All posts tagged "Premiership"
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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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoExeter’s young guns are too hot for Quins
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER’S faith in the seemingly endless Sandy Park production line paid off as they over-ran a poor Harlequins...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFarrell debate rages on, but no doubt over scrum frailty
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Aweek has passed but the controversy continues, was it or wasn’t it?...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPellow: We’ve just got stronger
EXETERskills coach Ricky Pellow declared himself “really pleased” after his predominently young side showed just what benefits fringe players can earn...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKeys fail to unlock defence in deluge
Cross Keys ……5 Llanelli ……………5 CROSS Keys stayed firmly in the bottom half of the Principality Premiership as Llanelli earned a...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSolomons calls on academy Warriors to build on impressive start to campaign
By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER Warriors have named three loan players in a much-changed squad for today’s match at Saracens as they...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPenalty try earns Sale rare win over Tigers
By ROB WILDMAN Threat: Matt Postlethwaite makes a break for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images High rise: Tigers’ Graham Kitchener wins a...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDeacon: Discipline gave us problems
LEICESTER’S assistant coach Brett Deacon praised fit-again Mike Fitzgerald after the back row returned from a knee injury which had sidelined...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBoyd: We had guts but little composure
NORTHAMPTON’S director of rugby Chris Boyd said: “It’s disappointing to lose it at the end but at times we were not...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChris Boyd to rotate team for Saints’ clash against Gloucester
Youngster rested and experience to come in to Saints' starting XV
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCurrie Cup success has coach Easter dreaming big
By NEALE HARVEY NICK Easter insists there are “no limits” to his coaching ambitions after helping South Africa’s Sharks clinch their...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKing’s on comeback trail at OEs after ACL nightmare
By NEALE HARVEY BEN King has twice overcome career-threatening injuries in pursuit of the rugby career he loves. Now the Exeter-born...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie has to reenact role as All Blacks’ myth buster
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the first game over, now is the time to get serious...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFarrell gets out of jail as England find salvation
■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Catch me if you can: South Africa’s Sibusiso Nkosi and Duane Vermeulen pursue Maro Itoje...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNo limits to how far pioneering ref Cox can climb
TRAILBLAZING referee Sara Cox climbs another step on the ladder to the top today when she becomes the first female to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSasagi’s in but Tofua on his way
SARACENS have signed Samoa prop Hisa Sasagi on a short-term deal until the end of January. The defending Premiership champions are...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoElliott quits Blues for Italian job
BEDFORD centre Jamie Elliott has joined Zebre with immediate effect. Elliot, 26, who made his Premiership debut for Northampton Saints at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTigers cub Heyes hard at work to mimic Cole
By NEALE HARVEY UPWARDLY mobile Leicester prop Joe Heyes is ready to burst into the limelight and show why Dan Cole...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBath will click soon insists Wilson
TWO-TRY winger Jack Wilson believes Bath are not far away from getting it right. Following their second successive Premiership Cup defeat...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJake aims to shake up Wasps cup hopes as Saints promise a high-tempo
■ By NEALE HARVEY FRUSTRATED prop Jake Cooper-Woolley is set for his first run-out since May as Wasps aim to inject...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDeacon left red-faced by toothless display from his Tigers
■ By ROB WILDMAN BRETT Deacon did not hold back after a tame Leicester performance left the big home support stunned....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSharks bite back after Worcester shellacking
■ By COLIN NEWBOULT TWO games, no wins for Sale in the Premiership Rugby Cup but a performance on Friday night...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSarries and Tigers eye Ewels bid
Talks: Charlie Ewels SARACENS and Leicester Tigers are both showing an interest in England second row Charlie Ewels who is out...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDevoto yet to agree new deal with Chiefs
OLLIE Devoto could be set to leave former Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs when his contract runs out at the end of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKibirige: I just love scoring for Falcons
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Flyer: Zack Kibirige scores for Falcons DESPITE being ruled out of today’s Premiership Cup clash with a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRobson injury gives Joe space to state his case
■ By NEALE HARVEY Injured: Dan Robson LONG-SERVING scrumhalf Joe Simpson believes his performances over the next three months will dictate...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Cipriani opens up on the frustration of being overlooked by England
'I know my skillset'
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFranco Mostert in line for first Gloucester start after ‘touchy’ negotiations
The Lions had disputed the lock's move to Kingsholm
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoRassie Erasmus to test homegrown talent with England match falling outside international window
Only South Africa and Japan based players are available to South Africa
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSolomons fears coaches will burn out, too
Plea: Alan Solomons WORCESTER supremo Alan Solomons says Premiership coaches are at risk of burnout unless steps are taken to align...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDon’t call us bullies, we play to our strengths …
FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF NEIL DE KOCK Has added game control to his fighting qualities: Cobus Reinach PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER PREMIERSHIP REFEREE ASHLEY ROWDEN DO I miss refereeing? I don’t miss the training, I don’t miss the travelling, but...
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
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