All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGloucs’ effort satisfies boss Bell
IN HIS first match in charge of Gloucester, following the departure of Laurie Fisher, head coach Jonny Bell, said: “We showed...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTon-up Louw hopes to do a number on Sarries
BATH are challenging strongly for a return to the Premiership play-offs and Francois Louw has urged his teammates not to let...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSaracens v Bath
Today. Kick-off 3pm. Allianz Park PREVIEW… SARACENS are poised for yet another Premiership semi-final but they’ll be desperate to see off...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor had better watch his back
The knives are out at Welford Road – again – with Matt O’Connor on his way back in as Leicester’s head...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCipriani: We can match glory days
On the move: Danny Cipriani knows when to kick or run PICTURE: Getty Images By NICK VERDIER DELIVERING Wasps’ first trophy...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoIn-form Worcester aiming to shock Wasps
By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER went a long way to securing their Premiership safety last time out but flanker Sam Lewis insists...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDom wants to become Tigers’ Don in the future
By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS Leicester lock Dom Barrow insists he is ready for a crack at Test rugby – and will...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWorcester rejuvenated after Gold makeover
Gary Gold has revealed he discovered a Worcester squad training poorly and unprepared for the physical intensity of the Premiership when...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Rotherham to appoint Andy Key as head coach
By JON NEWCOMBE Rotherham Titans have wasted no time in lining up a successor to Justin Burnell with former Leeds boss...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPremiership must take control of Championship
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward spiral unless Premiership Rugby are handed control of the league....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMauger sacked as O’Connor returns
Matt O’Connor is to return to Leicester Tigers as head coach with the Australian set to take over from Aaron Mauger...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNorthampton bring in Francis
Northampton Saints have signed Piers Francis ahead of next season from Super Rugby side the Blues. Francis who is originally from...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBeale determined to deliver the goods before departing
By NEALE HARVEY KURTLEY Beale reckons the addition of Springbok superstar Willie Le Roux to an already electrifying backline has given...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMallinder misses out to Wasps flier Howe
WASPS’ wing Tom Howe has won the Anglo-Welsh Cup breakthrough player award. Howe won a public vote from a ten-strong shortlist...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoInternational snub powering Chiefs’ charge for title
FLANKER Don Armand reckons Exeter’s players can prove their Test credentials by claiming the Premiership title after using this season’s England...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
SCOTT HAMILTON THE FORMER ALL BLACK, CRUSADERS AND LEICESTER WINGER/FULL-BACK The main reason I made the All Blacks team in 2006...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBow: Premiership must take control of tier two
By NEALE HARVEY Struggle: Nottingham in action against Cornish Pirates NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFylde hit out at ‘farcical’ attempts to cap wages
RFU plans to introduce wage caps into the lower leagues have been branded as “farcical” by Fylde board member Mike Brennand....
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
STEVE BODEN YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE FORWARDS COACH How has your week been up in Leeds? We had a good training with a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWarriors rejuvenated after Gold makeover
By TOM BRADSHAW GARY Gold has revealed he discovered a Worcester squad training poorly and unprepared for the physical intensity of...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoEurope’s finest being sold down the river
WELCOME to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago‘It’s taken 5 years for Joseph to get recognition for defence’
By NEALE HARVEY MIDFIELD maestro Jonathan Joseph has “no limits” to what he can achieve in rugby now that people have...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■GARY GOLD looks like staying on at Worcester Warriors next season after being...
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Features
/ 9 years agoIrish step up recruitment for assault on top-flight
LONDON IRISH have been busy recruiting players ahead of their impending return to the Premiership next season. But I understand that...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Will Jones – Wales U20s captain
Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but Wales U20s captain Will Jones...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Nick Haining – Jersey No.8
Big win against Yorkshire Carnegie last week? It was a great home win for us and it raised the confidence levels...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Anthony Allen – former England and Leicester centre
With hindsight, getting capped by England at 20, just over a year after leaving school, was way too soon. But you...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoTop-flight veto plan for buddy system
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY CONTROVERSIAL RFU plans for Premiership clubs to ‘buddy-up’ with their Championship counterparts have collapsed after top-flight sides...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoNot enough, but Tier Two extra cash is right move
THE idea that English Premiership clubs have rejected the ‘buddy’ initiative with Championship clubs because they feared they were in danger...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoKurtley can finish in blaze of Euro glory
KURTLEY Beale’s decision to return to Australia after one season in the Premiership, or forfeit his chances of playing for the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoA forgotten Lion still roars for Gloucester
AWelsh Lion sits on top of the English Premiership class for attendance, a record of ever-presence matched by only other from...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWarriors close to O’Connor deal
FORMER WALLABY star James O’Connor looks set to be heading to the Premiership next season and is close to agreeing a...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years ago12-try rout takes Trailfinders into last four
By JEREMY INSON EALING Trailfinders marched on to the semifinals with a hugely emphatic victory over Scarlets Premiership Select to top...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoEvans on target in last play to deny Scottish
By NICK VERDIER L Scottish 21 Cardiff Blues 24 JARROD Evans slotted a penalty on the last play to hand the...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTION
KIERAN MURPHY EALING NO.8 Enjoying a good run of form recently? We targeted that last block of Championship fixtures starting with...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDon’t kill off the county game, just get rid of the academies!
As Benjamin Disraeli once said: “There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies and statistics.” However, as with all things,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWard to return to the front line and forget those days as a jackal
By NICK VERDIER DAVE Ward knows his days in the Harlequins back row are coming to end but he is determined...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAmbitious McGuigan is eyeing tour to Argentina
By NEALE HARVEY HUNGRY hooker George McGuigan has vowed to stake a claim for England’s summer tour by helping Leicester salvage...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Max Coyle – Harlequins full-back
Concussion may have cut his U18s Premier-ship final appearance short but Max Coyle is determined to create long-lasting memories from his...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
Lichfield Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best club in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: How Wales are missing Henson’s abiding class
As Wales prepare to salvage what’s left of the Six Nations, their best midfield player will be otherwise engaged in a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoTop clubs vie to lure Brown from Harlequins
By MATTHEW EMERY HARLEQUINS face the prospect of losing star full-back Mike Brown in the summer. And Brown’s fellow England international,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
By NICK VERDIER LICHFIELD Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFisher hints at exit after Gloucester capitulate.
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER’S fast disintegrating campaign was thrown into chaos late last night when head coach Laurie Fisher apparently gave...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBrilliant Beale keeps Wasps buzzing on top
By NICK CAIN Bamboozled: Wasps’ star man Kurtley Beale terrorises the Bath defence PICTURE: Getty Images KURTLEY Beale may have cost...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTigers’ revival hope is scalped by the Chiefs
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs’ march to the play-offs – possibly even topping the table – continued apace with this comprehensive...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCLOSE-UP
TOM CROFT Leicester blindside DON ARMAND Exeter blindside While it was great to see Croft making only his second Premiership start...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBaxter: Now we want to win title
EXETER Chiefs coach Rob Baxter said: “We are still a relatively new Premiership club but if you finish second as we...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMyler magic keeps Saints marching on
By COLIN NEWBOULT Barreling over: Northampton hooker Mikey Haywood powers his way over to score. PICTURES: Getty Images JUDGED on this...
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