All posts tagged "Premium"
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRef Carley ignores the mind games
THE scrum war instigated by a Welsh campaign to highlight French ‘illegalities’ ahead of last weekend’s clash thankfully failed to get...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand Prem and bring in playoffs
THE age old problem of to ring fence or not keeps rearing its ugly head. The fact Newcastle look likely to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoResurgent Blues make it four wins on the bounce
■By RYAN ROBINSON BEDFORD Blues produced their most complete performance of the season to secure a commanding bonus point victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoStudents in no need of lesson
■By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough S …32 Fylde ………………….30 LOUGHBOROUGH Students won a thriller against high-flying Fylde to close the gap at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRochford and Guernsey level pegging
London & South East Premier GUERNSEYmaintained their place at the top of the table following a bonus try 43-3 win at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUlster sign Mathewson
FORMER New Zealand scrum-half Alby Mathewson will join Ulster on a one-year contract in July. The 34-year-old, who has won five...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIn-form Met bag bumper triumph at home
Championship & Division One round-up ■By CARL FIELD CARDIFF Met made it four straight wins to move up into third in...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoMcPhillips ends Tigers bad run against Warriors
■By ROB WILDMAN Away: Tigers’ Telusa Veainu breaks through the tackle of Nick David PICTURES: Getty Images Early hope: Perry Humphreys...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFunds aren’t available to follow French route
Decline: Yorkshire Carnegie over-extened to fund huge wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images SO now the answer to English rugby’s problems is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPowerhouse Boks get the French firing
Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of great lock pairings during France’s golden eras of rugby Threat: Bernard le Roux of...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFive-try Falcons produce best yet
■By TOM INNES Ruck time: Falcons and Reds contest the ball Star turn: Brett Connon on the attack for Falcons, tackled...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoJoe joyful with clinical kicking
■By STEVE SMITH Hinckley …………….17 Wharfedale …………7 JOE Wilson kicked the crucial points as Hinckley held on for an important home...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville get back to business at top
Midlands Premier IT WAS a quiet week in the Midlands Premier that saw four cancellations due to the weather. But there...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoClubs call for EGM
THE WRU will be forced to hold an extraordinary general meeting by clubs over the new funding method introduced. The governing...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCaptain Morgan puts full focus on Scarlets
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS JAC Morgan is determined to use his experiences as Wales U20 captain to help establish himself...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSolomons slams his ‘ridiculous’ defence
WORCESTER’S Alan Solomons raged at his team’s faulty defence after their fifth successive defeat in the Premiership. “It was ridiculous,” fumed...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRude welcome awaits
IN THE wake of RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney’s announcement to slash funding to the Championship and across the 2000+ clubs...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSouth African XV who have adorned the Five/Six Nations
Grand Slams: Pieter de Villiers 1 Pieter de Villiers (France) Native of Malmsbury in the Western Cape. Made 31 appearances for...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoReliable boot of Grimoldby secures Amps win
■By ANDREW BEACHAM AMPTHILLwere good value for this victory on a dismal Gloucestershire evening. Neither side produced much on a saturated...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRight-Royle showing has Ravers rocking on
■By JOHN LYON Caldy …………103 Scunthorpe ……0 NICK Royle scored four times as Caldy ran in a scintillating 17 tries against...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSandal win to take a great leap forward
Northern Premier WITH four matches falling victim to the weather in the Northern Premier Division, there were just three played on...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTipuric ends speculation
RUGBY SHORTS WALES flanker and Ospreys captain Justin Tipuric, 30, has signed a new three-year deal with the region to end...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJarrod enjoying new voice in Wales camp
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES haven’t had the best of times in the Six Nations, but Jarrod Evans hopes his...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKingsholm falls again as Gloucs pay penalty
■By ROGER PANTING Thanks, Dan: Marland Yarde scores Sale’s third try after a Cipriani mis-pass PICTURES: Getty Images Threat: Tom Marshall...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBetter, England
