All posts tagged "Premium"
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoWhy wait until 2030? Get this contest going now
The closed-shop in international rugby union was reinforced this week after the second coming of the Nations Championship was announced by...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTrue leaders stay calm
WHEN are the authorities and referees going to stop the increasing dissent by players in games. The latest example was Owen...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoFarrell’s time is done
I WISH to take issue with Ben Jaycock’s assessment of Owen Farrell as 9/10 last Saturday. His kicking from hand was...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoSA quality counted
I FEEL that all England supporters need to pause, assess, and put things into perspective. Styles and factors make games, and...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoI think Smith could be England’s Faf de Klerk
THEY say: ‘hindsight is a wonderful thing’... If only we could go back and NOT change the front row against South...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoDon’t panic, Sarries
WITH regards to Nick Cain’s article last week, about Saracens’ poor start to the season, without wishing to sound like too...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoNo problem with draw
I DO wish that rugby correspondents would stop whining about the current World Cup draw! Yes, it was unbalanced so why...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoKoch clearly coming in at wrong angle
Out of line: the England/South Africa final scrum I HAVE attached the aerial shot of the last scrum in the SA...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Lewis Moody
The RWC 2003-winning England flanker and former Bath and Leicester player chooses the best XV he has played with or against......
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoVillage teams which gave stars their start
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WHEN the Principality Stadium crowd rises to salute Leigh Halfpenny as he makes his final...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoShillcock keeps his cool to snatch win
By BEN JAYCOCK Bath .................................... 24pts Tries: Muir 14, Du Toit 54 Conversions: Russell 55 Penalties: Russell 37, 48, 71, 78...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMcKellar: We were excellent from start
Leicester head coach Dan McKellar was delighted with his team’s performance as they beat Bath late on. He said: “We were...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoEvans on target to cut down Bristol
By ROGER PANTING Bristol .................................21pts Tries: Vakatawa 36, Thacker 48 Conversions: Sheedy 49 Penalties: Sheedy 25, 29, 62 Harlequins ....................... 23pts...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLam: We made far too many mistakes
Bristol's Director of Rugby Pat Lam believed this his side were their own worst enemies as they went down to Harlequins....
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBaxter’s Exeter 2.0 beginning to flourish
By MARK STEVENS Exeter ................................ 43pts Tries: Fisilau 2, Frost 18, Iosefa-Scott 37, Feyi-Waboso 39, Armstrong 71, Penalty 80 Conversions: Slade...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe just weren’t at the races, admits Sanderson
Sale DoR Alex Sanderson admitted his side were ‘not at the races’ as they tasted defeat for the first time in...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens get their act together at last
By LUKE JARMYN Gloucester .......................... 3pts Penalties: Barton 5 Saracens .......................... 24pts Tries: Willis 24, 49, Lewington 28 Conversions: Lozowski 25,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSkivington: Defeat was an anomaly
Gloucester boss George Skivington labelled the West Country side’s heavy defeat to Saracens “an anomaly” after it brought their seven game...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPearson: I’m lucky to end up at Saints
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park Tom Pearson did not have to think for long...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoTwo defeats but Codling seeing a lot of positives
By LUKE JARMYN “Entertaining our fans, working unbelievably hard, and getting a better mutual understanding” is the mantra that Alex Codling...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoIt’s time to decide who we really are
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED JUST the other day, during a sandstorm stoppage at a Cricket World Cup match, the commentators on...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoChoosing the right word is not easy
CHRIS HEWETT Does language matter? We are not talking Bongi Mbonambi-Tom Curry here, although no one should underestimate the importance of...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoSmall steps, but it may be a quiet revolution
Paul Rees is pleased to see World Rugby introduce three changes which will help grow the global game World Rugby is...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoWhy we won’t see the likes of this victory again
What the planned changes will not do is revive the old-fashioned international tour that used to be a feature of the...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoDunn: I want to win stuff with Bath
By JON NEWCOMBE While the 2023/24 Premiership season is only in its early stages, for Bath stalwarts like Tom Dunn, the...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMcCall won’t rush his England players back into action
