All posts tagged "Leicester"
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoThomas on the attack to claim Cole’s jersey
By NEALE HARVEY Hard yards: Henry Thomas trucks the ball up into heavy traffic against Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images AMBITIOUS England...
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/ 7 years ago…but Doran-Jones backs the old king to return
DISCARDED scrum ace Dan Cole will ensure England’s titanic battle of the tight-heads intensifies this autumn, according to former Red Rose...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEzcurra on board as back up to Youngs
LEICESTER have signed Argentina international scrum-half Felipe Ezcurra on a short-term contract to provide cover after Harry Simmons injured his knee....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHorne is the winner as Tigers find their feet
By NICK CAIN THIS was about honouring Rob Horne and both sides delivered in terms of endeavour, even though they were...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLawes’ back spasm will clear
NORTHAMPTON DoR Chris Boyd said it had been a disappointing outcome for his side, not least their failure to win for...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHamilton happy to ignore keyboard warriors
By ALEX BYWATER LUKE Hamilton has revealed that he has been a target for social media abuse after swapping his Welsh...
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/ 7 years agoWebber believes West can give Sharks teeth
Forward guru: Dorian West has joined Sale PICTURE: Getty Images ANOTHER ‘old-school’ addition or a breath of fresh air? Rob Webber...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHill battles to claim his place as regular Warrior
WORCESTER hero Ted Hill believes versatility is key as he aims to complete a quick-fire transition from academy prospect to first...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLeicester wait goes on at Field
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield .17 Leicester L 15 UNLUCKY Leicester Lions are still searching for their first win of the season...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLions in a spin as hosts’ fast start pays off
By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester .34 Peterboro’h L 27 SOUTH Leicester held off a second-half fightback from Peterborough to record their...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCockerill relishes Warriors’ big European challenge
By GARY HEATLY Tough: Richard Cockerill EDINBURGH Rugby head coach Richard Cockerill has a long history with the Heineken Champions Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDorian West brought in by Steve Diamond as Sale’s new forwards coach
The ex-Northampton Saints coach has a new job with a Premiership club
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Featured
/ 7 years agoGeorgia appoint Graham Rowntree as forwards coach heading into World Cup year
About to get to work with Georgia's formidable pack
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRed card fever could ruin rugby warns Care
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY Care fears red cards could wreck top rugby as a spectacle if officials fail to adopt a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSpencer’s reckless tackle did deserve red card
WILL Spencer’s shoulder to the jaw of Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor was high, dangerous, and merited the one month suspension handed...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones on…
…breakdown issues “We haven’t (any). In South Africa we did incredibly well, we have improved our breakdown by about 80 per...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLaunchbury ruled out by knee knock
JOELaunchbury picked up a knee injury during Wasps’ victory over Leicester and is out for at least two weeks. Director of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNew panel of coaches for U20s
SAINTS academy head coach Mark Hopley will join James Scaysbrook and Richard Whiffin in leading this season’s England U20 side. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCorrect decision to letter of the law but still harsh on Tigers
THE RED card shown to Will Spencer, the Leicester Tigers lock, was predictably given prominence in the following morning’s sports pages....
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Features
/ 7 years agoProtect the players but don’t kill rugby’s soul
COLIN BOAG These are tough days for Rugby Union with the very ethos of the game being challenged. It’s always been...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoIs England’s scrum doomed ahead of the World Cup? The architect of the 2003 world beaters shares his view
Phil Keith-Roach explains why the time for change may have arrived at the feet of England's front row
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Eddie must pick a backline and stick with it through to Japan
Jeremy Guscott outlines who he would start with the World Cup less than a year away
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMurphy’s law can make Manu Tuilagi lethal for Leicester, says George Ford
"We are looking a bit more threatening" – Geordan Murphy can put right the 'disservice' done to Tuilagi
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers Will Spencer handed four-week ban for red card against Wasps
Spencer was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Tommy Taylor
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDeano hails effort of his 13-man Falcons
By GARY FITZGERALD DEAN Richards feels his side took a big step to climbing up the Premiership table after ‘refusing to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSelf-assured Searle ready for Ford test
By NEALE HARVEY UNSUNG Wasps duo Billy Searle and Joe Atkinson aim to buck conventional wisdom by proving academy routes are...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMuprhy’s law will make Manu even more lethal
By JAMES LLOYD Getting game time: Manu Tuilagi dives to score against Newcastle PICTURES: Getty Images MANU Tuilagi can take his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRing-fencing would lead to player exodus warns Boden
By NEALE HARVEY Concern: Steve Boden YORKSHIRECarnegie forwards coach Steve Boden believes ring-fencing the Premiership would leave the Championship ‘dead’. He...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHurrell in full flow now after his Bath sojourn
By NEALE HARVEY RE-ENERGISED Bristol centre Will Hurrell has warned those writing off his side’s chances of a top six Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHow have Leicester’s last eight coaches fared?
