All posts tagged "Premium"
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWhat a mess, all RFU’s own doing
RATHER than act like gentlemen and play by the rules, England seem to think they can manipulate them for their own...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoSo uplifting to read Pearce’s life story
IN these days of the incompetent 12-strong RFU Board, the English 2nd XV’s dismal showing in Cardiff, ring-fenced Premiership, defunct Premiership...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoNo sympathy from me
WHY are so many people coming out in sympathy for Owen Farrell and England. Farrell has been playing Rugby Union for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoAlarming indiscipline
A WIN is a win, but England’s indiscipline is alarming a few weeks out from the start of the Rugby World...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoEngland must get the ball to the wide men
FOR four years, Sir Clive Woodward in his matchday analysis in his newspaper column always states that the coaches pick the...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTigers turn to Du Plessis for World Cup cover
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER Tigers have brought in Petrus du Plessis as their interim scrum coach. The South African will remain in...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoVan Velze signs on for another season at Bath
NEWS EXTRA GJ van Velze has rejoined Bath for the new season. The 35-year-old South African forward made 10 Premiership appearances...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoOspreys put Jones in charge of the defence
NEWS EXTRA MARK Jones is joining the Ospreys as defence coach. The interim Wales U20s head coach has notable experience in...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoFrench centre Vakatawa returns for Barbarians
NEWS EXTRA VIRIMI Vakatawa’s premature retirement is over as the former France centre started for the Barbarians against Samoa last night...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Scott Rawlings
Scott Rawlings, the long-serving Fylde, Lancashire and former England counties, Manchester and Longton centre, chooses the best XV he has played...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe cruellest time to suffer an injury
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The agony of these eve of World Cup...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoThis rugby apartheid must stop
Rugby Matters I WAS going to write 1,500 words of incredulous, outraged fury over the Owen Farrell decision but frankly my...
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Features
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for England to sort out their attack
Q&A Former England flanker Peter Winterbottom talks to Ben Jaycock after a hectic week for the national team and tells us...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoB Moseley ……28 Darlington …. 24
By JON MEADOWS MOSELEY played the last 10 minutes with 14 men afger a high tackle red card but held on...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSale FC…………… 7 Caldy ……………14
By SAM BYTHEWAY CALDY got their pre-season campaign underway with a hard-fought win over their old rivals. The Championship side’s forward...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHinckley ……… 19 Sheffield ……..68
By CHRIS CAMPBELL A POWERFUL Sheffield outfit put in a strong performance against an experimental Hinckley side. Hinckley started much the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDoherty try seals victory for Blackburn
By MO SHER Blackburn........ 19 Fylde ................. 17 DESPITE the difference in league level – Blackburn play at rung five in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMoyle quick off the mark as Pirates find their feet
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish P ........... 45pts Tries: Andrew, Nelson, Penalty (2), Relton, McNab (2) Conversions: Pittman, Jenkins (2) Plymouth A...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoTait finishes in fine style
By LUKE JARMYN Hawick ...........37 Tynedale .......14 Fifield. HAWICK winger Morgan Tait dashed between two Tynedale defenders to score his second...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDings C …………28 Bargoed……….. 17
By BAZ JOHNSON BARGOED played an expansive game with numerous line breaks to make Dings Crusaders work hard for the win....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChinnor………….67 Wimbledon….. 12
By ANDY HASTINGS BARGOED played an expansive game with numerous line breaks to make Dings Crusaders work hard for the win....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSt Austell …….. 19 Camborne ….73
By BILL HOOPER CAMBORNE proved too strong in this pre-season encounter running in 11 tries against a brave St Austell. Josh...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCoventry……….33 Leicester L ….. 21
By JOHN JENKINS NEWLY promoted Leicester Lions showed they will be a force to be reckoned with in National 1 this...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoO Albanians … 31 Bishops S………52
By RICHARD HOMER STORTFORD took the Hertfordshire bragging rights with a hard fought win over OA. A hot afternoon at Woollams...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRugby League has taken over says Campese
By NICK POWELL AUSTRALIA legend David Campese is concerned that rugby union is starting to mimic traditional rugby league and is...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years ago‘You had to earn the right to wear the shirt’
