All posts tagged "Lions"
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Features
/ 7 years agoNo fanfare over McGeechan exit
LIONS hero Sir Ian McGeechan, right, arrived at York-shire Carnegie almost seven years ago with great fanfare but this week quietly...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHowley’s a big loss – he’ll be head coach one day
WE’VE KNOWN for a while now that Rob Howley will be leaving Wales after the World Cup and his imminent departure...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoTenacious Chiefs tame the Sharks
By ADAM ELLIS Tomahawk: Chiefs scrum-half Brad Weber continued his return from injury with two tries PIC: Getty Images STAND-IN skipper...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAnthony Watson inspired to reach the World Cup after dialogue with England staff
The Bath full-back feels he is in the best shape he's ever been in and was encouraged during his rehab by...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoJames Haskell to retire from rugby after stunning career
Eddie Jones pays tribute to 77-cap England flanker
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoO’Driscoll: Ringrose, Lamour are key
By GARY HEATLY GARRY Ringrose and Jordan Larmour are the men who can break down Saracens’ defence and help Leinster lift...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLions won’t sack defence coach found guilty of indecently assaulting female hotel staffer
Set to resume coaching responsibilities on 6 May
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Features
/ 7 years agoPhillips needs to get his geography book out
MIKE Phillips asked his massed ranks of followers on Twitter a question over St. James’ Park staging the Leinster-Saracens Champions’ Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTime for Mark to get Lions call
MARK McCall has delivered five major trophies as Saracens’ director of rugby over the last five seasons. Nobody will bat an...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSmith faces huge task to turn Knights’ fortunes
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER’S heavy defeat in their final game of the season showed up brutally the extent of the problems...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoLegend Watson accuses Sharks of ‘culture of fear’
By ADAM ELLIS Determination: Andre Esterhuizen scores for the Sharks THE SHARKS took full advantage of an ill-disciplined Waratahs team to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWarriors set to lose Te’o
ENGLAND centre Ben Te’o is among eight players leaving Worcester Warriors at the end of the season. Former Samoa back row...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGloucester surge opens door to international duty for Ruan Ackermann
But will the no.8 choose to represent South Africa or England?
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChester charge salutes White’s farewell
By STEFFAN JAMES Chester …………31 Otley ………………0 CHESTER brushed aside Otley’s challenge in what proved to be a rather onesided affair....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChampions Ionians can relax for closing test
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians……48pts Leicester Lions 30pts AN emotional Martyn Wood addressed his Ionians team after this dramatic contest and...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoCentury of points as the traffic jam eases
By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions 35 Tynedale ……66 THE start was delayed by more than an hour due to Tynedale having...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoChiefs continue Blues dominance thanks to Parete
By ADAM ELLIS Game winner: Jesse Parete celebrating the Chiefs’ winning try with Ataata Moeakiola, right FOUR WINS on the bounce...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe loss of Rhys is a huge blow to Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Rising star: Rhys Carre playing for Wales U20 against France RHYS Carre’s move from Cardiff...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTop agent Hood loses his clients
AGENTS have been circulating like sharks around clients of disgraced Scottish agent Gordon Hood who has been been placed on the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWinters is back at Esher with plans for revival
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY LEGENDARY England & British & Irish Lions flanker Peter Winterbottom aims to spearhead an Esher revival...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHenri Packs in four as Tigers soar
By JASON MATTHEWS Sheffield T ....53 Peterboro’ L....19 FOUR tries from winger Henri Packard ensured Sheffield Tigers came away with all...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoAviss try secures derby joy for Lions
By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoProp McGrath on move to Leinster
ULSTER have signed Leinster prop Jack McGrath for the start of next season. The 29-year-old British and Irish Lions loose-head has...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoRFU fear over Six Nations relegation is spineless
THERE were signs this week that the RFU have adopted a ‘Little England’ mentality, matching the insularity of the Scots, Italians,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDeano stays in hunt for South African No.8
Wanted: Philip van der Walt DEAN RICHARDS is pressing ahead with a bid to sign South African Philip van der Walt...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRoaring Leicester win battle of Lions
