All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: England U20s head coach Alan Dickens
Former Sale Sharks, Leeds, Saracens and Northampton No.9 Alan Dickens selects a dream XV
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoLions call can help Exeter Chiefs centre Henry Slade get over World Cup heartache
Henry Slade is hoping to see a few of his Exeter Chiefs teammates claim British & Irish Lions honours in South...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScotland winger Duhan van der Merwe signs for Worcester
As exclusively revealed by The Rugby Paper last month, the winger will leave Edinburgh for Sixways
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago‘We just didn’t play well enough’, Baxter admits
Rob Baxter and Lee Blackett gives their thoughts on Wasps' 34-5 triumph over Exeter Chiefs at the Ricoh Arena
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Features
/ 5 years agoMeritocracy is RFU’s need, not chiselled platitudes | Nick Cain
Nick Cain criticises the lack of leadership shown by RFU chairman Andy Cosslett in the face of urgent financial planning needed...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBorthwick braced for battle against ‘big spending’ Bath
By GARY FITZGERALD Big job: Steve Borthwick STEVE Borthwick remains confident his Covid-tormented Tigers can defy the odds and the virus...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoCovid points sytem needs urgent review
I FIND the Premiership system for awarding points in a match called off due to Covid-19 somewhat farcical. It is nobody’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoCan’t bend rules just to suit Exeter
WHY, for one minute, is it a good idea to change the rules of a tournament halfway through? Reading Nick Cain’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoSimple ways to make the game better for all
Views COLIN BOAG Inevitable: Luke Cowan-Dickie scores for Exeter after a series of pick and gos New Year is a time...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps 34-5 Exeter: Physicality was shock for Chiefs says Blackett
Exeter Chiefs unbeaten record crumbles at the hands of ravenous Wasps
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLast-ditch Beaumont try nicks it for Sharks
By TOM BRADSHAW Destructive: Sam Hill powers past Gloucester full-back Kyle Moyle Clean ball: Ruan Ackermann wins a lineout for Gloucester...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps could be without Alfie Barbeary for three months
Standout Wasps star Alfie Barbeary will undergo a scan on Sunday on his high ankle sprain
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGeorge Furbank can be a top 10 – Vesty
Saints attack coach Sam Vesty believes a switch to fly-half could unlock George Furbank as a skillful threat
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExclusive: George Barton aims to gain from mentor Cips’ Gloucester departure
Barton started the year with England U20s, and finished it with one of Gloucester's most memorable moments of 2020 in the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors rue their wasted chances against Saints
Alan Solomons offers his reaction to his side's four-try defeat away at Franklin's Gardens
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNorthampton 29-10 Worcester: Dan Biggar puts the wind in Saints’ sails
Rob Wildman reports from Franklin's Gardens where Northampton Saints ended their long, long way for a win
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFaf de Klerk tells Sale it’s time to move on
Ahead of facing Wasps on Sunday afternoon, Faf de Klerk calls on the Sharks squad to move on from Steve Diamond's...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWasps’ Academy gems get another chance to shine
By NEALE HARVEY Top prospect: Wasps forward Alfie Barbeary WASPS will again unleash their youthful No.8-9-10 axis of Alfie Barbeary, Will...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN My team of 2020…and nearly all are French! Try time: Cheslin Kolbe was in top form for Toulouse ■...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSarries must wait until March to start
SARACENS’ England internationals will not play a competitive game before the Six Nations after the new Championship season was delayed until...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRFU must stamp authority by ruling out ring-fencing
I AM saddened at the numerous TRP reports regarding the ‘ring-fencing’ of the top tier. Do the current executives of the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJEREMY GUSCOTT
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Mavericks like Danny must choose their battlegrounds Such promise: Danny Cipriani playing for England v Ireland...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoFurious Lam spurs his Bears into the mood
By GARY FITZGERALD Momentum: Dan Thomas scores Bristol’s first try despite the efforts of Marcus Smith PICTURES: Getty Images Doubling up:...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoChampion Chiefs sign off superb year with bonus win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs, understandably rusty in the first half after their recent Covid travails, signed off a momentous year...
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Premiership
/ 5 years ago‘No hurry’ as Cipriani decides to take a break
What are the next steps for Danny Cipriani after his exit at Gloucester early in the season?
