance to go back to the top of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoLeicester Tigers vs Exeter Chiefs: Geoff Parling – We are in control of our own destiny
Leicester Tigers face a potential shootout against Bath at The Rec on Saturday for home advantage in the play-offs, but must...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoLeicester Tigers vs Exeter Chiefs: Rob Baxter – It’s going to be tough challenge for us
Leicester Tigers have lost just once in their last eight Prem games and Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter knows it will...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoPowell puts Harlequins into cruise control
■By FRANKIE DRAPER HARLEQUINS secured a bonus-point victory over Leicester Tigers in their final league game of the season to send...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoBedford Blues vs Worcester Warriors: Alex Day – A win would be pinnacle of my career
Bedford Blues and Worcester Warriors will battle it out for the Champ title today in front of a sold-out Goldington Road.
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoBedford Blues vs Worcester Warriors: Josh Bassett – What we’ve done this year has been fantastic
Josh Bassett believes Worcester Warriors are on the verge of completing one of the most remarkable comeback stories English rugby has...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoTom Varndell: Leicester Tigers have shown how to adapt…they are good enough to beat anybody
Tom Varndell, the former Leicester Tigers, Wasps and Bristol Bears wing, believes English rugby is entering a defining period with the...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoScottish relegation completes picture for 2026-27
EXTRA NEWS ■By BEN JAYCOCK BLACKHEATH’S resounding victory over London Scottish last week to book their place in the Champ completed...
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoJames Harrington: France boss Fabien Galthié looks close to giving Shaun Edwards le chop
Fabien Galthié is on the brink of making a major change to his coaching set-up ahead of their Nations Championship challenge,...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoOld Albanian Saints vs Richmond: Becci de Garston-Webb confident ahead of Twickenham final
Richmond captain Becci de Garston-Webb says her side are ready for their Twickenham rematch with Old Albanian Saints in Sunday’s Championship...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoRace for the play-offs heats up in the Premiership Women’s Rugby
Premiership Women’s Rugby returns on Friday night following the conclusion to the Six Nations with the race for the play-offs set...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoENGLAND SQUAD
FORWARDS: Jamie Blamire (Leicester Tigers), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Tom...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoBristol’s try bonus point ‘a nonsense’
BRENDAN Gallagher, in his report of the Saints v Bears game, rightly remarked on the nonsense of Bristol earning a bonus...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoJeremy Guscott: For me, Max Ojomoh’s absence from Steve Borthwick’s England squad is strange
The selection of Bristol Bears’ South African-born centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg for England’s first Nations Championship training squad is a...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 month agoBordeaux-Begles 41-19 Leinster: French giants put on another vintage show
Maxime Lucu was crowned the king of Bordeaux after his 21-point tally helped guide his Begles past Leinster who suffered further...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: England are unbalanced – both on and off the field
Steve Borthwick’s England squads get stranger by the minute, whether you are looking at player selection, or that of his coaching...
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Latest News
/ 1 month ago“The selection of the first training squad for the new Nations Cup was all over the shop”
Dave Reddin fitness, Hardy throwing, and Sherylle Calder vision coaching. Woodward shaped the attack after Brian Ashton stepped down in 2000....
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoSteward’s thumb op
LEICESTER full-back Freddie Steward has had surgery on his thumb but boss Geoff Parling hopes to have him back in time...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoTommy Freeman among the stars nominated for major awards
Tommy Freeman has been nominated for both Prem rugby and England men’s player of the season awards.
