All posts tagged "Premium"
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoI’m staying to take us back up says Deano
By TOM BRADSHAW Missed chance: Toby Flood shows his frustration as a Newcastle opportunity goes begging PICTURES: Getty Images One that...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup could help Dean Ryan and Dragons
SHANE WILLIAMS Good recruit: Josh Adams will fit in really well at Cardiff Blues PICTURE: Getty Images THIS is the stage...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFE IN RUGBY
THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND ENGLAND ‘A’ FLY-HALF PAUL CHALLINOR IT’S 20 years since I last laced up my boots and while...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLittle ‘n’ large have Saints on march
POCKET rocket Tom Collins believes his pace allied to the ‘power of T’ can bring Northampton within touching distance of a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoJohan: Relegation system is so tough
JOHAN Ackermann called for a rethink over promotion and relegation from the Premiership after his side’s victory condemned Newcastle to demotion....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCoaching brain drain is a nightmare for Welsh team lovers
I WAS fascinated to read comments by Warren Gatland this week on Robin McBryde and his move to Leinster which will...
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National Leagues
/ 7 years agoParty time for Pratt’s Canterbury climbers
■ By BRAD HARPER Glory be: Canterbury and their fans hail their success PICTURE: Phillipa Hilton TEAMS CANTERBURY: Grimes (Moss 50),...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland’s World Cup prospects? Who can tell!
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Last gasp: George Ford saves England against Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images As...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHogg, Bishop set for Ospreys roles
CARL Hogg and Andrew Bishop have emerged as front runners to join the Ospreys’ coaching team for next season. Current Scotland...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoQuins stop the rot as Tigers fiasco goes on
By NEALE HARVEY Making it safe: Semi Kunatani crashes over for Harlequins’ second try PICTURES: Getty Images Resilient: Mike Fitzgerald scores...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPRO14 play-off shambles may hit Gat’s plans
WHAT a shambles the PRO14’s Champions Cup play-off game is turning into! The whole selling point about Judgement Day this year...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEx-Wales No.10 on cloud nine at Ampthill
■ By NEALE HARVEY Top 10: Paul Turner EMOTIONAL Ampthill head coach Paul Turner insists winning promotion to the Championship stands...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLlanelli bring up their half century to keep hopes alive
■ By TIM LEWIS Llanelli …57 Neath…13 LLANELLI gave themselves a strong chance of retaining their Principality Premiership status as they...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAdams thriving after scrapheap challenge
By NEALE HARVEY Eye for the line: Josh Adams scores for Worcester DEPARTING Worcester wing Josh Adams would love to return...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard: Work to be done in attack
HARLEQUINS’ head of rugby Paul Gustard was dissatisfied after missing out on the bonus point. He said: “We needed four points...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSmart money’s on Mr Motivator
Fresh-faced veteran: Richard Wigglesworth PICTURES: Getty Images High five: Richard Wigglesworth’s first Premiership title with Sale in 2006 RICHARD Wigglesworth has...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBailey gets big boost for Canada
HEAD coach James Bailey has named his squad for the next leg of the women’s World Sevens Series in Canada on...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMerthyr take a giant stride towards the title
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS Carm Quins …21 Merthyr …40 MERTHYR edged closer to the Principality Premiership title with a bonus point...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWainwright would be a starter in my back row says Powell
By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Wales No.8 Andy Powell believes Dragons tyro Aaron Wainwright can be one of the stars on show...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHonours are even after dramatic late shootout
By ROGER PANTING Matter of inches: Faf de Klerk was denied by the woodwork PICTURES: Getty Images Dejected: Ian Madigan after...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRPA should extend support to Championship says Day
By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS-BOUND Cornish Pirates No.9 Alex Day believes it is high time Championship players became fully paid-up members of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLaw sabbatical proves wise choice for Pincus
UNSUNGBristol wing Tom Pincus insists Bristol can build towards Champions Cup rugby next season having secured their Premiership status with two...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarlow signs off life at Newport with a gutsy triumph
■ By JAY BRAYFORD Newport…33 Llandovery …22 NEWPORT edged an eighttry thriller with Llandovery. The victory also saw head coach Craig...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWell said Declan
DECLAN Kidney is spot on, the Championship is ‘a nugget’ but sadly undervalued by the RFU and the Premiership. If the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDecisions didn’t go our way – Diamond
SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond thought two points each was the right outcome. He said: “We had a couple of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFolau in the dock
ISRAEL Folau gave evidence yesterday on the first day of the hearing into his sacking by Rugby Australia for a social...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoReed is the key in tense Midlands thriller
DIVISION 2 ROUND-UP ■ By MATT BALDWIN EAST Midlands powered past Warwickshire in a 42-27 thriller. East Mids grabbed the first...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Great Escape is still a possibility for Bedwas
■ By PAUL HOPKINS Bedwas …28 Swansea …25 BEDWAS kept alive their hopes of Premiership survival with a tense bonus point...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBetter to move on
WHEN a player signs for another club or region, they should not be allowed to play for their present region again....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoJoe’s back to boost Wasps’ bid for playoffs
By NEALE HARVEY Winner: Jonathan Joseph Sibling rivalry: Marcus and Anthony Watson ENGLAND lock Joe Launchbury returns from an Achilles/calf injury...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWHO ARE YOUR RUGBY HEROES?
