All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMark Nelson: Thriving county scene is beneficial to all
By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Fylde and Lancashire coach Mark Nelson is furious about the RFU cutting the County Championship’s funding and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTiger Whitcombe proud to follow his Dad’s path
By PAUL REES JAMES Whitcombe was born and brought up in Yorkshire, but Leicester was the only club the prop wanted...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter’s gain is a big loss for Wales
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW With a surname like his, Tom O’Flaherty sounds as though he ought to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoVale power their way to victory
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS Ebbw Vale ............14 Swansea ................5 A POWER packed display from the Ebbw Vale pack earned their side...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr respond to McIntosh exit
Premiership By FREDDIE BENNETT Merthyr ................46 Llanelli..................22 MERTHYR moved up to third in the Premiership table after a comprehensive bonus point...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoTable toppers Newport thrash Cardiff
Premiership By DELME PARFITT Newport ................38 Cardiff......................6 NEWPORT extended their lead at the top of the Welsh Premiership with a six-try...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBenhard reaping reward for his versatility at Irish
VERSATILE London Irish back Benhard Janse van Rensburg is relishing playing in a variety of positions alongside experienced internationals as the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGRIFFYDD EVANS
YOUNG GUNS CARDIFF UNI / LLANDOVERY FLANKER Cardiff University student Griffydd Evans is eager to step up to Scarlets first team...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWest: It’s crunch time now and we’ve got work to do
By JON NEWCOMBE AS he prepares to make his 50th Premiership appearance, prop Tom West is adamant that the endof-season play-offs...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSwitching Steward to centre isn’t the answer
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK COME in No.12, your time is now! That is the call that Eddie...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHigh-flying Harlequins charged up for final push before the cavalry returns
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Bristol Bears v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Ashton Gate TABAI Matson is delighted by the way his...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSale cling on to keep play-off hopes alive
By SAM JACKSON Sale ....................26pts Tries: De Klerk 5, MacGinty 25, JP du Preez 39, JL du Preez 44 Conversions: De...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLudlow: We can make top four
LEWIS Ludlow admitted Gloucester missed out on a golden chance to upset Sharks at the AJ Bell Stadium but looked on...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoShane Williams: Louis Rees-Zammit has 100 Wales caps to come
Legendary Wales wing Shane Williams has shown his support for young Wales winger Louis Rees-Zammit after the 21-year-old wing was left...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoCharlie Ewels: England will never have Ireland’s level of cohesion
Charlie Ewels believes England will never have the levels of cohesion Ireland have ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations tie. England head...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoFormer Springbok scrum-half Louis Schreder joins Bath
Former Springbok scrum-half Louis Schreude will join Bath Rugby at the start of next season. The current Newcastle Falcons scrum-half will...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBaxter still wants door left open
EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter has described the decision to deny Ealing or Doncaster promotion to the Premiership as “very...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLouis letting rip for Test recall says Skivington
By DANIEL GALLAN Setback: Louis Rees-Zammit is gunning for another chance with Wales PICTURES: Getty Images GEORGE Skivington was surprised that...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBeetham steers Cardiff to top of the table
Premiership By ALEX JONES Cardiff..............41 Aberavon ........28 JACOB Beetham warmed up for his trip to South Africa with the Cardiff regional...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCarmarthen move into the play-off places
Premiership By ADAM PETERS Carmarthen ........22 Bridgend ..............17 KALLUM Evans struck twice to move Carmarthen Quins up into the play-off places....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInnovative Stuckey secures late win
Premiership By JOHN WILLIAMS Pontypridd ..........19 Merthyr ................17 DALE Stuckey’s quick thinking created a crucial try for Pontypridd and then his...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoEvans try swings seesaw for Drovers
Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea ..............20 Llandovery ..........25 DROVERS head coach Euros Evans asked for a reaction from his players after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLlanelli call on local cavalry to face leaders
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW... Llanelli v Newport Today, Kick-off 2.30pm LLANELLI have been forced to raid amateur clubs in their...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOne-club man Sharples bows out with no regrets
By PAUL REES CHARLIE Sharples retired last week as a rarity in the modern game. He was a one club man,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPrem is ‘snakes and ladders’
TABAI Matson believes Quins can win the game of ‘snakes and ladders’ and build momentum to secure a play-off spot Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGallagher joins Bath with Bosch in sights
