All posts tagged "Premium"
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/ 6 years agoRUGBY QUIZ
FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Memorable: Andy Hancock scores for England 1. When left wing Andy...
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/ 6 years agoTalent-spotter Dusty is back to help his old club’s revival
World record kicker: Dusty Hare DUSTY Hare remains a Leicester legend despite having spent seven years bringing through a swathe of...
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/ 6 years agoMarti’s mission makes the Begles top dogs
PETER JACKSON reveals how many, or how few, watched Europe’s top leagues The Magical Couldron: Bordeaux Begles fans show their support...
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/ 6 years agoMy new dawn: increase squad size, cut salaries
COLIN BOAG Fringe man: Ben Mercer playing for Cornish Pirates What I’m about to suggest will be seen by some as...
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/ 6 years agoSuddenly Sale don’t shine so Diamond bright
FAF DE KLERK, Lood de Jager, Jono Ross, Coenie Oosthuizen, Akker van der Merwe, the Du Preez boys in triplicate… Frankly,...
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/ 6 years agoBurrows muscles in for hat-trick but super Falcons take top billing
Jon Newcombe picks The Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season Hot-stepper: Newcastle’s Adam Radwan scores against Jersey PICTURE: Simom Hall...
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/ 6 years agoJenkins earns deal at Dragons
WING Owen Jenkins has signed a long-term deal to stay at Dragons after an impressive first season. The 26-year-old joined the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLudicrous to let Marler off
SURELY it is time for suspensions to cover a set number of matches rather weeks (as happens in several other sports)....
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/ 6 years agoI’m my worst critic, when I watch myself on TV I cringe!
Japan-bound: George Kruis leaving creates an England vacancy EPS choices: Charlie Ewels and Alex Moon JONNY Hill is doing his best...
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/ 6 years agoAmps fired up for a second ride in the Championship
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Star signing: Dave Ward has been magnificent AMPTHILL chairman Alex Radley described the club’s first Championship season as...
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/ 6 years agoLouis inspired by Jordan’s fast climb to top of NBA
■By ROB COLE LOUIS Rees-Zammit has gone back to his rugby roots to ensure he emerges from lockdown as sharp as...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHansen’s still sucking on sour grapes over Lions
NICK CAIN ONE of the more rewarding rugby pastimes during these strange days is digging into the game’s history and finding...
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/ 6 years agoJONNY HILL ON…
…his lockdown regime “I’ve got a programme from our S&C guys, which runs from Mondays to Fridays and is quite intense....
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/ 6 years agoGreggains geared for action after injury layoff
■By ROB COLE Fit again: Former Wales U20 star Lennon Greggains NOBODY is missing rugby more than Lennon Greg- gains and...
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/ 6 years agoMako unsure if he’ll stick with Saracens
■By NEALE HARVEY Stand and deliver: Mako Vunipola in action for Saracens against Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images Staying: Billy Vunipola Still...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo decline in playing numbers? Prove it!
THE anecdotal evidence from community clubs across the length and breadth of England is that the numbers of male adult rugby...
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/ 6 years agoCourtney is best bet to counter Du Toit
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… BLINDSIDE FLANKER Tried-and-tested: Courtney Lawes’...
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/ 6 years agoEvergreen Elvis has lots of hits left in him
■By NEALE HARVEY Big engine: Elvis Taoine shows no signs of slowing as he approaches his 37th bithday PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoWells exits Newcastle to take on Italian job
By JON NEWCOMBE New challenge: John Wells has left the Newcastle back room team PICTURE: Getty Images JOHN WELLS is looking...
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/ 6 years agoGlobal plan sees club season run into July
EXCLUSIVE ■By PETER JACKSON Mako may quit Sarries England prop Mako Vunipola says he has yet to decide whether to remain...
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/ 6 years ago57 old farts and one nauseous reporter!
RUGBY MATTERS Controversy: Will Carling, right, with RFU president Dennis Easby, left, and Les Cuworth in 1995 PICTURE: Getty Images REMARKABLY...
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/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
CHRIS BROWN, TAUNTON FORWARDS COACH AND FORMER NEWPORT, CAERPHILLY, EXETER AND WALES U21 FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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/ 6 years agoScotland centre Scott switches back to Premiership
EDINBURGH centre Matt Scott will join Leicester at the end of the season. The 29-year-old, who has 39 Scotland caps, returned...
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/ 6 years agoNow ten teams talk about break from PRL
■By NICK CAIN THE plans for a breakaway from PRL by Premiership clubs is gathering momentum, with ten clubs now actively...