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoCrusaders hold off late Chiefs
World Rugby Super Rugby Pacific By BEN JAYCOCK CRUSADERS secured their place in the finals with a thrilling 36-32 win over...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoBenhard Janse van Rensburg lined up for England bow after making training squad
Benhard Janse van Rensburg has been included in an England squad for the first time to raise the prospect of making...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoPrem: Saracens keep play-off hopes alive as Exeter Chiefs slip up against Harlequins
Bath joined Northampton Saints in the play-offs with a big victory over Newcastle Red Bulls while Saracens maintained their late push...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoPerese’s sidelined
LEICESTER centre Izaia Perese has been banned for three matches following his red card against Northampton Saints. The Wallaby will miss...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBlues swoop to capture Wells
BEDFORD have signed Leicester lock Harry Wells on a player-coach deal for next season. The 32-year-old, left, who will leave Tigers...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoHome comforts can wait as Leicester Tigers wing Ollie Hassell-Collins focuses on Sale Sharks clash
Ollie Hassell-Collins says Leicester Tigers are looking no further forward than today’s encounter with Sale Sharks in Salford as they chase...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoI just can’t fathom why the RFU have stuck with Steve
I WAS again disappointed by the RFU last week as they continue to support Steve Borthwick, a coach they appointed to...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoVan Graan fancies home comforts for the play-off assault
JOHANN van Graan has his eyes on a home draw after champions Bath qualified for the play-offs for the third successive...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoBath 69-12 Newcastle Red Bulls: Max Ojomoh’s entrance puts the holders in full flow
Bath qualified for the play-offs with a routine bonus point victory over a Newcastle Red Bulls side that will finish bottom...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoNorthampton Saints 94-33 Bristol Bears: Sizzling Saints make it hell for tame Bears
Northampton Saints predictably bounced back from their no-show against bitter rivals Leicester Tigers last week... but nobody could have envisaged this...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: Saints expose case for defence of van Rensburg
The integrity of the Prem as a league capable of producing international quality players took a battering when Northampton humiliated Bristol...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoSale Sharks vs Leicester Tigers: Tom Curry return boosts Alex Sanderson’s side for meaty test
Alex Sanderson has welcomed the return of Tom Curry as Sale Sharks look to defeat a side above them in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoSale Sharks vs Leicester Tigers: It’s same-again for Geoff Parling’s men as Joe Heyes reaches his century
Leicester Tigers can take another huge stride towards securing a Prem semi-final place at CoprAcq Stadium against an out-of-sorts Sale Sharks...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: Changing Premiership game still needs derby passion
If there is a god in rugby’s heaven, Leicester and Northampton will be still be squaring up to each other this...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoEastern Counties off to a flyer
Gill Burns Championship By BEN JAYCOCK EASTERN Counties, Hampshire and Lancashire all opened their Division 1 campaigns with wins as the...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoPat says sorry to fans after mauling
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam apologised to the Bristol fans and challenged his side to bounce back. He said: “We...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPhil Dowson urges Northampton Saints never to forget East Midlands derby day pain
Phil Dowson wants his Northampton Saints to “never forget” their “painful” 41-17 loss to rivals Leicester Tigers after they were given...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoFrancis Moore: Ealing Trailfinders play and act like a Prem side
Ealing Trailfinders centre Francis Moore believes the unbeaten record-breaking Champ leaders are already operating like a Prem outfit as they build...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLeicester Tigers 41-17 Northampton Saints: Phil Dowson’s side cut down by razor-sharp Tigers
Geoff Parling refused to get carried away despite his Leicester Tigers’ serving up a six-try thrashing to title rivals Northampton Saints.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBristol Bears 26-41 Saracens: Sarries fix their sights on play-offs
Saracens are on the march. A third successive victory may have kept them in sixth place, but with home games against...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoJeremy Guscott: Secrecy surrounding England review makes no sense
The RFU review into the 2026 Six Nations was never likely to make great reading after England lost four Championship matches...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoDowson: We are still in the title race
NORTHAMPTON boss Phil Dowson admits his side were not at the races at Welford Road but insists they are still contenders...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Leo Cullen should know that the press aren’t cheerleaders
AS head coach of Leinster, Leo Cullen runs a squad crammed with more capped players than any other club, province or...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoFit-again Van der Merwe is quickly back in his old routine
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Dragons .............15pts Tries: Lewis 28, Keddie 45 Conversion: O’Brien 29 Penalty: O’Brien 7 Edinburgh ........ 24pts Tries: Ashman...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoCrusaders keep the pressure on leaders
CONVERTED flanker Leicester Fainga’anuku inspired Crusaders to a 36-20 win over Blues to maintain their perfect record at One NZ Stadium...
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