All posts tagged "Premium"
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Features
/ 4 years agoKyle adds to injury list
RUGBY SHORTS BRISTOL Bears prop Kyle Sinckler will miss England’s summer tour of Australia with a back injury. The 29-year-old has...
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/ 4 years agoWilson axed by Warriors
RUGBY SHORTS DANNY Wilson has been sacked as Glasgow Warriors head coach after a humiliating 76-14 URC quarter-final defeat by Leinster....
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/ 4 years agoAce Barton is a Falcon
RUGBY SHORTS AS reported in TRP last month, Newcastle Falcons have signed scrum-half Josh Barton from Coventry on a two-year deal....
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/ 4 years agoInspired Borthwick has given back to Tigers the drive to hit former heights
Paul Rees looks at how Steve Borthwick has re-energised his Welford Road troops When Steve Borthwick took charge of Leicester in...
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/ 4 years agoKnights’ plan is Premier class
NEWS EXTRA By GUY WILLIAMS CHAMPIONSHIP highfliers Doncaster are looking to start on the front foot next seaason, starting with back-to-back...
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/ 4 years agoOmitted Conbeer can yet kick on, says Peel
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS DWAYNE Peel believes inform Scarlets wing Ryan Conbeer was unlucky to miss out on Wales’ summer...
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/ 4 years agoMy body tells me to quit, but I just can’t!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY SOANE TONGA’UIHA THE FORMER TONGA, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON, RACING 92, OYONNAX, BRISTOL AND AMPTHILL PROP AND CURRENT PLAYER-COACH...
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/ 4 years agoWelsh fan power has shifted to round ball
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Shortly after noon on Monday, April 14, 1969, a bus joined the queue...
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/ 4 years agoIt’s clearly time for fly-halves to buzz off elsewhere
THIS year’s annual fly half merry-go-round will surely break all records. At the last count, no fewer than 18 of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSaracens had to physically, and mentally, break barriers
Rocky Clark looks at how Sarries broke their Exeter hoodoo to take the 15s title After a gruelling 39-week season, Saracens...
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/ 4 years agoGlad to see pride comes first in Ordizia
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Everybody, in whatever sport, should adopt a second...
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/ 4 years agoBorthwick heads list of worthy winners
SO, the Gallagher Premiership awards are done and dusted – the usual end-of-season fun – and there can be few quibbles...
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/ 4 years agoCurr y’s hot stuff as Hull pack ’em in
Now that the National 2 North season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of the league’s directors of...
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/ 4 years agoNATHAN SWEENEY
YOUNG GUNS EDINBURGH FULL-BACK Having endured a difficult past year nursing an ACL injury, Scotland age grade fullback Nathan Sweeney is...
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/ 4 years agoTu’ungafasi blocks Brumbies hopes of claiming final place
By BEN JAYCOCK No way through:Noah Lolesio of the Brumbies has his attempt at a drop goal charged down by Ofa...
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/ 4 years agoPumas clinch play-off success
CURRIE CUP THE Pumas have snatched the last Currie Cup semifinal spot despite their 45-44 defeat to the Griquas in a...
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/ 4 years agoPioneer Rogers has plenty of Hope Stateside
By BEN JAYCOCK EXETER Chiefs’ freescoring prop Hope Rogers has reversed her decision to retire after the forthcoming World Cup and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoIt feels like defence is no longer the priority
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the regular club season ends with a whimper, but not a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Far East feast which flew in the face of elitism
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 4 years agoTop medic demands stronger leadership
By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby has reacted to renewed medical criticism over the alarming issue of brain injuries by claiming to...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBest yet to come for Saracens – Malins
By ADAM HATHAWAY MAX Malins rapped out a warning to the Premiership, claiming the best is yet to come from fallen...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond insists player welfare was his priority
By PAUL REES STEVE Diamond is unrepentant about Worcester’s decision to cancel the Premiership match against Gloucester at Kingsholm in March...
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/ 4 years agoFree agent Wade says rugby’s lost its ‘buzz’
By BOBBY BRIDGE FORMER Wasps winger Christian Wade believes drastic changes need to be made to rugby union to bring its...
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/ 4 years agoKruis calls time as a winner in Japan
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER ENGLAND lock George Kruis has bowed out with another winner’s medal after helping Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights...