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BATH are down to the last two names on their fly-half shortlist for next...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTrailfinders are early suitors for veteran Brown
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted man: Mike Brown EALING Trailfinders have inquired about former England fullback Mike Brown...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTyro Puma Gonzalez is dreaming big with Exiles
By BEN JAYCOCK Explosive: Juan Martin Gonzalez ARGENTINA international Juan Martin Gonzalez has adjusted well to life in England and wants...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHard work’s paid off for Saint Iyogun
By BEN JAYCOCK EMMANUEL Iyogun has gone from being a ‘chubby footballer’ to a Premiership loosehead prop after a remarkable journey...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRecord man Youngs is guiding light for Jack
By PAUL REES JACK van Poortvliet was watching in a bar at Welford Road when Ben Youngs set a new England...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Five with James and Martin Whitcombe
Its family fortunes week as Leicester Tigers‘ James Whitcombe and his father Martin Whitcombe join host Oliver Little to discuss the...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDoncaster Knights to appeal decision to deny them entry to Premiership
Doncaster Knights have said that they will appeal the decision denying them a chance of promotion to the Premiership. The RFU...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPremiership hopefuls dealt huge blow to promotion plans
Premiership promotion hopefuls Doncaster Knights and Ealing Trailfinders have not met the minimum standards criteria for promotion to the top flight....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAustralia lock Lukhan Salakaia-Loto signs for Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints have signed Australian international lock Lukhan Salakaia-Loto ahead of the 2022/23 season. The 6’6” second row – who clocks...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGloucester stalwart Charlie Sharples retires with immediate effect
Gloucester‘s stalwart winger Charlie Sharples will retire from professional rugby with immediate effect. Initially planning on retiring at the end of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorthampton Saints re-sign prop Ethan Waller
Northampton Saints have re-signed loosehead prop Ethan Waller. The 29-year-old moves back to cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens from Worcester Warriors,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAsk players what they really think of 4G -Lam
By PAUL REES PAT Lam believes players should be canvassed anonymously for their views on 4G pitches after a third Bristol...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWoodburn relishing challenge of unfamiliar territory
By PAUL REES Motivated: Woodburn OLLY Woodburn is intent on making up for lost time after missing 24 matches because of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoF-bomb was careless but Deano had a case
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some of the things Ron Atkinson said during a long and lavishly rewarded career as a football...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoGood on Diamond for telling it like it is
CHRIS HEWETT HATS off to the straight-talking Steve Diamond, “lead rugby consultant” – aka “new boss” – at Worcester. In this...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAcid test awaits to see if Eddie’s still up to the job
NICK CAIN HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY AREAS ENGLAND MUST IMPROVE TO CLOSE GAP ON IRELAND AND FRANCE BY the time England have...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Proposals should be open for debate’
By NICK CAIN CONCERNS over a lack of transparency in the RFU’s communication with its member clubs have surfaced following an...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFalcons decide against Brown contract option
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Heading south? Mike Brown MIKE Brown is set to face a decision about his...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExiles lock Coleman poised to snub Paris
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER ADAM Coleman is deciding his next move after talking to Racing 92 about a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoQuins centre Lasike heading back to US
RUGBY SHORTS HARLEQUINS centre Paul Lasike, 31, will leave the Premiership club next month for “personal reasons”. The New Zealand-born USA...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLeicester is my kind of place says Ashton
RUGBY SHORTS CHRIS Ashton is eager to make the most of his time with Premiership leaders Leicester. The 34-year-old joined on...
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Features
/ 4 years agoChick banned for three weeks, Coleman let off
RUGBY SHORTS NEWCASTLE No.8 Callum Chick has been banned for three weeks after he was sent off against Exeter last Sunday....
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Schools / Universities
/ 4 years agoExeter University Has a Track Record of Success
Luke Mehson, Richard Capstick, Jack Owlett, Tom Lawday… these are just a few of the players that have represented Exeter University...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoJones stars as Gogs overcome the Swans
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS RGC.............................29 Swansea................. 14 DION Jones struck twice to help steer the home side to a bonus-point win...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBlack and Ambers run riot over Ponty
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Newport...................36 Pontypridd................ 7 NEWPORT maintained their unbeaten start to the season as they thrashed Pontypridd on Thursday...
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