Consistently brilliant: Mark McCall’s Saracens are into another Champions Cup final 99 not out: Sutton and Epsom’s Matt Whittaker THERE have...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoRadley does the damage for Herts
■ By MO SHER Hampshire …20 Hertfordshire 29 DIVISION One newcomers Hampshire pushed last season’s runners up, Hertfordshire, all the way....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWebber is the star of the show as he scores a hat-trick
■ By JOHN MURPHY Bargoed …28 Pontypridd …55 PONTYPRIDD remain in contention for second spot in the Principality Premiership after a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLet Premiership pay the bill, stop cutting grassroots funding
DECLAN Kidney made an interesting case for artificially sustaining the Championship, effectively to provide competition to the side relegated from the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoI won’t be fazed by Todd’s exit says Williams
By JON NEWCOMBE Taking up new challenge: Mike Williams NEW Bath signing Mike Williams insists Todd Blackadder’s decision to leave the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWillis leads Trailfinders to Cup – now for the Prem!
By NEALE HARVEY First blood: Seb Steggman breaks for the opener PICTURE: PRiME Media Images CRAIG Willis showed why Ealing Trailfinders...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoErrors galore but Devon downed
■ By TONY FIELDING Glou’shire …54 Devon …14 ALTHOUGH Gloucestershire had a comfortable lead by half-time, in truth the first half...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff land 11 tries as they go on the rampage…
■ By SAM JONES Cardiff …75 Ebbw Vale …17 IT CERTAINLY wasn’t a case of after the Lord Mayor’s show for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNoisy announcers are just deafening
IS anyone else getting frustrated by the loud PA systems used at games these days? At some grounds it’s almost deafening....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRising star Ibuanokpe ditches Quins for Saracens
TRANSFER ROUND-UP SARACENS have signed prop Josh Ibuanokpe from Harlequins. The 23-year-old tighthead has spent five years with Quins and made...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCipriani on shortlist for star player
GLOUCESTER fly-half Danny Cipriani, 31, has been nominated for the Rugby Players Association Player of the Year award. Northampton’s Cobus Reinach,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoSanders does the business as Cheshire edge thriller
■ By LUKE JARMYN Cheshire …26pts Tries: Allsop 5, Sanders 34, 78, Titherington 56 Conversions: Morton 35, 57, 79 Eastern Cou…25pts...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler complete another clean sweep
Welsh Championship round-up ■ By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL put the crowning glory on yet another 100 per cent winning campaign in...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTime for RFU to leave the pro game to professionals
COLIN BOAG Stripped of captaincy: Will Carling paid a heavy price for his comment It’s nearly 25 years since Will Carling...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoNew dad Faz must win the tactical battle between 10s
JEREMY GUSCOTT Fierce competitor: Owen Farrell has bounced back from an indifferent Six Nations PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Farrell and Johnny...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRyan takes Dragons job
DRAGONS are set to appoint Dean Ryan as their new head coach. The 52-year-old will take over at Rodney Parade from...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoHoney’s the Cornwall last-gasp hero with crucial penalty
Kent …21 Cornwall …25 ■ By BILL HOOPER AN INJURY time penalty from Fraser Honey clinched the win for Cornwall at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPonsford predicts gap will close on Saracens
■ By NEALE HARVEY RFU head of women’s performance Nicky Ponsford is confident the women’s Premier 15s will go from strength-to-strength...
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International Rugby
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