All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Features
/ 9 years agoYes, it’s time for George to become king
DYLAN Hartley or Jamie George? The selection dilemma at hooker, and its impact on the captaincy, is the burning question for...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWorld Cup downer helped to raise my game says Reinach
By NEALE HARVEY New Saint: South African No.9 Cobus Reinach PICTURES: Getty Images COBUS Reinach has revealed how his disillusionment with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoByron’s out to steal march on Scotland
By JOHN NEWCOMBE Try machine: Byron McGuigan hands off Henry Taylor of Saracens to score for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images BYRON...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRogers: Eddie can’t keep ignoring Falcons
By NEALE HARVEY HIGH-FLYINGNewcastle’s soaraway season is making it impossible for England boss Eddie Jones to continually ignore the claims of...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoMy simple way to stop threatened player walk-out
Natural break: Wasps’ Guy Armitage is tackled by Ospreys’ Joe Thomas as he runs in to score in last season’s Anglo...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoEddie urged to let Farrell run show from No.10
By NEALE HARVEY OWEN Farrell’s controlling influence as a leader is being compromised by England’s insistence on playing him out of...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoInjury toll leaves ‘A’ league in tatters
By SAM JACKSON THE Premiership ‘A’ league fixture list was decimated last week amid ongoing injury problems. Five games were postponed...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBurns deserved his red says Blackadder
By TOM BRADSHAW TODDBlackadder says Bath have “no complaints” after Freddie Burns was red-carded for a tip-tackle on his full debut...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAcademy lads put on strong show in Munich
ENGLAND Sevens finished fourth at the Oktoberfest 7s last weekend after losing to South Africa in the bronze final match in...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSinckler’s a lucky boy to get off so lightly
KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton lock Michael Paterson’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoBonus points have become too cheap
THE speeding up of the game seems to have made scoring four tries easier, particularly in the leagues below the Premiership....
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEvans gives Eddie an openside reminder
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND openside prospect Will Evans offered a timely reminder of his lavish potential with a starring role for...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTry-happy Quins head for Europe with Care on top form
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HARLEQUINS finished the first phase of the Premiership season with their best display to date with five tries...
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Features
/ 9 years agoThrilling to have a re-run of last year’s final so early
Battle royal: Saracens take on Clermont in the pool this season PICTURE: Getty Images THE European Cup is a tougher, harder...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoWasps feeling sting of fixture congestion
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS fly-half Jimmy Gopperth has urged Premiership and European rugby bosses to review their match scheduling after conceding...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTrinder’s box of tricks too much for Saints
By NICK CAIN HENRY Trinder put his horrendous run of injuries – including two knee reconstructions – behind him to light...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCall demands greater consistency ahead of Europe
By SAM JACKSON SARACENS boss Mark McCall has urged his side to produce a more complete 80-minute performance against Wasps today...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAll White for Chiefs as slick Nic helps put them top
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER’S former Australia scrum-half Nic White produced two inspired moments which left Newcastle, this season’s Premiership shock side,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSix Nations still looking for new title sponsor
SIX NATIONS big wigs are facing a race against time to find a new sponsor in time for the first round...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ LONDON IRISH might find it difficult to keep hold of highly rated winger...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLozowski holding out for more cash
SARACENS are planning more talks with England squad man Alex Lozowski in a bid to keep him at the club when...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMostert puts Premiership on red alert
SPRINGBOK lock Franco Mostert is attracting the interest of a host of Premiership clubs for when his contract in Japan and...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRob Baxter plans to make Exeter Chiefs one of Europe’s elite
By Nick Cain EXETER Chiefs are rolling towards Europe’s elite clubs like a dislodged boulder of Dartmoor granite. The newly- crowned...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCain column: Players have not been consulted over extending the season
By Nick Cain PLAYERS and coaches in the Premiership have started to align in their resistance to the World Rugby blueprint...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago‘I’m dangling on a rope and they’ve lit the rope’ says Haskell on England future
