All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoThe winner takes it all! Exeter Chiefs snatch final Prem semi-final spot
Exeter Chiefs grabbed the final Prem semi-final place with victory over Saracens yesterday and will take on Bath next weekend.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHarlequins skipper Alex Dombrandt keen to prove his worth for England
It has been a taxing season for Alex Dombrandt with Harlequins languishing near the bottom of the Premiership and the No.8...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSale Sharks are looking for some French tips
Alex Sanderson plans for a makeover at Sale Sharks over the summer will take him to French champions Toulouse.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoMatias Alemanno heads list of Gloucester departures
Argentina lock Matias Alemanno will leave Gloucester this summer along with another 11 other first players.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBath 24-22 Leicester Tigers: Thomas du Toit’s hat-trick sees off Tigers
The play-off weekend will feature two derbies after Bath held on against Leicester Tigers in a match with home advantage on...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoExeter Chiefs 32-12 Saracens: Rob Baxter’s side march on as Henry Slade leads the way
When two tribes go to war - a point is all that you can score. For years, Exeter and Saracens have...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWalder hails a brilliant display
EXETER Chiefs back coach Dave Walder hailed a ‘brilliant’ performance from his side as they booked their place in the Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSale Sharks 38-17 Bristol Bears: Alex Sanderson’s men enjoy a taste of what may lie ahead
Goodness knows it has been a season to forget for Sale Sharks, but this was a final-day victory to savour as...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoGilmore is happy to finish on a high
JASON Gilmore was happy with the way his Quins finished a dismal Premiership campaign but also bemoaned the failure to secure...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHarlequins 38-31 Northampton Saints: Tom Lawday snatches it at the last for Quins
Phil Dowson fixed his attention on a mouth-watering East Midlands play-off battle for a place in the Premiership Final after seeing...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoGloucester 54-21 Newcastle Red Bulls: Ben Redshaw makes it a Champions finale
Former Falcon, Ben Redshaw, scored a hat-trick of tries as Gloucester comfortably earned a European Champions Cup spot by securing an...
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Features
/ 2 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Huw Taylor – I’ll never forget scoring for England’s U20s
Huw Taylor, the former Worcester Warriors, Dragons, RGC 1404 & Seattle Seawolves lock/blindside, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Features
/ 2 months agoRyan Lamb: If it was my choice, I’d give Fin Smith the No.10 shirt for England and back him properly
Now helping drive the resurgence of Plymouth Albion, former England Saxons fly-half Ryan Lamb – who enjoyed spells at Gloucester, London...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Longer seasons don’t give us much in return
Brendan Gallagher argues that rugby’s domestic season has become longer despite featuring fewer meaningful matches than in the early years of...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoFANTASY RUGBY 2025/26
Today’s update covers the 14-day period between Sunday 17th May 2026 through to Saturday 30th May 2026. We have just eight...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Play off chaos! Exeter Chiefs v Saracens Prem shootout + URC semi finals
In this week’s episode of The Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by TRP writer Chris Collyer to...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSteven Luatua and AJ MacGinty agree new deals at Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears flanker Steven Luatua has extended his contract into a 10th season with the club.
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoJeremy Guscott: It’s time for Fin Smith to run England from No.10
Here’s my England backline to face South Africa in Johannesburg on July 4, based on current form and availability.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoNorthampton Saints flanker Tom Pearson sets his sights on England return
Tom Pearson has had another strong season for Premiership leaders Northampton Saints but has not come closer to adding to his...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoExeter Chiefs’ Scott Sio is keen to bow out in style
Prop star Scott Sio aims to sign off at Exeter Chiefs with a Prem winner’s medal before he joins Cardiff this...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBath lead the way as Prem’s big spenders
Champions Bath were the Prem’s biggest spenders in their treble-winning season of 2024/25.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoDan Murphy: Champions Gloucester-Hartpury focusing on four in a row despite star exits
Gloucester-Hartpury head coach Dan Murphy is determined to finish the season on a high despite the distraction of three of his...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSaracens 26-12 Harlequins: Sarries get set for an Exeter Chiefs shootout
Saracens secured the all-important five points against Harlequins ahead of their Sandy Park showdown with playoff rivals Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoNorthampton Saints 36-32 Gloucester: George Furbank’s on hand to snatch it for Saints
Phil Dowson heaped praise on George Furbank after the full-back “saved” Northampton Saints with a dramatic last-minute try against Gloucester to...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoNewcastle Red Bulls 45-42 Sale Sharks: Alex Hearle hits the burners in stunning victory
Alex Hearle’s hat-trick of tries secured an almighty comeback for Newcastle Red Bulls over Sale Sharks.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBristol Bears 21-19 Bath: Benhard Janse van Rensburg leads the fightback for Pat Lam’s side
Benhard Janse van Rensburg celebrated his call-up to the England squad with a stunning second-half performance to spearhead Bears to a...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLeicester Tigers vs Exeter Chiefs: Geoff Parling – We are in control of our own destiny
Leicester Tigers face a potential shootout against Bath at The Rec on Saturday for home advantage in the play-offs, but must...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLeicester Tigers vs Exeter Chiefs: Rob Baxter – It’s going to be tough challenge for us
Leicester Tigers have lost just once in their last eight Prem games and Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter knows it will...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBedford Blues vs Worcester Warriors: Alex Day – A win would be pinnacle of my career
Bedford Blues and Worcester Warriors will battle it out for the Champ title today in front of a sold-out Goldington Road.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBedford Blues vs Worcester Warriors: Josh Bassett – What we’ve done this year has been fantastic
Josh Bassett believes Worcester Warriors are on the verge of completing one of the most remarkable comeback stories English rugby has...
