All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOffiah seeking clarity in Burrell race claims
By GARY FITZGERALD The RFU is to investigate claims from former Newcastle Falcons centre Luther Burrell regarding racism within the sport....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPremier ace Mayor banned for substance use
Former Premiership ace Chris Mayor has been banned from professional sport for four years after being found to have attempted to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSimpson happy to join the monsters
By JON NEWCOMBE Joe Simpson is looking forward to playing behind a “monster” pack after prolonging his Premiership career at Sale...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoLethargic England fade from view
MEN’S SEVENS POOL A ROUND-UP Any hopes that England might be able to upset the predicted domination of the big four...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoThere’s no 7s heaven for our Home Nations
Up and at ‘em: New Zealand’s Regan Ware wriggles free during the Rugby Sevens quarter-final match against Kenya PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoExciting Scotland open up in fine style
POOL B ROUND-UP Scotland’s exciting, hungry squad were arguably the talk of the tournament on the opening day, hammering Tonga and...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoCanada too strong for Wales
POOL C ROUND-UP Wales might have been confident of emulating Scotland’s achievement of clinching second in their group. Although they sit...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoUganda keep Wallabies in check
POOL D ROUND-UP Australia recorded the biggest win of the entire competition in their very first game, scoring ten tries in...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoAussies set up Fiji showdown
WOMEN’S SEVENS There will be a new Commonwealth Games gold medal winner in the Women’s 7s after Australia and Fiji reached...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoBig guns cruise into final stages
POOL B ROUND-UP Pool B had two clear favourites and it was ultimately followed a predictable pattern, with Australia and Fiji...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoRed Roses fail to make the most of quick start
POOL A ROUND-UP Try scorer: Boatman Like the men, England’s women had both New Zealand and Sri Lanka in their pool,...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoTony was a Fylde hero
IT was with much interest that I read and shared the article ‘Club Of The Week’ – Fylde Rugby Club with...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoSafety first has to be the mantra
I NOTED some of the comments in recent editions from the likes of Eddie Jones, Jeff Probyn, Martin Bayfield and a...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoFarrell has freed Irish to play more instinctively
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Leader: Johnny Sexton is Ireland’s No.10, captain and talisman PICTURE: Getty Images There is...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWorld Rugby urged to settle out of court over dementia
Paul Rees talks to a leading lawyer about the legal action launched by 180 former players A leading lawyer is urging...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAll Black Scott is ready, willing – and very able
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Scott Robertson has issued a come-and-get-me plea to the RFU, closing the door on a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoItalians not playing ball with Warriors in Franco battle
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted: Franco Smith Glasgow Warriors are battling to name Franco Smith as their new head...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEtete has the calibre to impress van Graan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath boss Johann van Graan is showing no sign of stopping his bid to strengthen...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSo unfair that Ireland are on this path of pain
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ireland have become the green giants of the game after doing what no...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMayor ban highlights dangers of HGH
NICK CAIN The four-year ban given to Chris Mayor (right), the former Sale, Northampton and Wasps centre, after the RFU charged...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPearson: BUCS gave me perfect grounding
By BEN JAYCOCK London Irish’s Tom Pearson credits Cardiff Met University for getting him to where he is today – and...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCoach Kiss calls on Irish to find that little bit more
By GARY FITZGERALD Les Kiss says London Irish will need to find that crucial “one percent” in order to challenge for...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoTop dogs in danger of losing their bite
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST We’re almost there. By mid-November, the cast list of next year’s World Cup will be finalised, with...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNo surprise that Boyd finds work back in NZ
CHRIS HEWETT There is no shortage of admiration in this corner of the paper for the coaching of Chris Boyd, so...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTiger Jack hangs up his boots for a fresh start
Having played rugby fulltime for 10 years, former Leicester Tigers centre Jack Roberts has retired from rugby at the age of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSmith: Pal Tommy shows us the way
