All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoLlandovery on course for title
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY remain on track to pip Newport at the post in the regular Welsh Premiership after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed’s double dream alive
Championship round-up BARGOED maintained momentum for a Championship league and cup double after a crushing 75-7 win at East division bottom...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership previews: Round 15
The Gallagher Premiership returns this week after a two-week Champions/Challenge Cup hiatus, and with teams second through to eighth all on...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland didn’t understand Sinckler – Crane
Jordan Crane feels England have failed to get the best out of Kyle Sinckler during his international career, with the tighthead...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoChudley to retire at the end of the season
Will Chudley has decided to bring the curtain down on his lengthy and storied rugby career at the end of the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBrown: Red Roses must “stand up and be counted” at Twickenham
Ex-Red Roses prop and Harlequins legend Shaunagh Brown spoke of her excitement for England‘s clash against Ireland at Twickenham this weekend,...
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Features
/ 2 years agoComing to grief on the road to Morocco
Mark Stevens talks to Exeter chairman Tony Rowe about his love of classic rallying across all corners of the world WIDELY...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoAll over for Lewington
Saracens wing Alex Lewington will retire at the end of the season. The 32-year-old, who was part of Saracens’ Champions Cup...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRamm: We are up for a fight to the finish
By PAUL REES James Ramm believes Northampton’s exploits in the Champions Cup will boost their bid to not only make the...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoHendy making most of having his legs on ‘back to front’ – Dowson
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson believes George Hendy is a wing unlike any other – because he has his legs on...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLlewellyn adds some power
By JON NEWCOMBE Gloucester are reaping the rewards of Max Llewellyn’s weight-gain mission during the Six Nations, with the 109kg hulking...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoOffiah Jnr ready to make mark at Bath
ON THE BLINDSIDE By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Tyler Offiah is setting himself up for life on and off the field as the...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Billy Harding
The Blackheath, England Counties and former Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, chooses the best XV he...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoThe pinball wizard who can fire Exeter
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IMMANUEL Feyi-Waboso was a pretty unknown factor before the Six Nations, but the 21-year-old...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoGreen seizes day for dazzling Quins
By PAUL REES Bordeaux-Begles ...........41pts Tries: Lucu 19, Buros 24, Depoortere 42, Bielle-Biarrey 59, Tambwe 64, 75 Conversions: Lucu 25, 43,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWe won’t stop until the final whistle -Yeandle
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Ernest Wallon Triumph: Exeter celebrate victory against Bath in...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoEasy to spot the fairer competition
BRENDAN Gallagher reports on Leinster’s convincing win over Leicester Tigers in the European Champions Cup last 16. The Leinster side is...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoLosers survive
WITH four games to go it looks like Newcastle might go down but, I forgot there is no relegation for losing...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe’re ready for big finish, says Millard
By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins face the toughest run-in of the Premiership’s top four contenders and director of rugby Billy Millard knows...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRFU needs a sense of proportion
The RFU has always maintained that promotion-relegation is sacrosanct, even though the RFU Council agreed in February 2021 to a so-called...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoAnother barmy idea from the men in suits
The Ministry of Silly Walks was a Monty Python sketch which lampooned bureaucratic inefficiency. Rugby Union requires something similar to shame...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoOn-target Carreras makes no mistake
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester .........23pts Tries: Blake 30 Penalties: Carreras 6, 18, 34, 49, 60, 65 Ospreys............... 13pts Tries: Giles 13...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoCoach praises efforts in defence
GLOUCESTER director of rugby George Skivington praised his side’s defensive effort. He said: “After missing so many tackles in our league...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAmpthill hold on to deny Bedford
By SHAWN TAYLOR Bedford Blues...............24pts Tries: Worley 15, French 28, Adamson 41, 70 Conversions: Maisey 16, 42 Ampthill.......................... 29pts Tries: Jackson...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoMore local derbies in the north would help
Former Richmond boss Steve Hill talks to Ben Woods, below, the head coach at Tynedale in National Two North Why did...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoRugby schedule has little to do with player welfare
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A roll of drums and a fanfare of trumpets late last summer heralded...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoTime to create a new dynasty
Paul Rees looks at what Mark McCall needs to do at Saracens as several big names head for the exit door...
