All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoThree-try blitz blows Bath out of Europe
■By NEALE HARVEY Hot prospect: Samuel Ezeala breaks through to score Clermont’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images Slicing through: Rhys Priestland...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk Can the relegated team...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoIt’s much ado about nothing at Thomond
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Arm wrestle: Saracens lock Will Skelton is tackled by Tadhg Beirne and Billy Holland PICTURES: Getty Images No...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHow long before the first coach gets fired?
Views COLIN BOAG Smart move: Declan Kidney is a world class coach at London Irish It has become a cliché that...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoPRL secrecy is an insult to all club rugby fans
NICK CAIN IS Premiership Rugby fit for purpose? Is the governing body of the multi-million pound club game in England understaffed,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoIt beggars belief that the Lions are treated so badly
JEREMY GUSCOTT Stretching the Springboks: Matt Dawson scores for the Lions in the third Test against South Africa at Ellis Park...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoThis snub to Lions does game disservice
PRL’s decision this week to deny the 2021 Lions a crucial extra week of preparation for their tour of South Africa...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoFeel the gap – Saints are hit by 7-try pummeling
■From NICK CAIN at Franklin’s Gardens Rout: Ed Byrne dives over for the final Leinster try PICTURE: Getty Images NORTHAMPTON may...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFive warm-ups are enough to get the Lions ready
IT WAS interesting to see the eight-game schedule for the British & Irish Lions tour. Five warm-up games is more than...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoSexton waits on knee scan
JOHNNY Sexton is on the injury-list again after sustaining a ligament injury to his right knee. Leinster rugby director Leo Cullen...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Magical Radradra can cast spell on the Premiership
Jeremy Guscott reflects on what Bristol's signing of the Bordeaux Begles and Fiji star Radradra means for the rest of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears build fearsome back three with Piutau signing extension
Another big piece of business completed at Ashton Gate
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish League ‘coming in 2022’ says club owner
Stakeholders CVC are driving a merger between the Premiership and PRO14
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton Saints fill Dylan Hartley void with new hooker signing
Sam Matavesi has left Cornish Pirates to move to Franklin's Gardens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHIGHLIGHTS: All the action and drama from Round 5 of the Premiership
Haven't got round to watching the weekend's action yet? Here are the extended video highlights
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoC’mon Eddie, let players break free and flourish
GUEST COLUMN “Jones wants even greater levels of managerial control over his international personnel” One by one, England’s World Cup elite...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSinckler returns to keep Quins moving forwards
Back: Kyle Sinckler KYLE SINCKLER will aim to make an impact from the bench on his return to club duty as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGloucester have eye on top prop Schonert
GLOUCESTER are keen on signing Worcester Warriors tight-head Nick Schonert who is out of contract at the end of the season....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAdam made a man out of me – Boyce
By NEALE HARVEY BATH prop Lewis Boyce says he will owe Welsh legend Adam Jones a huge debt of gratitude if...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWill RFU scrap rules if Sarries go down?
So it’s back to the real business of club rugby this week as we return to the Premiership and the serious...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoScots ace Hutchinson extends stay at Saints
NORTHAMPTON and Scotland centre Rory Hutchinson has agreed to extend his contract with the Premiership club. The length of the deal...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSchonert’s time may be coming round again
Impact: Nick Schonert charges into a tackle bag held by Charlie Ewels during England training PICTURE: Getty Images NICK SCHONERT, the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoHow much longer can Baa-Baas last?
