All posts tagged "Premium"
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Features
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: Will England grab the man of steel, Shaun Edwards?
Paul Rees considers whether Shaun Edwards may end up on Steve Borthwick’s staff if he parts company with France...
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/ 2 months agoLeinster to take on Bulls for URC title
■By SAM JACKSON LEINSTER will defend their URC crown on Friday June 19 at Croke Park when they host serial bridesmaids,...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSale Sharks are looking for some French tips
Alex Sanderson plans for a makeover at Sale Sharks over the summer will take him to French champions Toulouse.
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/ 2 months agoFarrell to stay with Ireland until 2031
■By SAM JACKSON “What excites me most is the increasing strength and investment in pathways and the quality of talent coming...
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/ 2 months agoAlphonsi criticises ‘lenient’ sanction
FORMER England star Maggie Alphonsi, above, has criticised the punishment given to RFU council member Matthew Smith for posting discriminatory criticism...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSouth Africa star Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu picked as best in the URC
Stormers fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been crowned the URC’s players’ player of the season in a poll of the captains and...
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/ 2 months agoExeter winger has face surgery
EXETER Chiefs winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is a major doubt for England’s summer Tests after having surgery for a facial injury. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoWorcester Warriors boss Matt Everard says Champ triumph is “as special as it gets”
Worcester Warriors completed one of rugby’s great resurrection stories with a 27-14 victory over Bedford Blues at Goldington Road last Sunday...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoMatias Alemanno heads list of Gloucester departures
Argentina lock Matias Alemanno will leave Gloucester this summer along with another 11 other first players.
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/ 2 months agoEvans set to head back to Cardiff
WALES fly-half Jarrod Evans will leave Harlequins this summer, ahead of a proposed move back to Cardiff. The 29-year-old, who scored...
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/ 2 months ago10 are on way out at Bath
BATH have announced a 10-man departures list ahead of next season, with six senior players moving on. The headline exits are...
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/ 2 months agoKildunne: Gizza job, please…
ENGLAND full-back Ellie Kildunne is unsure where she will be playing next season after it was announced she will be leaving...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoEngland international Haineala Lutui delights in her quick rise to the top
From starring for Loughborough Lightning in her first PWR campaign to making her England debut in front of a record crowd...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoUnlike other teams, Sale haven’t evolved
WATCHING Sale race to a 35-10 lead at half-time against Newcastle last week there was always a sense, even evidence based...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoCounties in need of support
CORNWALL thrashed Kent 73-14 in the Bill Beaumont Division One section of the County Championship in May. With only two teams...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoWhat a day! Come On You Warriors…
Party time: Worcester Warriors celebrate their stunning victory PICTURE: Alamy I MUST admit that Paul Sheehan’s letter last week in The...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoTV coverage is not as good as it should be
DOES anybody else share my frustration with the quality of TNT’s television coverage of rugby this season? It seems the TV...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoWhy no Cherry?
I FIND scandalous that arguably one of the standout players in the Champ and the joint top scorer, James Cherry, wasn’t...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoJeremy Guscott: The rise of Bath is down to Roger Spurrell
The respect and affection for Roger Spurrell that has poured out since it was announced the inspirational former Bath captain and...
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/ 2 months agoRussell will be ready for Exeter clash, says van Graan
BATH expect Finn Russell to be available for Saturday’s play-off against Exeter at the Rec. The Scotland and Lions outside-half has...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBath 24-22 Leicester Tigers: Thomas du Toit’s hat-trick sees off Tigers
The play-off weekend will feature two derbies after Bath held on against Leicester Tigers in a match with home advantage on...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoExeter Chiefs 32-12 Saracens: Rob Baxter’s side march on as Henry Slade leads the way
When two tribes go to war - a point is all that you can score. For years, Exeter and Saracens have...
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/ 2 months agoWalder hails a brilliant display
EXETER Chiefs back coach Dave Walder hailed a ‘brilliant’ performance from his side as they booked their place in the Premiership...
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/ 2 months ago‘Hardest season I have ever had’
ALEX Sanderson surveyed Sale’s disappointing season and admitted: “It’s been the longest, hardest and most challenging season I’ve ever had.” The...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSale Sharks 38-17 Bristol Bears: Alex Sanderson’s men enjoy a taste of what may lie ahead
Goodness knows it has been a season to forget for Sale Sharks, but this was a final-day victory to savour as...