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Features
/ 2 months agoTom Varndell: Leicester Tigers have shown how to adapt…they are good enough to beat anybody
Tom Varndell, the former Leicester Tigers, Wasps and Bristol Bears wing, believes English rugby is entering a defining period with the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoChamp final is too tight to call – it should be a cracker!
IT’S difficult to think of a more satisfying conclusion to a stellar season of Champ Rugby than this afternoon’s clash between...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Success in Europe not all about the money
The European finals in sweltering Bilbao proved to be a humbling weekend for Irish sides with both Ulster and Leinster taking...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoYOUNG GUNS
GEORGEALEXANDER GLOUCESTER PROP George Alexander jokes that once you get thrown into the front row “you can’t go back”, but the...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoRising stars will be looking to shine at Rosslyn Park 7s
By BEN JAYCOCK LUKE Mehson believes Rosslyn Park London Floodlit 7s remains one of the best shop windows in English rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoCaolan Englefield: Tomos Williams has raised my game at Gloucester
Gloucester fans are ruing another imminent big name departure from Kingsholm but Caolan Englefield is merely grateful for having the chance...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoRace for the play-offs heats up in the Premiership Women’s Rugby
Premiership Women’s Rugby returns on Friday night following the conclusion to the Six Nations with the race for the play-offs set...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoAustralia’s Len Ikitau sets his sights on World Cup spot after deciding to leave Exeter Chiefs
Len Ikitau is returning to Australia at the end of the season to pursue his dream of playing in a World...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoWill Porter calls on Harlequins to take down the big guys in remaining Prem matches
Will Porter is aiming to rain on a few top four parades following his return to Harlequins colours after sitting on...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoRotimi Segun’s determined to send Saracens chief Mark McCall off in style
Saracens’ Rotimi Segun hopes giving Mark McCall the perfect send off can also help the wing fulfil his England dream.
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Letters
/ 3 months agoBristol’s try bonus point ‘a nonsense’
BRENDAN Gallagher, in his report of the Saints v Bears game, rightly remarked on the nonsense of Bristol earning a bonus...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoPicture perfect! Exeter Chiefs’ Olly Woodburn is enjoying his new vision
Olly Woodburn’s switch from wing to full-back has not been his only exposure this season – he has just published a...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: When fresh ambition takes on old rivalries
World Rugby moves at a pace best described as geological – in a footrace with continental drift, the non-governing governing body...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoTommy Freeman among the stars nominated for major awards
Tommy Freeman has been nominated for both Prem rugby and England men’s player of the season awards.
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Features
/ 3 months agoPeter Winterbottom: England can take on world’s best if they play with ambition and confidence
Former England flanker Peter Winterbottom gives his verdict on Red Rose head coach Steve Borthwick, captain Maro Itoje, and outlines how...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoNational Two West Dream Team: 7-up! Camborne provide the class
The best XV from 2025-26 as voted by our correspondents
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoPrem: Saracens keep play-off hopes alive as Exeter Chiefs slip up against Harlequins
Bath joined Northampton Saints in the play-offs with a big victory over Newcastle Red Bulls while Saracens maintained their late push...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 months agoHenry Arundell is ready to go again after near miss with Bath
Henry Arundell against Louis Bielle-Biarrey was one of the match-ups to savour when Bath met Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup semi-final...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoHome comforts can wait as Leicester Tigers wing Ollie Hassell-Collins focuses on Sale Sharks clash
Ollie Hassell-Collins says Leicester Tigers are looking no further forward than today’s encounter with Sale Sharks in Salford as they chase...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoSaracens’ Charlie Bracken credits Championship stint as key step in his rise
Saracens’ Charlie Bracken is climbing up England’s scrum-half ranks and credits a stint in the Championship as being the crucial step...
International Rugby
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International Rugby
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