Crowd pleasers: Craig Millar scores the Barbarians’ fourth try against Wales yesterday COLIN BOAG The Barbarians are one of the most...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoMagical Radradra can cast spell on Premiership
Serious talent: Semi Radradra picks wonderful lines PICTURE: Getty Images PAT LAM has pulled off a sensational coup with the signing...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoO’Flaherty dazzles as irresistible Chiefs cut loose
■By NEALE HARVEY WINGER Tom O’Flaherty wowed a record Sandy Park crowd with a scintillating display as Exeter handed Wasps a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBotha puts World Cup disappointment behind him
Power: Ruan Botha on the surge for Irish BATTLE-HARDENED lock Ruan Botha has vowed to overcome the frustration of his Springboks...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears & England U20 hooker Will Capon
Capon talks to Neale Harvey about working with Harry Thacker and John Afoa at Bristol
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGallagher column: Saracens embodied the old pioneering spirit
The Premiership has become safe and conservative, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI’m probably the weakest in the running backs’ room but my pro rugby career helps me, says Christian Wade
We catch up with Christian Wade and his NFL dream and discover a player determined to get a shot with the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps flanker Jack Willis aims to add spice to England’s Undercurry
Neale Harvey talks to Wasps' turnover machine Jack Willis
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoJoe blow gives Dai Exeter problem
WASPS boss Dai Young fears Joe Launchbury will miss Saturday’s Premiership match at Exeter due to a calf injury. The England...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoSavage Bears serve Brive a tasty bagle
By GARY FITZGERALD Flair: Try-scorer Harry Randall threatens Brive again PAT Lam acclaimed his Bears romp in France as “a big...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoThacker proud of defence progress
HARRY Thacker challenged his rampant Bears team-mates to keep on rolling out the wins and impressive displays after giving Brive a...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoHarmony? Eddie has put boys under a bus
CHRIS HEWETT England’s coaching staff do not always sing from the same hymn sheet. Sometimes, they struggle to preach the same...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSuddenly Davies has joined the ‘bad guys’
AS CHIEF executive of Cardiff RFC pre-regionalisation, Gareth Davies defied the WRU and put them in the English Premiership alongside Swansea....
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Features
/ 6 years agoHalaholo’s dancing feet will add wow factor for Wales
WILLIS Halaholo’s ‘unique’ ability to see space and break the line will make him a smash-hit for Wales, says former Hurricanes...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBustling Beno ready to muscle in on prop stars
By NEALE HARVEY Barnstormer: Beno Obano charges upfield for Bath during the Champions Cup match against Ulster PICTURE: Getty Images INSPIRED...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie’s insults only mask his own World Cup failure
JEFF PROBYN High earners: Owen Farrell didn’t grow up in a council house with dad Andy PICTURE: Getty Images Eddie Jones...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens still under cloud of suspicion
SO SARACENS have accepted the punishment handed to them by their own partners in the Premiership and will face a battle...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEnd this secrecy over Saracens
NICK CAIN COMMENT Fallen giants: Ben Earl and his Saracens team mates can’t hide their disappointment during their heavy defeat against...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoOther clubs may be guilty says Moody
By GARY FITZGERALD LEWIS Moody is convinced Saracens’ England stars will not snub the Six Nations when it comes to making...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLocal Joe thrilled by Bears’ ride to the top
NEWS EXTRA LONG-SERVING Bristol lock Joe Joyce finds it hard to believe how far the Premiership leaders have come since he...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoNormal service as Daly inspires Saracens to scale Euro heights
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER It’s a cracker: Rotimi Segun dives over to score Saracens second try PICTURES: Getty Images AFTER an eerily...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMobile Moulds aims to be Prem’s new Brits
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA BUSTLING hooker Matt Moulds is desperate to prove his worth to Worcester Warriors by making a...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWarriors fall to Castres power at breakdown
By TIM LEWIS Held: No way through for Geoffrey Palis of Castres WORCESTER came up short in France as they were...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership
By ROB COLE Men from capital survive sin-bin catastrophe Cardiff………13 Aberavon ……12 CARDIFF somehow found a way to get themselves out...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoFranco and Irish defy musclemen of Bayonne
By NEALE HARVEY Touchdown: Ben Meehan scores for Irish PICTURE: Getty Images FRANCO van der Merwe produced a colossal captain’s display...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSteelmen ease worries in RGC takeover
By ROB COLE RGC …………23 Ebbw Vale ……31 DAN Haymond kicked 16 points to guide the Steelmen to a fourth successive...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoJohnson turns on the power for Wasps
By ROB WILDMAN Debut try: Malakai Fekitoa breaks clear to score PICTURES: Getty Images Valued: Jacob Umaga Skill: Matteo Minozzi WASPS...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Saracens and Namibia flanker Jacques Burger
Jon Newcombe talks to the ferocious back row forward on how his career began in desperate circumstances at Griquas
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