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins No.8 Alex Dombrandt sheds the pounds to cash in with Eddie
Quins talisman Dombrandt, yet to be capped by England, tells Neale Harvey how he has grafted to get into Test condition
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Susie Appleby: So refreshing to be treated as equals at Exeter Chiefs
The new three-year cycle of the Premier 15s welcomed Exeter Chiefs to the league's structure as a new club. Neale Harvey...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPostive tests at Leicester sees Premiership clash with Newcastle called off
Tigers trip to Kingston Park on Boxing Day cancelled due to positive tests and resulting number of squad forced to self-isolate
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Features
/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CHARLIEATKINSON WASPS FLY-HALF Charlie Atkinson’s first two Premiership games could hardly have been more different. After delighting in his Wasps debut...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThe mood’s positive at Wasps and we’re ready now for Sale says Thomas Young
Wasps flanker Thomas Young is raring to go as attentions switch back to the Premiership
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPaul Gustard demands cool heads or see Champions Cup hopes fade
Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard urges his side to keep strict discipline as Racing 92 await in the Champions Cup
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoWill Melville be able to stick with his no ring-fence stance?
THE arrival of Nigel Melville in a new role as executive chairman of Premiership Rugby’s investor board is a welcome appointment...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 years agoGlasgow Warriors exodus to Premiership continues with Huw Jones set to make switch
After the pending departure of Adam Hastings was announced this week, TRP can reveal another back is set to move to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBT Sport continue broadcasting Prem until 2024
On air: BT Sport panel PREMIERSHIP Rugby have agreed a new deal with BT Sport which will see the broadcaster show...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Breakdown clearouts have made risks worse Change of tactics: Jonah Lomu didn’t run round...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoProbyn column: Cut Prem loose and redirect all funding
Jeff Probyn on the financial obstacle the Premiership presents to the RFU's balance sheet and the radical change needed to help...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSteve Diamond rescued Sale Sharks from abyss but courted controversy
Jon Newcombe charts the highs and lows of Steve Diamond's tenure at Sale Sharks
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPumas pair set to switch clubs
LEICESTER Tigers fly-half Joaquin Diaz Bonilla is set to leave the club after only one season and join the Top 14....
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Features
/ 5 years agoI’d love to play for Tonga with my brother Charlie
Daniel Gallan talks to Bristol Bears star Siale Piutau about passion and punch-ups There are few professions where a punch-up between...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDeacon takes reins but Nelson wants Sharks to pursue Lancaster
■By JON NEWCOMBE Developing: Paul Deacon INTERIM Sale Sharks head coach Paul Deacon says Steve Diamond’s “legacy at the club will...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIt’s snore fest
WHILE I am no supporter of ring-fencing, having seen the opening rounds of this season’s Premiership and the Autumn Internationals I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStem Bok tide
S -outh A -fricans L -oving E -ngland R -aises U -underlying F -uture C -oncerns Why are foreign “stars” being...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoI’ll take victory over entertainment all day
AS a lifelong Northampton Saints supporter, I was intrigued by the media/supporter views on England’s win over France last Sunday…or to...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTable-topping Exeter Chiefs set sights on famous ‘double double’
Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle previews the visit of Glasgow Warriors to Sandy Park
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoDanny Care calls for same underdog spirit that put Harlequins on the trophy trail in 2011
Ahead of their trip to Thomond Park, Quins scrum-half Care recalls the spirit of 2011 and their famous win over Munster
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoSanti Cordero reacts quickest to sink unlucky Saints
Heartbreak for Northampton as Santi Cordero scores unusual late try to prolong their rotten form
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoFaulty execution killed us says Saints DoR Chris Boyd
Northampton Saints will be looking to overturn their defeat to Bordeaux against Leinster
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFletcher: Lack of 12s is long-standing concern
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER RFU player development manager John Fletcher says the lack of homegrown No.12s playing in Premiership rugby has been...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLuther’s arrival has boosted confidence – Walder
■By JON NEWCOMBE DAVE WALDER has paid tribute to the old hands in the backline who have helped Newcastle get off...
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Features
/ 5 years agoArtist Paolo proud to pin colours to his boots
Daniel Gallan finds Wasps flyer Paulo Odogwu has lots to offer on and off-field With thighs the size of beer kegs...
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
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