All posts tagged "Premium"
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Features
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
WILL HURRELL, PLYMOUTH ALBION COACH AND FORMER LEICESTER, LONDON WELSH, COVENTRY, DONCASTER AND BRISTOL CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoThere won’t be an asterisk next to this superb team
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Fired up: Jack Willis is mobbed by his Wasps teammates after thwarting an Exeter attack with a turnover...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI ended with a screwed-up body and a world of pain
NEALE HARVEY talks to former Chiefs front row Neil Clark about his post-rugby trauma Former Exeter hooker Neil Clark has shone...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScarlets scrap for big away day win after Jones’ late red
■By ALEX BYWATER THIS was far from pretty from the Scarlets - in fact it was downright ugly - but the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBears fightback falls short
By GEORGE WEST Bristol Bears ….5 Loughboro’ L .12 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning kept their 100 per cent record intact with a tight...
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Features
/ 5 years agoItaly match gives Eddie chance to play Lawrence
JEREMY GUSCOTT My pick to replace Manu Tuilagi: Ollie Lawrence of Worcester Warriors scores against London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images IT...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIt’s time to stop them all walking over the Lions
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN THERE are times when you wonder whether the current generation of administrators are...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFab four agree contracts
GLOUCESTER have re-signed four of their highly prized Academy graduates ahead of the new season. Back-row Jack Clement, 19, scrum-half Stephen...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAmos keeps big picture in mind after Wales snub
■By ALEX BYWATER Getting up to speed: Hallam Amos HALLAM Amos wasn’t selected by Wales for their autumn campaign, but the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoClubs pay heavy toll in missing players
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN After a long delay, international rugby in the northern hemisphere resumed this weekend – tremendous news for...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIt’s a glorious grind in the rain for heroic Baxter boys
By NICK CAIN All over: Captain Joe Simmonds celebrates Destroyer: Henry Slade explodes over the line for Exeter’s only try PICTURES:...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoDupont at the double in French high five
By ALEX BYWATER France ………………….38pts Tries: Baille 13, Dupont 31, 35, Ollivon 66, Thomas 73 Conversions: Ntamack 14, 32, 36, 67,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIrish add Moldovan muscle
MOLDOVA international lock Andrei Mahu is to join London Irish from Russian side Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk. Mahu, 29, will arrive for...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAll Black slayer Chico faces up to his demons
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maesteg has long been renowned for its music and muscle, its male voice...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRennie demands more after Bledisloe thrashing
NEWS EXTRA DAVE Rennie blamed poor defence and sloppy ball retention for the Wallabies 27-7 defeat in last Sunday’s second Bledisloe...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoRussell returns as Scots warm up
By BRYN PALMER Scotland………………48pts Tries: Graham 2, 75, Brown 27, 50, Watson 32, McInally 61, van der Merwe 70, Kinghorn 79...
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Features
/ 5 years agoKurt cops four-year ban
LYDNEY flanker Kurt Brown has been banned from all sport for four years from until March 12, 2024. Brown, who captained...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRunners nobbled in Sexton’s race to glory
Favourite: Irish fy-half Johnny Sexton leads the poll for Player of the Decade PICTURE: Getty VOTING for World Rugby’s Player of...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoKefu: Pacifika team would be catalyst for Cup success
By NEALE HARVEY Probyn: Exeter’s Euro victory rewards their Academy policy TONGA head coach Toutai Kefu believes a Pasifika team in...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoFive points in Paris and Irish are champs
By DECLAN ROONEY Ireland………………….50pts Tries: Stander 8, Keenan 30, 36; Connors 61, Sexton 65, Aki 69, Heffernan 79 Conversions: Sexton 9,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMange tout! Del Boy should become a ref!
If the people at World Rugby, the non-governing governing body, want to make themselves useful for once - a change is...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSharks fear long wash out
DOVER Sharks head of rugby Martyn Beaumont fears the club could end up playing no competitive matches at all this season...
