All posts tagged "Premium"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWorkload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk
NICK CAIN SUPER Rugby Aetearoa has been a high quality, high intensity tournament – which is exactly what the doctor ordered...
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/ 5 years agoJonny can lead the Scottish bid
Worker: Jonny Gray JONNYGray’s all-action displays for Scotland could earn him a British & Irish Lions call next summer according to...
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/ 5 years agoThe invisible stars are letting down PRO14
The PRO14 can boast a dual headline act beyond compare, a pair of players born 35 years ago on opposite sides...
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/ 5 years agoJokers at the ready to cover Test calls
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Free agent: Former France centre Maxime Mermoz is without a club PICTURE: Getty Images Forget a week...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFaz in a tizz didn’t help his World Cup cause
OWEN Farrell’s captaincy of England has come under scrutiny from his South African counterpart, Siya Kolisi, with the world champion Springbok...
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/ 5 years agoMulchrone becomes mentor to next batch of young Sharks
By JON NEWCOMBE FERGUS MULCHRONE is excited at the prospect of bringing through the next generation of Curry twins and James...
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/ 5 years agoSale can time their run and nick title off Exeter
Brendan Gallagher looks ahead to next weekend’s restart of the Premiership Last hurrah: Bristol beat Harlequins on March 8, the final...
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/ 5 years agoRampant Rebels burst the Brumbies bubble
SUPER RUGBY MELBOURNE Rebels snapped the Brumbies’ unbeaten streak in Super Rugby AU with a first-half blitz setting up a 30-12...
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/ 5 years agoBoyd: Why do England always pick foreigners?
By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTONSaints supremo Chris Boyd finds England’s obsession with employing overseas coaches hard to fathom given the current surfeit...
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/ 5 years agoPromoted Falcons swoop for Lucock
NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed centre Pete Lucock from Championship side Doncaster Knights. The 27-year-old has agreed a three-year deal at Kingston...
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/ 5 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Premiership restart preview
BATH Director of rugby: Stuart Hooper Captain: Charlie Ewels Stadium: The Recreation Ground Current position: 6th Form guide last 5 games:...
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/ 5 years agoI’ve got to win back my England place says Billy
By NEALE HARVEY Last outing: Billy Vunipola is tackled by Steven Kitshoff in the World Cup final PICTURES: Getty Images BILLYVunipola...
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/ 5 years agoBath time for Pollard?
Bath are chasing South Africa’s World Cup-winning fly-half Handre Pollard, with another Bok on their radar as well ... Continue reading......
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/ 5 years agoButler wants place at Europe’s top table
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER vice-captain Will Butler aims to join teammate Ollie Lawrence in the race for England selection after declaring...
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/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACK ROWNTREE LEICESTER TIGHTHEAD Jack Rowntree does not have far to look for advice. In fact, given his dad is the...
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/ 5 years agoVesty can help Fraser maintain England bid
By NEALE HARVEY CENTRE Fraser Dingwall credits the impact of Northampton’s highly-rated backs coach Sam Vesty for taking him to the...
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/ 5 years agoI’m no-go for Lions declares Edwards
By PETER JACKSON SHAUN Edwards today declares himself a nonstarter for the Lions, thereby eliminating any chance of a Test reunion...
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/ 5 years agoI’m no Manu but I have my strengths
Jon Newcombe talks to Scotland centre Matt Scott about filling the Tuilagi void in Tigers’ midfield STRONG-RUNNING centre Matt Scott is...
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/ 5 years agoWilliams picks successor at Blues
By ROB COLE Skilful: Seb Davies Good things: Sam Moore JUST as his fellow Kiwi Xavier Rush did before him, Nick...
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/ 5 years agoDu Plessis set to team up with old boss Rennie again
By JON NEWCOMBE PETRUS du PLESSIS is set to become part of Dave Rennie’s revamped coaching setup with Australia. The Rugby...
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/ 5 years agoSaracens still look too good for the rest
CHRIS HEWETT SARACENS are losing a dozen full internationals as a direct result of their demotion to the second tier, some...
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/ 5 years agoBooth: Wyn Jones is starting all over again
By ALEX BYWATER High energy: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURES: Getty Images New start: Toby Booth ALUN Wyn Jones is only just...
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/ 5 years agoSenior Dragons reluctant to agree pay-cuts
THE DRAGONS are set to make a proposal to their players over permanent pay cuts this week. All four Welsh regions...
