All posts tagged "London Irish"
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoNo spending spree at Newcastle Red Bulls, says Steve Diamond
Steve Diamond will not be going on a spending spree after Newcastle’s takeover last week by Red Bull ended years of...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoAustralian Rugby cancel Giteau’s Law
Australian rugby officials have announced the removal of the so-called “Giteau’s Law”, which had previously limited the number of overseas-based players...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoLeicester’s all-time XV: Talented Tigers burning bright
What would be the greatest All-time XV your club could field if you could travel back in time and select everybody...
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Features
/ 6 months agoIt’s the people you meet that make the difference
MY LIFEIN RUGBY STEVE BODEN THE FORMER DONCASTER, LEEDS AND JERSEY HOOKER AND COACH, WHO IS NOW COACHING AT COVENTRY WHEN...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoPete Ryan: Toby Booth’s coaching philosophy – building cultures and engaging with people
“Helping an athlete be their best — that’s what the job is all about.” This gives you some insight into Toby...
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Dream Team
/ 6 months agoDream Team – Ben Penfold
Ben Penfold, the Bury St Edmunds and former Cambridge & Hartpury college fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoPaul Rees: George Skivington sets his sights on building another crop of Kingsholm legends
Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Premiership season, with the focus this week on Gloucester Gloucester did not win...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoCarrie Exworth’s bringing everything together for England
Carrie Exworth is only one of two female members of staff working within the England men’s pathway team. In the high-performance...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoCharles Rylands: We need to build interest in Champ Rugby
With the announcement this week of the Prem Cup fixtures, I was gutted to learn that teams from the second division...
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Features
/ 7 months agoI’ve shared some of my best times with Maro
MY LIFEIN RUGBY NATHAN EARLE THE FORMER ENGLAND U20, SARACENS, HARLEQUINS, NEWCASTLE AND EALING WINGER AFTER 13 years of dodging tackles,...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoHarlequins can capitalise in Kent, says Mike Friday
Former Wasps scrum-half Mike Friday says the continued silence surrounding the club’s return to professional rugby could be telling and says...
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Dream Team
/ 7 months agoDream Team – Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper, the Bury St Edmunds player-coach and former London Welsh, Cambridge and Bedford Blues prop, chooses the best XV he...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 months agoLeicester Tigers move for James O’Connor
Leicester have confirmed the signing of former Australia utility back James O’Connor as one of six new faces arriving at Welford...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 months agoWorcester Warriors sign seasoned Premiership pair
Worcester have added No.8 Matt Rogerson and wing Tom Seabrook to their ever-growing squad list for next season. Rogerson, 31, moves...
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Dream Team
/ 8 months agoDream Team – Cai Griffiths
Cai Griffiths, the London Welsh Director of Rugby and former Neath, Ospreys, London Irish and London Welsh tighthead, chooses the best...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoLawson leads Bears
BRISTOL Bears women have appointed Scott Lawson as head coach. The 43-year-old joins from the Scottish Rugby Union where he has...
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Premiership
/ 8 months agoCharlie Elliott: The new Premiership rebrand – All of the details
The Premiership is set to rebrand itself to simply the ‘Prem’ from next season, as part of a plan to make...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoNearly 60 Premiership players chasing new deals for next season
Worcester's re-emergence as a professional entity and the return of the salary cap to pre-pandemic levels have helped to reduce the...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoTheo Dan keen to make mark for England in Argentina
Keen tourist Theo Dan is relishing the prospect of adding another couple of stamps to his passport this summer. The Saracens...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoJeremy Guscott: Time for Henry Arundell to prove his worth
Before Henry Arundell left for France he was the talk of the town. His tries were all over social media and...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 months agoJames O’Connor looks likely to replace Handre Pollard at Leicester Tigers
Crusaders and Australia fly-half James O’Connor looks set to join Leicester on a one-year deal after turning down an offer from...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoPaul Turner – Don’t let the Championship turn into ‘zombie league’
Nick Cain talks to Paul Turner as he says his goodbyes to Ampthill after 14 years in charge Paul Turner’s record...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoPeter Jackson: Bordeaux winning the race for crowds, too
Peter Jackson reveals his exclusive club-by-club attendances list for the regulation season in Europe’s major leagues When the sun set on...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 months agoLos Pumas will be out to take down British and Irish Lions
Joe Santamaria looks back on Argentina’s draw with the Lions in 2005 and the challenges they will face on Friday It...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoSimon Massie-Taylor: R360 is not a threat to the Premiership
Premiership Rugby chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor says does not feel the proposed breakaway rugby, R360, is a threat to top-flight rugby...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 months agoNo Backward Step: Jac Morgan’s Bid for a British and Irish Lions Test Shirt
We are just over a month away from the first British and Irish Lions vs Australia Test of 2025. The squad...