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Features
/ 5 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Prem return? Santiago Cordero ■FORMER Exeter Chiefs winger Santiago Cordero is looking to make...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBlair’s battled his dark times
By GARY HEATLY Recall: Blair Cowan SCOTLAND back row Blair Cowan has battled through the “dark times” and is now on...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKnights preparing for league restart in January
By JON NEWCOMBE IN a show of faith that the RFU Championship season will start early next year, Doncaster are planning...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLaunchbury fuelled by pain of 2017 final defeat
By TOM VALE Leader: Joe Launchbury wants to end Wasps fans’ long wait for silverware PICTURES: Getty Images CLUB captain Joe...
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Features
/ 5 years agoExiles send an SOS to Meakes
LONDON Irish are urgently working to ease the loss of centres Terrence Hepetema and Matt Williams to injuries by making contact...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThomas fears for ‘lost’ generation
By GARY FITZGERALD GARETH Thomas fears the strict government stance over Covid may cost the game many of its potential future...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBedford were original ‘Red Army’ of rugby
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby”s great schools BEFORE Munster started making a name for themselves, the “Red Machine”...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGibson: Blooding kids didn’t devalue league
By NEALE HARVEY Invaluable eperience: Gareth Steenson guides Chiefs’ young guns to victory over Bristol Tyro fly-half: Harvey Skinner Livewire No.9:...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTigers will face rebels in court
LEICESTER TIGERS are gearing up for a massive legal battle which could cost them £1 million after telling five former players...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNiall targets first Irish ton at Warriors
TOM VALE talks to Worcester Warriors’ multi-talented hooker Niall Annett Niall Annett must be one of the most respected and admired...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAutumn Cup could dilute real Six Nations
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME US TV highlight: Bryce Campbell goes over to score for America against...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSaracens duo have been instrumental
CONGRATULATIONS to Bristol for their tremendous win over Toulon on Friday night. They showed great fighting spirit to turn the game...
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Features
/ 5 years agoKitshoff looks to France
Montpellier? Kitshoff SPRINGBOK loosehead Steven Kitshoff could be off to Europe a couple of years after he rejected a switch to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTyro Italy scrum-half Varney self-isolating
GLLUCESTER’S uncapped Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney is isolating having tested positive for Covid-19. Welsh-born Varney, 19, who is asymptomatic, joined the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBristol dynasty starts now says delighted Booy
By NEALE HARVEY First of many? Chris Booy and hooker Harry Thacker admire the trophy PICTURE: Getty Images BULLISH Bristol chairman...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPuzzled by Childs’ disappearing act during this crisis
SEVEN months into this crisis affecting Premiership clubs and I remain unable to tell you what Darren Childs looks like. Premiership...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMelissa’s in RFU Press mix
THE RFU, set to lose £107m and making over 120 redundant, have so far reprieved their Press office. The RFU have...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCostly cameo for Owens
WALES hooker Ken Owens will miss the autumn internationals after injuring his shoulder while playing for Scarlets against Glasgow. Uncapped flanker...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOllie gets a chance to replace Manu
EDDIE Jones has called-up Worcester’s uncapped centre Ollie Lawrence, below, to England’s training squad to help fill the void left by...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoLlandovery punch above their weight
THE October 4 edition of TRPwas particularly interesting to me, not only for the many tributes to Chris Robshaw, but also...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTurnover king Willis wins RPA crown
WASPS flanker Jack Willis has been voted players’ player of the year at the Rugby Players’ Association awards. The 23-year-old, right,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoExiles backline suffers double injury whammy
LONDON Irish wing Matt Williams and centre Terrence Hepetema will miss the start of next season with long-term injuries. Williams, 22,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSpencer snub a mystery
NICK CAIN COMMENT The most vexing aspect of the England training squads that have been announced over the last fortnight in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRennie starts those All Blacks whinging again
COLIN BOAG Lucky break: Jordie Barrett scores after Rieko Ioane’s foot in touch Last weekend saw the first Bledisloe Cup match...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGethin’s a great fit for Sam’s sizeable shoes
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It was a bit of a shock reading the news about Sam Warburton stepping down...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBledisloe Cup in front of near capacity crowd
By SAM JACKSON EDEN Park was expecting to host a “near capacity” crowd of 47,000 for this morning’s second Bledisloe Cup...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBears cling on as Chiefs’ late shot falls short
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter Chiefs..22 Bristol Bears..24 BRISTOL held the edge in a classic encounter with Exeter at Sandy Park. A...












