All posts tagged "Premiership"
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 years agoInfluencer Craig White’s got Sale in rhythm
SALE SHARKS are enjoying a ‘drum roll’ end to the season, with a first Premiership title in 16 years in their...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
JACK PREECE, THE CINDERFORD AND FORMER BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL, COVENTRY, ROTHERHAM, MOSELEY, AND ENGLAND SEVENS AND COUNTIES OPENSIDE, CHOOSES THE BEST...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTouchline fiasco should never have happened
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE touchline row between Steve Borthwick and Pat Lam in the clash between Leicester...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBig Joe Cokanasiga must seize his England chance this time | Jeremy Guscott
JOE Cokanasiga on top form is quite simply a lethal rugby player. That is why it is so good to see...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExeter 20-19 Sale: 14-man Chiefs secure semi-final advantage
EXETER booked their sixth Premiership home play-off on the trot but the reigning champions had to dig deep against a Sale...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Falcons swoop for Harlequins winger Nathan Earle
NATHAN Earle is poised to follow teammate Mike Brown out of Harlequins and up to Premiership rivals Newcastle Falcons. Quins last...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBeware social media blunders, England told
WHEN the newly minted England squad gathers tomorrow for a five-day training camp ahead of the summer internationals, players will be...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoEuropean Boks have inside gen on the Lions | Chris Hewett
Modern Springbok coaches fall into two camps: far-sighted progressives like Kitch Christie, Jake White and Rassie Erasmus – people who...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDu Preez ruled out of Sale’s season run-in
SALE lock JP du Preez will miss the rest of the season after being banned for three weeks. The 27-year-old, who...
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/ 5 years agoSo many reasons why game is less competitive
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Iseriously wonder if the effect of lockdown has dramatically changed our perception of...
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/ 5 years agoEddie calls back as Josh Bassett hits 150 for Wasps
JOSH BASSETT is set to become the oldest England winger to make his Test debut for 70 years after getting a...
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/ 5 years agoThomas’ rapid rise can inspire Cardiff lads says Law
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE NEW Wales squad member Ben Thomas is set to become the pin-up boy at Cardiff Arms Park...
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/ 5 years agoHarry Wells is the epitome of Borthwick’s new Tigers
HARRY Wells has enjoyed his breakthrough season at the age of 27, an almost ever-present in an improving Leicester side the...
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/ 5 years agoBoyd predicts big summer for tenacious flank Ludlam
By ADAM HATHAWAY Back in the frame: Saints flanker Lewis Ludlam LEWIS Ludlam forced his way back into the England fold...
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/ 5 years agoCuthbert: Winners’ medal would ease pain of last season
ALEX Cuthbert would love nothing more than to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer with a Premiership winner’s medal safely tucked into...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSpreading the word on women’s game
I AM writing in response to the letter by Mel Rothero: “Why didn’t they play in London?”, regarding the Premier XVs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRing-fence row is claptrap as the changes will prove
MORE emotive claptrap in the TRP about socalled ring-fencing, with Nick Cain going overboard, talking of the RFU “deliberately scuppering the...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoJames Stokes driven by imposter syndrome at London Irish
The ex-Nottingham and Coventry back didn't feel worthy of being in the Premiership when he first joined the Exiles, but that...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSaints wing Ollie Sleightholme leads charge for Vesty’s young guns
OLLIE Sleightholme has the mental strength as well as the blistering speed to thrive on the top international stage. Northampton may...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSteve Diamond in range of Gloucester and Bath
The former Sale director of rugby is planning a move down south
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Lions duo Dan Biggar and Courtney Lawes wanted by Toulouse
EUROPEAN champions Toulouse are looking to make a double swoop on Northampton Saints to take Lions pair Dan Biggar and Courtney...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale prop Valery Morozov off home to Russia
RUSSIAN prop Valery Morozov is set to leave Premiership semi-finalists Sale Sharks to return home for personal reasons. Morozov, 26, joined the...















