All posts tagged "Premium"
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoCurry wants cool heads in Beziers hot house
By NEALE HARVEY Pace man: Try-scorer Olowofela tries to break through Ouch: South-Africa fly-half David Coetzer feels the force of No.7...
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/ 7 years agoStop experimenting Eddie, you’ve lost plot
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Stability and grunt: Joe Launchbury allows Maro Itoje more freedom PICTURE: Getty...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoVictory over Georgia makes it four on the spin for Fiji
PACIFIC NATIONS CUP ROUND-UP SCRUM-HALF Henry Seniloli scored two firsthalf tries and his replacement Frank Lomani added two in the second...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoScarlets open talks with Kiwi McNicholl
By PETER JACKSON JOHNNY McNicholl is to be offered a new deal designed to ensure he becomes the next Scarlet Kiwi...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBravo Lewis, even the best can bomb in Argentina
I’VE BEEN hugely impressed by each and every player on Wales’ summer tour, but I want to single out one man...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoPack power tells for Pumas
Wales ..............15 Argentina........39 WALES can finish only seventh after defeat in the sixth-place semi-final. Wales were ahead briefly in the first...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNabou to join Blues
RUGBY SHORTS CARDIFF Blues look set to bolster their pack with the signing of Fijian international lock Sikeli Nabou. The 30-year-old...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoHogg leads young Scots into battle for first time
STUARTHogg will captain Scotland against the USA as head coach Gregor Townsend makes 12 changes from the team that started last...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoIreland up intensity to force series decider
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Taking advantage: Tadgh Furlong crashes over for Ireland’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images GRAND SLAM winners Ireland showed...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDrowning Eddie needs a life raft
NICK CAIN SPELLS OUT WHAT YESTERDAY’S DEFEAT MEANS FOR ENGLAND Dejection: Owen Farrell, right, and Denny Solomona lead England off yesterday...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoIreland battle relegation
Ireland ............29 Scotland ........45 FINALAISTS two years ago, Ireland will be relegated unless they defeat Japan today. Defeat will see Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCatchpole calls time
LEICESTER centre George Catchpole is retiring from rugby at the age of 24. He made his debut in 2013 but has...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHealy facing anxious 48 hrs
CIAN Healy could face disciplinary action for his role in Australia scrum-half Will Genia’s departure through injury. Genia’s series is over...
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Features
/ 7 years agoInspirational rise of the ‘Beast’ from Zimbabwe
NICK CAIN looks at the rise of Springbok powerhouse Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira Centurian: Tendai Mtawarira is gunning to make the World...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoD’onofrio hat-trick in vain
Italy..................15 Australia ........44 AUSTRALIA prevailed in the fifth-place semi-final despite going down to 14- men after 20 minutes. Lock Michael Wood...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoQuins bring in Millard
HARLEQUINS have appointed Billy Millard as general manager of rugby. The 48-year-old Aussie has held ther same position with USA Rugby...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBarrett hits French as they reel from red card
By GARY FITZGERALD No stopping him: Jordie Barrett breaks through the tackled of Mathieu Babillot on his way to scoring for...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLewington in a rush to fulfill his Test ambition
By NEALE HARVEY Tough competition: Liam Williams, Sean Maitland and David Strettle CONFIDENT wing Alex Lewington believes competing with Saracens’ galaxy...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoDouble for Demur
Georgia............24 Japan ..............22 GEORGIA fought back from ten points down to snatch victory at the death. Late tries from winger Demur...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCoach role for Morgan
CORNISH Pirates’ veteran back row forward Chris Morgan has been appointed as a player-coach. The 36-year-old joined the club in 2008...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHansen: I wish ref let Fall stay on
STEVE Hansen sympathised with Benjamin Fall insisting he would have preferred the Frenchman to remain on the field. However, the All...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAckermann working to eliminate Gloucester’s ‘kamikaze’ moments
By TOM BRADSHAW JOHAN Ackermann will use the impending preseason to improve his side’s hit-and-miss decisionmaking. South African Ackermann joined the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCurrent crop will yield best ever harvest
BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup Still only 17: France No.8...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFinchley nail Grand Slam
FINCHLEY RFC claimed a Grand Slam at the inaugural Tournoi des Nations in France, an amateur Six Nations. Finchley won all...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoContepomi: We must keep our top players in Argentina
From ALEX BYWATER in Buenos Aires Puma ace: Facundo Isa needs incentives to stay FELIPE Contepomi has warned Argentina have serious...