By JON NEWCOMBE Mark McCall insists he won’t be rushing his England contingent back into action en masse, despite the club’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoFinal bow for these veterans
PETER JACKSON Now that the World Cup has come and gone, so, too, has a distinguished team of veterans with matching...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Alex Matthews
Position: Flanker DOB: 03/08/93 Community Club: Camberley Rugby Club Club: Gloucester-Hartpury Birthplace: Camberley, Surrey Red Roses Debut: November 2011 vs France Caps:...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoEngland in mood for All Blacks
By PAUL EDDISON England ........................... 45pts Tries: Kildunne 8, Atkin-Davies 37, 41, 51, 57 Breach 69, MacDonald 71 Conversions: Aitchison 9,...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoScotland back on course
Scotland ..........38 Japan..................7 Lisa Thomson hailed ‘a new era for Scotland women’ after helping her side complete an unbeaten WXV 2...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoNew Zealand run riot
Wales.......................7 New Zealand...... 70 Ruby Tui ran in four tries as world champions New Zealand bounced back from defeat to hammer...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoBleues stunned by Wallaroos
France....................20 Australia.............. 29 Eva Karpani powered to a sensational hat-trick as Australia pulled off a huge upset with a 29-20...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoIreland edge Spain to earn WXV 3 promotion
Ireland.............. 15 Spain.................. 13 Ireland launched a stirring second-half fightback to see off Spain 15-13 and claim top spot in WXV...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoChiefs cut down Tigers in thumping win
Leicester T......... 7 Exeter Chiefs.. 61 By DAVID BALLHEIMER Exeter Chiefs Women, the defending Allianz Cup holders, put Leicester Tigers Women...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoJohnes on fire as Bears reach half-century
Sale Sharks....... 7 Bristol Bears...50 By STEWART MCCULLOGH Manon Johnes was in supreme form for Bristol as they dismantled a resilient...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoLightning strike again with Trailfinders victory
Loughborough Lightning...31 Ealing................. 12 By JAMES GALLAGHER Lightning made it back to back wins in the Premiership Cup after comfortably beating...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoSaracens sweep into semis
Saracens..........38 Gloucester-H... 31 By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens Women secured a home semi-final in the Allianz Cup, as they edged past Gloucester-Hartpury...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHodge out for five months
EXETER Chiefs full-back Josh Hodge could be out for up to five months after finding out he needs surgery on the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBen banned for six weeks
CAMBRIDGE hooker Ben Brownlie has been charged with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game after he made contact with...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBrain study revealed
A STUDY of former rugby players’ brains has found that those who played for longer were more likely to develop a...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCurry and Creevy prepare to join forces
By PAUL REES Tom Curry and Agustin Creevy were on opposite sides last Friday night when England faced Argentina in the...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoCall to ‘treat boobs the same way we treat brains in rugby’
By BEN JAYCOCK “It is time we treat boobs like we do brains in rugby” – those are the words of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoEngland’s finest right to the end
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Now here’s a little in-house admission. A couple...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLagisquet’s effort cannot be ignored
RUGBY MATTERS World Rugby could desperately do with an injection of PR savvy not to mention a certain generosity of spirit....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoWelsh trio back in harness to lead fight for Cardiff
PREVIEW...Dragons v Cardiff (Today, Kick-off 2.30pm) By BEN JAYCOCK Cardiff welcome back a trio of internationals from the Rugby World Cup...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoEdinburgh …… 17 Lions ……………. 16
By BEN JACOBS EDINBURGH held off the Lions to make it two wins from two to start their United Rugby Championship...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoConnacht …… 34 Glasgow ………26
By JOHN FALLON VERSATILE Cathal Forde paved the way as Connacht saw off a strong Glasgow Warriors side in a cracking...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoTipuric on fine form as Ospreys hold out
By ROB COLE Ospreys ...............................34pts Tries: Morgan-Williams 15, Protheroe 21, Nagy 42, Smith 49 Conversions: Walsh 16, 22, 43; O Williams...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoStormers too good as Scarlets suffer
By ROB COLE Stormers...........52pts Tries: Theunissen 7,12, de Wet 25, 42, Blommetjies 28, Loader 35 Feinberg-Mngomezulu 58, Skosan 71 Cons: Blommetjies...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCullen: There’s still plenty to do
Leinster .......... 34 Sharks ............. 13 By JOHN FALLON LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen says they have plenty of work to do...
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