All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFlattery can even help you win World Cup
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE lengths that international coaches will go to in order to get an...
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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 agoSuper-sub Billy tames the Bears
■ By SAM JACKSON BILLY Keast powered over in the closing seconds to maintain Exeter’s winning record since lockdown and move...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDouble helping of Curry may be on Eddie’s menu
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Tracing the career trajectory and development of Ben...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMuderack on mission to ‘paint the rugby world red’
■ By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA SCARLETS hope to follow Manchester United’s model of success as new executive chairman Simon Muderack...
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Features
/ 6 years ago‘Homely’ Chiefs don’t need Bears’ cash riches
EXETER Chiefs’ secondstring scored a famous win at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night with a squad of 23, only one of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRazor’s the best coach I’ve seen, Lions would be lucky to have him
Former Wales wing Mark Jones has made a splash coaching the Crusaders in New Zealand. He tells NEALE HARVEY about his...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTitle race is done, no-one will get near the Chiefs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK EXETER have blown me away since the restart, because it appears already that the...
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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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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNo contest as Bristol 2nds are thrashed
■ By NICK CAIN Rout: Sam James scores Sharks’ fifth try THIS may have begun as third versus second in the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlex committed to helping Sarries return to conquer
■ By NEALE HARVEY Faithful: Alex Lewington ACE finisher Alex Lewington aims to be part of a Saracens rebirth having turned...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoScott’s excited to develop his all-court game under Flannery
■ By JON NWCOMBE Evolving: Harlequins hooker Scott Baldwin WALES hooker Scott Baldwin is embracing the all-court game he is being...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: This breakdown re-think is just what the game needs
The ruck is being officiated strictly by the referee's own initiative, and that's been a long time coming writes Jeremy Guscott
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoSaracens prop Alec Clarey calls for return of England Students
The England Students programme is on hold while the RFU exacts cutbacks in funding
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExclusive: The club which tried to sway Jack Willis to play for Ireland and not England
An offer was made to the Wasps flanker this summer to lay on the chance to play for Andy Farrell's team
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Borthwick overhauls Leicester line-up to include Nemani Nadolo
Nadolo is one of 14 changes made by Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick for clash with London Iris
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: I remember the magic of those midweek matches
Brendan Gallagher recalls the derby nights under the lights of Pontypool's record-breaking 1983-84
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoExeter’s power leaves the Sharks floundering
By NICK CAIN Powerhouse: Luke Cowan-Dickie celebrates after he beats three defenders from a tap-and-go to score PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRadradra shows his class but work to do for Bristol
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Unstoppable: Ben Earl goes over for Bristol’s fifth try PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL, and in particular Semi Radradra,...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKiwis make our game look utterly pedestrian
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The Sale coach and former hooker Steve Diamond, honorary life member of the Front Row Union, thinks...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPlayers must act as they see fit on racism
ANTHONY Watson was bang on the money in arguing that pre-match responses to the Black Lives Matter movement should be a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIt’s not all over yet for Bath and Pollard
SPRINGBOK fly-half Hendre Pollard is still weighing up his future with Top 14 outfit Montpellier and is refusing to rule out...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWillis says No to Ulster as he waits for Eddie
England ambitions: Jack Willis JACK WILLIS rejected a move to Ulster this summer because he wants to force his way into...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSevens star Miotti eyes move to Prem
Interest: Miotti FORMER Argentina Sevens fly-half Domingo Miotti is looking at a move to the Premiership after he was told to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoClarey calls for return of students’ stepping stone
By NEALE HARVEY Progress: Alec Clarey SARACENS prop Alec Clarey believes the RFU must find a way of resuscitating the England...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJamie should be back in time to tweak the Bears’ tail
WHAT a shame the first weekend of rugby in Wales since lockdown didn’t feature the return to action of Jamie Roberts....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGrassroots need more matches to kick-start interest
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SURELY the lower leagues,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNurture English lads or it may be trouble
This law is an ass! THE ruck law needs to change now. This picture shows it’s currently just a joke. Dick...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThis breakdown re-think is just what game needs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Effective: Exeter’s pick-and-go worked well against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images Idon’t believe the breakdown...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Harvey Biljon: I’m proud to see so many of my players in the Premiership
Neale Harvey surveys long-term Jersey director of rugby Harvey Biljon on the state of affairs in the second tier
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoStop the nit-picking and depowering of the scrum, Dan Cole warns World Rugby
England and Leicester tighthead Dan Cole offers his views on the scrum after watching Super Rugby this summer
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Overseas players are both cheaper and always on call
Jeff Probyn analyses Chris Boyd's claim that England's senior Men's team should have more English coaches and how its relative to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Yorkshire Carnegie fly-half Alberto Di Bernardo
Former Cornish Pirates, Yorkshire Carnegie and Benetton back Di Bernardo reflects on his career
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Malins, Earl and Sinckler all handed first Bristol starts in Round 15
Catch the teams for Friday's Premiership clashes at AJ Bell Stadium, Kingsholm and Ricoh Arena
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Neal Hatley has the know-how to make Bath contenders
Jeremy Guscott responds to Bath's promotion of Neal Hatley to head coach
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPGB introduce player welfare measures for ‘most arduous playing schedule ever’
27 days will separate the end of the current season from 2020-21
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoEngland Sevens flyer Dan Norton becomes latest London Irish signing
The World Sevens Series tries record-holder has been on the circuit for the past 12 years
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoZac wants to make a late splash in England
Neale Harvey talks to former All Black wing Zac Guildford about a Premiership switch High point: Zac Guildford scores for the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoExtra sessions with Corbs cost us dear
MY LIFEIN RUGBY JON FISHER LONDON IRISH FORWARDS COACH AND FORMER IRISH, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL BACK ROW Dream start: Jon...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHurrell targets Prem return as a skills coach
By JACK ZORAB Ambitious: Will Hurrell wants to pass on his expertise to the next generation PICTURE: Getty Images WILL Hurrell...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSocino: I’m here to give Barritt a run for his money!
Jon Newcombe talks to the Pumas centre who is joining Saracens JUAN Pablo Socino arrived in Hertfordshire in mid-June blinking into...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDon’t mess with scrum warns ‘old man’ Cole
■By JON NEWCOMBE New-age prop: Kyle Sinckler Warrior: Dan Cole gets on the ball for Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images HAVING been...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBlackett: Exciting time for young English hopefuls
■By NEALE HARVEY Fittest: Ben Velacott Talent: Charlie Atkinson WASPS head coach Lee Blackett believes a postlockdown surge of homegrown talent...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLate penalty try keeps Bears on the title trail
By MIKE SINCLAIR Last gasp: Bristol celebrate their penalty try in the dying minutes PICTURES:Getty Images On the run: Ben Earl...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew breakdown focus will keep the jackals on straight and narrow
NICK CAIN NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE breakdown is back at the top of the refereeing agenda...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWarriors brushed aside after Nanai’s early red
■ By ROGER PANTING MELANI Nanai’s red card ruined Jonny May’s comeback and any chance Worcester had of returning from lockdown...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew boss thrilled by brilliance of Cips
GLOUCESTER’S new head coach George Skivington was delighted with a win on the Premiership’s resumption. He said: “It wasn’t the ideal...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKiss: We had our chances but fell off the pace and suffered
Hungry: Charlie Ewels LES Kiss admitted his Irish side were lacking a little sharpness and physicality as the Exiles spluttered to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoProud to see so many of my players step up to Premiership
Q&A HARVEY BILJON ON THE RECORD Proactive: Harvey Biljon Former Wasps No.9 Harvey Biljon has forged a successful career in coaching...















