All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND FLY-HALF Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HELEN NELSON THIS WEEK... Loughborough...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland 43-29 USA: Underhill leads way for Eddie’s all-sorts
ENGLAND awarded so many new caps, Twickenham seemed like a millinery, but it was hats off to an older hand given...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNational Leagues get online show to shine spotlight on 48 member clubs
NATIONAL League rugby is set for its own weekly highlights show, with part of the proceeds generated going back to its...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRFU silence on Lynagh gets dad tweeting
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Future: Louis Lynagh EDDIE Jones has refused to be...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaints prepared if Toulon persist in Dan Biggar swoop
NORTHAMPTON Saints have set aside a ‘healthy budget’ as they search fora new fly-half that places question marks over the future...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExeter Chiefs are watching England U20 star Sam Riley
EXETER Chiefs are keeping tabs on Harlequins’ England U20 hooker Sam Riley just a week after losing the Premiership final to...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGrassroots game must get fairer funding | Jeff Probyn
When I sat on the RFU council, no matter what was happening in the rugby world the CEO’s review of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Ashley Johnson: World Cup snub led me to Wasps
LIKE any black player growing up in South Africa, you couldn’t be mediocre, you couldn’t just be another talent, you had...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoCan French ‘third string’ spring more surprises? | James Harrington
Against seemingly evermounting coronavirus odds, France’s July tour of Australia is still set for Test takeoff – it may not quite...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHeineken Cup tiers revealed ahead of pool draw
NEWS EXTRA THE ROAD to next season’s Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille will begin to be mapped out when the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSharks role too good to resist for League convert Langley
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL JAMIE LANGLEY has landed a unique job as Sale’s new peak performance coach – and is determined to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDream stay at Pirates delivered big break
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRISTOL BEARS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH AND FORMER BATH, NORTHAMPTON, SALE, CORNISH PIRATES, HARLEQUINS AND AMPTHILL HOOKER/FLANKER DAVE WARD...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter 38-40 Harlequins: Underdogs? Quins roar like big dogs in a classic
WHEN it comes to long runs from the back there is nothing in the annals of English club rugby to match...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoVerdict: Quins have taught Eddie Jones a lesson in how to attack
SO a season that started with Eddie Jones arguing it was almost impossible to play attractive attacking rugby under the current...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHigh ball doubt may cost Stuart Hogg Lions slot | Nick Cain
STUART Hogg’s high points this season in leading Scotland to away victories over France and England in the Six Nations, as...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGrounds will be used to ring-fence
A DAMAGING and potentially divisive suspension of promotion-relegation in the English league structure for up to three or four seasons is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoWrong for table toppers to wind up with nothing
WE’RE at the end of the rugby season and once again, the complete travesty of justice that is the Premiership playoffs...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNo doubt Sarries will get some abuse next season | Colin Boag
The totally unsurprising news that Saracens slaughtered Ealing Trailfinders in the two-leg Championship final doesn’t seem to have provoked the strong...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
RUSSELL EARNSHAW, THE MAGIC ACADEMY COACH AND FORMER ENG- LAND 7S, BATH, WEST HARTLEPOOL, ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER & PERTEMPS BEES FLANKER, CHOOSES...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTigers fan Stewart keen to star in front of mum and dad at Welford Road
By ADAM HATHAWAY Big talent: Freddie Steward LEICESTER’S Freddie Steward spent yesterday afternoon with his feet up watching the player he...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoGatland’s call: New lock and stand-in skipper
LIONS tour boss Warren Gatland reacted calmly to the devastating loss of his captain Alun Wyn Jones. “We’ve got to make...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoBoks are ring rusty and were rocked by Benetton, but Lions have concerns too
Nick Cain sets the scene ahead of Lions lift-off for South Africa THE 2021 Lions tour of South Africa will be...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoIs the rash of red cards truly making game safer? | Chris Hewett
"Brave boy,” said Ugo Monye, admiringly, as he watched his beloved Harlequins close in on their famous Premiership semi-final victory over...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoCrisis time for Boks as their lock stocks dip | Chris Hewett
PITY the poor Springboks. Three years after arming themselves with the most potent quartet of second row forwards ever seen at...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoCrowds or not, I just focussed on the opposition | Jeff Probyn
I WAS a little puzzled when I read Danny Care and Rob Baxter’s reaction to fans being allowed back into the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarlequins ace Alex Dombrandt steps up defence for Eddie
