All posts tagged "Premium"
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/ 6 years agoSowrey slams call to cut off Counties pathway
By NEALE HARVEY ABANDONING the aspirational county pathway for players at U20s and senior level will have a devastating effect on...
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/ 6 years agoSuper Rugby South Africans would boost the PRO14
EXPANDING the PRO14 to include two South African sides received a mixed reception at first. The Southern Kings weren’t a very...
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/ 6 years agoGreening still holds hope of Olympic bid
By ADAM ELLIS Success: United States players celebrate their 27-0 Cup final victory over Samoa at the USA Sevens tournament in...
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/ 6 years agoFans will remember the players who stayed loyal
COLIN BOAG Leaving: Manu Tuilagi This is a time when you have to try to find some positives somewhere,and as the...
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/ 6 years agoRugby was just part of the plot for these super heroes
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby all-rounders TOP 20 …RUGBY ALL-ROUNDERS NEXT WEEK Rugby ref...
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/ 6 years agoClubs do have a contract, but so did their players
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Cash cow: A half-full Twickenham would still generate more income than any...
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/ 6 years agoWelsh trio caught in rugby’s growing ‘minefield’
By ROB COLE Banned: Jesse Patton,Maredydd Francis and Mike Burgess WELSH rugby was back in the dock last week after bans...
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/ 6 years ago‘No try’ ruling denies Cueto as Springboks reign supreme
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union Controversy: Mark Cueto’s ‘try’ in the final...
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/ 6 years agoCan Russell help Scots gain more Lions places?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT World class? Finn Russell needs to be back playing for Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoSilence the razzmatazz,best tunes are on field
GUEST COLUMNIST CHRIS HEWETT Do stop me now: Music-free Shed at Kingsholm. Inset: Freddie Mercury When the new All Black captain...
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/ 6 years agoLions second Test in 2009 tops the lot for sheer brutality
Bloodied: Gethin Jenkins THERE are many contenders for the greatest Test ever played, normally headed up by France’s World Cup semi-final...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAussie golden time fails to find a winner
By SAM JACKSON THE REBELS and Reds drew 18-18 at Brookvale Oval on Friday,after the novelty of golden point extra time...
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/ 6 years agoChampions Cup final will be true opinion poll
ONE of the principal signs of club rugby madness,apart from paying silly money to players already earning a packet at international...
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/ 6 years agoWorld Cup gave Piers a taste of the high life
By NEALE HARVEY Texts: Eddie Jones Lifelong ambition: Piers Francis playing against USA at RWC 2019 PICTURE: Getty Images PIERS Francis...
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/ 6 years agoWhy restart the Prem?
I’M PUZZLED as to why the Premiership need to finish the season. As Saracens are in the Premiership for season 2019/2020...
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/ 6 years agoDevoto the new Greenwood? There’s still time to find out
Killer instinct: Will Greenwood scores for England in the World Cup quarter-final with Wales in 2003 Roadblock: Manu Tuilagi Seeking consistency:...
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/ 6 years agoGeorge is latest Lion to commit at Sarries
SARACENS hooker Jamie George has penned a contract extension until 2023. The 29-year-old England and Lions hooker has played 226 times...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExeter brand change was key to success
Get rid of gimmicks COULDN’T agree more with Colin Boag regarding Exeter Chiefs,Sale Sharks,Newcastle Falcons and all the other marketing name...
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/ 6 years agoKaino joins war against corruption in Pacific
By NEALE HARVEY Hot prospect: Auckland Blues No.8 Hoskins Sotutu PICTURE: Getty Images NEWLY-ELECTED Pacific Rugby Player Welfare board member Jerome...
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/ 6 years agoCVC cash will help Wales women turn pro
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER WALES Women’s hopes of turning professional could be dependent on a proposed £300m investment into the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWhenever play resumes,listen to Hewett
THE RFU released their ‘return to rugby roadmap’ last week,concerning the return of the community game. It shows there has been...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRebel Manu begs for his Tigers job back
By PETER JACKSON MANU Tuilagi made a forlorn attempt to save his Leicester career before the Tigers confirmed his departure on...
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/ 6 years agoRediscovered – lost treasure of the Pumas
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points The question “What if ?” has been described...
