All posts tagged "Premium"
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Features
/ 7 years agoSorry Clive, you’re the one whose over-reacting on Cipriani
ONE of Danny Cipriani’s most staunch advocates before his move to Gloucester this season was Sir Clive Woodward. England’s only World...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDurable? They should call James Red Rum!
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON SAMJames ought to have been centre-stage at the Premiership gala dinner last Wednesday...
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/ 7 years agoZach aims to stamp his brand on Eddie
■By NEALE HARVEY ZACHMercer is ready to prove to England head coach Eddie Jones that Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCipriani has shown he must go to Japan ahead of Ford
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Unique ability: Danny Cipriani can make something out of nothing PICTURE: Getty Images IF you judge...
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/ 7 years agoSexton finds kicking boots at right time
By GARY HEATLY Champions: The injured Sean O’Brien lifts the trophy as Leinster start the celebrations LEINSTER edged out Glasgow Warriors...
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/ 7 years agoQuins landed a coup with Dombrandt
THEEnglish Premiership Dream Team of the season featured a back row forward from Croydon whom nobody had heard of when he...
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/ 7 years agoDombrandt eyes call-up for Baa-Baas clash
ALEX Dombrandt hopes his stellar first season in pro rugby might earn him an England call-up for next Sunday’s Twickenham clash...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTompkins in hat-trick blitz as Sarries go storming on
■From NICK CAIN at Allianz Park They’re off: Sean Maitland touches down for Saracens’ first try All over: Nick Tompkins scores...
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/ 7 years agoKearney: We had to weather the storm
LEINSTER full-back Rob Kearney praised the way his side stepped up to the plate defensively to edge out Glasgow Warriors. Kearney,...
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/ 7 years agoDream Team wake up call
THE PRO14 final at Celtic Park last night brought a new twist to the old maxim about there being two teams...
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/ 7 years agoCips: Me and Owen
DANNY Cipriani believes there is no reason why he and Owen Farrell cannot operate in the same squad as calls grow...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMcCall: Nick will make up for loss of Barritt
SARACENS supremo Mark McCall backed hat-trick hero Nick Tompkins to repeat his heroics in the absence of Brad Barritt. Sarries’ talismanic...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoCipriani gets chance of big date at Twickenham
By PETER JACKSON DANNY Cipriani is set to end his glittering domestic season on the biggest stage of all, against England...
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/ 7 years agoFor Ospreys to fire they must sort Alun Wyn
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Priority: Ospreys must get Alun Wyn Jones under contract PICTURES: Getty Images Who would have...
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/ 7 years agoThis free bar will cost you
THEWorld Cup warm-ups are still almost three months away but the hospitality companies are already selling their wares, like this one:...
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/ 7 years agoPowell v Haskell!
FORMER Wales No.8 Andy Powell has challenged James Haskell to a charity boxing match. Powell used Twitter to challenge Haskell to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLozowski: We weren’t perfect – we’ll be better against Chiefs
By NEALE HARVEY Hunger to improve: Alex Lozowski ALEX Lozowski says Saracens’ insatiable appetite for silverware will be the driver for...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoIt’s Sarries v Chiefs again
JOE Simmonds celebrates scoring for Exeter Chiefs’ yesterday in their thumping 42-12 defeat of Northampton that set up a Twickenham final...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBest of rest are team to be feared
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS PREMIERSHIP TEAM WITHOUT EXETER OR SARACENS’ PLAYERS Given that the Exeter and Saracens duopoly at the top...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTop two take command after thrilling season finale
The Rugby Paper’s reporters have submitted their votes to reveal our National 2 South Team of the Season Lerading by example:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Crusaders investigate CRUSADERS head coach Scott Robertson has defended Richie Mo’unga and George Bridge after they were accused by South African...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMcGinity set to join Tigers’ shake-up
By NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers are close to appointing former agent Jan McGinity as the new head of operations in a...
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/ 7 years agoIt’s back to basics for Wade in NFL camps
By ADAM ELLIS CHRISTIANWade celebrated his birthday in between two training camps with the Buffalo Bills as he transforms himself from...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoEngland beat the Kiwis but fall to Ireland
■By ANDRE THOMAS Hand-off: Phil Burgess of England is challenged by Ireland’s Harry McNulty ENGLAND were dumped out of Cup contention...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSuper Rugby Jaguares play-off surge is an omen for Pumas
■By ADAM ELLIS Test calibre: Jaguares wing Ramiro Moyano goes head-to-head with Waratahs full-back Kurtley Beale PICTURE: Getty Images THE JAGUARES...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoO’Flaherty gamble pays off for Chiefs – and Saints count the cost
From MIKE SINCLAIR at Sandy Park EXETER boss Rob Baxter’s wing and a prayer gamble paid off as surprise choice Tom...
