All posts tagged "Premium"
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTakeovers, big moves, life goes on in ProD2
France’s Top 14 clubs are currently pretty quiet. There’s some news of player moves, and updates on planned preseason friendlies in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSarries will be exhausted
WITH the Premiership season set to run and run, what happens to Saracens’ remaining fixtures? Will they be expected to play...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIt’s all over for Swinson
SCOTLAND and Glasgow second row Tim Swinson will retire at the end of the season. The 33-year-old earned 38 caps and...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMore time needed to plan safe return to training
PREMIERSHIP clubs will not return to training for another two weeks at least, delaying the season’s restart until August at the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoVarndell stays in the game with coaching role at Bury
By NEALE HARVEY TOM Varndell is ready to add another chapter to his x-factor career after joining Bury St Edmunds as...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMyners is right, raise players culbability
I AGREE with Lord Myners’ recommendation that players should also carry some accountability for breaches of the salary cap and we...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoLife with the Lions was just so physical
We are living in the age of TV flashbacks as the lockdown continues and everyone craves some form of sporting action....
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Features
/ 6 years agoRugby must recalibrate by remembering less is more
Q&A MARK MAPLETOFT ON THE RECORD After a decade at Harlequins in various roles, former head coach and academy guru Mark...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAugust restart in Ireland
THE PRO14 hopes to return to play on August 22 with a series of behind closed doors matches. The Irish Rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBoks brute Friks broke my father’s big toes
YOUR recent excellent article about the Stalag IV-B Springboks rugby squad reminded me of my father, Llewellyn’s account of having played...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoFind out why King John was so regal
I NEVER saw him play, but I’ve heard all the stories about how good he was. Barry John continues to be...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMiracle workers keep World Cup dream alive
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFrench lessons will help Myles earn top marks with Wasps
By NEALE HARVEY Combative: Myles Edwards is ready to fight for his place SURPRISE Wasps signing Myles Edwards warns second row...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMissionary work is done Down Under
THE Lions were missionaries spreading Rugby Union to the southern hemisphere and they were so successful that only one northern hemisphere...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoTransfer fees could bring problems
I SEEmy old Ospreys coach Scott Johnson has put the cat among the pigeons once again by raising the question of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoApartheid so sickened Tony, he did not go back
Tony Ward has never forgotten his first impression of apartheid South Africa. The images are as clear and every bit as...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBoyd’s trust has seen Fraser grow
By JEREMY BLACKMORE Promise of more to come: Fraser Dingwall scores for Saints against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images SAINTS centre Fraser...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoMost marquee players just aren’t worth the money
THE marquee player debate highlights the dilemma that most Premiership owners face in terms of how to reconcile rampant self-interest with...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJonny gets the drop on Joel for his courage and composure
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most important dropped goals TOP 20 …DROP GOALS NEXT WEEK Rugby-playing...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoBlack day for Tyler, hero of Rosario
ROSARIO has never been short on claims to fame. The birthplace of rugby’s most revolutionary player (Che Guevara) and the nearest...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStar prop Du Plessis gets back in the front line to help the NHS
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Help: Petrus du Plessis, and, inset, in his NHS mask PETRUS du Plessis’ career has come full circle...
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Features
/ 6 years agoOvernight success took Chiefs 13 years!
On Tuesday, Exeter Chiefs celebrate the tenth anniversary of winning promotion to the Premiership. NEALE HARVEY marks that momentous day by...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Stars cycle for charity A WHO’S Who of rugby stars will be taking part in a 24-hour cycle challenge from 8am...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBoks new top man ‘may lack know-how’
By JON NEWCOMBE JACQUES Nienaber’s lack of top-level playing experience leaves a question mark against his appointment as the new coach...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoReduce the bench? It just can’t happen
When the Bristol tight-head prop Paul Guttridge was sent off during a league match with Leicester in front of a big...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTitans lead charge with Redruth afterepic four-way title shoot-out
The Rugby Paper’s National 2 South correspondents pick a Team of the Season Nose for the line: Isaac ‘Sniffer’ Dalton scores...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSailli leaves for Biarritz
HARLEQUINS centre Francis Saili will leave at the end of the season to join French side Biarritz. Saili, 29, arrived from...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRing-fence now to help clubs rebuild say Bristol
By NEALE HARVEY EXCLUSIV SALARY cap rebels Bristol have called for Premiership ring-fencing plans to be implemented to enable cash-strapped rivals...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoKolbe’s call on Lions is sign of true rugby man
THERE are plenty of things to like about Cheslin Kolbe, the tap-dancing wing from the Cape Town suburbs whose late try...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGloucester poised to promote Teague
RORY TEAGUE is set to be promoted to Gloucester head coach until the end of the season at least, after Johan...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDay the crowd turned out to CHEER the ref
Acclaim: Domercq GEORGES Domercq, who died this week aged 89, must be one of the few referees to be mobbed by...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEvans’ policy turns erratic England into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 9 1953-1959...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNo tries against the post
WORLD Rugby have changed the law so tries can no longer be scored by grounding the ball against the posts. The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQuins move for tyro Lion Green
Flyer: Tyrone Green HARLEQUINS are poised to swoop for exciting young Lions winger Tyrone Green after he cancelled his contract with...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks saved by mystery of JPR ‘try’
WHAT constitutes a rugby scandal or controversy can be very random as I discovered the other week when I watched a...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions go on the attack to capture imagination
Try-a-match: Tony O’Reilly NOT only did this era (1954-59) include two of the greatest ever Lions tours - 1955 to South...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHow many of the staff will be deemed key workers?
Views COLIN BOAG Problem area: Scrums will be the big stumbling block to play restarting When do you think rugby might...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSaracens keen on Socino to strengthen midfield
Ex-Falcon: Socino SARACENS are weighing up making a move for former Newcastle Falcons fly-half Juan Pablo Socino, who is playing in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Brendan Gallagher’s Top 20: Drop-goals Lions contenders: Nick Cain picks his No.9 History of Rugby: The 60s - Jekyll and Hyde...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSad day as blind Fleury bails out the All Blacks
YOU don’t often hear a New Zealand crowd cheering loudly for the opposition so you know something pretty special must have...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
HADLEIGH PARKES, WALES, SCARLETS AND FORMER MANAWATU, AUCKLAND BLUES, KINGS AND HURRICANES CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’SPLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWow! What a thrill to see Ospreys’ new chance
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Top talent: Gareth Anscombe can make his Ospreys debut PICTURE: Getty Images I nearly choked...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRugby Paper readers ahead of the game
Last week’s Blindside and The Telegraph’s claim to our ‘exclusive’ GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann is leaving to take charge of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMax eyes triumphant end to horror season
■By NEALE HARVEY Ambitious: Bristolbound playmaker Max Malins PICTURE: Getty Images FRUSTRATED Saracens playmaker Max Malins hopes his impending move to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks must decide to play Beauden at fly-half
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Dilemma: Where does Beauden Barrett play? THE most recent news from New Zealand has...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHadleigh’s earnt his pay-days in Japan
Leaving: Parkes THE worst kept secret in Welsh rugby was finally laid to rest last week when the Scarlets officially confirmed...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLife bans for salary cap cheats says Lord Myners
■By SAM JACKSON Report: Lord Myners SALARY cap breaches in future could see clubs being stripped of their titles and suspended...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEngland duo undecided
SARACENS forwards Maro Itoje and Mako Vunipola are still yet to decide where they will be playing next season but England...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU cash to improve facilities will boost numbers
COMMUNITY clubs are necessarily at the forefront of the battle to try and maintain senior men’s playing numbers but need more...











