All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCurry’s back where his troubles began
By JON NEWCOMBE Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks Boxing Day. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park WITH injuries and the impact of Covid...
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/ 4 years agoVan Zyl demands Irish show ruthless streak
By GARY FITZGERALD CORNIEL van Zyl has warned the London Irish players of the pitfalls of complacency as the Exiles reach...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDeano: I made Pig’s Nose of big match!
BIG Boxing Day games bring back special memories for Dean Richards who used to embrace the spirit of Christmas in every...
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/ 4 years agoBiljon confident rugby can stay on track
By LUKE JARMYN HARVEY Biljon has called on rugby clubs, officials and supporters to “not get complacent” so the sport is...
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/ 4 years agoMacron’s pique opens way for national cup
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE chances of a new variation of Covid coming through was as predictable...
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/ 4 years agoGriffiths offers Bath fans better future
NICK CAIN THE decision by Bath owner Bruce Craig to pick Ed Griffiths as his successor as chairman is the most...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAngry young man Alfie just wants to play
By GARY FITZGERALD Wasps v London Irish Boxing Day. Kick-off 3pm, Coventry Building Society Arena LEE Blackett expects a much less...
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Premiership
/ 4 years ago‘Deccy’ is a visionary, no wonder other clubs like him – Rogerson
By PAUL REES Target: Declan Kidney DECLAN Kidney has been linked with a return to Munster but says he has unfinished...
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/ 4 years agoMunster to line up Kidney for Van Graan
By NEIL FISSLER MUNSTER are weighing up a move for London Irish director of rugby Declan Kidney after confirming Johann van...
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/ 4 years agoVan Graan needs full power to plug Bath
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHANN van Graan is the latest coach expected to plug the gaping hole...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHow Mr Grumpy became Mr Happy
NICK CAIN TALKS TO STEVE BORTHWICK AND FINDS A SURPRISING CHANGE OF DEMEANOR IN a week dominated by the game’s tectonic...
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/ 4 years agoJack’s a better lad than we thought says Adam
By ADAM HATHAWAY Big impact: Jack Walker playing for Quins HARLEQUINS scrum coach Adam Jones admits he has been stunned by...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoFlying Frewen fires Ambers
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................25 Newport .................. 30 A BRACE of tries from flying wing Elliot Frewen fired Newport to...
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/ 4 years agoSuperior fitness is bedrock of Irish bid for glory
By GARY- FITZGERALD JAMES Stokes claims London Irish’s bid for domestic and European glory is based on the Exiles being “super...
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/ 4 years agoBaxter: Players are still chasing big cash
By SAM JACKSON EXETER boss Rob Baxter says players have not lowered their wage expectations in line with the Premiership’s lower...
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/ 4 years agoYoungs is fired up to keep Tigers on the run
By PAUL REES LEICESTER are one match away from going into the new year with an undefeated record in the Premiership,...
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/ 4 years agoO’Gara won’t be filling Van Graan role at Munster
FORMER Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara has ruled himself out of the Munster head coach job. South African Johann van Graan will...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHeineken Champions Cup preview
The Heineken Champions Cup has been torn apart once more by the coronavirus cancellation controversy with six matches called off, as...
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/ 4 years agoWinless Bath appoint Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach
Bath Rugby have confirmed the appointment of Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach for the remainder of the 2021/22 season....
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoQuins call for ref Nika to stand tall
By GARY FITZGERALD PREVIEW... Castres v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Stade Pierre Fabre Skills: Quins hooker Jack Walker JERRY Flannery has...
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/ 4 years agoGalvanised Ospreys can spring a surprise
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS with James Hook at the start of last week when he mentioned Ifan...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoCreevy at the double as Exiles enjoy away day
By JOHN WILLIAMS Pau ......................17pts Tries: Levron 58, Joseph 77 Conversions: Levron 59, 78 Penalties: Levron 14 London Irish ....26pts Tries:...
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/ 4 years agoMcHenry takes a short walk to his new career
ALEX McHenry has thrown himself into his new life at Wasps – so much so that he is currently living in...
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/ 4 years agoEngland visit spurs Reds to be better
By LUKE JARMYN HARVEY Biljon believes having England training on the Channel Islands, and allowing his Jersey Reds side some access...
