All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoEx-Tiger Burns making his way back to Japan
Former England fly-half Freddie Burns is heading back to Japan next season after a spell playing in Super Rugby for the...
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Features
/ 2 years agoBaldwin still glad he headed to Falcons
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle’s new defence coach and finds a man who is certain he has made the right decision...
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Features
/ 2 years ago25 years on and the pain is fading …
Next week marks the 25th anniversary of the end of what became known as the “Tour of Hell”. Jon Newcombe talks...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoRFU needs to strike the right financial balance
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EARLIER this week, the RFU president Nigel Gillingham, sent out a newsletter...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling add Collins to list of star recruits
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Big-spending Ealing Trailfinders have come to the rescue of Tom Collins who had been left high and...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years ago‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England
By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBorthwick impressed with intensity of Prem final
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick’s hopes that England can enjoy a successful World Cup campaign were boosted by the “Test match”...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoWillis: I’d never have left Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England back row Jack Willis admits that he would never have left Wasps if they...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSale lock still in hunt for new club
ON THE BLINDSIDE Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite is still looking for a new club, with his contract with the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBoyle turns down Exeter approach
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter have failed with their attempts to land young Leinster prop Jack Boyle who has decided that his...
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Features
/ 2 years agoHill keeps climbing the peaks in France
Jon Newcombe talks to top coach Richard Hill after he secured yet another promotion in the French leagues Former Bath and...
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoWhy this merger just might be the way to go
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Another week in Welsh rugby and another potential drama emerges. They always say the close...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoIrish weren’t given enough time – Ojo
■By NICK POWELL LONDON Irish’s record try scorer Topsy Ojo says it’s regrettable that the club weren’t given more time to...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoNienaber keeps faith with World Cup stars
By PAUL REES SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s squad preparing for the Rugby Championship contains 19 players who were involved in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoLimited by a flawed structure
Back in those blessed years when the Heineken Cup often delivered matches of greater passion and technical skill than the Six...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoAn Upswing in Rugby’s Popularity from Niche to Mainstream
Rugby has an exciting and rich history, making it one of the world’s most popular physical sports. It has a massive...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBorthwick: Mercer a contender for France
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChampions Cup reverts to multi-pool
By PAUL REES Triumph: La Rochelle celebrate victory THE Heineken Champions Cup reverts to a multi-pool format next season, but teams...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoLoader signs two-year deal with Stormers
Ben Loader is moving to South Africa this summer and will play in the United Rugby Championship after signing for the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoFighting talk suits Cameron
Northampton Saints have contacted undisputed women’s super-lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron about defending her titles at Franklins Gardens. The Northampton-born boxing queen...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoSo, who is set to fly in under the radar?
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Remember Jean-Marc Doussain’s international debut for France? Probably not. The poor bloke would happily forget it himself,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWood is just the man to talk sense
It would be stretching a point to suggest that Tom Wood, the brick-hard Northampton flanker who won a half-century of caps...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSirker’s glad he’s moved Down Under
By BEN JAYCOCK Callum Sirker feels Championship players are a victim of Premiership clubs' financial mismanagement, so decided midway through last...
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoLet’s hope our new big hitter has a big impact
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Among the many social media comments on the appointment of Richard Collier-Keywood as the new...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWho will be next on the production line?
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER The Junior World Cup makes a welcome return after a four-year hiatus next week down in South...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRowe fires back at reports of financial difficulty at Chiefs
Exeter Chiefs Chairman Tony Rowe has labelled reports on social media that his club are in financial trouble as ‘wide of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCare and Marler return as England World Cup preparation squad announced
Harlequins duo Danny Care and Joe Marler have been named in the England squad for the first time under Steve Borthwick...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe need to return to amateur ways, says Thompson
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Thompson has voiced his “fears” for the future of rugby following London Irish becoming the third club...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVarndell fears for future generation
By BEN JAYCOCK Tom Varndell says that allowing three Premiership teams to go under this season is ‘completely unforgivable’ and urges...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHaskell calls for radical overhaul
By BEN JAYCOCK James Haskell believes the Premiership should be ring fenced and rebuilt using a franchise style NFL model, including...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoI can’t wait to see Bath get going
■ Am I just being cynical or, with the demise of London Irish, does this give the RFU and PRL exactly...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTry something new and imaginative
JAMES Harrington reports that the average gate in the French top flight this season was 14,841, with Bordeaux topping the list...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoArrival of novice advisers is cause for grave concern
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There could not have been a bigger catalyst for change at Twickenham than...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoYour chance to join the (£55,000) culture club
NICK CAIN The RFU’s failure to put in a robust, stringent regulatory framework has led to three Premiership clubs going bust...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCardiff in fight for Thomas
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Gloucester have been linked with a move for highly-rated Cardiff coach T Rhys Thomas. The...
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Top 14
/ 2 years agoAbendanon: French rugby is far more fun
By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Wayne Kilford: ‘Moore told me – The work starts now’
The former Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Midlands full-back talks about his life in the game My first captain in senior rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWe must find a way to stop vicious spiral
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Heaven knows The Rugby Paper has been warning...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoGame is spending above its means
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Just as we all thought it couldn’t get any worse now the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson: We want to improve and not just be one-off wonders
By PAUL REES Sale took their pain to Spain. The day after the Premiership final defeat to Saracens at Twickenham, the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoHard to see who can catch Saracens
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to predict whether this will be the start of a period of...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGraham struggling to land a new deal
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Homeless, a second child on the way and no job. That is the brutal reality confronting Gary...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime to call up X-factor reserves
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Where can Steve Borthwick find the X-factor players to take England back to...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoToo many young players rejected too soon
Georgia's U20 victory over England is an example of one country making the most of their resources, while the other is...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWarriors laugh off Farrell switch
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wigan Warriors have moved to put distance between themselves and a reported big-money cross-code move...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoArundell and Pearson on Bath’s radar
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath will waste no time this week to cherry-pick the best talent if, as expected,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoVan Vuuren keen to join Premiership
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Lions lock Pieter Jansen Van Vuuren, who is reaching the end of his deal with...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSleeping giant that is struggling to wake up
Peter Jackson consults his stats book to see which teams are the best-supported in Europe’s big leagues Crowd pleasers: Leicester Tigers...
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News Extra
/ 3 years agoOosthuizen goes home to be a Shark again
NEWS EXTRA SPRINGBOK prop Coenie Oosthuizen will leave Premiership finalists Sale to return to South Africa and re-join URC side the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoExeter’s Simmonds signs for Pau
TOP 14 side Pau have signed Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds on a twoyear deal. The 26-year-old, who captained Exeter to...
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