All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOtley on the move to ensure club’s future
By JON NEWCOMBE Famous day: Steve Smith clears the lines for the North v All Blacks in 1979 Coach: Tom Casson...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoKennedy joins U18 coaching lineup for Bok trip
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND U18s have named their squad for the International Series in South Africa and have brought in former London...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoIt’s life, but not as you normally know it
Response: Harinordoquy YOU must be careful with the prickly PC brigade these days but it was hilarious at the Tour de...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoForget the Olympic dream or Red Roses will wither
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN World class: Nolli Waterman helped England to a second-place finish in the Six Nations after chopping...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFAMOUS GAMES AT CROSS GREEN
THE NORTH 21 NEW ZEALAND 9 NOVEMBER 17, 1979 With an estimated crowd of over 10,000 crammed inside Cross Green and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTen out of ten for those wonderful San Fran Sevens
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS Touch of class: England’s rising star Harry Glover...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJoe will help his Lions muscle in
Lift off: Joe Tarrant in a strongman competition BOURNEMOUTH have signed Richmond strongman Joe Tarrant to their squad. Tighthead Tarrant has...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TOM EMERY NORTHAMPTON FULL-BACK Tom Emery is trying to follow in the footsteps of Northampton legend Ben Foden in more ways...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCan Lee light blue touch paper?
NICK CAIN TALKS TO WASPS ATTACK COACH LEE BLACKETT ABOUT HIS STAR-STUDDED BACK LINE INTERVIEW Right fit: Lima Sopoaga puts the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoOn-pitch seizure forced me to quit
DAVE JACKSON THE FORMER NOTTINGHAM WINGER/FULL-BACK Mullet man: Dave Jackson in action for Nottingham against Munster MY LIFEIN RUGBY I was...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHoward tries life as an OEs City boy after Sixways exit
Probyn: Tackle change is a start but must go further By NEALE HARVEY FORMER England U20s full-back Ben Howard is relishing...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWeir has a way to go if he’s to be rated alongside rugby’s fast men
BRENDAN GALLAGHER SUGGESTS THAT THE CLOCK MAY MISLEAD WHEN LOOKING FOR SPORTING SPEEDSTERS ANALYSIS Remarkable pace: Carlin Isles makes a break...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNeath stay optimistic
THE Welsh All Blacks are confident the financial troubles of owner Mike Cuddy won’t impact their hopes of improvement on the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPhillips: I’m at Sale determined to win more silverware
SIGNED primarily for his brute strength and ballast, Sale newcomer James Phillips is also keen to show he can play a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoKent plan to break into rugby big time
By NEALE HARVEY KENT, the second biggest rugby playing county behind Yorkshire, currently have no top-notch Championship or Premiership club. But...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoRugby’s all-star athletics line up
100M – CARLIN ISLES: Warren Weir might have the quickest PB on paper but he hasn’t approached that 10.02 for a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks helped me revive career
MATT JESS THE FORMER EXETER, LAUNCESTON, NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS AND CORNISH PIRATES WING MY LIFEIN RUGBY Ever-present: Matt Jess celebrates a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoQuins were let down by poor fitness says Saili
By NEALE HARVEY Exciting game plan: Francis Saili PICTURES: Getty Images High tempo: Paul Gustard KIWI centre Francis Saili claims Harlequins...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoShingler: I’ll take my time after Sam shock
By PETER JACKSON On their way: England are through to the quarter-finals of the Sevens World Cup after victory over Samoa...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMarshall re-joins Hurricanes after stay with Irish
Return: James Marshall HURRICANES have lured James Marshall back to Wellington for the 2019 Super Rugby season. Marshall will rejoin the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSharks torn to shreds by classy Crusaders
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Composed: Sam Whitelock Crusaders … 40 Sharks … 10 DEFENDING champions Canterbury Crusaders demolished the Shark in Christchurch....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMatthews looking for a new start at Wasps
Partner: Joe Launchbury FRUSTRATED second row Charlie Matthews says the lure of working with Dai Young played a major part in...
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoUSA stand in the way of bid for gold by England
By ADAM ELLIS In at the corner: Mike Ellery scores for England against Samoa Flier: Fiji’s Sevuloni Mocenacagi scores against Japan...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEvans: Brown is a freak of nature
By STEFFAN THOMAS Big and fast: New prop sensation Leon Brown PICTURE: Getty Images IAN Evans is backing the Dragons’ young...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoAce Foley spearheads Waratahs fightback
By SAM JACKSON Waratahs … 30pts Highlanders… 23pts BERNARD Foley scored a Super Rugby personal best 25-point haul to help Waratahs...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWilliams: Jenkins can fill that Warburton void
By ALEX BYWATER Driving force: Ellis Jenkins Choice: Martyn Williams ELLIS Jenkins is the “heir apparent” to Sam Warburton and can...
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoMaunder’s body now battle ready after injury layoff
By ROB COLE Fit again: Jack Maunder JACK Maunder was picked out by Eddie Jones as one for the future when...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoThomson tipped to be big hit at Scarlets
KIERON Fonotia has no doubts Blade Thomson will take European rugby by storm when he joins him at the Scarlets. The...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoJantjies shows his class to kill off Jaguares
By MARK WILSON Lions … 40 Jaguares … 23 FLY-HALF Elton Jantjies produced his best performance of the season to lead...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSuper Rugby goes on ‘for too long’
By STEFFAN THOMAS UZAIR Cassiem believes more of South Africa’s top stars will turn their back on Super Rugby in favour...
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoScarratt anguish as her women fall at the first
By SAM JACKSON Take that: England’s Alex Matthews gets stuck into China. Right, Emily Scarratt runs in a try ENGLAND women...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMerger between Hull clubs hits the buffers
By JON NEWCOMBE NOT for the first time – and probably not the last – talks about a merger between Hull...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoBoyd sure his ‘Canes can go up a level in last four
By JOHN DANIELS Energised: Brad Shields Hurricanes… 32 Chiefs … 31 THE Hurricanes became the first team to qualify for the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoHard job replacing world class talent
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SHOCKED and saddened to...
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoWarburton exit must be wakeup call on welfare
SHANE WILLIAMS Retired: Sam Warburton’s story must be heeded PICTURE: Getty Images Sam Warburton’s shock retirement last week hit me for...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 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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Features
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Miscellaneous
/ 8 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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Features
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Miscellaneous
/ 8 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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Features
/ 8 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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Features
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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Features
/ 8 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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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
SIMON McINTYRE, THE WASPS LOOSE-HEAD PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST. 1. Tim Payne – As...