LAST Sunday against Ireland was the best England have played for a while. First half was good, but second half we...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoEngland face early exit after shock defeat to Spain
■By ADAM ELLIS On the rebound: Dan Norton scores against Wales ENGLAND were left needing a miracle win over New Zealand...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFowkes adds fresh blood for trip down to Pirates
■By ADAM ELLIS Back: Nick De Battista NOTTINGHAMhead coach Neil Fowkes is not underestimating the challenge of facing Cornish Pirates at...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoZebras toppled by Johnson’s crossing
■By RICHARD GORE Hull ………………….20pts Otley ………………14pts HULL coach Gary Pearce believes his side’s narrow victory over Otley now has them...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRace for second heating up in South
South West Premier OKEHAMPTON threw their hat into the fight for second in the South West Premier by moving above their...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTaute goes under knife
LEICESTER centre Jaco Taute has been sidelined for an “extended period” after suffering a torn bicep in his left arm against...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTop 14 shun virus threat to go ahead on schedule
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive Yesterday’s Top 14 matches...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRoad trip sets up spirit of adventure for second-placed Sale
No hotel: Steve Diamond SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond wanted to replicate a home fixture for his side so decided...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBiggar’s behaviour sets a bad example
LAST Sunday we read in TRP about a subject which has been getting worse for several seasons in an article where...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMaturing Maunder ready for next Test
■By NEALE HARVEY Kicking on: Jack Maunder in action for Chiefs against Sale Celebrating Denny Solomona’s winning try for England against...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoKorczyk shows his class for Trailfinders
■By NEALE HARVEY DYNAMIC flanker Adam Korczyk shone as Trailfinders survived rotten conditions and a furious second half fightback from Coventry...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDefiant Lucs give Tigers shock mauling
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ….22 Sedgley Park 13 LUCTONIANS edged past high-flying Sedgley Park with an impressive performance at Mortimer Park....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGatland would never have whinged like Pivac
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Never grounded: Dan Biggar had a French arm under the ball when...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCannon gets three weeks
EALING second row James Cannon has been banned for three weeks for striking Jersey’s Janco Venter with his elbow. He is...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland can pass French test says Bradbury
NEWS EXTRA ■By BRYN PALMER SCOTLAND No.8 Magnus Bradbury is confident his side can derail France’s Grand Slam bandwagon when the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWasps making late surge for play-off spots
■By NEALE HARVEY Flyer: Hassell-Collins Knockout king: Malakai Fekitoa relishes a crack at ‘play-off footy’ PICTURE: Getty Images BUOYED by last...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards bedevils old employers
THE stupidity of the WRU in not giving Shaun Edwards a four-year extension came back to haunt them last week. The...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe Sheriff needs to ride tall at Twickenham
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Bad run: Alun Wyn Jones has lost four of his last five matches...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoYoung Exiles wings are on fire warns Naholo
■By NEALE HARVEY Desperate measures: Gloucester can’t stop Ollie Hassell-Collins scoring the second of his four tries for London Irish PICTURE:...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFoden removes Hoppers’ spring
■By STEVE SMITH Chester ………………27 Preston GH …………14 CHESTER came from 11 points down to claim a bonus-point victory on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWebb signs for Bath ahead of Wales move
RUGBY SHORTS BATH have signed Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb until the end of the season. The 31-year-old left Toulon last month...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoQuins keep Cavubati
HARLEQUINS Fiji Test lock Tevita Cavubati, 32, has signed a new contract. Quins have not disclosed the length of contract. “He’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNew Shark Lood homes in on London Irish prey
■By JON NEWCOMBE High top: Lood De Jager wins a lineout against Japan MAD keen as he is about golf, Lood...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWebb thrown straight in for derby day
■By NEALE HARVEY Test quality: Welsh ace Rhys Webb WALES international scrum-half Rhys Webb is handed a first start for Bath...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCRAIG TRENIER
ROOM 101 THE EALING TRAILFINDERS PROP TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES 1. Carnivore guilt I don’t like being made to...













