All posts tagged "Premium"
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/ 7 years agoYou did it Sam, you’re a true Lions legend now
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ambition achieved: Sam Warburton with the Lions in NZ PICTURE: Getty Images ■...
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/ 7 years agoWhy Jersey is an island of rugby dreams
Brendan Gallagher visits the Channel Islands to find two rugby clubs enjoying fresh success Reds on the rampage: Augustin Slowik scores...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCommentators’ use of metaphors for violence must end
ONE of the pleasures of the summer internationals were the calm and informative commentary performances by John Beattie and Chris Patterson...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoWhy Luke’s switch is no gamble for canny Ospreys
Prolific: Luke Morgan LUKE Morgan’s move to the Ospreys is a win-win situation for everyone involved. I’ll be fascinated to see...
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/ 7 years agoBut even Warburton has to bend the knee to John Dawes
THE timeless debate as to the identity of the greatest Lions captain has been given a thorough airing these last few...
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/ 7 years agoGuernsey will remain amateur despite step-up
Cup that cheers: Guernsey celebrate last season’s Siam Cup victory You would imagine running a successful rugby club on a small...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoAlternative to the dismissal system
COLIN Boag (July 15) is rightly against replacing the red card system (dismissal) by something like the Rugby League on report...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoPontypool relocation a blow for our game’s heritage
I ONLY played at Pontypool Park on one occasion and it’s not a happy memory. In my Neath days we went...
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/ 7 years agoThis dark side of Pontypool Park must be cleansed
THERE was a time, especially during the early Eighties, when ‘Pooler’ turned Ponty-pool Park into the most forbidding fortress in the...
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/ 7 years agoSiam Cup rivalry ‘more intense than any other’
FOR many years the Siam Cup – started in 1920 and thought to be the second oldest Cup competition in the...
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/ 7 years agoRugby is the big loser when friends fall out
COLIN BOAG Black eyes: Lopeti Timani, left, had an altercation with Amanaki Mafi Everyone knows the tales of punch-ups in training,...
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/ 7 years agoSevens stint can improve me, says Williams
By STEFFAN THOMAS LLOYD Williams hopes his adventure with Wales Sevens can help him regain his place in Warren Gatland’s 15-a-side...
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/ 7 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
DAN DAVIS SCARLETS FLANKER In a week in which the estimable Wales and British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton was...
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/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
SIMON McINTYRE, THE WASPS LOOSE-HEAD PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST. 1. Tim Payne – As...
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/ 7 years agoWounded Tigers want payback for playoff pain
By NEALE HARVEY Fit and firing again: Gareth Owen PICTURES: Getty Images Hungry for action: Manu Tuilagi GARETH Owen is desperate...
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/ 7 years agoDon’t knock us for promoting rugby says Exeter Uni boss
By NEALE HARVEY KEITHFleming, rugby director at Exeter University, has slammed traditionalists who claim college sides should have no place in...
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/ 7 years agoTwomey quits Quins for new Irish challenge
Irish-bound: Sam Twomey SAM Twomey has signed for London Irish ahead of the 2018/19 season. Twomey’s arrival represents something of a...
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/ 7 years agoChudley can be the key to get Bath firing again
JEREMY GUSCOTT Super signing: Will Chudley will bring consistency to the Bath team PICTURE: Getty Images ON paper it looks like...
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/ 7 years agoGenge out until 2019
LEICESTER loosehead prop Ellis Genge will be out until the New Year after surgery on a knee injury sustained on England’s...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoFeeley drawn back by Wharfedale struggles
By JON NEWCOMBE Returning: Jon Feeley JON FEELEY admits the emotional pull of Wharfedale was too hard to resist as he...
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/ 7 years agoWarriors thrown to the Sharks in new cup opener
By SAM JACKSON Fan of the cup: Exeter supremo Rob Baxter WORCESTER WARRIORS and Sale Sharks kick off the Premiership Rugby...
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/ 7 years agoHorne fund-raiser
NORTHAMPTON will play their Premiership game against Leicester on October 6 at Twickenham to raise money for centre Rob Horne. The...
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/ 7 years agoI’ve no doubt we’d have won a World Cup under Johnno
JOHN WELLS Q&A ON THE RECORD Missed opportunity: Martin Johnson should have stayed on as England coach says John Wells Pictures:...
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/ 7 years agoSuccess of Murrayfield saw Sevens go global
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Reading last week’s paper brought back some good memories of England’s first...
