All posts tagged "Premium"
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoCoach Foster among positive New Zealand Covid-19 tests
Head Coach Ian Foster was one of four key New Zealand individuals who tested positive for Covid-19, just five days before...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoGeorge calls on England to repeat the triumph of 2016
From ADAM HATHAWAY in Perth Jamie George has urged England to turn back time and repeat the heroics of 2016 when...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoPivac: I can’t wait to take on Boks
By STEFFAN THOMAS Most of Wales will be hiding behind the sofa on Saturday but Wayne Pivac can’t wait to take...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHead injury rates reach all time high in England
Concussion rates in elite English rugby have hit their highest levels since records began in 2002 according to the latest injury...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKpoku hopes French move will inspire him
By BEN JAYCOCK Having witnessed his brother Joel’s star performance in the Challenge Cup final, Jonathan Kpoku’s hunger has been reignited...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFlanagan takes the reins at Dragons
THE Dragons have appointed Scarlets backs coach Dai Flanagan as the new head coach, as part of a revamped coaching structure...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWales ace Gareth is late arrival
WALES fly-half Gareth Anscombe will link up with the rest of the squad in South Africa after being given permission to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFord will be a star for Sharks, says Burns
By GARY FITZGERALD GEORGE Ford will bounce back from his Premiership Final injury misery “better than ever” and be a huge...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMcCall: Saracens will come back stronger
SARACENS will take their Premiership Final defeat firmly on the chin and use it as motivation to ensure they come back...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWarburton: Stand by for Springbok shock
By MEGAN ARMITAGE SAM Warburton insists Wales can prove their doubters wrong and spring a summer series shock against world champions...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMay tests positive for Covid
JONNY May has tested positive for Covid after arriving in Australia for England’s three-Test Tour. The England wing returned a positive...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWe still face long road trips despite changes
I READ with interest the articles about the restructuring of the Leagues in last week’s paper. My club are currently playing...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoBennett is simply the best I’ve seen
I WAS not brought up in a rugby household, but I was drawn to it for its beacon of values, of...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoQuins ‘gearbox’ sets the pace in the Premiership
IF the tight-five is the ‘engine room’ in rugby, then 8, 9, 10 and 12 must be the gearbox, and for...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoStop portraying Sarries as victims
PAUL Rees’ article in last week’s TRP states “it was Saracens desire to do right by their players that took them...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBorthwick shows he has the edge
COLIN BOAG What did you make of the Premiership final? I thought it was enthralling, and epitomised everything that’s great about...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoPlaying Farrell at 12 could cause trouble for England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK The relevance of England’s game against the Barbarians is that it was an opportunity...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoEngland need to rewrite the script quickly
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The roll call for England’s three-Test tour of Australia reads as follows: two...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWallabies won’t beat us like this, insists Jones
By BEN JAYCOCK England ........21pts Tries: Cokanasiga 36, May 51, Smith 60 Penalties: Smith 16, 34 Barbarians ..52pts Tries: Penalty 19,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMoroni joins his Pumas pals at Falcons
NEWS EXTRA NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed Premiership winner Matias Moroni from Leicester Tigers. The 31-year-old centre, who has 43 Argentina caps...
