All posts tagged "Premiership"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCommunity game is sadly bottom of list
THIS week we saw the excruciating decision by the game to make every community rugby coach and regional development officer redundant....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUse this dire situation to better our great game
TWELVE months ago we were poised to enjoy a groundbreaking World Cup being played in Japan away from the home of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand Premiership to 14 teams
ON the discussion of ringfencing the Premiership I would prefer to keep relegation but, for one season only, have no relegation...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWorkload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk
NICK CAIN SUPER Rugby Aetearoa has been a high quality, high intensity tournament – which is exactly what the doctor ordered...
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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 agoI’m no Manu but I have my strengths
Jon Newcombe talks to Scotland centre Matt Scott about filling the Tuilagi void in Tigers’ midfield STRONG-RUNNING centre Matt Scott is...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBT Sport to broadcast all behind-closed-doors fixtures in first for the Premiership
Premiership Rugby have confirmed the 2020-21 season will begin on November 20, 27 days after the Premiership final
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWallace: ‘New expectations’ at Leicester Tigers under head coach Steve Borthwick
New signing Luke Wallace says Borthwick has already been inspiring the Tigers squad with a team meeting held in the stands...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Ed Griffiths must bin four-year promotion-relegation moratorium in proposal
The 76-page Championship revamp proposal drafted by Ed Griffiths would see promotion to the Premiership offset for four years
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership ring-fencing inevitable says Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
St Quinton is staunch in his belief that all 13 members of PRL should be in the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLoss of van der Merwe and Myler doesn’t leave London Irish short of leaders, vows Ben Loader
Blair Cowan is the lone co-captain standing at the Exiles, one of the players key to driving Irish to a strong...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoGloucester re-sign Franco Marais until the end of the season
Hooker Marais is awaiting the green light to travel to Japan after signing for NTT Red Hurricanes, coached by Johan Ackermann
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers hooker Archie Vanes
A player likely to be in the England U20s set-up for next year's Six Nations after starring for the U18s
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRing-fence inevitable says owner of Gloucs
By COLIN BOAG GLOUCESTER owner Martin St Quinton believes ring-fencing the Premiership is inevitable, describing the current situation of a team...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTigers still chasing new meat
BY NEILFISSLER Gone: Telusa Veainu LEICESTER TIGERS are still looking to improve their squad with the Premiership set to resume in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAbendanon rejects Prem to stay in France
FORMER England fullback Nick Abendanon has rejected the chance of moving back to the Premiership to stay in France next season....
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Features
/ 6 years agoRFU should get grassroots playing again, not the Prem
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrum is danger area: Sixteen players in a tiny space breathng the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSharks can smell blood now Manu’s on board
By NEALE HARVEY Top signing: Manu Tuilagi enjoys a joke with his new Sale teammates PICTURES: Getty Images Enforcer: Lood de...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLlanelli is breeding ground for Wales – Fisher
By ROB COLE PAUL Fisher has lost count of the number of caps won by the players who have come through...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTough act trying to be Leeds’ next Maradona
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALBERTO DI BERNARDO THE FORMER ITALY, CORNISH PIRATES, LEEDS CARNEGIE, BOURGOIN & TREVISO FLY-HALF Special day: Alberto di...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRFU must stop being transfixed on top level says Lewis
By JACK ZORAB BOURNVILLE director of rugby Dean Lewis has labelled the RFU ‘diabolical’ in their selection process for the women’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTigers will be fierce again under Borthwick
By NEALE HARVEY Getting up to speed: Luke Wallace training with Leicester this week BACK row warrior Luke Wallace has shone...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPlaying with no crowds will be disastrous say Ponty
By ALEX BYWATER THE WRU have been warned playing Premiership matches behind closed doors would lead to financial ruin for the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWorld 7s cancel winter legs
THEDubai and Cape Town rounds of the 2021 Rugby World Sevens - due to take place in November and December this...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCan Gatland survive the storm to lead the Lions?
COLIN BOAG Under fire: Warren Gatland with the Chiefs From hero to zero in just a few short months has been...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘Heartland’ has chance of success but boost to 14 teams
AS Jeff Probyn wrote last week, if Ed Griffiths' comprehensive proposals for the future of England’s second tier are to have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPrem needs stars on show
I CAN’T wait for the Premiership to return - I just hope the league is competitive throughout. I wouldn’t blame Saracens...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Heads out of the bunker chaps and point the way!
