All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks in the market for Wallaby Latu
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale Sharks could bring bad boy Tolu Latu to the Premiership this summer after he...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBlackett in line to link up with Bath
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Wasps boss Lee Blackett could return to the Premiership next season as part of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNeville’s TV firm sets lens on rugby
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER A production company formed by footballer turned pundit Gary Neville, below, has won the contract...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson annoyed by Ashman’s move north
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson is unhappy with the departure of Ewan Ashman to Edinburgh next season, adamant the hooker would...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoJeff’s right, we must support grassroots
JEFF Probyn is absolutely right in stating that the future of rugby in England depends on more resources being made available...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTreviso standing on the edge of history
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points AT the last count, Benetton Treviso had won...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLet’s hope this new-look Cup has meaning
So the Premiership Cup is to remuster in yet another guise this autumn as a joint competition with the Championship sides...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe need to rebuild in the north
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL A radical move to bring together Sale Sharks with Newcastle Falcons – and potentially Doncaster or Leeds Tykes...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBedford centre aiming for Wasps revenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Michael Le Bourgeois has enjoyed regular game time at Bedford after being cut by Wasps and is looking...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup semi-final preview
The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPremiership-Championship Cup confirmed
The addition of Championship teams to the Premiership Rugby Cup, first reported in The Rugby Paper on 9th April, has been...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWilliams: Give more to the Championship
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol centre James Williams believes the Championship is overlooked by Premiership clubs and deserves more funding from the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAtkinson enjoying life at Gloucester
By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m quicker, stronger and better, says Lynagh
By GARY FITZGERALD Louis Lynagh claims he has returned from his injury nightmare “quicker, stronger and better than ever”. And the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson backs his ‘squadfather’
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson says Sale will be a different proposition in the Premiership play-offs than they were two years...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhitten keen to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTuilagi agrees one-year extension
BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions centre Manu Tuilagi will this week sign a contract that will keep him with Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNew deal for Smith
BY NEIL FISSLER Ospreys have seen off competition from the Premiership to keep hold of Wales loosehead Nicky Smith who has...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFalcons wing Carreras on French radar
BY NEIL FISSLER Newcastle wing sensation Mateo Carreras is on the radar of big-spending French clubs despite having another year left...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years ago100 reasons why Ashton is one of England’s best
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Chris Ashton first came on the scene after leaving Wigan and rugby league...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence on fire as Bath find their mojo
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ....................... 35pts Tries: Murley 6, Wallace 23, Smith 35, Gjaitema 55, Dombrandt 70 Conversions: Smith 7, 24,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSimmonds lands late winner to stun Bears
By GARY FITZGERALD Exeter ................................ 22pts Tries: Whitten 25, Ewers 36, Iosefa-Scott 70 Conversions: J Simmonds 26, 71 Penalties: J Simmonds...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Greenwood: ‘We got Eddie Butler blind drunk on Dark & Stormies’
The former England A, Roundhay, Nottingham, Wasps & Wakefield loose forward talks about his life in the game I snapped my...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Gloucester & England U20 lock Danny Eite
Danny Eite spent much of his childhood playing sevens in Qatar and has transferred those skills to the 15-a-side game with...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoPremiership’s boring compared to Europe
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I AM fed up...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens lead hunt for Wales prop Smith
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens have held talks with Wales loosehead Nicky Smith about a switch to the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoExeter’s O’Brien signs for Munster
The exodus from Exeter shows no sign of abating, with centre Sean O’Brien set to become the next player through the...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRetaining the status quo threatens to split game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Club rugby in England is crying out for a new start, based on...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins find their feet to finish job in style
By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins ....................... 48pts Tries: Esterhuizen 36, Lynagh 40, Bassett 49, Dombrandt 52, 69; Lamb 73, Marchant 76, Baxter...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhen familiarity is the key to success
CHRIS HEWETT As feats of the imagination go, the idea that Ireland might be heading towards a first World Cup final...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCurry brothers put the heat on Bristol
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol Bears ....................20pts Tries: Naulago 39, Ibitoye 73 Conversions: MacGinty 40, 73 Penalties: MacGinty 9, Williams 24 Sale...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLast-chance saloon for title hopes – Baxter
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road Focused: Aidon Davis and, inset, Jasper Wiese...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoNational One rated as ‘simply the best’
By BEN JAYCOCK Rams came into this weekend top of the table but after their slip up last time out against...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: London Irish & England U20s prop Alofabi Fasogbon
Afolabi Fasogbon feels a sense of belonging at London Irish and can’t imagine playing anywhere else. The 18-year-old prop has enjoyed...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKelly to realise his dream at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE have signed Doncaster Knights back-five forward John Kelly on a two-year deal. The 27-year-old has spent the past three seasons...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlue & Blacks given a final workout
By GRAHAM HARDY Carmarthen Q..14 Cardiff RFC.......23 The Quins certainly saved their best until last as they got stuck into reigning...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoItoje warned: Be ready to take pay cut
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England lock Maro Itoje has been warned to lower his salary expectations when his current...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPivac was Falcons first choice
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Wales boss Wayne Pivac turned down the chance of becoming Newcastle Falcons boss next...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoLawrence and Tuilagi the next centres of attention?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WITH only World Cup warm-ups to come in the international game this summer before...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoRampant Chiefs demolish Stormers
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter ................................ 42pts Tries: Wyatt 13, Nowell 21, Woodburn 29, S Simmonds 45, Yeandle 73, Cairns 78 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPlay-off run is over admits Skivington
By PAUL REES George Skivington says he has stopped talking about the play-offs after Gloucester’s defeat at Newcastle in the last...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExiles’ long wait for action frustrates Kidney
By GARY FITZGERALD Declan Kidney admits it has been frustrating having to endure a long break between Premiership games while others...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoIrish galacticos on song as Leicester are sent packing
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster............................. 55pts Tries: Ringrose 2, 16; Gibson-Park 52, Penalty 55, Penny 61, O’Brien 71, McKee 79 Conversions: Byrne...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoItoje sets sights on toppling champions
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... La Rochelle v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Marcel-Deflandre Visit infinitysportstravel.com to view our packages or call...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKnights fighting hard despite their half rations
By JON NEWCOMBE After doing a “Leicester City” in 2021/22, Doncaster have found it tough to back up last year’s second-place...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoHard to stop the drain of players going overseas
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Am I the only one thinking that Maro Itoje is living in...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish leads fightback in Cardiff’s crucial win
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................32 Aberavon................. 15 DAN Fish rolled back the years on his 100th appearance for his home town...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDrovers stay on course for top spot
Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery.............52 Swansea.................24 THE Drovers did everything they needed to do to hold onto the top spot...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins edge dramatic clash against RGC
Premiership By PAUL HOUSE Carmarthan............32 RGC............................. 31 CARMARTHEN Quins ended a run of fourstraight defeats, inflicting a fifth away defeat in...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoNewport homing in on play-off race
Premiership By SIMON HOGG Newport...................33 Merthyr....................27 NEWPORT made it three wins in nine days as they beat Merthyr to move closer...