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/ 5 years agoQuins aim to lure in Exiles ace Loader
Wanted: Ben Loader HARLEQUINS are HARLEQUINS are weighing up a move for London Irish winger Ben Loader as they search for...
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/ 5 years agoDeadpan Rod’s surely having a laugh this time
ROD KAFER never seemed the most joyous of sorts during his coaching stint in England. Back in the 2000s, when the...
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/ 5 years agoRitchie raring to add his roar to Lions debate
WATCHING some of Scotland’s recent games back during lockdown reminded Jamie Ritchie just how far he has come in the last...
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/ 5 years agoI want kids to view me as a role model says Roberts
By ALEX BYWATER In Wales: Jamie Roberts has joined the Dragons JAMIE Roberts returned to Welsh rugby for the first time...
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/ 5 years agoSaint Francois pushing for England honours
By NEALE HARVEY Feeling Test ready: Francois van Wyk RENAISSANCE prop Francois van Wyk has put Joe Marler, Mako Vunipola and...
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/ 5 years agoDream job has been nightmare for Susie!
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced head: Susie Appleby won 65 caps for England PICTURES: Getty Images Assistant: Amy Garnett EXETER women’s head...
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/ 5 years agoCan Gatland survive the storm to lead the Lions?
COLIN BOAG Under fire: Warren Gatland with the Chiefs From hero to zero in just a few short months has been...
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/ 5 years agoRefs’ zero tolerance makes for a spectacle
CHRIS HEWETT If there is a growing feeling across the northern rugby landscape that too many New Zealanders hold professorships in...
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/ 5 years agoPremier 15s could expand into a British league
AS clubs in the top flight of women’s rugby return to ‘stage one training’ RFU’s head of women’s performance Nicky Ponsford...
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/ 5 years agoRing-fence inevitable says owner of Gloucs
By COLIN BOAG GLOUCESTER owner Martin St Quinton believes ring-fencing the Premiership is inevitable, describing the current situation of a team...
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/ 5 years agoBig Chief gets chop just like Custer
WE WILL see no more of Big Chief, pensioned off in his prime by an Exeter hierarchy so acutely aware of...
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/ 5 years agoRFU should get grassroots playing again, not the Prem
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrum is danger area: Sixteen players in a tiny space breathng the...
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/ 5 years agoWill Eddie be able to pick Exeter players for Rome?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT IT will be great when Rugby Union gets going again in England on August...
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/ 5 years agoNightmare goes on for injured Asncombe
By PETER JACKSON GARETH Anscombe, already out of action for all 15 Wales matches over the last 12 months, is in...
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/ 5 years agoTigers success would propel Borthwick into the realms of super coaches
NICK CAIN TALKS TO NEW LEICESTER BOSS STEVE BORTHWICK AND SECOND ROW CALUM GREEN STEVE Borthwick is more about hard graft...
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/ 5 years agoRocky ride at times, but rugby is the best team game in the world
Brendan Gallagher concludes his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of Rugby: PART 20 STORY...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years ago‘Heartland’ has chance of success but boost to 14 teams
AS Jeff Probyn wrote last week, if Ed Griffiths' comprehensive proposals for the future of England’s second tier are to have...
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/ 5 years agoRing-fence and cash flow are the big issues
Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton tells Colin Boag why change is needed Every rugby fan will have dreamt at one time...
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/ 5 years agoSharks can smell blood now Manu’s on board
By NEALE HARVEY Top signing: Manu Tuilagi enjoys a joke with his new Sale teammates PICTURES: Getty Images Enforcer: Lood de...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo issue with Chiefs identity
I’M A Sandy Park regular and would be a season ticket holder if I didn’t spent five months of each normal...
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/ 5 years agoTigers still chasing new meat
BY NEILFISSLER Gone: Telusa Veainu LEICESTER TIGERS are still looking to improve their squad with the Premiership set to resume in...
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/ 5 years agoBarrett boys face split in North-South divide
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Brothers in arms: Jordie Barrett, Scott Barrett and Beauden Barrett...
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/ 5 years agoWelsh regions trying to fast-track wage cuts
By ALEX BYWATER WELSH rugby has been plunged into an even deeper crisis with all four regions desperately trying to negotiate...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPrem needs stars on show
I CAN’T wait for the Premiership to return - I just hope the league is competitive throughout. I wouldn’t blame Saracens...
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