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/ 7 years agoTough to go from Toulon to Ampthill – Robinson
■By JON NEWCOMBE ADOPTING the right mental approach will be key to Newcastle’s chances of bouncing back into the Premiership at...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ROUBAN BIRCH Rouban Birch admits he couldn’t believe his luck when it was announced that South Africa second row superstar Lood...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRevitalised Montpellier end up with last laugh
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Vincent Rattez scored three of La Rochelle’s 12 tries against Bordeaux Time stood still for heroic...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter’s warning for Sarries: We’ve got better
Improving: Rob Baxter EXETER boss Rob Baxter last night promised Saracens that the Chiefs are a better side now than the...
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/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
JAMES HOOK, OSPREYS AND FORMER NEATH, PERPIGNAN, GLOUCESTER & WALES FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLam’s building Bears a platform to England
By NEALE HARVEY Leading charge for Red Rose honours: Harry Thacker PICTURES: Getty Images Ambitious: Pat Lam BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam...
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/ 7 years agoOllie’s inspired to find the gains Eddie wants for place in Japan
■By NEALE HARVEY Driven to succeed: Gloucester flyer Ollie Thorley PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER wing Ollie Thorley has total belief in...
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/ 7 years agoIreland will be a big force in Japan insists Dempsey
By NEALE HARVEY JOHNNYSexton’s return to top form for Leinster has boosted Ireland’s World Cup chances, says Bath attack coach Girvan...
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/ 7 years agoThomas scoops top newcomer
ASPIRING Cardiff Blues outside-half Ben Thomas was named best newcomer at the Principality Premiership awards for his performances in helping Merthyr...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMurphy wants Tigers to start playing ‘smarter’ rugby
LEICESTER head coach Geordan Murphy will ask his Tigers to show more versatility in their game next season after narrowly avoiding...
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/ 7 years agoChange is needed to help the North says Dowson
FORMER Newcastle Falcons stalwart Phil Dowson insists the structure of English rugby needs changing, describing his old club’s relegation as “devastating”...
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/ 7 years agoWhite’s aiming big after his upgrade at Exeter
By NEALE HARVEY ACE scrum-half Nic White says the chance to banish bitter memories of World Cup rejection by Australia in...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRichmond restart earns Will his second chance
By JON NEWCOMBE COMPUTER science degree graduate Will Goodrick-Clarke is relishing another crack at the Premiership after his reboot at Richmond....
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/ 7 years agoAnthony showed guts, he’s a real fighter insists Blackadder
By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder expects to see Anthony Watson up close in Japan this autumn wearing an England jersey and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMake your mind up time for Davies
Decision: Sam Davies WELSH international fly-half Sam Davies will make a decision where he will be playing next season by the...
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/ 7 years agoScottish prop stars call time
EXETER prop Moray Low says the time is right for him to bring the curtain down on his distinguished playing career...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDelaney in to replace Hayward
THE Scarlets have added another piece to their coaching jigsaw with the appointment of Glenn Delaney as defence coach. Delaney, currently...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt will be a sporting travesty if Chiefs lose
HEREwe are once again at the Premiership playoffs farce. How many other genuine Rugby Union fans feel the same way? I...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDenny’s one of a kind for Diamond
STEVE Diamond made another push for England to recall Denny Solomona after the wing scored Sale’s winning try. “The selectors (England)...
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/ 7 years agoEuropean shootout goes Ospreys way
By STEFFAN THOMAS No stopping: Olly Cracknell scores Ospreys’ second try PICTURE: Huw Evans TEAMS OSPREYS: Evans 7; North 7, Allen...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoYorks hold off to edge the late fightback Roses rivalry
By CHRISTIAN EVANS YORKSHIRE and Huddersfield winger Tom Hodson praised his team as the White Rose County edged arch rivals Lancashire...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChampionship for Wands and Ystalyfera
ROUND-UP GLAMORGAN Wanderers will be playing WRU National Championship rugby next season after overturning a first leg deficit in their playoff...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGoode’s top class
ALEX Goode may not have the same top speed as Anthony Watson or Elliot Daly but he is no slouch and...












