All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBaby Boks overpower Wales to clinch title
■By BEN JAYCOCK Wales ................27pts Tries: Grady 45, Westwood 63, Fackrell 73, Jones 77 Conversions: Hawkins 64, 78 Penalties: Hawkins 9...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns – Bristol Lock Charlie Rice
Bristol Bears second row Charlie Rice is living the dream playing for the club he supported as a boy and is...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoSimple way to avoid cards, obey the laws
IT IS a sad day for rugby union when a leading coach criticises referees for strictly penalising players cynically ignoring the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoLower tackle height
LIKE many others, I’ ve become increasingly concerned by the number of head injuries and concussions in our great game. Surely...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoMore balance please
WHAT a pity Colin Boag should spoil an otherwise well argued piece on how the All Blacks tend to be treated...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBetter to be safe than sorry with concussion
COLIN BOAG Recently, World Rugby issued a statement designed ‘to help fans better understand the process of identifying and managing concussion...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Carl Fearns
Carl Fearns, the Newcastle Falcons and former Sale, Bath and Lyon no.8, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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Features
/ 3 years agoEuro Super League is the way forward
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER All hail the Lelos for recording a famous 28-19 win over Italy last Sunday in a feisty...
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Features
/ 3 years agoItalians lift mood with double over England
Brendan Gallagher Italy’s disappointment at losing away to Georgia at senior level on Sunday will be slightly offset by a strong...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRylands delight as he heads home to Bedford
NEWS EXTRA CARDIFF Met graduate Charlie Rylands will be living his childhood dream next season having signed for his boyhood club...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRob’s faith inspired a decade of dreams
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL DOLLMAN THE FORMER DRAGONS AND EXETER CHIEFS FULL-BACK/CENTRE ISUPPOSE my claim to fame is that I was...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHow TMO helps and hinders referees
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Okay, I admit it. I got it wrong, I predicted another lesson...
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Features
/ 3 years agoConvert Will has appetite for return to union
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK Inspired by former cross-code stars, hard hitting rugby league convert Will Blakemore has his sights set...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCoastal pride and bursting with history
Brendan Gallagher Fylde have been producing significant players on the northern circuit for many decades and if big time honours have...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFabulous Fylde consistently churned out some legendary performers, irrespective of code
As a prominent Lancashire club, Fylde have always co-existed with a number of Rugby League giants providing at least three players...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoContracts alone will not plug the gap – McMahon
■By BEN JAYCOCK The IRFU have promised to have women’s contracts in place in time for next year’s Six Nations, but...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
World Cup gets smart PLAYERS at this year’s women’s World Cup will be offered the opportunity to wear ‘smart’ mouthguards –...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHughes the key as Hong Kong close in on their first World Cup
Five years on from leaving the carnage of London Welsh behind him, Glyn Hughes is an altogether happier place in his...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSutherland heads for Kowloon after ‘an amazing time’ playing for Cardiff Met
HARRY Sutherland is looking forward to going outside his comfort zone after it was confirmed the Cardiff Met graduate will be...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRock ‘n’ roll rugby as Wales fly north
Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 119 - Wales board plane for epic Five Nations match against Scotland, February 4, 1971 Brendan Gallagher...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTop eight to follow in Spring’s footsteps
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Young Racing 92 fullback Max Spring earned careful praise from France head coach Fabien Galthie after a...
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Features
/ 3 years agoJones will make Farrell his captain again, says Cueto
■By GARY FITZGERALD MARK Cueto believes Eddie Jones will reinstall Owen Farrell as captain in the runup to the World Cup....
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Features
/ 3 years agoRugby has lost rhythm says Jones
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones says rugby needs to find a “better balance” and believes an increased number of stoppages – including...
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Summer Tours
/ 3 years agoZander Fagerson wins 50th cap as Scots ring changes
Tighthead prop Zander Fagerson is set to make his 50th Scotland appearance as the visitors make eight changes for the decisive...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDan and Dillon passed fit as Wales make one change
Wales have made just one change for the second consecutive week after Dan Biggar was passed fit despite a shoulder problem....
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/ 3 years agoIreland finish strong as Scotland end winless
Ireland U20s 41 (29) Tries: Hawkshaw 2, Wilson 11, King 14, Prendergast 17, Gibbons 23, Mangan 54, McCarthy 69 Conversions: Prendergast 3, 11,...
