All posts tagged "Premium"
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Features
/ 5 years agoWRU to aid grassroots
RUGBY SHORTS THE WRU has pledged £1m to help the community game return safely in Wales after Covid-19. The money is designed...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJapan will give Lions real workout | Jeremy Guscott
I have always liked change for the right reasons, and the Lions having a game against Japan at Murrayfield on Saturday...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJerry Flannery knows the sad side of the Lions | Peter Jackson
The last time the Lions took off for South Africa, Jerry Flannery had been booked into business class for the overnight...
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/ 5 years agoPennell: I’ve never felt so fresh, I’d love to carry on
CHRIS Pennell insists he is fit enough to carry on playing after parting company with Worcester age 34. The once-capped England...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSpringbok props are part of my ‘woldwide front row family’ says Furlong
By ADAM HATHAWAY Making waves: Tadhg Furlong TADHG Furlong will be ‘keeping it in the family’ in the recesses of the...
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/ 5 years agoTownies are the tops in this unique world XV
PETER JACKSON Double act: There are two famous Hastings, of course, but we’ve gone for centre Scott as we already have...
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/ 5 years agoUndercooked Wales set for gruelling week of fitness work
By ALEX BYWATER Experienced head: Wales captain Jonathan Davies WALES head coach Wayne Pivac admits he fears his team will be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoJenkins: Jersey boys do have an edge
THE Lions’ incoming personnel will be playing catch-up in their quest to face South Africa, according to kicking coach Neil Jenkins....
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMilkman delivers a dynasty | Peter Jackson
WHEN Trevor Brennan landed in Toulouse shortly after the turn of the century, the former Dublin milkman hardly imagined he had...
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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup guru Larder expects Sinfield to be a huge hit with Tigers
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL League legend: Kevin Sinfeld playing for Rhinos PHIL LARDER believes Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield will prove a...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Robinson lands the job as Wasps’ new attack coach
RISING coaching star Ed Robinson has been chosen by Wasps to become their new attack coach. Wasps have a vacancy because...
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/ 5 years agoGeorgia finally get a slither of recognition
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When the great vaudevillian wit WC Fields suggested a possible epitaph for his own gravestone – “On the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBen Tameifuna is man with the golden tum | Peter Jackson
BEN Tameifuna, a big old unit if ever there was one, threw his weight around to jarring effect during Bordeaux’s barrage...
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/ 5 years agoWRU could raid Premiership Rugby for performance executive
WALES could be set for a raid on English rugby with Gallagher Premiership supremo Phil Winstanley emerging as a serious contender...
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/ 5 years agoExeter 40-30 Sale: Big-match Chiefs make it six finals in a row with early salvo
EXETER Chiefs, annoyed at one or two recent lax moments and irritated by what they perceive as inconsistencies in the disciplinary...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoSteffon Armitage still having his go in France | Chris Hewett
BACK in 2010, when one or two suckers for journalistic punishment were huddled together on a God-forsaken touchline in Hamilton...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEaling’s drubbing should not open ring-fence door | Jeff Probyn
Ealing Trailfinders’ dream didn’t so much fade away last week as completely collapse against the might of a fullstrength Saracens team, revealing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoExpansion plan is best way forward
RECENT TRP issues have contained some good opinions on the ring-fencing question. I liked the idea from Kevin Higginson (June 6)...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBaxter: Tuilagi yellow makes no sense
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter was delighted with the win but left wondering why Manu Tuilagi received only a yellow card after...
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/ 5 years agoWales fear more will follow Cory Hill to Japan
WALES run the risk of more senior players sacrificing their Test careers for pots of Japanese gold. Cory Hill’s abrupt removal...
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/ 5 years agoSurely Robson’s ready for a first start now, Eddie
By NEIL FISSLER Pushing for his first start: Dan Robson takes on Paolo Garbisi during the Six Nations PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOnly snag is money
DEAN Richards is right to want a professional second tier in England, the snag is only a few of the teams...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJonathan Joseph carries £150k Toulon price tag
TOULON could be forced to pay Bath £150,000 if they want Jonathan Joseph released from the final year of his contract,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGibson’s late try puts end to Blues 18-year trophy drought
By BEN JAYCOCK TRANS-TASMAN FINAL Blues ................23 Highlanders ....15 THE BLUES’ 18-year wait for a Super Rugby triumph is over after...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJohn eyes U20s springboard
By ALEX BYWATER EXETER Chiefs and Wales tyro Dan John plans on proving a point to Rob Baxter in the U20...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIrish-Wasps was compelling, keep up the good work!
