All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll of us must help make sure The Knoll survives
WHATEVER the current financial difficulties are at my old club Neath, I just hope that some sense can prevail this week...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSharks reaping rewards for commitment to local talent
Mentor: Neil Briggs SALE’S success in having eight players named in England’s preliminary U20s squad is down to the club’s pathway...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMatavesi: French victory has us all believing
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY WATCH out Wales, Fiji are coming to get you! That’s the warning from hooker Sam Matavesi...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
FORMER NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT & WALES FLY-HALF NOW HEAD COACH AT AMPTHILL PAUL TURNER Probably the first results I look for on...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBolter Holmes has Lions pair in his sights
NEALE HARVEY WALES’ newcomer Jonah Holmes insists he will not consider himself a Test player until he is named in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWilliams holds his nerve as Ponty get tight win
By LYNDON EDNEY Carmarthen…13 Pontypridd …16 CARMARTHEN Quins were left kicking themselves for their second-half indiscipline that allowed Lewis Williams to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDebutant stars for Keys as they end winless run
By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys …26 Llandovery …18 CROSS Keys shocked Llandovery at Pandy Park to record their first victory in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSteelmen remain calm to keep pressure on the top sides
By IAN GOLDEN Bargoed …21 Ebbw Vale…35 EBBW Vale stayed patient to pick up the full five points at Bargoed and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Wizards hold on despite fight back as Jenkins stars
By ANDY REYNOLDS Aberavon …15 RGC 1404 …7 ABERAVON did just enough to keep RGC 1404 at bay and come up...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Gallagher Premiership – Round 9
Harlequins take on Exeter Chiefs under the lights at Twickenham Stoop
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWayne Pivac goes public with Scarlets’ interest in Premiership wing
Cardiff Blues have also shown interest
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Features
/ 7 years agoHow beasting from Robson on road to O’Connell put Academic life
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sits down with ex-Quins ace George Robson ahead of his Varsity challenge NEVER underestimate George Robson, on or off...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFingers crossed that Eddie knows what he is doing
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the Autumn Internationals draw to a close, the question that is...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSarries defy loss of England stars
Women’s Premier 15 KAT Evans said her Saracens side were awesome as a team shorn of seven England stars inflicted Loughborough...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Ebbw Vale......20 Carmarthen Q..8 EBBW Vale finally stopped the rot with victory over Carmarthen Quins at Eugene Cross Park to end...
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Features
/ 7 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ NEWCASTLE Falcons are set to lose the Premiership’s Player of the Year, Vereniki...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBlow for Tigers as Jones stays at Glasgow
Changed mind: Huw Jones LEICESTER Tigers have been dealt a major blow after Huw Jones had a late change of mind...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCipriani slip puts Chiefs on the road to victory
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter 23pts Tries: White 34, Cuthbert 44 Conversions: Steenson 34, 44 Penalties: Steenson 24, 50, 77 Gloucester 6pts...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCenturian Flood drives Falcons change of tide
By GARY FITZGERALD Newcastle 16pts Tries: Williams 39 Conversions: Flood 40 Penalties: Flood 6, 57, 70 Bath 8pts Tries: McConnochie 28...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCox: We owed the fans a win after Bath
ALAN Solomons praised his side’s resilience as they climbed to sixth in the Premiership table. “I’m really happy with the win...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOllie shows Dad he’s up to speed
Neale Harvey talks to Jon Sleightholme about his son Ollie’s explosive debut Winging in: Ollie Sleightholme scores for Saints with his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSpencer: Eddie’s told me what he wants
DISCARDEDEngland No.9 Ben Spencer admits improved decision-making holds the key to him having a realistic shot at making next year’s World...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStuart Hogg will take us to the next level, says Exeter Chiefs wing Cuthbert
ALEX CUTHBERT is excited at the prospect of playing in an all-British & Irish Lions back-three at Exeter next season following...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Exit of RFU CEO Steve Brown exposes growing split in rugby
Nick Cain explains how the RFU's agreement with the Premiership and the revamp to Twickenham's East Stand caused headaches
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDanny Care’s future at Harlequins thrown deeper into uncertainty as club pursues Argentina star
The England scrum-half is out of contract at the Stoop in the summer