My Life in Rugby with Jackson Wray The former Saracens and Bedford Blues back row talks about his life in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoHardly the sound of a world in harmony
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE majority of the all-Australian trio responsible for clearing Owen Farrell will be...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks aiming to peak at right time
New Zealand head into Friday’s match against South Africa in top form having won their last 11 Tests and were crowned...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoDe Klerk: We’re out to prove a point
By BEN JAYCOCK Faf de Klerk says South Africa have a point to prove against New Zealand when they clash at...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChampions Crusaders begin with Chiefs tester
SUPER Rugby Pacific champions the Crusaders will begin their title defence next season with a repeat of last year’s final when...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoEngland’s discipline now a major concern
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL it has to be said, the win last week was certainly...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoLyon take the heat to topple Toulon
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A "heat dome" settled over France last weekend to send temperatures soaring as the new Top 14...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoFrench go on the rampage with 13 tries
By JACK TREGONNING W Province ............20 France......................85 FRANCE U18s scored 13 tries to blow away Western Province and round off their...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoS Africa ward off England fightback
By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa ..............33pts Tries: Mars 12, Cupido 25, Jooste 28, Theron 51, Nell 56 Conversions: Smith 13, 26,...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoBracken at his brilliant best
By NICK POWELL W Province ............ 15 England...................76 ENGLAND built on their opening 47-0 win against France by hammering a Western...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears full-back Matt Jones
After enduring a brutal pre-season, Matt Jones is hoping to capitalise on the mass exodus at Bristol Bears and become a...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoSouth Africa .. 24 France……………37
FRANCE bounced back from their humbling by England to beat the hosts on Tuesday. France took an early lead as Diego...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoMajor blow as Farrell set to miss Argentina
By BEN JAYCOCK at Twickenham Captain Owen Farrell could miss England’s World Cup opener against Argentina after being sent off in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoEngland & Wales hit by injury concerns
Both England and Wales ended yesterday’s game with injury worries over senior players. Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet was forced off for...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHill: We must clarify Championship role
By BEN JAYCOCK Former Richmond boss Steve Hill says it’s disappointing how the Championship has changed its regulations around dual registration...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoLate Ramos penalty denies Scotland in Paris
A Thomas Ramos penalty in the 79th minute denied Scotland a draw in Paris. Replacement George Horne had darted down the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlake out to make No.2 slot his own
By BEN JAYCOCK A hooker crisis at Kingsholm last season saw tyro Seb Blake chucked in at the deep end but...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMotorbiking duo riding to raise funds for Doddie
By BEN JAYCOCK Len Bage and Robin Down are fundraising for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation as they embark on a 1,300-mile...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoDowson: Pearson will get another chance
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson has backed Tom Pearson to bounce back after winning his first England cap last week and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland break cover to glimpse new life
By NICK CAIN England ..............................19pts Tries: Itoje 68 Conversions: Ford 68 Penalties: Farrell 10, 40+2, 42; Ford 76 Wales.................................. 17pts Tries:...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoFord puts England on the front foot
PAUL REES There was a moment six minutes into the second-half which summed up England. Courtney Lawes stole a lineout near...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoAt last! The old hands finally agree to come to the party
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fired up: Jamie George found his second wind when England were on the ropes I THINK it’s the Buddists...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCharity try relay finishes in style at Twickenham
The Longest Try concluded yesterday afternoon at Twickenham to round off the rugby relay in support of the Motor Neurone Disease...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoNo excuses – Wales simply switched off
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND For about 60 minutes of England versus Wales, I wondered why I was watching it...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoRamos steals it as Scotland go close
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER France............................. 30pts Tries: N’tamack 31, Penaud 42, Ollivon 43 Conversions: Ramos 32, 43, 44 Penalties: Ramos 7, 22,...
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