All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Featured
/ 12 years agoStuart Lancaster’s youth policy is a gamble says Mark Cueto
Mark Cueto fears England have turned to youth on a wing and prayer – claiming it would be wrong to leave...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: ‘Slammin Sam’ Burgess could be hit for England
Sam Burgess might just be the answer to England‘s 2015 prayers. The idea of an outstanding 18 stone, 6ft 5ins athlete...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ordeal of Iestyn Harris is a warning to Sam Burgess
The Welsh Rugby Union’s first central contract, as awarded to Iestyn Harris, amounted to £1.6m with half of it paid to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoLondon Irish sign Tom Guest
Tom Guest will join London Irish from next season after putting pen to paper on a two-year deal with the Exiles....
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Blaine Scully – Leicester and USA wing
How have you found your first season in England? There was initial adjustment in terms of the intensity and duration of...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWorcester part company with Chief Executive
Worcester Warriors have today announced that they are parting company with Chief Executive Charles Cameron. A formal search for a replacement...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Sam Warburton could be the first casualty of Welsh war
Sam Warburton‘s central contract with the WRU is threatening to become an unholy mess. When the news broke last weekend that...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoPremiership, Pro12 & Championship teams
Following two weeks of LV=Cup, the Aviva Premiership and RaboDirect Pro12 resumes with the 13th rounds. It is business as usual...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoAlex Waller was spurred on by England omissions
Snubbed by England through the age-groups, Alex Waller’s chance to pull on the Red Rose jersey was a long time coming.
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoVeteran Jon Clarke enjoying life with cavalier Leeds
Just one month into his Leeds Carnegie career former England Saxon centre Jon Clarke already feels like a Headingley veteran.
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Jordan Turner-Hall – Harlequins centre
Happy to be back after injury? Really pleased. It’s been a while (September) but I’ve done my rehab, worked closely with...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ricky Nebbett – former Harlequins, Leicester, Leinster and Esher prop
When I joined Harlequins as a teenager the first team had Brian Moore, Will Carling and Jason Leonard. It was basically...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Dr Ron still at the head of Grand Slam pack
It has been said of Dr Ronald Cove-Smith that he never turned up on a Saturday afternoon without his little black...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: All shapes and sizes should play rugby
Money, money, money, it’s a rich man’s sport. The increase in the salary cap, up by £500,000 to £5 million, will...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoSale Sharks still expect bite from lock of ages Nathan Hines
Nathan Hines will be 39 by the time his newly-signed Sale contract finishes, but retirement is still far from the mind...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoMarlan Yarde would be top signing says Tom Williams
Tom Williams says speculation linking Marland Yarde with a move to Harlequins is a positive sign of ambition and would welcome...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDeadline looms for Anglo-Welsh league plan
England’s elite clubs and the four Welsh regions have signed contracts for a 16-team Aviva Premiership from next season and will...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Italians have a lot to gain by forming their own league
The comments of Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) president Alfredo Gavazzi that they may remove their two professional teams from the Rabo...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks at the challenge awaiting England in their opening six nations match in Paris
Le Crunch 2014 is going to leave either England or France broken*. The opening Test of the Six Nations in Paris...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoLuther Burrell gets defensive about his big chance
Manu Tuilagi may be the irresistible force but Luther Burrell believes he can be the immovable object if Stuart Lancaster hands...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoPremiership salary cap increased to £5m
Premiership Rugby today confirmed that the Salary Cap for Aviva Premiership Rugby clubs will rise to £5 million from the start...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoSaracens bait Adam ‘Hair Bear’Jones with £300k
Saracens have entered the bidding war for Wales and Lions star Adam Jones offering him £300,000 a season
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHome Heineken Cup semi-final draw for Saracens
Saracens have been handed a home Heineken Cup semi-final against Clermont or Leicester should they reach that stage. The Premiership leaders...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMark Cueto and Tom Brady sign extension with Sale
Premiership’s all time leading try scorer Mark Cueto will have the chance to ramp up his 84-try tally for another season...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: David Rose – Aviva Premiership referee