By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro’ L….29 Leicester L……52 LEICESTER Lions scored eight tries to race past struggling Peterborough Lions. Leicester made a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoX-ray vision ironing out creases in Ant’s game
By NEALE HARVEY Under the microscope: Bath flyer Anthony Watson BATH coach Darren Edwards is convinced a unique system of skeletal...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlues confident of keeping Anscombe
CARDIFF Blues boss John Mulvihill is optimistic Gareth Anscombe will stay at the region despite big money offers from abroad. The...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoWales are a target now says record man Alun-Wyn
ALUN-WYN Jones says Wales have painted a World Cup target on their backs after their Grand Slam. The Wales captain led...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Gara: Crusaders is a player-driven club just like Munster
Neale Harvey meets up with the Crusaders backs coach in Australia
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Features
/ 8 years agoTigers chasing Lions star Davies to replace Manu
Wanted: Wales centre Jonathan Davies LEICESTER Tigers are considering a move for Llanelli Scarlets and Wales centre Jonathan Davies as they...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoSpence score has Preston hopping
By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro’ L….12 Preston G …….19 TYLER Spence struck late as Peterborough Lions suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Preston...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoJohnson effort shocks Lions at the death
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T……21 Leicester L……18 A LATE try from replacement Sam Johnson brought Tigers’ losing streak to an end...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoOtley power play proves decisive
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….35 P’boro Lions……5 OTLEY ran away with the game in the first half, scoring five converted tries,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWales have a way to go to emulate JPR’s record
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ferocious: JPR Williams on the Lions tour of 1971 The sideboards are still...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoConstant double makes Lions purr
By ROSS BARNETT A SEVEN-TRY performance allows some breathing space for Leicester Lions above the relegation zone. Lions opened the scoring...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCarelessTynedale still have enough
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale… 31 Peterboro L… 5 DESPITE producing one of their sloppiest performances, Tynedale still had too much firepower...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWebb for Bath via freelance World Cup?
BATH have been mooted for a possible move for Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb who has been playing for Toulon since the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLeicester back on track with victory
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L ….24 Macclesfield…19 LEICESTER Lions ground out a well-earned victory in a scrappy match at home to...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLions’ resolve broken by late scores
By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions….19 Sedgley P’k….33 TWO late tries by Sedgley Park were enough to battle past a spirited Peterborough...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOwens: We must start fast or they’ll teach us
By ALEX BYWATER Confident: Ken Owens KEN Owens has vowed to get stuck into England but warned Wales Eddie Jones’ side...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPlummer blows his big chance
By LUKE JARMYN Return: Double World Cup winner Ma’a Nonu made his comeback after a three-year stint in France PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWe’ll try to push Daly into centre says Goode
By NEALE HARVEY Another jewel in the crown: Saracens signing Elliot Daly PICTURE: Getty Images Lion: Liam Williams LONG-SERVING Saracens full-back...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBorrowdale at the double in Field breeze
By ANDREW SMITH AN EARLY brace of tries for lock Guy Borrowdale set Huddersfield on the way to their sixth consecutive...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMacc attacked by rampant Dale
By BENJAMIN JAYCOCK Macclesfield..13 Wharfedale….34 NINETEEN second-half unanswered points from Wharfedale was enough to ease to a bonus-point victory and heap...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPreston shut out toothless Lions
By ANTON JONES Preston G ……..29 Leicester L’s ….0 PRESTON Grasshoppers ran out comfortable winners against Leicester Lions. Hoppers took the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson column: Glory days come with a big price for Dafydd
[quote] “Glory Days. Well they’ll pass you by, Glory Days In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, Glory...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLewis’ kicking does the business for Lions
By STEVE SMITH Sedgeley Park 19 Leicester Lions 20 DANIEL Lewis’ late penalty saw Leicester Lions come from behind to edge...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGatland in Lions talks
WALES coach Warren Gatland says ‘informal conversations’ have occurred over a coaching role for the Lions tour in 2021. The Kiwi...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps continue recruitment in New Zealand with addition of prop
Hurricanes tighthead joins Malakai Fekitoa in joining Wasps next season