By BEN JAYCOCK New sensation: Tommy Freeman starred for England in Australia PICTURES: Getty Images Doncaster Knights back row Thom Smith...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoPivac has riches when it comes to the back three
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND With Wales’ tour of South Africa at an end I’ve had a chance to reflect...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWrafter aims to make a move with Bishops
RUGBY SHORTS HAVING been deprived of gametime in the Championship at Nottingham, Jacob Wrafter is thriving at Bishop’s Stortford – and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChiefs ditch Native theme with rebrand
EXETER Chiefs have renamed the bars at their Sandy Park stadium as part of a rebrand. The club have been criticised...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFIXTURES
PRE-SEASON ■ MORE fixtures will be added each week as and when clubs announce their schedules. To any clubs wishing to...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoDusty and Sully: Pair who lit up the game
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW They came into the world at different places in different times, two boys...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRobertson makes sure message gets across
PETER JACKSON SCOTT Robertson has never needed a publicity agent to trumpet his serial success on behalf of the Crusaders and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEwels to miss most of season
BATH lock Charlie Ewels is expected to miss most of the new Premiership season after undergoing knee surgery. The 27-year-old suffered...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPirates move in on Chiefs
CORNISH Pirates have signed seven players on dual-registration deals from Premiership side Exeter Chiefs. Centre Tommy Wyatt is returning for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoI want to finish on a high with Bristol, says Joyce
By BEN JAYCOCK As he heads into his farewell season before joining Connacht, Bristol Bears legend Joe Joyce is hoping to...
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Rugby Matters
/ 4 years agoCovering Pooler was a reporter’s nightmare
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Apparently the last Saturday night sports paper closed down in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Welsh All Blacks never lost ambition
Neath may currently be playing in the third tier of Welsh Rugby - the Championship but they have been big players...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI was like a rabbit in headlights when I dared to cross the loyal Neath faithful
THROUGHOUT their history, Neath have been prone to producing monumental record breaking seasons and 1928-29 was just such a campaign. They...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff back row Mackenzie Martin
Cardiff back row Mackenzie Martin has drawn comparisons to Jonah Lomu throughout his rugby career with his carrying and is hoping...
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News Extra
/ 4 years agoPower aims to ramp up Park’s title bid
■By BEN JAYCOCK ROSSLYN Park have been busy in the transfer market as Kieran Power’s side embark on a hunt for...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Olly Morgan: I was so proud to be a king of Kingsholm
The former England and Gloucester full-back talks about his career Kingsholm, particularly the Shed, has a very well-deserved reputation for being...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWe had plenty of with none of the success but razzmatazz
Moment In Time: Leicester Tigers Courage National League One Champions 1988 Neil Fissler talks to Malcolm Foulkes-Arnold Fireworks and confetti greeted...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTours gave us an extra weapon to our armour
MALCOLM Foulkes-Arnold believes the foundations for Leicester Tigers' first-ever title success were laid in preseason – not on the training pitch...
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Features
/ 4 years agoA right royal knees-up, from Russia with love
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBroncan: We want to invest in youth
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Pre-season is now underway for all Top 14 sides apart from champions Montpellier, who officially return to...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘England must opt for Smith or Farrell’ – Winterbottom
By BEN JAYCOCK Peter Winterbottom says England must select either Owen Farrell or Marcus Smith at fly-half as selecting both “limits...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoClarke expects more stars to head Stateside
By STEFFAN THOMAS Allen Clarke believes cost cutting in the Gallagher Premiership will lead to more English players leaving for America....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoGloucester lock Slater diagnosed with MND
Gloucester lock Ed Slater has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) and has retired from rugby union with immediate effect....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHassell-Collins keen to strut his stuff like Henry
By GARY FITZGERALD The sight of Henry Arundell strutting his stuff on England’s tour down under and Will Joseph also savouring...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWorsley: Cut season length to safeguard the players
By STEFFAN THOMAS Joe Worsley insists the length of the Top 14 season must be cut and contact sessions in training...
International Rugby
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