1. Pundits Whatever the sport I get annoyed when so-called “experts” try to be clever by using slow motion replays to...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Charlie Mulchrone – Rotherham scrum-half
Rotherham flying high… must be enjoying it? Absolutely loving it! We’ve exceeded expectation a bit, we are enjoying each other’s company...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDelon Armitage: Toulon will release us for England
Delon Armitage has described England’s refusal to pick France-based players as a “big opportunity missed”, insisting he and brother Steffon are...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why I’m backing the WRU in showdown with regions
As if the Greek tragedy of the European Cup was not enough we now have a Welsh suicide pact that seems...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: This Anglo-Welsh decoy shouldn’t be discounted
Is the golden handshake across the Severn, binding the four Welsh regions to the English clubs, the solution it is being...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: RFU Championship clubs face a vital strategy meeting
Later this month the chairmen and owners of the 12 RFU Championship clubs will lock themselves away in a Birmingham Hotel...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoChampionship clubs’ rage over Anglo-Welsh proposals
Championship chair- man Geoff Irvine believes it is highly unlikely the Rugby Football Union will sanction a 16-team Anglo-Welsh league, describing...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoWRU ‘will move their top stars to England’
The Welsh Rugby Union is proposing to sign six players and loan them to English clubs as a consequence of the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAndy Goode drops Wasps to victory
Andy Goode slotted a monstrous last-gasp drop goal to see London Wasps claim a 19-16 win over Exeter at Adams Park...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why didn’t BT deal with the other leagues as well?
As the European row still rumbles along with a myriad of possible outcomes, it’s time to reflect on what started it....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoQuotes of the Year
“I was the Englishman who gate crashed the Welsh party. Phil Bennett got the ball and ran up his own back...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoGamble on Leicester Tigers exit has paid off says George Ford
It is hard to avoid drawing comparisons between George Ford and Owen Farrell – two of the brightest young things in...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Danny Cipriani’s back as he decides to return to Planet Earth
Danny Cipriani is back on the England radar, there’s little doubt about that, he’s far from the wilderness he found himself...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years ago‘Class act’ James O’Connor can inspire Irish return to top
Mick Crossan, leader of the consortium who own London Irish, wants Australian star James O’Connor to be the talisman for a...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBreakaway or die, Welsh regions are warned
The man who created the Welsh regions is urging them to break away and join the English Premiership or face destruction.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: One hundred years on – and rugby hasn’t changed
There is a saying that there is nothing new in rugby and I think I may have found the proof. While...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoPremiership, Pro12 & Championship teams
Following two breathtaking weeks of European rugby, it is time for the domestic leagues to resume with the popular Christmas fixtures....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoFreddie Burns: Doubt over my future is getting to me
Freddie Burns has revealed the full extent of the emotional turmoil he is enduring as he grapples with deciding whether to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Booth – former Leicester and Bath wing
There are two major incidents that shaped my rugby career – first it was watching the 1994 Challenge Cup final and...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRichard Hibbard joins Gloucester
As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper two weeks ago, British & Irish Lions hooker Richard Hibbard has joined...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoBath clarify Gary Gold’s exit
Bath explained Gary Gold’s shock departure claiming the club and the South African couldn’t agree on what the role of Director...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoIrish businessmen take over London Irish
London Irish announced today a consortium of London-based Irish businessmen has taken control of the club acquiring a majority stake. Led...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: South African link would make Stuart Lancaster happy
Last week I said the Premiership would have to look further afield if they wanted to find a replacement for those...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoDominant Courtney Lawes takes game to another level
Courtney Lawes has established himself as one of world rugby’s foremost locks, insists his Northampton second row partner Christian Day.
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Sonny Parker – London Welsh centre
Enjoying your campaign so far? Definitely. I was injured in pre-season so it’s been a bit topsy-turvy, but I’ve been in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Iain Fullarton – former Edinburgh, Sale, Saracens, London Scottish & Scotland lock
If I had stayed at Sale I might have won a Premiership two years later, but hindsight is a great thing....












