All posts tagged "Premiership"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSalary cap cuts are thrown out by big three
Billy’s boost from Italy By NEIL FISSLER Young: He’s set to stay with Wasps Wales’ flanker Thomas Young seems certain to stay...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership could bring down £7m salary cap limit to help clubs
The rigidity of the salary cap stands to put Premiership clubs deeper into trouble unless it adapts
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens ask highest earners to accept partial wage deferrals
Reigning Premiership champions take major measures towards maintaining their sustainability
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Featured
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish building new dynasty around their Fantastic Four
Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Joe Cokanasiga, Delon Armitage all came through the Exiles pathway. Neale Harvey finds there's four newbies ready...
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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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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: The hidden Wales aces making life tough for regions
Peter Jackson looks at the lack of playing time regions are getting from their Wales stars
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoGatland’s plan for Lions to play at Twickenham ‘nonsense’, says Willie-John McBride
"I think it’s scandalous that the Premiership clubs in England are dictating the future of the sport" - Lions legend McBride
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Thinking cap back on please, Laporte!
Bernard Laporte made some outlandish claim to ditch the Champions Cup without any evidence of its limitations
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs keen to offer Australia aces way out
Recruitment hasn't been shut down for some Premiership clubs
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe briefest argument for why the Championship is invaluable to English rugby
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow explains how some Premiership clubs still want to keep links with the Championship - but others aren't...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDeal for Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth to join Sale Sharks is off
Not making the switch north to Premiership rivals
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: I’m glad Eddie Jones has got the job… who else was there?
The World Cup is the only thing that has eluded Eddie Jones so far
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOptions are drying up for Nick Abendanon who seeks homecoming from Clermont
After six years in France with Clermont, ex-Bath full-back Nick Abendanon had been planning on a return to England
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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
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDisgraceful how RFU’s left us to fend for ourselves
NICK CAIN FINDS NOTTINGHAM CHAIRMAN ALISTA AIR BOW WILLING TO PUT HIS HEAD ABOVE THE PARAPET FOR the last 0decade it has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBow on why the Championship is invaluable…
Virtually every club in the Premiership has England internationals who have been nurtured in the Championship, and Alistair Bow says its...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCoventry were just half an hour from closure
Future looks good: Peter Rossborough watches his beloved club A s a supporter, player, captain, coach and leading club official, Peter Rossborough...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExeter and Sale to join women’s top flight
NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs and Sale Sharks will join the top division of women’s rugby for three years at the expense of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHurrell forced to call time after suspected stroke
BRISTOL Bears centre Will Hurrell has retired from rugby after suffering a probable stroke in January. The 30-year-old was withdrawn with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIrish building new dynasty around their Fab Four
NEALE HARVEY discovers how four of London Irish’s homegrown backline hitmen are taking the Premiership by storm – and boosting their...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThe hidden aces make life tough for regions
Long before social distancing became a way of life, a similar exercise had been foisted upon the four Welsh regions in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoApprentice Alex ready to run with the big dogs
By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON scrumhalf Alex Mitchell is determined to make the most of his shock Six Nations call-up by continuing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHeinz: We’ve identified our kryptonites
AFTER what he describes as an “unbelievable nine months”, spring-heeled No.9 veteran Willi Heinz has no intention of surrendering his England...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBlackett gets the nod for top job at Wasps
WASPS have appointed interim boss Lee Blackett as their new head coach. The 37-year-old has been in charge since director of rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThe modern game is better -and here’s why
COLIN BOAG With no live rugby to watch, the broadcasters have been replaying games from years ago. Sky showed the three...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
DAVE EWERS, THE EXETER AND ENGLAND SAXONS BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Mako...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoI’m glad Eddie’s got the job…who else was there?
THERE were not too many alternatives open to the RFU when it came to reappointing Eddie Jones as England coach through...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSweeney’s balancing act will be true test of his powers
THE measure of a good CEO is not the size or wealth of the organisation he runs, but the quantity and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBring back those real tours -by bus and train
How it was and could be again: Leicester’s Clive Woodward tackles New Zealand’s Eddie Dunn at Welford Road in 1979 The...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Marquee players could take bigger hit to wages
Jeff Probyn writes why top earners at Premiership clubs should go the extra mile in wage cuts
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A: Gareth Steenson – I don’t know why there aren’t many Exeter players in the England squad
Read our in-depth interview with the Exeter Chiefs stalwart, who doesn't know if he'll be at Sandy Park next season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago50 South Africans in the Premiership reflects badly, says Snyman
How South African players have surged past Pacific Islanders as the Premiership's foremost import
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons Test star to leave despite promotion back to Premiership
Mulling over his options after playing his last game for the Falcons
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJapan set to overtake Top 14 and Premiership to become No.1 destination
The Top League is attracting players from the world over - and that won't stop says ex-Gloucester lock Tom Savage
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership’s best South African XV: Faf de Klerk misses out
TRP picks a line-up of the all-time best South African players to play in the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership Rugby suspends season indefinitely but reiterates intent to complete all games
There will be no chance of watching rugby against on April 24 as Premiership extends suspension
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU have reached a fair outcome says Hill, as Richmond bounce back
Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill has his say on how the RFU's formula to decide league outcomes fared
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI would have liked to see Rob Baxter take charge of England, says Moody
Baxter's development of Exeter should have been tested on England according to the former flanker
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTen months of rehab left Sean O’Brien wanting to prove everything to no-one but himself
The London Irish flanker goes into detail about how risky his hip surgery was to his career
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoInverdale’s demand for grassroots shake-up
‘Financial models are broken’ By NEALE HARVEY JOHN Inverdale has called for a root and branch review of how community rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTompkins’ move to the Blues hits problems
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Versatile Parkes is wanted in Japan KOBE STEEL are leading a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEwers keen to get buzz of winning the title
By NEALE HARVEY Ambition: Dave Ewers DAVE EWERS says his burning desire to win major trophies made his decision to stay...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JOSHGILLESPIE NORTHAMPTON WINGER Recently capped by England U20s against Wales, Josh Gillespie is a lightning fast winger whose route into the Northampton...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMarquee players could take bigger hit
When the chips are down and the pressure increases, why is it that money is always the topic that exposes what people...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLucky to learn off master like Jenks
MY LIFEIN RUGBY LEE JARVIS THE FORMER WALES, PONTYPRIDD, CARDIFF, DRAGONS AND CORNISH PIRATES FLY-HALF WHEN I was 15, Just Rentals, a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMoody: I would have liked to see Baxter take charge
By GARY FITZGERALD Baxter fan: Lewis Moody LEWIS Moody would have plumped for Rob Baxter to take over the England hot...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMoriarty commits future to Ryan’s Dragons
By ALEX BYWATER and STEFFAN THOMAS ROSS Moriarty has turned down big money offers in England and France to continue his career with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoA fair decision says bounce back up at
Hill as Richmond their first attempt By NEALE HARVEY Excited: Steve Hill RICHMOND rugby director Steve Hill has praised the strength...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFalcons have rule of their own says Shingler
EALING Trailfinders flyhalf Steven Shingler believes Newcastle Falcons’ promotion to the Premiership was not inevitable, despite his side trailing the league...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoContract chaos puts Carl Fearns in limbo in France
Former Bath back row Carl Fearns reveals the situation facing him as an out-of-contract player in the Top 14
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
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