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/ 3 years agoIreland draw Maori series after Wellington win
Ireland continued their extraordinary turnaround on tour in New Zealand as they beat the Maori All Blacks 30-24 to level their...
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/ 3 years agoFarrell’s boot sets up Sydney decider
From Adam Hathaway in Brisbane Eddie Jones labelled Owen Farrell the best competitor he has ever seen after the inside-centre booted...
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/ 3 years agoPivac sets sights on historic series win
Wayne Pivac has warned South Africa his team will fight tooth and nail to win the series next Saturday after becoming...
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/ 3 years agoNZ and England to play in same 7s pool
By SAM JACKSON ENGLAND have been drawn alongside defending champions New Zealand in Pool A of the men’s Commonwealth Games Sevens...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoMiller keen to carry on abroad after Wasps exit
By JON NEWCOMBE When Wasps report back for pre-season this week, versatile back Rob Miller will be a notable absentee. Miller’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRPA doing its best to help out-of-contract players
Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) CEO Damian Hopley says the organisation is “doing all it can” to help members affected by the...
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/ 3 years agoAll square as England bring down Wallabies
By NICK CAIN Australia............17pts Tries: Tupou 37, Kerevi 48 Conversions: Lolesio 39, 50 Penalties: Lolesio 54 England ............25pts Tries: B Vunipola...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoGreat to see England find another level – Guscott
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHAT a fantastic turnaround it was by England in Brisbane, and I love the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland’s big names stand up and deliver
PAUL REES Leading the charge: Ellis Genge Billy Vunipola PICTURES: Getty Images It was a night when all that mattered for...
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/ 3 years agoBeware promises in the land of the free
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE USA may bill itself as “the land of the free, and the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLife in the front row is tough for Stuart
NICK CAIN All Test props have to relish the head-to-head confrontations with their opposite number, and the chance physically and psychologically...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRespect! Anscombe the hero as Wales get it right this time
By PETER JACKSON South Africa ....12pts Penalties: Pollard 6, 44, 52, 59 Wales..................13pts Tries: Adams 78 Conversions: Anscombe 79 Penalties: Biggar...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFrance scrape win with late try
By SAM JACKSON Japan ..............15 France..............20 France had to rally again in the second half to beat Japan for a second...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoKennedy on alert as Orange may sell
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Boss: Orange Sale Sharks could soon come onto the market with whispers coming out of the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBath fail to tempt Matera
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Forward: Pablo Matera Bath have failed with a bid to land former Argentina captain Pablo Matera,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNow Racing 92 turn attention to Lancaster
ON THE BLINDSIDE In demand: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster FORMER England coach Stuart Lancaster is on the radar of French giants...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBarnes leads racism claims probe
ON THE BLINDSIDE DAVID Barnes is set to be given carte blanche by the RFU to investigate sickening racism claims made...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNo plans to replace lock Witty at Exeter
ON THE BLINDSIDE Released: Will Witty EXETER Chiefs have no plans to replace former England U20 lock Will Witty who was...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIrish move to sign Miller from Warriors
LONDON Irish have signed hooker Isaac Miller from Worcester Warriors. Miller joins the Exiles after spending four seasons at Sixways, where...
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/ 3 years agoGrace heading for France after switching codes
On the move: Grace WELSH flyer Regan Grace will leave St Helens at the end of the 2022 Super League season to...
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/ 3 years agoDelgado moving on
EXETER’S Spain captain Laura Delgado has joined Gloucester-Hartpury for the 2022-23 Premier 15s season. The 32-year-old prop, who moved to Exeter in...
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/ 3 years agoRifleman Qorowale joins Falcons on two-year deal
NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed British Army three-quarter Vereimi Qorowale on a two-year contract. The 27-year-old Fijian has been playing for the...
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/ 3 years agoRFU backs Jersey split
Jersey Reds’ split from Jersey RFC has gained formal approval from the RFU. The club announced in March that it planned...
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/ 3 years agoScots score four to set up decider in Santiago
By GARY FITZGERALD Argentina ............6pts Penalties: Boffelli 7, 34 Scotland ..........29pts Tries: Watson 37, Bennett 41, M Fagerson 53, Johnson 63...