The sound of silence across the spectrum of rugby's powerbrokers is profound during this crisis, writes Chris Hewett
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAfoa: Pacific franchise will be a game changer
By NEALE HARVEY Investing in the future: John Afoa in action for Bristol PICTURES: Getty Images KANALOA Hawaii’s prospective entry into...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGriffiths’ plan gets the nod to carry on talking
By JON NEWCOMBE Blueprint: Edward Griffiths ED GRIFFITHS hopes his plan to restructure Championship rugby will help end “the Punch &...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEverybody has to earn their place – even Cipriani
Q&A GEORGE SKIVINGTON ON THE RECORD Challenge: George Skivington After a distinguished playing and coaching career with Wasps, Leicester, London Irish...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoJack plans to kick on under Steeno’s watch
By NEALE HARVEY Running man: Jack Walsh playing for NSW Country against Melbourne Rebels in the Australian U19s Championship PICTURES: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCowan’s leadershipcrucial says Loader
By ADAMELLIS Spring-heeled: Exiles flyer BenLoader scoresagainst Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images TYRO London Irishfull-back Ben Loaderbelieves the Exiles arewell stocked with...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoIs Griffiths getting his own back on the Prem?
Finally, the Champi-onship has a championin Edward Griffiths,who is going to shine alight at the end of thelong tunnel that hasbeen...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFiji provide fireworks as rugby thrills on its return to Olympics
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union THE return of rugby to the Olympics...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRing-fence and I’ll give my cash to grassroots
William Bolger ANOTHERexcellent report from Neale Harvey - the Q&A with Gary Reynolds in TRP July 5 covered a wide range...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHeads out of the bunker chaps and point the way!
Lady Godiva’s dress-down ride through Coventry; Sir Thomas Fairfax’s rout of the Royalist forces south of Bristol; the first stirrings of...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Signature of Owen Farrell at Saracens is good news for Lions
Farrell could be one of many players to be on a third Lions tour next summer, Shane Williams write
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons find Waldouck replacement in new defence coach Nick Easter
The ex-Harlequins No.8 is back working with Dean Richards, this time as coach
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Featured
/ 6 years agoGloucester’s Matt Garvey calls for reform to combat players falling into the abyss
Gloucester lock Garvey shares his concerns for the way the Premiership transfer and contract window opens and closes
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHow did Ealing academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo come to be signed by Toulon?
Obatoyinbo, 19, signed for Toulon last week after being approached by the Top 14 club
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMorris: My Dad told me I needed to work twice as hard at life because of the colour of my skin
Harlequins full-back Aaron Morris on the ever-pressing need for rugby to do more for BAME coaches and more representation at board...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSkivington adds Dom Waldouck to Gloucester coaching staff
Waldouck, 32, leaves Newcastle Falcons where he had been defence coach
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Features
/ 6 years agoCueto and Hodgson believe Manu Tuilagi can banish any doubts over Sale’s staying power
Sale Premiership winners Mark Cueto and Charlie Hodgson offer their two cents on the boost Tuilagi offers the Sharks
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoYorkshire Carnegie academy product Alex Rieder livid at programme’s collapse
Former Wasps flanker Alex Rieder labels the disbandedment of Yorkshire Carnegie's academy 'a joke'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Championship clubs plan massive shake-up following review by ex-Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths
Is the Championship heading towards a collective bargaining agreement and upheaval of its structure?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGloucester’s two-man shortlist for defence coach include World Cup-winning Springboks coach
The Cherry and Whites are looking at up-and-coming defensive minds to fill hole in coaching staff
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Sotutu for England? Has Eddie Jones forgotten Dombrandt?
Blues No.8 Hoskins Sotutu has been one of the breakthrough players in Super Rugby Aotearoa, and Eddie Jones has been watching
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWhistle-stop tour sets up tyro prop Carre for big future
By ROB COLE RHYS Carre met his former Saracens team-mate Vincent Koch for the first time in the heat of a...
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