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Dream Team
/ 8 months agoDream Team – Rob Saunders
ROB SAUNDERS, THE FORMER LONDON IRISH, ULSTER & IRELAND SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST. 1....
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoI really like the idea of Cup competitions
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Rudi Kochanowski, below, the head coach of Hampshire Men’s County XV (Division...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 months agoBordeaux Begles accused of Henry Pollock vendetta
Fin Smith accused Bordeaux Begles of having a vendetta against Henry Pollock as Northampton Saints’ 28-20 Champions Cup final defeat ended...
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Dream Team
/ 9 months agoDream Team – Saope Soko
SAOPE SOKO, THE FORMER CHESTER, OLD ALBANIANS, RAMS, HENLEY, WORTHING AND ZIMBABWE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Features
/ 9 months agoAnthony Watson: Bath may be favourites but it’s too close to call
Bath may be the favourites to win the Premiership after dominating the regular season, but Anthony Watson will never forget what...
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Latest News
/ 9 months ago‘I love it here’ – Chunya Munga extends deal with Northampton Saints
Chunya Munga had no hesitation in signing a new contract to remain at Northampton for another two seasons, even though he...
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Columnists
/ 9 months agoPeter Jackson: For many big names, like Ma’a Nonu, it’s the end of the road
One by one, the long-distance men who gave Father Time a serious run for his money have come to the end...
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Features
/ 9 months agoTom Varndell – Steve Borthwick is spoilt for choice on the wings
Ben Jaycock talks about the state of the game to Tom Varndell, the former England, Wasps, Bristol and Leicester winger What...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 months agoBordeaux have a point to prove in Champions Cup final says Adam Coleman
Adam Coleman believes Saturday’s Champions Cup final in Cardiff between Bordeaux Begles and Northampton will be a meeting of like minds....
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Dream Team
/ 9 months agoDream Team – Jonathan Pendlebury
JONATHAN PENDLEBURY, THE FORMER ROTHERHAM, GLOUCESTER AND LEEDS SECOND ROW WHO IS NOW ENGLAND U18S HEAD COACH, CHOOSES THE BEST XV...
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Features
/ 9 months agoOllie Hoskins: London Irish faith helped me to fulfil my Wallaby dream
Ollie Hoskins, the former Wallabies, Western Force, London Irish and Saracens prop, discusses his life in rugby after announcing his retirement...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoGloucester bring in reinforcements
GLOUCESTER have signed scrum-half Mike Austin on a permanent deal after an impressive spell on loan from Championship side Hartpury. Forwards...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 months agoJoe Schmidt puts James O’Connor back in Wallaby reckoning
By Sam Jackson James O’Connor is in the frame to have a second crack playing flyhalf against the Lions. Head coach...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoExeter Chiefs vs Northampton Saints Preview: Saints putting the emphasis on youth
By Jon Newcombe Today. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park Henry Pollock believes the new-look squad that Northampton will field at Exeter today...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoHoskins to retire at 32
SARACENS prop Ollie Hoskins will retire at the end of the season. The one-cap Australian, 32, has spent the last two...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoMonye backs Arundell for Argentina
By CHARLIE ELLIOTT FORMER England wing Ugo Monye has urged Steve Borthwick to focus on youth for England’s summer tour, and...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 months agoNick Cain: Backing of franchise rugby is myopic, hypocritical and self-serving …
The parallel universe which some of the main movers and shakers in the RFU/ Premiership currently inhabit has revealed itself in...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoDan Murphy to take over at Gloucester-Hartpury
Three-time Premiership Women’s Rugby champions Gloucester-Hartpury have appointed Dan Murphy as their head of rugby for the 2025-26 season. Murphy has...
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Dream Team
/ 9 months agoDream Team – Jamie Jack
JAMIE JACK, THE BEDFORD BLUES & THE FORMER NOTTINGHAM, AMPTHILL, EDINBURGH, LONDON IRISH AND COVENTRY PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 months agoTrio recalled All Black triumph one final time
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW SHORTLY before Christmas, in the hometown of the Manic Street Preachers, a trio...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 9 months agoJersey in cruise control as they beat Guernsey
SIAM CUP ■ By BEN JAYCOCK SPURRED on by several former Reds players in their starting line-up, Jersey regained the Siam...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoLaw fearful of franchise plan
■ By BEN JAYCOCK LONDON Scottish scrum-half Jonny Law fears the rumoured Premiership franchise league could leave the Championship without a...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoBath owner, Bruce Craig, backs franchise system
Bath owner Bruce Craig argues that scrapping relegation and relaunching the Premiership as a collection of centrally licensed franchises would bring...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 10 months agoJeremy Guscott: Johnny Sexton divisive for the British and Irish Lions? Not in my book
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week Whatever conflicting views there are over the appointment of Johnny Sexton to...
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