Dombrandt isn't interested in resting up from Harlequins' play-off run as he goes in search of a first England Test cap
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGeorge Ford ponders future as Mike leaves Leicester
GEORGE Ford’s long-term future at Leicester Tigers was last week thrown into debut when his father Mike parted company with the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoJohn eyes U20s springboard
By ALEX BYWATER EXETER Chiefs and Wales tyro Dan John plans on proving a point to Rob Baxter in the U20...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFans frozen out of final
RUGBY SHORTS THOUSANDS of supporters have had their tickets cancelled for Saturday’s Premiership Rugby final at Twickenham after the government capped the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTyro White exits Tigers
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER have released scrum-half Ben White, 23, the youngest player to appear for the club in the Premiership. White was...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSwansong for Rhodes
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS back row Mike Rhodes will leave the club after today’s Championship final. The South Africa-born 33-year-old has made 106...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLam: We had our chances to win it
HARLEQUINS served up one of the greatest fight-backs in Premiership history to book themselves a date with Exeter Chiefs in Saturday’s...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoExclusive: Robinson lands the job as Wasps’ new attack coach
RISING coaching star Ed Robinson has been chosen by Wasps to become their new attack coach. Wasps have a vacancy because...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWorld Cup guru Larder expects Sinfield to be a huge hit with Tigers
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL League legend: Kevin Sinfeld playing for Rhinos PHIL LARDER believes Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield will prove a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter 40-30 Sale: Big-match Chiefs make it six finals in a row with early salvo
EXETER Chiefs, annoyed at one or two recent lax moments and irritated by what they perceive as inconsistencies in the disciplinary...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWRU could raid Premiership Rugby for performance executive
WALES could be set for a raid on English rugby with Gallagher Premiership supremo Phil Winstanley emerging as a serious contender...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoExpansion plan is best way forward
RECENT TRP issues have contained some good opinions on the ring-fencing question. I liked the idea from Kevin Higginson (June 6)...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPremiership trio go in search of second rows to add for 2021-22
WEST Country trio Gloucester, Bath and Exeter are all looking to strengthen their second rows for next season. But they are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoOnly snag is money
DEAN Richards is right to want a professional second tier in England, the snag is only a few of the teams...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGloucester go hi-tech to match game tempo
■By JON NEWCOMBE New age: Gloucester’s state of the art gym Impressive: Gloucester’s new indoor training pitch Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoCar crash European Cup rules will wreck a great Cup | Nick Cain
THE European Cup is on a slippery slope. It is rapidly being downgraded from a competition which was about becoming champions...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoSaracens v Ealing: Vincent Koch set for a double celebration in second leg
SARACENS have named an unchanged line-up for today’s second leg of the Championship play-off final against Ealing Trailfinders. The north London...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoNot a fan of Springboks joining our Six Nations | Shane Williams
I’M old enough to have played in the Five Nations before it expanded to six teams with Italy’s arrival in 2001...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoJapan will give Lions real workout | Jeremy Guscott
I have always liked change for the right reasons, and the Lions having a game against Japan at Murrayfield on Saturday...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSpringbok props are part of my ‘woldwide front row family’ says Furlong
By ADAM HATHAWAY Making waves: Tadhg Furlong TADHG Furlong will be ‘keeping it in the family’ in the recesses of the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEaling’s drubbing should not open ring-fence door | Jeff Probyn
Ealing Trailfinders’ dream didn’t so much fade away last week as completely collapse against the might of a fullstrength Saracens team, revealing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSurely Robson’s ready for a first start now, Eddie
By NEIL FISSLER Pushing for his first start: Dan Robson takes on Paolo Garbisi during the Six Nations PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSean O’Brien urges Ireland to blood players in Premiership
SEAN O’Brien believes Ireland should relax their rule which all but bars players being selected for the national squad if they...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSiale Piutau hopes Bears’ love will conquer all in Premiership
“LOVE” is the answer to Bristol’s prayers to be crowned English champions for the first time. And departing centre Siale Piutau...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNo club has thrown in towel – even Worcester
COLIN BOAG When the moratorium on relegation from the Premiership for this season was announced in mid-February, a new word entered the...
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