All posts tagged "Premium"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths certain Boks will head west
THE financial impact of the global coronavirus epidemic should concentrate minds like never before when it comes to resolving some of...
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/ 6 years agoJamie’s experience would be a major asset in Cardiff
JAMIE Roberts’ rugby experience is unparalleled in Welsh rugby. That is why it would be great to see him come back...
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/ 6 years agoTomas and Wales can’t be reunited soon enough
Least surprising headline of the week: Ireland’s Australia tour in doubt. Big loss: Tomas Francis leaves the pitch injured during World...
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/ 6 years agoGuscott’s right, it’s time to trim benches says Winterbottom
Questions: Winterbottom PETER Winterbottom has added his name to a lengthening list of people demanding drastic cuts in the number of...
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/ 6 years agoJonny’s try tops lot in Six Nations
THE try of the Six Nations? Unquestionably Jonny May’s stratospheric second in Paris. The England wing looked like a Formula 1...
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/ 6 years agoThat Pumas try cost me dear but it was a beauty!
Nick Cain catches up with Exeter and England wing Jack Nowell as he relishes being fit again Dive and twist: Jack...
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/ 6 years agoAll Blacks B team? Marler’s got it right
IT WOULD seem that famous old All Blacks, or one at the very least, are acknowledging Joe Marler’s fondness for the...
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/ 6 years agoImproving Tigers take down ‘For Sale’ sign
LEICESTER are no longer up for sale because of a lack of suitable investors and the financial uncertainty caused by Brexit...
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/ 6 years agoCVC cash may help struggling regions
By STEFFAN THOMAS and ROB COLE WELSH rugby’s four regions are set to call on government funding and will look to...
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/ 6 years agoWilliam Webb Ellis died without realising he invented rugby
Brendan Gallagher begins his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union Beginnings: The young Webb Ellis runs with...
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/ 6 years agoEx-ace Richards picks the scrum-halves Eddie should be blooding for England
■ By NEALE HARVEY In possession: Ben Youngs and Willi Heinz. Inset, Peter Richards PICTURES: Getty Images PETER Richards says England’s...
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/ 6 years agoGriffiths pledges to save Championship
By NICK CAIN Main man: Saracens CEO Edward Griffiths arrives for the Premiership final between Saracens and Northampton at Twickenham in...
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/ 6 years agoControversy, as Scots claim victory after a knock-on
Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for the first ever Test – between Scotland and England Pioneers: Scotland’s squad for the first...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFoul play warrants the highest sanctions
AS A solicitor representing people in the Magistrates Court, I know how much fairer it is having guideline sentences for particular...
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/ 6 years agoNow, more than ever, game needs leadership
Accusation: Eddie Jones blasted referee Ben O’Keeffe for sending off Manu Tuilagi at Twickenham PICTURE: Getty Images Never let a good...
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/ 6 years agoRetiring Griffiths must bid farewell from afar
■ By GUY WILLIAMS CLIVE Griffiths, director of rugby at Doncaster Knights, won’t see the club again, or his players, before...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUse law of averages to settle it
SURELY the fairest way to extrapolate results for the rest of the season is to calculate the average return each team...
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/ 6 years agoDupont was nobbled in anyone’s language
HAD THEY been thinking outside the box, Fabien Galthie and the rest of the French hierarchy could have argued that as...
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/ 6 years agoTe’o’s season ends at Exiles before it starts
■ By JON NEWCOMBE New plan: Mike Te’o will go back to the USA. Inset: Paul Lasike HAVING represented his country...
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/ 6 years agoHelping hands
SWING low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home. Swing low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home. If...
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/ 6 years agoInvestment? Not Maro!
TALKING of France, the glitzy Parisians of Racing 92 were willing to make a handsome investment in Maro Itoje before being...
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/ 6 years agoHow do All Blacks pick a team with no form guide?
Troubled times: New All Blacks head coach Ian Foster with his squad PICTURE: Getty Images The period following the 2019 Rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCould Champions escape relegation?
THEREare suggestions that there may be no relegation from football’s Premier League this spring, in the wake of coronavirus. With the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders: We may sue if Falcons are champs
■ By NEALE HARVEY Defiant: Ben Ward CHAMPIONSHIP challengers Ealing are preparing to take legal action in the event of Newcastle...