I AM sorry that Jeff Probyn did not enjoy the recent London Irish v Wasps encounter; he was probably the only...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAlex Cuthbert signing to be confirmed by Ospreys
THE Ospreys will confirm tomorrow that they have signed Wales and British Lion Alex Cuthbert from Exeter Chiefs. Blindside revealed in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland 38-22 France: Benchmen kick-start England U20 comeback
ENGLAND produced a stunning secondhalf display to overpower France and kick off their Six Nations campaign with a bonus-point...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoMatt Challinor joins the Knights exodus to Titans
ROTHERHAM’S rapidly expanding group of ex-Doncaster players will include Knights legend Matt Challinor next season. Challinor has retired from full-time rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStay true to ethos that game is for all
DO WE keep grassroots principles of promoting the game for all, at all levels – therein supporting ambitious clubs to succeed...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPremiership trio go in search of second rows to add for 2021-22
WEST Country trio Gloucester, Bath and Exeter are all looking to strengthen their second rows for next season. But they are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHarri’s rush of blood opens door for 6-try Irish clobbering
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scotland ....7pts Tries: Gourlay 21 Conversions: Scott 22 Ireland ....38pts Tries: Soroka 4, Penalty 36, Illo 42, Kendellen...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAs a No.8 and wing I was called McLomu
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ROLAND REID THE FORMER SCOTLAND, GOLDEN LIONS, GLASGOW, LONDON IRISH,LEEDS AND EDINBURGH BACK ROW/WING Versatile: Roland Reid in action for...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIf Ealing are the best, what are the others like?
COLIN BOAG Let’s hope that themembers of the RFU Council were watching Saracens annihilate Ealing Trailfinders in the first leg of...
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/ 5 years agoNorton to spearhead Team GB’s search for Tokyo gold
TOM Mitchell will lead the men’s squad at the Tokyo Olympics looking to go one better than their silver medal five...
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/ 5 years agoItaly 8-25 Wales: Sam Costelow kicks Wales U20 off to big win in Cardiff
A KICKING masterclass from Sam Costelow ensured Wales U20s coasted to a comfortable opening Six Nations victory over Italy....
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoToulouse keep their‘ double’ dream alive with La Rochelle rematch | James Harrington
Friday’s 2020/21 season Top 14 final will be a repeat of last month’s blood-and-thunder Champions Cup showpiece, after both La Rochelle...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
SAM OLVER, THE DONCASTER AND FORMER ENGLAND U20, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND MOSELEY FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGloucester go hi-tech to match game tempo
■By JON NEWCOMBE New age: Gloucester’s state of the art gym Impressive: Gloucester’s new indoor training pitch Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 5 years agoYoung Gun: Cornish Pirates fly-half Harry Bazalgette
Harry Bazalgette has championed BUCS Super Rugby for putting him on the path to the top level of the game after the conclusion...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMotu leads Irish exodus
RUGBY SHORTS SAMOA hooker Motu Matu’u and ex-All Black winger Waisake Naholo are two of ten players leaving London Irish. Harry Elrington,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCar crash European Cup rules will wreck a great Cup | Nick Cain
THE European Cup is on a slippery slope. It is rapidly being downgraded from a competition which was about becoming champions...
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/ 5 years agoBenetton 35-7 Bulls: Benetton rip up the script to give Bulls a whipping
KIERAN Crowley wrapped up five seasons in Treviso before he takes charge of the Italian national side by leading Benetton to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Sheffield Tigers centre Tom Hart
1. Fake exercise gurus With gyms being closed, lockdown spawned a rise in so-called online fitness experts; everyone on social media...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFans frozen out of final
RUGBY SHORTS THOUSANDS of supporters have had their tickets cancelled for Saturday’s Premiership Rugby final at Twickenham after the government capped the...
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/ 5 years agoPlayers driven by their own motivation
ONE ring-fencing argument put forward was that the Premiership had remained highly competitive despite the jeopardy of relegation being removed by...
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/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Mike Ford out, Kevin Sinfield in at Leicester Tigers
LEICESTER Tigers are set to announce yet another coaching restructuring with Mike Ford leaving Welford Road to be replaced by Super...
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/ 5 years agoWe’ll be the poor men of Europe say regions
WALES’ four regions fear they will be put at an even greater disadvantage next season with their English rivals being up...
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/ 5 years agoSean O’Brien urges Ireland to blood players in Premiership
SEAN O’Brien believes Ireland should relax their rule which all but bars players being selected for the national squad if they...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSimon McIntyre’s on his way back to the Sharks
SALE Sharks have agreed a deal that will see Wasps prop Simon McIntyre, 30, return to the club he...














