All posts tagged "Premium"
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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 years agoA double in Dublin put Pivac in hot seat
Good listener: Wales next coach Wayne Pivac PICTURE: Getty Images The journey that led to Wayne Pivac’s anointment in the mighty...
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/ 8 years agoKiwi McNicholl on Pivac hit list
By STEFFAN THOMAS Wanted man: Scarlets sensation Johnny McNicholl WAYNE Pivac wants Johnny McNicholl to join him on his Wales journey....
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/ 8 years agoRodwell: We believe England can win it
By NEALE HARVEY Selection: Ben Ryan MARATHON man James Rodwell is certain Simon Amor’s England have the quality to beat anyone...
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/ 8 years agoLam has the pedigree for putting Bristol back on top
Mastermind: Pat Lam, taking charge of the Barbarians in May Pat Lam is an expert when it comes to putting teams...
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/ 8 years agoEven at 38 warrior George is a Bear necessity
OLD Australian back row forwards never retire, they simply keep coming back even when they’re nearer 40 than 30. George Smith...
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/ 8 years agoBlues stint sets Rory up for a big season
Young Saint: Rory Hutchinson AFTER recovering from injury to star for Bedford Blues last season, Northampton centre Rory Hutchinson is aiming...
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/ 8 years agoWales wary of Zimbabwe
CORY Allen insists Wales can seal glory at the Sevens World Cup in San Francisco next weekend. The Ospreys centre has...
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/ 8 years agoPAT LAM ON…
…captaining Northampton to their European Cup triumph in 2000, playing the entire final against Munster with a badly damaged shoulder “I...
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/ 8 years agoSporting tragedy if Lomu’s famous World Cup stomping ground is no more
THE observant among you might have noticed that Newlands appeared five times on the fixture list in 1938 and has indeed...
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/ 8 years agoBig shame our top stars don’t play 7s
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I REMEMBER watching...
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/ 8 years agoIrish so excited
IRELANDwill be hoping Jordan Conroy can continue his rich vein of form for Anthony Eddy’s Cup squad. Conroy has scored 11...
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/ 8 years agoSamoa ensure safe passage to World Cup
By SAM JACKSON Double: Ahsee Tuala SAMOA qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after beating Germany 42-28 for a second...
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/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
WILL WILSON WASPS FLANKER If Will Wilson ever makes it to the top of rugby’s tree, it would be fair to...
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/ 8 years agoHome Nations must resist giving rivals the upper hand
BIG thanks to Gregor Townsend for being such a good coach that Scotland could not ignore his talents for another overseas...
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/ 8 years agoFergusson caps fightback
By GARY HEATLY A FEW years ago Robbie Fergusson thought he would never play rugby again, but today he is off...
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