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/ 7 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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Features
/ 7 years ago2011 JUNIOR WORLD CUP FINAL New Zealand 33 England 22 (Padua June 26)
ENGLAND 1 MAKO VUNIPOLA: A force of nature and nothing much has changed since, except his scrummaging is better. Two Lions...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGibbes off to France
LA ROCHELLE have announced that former Ulster boss Jono Gibbes will take over the reins at the Top 14 outfit on...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGatland’s right, we will be contenders
ALEX BYWATER talks to Wales centurian Martyn Williams about World Cup chances ALEX BYWATER In depth talent: James Davies and Ellis...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAmbitous Coventry step up their push for Premiership
By NEALE HARVEY Big plans: Jon Sharp COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp insists there are ‘no limits’ to the club’s ambition after...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
EXETER CHIEFS LOOSEHEAD PROP JAMES KENNY It’s been a stellar year for James Kenny. From getting his first taste of men’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTalks over Attwood departure ‘ongoing’
By NEALE HARVEY Hitting form: Dave Attwood on the charge for Toulon PICTURES: Getty Images Review: Stuart Hooper BATH will consider...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoOne-legged drug addict shows power of the spirit
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK FOR those at the elite end of the game going through the ordeal...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoDingwall’s doing his Saints mentor proud
By NEALE HARVEY Presence in midfield: Fraser Dingwall PICTURES: Getty Images New boss: Chris Boyd HARD-HITTINGcentre Fraser Dingwall is determined to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMallinder in as RFU pathway coach
FORMER Northampton boss Jim Mallinder is to join England Rugby as a pathway performance coach. Mallinder will replace long-serving pathway coaches...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoIf Saints facilities are so great why are they struggling?
NIC Groom, the former Northampton Saints scrum-half who left the club to join the Johannesburg- based Lions before the end of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE BAY OF PLENTY, CHIEFS, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL LOCK MARK SORENSON Iwas different to the norm in New Zealand because...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBrookes on board to power up Wasps set-piece
WASPS have signed England tighthead Kieran Brookes after he opted to leave Northampton Saints at the end of his contract. Brookes,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoSalvi takes on coaching role at Chiefs
JULIAN Salvi is relishing being in the vanguard of Exeter’s bid to reclaim their Premiership crown after accepting a role to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFrench wait continues
THE days of great French tour victories over the big three are fast disappearing. France’s last win against New Zealand in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLam can back up big talk – Muldoon
By NEALE HARVEY Defence guru: John Muldoon in action for Connacht PICTURE: Getty Images THOSE daring to write-off Bristol’s chances of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIt’s a six-way shoot out to stage 2021 World Cup
AFTER just one nation – Ireland – tendered a bid for the 2017 Women’s World Cup, everybody in the game will...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoChiefs better not try and crack America
I SINCERELYhope that World Rugby read Colin Boag’s column in last week’s Rugby Paper. Colin described the present silly plans for...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJenkinson relishing 40th campaign at Titans
By JON NEWCOMBE WHEN Rotherham kick off their first season at level three for nearly two decades at home to Old...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNew academy boys excel for Uruguay
Talent: Reinaldo Piussi THEfeelgood factor in Uruguay rugby continues apace with a second Nations Cup title courtesy of an excellent win...
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Features
/ 7 years agoKing Louis takes a fall from grace
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Feud: Louis Picamoles is at war with French coach Brunel PICTURE: Getty Images Long gone are the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHow many more like Francis could be lost to England?
IN last week’s My Life in Rugby column, Jamie Salmon writes how, in the early 1980s, he went from being rejected...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks let off the hook again is no Freek
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Double-teamed: Remy Grosso feels the force of Sam Cane and Ofa Tu’ungafasi PICTURE:...
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