All posts tagged "Premium"
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/ 5 years agoInverdale: February date for League Cup
■By NEALE HARVEY NCA chairman John Inverdale is confident the National League Cup will proceed, although the Covid-19 tiers mean the...
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/ 5 years agoThomson miss lets Dragons off hook
■By GARY HEATLY BRANDON Thomson’s last-gasp conversion hit the post as the Dragons recorded their third PRO14 triumph of the season...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRecords fail to hide Tri-Nations letdown
MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERT So, what did we learn? While many aspects of the 26th edition of the annual southern...
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/ 5 years agoSkivington’s been breath of fresh air says Varney
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Kicking on: Gloucester scrum-half Stephen Varney STEPHEN Varney insists life is far better at Kingsholm under George Skivington...
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Features
/ 5 years agoA West Country battle looms over Obano signature
EXETER CH IEFS want to mak e a move early in the New Year to lure loosehead Beno O bano away...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEddie can’t afford French lesson from their reserves
ENGLAND are oddson to collect their second trophy in two months by lifting the Autumn Nations Cup at Twickenham this afternoon,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTMO wrong about Ulster’s Kieran Treadwell
Peter Jackson comments on the implausible judgement of the TMO to reduce Kieran Treadwell's dangerous tackle to a yellow from red
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBeauden’s star is on the wane as he jets off to Japan
IT was meant to be the stage on which Beauden Barrett was crowned the best of his generation. Instead, the two-time...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish sign Bulls hooker Corniel Els
Declan Kidney has bolstered the Exiles options at hooker with the addition of Corniel Els from the Bulls, TRP understands
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEvans aims to put on a variety show for the fans
By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS fly-half Lloyd Evans says Gloucester will happily eschew a slavish kicking game if his side keep racking...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: Madman, Duke and Sheets all loved Pross!
Pontypool legend Ray Prosser was laid to rest on Tuesday. TRP's Peter Jackson defines the impact of rugby's greatest characters on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEarl is latest in long line of Tonbridge Test stars
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools TONBRIDGE are rightly hailed as one of English cricket’s great nurseries...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBoag column: Saracens evolved, so will Eddie’s England
Can England stand up against other nations with their physicality and kicking game? Or does Eddie need to flip the switch...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDiamond says niet
SALE SHARKS boss Steven Diamond has abandoned his bid to tempt a Russian international to move to the AJ Bell Stadium....
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDombrandt keeps armband as Ashton starts at 15
Captain: Dombrandt GLOUCESTER head coach George Skivington makes two changes to the team that beat Wasps last weekend. Lewis Ludlow...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoApartheid apology is overdue
THIS weekend, as over the previous four Nations Cup weekends, World Rugby’s message has been relayed from empty stadia into homes...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOne simple step would end scrum shambles
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrums, mauls and rucks are the areas of the game that I have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEngland must score four tries against French 2nds
JEREMY GUSCOTT THERE is always a danger in making too many changes at international level and still expecting a team to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAim to be world’s best or quit says Healey
AUSTIN Healy says this is the make or break year for a lot of Leicester’s youngsters and that if they don’t...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPreview: London Irish must up tempo to sap Sharks power
Exiles full-back Tom Homer talks to Neale Harvey ahead of the visit of Sale Sharks to the Brentford Community Stadium on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoDominci ‘devastated’ says wife
IT IS difficult to relate the colourful life of Christophe Dominici without ruling out the cruellest irony of all, that in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator
ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIreland find their mojo as ill-discipline ruins Scots
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Flyer: Scotland’s Duhan van der Merwe on his way to scoring Scotland’s try Ireland......................31pts Tries: Earls 38, 50;...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGreat attacking teams are why we love rugby
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE king of sports, as Rugby Union supporters once dubbed it, has been knocked around in...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoKick fest at Falcons was excruciating says Sale’s Sam James