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/ 2 months agoGilmore is happy to finish on a high
JASON Gilmore was happy with the way his Quins finished a dismal Premiership campaign but also bemoaned the failure to secure...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHarlequins 38-31 Northampton Saints: Tom Lawday snatches it at the last for Quins
Phil Dowson fixed his attention on a mouth-watering East Midlands play-off battle for a place in the Premiership Final after seeing...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoGloucester 54-21 Newcastle Red Bulls: Ben Redshaw makes it a Champions finale
Former Falcon, Ben Redshaw, scored a hat-trick of tries as Gloucester comfortably earned a European Champions Cup spot by securing an...
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/ 2 months agoJones praises players for effort
IT was head coach Stephen Jones’ final game in charge of Newcastle as their season ended with only two wins in...
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/ 2 months agoReferees need to get it right this summer
SOUTH Africa may be quadruple world champions, but their influence does not extend to all corners of the game in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLeinster 20-11 Stormers: Tempers flare as Leo Cullen’s side battle to get over the line
Leinster booked their place in a second successive United Rugby Championship final after edging out the Stormers in a tense, fiery...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoGlasgow Warriors 21-22 Bulls: Warriors are broken by Bulls fightback
The Bulls produced a stirring comeback to stun Glasgow Warriors at Murrayfield and book their place in a fourth United Rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoExeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks: Oli Bishop – We’re sure Sharks will come full noise at us
Exeter Chiefs require just a single point from their final regular-season fixture to guarantee third place and a semi-final trip to...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoGloucester-Hartpury vs Bristol Bears: Tatyana Heard back in action for the champions
Gloucester-Hartpury will be eager to rediscover their momentum against Bristol Bears today heading into the play-offs after suffering their first defeat...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 months agoLong wait for de Goede return over
■By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens v Trailfinders PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, StoneX TWO play-off sides collide in a London derby that could...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 months agoPride at stake in final derby showdown
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Loughborough Lightning Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, Welford Road LOCAL pride is the main prize on...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 months agoUmaga’s words set juices flowing
CHILLING statement of the week? No contest. Tana Umaga, one of the more ferocious All Blacks of the modern age, is...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: Yes, Nick, Afolabi Fasogbon deserves his chance with England
Chris Hewett argues England are missing a World Cup opportunity by overlooking Gloucester prop Afolabi Fasogbon, whose rise could provide Steve...
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Features
/ 2 months agoMartin agrees deal at Beziers
EXTRANEWS WALES back row Mackenzie Martin has signed a three-year deal at French ProD2 side Beziers. The 22-year-old, below, who has...
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Features
/ 2 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Huw Taylor – I’ll never forget scoring for England’s U20s
Huw Taylor, the former Worcester Warriors, Dragons, RGC 1404 & Seattle Seawolves lock/blindside, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Features
/ 2 months agoHennessey ruled out
BATH centre Louie Hennessey has been ruled out of Wales’ summer internationals with injury with a shoulder injury sustained during their...
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Features
/ 2 months agoChapman a Warrior
CHAMP Rugby winners Worcester Warriors have signed Exeter scrum-half Charlie Chapman. The 27-year-old has made 23 appearances for the Chiefs in...
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Features
/ 2 months agoSorry Leinster aren’t feeling the love
IN an age when Test arenas are littered with trophies for anything and everything, it is perhaps a tad surprising that...
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/ 2 months agoHampshire and Leicestershire meet in clash of styles
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Leicestershire v Hampshire Today. Kick-off 11am, Twickenham Bill Beaumont Division 3 Final HAMPSHIRE and Leicestershire kick off...
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/ 2 months agoImpressive campaigns ahead of showdown
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Northumberland v North Midlands Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Bill Beaumont Division 2 Final NORTHUMBERLAND and North Midlands...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 2 months agoLancashire 24-39 Cornwall: Sam Matavesi heaps praise towards his fellow warriors
Cornwall ended a four-year wait to regain the Bill Beaumont Cup as they beat Lancashire at Twickenham to secure their eighth...
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/ 2 months agoHayley is star for East Mids
E Midlands ..... 44 Hertfordshire .29 Jason Leonard’s Men’s National U20’s Final AN entertaining contest in the final of the Jason...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoYorkshire 37-5 Surrey: White Roses finish as the queens of Twickenham
A dominant Yorkshire side continued to exert nigh on total dominance in this competition, this seven-try win over Surrey ensuring their...
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/ 2 months agoRoberts makes the running
By MO SHER Durham ............27 Cornwall ........ 46 Gill Burns Division 2 Final CORNWALL, on their first visit to Twickenham, held...
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