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/ 6 years agoI was wrong to retire after captaincy snub
DAVID COOKE MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND AND HARLEQUINS FLANKER Pack leader: David Cooke, centre, in action during the Five...
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/ 6 years agoKiwi knives are out for Gatland the ‘dud’
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN WHEN Warren Gatland hove into Hamilton after the World Cup to coach the...
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/ 6 years agoRegions fret over Welsh ban on scrums
By PETER JACKSON Ben passes loyalty test Ben Youngs is determined to finish his career as a one-club man at Leicester...
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/ 6 years agoClub before country as Francis signs at Chiefs
By NEALE HARVEY Staying: Tomas Francis WALES prop Tomas Francis has ended speculation over his immediate future by extending his contract...
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/ 6 years agoFFR agree schedule… and it will be brutal!
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Released: Hugo Bonneval is joining Pau from Toulon PICTURE: Getty Images For France’s internationals, especially those playing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCut again,Sweeney and Jones!
WE are told that the 149 redundancies announced by the RFU will be shared across the the workforce,but there are fears...
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/ 6 years agoKeeping hoi polloi at a distance
SO THE corporate types will have first dibs on tickets, ahead of the man and woman in the street, when international...
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/ 6 years agoSuperman Clarke keeps Blues flying high
SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA IN a thriller at Eden Park, the Blues made it three wins from three with a victory over...
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/ 6 years ago‘We needed Jonny May like a hole in the head’
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE UPHEAVAL BROUGHT BY A NEW BROOM AT GLOUCESTER GLOUCESTER have been at the epicentre of the...
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/ 6 years agoDiversity sounds good – but are the people there?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On the climb: Bill Beaumont was elected as one of the first...
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/ 6 years agoNever say never, but I can’t see an exodus to America
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK CHRIS Robshaw has picked the right time, at the age of 34, to travel...
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/ 6 years agoI have huge respect for Skivington says Vickery
AS a former Gloucester and England captain, Phil Vickery is an ardent follower of the club and he told The Rugby...
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/ 6 years agoBloemfontein victory turns tide for England to become world beaters
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of Rugby: PART 16 2000...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThomas tells Wales to forget Sevens triumvirate
By ROB COLE ALEDThomas has called on the WRU to invest more in their Sevens programme, rather than go for the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years ago‘Iron Mike’ cuts all ties with Gloucester
By NICK CAIN EXCLUSIVE MIKE Teague’s disenchantment with Gloucester has led the talismanic England and Lions flanker who played with such...
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/ 6 years agoGeorge is Bradley’s man for all seasons
COLIN BOAG talks to Gloucester chief exec Lance Bradley about changes at the club New arrival: Gloucester head coach George Skivington...
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/ 6 years agoSaints kick off vintage run for English clubs in Europe
Jubilant: Wasps hooker Trevor Leota celebrates victory over Munster in the epic 2004 Heineken Cup semi-final THE Heineken Cup truly came...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoOlympic gold is worth its weight
I SHARE the same strong beliefs that more collaboration between the RFU, WRU and SRU is required for the benefit of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoJJ joins call for diversity
England ace Jonathan Joseph believes rugby still has a long way to go in terms of accepting and welcoming black culture...
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/ 6 years agoTime to sell Twickers says MP and ex-star wing Wyatt
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER England winger and Labour MP Derek Wyatt has called on the RFU to sell their crown jewels...
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/ 6 years agoWilliams can be star for Wales – Tompkins
By ALEX BYWATER NICK Tompkins made an immediate impression in the Six Nations and he believes his Wales boss Wayne Pivac...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo conspiracy, Tier 2 players still eligible
IN RESPONSE to Jeff Gage’s conspiracy theory contained in his letter published on the June 28. Mr Gage asserted that that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoClubs will not release players for Test dates
By PETER JACKSON WORLDRugby’s plan to salvage an Eight Nations’ tournament from the wreckage of their Test schedule ploughed into a...
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/ 6 years agoChampion Boks must declare war on drugs
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Cheat: Chilliboy Ralapelle has been banned for eight...
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/ 6 years agoCoach Ward serves up his new all-court game
By NEALE HARVEY Multi-talented: Dave Ward shows off his racket skills NEWLY appointed Ampthill forwards coach Dave Ward is taking an...
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