All posts tagged "Premiership"
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/ 1 year agoFANTASY RUGBY 2024/25
PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s time for Itoje to stand up and prove his worth
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Tough task: Maro Itoje will have to be at his best to lead...
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/ 1 year agoBaffled by alliances at ‘the Allianz’
THE word “succession” has taken on a different, darker hue since Brian Cox effed and blinded his way through four whole...
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Features
/ 1 year agoFor me, you have to go out to play good rugby and enjoy yourself
Q&A As he approaches his 20th season as director of rugby at Bedford Blues, Mike Rayer chats to Jon Newcombe about...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPGP analysis – Borthwick given strong hand
Analysis Paul Rees looks at the new men's Professional Game Partnership Gand says it's a deal which suits the RFU more...
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/ 1 year agoI couldn’t let my old club go to the wall
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WEST HARTLEPOOL PLAYER, CAPTAIN AND COACH, WHO ALSO REPRESENTED DURHAM, THE NORTH AND BRITISH POLICE JOHN...
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/ 1 year agoPirates pair looking to attack from the start
■ By MARK STEVENS In charge: Gavin Cattle and Alan Paver AS the new Championship campaign looms large on the horizon,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoExtra incentive to keep playing
Super Rygbi preview ■ By ROB COLE THE slimmed down Super Rygbi Cymru, comprising 10 of last season’s 13 Indigo Premiership...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoSeven-try Merthyr stun Neath
Premiership round-up MERTHYR hammered out an early warning to their Premiership rivals that they mean business as they ran in seven...
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Top 14
/ 1 year agoCastres steal it in dramatic late show
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The big kick-off: Henry Arundell scored Racing’s first try of the season but it was not a...
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/ 1 year agoLancaster: Farrell is a huge addition for us
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Coach: Stuart Lancaster STUART Lancaster is thrilled to have reunited with Owen Farrell at Racing 92 and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoHenry Slade ‘working doubly hard’ to return for England before autumn opener
Slade sustained a labral tear to his right shoulder during a Six Nations defeat by Scotland. Henry Slade hopes to recover...
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/ 1 year agoQ&A: Leigh Steinberg on Louis Rees-Zammit’s NFL chances
Ben Jaycock caught up with American sports agent Leigh Steinberg to discuss Louis Rees-Zammit and his chances of making it in...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoTommy Freeman: England will be ready for All Blacks
Tommy Freeman has November 2 circled in his diary and has urged England to make home advantage count against the All...
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/ 1 year agoTomos Williams: Gloucester the perfect fresh start
Wales star Tomos Williams says it was the perfect time to head for England and take up the challenge of a...
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/ 1 year agoRPA says dozens of players still in search of a contract
A squad's worth of Premiership players are still without a contract with just three weeks to go before the start of...
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/ 1 year agoOrlando Bailey aiming to win the Premiership with Bath
Orlando Bailey is happy to do whatever it takes to fulfil his dream of becoming a Premiership winner with Bath.
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/ 1 year agoBayonne centre Manu Tuilagi to miss start of season
Manu Tuilagi will miss the start of the upcoming Top 14 season for new club Bayonne after breaking his hand.
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/ 1 year agoMaro Itoje the new Saracens captain
England lock Maro Itoje has been named as the new captain of Saracens for the upcoming English Premiership season.
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/ 1 year agoGareth Anscombe returns from injury to star for Gloucester
Gareth Anscombe has been charged with pushing Gloucester up the Premiership table, a task he is relishing after nearly a year...
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/ 1 year agoWill Goodrick-Clarke brings physicality to Exeter Chiefs
Dubbed ‘Mr Incredible’ on his unveiling, Exeter Chiefs have not been shy in promoting the physicality of signing Will Goodrick-Clarke.
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/ 1 year agoPhil Dowson says Northampton Saints must forget Courtney Lawes
Northampton boss Phil Dowson has told his squad to get used to life without Courtney Lawes in a hurry ahead of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott: England Rugby and clubs must collaborate
Once upon a time, when rugby went pro, the national unions took control of their biggest asset, which was the players,...
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/ 1 year agoRelentless Tigers run in six as Cheika era starts in style
■ By ROB WILDMAN Leicester Tigers .............38pts Tries: Bassett 5, Clare 20, Cracknell 30, Williams 36, Hassell-Collins 68, Myall 75 Conversions:...