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/ 6 years agoMost scenic rugby venue in the world? You decide…
Idyllic: Agustin Pichot Stadium YOU know that moment when you have got to the airport on time, miraculously the check in...
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/ 6 years agoA League of Nations is an idiotic proposal
JEFF PROBYN No way through: Georgia’s Shalva Mamukashvili is tackled in the defeat to Italy in 2018 PICTURE: Getty Images Democracy:...
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/ 6 years agoPivac calls for World Rugby to sort global season
■By ROB COLE WAYNE Pivac believes the current crisis has gifted World Rugby chiefs the perfect opportunity to finally solve the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnforced rest period will boost Welsh team
SHANE WILLIAMS Happy event: George North is preparing for fatherhood PICTURE: Getty Images They say every cloud has a silver lining...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Leading contenders to be 2021 Lions openside National League One Team of the Season History of Rugby: Post-war glory for Ireland...
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/ 6 years agoVichy rulers order ‘immoral’ French Rugby League to die
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 7 Surviving...
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/ 6 years agoBennett fears Lions tour may be sacrificed for home Tests
■By ROB COLE Icon: Phil Bennett stars for 1974 Lions LIONS legend Phil Bennett is worried the current fixture and financial...
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/ 6 years agoBloodgate was brazen – with comic moments
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s biggest scandals Winker: Harlequins wing Tom Williams walks off with physio...
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/ 6 years agoBurns quits Bath for deal in Japan
FREDDIE Burns will leave the Premiership this summer to play in Japan. The Bath fly-half, right, will exit the Rec to...
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/ 6 years agoSpringboks ruled the roost in POW contest
Springbok rugby squad at Stalag IV-B in 1944. Back row, left to right: J Oakley, I Van Huyssteen, Kaplan, Timm, G...
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/ 6 years agoKeep your conferences Geech, they don’t work
COLIN BOAG Controversial: Sir Ian McGeechan suggests splitting the Premiership into two conferences With time on their hands, every man and...
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/ 6 years agoRFU playing figures are wrong says Cattermole
■By SAM JACKSON Challenge: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has followed his farreaching interview in last week’s Rugby Paper by...
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/ 6 years agoSteve McQueen? Arthur was ‘Cooler King’
Tunnel man: Arthur Rees ON THE subject of POWs it was noted Welsh flanker Arthur Rees who is widely thought to...
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/ 6 years agoFrench ban pushes Cup games back to September
THIS season’s European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-finals will not be played before September after the French government banned all...
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/ 6 years agoWalker opts for Ealing not Tigers
Return: Charlie Walker LEICESTER Tigers are in the market for an English-qualified winger following the departure of England star Jonny May...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoCourtney eyes Lions and foreign pay-day
■By NEALE HARVEY Ball-carrier: Courtney Lawes takes on Lyon’s Hendrick Roodt PICTURE: Getty Images Brilliant: Eddie Jones ENGLAND enforcer Courtney Lawes...
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/ 6 years agoBath need quick ball and a smart 9-10 combination
JEREMY GUSCOTT X-factor: Joe Cokanasiga has moments of individual brilliance for Bath PICTURE: Getty Images BATH fans will be pleased by...
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/ 6 years agoCockerill confirms Jono switch
Deal: Jono Lance EDINBURGH have confirmed they have signed Worcester Warriors fly-half Jono Lance a month after Blindside revealed they were...
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/ 6 years agoMy mission is to make Bath exciting and scoring tries
Q&A STUART HOOPER ON THE RECORD Incredible impact: Gabe Hamer-Webb PICTURES: Getty Images Loving the job: Stuart Hooper Bath’s first-year director...
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/ 6 years agoInspirational Hogg can be Lions captain says Deans
■By GARY HEATLY Leader: Stuart Hogg STUART Hogg is right in the mix for the Lions captaincy for next year’s trip...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWRU must regulate the game to benefit all clubs
WRU chairman Gareth Davies says he cannot fathom payment to players by community rugby clubs (CRC). This amounts to a tacit...
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/ 6 years agoWiese wants to opt out of deal with Saracens
Doubts: Cobus Wiese SARACENS’ move for Sharks youngster Cobus Wiese is in doubt following their relegation to the Championship next season....
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/ 6 years agoYoung Jonah, just doing what came so naturally
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 6 years agoBig Lift raises £20k in memory of Garry
■By ADAM ELLIS BARNES chairman Michael Whitfield has been blown away by the support for the club’s ‘Big Lift’ campaign to...