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/ 7 years agoPiutau is relishing his derby baptism
WILL CARPENTER sits down with Bristol’s marquee signing from Ulster, Charles Piutau Packing a punch: Charles Piutau celebrates a try for...
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/ 7 years agoRebel rousers fined
SUPER Rugby Melbourne Rebels have handed £8,500 fines to Amanaki Mafi and Lopeti Timani after a fracas in a Dunedin nightclub...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGive Piutau a reprieve after early capture by All Blacks
DAN LEO EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS The annual Pacific Rugby Players Welfare (PRPW) Board meeting took place in Bristol last...
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/ 7 years agoDanny’s drive can help us find top gear says Heinz
By NEALE HARVEY Box office signing: England No.10 Danny Cipriani PICTURES: Getty Images In: Matt Banahan Out: Billy Burns GLOUCESTER came...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSo near but yet so far for All Black sub Bono
THE World Cup Sevens this weekend calls to mind the strange tale of Benjamin Bono, the Uruguayan who found himself drafted...
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/ 7 years agoI have one rule for my TV work – call it as you see it
ANDY GOODE GUEST COLUMN FROM THE FORMER ENGLAND FLY-HALF Anyone who says they don’t miss a thing about playing rugby once...
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/ 7 years agoChange of heart for Mugford
PLYMOUTH Albion flyhalf Dan Mugford has done a U-turn on his move to France. An Achilles injury hindered Mugford’s season run...
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/ 7 years agoMaori globetrotters break new ground
Special: Dr Farah Palmer A HAT TIP to New Zealand Maori who are continuing their splendid tradition ‘have boots will travel’...
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/ 7 years agoTigers’ pack must find more teeth
Big loss: Ellis Genge charges upfield against Bath WHERE Leicester have come up short in the last couple of years is...
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/ 7 years agoFlanagan back to bolster Blues pack after stint with Saracens
By NEALE HARVEY Boost: Alex Rae FORWARDS coach Alex Rae is banking on the return of influential lock Mark Flanagan to...
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/ 7 years agoLamb wants new chance to prove he’s a No1
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Fly-half Ryan Lamb left Worcester last summer for a new life in La Rochelle and a reunion...
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/ 7 years agoCould Sam be the man to boost Eddie’s England?
RENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS Vacancy: Paul Gustard with Eddie Jones MANY have...
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/ 7 years agoTop-flight clubs set for big TV cash boost
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP clubs can expect to glean a cash windfall of £140 million when the league’s broadcasting rights come...
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/ 7 years agoStick with Wayne as Wales No.2 Stephen!
Suited to assistant’s role for now: Stephen Jones PICTURE: Getty Images Stephen Jones has the greatest rugby mind of anyone I’ve...
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/ 7 years agoAll Black Dagg off to Japan on short contract
By GEORGE LAWRENCE NEWS EXTRA ISRAEL Dagg has signed a deal to play in Japan for the Canon Eagles, putting his...
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/ 7 years agoVunipola urged to use his time off productively
By GARY FITZGERALD Injury prone: Billy Vunipola Faith: Alex Sanderson BILLY Vunipola must “keep the faith” if he wants to win...
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Features
/ 7 years agoExtension by stealth
THERE is never any shortage of lipservice paid to player welfare, which is why it is hard to explain the clandestine...
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/ 7 years agoPivac gets to pick his own panel of coaches
By PETER JACKSON WAYNE Pivac will be given a free hand to pick his own Wales coaching team and decide whether...
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/ 7 years agoWhy I’m certain Rachel will be a success at Colwyn Bay
WOMEN’S RUGBY is getting bigger and bigger in both Wales and across the globe so in that regard I wasn’t that...
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/ 7 years agoCheika must find remedy for tactical shortcomings
NICK CAIN looks at issues Australia must address before the Rugby Championship Needs support in kicking battle: Will Genia PICTURES: Getty...
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/ 7 years agoSymons excited by link-up with Horwill
By NEALE HARVEY New Quins enforcer: Matt Symons PICTURE: Getty Images MATTSYMONS is certain underachieving Harlequins can become winners again as...
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/ 7 years agoDallaglio’s victory in ’93 gives this so much history
TOM MITCHELL ENGLAND SEVENS CAPTAIN Sevens World Cup - San Francisco July 20-23 After winning a silver medal with Team GB...
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/ 7 years agoManoa to put Blues on front foot next season
IN MODERN rugby, forwards who can put you on the front foot are worth their weight in gold and that’s why...
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