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/ 4 years agoIrish following same points pattern as their glory year
By PAUL REES WHEN London Irish reached the Premiership final in 2009, they took at least a point from every match...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAtkinson extends Glouc stay
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER and England centre Mark Atkinson has signed a “multi-year” deal to stay at Kingsholm. The 31-year-old is in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAdkins joins Pirates on loan deal
RUGBY SHORTS CORNISH Pirates have signed Gloucester prop Olly Adkins on a shortterm deal after Exeter loanee Patrick Schickerling returned to...
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/ 4 years agoWinless, injury-hit Bath bring in backline cover
NEWS EXTRA PREMIERSHIP basement boys Bath have signed former Scarlets wing Tom Prydie on a short-term deal and Edinburgh centre Jordan...
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/ 4 years agoPollard rejects bigger money to join Tigers
SOUTH Africa fly-half Handre Pollard says he turned down “bigger deals” to join Leicester next season from Montpellier. Pollard, 27, will...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDavies on fire as Aberavon open their account
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................29 Swansea................. 13 ABERAVON opened their Premiership account with a hard-fought bonus point victory. Jason Hyatt’s...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoO’Brien leads by example to fire Ambers
By JACK NAISBITT Newport...................25 Bridgend.................... 9 NEWPORT kicked off their Premiership title bid with a winning start after a strong second-half...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBird back with vengeance for Ponty
By JAMES LLOYD Pontypridd..............32 Carmarthen............24 DIGGY BIRD put the boot into Carmarthen by kicking a mammoth 23 points in his first...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoGray hat-trick gets Chiefs off to a stormer
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter ................42pts Tries: Hogg 23, Gray 41, 52, 60; S Simmonds 70, Armand 80 Conversions: J Simmonds 23,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFabulous Finn puts Saints to the sword
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..14pts Tries: Skosan 29, Fraser 48 Conversions: Biggar 29, Furbank 49 Racing 92..........45pts Tries: Lauret 8, 42,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoOh, for those refreshing Heineken Cup years!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Heineken Cup rugby was once so vibrant and exhilarating – so spellbindingly good, year after year –...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBarbeary returns to the back row
PREVIEW... Wasps v Munster Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Coventry Building Society Arena The boy’s back: Alfie Barbeary returns to the Wasps starting...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoVan Graan finds he’s a person of interest to Bath
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan, who is out of contract at the end...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGenge contract delay puts Sarries on alert
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SARACENS, rumoured to be offloading several players at the end of the season, could...
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/ 4 years agoChiefs down Saracens to lay their challenge
By ADAM HATHAWAY EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter watched his side deliver a message to the rest of the Premiership...
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/ 4 years agoBorthwick stonewalls Tigers bid for Pollard
LEICESTER have ramped up their bid to sign South Africa’s World Cup winning fly-half Handre Pollard for the 2022-23 season to...
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/ 4 years agoExiles on course to hit first target
By TOM SANSOM FIVE years on from their plummet through the leagues, London Welsh are on course to complete their initial...
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/ 4 years agoWe’re sure we can keep Blamire happy at Falcons insists Ward
By PAUL REES NEWCASTLE are confident they can keep their England hooker Jamie Blamire happy at the club even though it...
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/ 4 years agoIrish have the quality to go all the way in Europe – Mafi
By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Mafi says London Irish have the mental aptitude to transfer their sparkling Premiership form onto the European...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoYes to proper cup, with cap on seniors
I AGREE with Jose Mourinho, it’s time to bring back the real RFU Club Knockout Cup competition for all clubs in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIt’s confirmed: Italy must leave the Six Nations
COLIN BOAG With the autumn international moneyspinners over for another year, what did we learn? The first is that the gulf...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoBest thing about England’s autumn was their tries
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE last round of the autumn series made everyone’s weekend – it was pretty...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoExiles show they mean business this season
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........19pts Tries: Beard 28, 66, Northmore 35 Conversions: Allen 29, 36 London Irish ....22pts Tries: Creevy 28,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSimmonds bulldozes Bath hopes of revival
By MIKE SINCLAIR Bath ....................16pts Tries: Reid 19 Conversions: Bailey 19 Penalties: Bailey 2, 47, 63 Exeter ................23pts Tries: Iosefa-Scott 42,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 4 years agoBaxter: We need the joy of winning
WHEN back-rower Dave Ewers plays, Exeter win. The Chiefs have suffered four defeats in the Premiership this season but Ewers, absent...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSearle’s try rewards the Warrior spirit
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle ........24pts Tries: McGuigan 20, 53; Radwan 25, Cooper 72 Conversions: Hodgson 26, 73 Worcester ........24pts Tries: Beck...
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