All posts tagged "Northampton"
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBen upping game to save England career
By JON NEWCOMBE Under threat: Ben Youngs faces stiff competition for his Red Rose jersey PICTURES: Getty Images Kyran Bracken: Give...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoUlster call on Cooney to shoot down Top 14 giants
By SAM JACKSON Recall: John Cooney comes in for Alby Mathewson SCRUM-HALF John Cooney has been recalled to Ulster’s starting line-up...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoCaptain Tom chasing glory finish to year of progress
By NEALE HARVEY Focused: Tom Youngs LEICESTER’S quarterfinal clash with Castres today was cancelled after three of the French side’s players...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears appeal three-game ban for Siale Piutau
A hearing with an appeals panel will now take place on Thursday, as Alan Solomons offers his views on the matter
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlex King plots new ‘Wasps dynasty’ at Gloucester
Gloucester attack coach Alex King expects great things to happy at Kingsholm after being reunited with Danny Cipriani and Dom Waldouck
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPat Lam uses post-match interview to vent frustration over Siale Piutau ban
Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam wants to see a 'shake-up' of the citing and mitigation process
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSaints unravelled by Chiefs second-string
By GARY FITZGERALD Crash ball: Sean Lonsdale smashes George Furbank to score Exeter’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images ROB Baxter admits...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPlay-offs are long shot now – Boyd
CHRIS Boyd admitted Northampton’s play-off chances were left shattered and scattered all over Franklin’s Gardens by Exeter’s ‘B’ team. He said:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTwinkle toes Vasily danced a merry jig at Blackrock
ONE of Blackrock’s more exotic recent products is Russia’s captain Vasily Artemyev, who made such a big impression at RWC2019, first...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath put Saints on the skids
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Star: Tom de Glanville BATH made it three wins on the spin since lockdown to move up...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoTurnover king Willis wants a response after Sharks mauling
■ By NEALE HARVEY Hard edge: Jack Willis wants gainline dominance WASPS back rower Jack Willis cites improved discipline and increased...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoChris Boyd delighted to have senior coaches agree Saints stays
Phil Dowson, Matt Ferguson and Sam Vesty have all signed extensions
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBattered Hartley’s bitter ode to dying of the light
DYLAN Hartley might have preferred something more poetic when he was axed as England captain by Eddie Jones. Something like the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBrad’s fighting the sound of silence
■ By NEALE HARVEY BRAD Shields knows he faces a battle to restate his England credentials after admitting he has had...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPetersfield assemble top brains trust after promotion
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS HAMPSHIRE Premier champions Petersfield are gearing up to come flying out of the blocks when the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye
Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan
NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoButler wants place at Europe’s top table
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER vice-captain Will Butler aims to join teammate Ollie Lawrence in the race for England selection after declaring...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHodge’s little and large act ready for big stage
NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH’S star wingers Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe are on a mission to return...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoDanny Hobbs-Awoyemi is back where it all started at Northampton Saints
Saints are loaded at the loosehead position, with Alex Waller keeping Hobbs-Awoyemi for company
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDanny back at Saints and aiming for top honours
By NEALE HARVEY England hopeful: Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi TOP prop Danny Hobbs- Awoyemi returns to boyhood club Northampton with a spring in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSpoilt for choice
WHAT a fantastic column by Chris Hewett (TRPJuly 5). You can’t argue with the talent of the New Zealand national team...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoCoach Ward serves up his new all-court game
By NEALE HARVEY Multi-talented: Dave Ward shows off his racket skills NEWLY appointed Ampthill forwards coach Dave Ward is taking an...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDan Biggar and Lewis Ludlam among 19 to sign new Saints deals
Chris Boyd speaks after wrapping up new deals for senior first team figures and academy products
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmbitious Beziers sound out England stars
BEZIERS have been busy seeing if England players are unhappy with their contract arrangements. The Pro D2 club are in the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFurbank: I don’t plan to be 2-cap wonder
By NEALE HARVEY England rivals: Elliot Daly and Anthony Watson Ambitious: George Furbank attempts a break for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens sign fly-half Will Hooley after leaving Bedford Blues
15-cap USA international says it was an 'easy decision' to join Saracens
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Features
/ 6 years agoTigers ace Veainu weighing his options
Exit? Telusa Veainu LEICESTER are braced to lose some players with Telusa Veainu set to lead the exodus. The New Zealandborn...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMallinder has big respect for Marcus
MARCUS Rashford’s efforts to ensure children don’t go hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic is inspiring sports stars everywhere, says community- minded...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAltrad’s run for mayor hit by third cap scandal
FRENCH COLUMN Billionaire Mohed Altrad is running to be mayor of Montpellier - a position which would mean giving up the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoEwels: Kruis’ exit gives opportunity to show this is England’s great era of second rows
The Bath captain came within a whisker of going to the Rugby World Cup in Japan
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Features
/ 6 years agoVan Vuuren joins the Trailfinders revamp
Signed: Van Vuuren EALING have continued the massive overhaul of their squad next season by signing Michael van Vuuren from Northampton...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCraftsman Tom nails down his new career
By NEALE HARVEY Back to nature: Tom Wood works out in his back garden using a home- made barbell Grinding it...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe Saracens players who can thrive in the Championship
Neale Harvey discovers the academy graduates now fully integrated within Saracens first team
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Features
/ 6 years agoDAN BIGGAR ON…
...Gareth Anscombe’s arrival spurring him on I made a joke and said I was happy coming off the bench last season,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton sign back-five forward Nick Isiekwe on season-long loan
The England lock has agreed an extension with Saracens but will not be playing in the Championship
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBen pushing to have scrum doctor Cron’s eye for detail
By NEALE HARVEY Expert tuition: Mike Cron coaching Ben Franks FORMER detective Mike Cron will provide eagle-eyed inspiration to Ben Franks...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TUI URU NORTHAMPTON No.8 Tui Uru’s name will not be on many lists of ‘England stars of the future’ right now...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLoyalty to Waterloo runs deep for Dick
MY CLUB WATERLOO WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Gloucester face fight to ward off interest from Japan for Johan Ackermann
The Gloucester head coach signed an extension with the Cherry and Whites last May
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoTalent-spotter Dusty is back to help his old club’s revival
World record kicker: Dusty Hare DUSTY Hare remains a Leicester legend despite having spent seven years bringing through a swathe of...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIreland and Leinster wing Fergus McFadden to retire at season’s end
"They say the best time to leave a party is when you're still having fun" - McFadden
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTaqele Naiyaravoro keen to switch allegiance to Fiji
Wallabies wing Naiyaravoro has expressed his desire to play for Fiji depending on the outcome of the World Rugby election
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Gloucester prop Gareth Denman one of two signings set to hit trail to Ealing
Neil Fissler reports on the two players set to switch Championship clubs, plus Exeter Chiefs extend deal for veteran
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWe can become regulars in the top two, says Northampton Saints No.8 Teimana Harrison
The Northampton Saints No.8 tells Neale Harvey how he is revelling his role as co-captain
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
CHARLIE CLARE, LEICESTER AND FORMER NORTH WALSHAM, JERSEY, BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAY ED WITH...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘There are some academy players earning £8K’ – RPA’s Christian Day reveals Premiership ‘mess’
Retired lock, now working for the RPA, explains how player cuts are far more complex to impose than they appear
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Northampton Saints winger Josh Gillespie
Dropped by Bath, Northampton came calling for the Australia-born wing