From Dean Richards to Matt O'Connor...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Why England don’t make fly-halves like Beauden Barrett
The New Zealand 10 can spot gaps and fly through them like few of his northern hemisphere contemporaries can
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHeem aims to honour Adams’ 50th game
By NEALE HARVEY Fighting talk: Bryce Heem says Warriors can flourish BRYCE HEEM insists Worcester can prove their critics wrong by...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNo CVs needed, Tigers tell would-be bosses
LEICESTER TIGERS are believed to have told agents that they are not going to be accepting applications to replace Matt O’Connor....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoShock and awe in first week, now it should settle down
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Talk it up as much as you like but, to me, last...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoConcussion forces Ryan to call time
FORMER Leinster and Leicester forward Dominic Ryan has retired from rugby as a result of concussion. The flanker, 28, who won...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMiddleton brings in Blaze to drive bid for glory
By GEORGE LAWRENCE ENGLAND Women have appointed Richard Blaze as forwards coach with immediate effect. Former Leicester Tigers lock-turned-coach Blaze will...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWhy England don’t make fly-halves like Barrett
Attacking DNA: Marcus Smith is the nearest thing England have to an All Black fly-half PICTURES: Getty Image Danny Cipriani George...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMatt O’Connor leaves Leicester Tigers one game into the Premiership season
Geordan Murphy has been put in charge as interim head coach
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoYoungs wants his Tigers to be home boys again
By NEALE HARVEY On the charge: Leicester Tigers skipper Tom Youngs takes on the Newcastle cover last year at Welford Road...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRavai set for Mose debut at Ravers
Preview Caldy v Moseley Today, Kick-off 3pm RAVAI Fatiaki can make a massive impact for Birmingham Moseley this season according to...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has no grounds to dump his bad boys
The end of Eddie Jones' "clean slate" approach?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership preview: Worcester Warriors
The Warriors finished 11th last season, and although this time they are favourites for the drop they did enough to prove...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWORCESTER
Director of Rugby: Alan Solomons Captain: GJ van Velze Ground: Sixways Stadium Capacity: 11,499 The Warriors finished 11th last season, and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLucky stars should play with smiles on their faces
JEREMY GUSCOTT’S VERDICT THE Premiership has waves of wonderful rugby – but there is not enough of it over the course...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIonians ring changes in promotion bid
Hopes: Martyn Wood, former England scrum-half NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 NORTH After the bitter disappointment of his side’s controversial relegation from National...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEvergreen Grifiths can’t hear the fat lady singing just yet
Jon Newcombe talks to Doncaster coach Clive Griffiths about the challenges ahead Passionate: Clive Griffiths loves the game CLIVE Griffiths’ passion...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie has no grounds to dump his bad boys
Chris Ashton and Danny Cipriani are like men with itchy trigger fingers who are caught in a hypnotic trance which draws...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoFEATURE: Rob Baxter on Exeter’s prospects in the Premiership and Europe and why ring-fencing would be ‘morally wrong’
Is there any part of Exeter Chiefs that director of rugby Baxter doesn't have a role within?
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Features
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
ANTHONY ALLEN, FORMER ENGLAND, LEICESTER AND GLOUCESTER CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Marcos Ayerza...
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