All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoEngland women name team to face France at HQ
Katy Mclean will captain England on Saturday when they kick off their Autumn International Series against France at Twickenham Stadium. The...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSaracens thump Newcastle and Northampton beat London Irish
Charlie’s Hodgson scored 18 points for his first appearance of the season as Saracens remained at the top of the Premiership...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Adam Canning – Birmingham & Solihull fly-half
1. Lazy & complacent sports media There are so many people stealing a living in sports media. I can’t stand listening...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoAviva Premiership round 7 teams
Gloucester v London Wasps Gloucester: Rob Cook; James Simpson-Daniel, Henry Trinder, Ryan Mills, Jonny May; Freddie Burns, Dan Robson; Yann Thomas, Huia...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Alcohol abuse is affecting more players than drugs
The announcement this week of just five positive results out of a total of 617 drug tests in the RFU‘s anti-doping...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Ian Gough – London Irish lock
Bet you never expected to be at Irish this season? No! An offer came in and within a week I was...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half
1. Soane Tonga’uiha – I played with him at Bedford. He arrived in a No.13 jersey, which was a bit scary,...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Charlie Ewels – Bath lock
Charlie Ewels has been nurtured by Bath and England since the age of 15 but there is only one man the...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoRichard Thorpe: Time with Leicester Tigers was no waste
London Welsh flanker Richard Thorpe is desperate to forget nine months of injury hell by firing the Exiles back into the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Anecdotally, I can’t see how salary cap can work
Last week’s letter to the paper from Tom Taylor-Woodward asking for reassurance that clubs were enforcing the salary cap appeared to...
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Latest News
/ 13 years ago“The ERC is dead,” LNR president Paul Goze
LNR president Paul Goze last night persisted with the argument that the ERC was “dead” despite the announcement a consensus had...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPremiership Rugby: “Significant issues not addressed by ERC yet”
Premiership Rugby acknowledged the “progress” made in Dublin earlier today but stressed that “there remain some significant ones which have not yet...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoConsensus reached in Dublin over Heineken Cup row
A consensus has been reached over the Heineken Cup row at a meeting in Dublin today.
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPremiership, Pro 12, Championship team news
After a two-week break due to the Heineken Cup, the Aviva Premiership and the RaboDirect Pro12 are back. The Greene King...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoAviva Premiership round 6 teams
Bath v Gloucester Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Rob...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Warren Gatland about the Lions triumph and autumn challenge
Warren Gatland’s credentials as the best coach in Northern Hemisphere rugby, and arguably the best in the world, have been writ...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Mark Easter – Sale Sharks No.8
Pleased with your season so far? Delighted. I injured my shoulder last November but recovered in time for the start of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Craig Gillies – former Bath, Worcester and England lock
With 288 first team appearances over 11 years, there is no doubting Worcester Warriors are a team close to my heart....
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: The bogus water boys are pouring out advice
With Mike Catt giving England coaching directives while on the pitch during Six Nations matches last season, and Neil Jenkins doing...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoRob Cook pens new two-year deal with Gloucester
Rob Cook has put pen to paper on a new two-year contract with Gloucester it was announced today. The 29-year-old full-back...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoTwo-week ban for Bath’s Ollie Devoto and Scarlets’ Samson Lee
Ollie Devoto has been hit by a two-week ban for punching Bordeaux-Bègles winger Blair Connor last Saturday in the opening round of...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Exeter’s captain Dean Mumm about the Heineken Cup and Australia’s autumn challenge
Dean Mumm does not hail from anywhere within 10,000 miles of Devon. Yet, the Exeter Chiefs captain, New Zealand born and...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoGuru Braam van Straaten re-boots Alex Lozowksi’s career path
Rising Leeds star Alex Lozowski has credited a goal-kicking masterclass with club legend Braam van Straaten as one of the reasons...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: George Watkins – Bristol winger
Pleased to be back after your thumb injury? It’s been frustrating but it’s great to be involved again and there’s a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Lancaster must be able to pick on-form players
The first European break gives us time to look back at what has been a hectic start to the season. Five...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoMiles Mantella bounces back from pain of rejection
Being released by a Premiership club can be a devastating blow for a young player – but pace ace Miles Mantella...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoWhere do you want me to play? Elliot Daly asks England
With England spoilt for choice at full-back but injury-ravaged in the centres, Elliot Daly admits he would love some clarification from...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Tom Allen – Henley Hawks centre
1. Salary discrepancy with football Wouldn’t it be nice if the salaries in rugby were equivalent to those that you get...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSale v Biarritz: preview
Joe Ford and Will Cliff will lead Sale‘s attack tomorrow as they host Biarritz in the opening round of the Amlin...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lancaster’s dilemma is who plays 10, Farrell or Burns?