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/ 1 year agoSet-piece woes leave Quins adrift in Corsica
■ By NICK POWELL Montpellier .....37pts Tries: Tisseron 8, Camara 20, Tauleigne 66, Karkadze 72 Conversions: Coly 9, 21; Barreau 67,...
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/ 1 year agoCavalry comes to rescue for Bath
■ By ROGER PANTING Bath .................................... 24pts Tries: Emens 12, Spandler 21, Coetzee 42, Offiah 46 Conversions: Burns 5 McCarthy 25,...
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/ 1 year agoStudents too good for Esher
■ By BEN JAYCOCK THIS weekend’s preseason encounters presented National League coaches with a final opportunity to test their squads ahead...
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/ 1 year agoFANTASY RUGBY 2024/25
PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...
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/ 1 year agoEngland must find answers …and fast
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Left in the lurch: England boss Steve Borthwick and, inset, Felix Jones, left,...
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/ 1 year agoSo many hurdles to a proper coalition
THE apprehension surrounding the unveiling of the £260m PGP (Professional Game Partnership) stretches to all corners of the game in England,...
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Features
/ 1 year agoBarker determined to hit the heights at Bristol
Paul Rees talks to Steele Barker, a young player who was once told he was too small to make it in...
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/ 1 year agoHolmes hoping to make his mark with Scottish
By MARK STEVENS WHEN it comes to player movement this summer, English rugby’s normal merry go round has been somewhat of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoEnergetic thinking urgently required
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CRITICAL supporters of Bristol in the late amateur era believed their team was being straitjacketed by a...
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/ 1 year agoGopperth leads the way for old boys
YOU can’t keep a good man down. Or an old one, for that matter. Jimmy Gopperth, a couple of months into...
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/ 1 year agoShanahan: We need to create fear factor
National League 1 Preview By Ben Jaycock National One gets underway next weekend and supporters will expect another enthralling campaign with...
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/ 1 year agoDevoto to make the difference for Titans
National 2 West BY BEN JAYCOCK Star signing: Former Exeter and England centre Ollie Devoto has joined Taunton. Inset, Luctonians coach...
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/ 1 year agoTykes out to get it right this time
National 2 North BY BEN JAYCOCK LEEDS Tykes are embracing their big club mentality and heavy favourites tag ahead of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoIt looks good – for the Premiership
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME ROB Baxter thinks that the PGP deal is ‘looking good for all’...
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/ 1 year agoBRITISH RUGBY FIXTURES
Saturday September 7 WELSH PREMIERSHIP Bargoed RFC v Llangennech 14:30 Cross Keys v Bonymaen 14:30 Neath v Merthyr RFC 14:30 Newbridge...
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/ 1 year agoLouis Rees-Zammit continues NFL journey by joining Jacksonville Jaguars
The former Wales wing was released by the Kansas City Chiefs. Louis Rees-Zammit has joined the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad after...
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/ 1 year agoManu Tuilagi suffers broken hand in pre-season game for new club Bayonne
Tuilagi has suffered more injury woe after he swapped England for France. Former England centre Manu Tuilagi will have to wait...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland squad shocked after resignations of key coaching duo
Defence coach Felix Jones and head of strength and conditioning Aled Walters are moving on for pastures new. England players have...
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/ 1 year agoPGP deal is looking good for all – Baxter
Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter remains hopeful that plans being drawn up as part of the new Professional Game...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s going to be a thriller – van Graan
By Jon Newcombe Johann van Graan is predicting a Gallagher Premiership 2024/25 season to set pulses racing. Bath’s head of rugby...
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/ 1 year agoPlaying in Cardiff will help us – Lam
By Mark Stevens Pat Lam has told Bristol supporters who are unhappy next season’s home Premiership fixture against Bath has been...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoThis has been the best year of my life
Mark Stevens talks to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso about his rise to the top for Exeter and England Even by his own admission,...
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/ 1 year agoPorter: I’m going to fight hard for that No 9 shirt
By Adam Hathaway Will Porter has been learning from the old master Danny Care at Harlequins but is ready to paint...
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/ 1 year agoRevived Genge is raring to go
By Paul Rees Ellis Genge spent a rare summer off fishing and intends to make a ‘turbot’ charged start to the...
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/ 1 year agoLaunchbury: It’s down to players on pitch
By Adam Hathaway Joe Launchbury has urged his Harlequins side to man the barricades or face another season of near misses...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoClubs should be in Premiership Cup
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SPEAKING as a Coventry...
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