All posts tagged "Premium"
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/ 6 years agoCraftsman Tom nails down his new career
By NEALE HARVEY Back to nature: Tom Wood works out in his back garden using a home- made barbell Grinding it...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMefin ends wait
Honour: Mefin Davies RE BRENDAN Gallagher’s article about the last time Wales beat New Zealand back in 1953. I note that...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSo Super that rugby is back on the box!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Back on home soil: New Blues signing Dan Carter PICTURE: Getty Images Forget about the...
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/ 6 years agoCampo, the maverick, about to break loose
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures:...
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/ 6 years agoSpencer signs for 3-years at Bath
By SAMUEL JACKSON BATH have confirmed Saracens and England scrum-half Ben Spencer will join them next season. The 27-year-old will move...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBring South Africa into the Champions Cup
World champions: South Africa should host the Rugby Championship every other year PICTURE: Getty Images I’VE spent plenty of time time...
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/ 6 years agoPlayers need to know truth about cuts
IF I WAS still playing I’d be equally alarmed and concerned at having to take a 25 per cent pay cut...
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/ 6 years agoNew rule gives spirit of the game a red card
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Deserved: Sebastien Vahaamahina is sent off against Wales PICTURE: Getty Images As from...
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/ 6 years agoCarter joins the Blues, his hometown clu0062
ALL Blacks great Dan Carter will return to New Zealand to play for the Blues in Super Rugby, which starts next...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoYes, play Six Nations in April and May
I HAVEread many suggestions in recent weeks about a global calendar and franchising in the Premiership. The global calendar is a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGatland can enhance that amazing CV further in 2021
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most impressive rugby coaches TOP 20 ...COACHES NEXT WEEK rugby books...
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/ 6 years agoPress box pros were Wales’ other stars
WHENWales shared the Five Nations title in 1964, they had an unbeaten team on the field and another one off it....
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/ 6 years agoI’m one of Will’s old farts at the RFU these days
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL DE GLANVILLE THE FORMER ENGLAND & BATH CAPTAIN AND CENTRE Proud days: England captain Phil de Glanville...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEveryone needs to have a fair chance
CHRIS Hewett’s article last week on Steve Lansdown’s ‘Money-Bags Monopoly Quest’ captured perfectly the issues in English club rugby with some...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBlaze: Young guns can get Wasps firing
Neale Harvey talks to Wasps new forwards coach Richard Blaze about his return to the club scene Exciting: Hooker Gabriel Oghre...
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/ 6 years agoRUGBY QUIZ
FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Q14: Cardiff Blues win the 2018 Challenge Cup 1. Which post...
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/ 6 years agoFrench cash crisis should halt Racing bid for Itoje
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Watch this space: Maro Itoje’s rumoured move to Racing looks doubtful PICTURE: Getty Images For some time,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFix kicking position of conversions
IT WAS suggested last week that a seven point try in certain circumstances would speed up the game. In his letter,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIn a galaxy far, far way lives World Rugby men
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST In search of intelligent life: Elon Musk’s rocket takes off Now that Elon Musk has ushered in...
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/ 6 years agoI’m now Granny to boys I saw grow up
MY CLUB RICHMOND WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK...
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/ 6 years agoFord was ‘a snake’ to me at RWC says Burgess
SAM BURGESS has called his then-Bath coach Mike Ford “a snake” and accused him of using Burgess as a pawn to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBurgess gets his own back in the end
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SAM Burgess kept his counsel after the 2015 World Cup meltdown. He did...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI wouldn’t call Lions draw in NZ boring
NEW Zealand have a long history as market leaders in rugby’s “bright ideas” department. Sadly, their latest brainwave is of a...
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/ 6 years agoSam set to face Chiefs pals in Sale’s title bid
By NEALE HARVEY SALE-bound Exeter centre Sam Hill admits swapping one title-contending club for another midway through the season has left...
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/ 6 years agoMissing you already, George, says Ewels!
By NEALE HARVEY Hard yards: Charlie Ewels is sandwiched between Frenchmen Paul Willemse, right, and Gael Fickou PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND...
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/ 6 years agoBarriere was Beziers pussycat!