Having watched the best team in the world, New Zealand, beat the second best, South Africa, 38-27 in a humdinger of...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Let George go, Saints, or risk his goodwill
George North is box office, and although he had to wait until last Friday night for his first try for Northampton...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPremiership Rugby announce new Salary Cap regulations
Premiership Rugby today confirmed the newly approved Salary Cap regulations for Aviva Premiership Rugby clubs. All Aviva Premiership Rugby Clubs are...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Clubs face oblivion if RFU take on PRL over Europe
Financial Oblivion are the words used by Bath‘s owner Bruce Craig when describing the possible fate facing the RaboDirect Pro12 if...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years ago“Henry Trinder can bridge that Manu Tuilagi gap,” say James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies
Gloucester duo James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies are convinced Henry Trinder is the man to fill Manu Tuilagi’s massive shoes this...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 13 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Don’t let the big boys’ Euro row put an end to Treviso dream
While the ERC blazers, club representatives from England and France and TV executives squabble endlessly over the future of a European...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Gloucester fly-half Freddie Burns about his challenge for club and country
Freddie Burns is the sort of fly-half that scares the living daylights out of English coaches almost as much as he...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: These weakened teams undermine competition
There are occasions when it is hard to fathom the workings, and the culture, of the English Premiership. Why, at a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Kevin Barrett – former Exeter, London Irish, Saracens and England Sevens scum-half
Making my 100th league appearance for Exeter Chiefs has to rank up there as one of the proudest achievements of my...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoNigel Wray warns the IRB a Euro Cup veto would end in court
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray has warned that any attempt by the International Rugby Board to veto the proposed Rugby Champions Cup...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Money is not the root of all success in Europe
There’s an old saying which seems to be more and more fashionable in our game and that is, ‘money talks’. As...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Billy’s the boy for England No.12 spot inside Tuilagi
With Brad Barritt picking up an injury early in the season it looks as though the England No.12 shirt will be...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoWelsh clubs in talks over Heineken breakaway
Two Welsh regions have declared their interest in joining the new Europe under Anglo-French direction from next season. PRL chief executive...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSaracens beat Bath to remain unbeaten
Saracens produced a stunning first-half display to beat Bath 31-17 at the Allianz Park and remain at the top of the...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoNew European Cup named as Champions Cup
Premiership Rugby and the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) have confirmed the new European Cup will be called the Champions Cup. The...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half
Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoAviva Premiership round 3: teams
Leicester v Newcastle Leicester: Blaine Scully; Vereniki Goneva, Manusamoa Tuilagi, Dan Bowden, Adam Thompstone; Toby Flood (Capt.), Ben Youngs; Boris Stankovich,...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Russell Earnshaw – former England Sevens coach
You left England 7s last month. Why? A family decision. Last year I was away 140 days and in my last...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jamie Noon – former Newcastle, Brive and England centre
My defence was always good but my attack was sometimes questioned. But that’s what I did, I was known as a...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Ed Hoadley – London Irish scrum-half
There are not many better places to learn your trade as a scrum-half than at London Irish and Ed Hoadley does...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Front rows must discover the lost arts – or perish
I was at Twickenham this week and found myself at a Press conference outlining the new scrum engagement call, along with...
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