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago19st Taqele barrels in to show he finally gets the game
By ROB WILDMAN HEAVYWEIGHTWallaby Taqele Naiyaravaro made his powerful presence fully felt in this uplifting win for Northampton. The Wallaby wing...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRazor-sharp Thorley rips poor Tigers to shreds
By ROGER PANTING OLLIE Thorley scored two breathtaking tries to celebrate his return to Premiership rugby as Gloucester produced a season’s...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLuatua confident Bristol’s million pound man Piutau can shore up leaky defence
By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER a couple of runouts in the Cup, Bristol’s million-pound man Charles Piutau will be unleased on the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHogg’s flair can take us to next level – Cuthbert
By JON NEWCOMBE Star signing: Stuart Hogg scores for Scotland against Italy PICTURE: Getty Images ALEX CUTHBERT is excited at the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIrish sign up Kiwi centre
LONDON Irish have signed centre Terrence He petema. The 26-year-old Kiwi has Premiership and Super Rugby experience. Director of rugby Declan...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNeath 30 Bargoed 12
NEATH defied the odds as they ended their winless streak with an victory over Bargoed at The Gnoll. With everything seemingly...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIndiscipline costs struggling Ravens dearly again
By ROB COLE Bridgend …0 Cardiff …36 BRIDGEND kept Cardiff scoreless for 25 minutes, but then shot themselves in the foot...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrovers run comes to an end as Williams holds his nerve
By JON DALY Pontypridd …18 Llandovery …16 PONTYPRIDD bounced back from their defeat at Merthyr with a narrow victory over Llandovery...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhites back on track after late show downs Quins
By CARL FIELD Swansea …21 Carmarthen…17 SWANSEA finally stopped the rot as they came out on top against Carmarthen Quins at...
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Features
/ 7 years agoExit of Brown exposes growing split in rugby
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK STEVE Brown’s decision to stand down as the RFU’s chief executive is undoubtedly...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWhy not call for Spencer?
RICHARD Wigglesworth did not play badly when he came on for Danny Care in the second half of yesterday’s win over...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWe’re still waiting for Lions to roar their complaint
THE silence of the Lions is deafening. We are not talking here about the former Lions players, coaches, and administrators –...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWyles leaves the bar long enough to star
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Wyles thoroughly enjoyed his surprise return to Allianz Park as Saracens scrapped and battled their way passed...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCostello’s crusade to bring better balance to Wasps’ attack and defence
By GEORGE LAWRENCE WASPS have recalled a host of big names for the showdown with Bristol following last Sunday’s 15-14 defeat...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFalcons’ rain dance puts Bath under the weather
By GARY FITZGERALD SCOTT MacLeod believes Dean Richards has been given a selection headache by the Falcons who defied a wet...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBoyd banking on Biggar to steer Saints through winter
By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON Saints supremo Chris Boyd admits he underestimated the philosophical approach towards the set-piece by English clubs compared...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThink outside the box to offer fringe players an opportunity to shine
MY team to play Japan is based on Eddie Jones being able to pick any English player from any Premiership club...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSurely Premiership fans can see what’s at stake with Lions?
WELL said, John Rowlands, in your letter last week, headed “Lions should play hard ball with PRL”. If a Lions tour...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGet over it Rassie, slo-mo shows the ref was spot on
COLIN BOAG Slo-mo is a strange beast: sometimes it can make an incident seem to be more serious than it is,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDu Preez fine tuning his attack at Sharks
By JON NEWCOMBE Shark attack: South African fly-half Robert du Preez PICTURE: Getty Images ROBERT du Preez wants to reinvent himself...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoThis All Black attack on Shields is just hogwash
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE prospect of Brad Shields lining up to play for England against New...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRelegation talk inspires Warriors underdog spirit
By TOM BRADSHAW HARD-CARRYING Worcester flanker Marco Mama says predictions that his side are favourites to be relegated from the Premiership...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoHome rule mars Top 14
AWAY wins are still hard to come by in the Top 14. Last weekend out of seven fixtures there was one...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MIKE UMAGA FORMER SAMOA AND ROTHERHAM BACK AND DoR AT BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE BEING booed by 60- odd thousand South Africans...