BRENDANGallagher’s piece about Beziers in last week’s issue, accompanied by a mugshot of the formidable coach Raoul Barriere, called to mind...
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/ 6 years agoCoster leaves Old Reds
OLD Redcliffians director of rugby Kevin Coster agrees it was time for a change at the relegated National Two South club...
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/ 6 years agoSummer rugby would be a hit insists Gopperth
By NEALE HARVEY Masterclass: Jimmy Gopperth converts a try for Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS star Jimmy Gopperth has thrown his...
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/ 6 years agoLuke’s hooked on being best
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EXETER’S LUKE COWAN-DICKIE ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIVE TRY-SCORING RECORD Try-time: The headbanded Luke Cowan-Dickie is buried as he...
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/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MORGANSTRONG OSPREYS NO.8 Morgan Strong was 14 when he heard the immortal words that changed his life. “You’re not good enough,”said...
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/ 6 years agoCult hero Marler signs on again for Harlequins
By ADAM ELLIS ENGLAND prop Joe Marler has ended rumours that he might quit the game by signing a contract extension...
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/ 6 years agoRUGBYQUIZ
FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Making an entrance: Erika Roe at Twickenham 1. Who were England’s...
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/ 6 years agoDennis wants to make Australia great again
By NEALE HARVEY Mission: Dave Dennis has plans Down Under EXETER star Dave Dennis has outlined his ambition to help Australian...
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/ 6 years agoTen more years a Chief then it’s Rob for England
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Leader of men: Rob Baxter trusts his medics EXETER CHIEFS boss Rob Baxter is destined for greatness at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime for rugby to make some good TV
WHEN it comes to promoting itself on screens, either big or small, Rugby Union trails behind most sports. Nowhere is this...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders trio are off to join Quins
HARLEQUINS are ready to confirm that they have swooped for Ealing Trailfinders stars Craig Trenier, Jordan Els and Matt Cornish. The...
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/ 6 years agoFord: Bodes must be mad to give me a go!
By JON NEWCOMBE Tough gig: Joe Ford coaching at Leeds PICTURES: Getty Images Boss: Steve Boden Tenacious: Sam Olver Talent: Charlie...
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/ 6 years agoDavies calls time on Wales
SARACENS have signed Wales scrum-half Aled Davies from Ospreys on a three-year contract - their first signing ahead of next season...
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/ 6 years agoAt least Dallaglio has a firm grip on reality
Views COLIN BOAG Business acumen: Lawrence Dallaglio when he was a director of Wasps Money dominated the rugby headlines last week....
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/ 6 years agoSaracens make a bid for Bok lock Flip
Offer: Flip van der Merwe SARACENS are set to make a bid to tempt former Springbok second row Flip van der...
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/ 6 years agoTrailfinders bolster backline with top flight duo
Versatile: Max Bodilly EALING Trailfinders have strengthened their squad for next season with the arrival of centre Max Bodilly from Exeter...
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/ 6 years agoSideburns,big hair and huge talent the 70s Lions were show-stoppers
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union Flying doctor: JPR in full flow in...
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/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
WILL HOOLEY, USA, BEDFORD AND FORMER MOSELEY, NORTHAMPTON, EXETER AND ENGLAND U20s FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYou read it all in Blindside first, folks!
BLINDSIDE has once again proven this week that nobody comes close to us to providing transfer news. We reported last Sunday...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby law trials not for us says Davies
By SAM JACKSON Integrity: Gareth Davies WORLD Rugby have approved ten optional law trials to help reduce the risk of Covid-19...
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/ 6 years agoANATOMY OF THAT BARBARIANS 1973 TRY
THE 1971 Lions re-mustered in all but name for the Barbarians match against New Zealand in January 1973 with Phil Bennett...
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/ 6 years agoFrance looks the likeliest route for Itoje to take now
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Playing to win: Maro Itoje crashes over to score a try for Saracens during...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFive clubs in a queue for Lucas
Wanted: Isaac Lucas LONDON Irish and Bath are among the clubs who are interested in signing former Queensland Reds fly-half Isaac...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBaron’s Coronavirus Cup proposal dismissed
FRANCIS Baron’s idea of a major international tournament to be held in England in 2021 to ease the financial impact of...