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/ 6 years agoMy 15 Kings of the North
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS INTERNATIONAL TEAM FROM THE SIX NATIONS PERFORMANCES Joe Marler Julian Marchand Tadhg Furlong Best in world: Maro...
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/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TAREKHAFFAR LONDON IRISH LOOSEHEAD Modern rugby demands pace as well as power from its props so when Tarek Haffar scattered a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoReplace Saracens with Newcastle then draw a line
THEperiod of ‘wait and see’ has passed and the RFU has made a decision regarding the future of their competitions. Now...
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/ 6 years agoWales face ace Tomas staying at the Chiefs
Dilemma: Tomas Francis on the rampage for Exeter PICTURE: Gettty Images WALES prop Tom Francis fears coronavirus will force him into...
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/ 6 years agoWillie John still can’t forgive ‘cowards’ who denied Irish
Peter Jackson remembers another chaotic season that scuppered Ireland’s chance of a Grand Slam Irish Lion: The great Mike Gibson Green...
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/ 6 years agoFrustrating to win only the one cap
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ROGER WILSON THE FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER AND NORTHAMPTON No.8 AS a Belfast schoolboy, going to Ulster matches at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDon’t agree with early season end
I UNDERSTAND why the RFU have now cancelled the rest of this season – sadly, I didn't originally agree with the...
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/ 6 years agoPaywall looms for Six Nations TV
THE Government has rejected calls for the Six Nations to be given Category A listing, thereby increasing the likelihood of the...
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/ 6 years agoAll our yesterdays come gloriously alive again
Party time: Peter O’Toole and Richard Harris get in the mood PICTURE: Phil Shepherd Lewis It’s amazing the rugby stuff there...
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/ 6 years agoThe Welsh were no saints, I assure you
Match-winner: Scotland’s Tony Stanger makes his break against England in 1990 PICTURE: Getty Images Reading last week’s Sunday’s Times I was...
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/ 6 years agoChance for rugby to sort itself out
End of marquee players: Stars like Bristol’s Charles Piutau would be in the salary cap COLIN BOAG This is one of...
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/ 6 years agoTeleni beat shoplifting rap to lead Fiji v Wales
ONE OF rugby’s more controversial characters has passed away. Former Fiji captain Esala Teleni, below, has died having first come to...
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/ 6 years agoJonny’s brewing up a storm for the Chiefs
■ By NEALE HARVEY Jonny Hill CIDER-making Exeter lock Jonny Hill aims to become the apple of Eddie Jones’ eye just...
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/ 6 years agoWhy have flying 10s like Carter all disappeared?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Rose to the challenge: Nick Tompkins has the right attitude PICTURE: Getty Images THE...
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/ 6 years agoYarde stays at Sale…with May?
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ON THE BLINDSIDE SALE Sharks winger Marland Yarde is unlikely to be heading to...
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/ 6 years agoGame will return in a nicer form
SO rugby players in all our professional leagues will have to take pay cuts as we look to navigate our way...
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/ 6 years agoNiko gets the gloves on to battle for Rob and Mose
■ By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER Yorkshire Carnegie’s financial problems and the visa difficulties that led to his sudden departure from Ealing...
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/ 6 years agoPowerhouse Kalamafoni all set to join the Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS Tongan ace: Sione Kalamafoni THE Scarlets look set to strengthen their pack with the signing of Tongan international...
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/ 6 years agoHastings ready for code switch
Man of Steel: Hastings JACKSON Hastings, who was crowned Super League’s man of steel last October, is looking to make a...
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/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs order 25 per cent pay cuts
PREMIERSHIP sides Gloucester, Wasps and Worcester Warriors have all announced 25 per cent pay cuts because of the financial impact of...
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/ 6 years agoNewark unite to tackle virus
NEWARK, with 500 players of all ages from minis to their 1st XV, have established a ‘buddy up’ club for all...
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/ 6 years agoOllie’s upping game for elusive first cap
By NEALE HARVEY Next in line: Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER flyer Ollie Thorley has been given work-ons...
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/ 6 years agoLozowski opts to join Toulouse
Channel-hopper: Alex Lozowski is off to France SARACENS back Alex Lozowski is heading to play in France next season after agreeing...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoSaint-Andre calls for cup shootout to decide title
In the current health crisis in France professional rugby has, like all sports, taken a large backward step. Clubs, coaches and...
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