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Features
/ 3 years agoQuins take top spot for live TV coverage
Jon Newcombe crunches the numbers and finds out who was the biggest ‘turn on’ in the Premiership It will come as...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoCrusaders revive the dying art of rucking
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The former England captain Phil de Glanville will continue as “Senior Professional Game Board Representative”, according to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMcLennan riled Kiwis – but he has a point
THIS week’s “cat amongst the pigeons” award goes to Hamish McLennan, chairman of Rugby Australia and newly-appointed leader of the Wallaby...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoDazzling French too strong for battling Irish
By BEN JAYCOCK France ..............42pts Tries: Labarthe 16, Gailleton 18, Depoortere 47, Montgaillard 70, 78 Conversions: Auriac 18, 18, 46, 48...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoConcern for England as Baby Boks take charge
By BEN JAYCOCK England ............22pts Tries: Stewart 9, Ilione 58, Oresanya 79 Conversions: Smith 10, 59 Penalties: Smith 50 South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWorking with Cowan-Dickie will help my game, says Burrows
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ambitious: Oli Burrows OLI BURROWS hopes working with England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie can help him on his journey...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWales turn on the power to smash seven past Scotland
By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland ............15pts Tries: Hiddleston 20, Harrison 56, 78 Wales ................45pts Tries: Andrew 2, Barratt 16, Fackrell 24, Houston...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Francois Carlo Mey – Italy U20s and Clermont Centre
Italian rugby may be unearthing its latest young star as Clermont bound Francois Carlo Mey hopes to continue his stellar form...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDallas want Ford to drive changes
MIKE Ford has been mentioned in dispatches from the United States as a possible target for the Major League Rugby flops...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTop 14 clubs in pursuit of Du Preez brothers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale forwards Jean-Luc and Dan du Preez are on the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWarriors sweat on Deano amid American interest
GLASGOW are sweating to see if former Newcastle boss Dean Richards, their first choice to replace Danny Wilson at Scotstoun, will...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThompson goes back to Falcons
MATT Thompson is set to return to his former club Newcastle Falcons this summer as part of the club’s new-look backroom...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoQuestion is: Where are Wales mentally?
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The first moment of truth of the summer for Welsh rugby comes at Loftus Versfeld...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFour Irishmen join the South African all-stars
By BEN JAYCOCK THE Stormers lifted the inaugural United Rugby Championship as they saw off the Bulls 18-13 in an all-South...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCrusaders and Blues share spoils in dream team
THE Crusaders outclassing the Blues to claim their sixth piece of silverware in as many years with the inaugural Super Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMy countrymen are proving their worth
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SOUTH AFRICA SCRUM-HALF South African players were key protagonists in this season’s Gallagher Premiership with...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEuropean sides need to rise to the SA challenge
BY NEIL DE KOCK If you had said after the first six weeks of the competition that the Stormers would be...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoEngland prepare warm-up
ENGLAND will play two international matches in September in preparation for October's Women's Rugby World Cup. The Red Roses will play...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoScots girls to go pro
SCOTLAND’S national women's rugby team will turn professional later this year, with a minimum of 30 players offered contracts. The Scottish...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘I’m very passionate, I don’t like watching’
Claudia MacDonald tells Ben Jaycock how she’s desperate to regain her fitness and return to action Claudia MacDonald thought she just...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoCrowley set to enjoy Italy’s ‘Blue summer’
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points After that brilliant last-minute win over Wales in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKruis kick takes me right back to Ringo
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT wasn’t just that giant former England lock George Kruis had the effrontery to kick a backheeled...
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Features
/ 3 years ago‘I wish Conor had been in charge when I was at Quins’
MY LIFE IN RUGBY - LUKE SHERRIFF THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND ENGLAND 7S INTERNATIONAL So, maybe the first...
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Features
/ 3 years agoAu Revoir, Arrivederci, Hywl Fawr, Goodbye…
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At close of business on Friday, 40 Test players boasting a collective stack...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Cardiff cavalier who failed to make the Exiles laugh
AS footballing cavaliers go, Mark Ring of Cardiff and Wales belonged to the Premier League long before anyone had heard of...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMystery still over Amanda Blanc affair
THE Amanda Blanc Affair will remain unresolved until the Welsh Rugby Union get round to answer questions raised by her abrupt...
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Features
/ 3 years agoPumas finally end their long wait for silverware
CURRIE CUP PUMAS fans were crying tears of joy at the fulltime whistle as their long wait for their first major...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoPMs, chefs, and a whole lot of history in between
We kick off our new Club of the Week series with Streatham and Croydon who have been celebrating their 150th anniversary...
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Features
/ 3 years agoOld Boys are a proper club, I have so much to be thankful for, says Probyn
AMONGST the most illustrious Streatham and Croydon Old Boys is none other than England prop and Rugby Paper columnist Jeff Probyn...
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Features
/ 3 years agoDeans: Drua can be major force in the future
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Crusaders head coach Robbie Deans reckpons newcomers Fijian Drua are the best start-up in Super...