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Q&A
/ 2 years agoI’m really impressed by the ambition on show
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to England men’s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury following a successful U18 Six Nations festival So, Jonathan three...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWe need a fairer deal for all levels
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I cannot believe that there is any way an agreement between the...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoAcademy players could miss out after cuts
By TOM JEFFREYS Last week saw another nail pinned into the coffins of Worcester, Wasps and London Irish as the RFU...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSqueezed-out Robson ready to take on his next challenge
By LUKE JARMYN CARDIFF’S Arwel Robson fervently believes he’s in the best shape he’s ever been in and, after following his...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoNewport join the 100 club
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD TABLE topping Newport wrapped up their regular Welsh Premiership fixtures with 13 tries as they dismantled...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed on course for double
Championship round-up BARGOED remain on course for a league and cup double after they won 36-8 at Bedwas to cement their...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoNorthampton Saints player ratings vs Munster
By TOM JEFFREYS Northampton Saints produced a memorable display to earn their first Champions Cup knockout victory in 13 years against...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoDowson impressed by ‘freak athlete’ Hendy
Northampton Saints head coach heaped praise on George Hendy after his two second half tries sealed a 24-14 win over Munster...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBath left sweating on injury to Russell
Fly-half Finn Russell limped off after 14 minutes with a groin injury in the defeat to Exeter at Sandy Park and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBaxter: All these law changes are madness
By MARK STEVENS Rob Baxter believes World Rugby’s latest proposals to make further law changes will end up alienating supporters, rather...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoGrayson now has Japan in his sights
By BEN JAYCOCK The demise of Wasps, Worcester Warriors and London Irish has left just 10 starting fly-half spots across a...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoQuirke has his heart set on return to England fold
By BRENDAN McGILLIGAN Most Mancunians aspire to represent Manchester for either United or City – but this never enticed a young...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens confirm signing of two fly-halves
Saracens have confirmed the signing of Newcastle Falcons fly-half Louie Johnson on a “long-term deal”. The 20-year-old has made 16 appearances...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMurley out to make mark with England
By JON NEWCOMBE Written off at a young age for being too slow and too small, Cadan Murley has since proved...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMalins on his marks for sprint to the line
By MARK STEVENS Max Malins says he’s gearing up for what promises to be a ‘sprint finish’ in the race for...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLoader still has England in sight
Ben Loader still dreams of playing for England and is hoping his performances in Cape Town for the Stormers will one...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRFU sorry for sin-bin mistake
The RFU has apologised after Harlequins lock Irne Herbst spent seven minutes in the sin-bin instead of 10 during a win...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSalary cap fine for Tigers
Leicester Tigers have again been fined for exceeding the Premiership salary cap. The club have been handed a £47,000 overrun tax...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoEngland could be an option for Green
Harlequins full-back Tyrone Green will qualify for England in 2025 and while he still harbours hopes of playing for South Africa...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years ago‘It came down to small margins’
Disappointed Bath boss Johann van Graan insists his side will ‘regroup’ in the wake of their Champions Cup exit. “We are...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoGeorge: We must learn from this to go hard at Premiership
Disappointed captain Jamie George said Saracens will get over their defeat to Bordeaux and refocus on the Premiership run-in. “It’s a...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoJames relishing the Munster challenge
■By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Northampton Saints v Munster Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Franklin’s Gardens IT is games like this after noon’s Champions...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTime to encourage ambitious clubs
IN a recent issue of The Rugby Paper, Jon Newcombe wrote that the RFU has emphasised its wish to make the...
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