All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoStandout stars of a trying season
PAUL REES SELECTS FIVE FROM EICESTER AND THREE FROM SARACENS IN HIS BEST XV FROM 2025-26 IT HAS been a trying...
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Features
/ 4 months agoPeter Jackson: Once again, Bordeaux are leaders of the attendance pack
During a season when the Pied Pipers of Bordeaux raised their average crowd towards an all-time high of 35,000, Leinster found...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 months agoChris Hewett: Is Rugby World Cup expansion over-ambitious?
It would be nice to think that at some point this side of eternity, rugby will have created sufficient depth at...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 months agoChris Hewett: It could be a golden age for our best refs in World Rugby
Good news from the shop window: rugby is doing right by its referees by picking the right referees.
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoSacha takes in a team that pride of place is full of class
THE BEST XV FROM 2025-26 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of the The Rugby Paper’s...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoCharlie Simmonds puts illness behind him to lift Siam Cup for Guernsey
Charlie Simmonds has enjoyed plenty of memorable moments in a Guernsey Raiders shirt, but few can match helping the island reclaim...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 months agoKyle Moyle: Don’t let county rugby die
Cornwall’s Kyle Moyle revelled in bowing out from rugby by hoisting the Bill Beaumont Division 1 title at Twickenham.
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoGrimshaw keeps North Mids on course
NORTH Midlands were crowned Bill Beaumont Division 2 champions at Twickenham on Sunday, edging out Northumberland 30-28 in a thriller. Sam...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 months agoPeter Jackson: From death row to a born-again belief for the Ospreys
A sporting city which witnessed a team composed almost entirely of local cricketers beat Australia, not once but twice in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 months agoGiorgi boy is setting a high bar for try scoring
GIORGI Melikidze did something in Paris a fortnight ago which barely caused as much as a ripple on this side of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 months agoFijian lock shows how to finish in style
THE botched contract deal which gave James Lowe a yen for joining Suntory Goliath instead of staying in Ireland on a...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoScrum that said Fiji were real thing
THE scrum against Australia at the 2015 Rugby World Cup is probably the moment people remember most from my career. It...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 months agoMy 15 to follow had some hits – but selection’s a tough game
THE regular season is done and it’s time to quickly review my eclectic 15 to follow which I offered up back...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Premiership Bonus point system just plain nonsense
I did take one last lingering look at the table this week to lodge it in my shell for recall if...
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Features
/ 4 months agoWhat the Warriors have achieved this season has been incredibly special
Worcester Warriors captain Matt Kvesic admits he never imagined he would be lifting silverware with the club again after its collapse...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoFANTASY RUGBY 2025/26
Welcome to the final update of this season’s TRP Fantasy Rugby, covering the eight day period between Sunday 31st May 2026...
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Features
/ 4 months agoYOUNG GUNS
HARRYWRIGHT GLOUCESTER & ENGLAND U20 PROP Harry Wright is targeting selection for England’s World Championship squad after making rapid strides this...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoFINAL LEADERBOARD
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoFANTASY RUGBY TEAM TOTALS
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoFixtures
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/ 4 months agoResults
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoLike it or not, a merger may work
SOMETIMES it’s easy to forget what professional rugby is supposed to be about. It’s the use of money to create players...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoPaul Williams: I, for one, am glad South African teams are in the URC
Paul Williams argues the presence of South African teams has improved the URC and that Welsh rugby’s problems run far deeper...
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Top 14
/ 4 months agoRising Toulouse star injured again
LESS than a month ago, France full-back Pauline Barrat was named breakthrough player of the 2026 Women’s Six Nations. Last weekend,...
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Top 14
/ 4 months agoGalthie’s handed selection present
FABIEN Galthie is expected to unveil an initial list of 28 players on Monday, after this weekend’s ‘barrage round’ play-off matches...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 4 months agoMcKenzie leads Chiefs home
By BEN JAYCOCK CRUSADERS missed out on the final for just the second time in nine years after falling victims to...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 4 months agoHurricanes make final move
By WILLIAM BULL Fast start: Cam Roigard breaks to set up the opening try for Jordie Barrett Barrett 3, Kirifi 14,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoThe winner takes it all! Exeter Chiefs snatch final Prem semi-final spot
Exeter Chiefs grabbed the final Prem semi-final place with victory over Saracens yesterday and will take on Bath next weekend.
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoHarlequins skipper Alex Dombrandt keen to prove his worth for England
It has been a taxing season for Alex Dombrandt with Harlequins languishing near the bottom of the Premiership and the No.8...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoNick Cain: RFU must move fast to sign up Shaun Edwards for England
Whether Shaun Edwards is in the process of disentangling himself from a French Federation contract which extends until 2028, or is...
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Features
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 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
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 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
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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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