All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNow ten teams talk about break from PRL
■By NICK CAIN THE plans for a breakaway from PRL by Premiership clubs is gathering momentum, with ten clubs now actively...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmps fired up for a second ride in the Championship
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Star signing: Dave Ward has been magnificent AMPTHILL chairman Alex Radley described the club’s first Championship season as...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEvergreen Elvis has lots of hits left in him
■By NEALE HARVEY Big engine: Elvis Taoine shows no signs of slowing as he approaches his 37th bithday PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoA League of Nations is an idiotic proposal
JEFF PROBYN No way through: Georgia’s Shalva Mamukashvili is tackled in the defeat to Italy in 2018 PICTURE: Getty Images Democracy:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGlad I took Dad’s advice not to quit
MY LIFEIN RUGBY DIEGO ALBANESE THE FORMER ARGENTINA, GLOUCESTER AND LEEDS WINGER Pocket rocket: Diego Albanese playing in the Premiership for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoExeter philosophy inspiring Arscott’s climb with Dings
■By NEALE HARVEY Driving on: Luke Arscott in action this season for Dings against Barnes PICTURE: John White DINGS Crusaders boss...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHalf of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL
Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter plots last hurrah
The fly-half isn't ready to call it quits at 38, writes Neil Fissler
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Our Golden Goose is an endangered species
Nick Cain says rugby can come through its most precarious challenge if it becomes more transparent
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Guy Thompson finds new club after being let go by Leicester Tigers
Thompson was reluctantly let go by Leicester days before the outbreak
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Featured
/ 6 years agoSpecial report: Question time at Twickenham
The RFU has been accused of showing 'disrespect' towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCVC to meet this week to evaluate PRO14 investment plans
Welsh regions are relying on a £40m windfall from CVC's acquisition of a stake in the PRO14
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Empty stadiums? You would be surprised by the chatter
How can the remainder of the Six Nations be played in a safe manner?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMatt Toomua could dodge Rugby Australia cuts by making return to Premiership
Matt Toomua and two other Wallabies stars eye Premiership moves
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Wasps openside flanker Paul Volley
The No.7 talks Jon Newcombe through his time at Wasps, Castres, Harlequins and London Scottish
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLuke Northmore might have as interesting a story as Harlequins teammate Dombrandt
After finishing school, the Quins centre worked in a pasty shop while playing for Tavistock RFC
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton in advanced talks to sign South African flanker based in France
Former Bulls back row closing in on move to Franklin's Gardens after two years in France
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTalent of Bristol half-backs is off the charts, says Morgan
Bristol strength and conditioning coach Kevin Morgan has seen first-hand the rise of Sheedy, Randall, Lloyd, and Protheroe
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEmpty grounds? You’d be surprised by the chatter
Would it be right? Charles Piutau could play for Tonga if World Rugby change the rules PICTURE: Getty Images MY first...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFair play? I struggle to see it
A COUPLE of weeks ago a reader stated that before a Championship side could be promoted they must be financially sustainable....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU must not waste this chance to reset
IN last week’s Rugby Paper Steve Grainger described how the RFU were meeting rugby’s needs during the coronavirus crisis. The Director...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoI disagree Colin, kick tennis is a snorefest
DID Colin Boag write his ‘modern game is better’ comparison with tongue in cheek to get a response? I had to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoOur Golden Goose is an endangered species
RUGBY Union’s golden goose is beginning to look a lot thinner, and as the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic grows,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoClubs plan breakaway the same as football
By NICK CAIN A GROUP of six English Premiership clubs are planning to breakaway from PRL, the administrative arm which represents...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoToomua may take Bath to dodge cuts
PICTURE: Getty Images FORMER Leicester playmaker Matt Toomua could make a return to the Premiership following pay-cuts to all professional players...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHolmes calls halt to become a city slicker
By JEREMY BLACKMORE NOTTINGHAM skipper Tom Holmes has called time on a 13-year career in the wake of the Championship funding...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGood news for Boris, the right is might again
Best wing in the world? Cheslin Kolbe PICTURE: Getty Images The Prime Minister rather enjoys his rugger: indeed, he attended last...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCVC to re-evaluate investment in PRO14
By ROB COLE THE future financial stability of the PRO14 and the four Welsh regions will be on the line this...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBargain buys from abroad will stymie English talent
By NEALE HARVEY AN already shrinking jobs market will become even tougher for aspiring young English players as more overseas stars...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTiger Thompson signs for Ealing
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE London calling: Guy Thompson EALING TRAILFINDERS have pulled off the eye-catching signing of Leicester and former Wasps...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSeilala champions case for reversal
By STEFFAN THOMAS Plea: Seilala Mapusua FORMER Premiership player of the season Seilala Mapusua has backed Sir Bill Beaumont’s bid to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNeither Beaumont nor Pichot are right
Same old: Billy Beaumont and Agustin Pichot COLIN BOAG Everyone knows the problem with elections: candidates come up with good ideas,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership season may resume as late as end of August
TRP understands Premiership clubs will be given a minimum of five weeks to get squads match-ready
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers fend off interest for another international in their backline
After losing Jonny May to Gloucester, Tigers face another fight to keep hold of winger
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe three Premiership clubs who vetoed reducing the salary cap from £7m to £5.5m
Salary cap operating window and player turnover come July had led to vote on lowering limit
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Plans to hold Six Nations in FULL this autumn
Peter Jackson reports on the contingency talks for a second Six Nations in November
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Gloucester full-back/centre Tom Stanton
Tom Stanton has played plenty at outside centre, but wants to stamp his mark at full-back
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ex-Canada, Sale, London Welsh and Esher utility back Phil MacKenzie
Three relegations haven't dampened the Canadian's outlook on his time in English club rugby
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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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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJohn Wells to leave Newcastle Falcons for role in Italy
Defence coach John Wells will take up a new challenge with Rugby Colorno
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCVC £300m investment into Six Nations put on ice
Deal between CVC and Six Nations put on hold until Test calendar becomes clear
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby must speak with one voice -like Apollo 13
For the space buffs among you rugby aficionados, this last week has been an extraordinary trip down memory lane as we...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNational One in conflict over salary cap reduction
By NEALE HARVEY BATTLE lines are being drawn among National League One clubs after Chinnor chairman Simon Vickers demanded a swingeing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBear cubs can go all the way says Morgan
By NEALE HARVEY BRISTOL’S gifted gang of backline proteges are primed to explode on to the international stage, predicts former Wales...
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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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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoO’Gara still hates me for the treatment I gave him
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PAUL VOLLEY FORMER WASPS, CASTRES, HARLEQUINS AND LONDON SCOTTISH OPENSIDE I’M sure he won’t like me saying it but...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBig guns will back Bill to save them cash
“What Pichot hopes for is the dream of Tier Two nations, but this can never be achieved” And so it begins,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWarrior Will targets role as defence commander
By NEALE HARVEY STROKE victim Will Hurrell aims to forge a new career in coaching after revealing how his life might...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPlan to hold Six Nations in full again in autumn
Compensation issue By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations are in the process of finalising contingency plans for an emergency tournament to...