By Adam Ellis James Haskell admits he will have to work hard to get back into Eddie Jones‘ selection plans after...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: There’s only one man in my mind who can replace Wilson at Cardiff
By Shane Williams WHAT a shambles it is right now at Cardiff Blues. I must admit I was very surprised to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoSoloist Foden savouring the social life at Saints
By NEALE HARVEY On song: Ben Foden in action for Saints against Saracens PICTURE: Getty Images BEN Foden insists he will...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCollier’s late kick claims unlikely win for Beckett
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP BUCS Super Rugby returned this week in the wake of a breakthrough 2017 season. Tournament organizers...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSlade back to his best after injury frustration
By MIKE SINCLAIR Central to Chiefs’ success: Henry Slade holds off Jimmy Gopperth in Exeter’s win over Wasps last Sunday PICTURES:...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBig name signings bringing best out of Harris
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA UNHERALDED homegrown centre Chris Harris is enjoying being the centre of attention at Newcastle – even...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDrovers stay on top after putting Whites to the sword
By TIM LEWIS Llandovery ….32 Swansea ……….9 LLANDOVERY scored four tries as they thrashed Swansea to consolidate their position at the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoA nine-month season is long enough for everyone
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK PLAYERS and coaches in the Premiership have started to align in their resistance...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLet’s get Saturday back as match day
THE Premiership’s ‘long weekend’ fixture experiment which is pushing club rugby fans from pillar to post with matches played on Friday...
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Features
/ 9 years agoShrewd Deano builds another tilt at the title
By JON NEWCOMBE Strong running: Juan Pablo Socino on the break for Newcastle to set up a try for Niki Goneva...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTop, but Richards sees only Exeter
DEAN RICHARDS glossed over the fact his team had gone top of the table – for 24 hours at least, knowing...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSharks take a bloody revenge for past indignities
By COLIN NEWBOULT NOT TOO many saw this coming. Gloucester may well have a lengthy injury list but there have been...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSimpson desperate to kick-start season
By NEALE HARVEY FIRED-UP Wasps No.9 Joe Simpson has urged his side to “get cracking” after admitting complacency may have been...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTop 14 eye Gray and Clifford
HARLEQUINS duo Joe Gray and Jack Clifford, who are both out of contract at the end of the season, are being...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTatafu hooks some Prem interest again
Available from December: Tatafu Polota-Nau WALLABY hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau is back on the radar of Premiership clubs following Western Force’s axe...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Rhys Carre – Cardiff Blues loosehead
Rhys Carre already has the size and power to play senior rugby but he is fully aware his technique has to...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Freddie Gabbitass – Richmond fly-half
What do you make of you first two games? For whatever reason we didn’t turn up against Bedford in the first...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Neil Mason – former Moseley and Worcester flanker
As a competitive back-row forward, there is always going to be a thin line between being on the right or wrong...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTop-flight career taken off nicely for McNally
LONDON Irish lock Josh McNally is too tall to the fly the fighter jets he services as a corporal in the...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMadigan impressed by Bristol prodigy Protheroe
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA IAN Madigan is backing lightning-quick Bristol team-mate Matt Protheroe for big things. After starring for England...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRichards: US was a reasonable success
NEWCASTLE boss Dean Richards says the trip to America last weekend to face Saracens has helped the game despite seeing his...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWilliams ready to prove he’s regained his edge
LEICESTER enforcer Mike Williams knows he must up his physical intensity if he is to have any chance of featuring for...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMatson: Bath’s battle at 10 will fuel title charge
FREDDIE Burns can be world-class for England and his No.10 battle with Rhys Priestland will boost Bath’s title charge, according to...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoScottish duo beef up Tigers front row options
TRANFER WRAP TONGA international Atieli Pakalani is one of three new faces to join Leicester Tigers. Pakalani, 25, can play at...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCrossword
LAST CROSSWORD’S ANSWERS Across: 1 Blair, 3 Fylde, 6 Clifton, 7 Lawes, 9 Hell, 12 Reed, 13 Danty, 16 Lovotti, 17...