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/ 4 years agoKiwi spell was key in educating wily Wood
By PAUL REES Learning curve: Stalwart Tom Wood benefitted from a spell playing academy playing in New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 4 years ago‘Don’t rule out a return’ hints Richards
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWCASTLE’s outgoing director of rugby Dean Richards hasn’t ruled out a return to rugby’s frontline in the future....
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/ 4 years agoFord: Tiger cub Jack has a big future ahead
By JON NEWCOMBE GEORGE Ford sees a bright future for half-back partner Jack van Poortvliet after the young Tigers ace was...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoWhat is the point of having a TMO?
WHEN the pundits for BT Sport can spot a cheap-shot tackle, by a world renowned second row, but the TMO can’t,...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoSorry Brendan but I don’t share the same optimism
SO Brendan Gallagher “smells stifling fear” in the reduced Premiership salary cap, but I disagree with his belief that the removal...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoNot so local derby
I WAS pleased to see that the new set up for National 2 West enables the resumption of, perhaps or perhaps...
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Features
/ 4 years agoChampionship just isn’t comparable with ProD2
COLIN BOAG Controversial: Sharks and Lions, along with the Bulls, Stormers and Cheetahs, have been added to next season’s European Cups...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoQuins have a chance with Danny in the driving seat
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK DANNY Care has always attracted attention as an attacking scrumhalf who can shred defences...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoTen-try Saints have Tigers in their sights
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Northampton ..65pts Tries: Matavesi 9, 23; Cole 18, Mitchell 32, Freeman 40+1, 63, 68; Hutchinson 59, Skosan 73,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBoyd so proud of battling players
NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Chris Boyd is proud of how players turned their poor season around. “A couple of months ago...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBorthwick left with questions to answer
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........20pts Tries: G Porter 2, Steward 61 Conversions: Ford 2, 61 Penalties: Ford 67, 73 Wasps ................10pts...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBlackett: We had chances to win
WASPS boss Lee Blackett admitted his team had missed out on a chance of victory. “We just had to find a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGloucester left to rue what might have been
By PAUL REES Gloucester........54pts Tries: Singleton 8, 44; Reid 18, Carreras 34, Thorley 49, Socino 57, Rees-Zammit 68, Clement 71 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSorry to miss out on top 4 -Skiv
GEORGE Skivington welcomed back England wing Jonny May after five months out with injury and believes more of his players are...
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/ 4 years agoEddie beware! This beast holds all the keys
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IN the last fortnight Eddie Jones and his England squad have had a...
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/ 4 years agoFrance are the giants, Prem just sleeping
NICK CAIN THE English Premiership has just been described as a “sleeping giant” of sport by Simon Massie-Taylor, its chief executive....
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/ 4 years agoPlan for life without Manu
NICK CAIN MANU Tuilagi’s latest knee operation, which rules him out of England’s summer tour to Australia, shows just how precarious...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSimmonds in charge as Chiefs snatch it
By ROGER PANTING Exeter ................47pts Tries: Gray 19, Hogg 24, Simmonds 38, Whitten 47, Nowell 55, Street 69, Maunder 79 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoChuffed we fought right to the end, says coach Hepher
EXETER head coach Ali Hepher offered an explanation as to why Chiefs have missed out on a play-off for the first...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDe Klerk bows out with a final flourish
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale ....................42pts Tries: Roebuck 7, Van der Merwe 15, Wiese 22, 40, D Du Preez 63, Reed 69...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInjury to Rodd ‘is not serious’
BEVAN Rodd was replaced as a “precaution” during half-time but boss Alex Sanderson dismissed fears of a serious injury. The highly-rated...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHorror show for Bath as they finish bottom
By TOM BRADSHAW Worcester ........43pts Tries: Hatherell 4, Simpson 44, Shillcock 52, 55, 76; Batley 61 Conversions: Smith 5, 45, 53,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDiamond delight after fightback
STEVE Diamond hailed his Worcester side’s resolve having been on the ropes at the break. “We had a chat at halftime...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEaling in talks with Wallaby prop Sio
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EALING Trailfinders appear not to be letting their snub from the Premiership stunt their plans...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBears fly-half Eden off to join Zebre
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BRISTOL Bears fly-half Tiff Eden is set to ply his trade in Italy next season...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWade weighs up his options
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHRISTIAN Wade has claimed that teams in the Premiership, France, Australia, South Africa and the...
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