Sale Sharks centre Sam James reflects on the defeat to Newcastle Falcons that had viewers in despairs of boredom
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Features
/ 5 years agoOpportunity knocked after living in Big Apple
DANIEL GALLAN talks to Sale maestro AJ MacGinty about his route to the top Of all the attributes necessary to play...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSebastien is France’s unsung strategist
FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON Architect of success: Sebastien Piqueronies coaching the U20s Sebastien Piqueronies is not a name many will instantly think...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSexton: Still way to go but it’s progress
IRELAND skipper Johnny Sexton insisted Ireland are still a work in progress after their best win of the Autumn. “You can’t...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoWe MUST stay ahead of France says Eddie
Prem set to leave door ajar for Ealing ■By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has warned that England are in a race...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBad move on Matera
PABLO Matera’s reinstatement as Argentina’s captain a few days after he was removed was chronic bad judgement by the Argentine Rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRetaining marquee men could have dire ripple effect
COLIN Boag is right to flag up the potentially massive loophole in the new Premiership salary cap rules represented by provisions...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoProfessional game is fast losing its soul
SO there I was last Sunday night at a deserted Haywards Heath Hospital – and that is another story – and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSwansong season for Banahan
NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER back Matt Banahan will retire at the end of the season. The Jersey-born England international, who won 16 caps...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoRing fence Prem is ‘moving nearer’
‘France pushing us to be better’ ■By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP Rugby’s move for a ring-fenced league is gathering pace, with an...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU must not cave in to Prem pressure
WITH strong rumours of an attempt to ring-fence the top league at the end of this campaign persisting, it is time...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFans sold up river
TODAY’S England v France final is only viewable live on Amazon Prime. At a time when fans are unable to go...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSorry Pumas affair leaves me puzzled on many levels
WHAT on earth to make of this Pablo Matera affair? One day he, Guido Petti and Santiago Socino are persona non...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Sunday December 6 Autumn Nations Cup: England v France (2pm) Premiership: London Irish v Sale (2.30pm) Gloucester v Harlequins (4.15pm) Friday...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNorth gets back in the try habit as Wales remember how to succeed
■By PETER JACKSON PLAYER WATCH... Wales........................38pts Tries: Hardy 7, Parry 17, G Davies 57, North 68, Tipuric 75 Conversions: Sheedy 8,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoCropper’s coming, but not just yet says Deano
By ROB WILDMAN NEWCASTLE continue to defy the pundits and thoroughly deserved this win over a flat and depleted Wasps team....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCrass criticism of ref Owens
IN Colin Boag’s column on November 29 he refers to Welsh referee Nigel Owens’ achievement of reaching the remarkable milestone of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEarle delighted he’s able to lord it again
■By NEALE HARVEY BEN EARLE, Harlequins highly-rated winger, is powering up his bid for a longawaited first England cap after proving...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSaracens to play Tigers in friendly
SARACENS will host a Leicester Tigers XV in a friendly on December 12 as they prepare for the start of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years ago‘We’ll give England Six Nations challenge’
WAYNE Pivac insists Wales will push Eddie Jones’ England all the way for the 2021 Six Nations title after they ended...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBlackett: Gutted as basics let Wasps down
Last season's Premiership finalists fall to successive defeats in 27-17 loss to Newcastle Falcons
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSpringboks influx will hinder development
I READ in last week’s TRP that there are 44 south African players now playing in the Premiership. Sale have around...
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/ 5 years agoDiamond: Bok stars help me vet new recruits
■By DANIEL GALLAN IT DOESN’T happen too often, but every now and then the words, “in English please,” can be heard...
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/ 5 years agoEddie: We want more Lions than anyone
THE Lions have rich benefits for England’s development according to Eddie Jones, and he says he would like to see his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMorale-boosting finish to Wayne’s annus horribilis
SHANE WI LLIAMS COMMENT SO that’s the end of 2020 for Wales. I think most people will be glad to see...
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