All posts tagged "London Irish"
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoGonzalez is enjoying his new lease of life
By ADAM HATHAWAY Saracens .......................... 55pts Tries: Gonzalez 7; George 32,40, Hartley 42, 63, Maitland 54, Cinti 56, Dan 70 Conversions:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDungeon of obscurity needs to be shut
CHRIS HEWETT Barely able to buy a round of drinks, let alone a win – the good men and true of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLa Rochelle beaten again as Libbok lands 81st-minute conversion
By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers...........21pts Tries: Loader 52, Venter 79 Conversions: Libbok 81 Penalties: Libbok 36, 41, 44 La Rochelle......20pts Tries: Kerr-Barlow...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRogerson is aiming to shine in Paris
By LUKE JARMYN FLANKER Matt Rogerson has re-found his love for rugby at Leicester Tigers after going through the turmoil of...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSetting the agenda for rugby
Paul Rees looks ahead to the issues that will be addressed in this week's meeting of the Premiership's top men The...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoEach day was filled with song, fun and laughter
My Life in Rugby with Graham Dewes - The former Fiji prop and 2007 Rugby World Cup hero talks about his...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoSpears turn up the heat on new boys Mie
JAPAN RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Reigning champions Kubota Spears steamrolled past Division 1 newcomers Mie Heat 75-0 to secure their first...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNewcastle need help to survive -Varndell
By NICK POWELL TOM Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle’s form at the start of the season and feels the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 17/12/23
Alongside a report from their Saturday night clash with Cardiff, we talk to Bath‘s Finn Russell and how he’s moved to...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVarndell pushes for better governance to support Falcons
Former Premiership top try scorer Tom Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle‘s form at the start of the season and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBears set to splash cash for Lovejoy
By NEIL FISSLER Bristol have launched a massive recruitment drive for next season, with Harlequins tighthead Lovejoy Chawatama set to become...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCokanasiga a target for Gloucester
Gloucester are understood to have put England winger Joe Cokanasiga on the list of potential replacements for Wales superstar Louis Rees-Zammit,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoIce-cool Sheedy the hero for Bears
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 36pts Tries: Lane 5, Luatua 23, Thacker 30, Randall 48, Oghre 53 Conversions: Sheedy 6, 24,...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Northampton scrum-half Archie McParland
BY BEN JAYCOCK Under the close guidance of Will Parkin, Archie McParland has made the transition from fly-half to scrum-half and...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates rule out move for new Truro stadium
By SAM JACKSON Cornish Pirates have sold Truro City FC to the Canadian sports consortium that owns Cornwall Rugby League FC,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBears step up hunt for new tighthead
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol Bears have stepped up their search for a tighthead as they face up to...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBattling Saints too strong for Saracens
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens ........................... 12pts Tries: Parton 59, Lewington 72 Conversion: Vunipola 73 Northampton Saints...... 18pts Tries: Sleightholme 51, Mitchell...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWinger who is learning new tricks with Tigers
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road Ollie Hassell-Collins appeared to be in for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoDon’t give lifelines
IF Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish are gifted lifelines, then it would be an absolute disgrace – surely it can never...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBig clubs ready to rumble
Paul Rees looks forward to the Champions Cup, kicking off this weekend THE Champions Cup returns this week with a tweaked...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSweeney reports £4m profit for RFU
The RFU made a profit of £4m in 2022-23 despite three Premiership clubs and the Championship winners Jersey Reds going out...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDallaglio: We need clarity on Prem 2
By BEN JAYCOCK Lawrence Dallaglio is calling for clarity from the RFU and Premiership Rugby over plans for a Premiership 1/Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRecord turnover for Saints
Northampton have posted a record turnover of £21.96m in their annual report for the year ending June 2023. The club made...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoArundell may be first to get hybrid contract
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England star Henry Arundell could be one of the first players offered a new hybrid...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years ago20 years on and little to give us any real hope
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THIS week saw the 20th anniversary celebrations of the 2003 England squad winning...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDorking offering ‘crucial help’
By LUKE JARMYM Dorking chief Armand Roux says that while the Surrey club is fighting for an unprecedented promotion to National...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWe keep pressing self-destruct button
It is high time English rugby with its huge resources, in both player and financial terms, ceased pressing the wretched self-destruct...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoDavis keen to put on a show on derby day
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park Aidon Davis has played in all three major...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoFrench pair to battle for Rees-Zammit
ON THE BLINDSIDE Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit is being lined up for a money-spinning move to France at the end of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen relegation battle was the key
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBath chasing England U18 flyer Offiah
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Signing on: Max Ojomoh is close to agreeing a new...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGrayson to join Delaney in Japan
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Off: James Grayson MITSUBISHI Dynaboars will announce this week the signing of Northampton Saints...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMcCall pleased to see Saracens rediscover identity
By JON NEWCOMBE REVITALSED by the return of their large international contingent, Saracens head to Newcastle today on the back of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCOACH TO COACH
FORMER RICHMOND DIRECTOR OF RUGBY STEVE HILL, FAR LEFT, TALKS TO GISELLE MATHER, DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S RUGBY AT EALING TRAILFINDERS Giselle...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Kyle Moyle
Kyle Moyle, The Cornish Pirates and former Gloucester winger/full-back, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Alan...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCurry and Creevy prepare to join forces
By PAUL REES Tom Curry and Agustin Creevy were on opposite sides last Friday night when England faced Argentina in the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoStormers too good as Scarlets suffer
By ROB COLE Stormers...........52pts Tries: Theunissen 7,12, de Wet 25, 42, Blommetjies 28, Loader 35 Feinberg-Mngomezulu 58, Skosan 71 Cons: Blommetjies...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoEaster: We’re worst run sport in the world
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Nick Easter has criticised the RFU’s governance of English rugby as ‘grey-haired old men who live in the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWasps keen to return to ‘highest level’
By SAM JACKSON Wasps want to reform as a club “at the highest level possible” but may need to wait until...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoDombrandt: We don’t fear anyone
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop ALEX Dombrandt is not feeling sorry for himself after...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership Rugby weekly previews: Round Two
While England’s upcoming World Cup semi-final showdown with the Springboks holds a prominent place in the minds of English rugby fans,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoRacing 92 will fight to keep Arundell
BY NEIL FISSLER Racing 92 will fight any attempts by Gloucester and Bath to lure England international Henry Arundell back to...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoMagic money tree can’t last for ever
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Sweeney does not much care for accountability. It is why his first...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBath bank on Russell class
Premiership team-by-team previews: Bath Bath finished last season with four consecutive victories, their best run for three years. They scored 175...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLam puts his faith in Vakatawa to fire Bears
Premiership team-by-team previews: Bristol Bears HOW do you replace Semi Radradra? By signing Virimi Vakatawa, the France centre who was forced...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMercer the man to power Gloucester
Premiership team-by-team previews: Gloucester Gloucester started last season in the fast lane and finished it spluttering along in the hard shoulder...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoQuins hope to keep it smooth
Premiership team-by-team previews: Harlequins When Quins won the title in 2020-21, they finished the season strongly to make up for a...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaints have to nail it away from home
Premiership team-by-team previews: Northampton There was a point last season where Northampton looked as if they could qualify for the play-offs...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSale need to seize the day
Premiership team-by-team previews: Sale Sharks Alex Sanderson has pushed his players to their physical and mental limits this season after they...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens will still be the team to beat
Premiership team-by-team previews: Saracens THE champions have been denuded by the World Cup and will start their Premiership campaign with nine...
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