All posts tagged "Premium"
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoSussex & Essex produce fine fight backs
Division Three Round-up By JASON TAMS RENE Pavlides left it late to go over as Sussexproduced an outstanding comeback to down...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoLuton earn promotion
LUTON beat Midlands 2 East (North) runners-up Matlock 35-22 at Newlands last weekend to gain promotion. Ben Murphy, Jake Hobbs, Jordan...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLancaster: It means so much to all my family
CAPTAIN Isa Nacewa, crowned European player of the year in his final season with the province, booted the match-winning penalty in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop
By NICK CAIN ENGLAND’S preparations for the 2019 World Cup will involve training in sweltering tropical rainforest temperatures of 30 degrees...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoQuins fly-half Lang brings physicality to midfield
Scotland summer squad Call up: James Lang HARLEQUINS playmaker James Lang will relish the chance to make an impact at international...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoPrydie’s too good for all this time in the shadows
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Tom Prydie arrived at ‘Heart and Soul Rugby Country’ last summer hoping to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
BARRY STEWART THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, SALE AND NORTHAMPTON PROP My journey from medical write-off in my mid-20s to winning Premiership...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoMugford off to France
PLYMOUTH Albion fly-half Dan Mugford has announced he is off to pastures new after just one season back at the club....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWarnock words give heart to Blues
By PETER JACKSON Warrior’s cry: Dan Leavy hoists the European Champions Cup after Leinster beat Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty Images CARDIFF...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s become the voice of confusion
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE THINKING BEHIND EDDIE JONES’ TOUR SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA IF Eddie Jones is as successful at...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoAnother sad no-show from the new England captain
HE failed to do so on a Monday night in the New Year to collect the Rugby Writers’ Club’s highest accolade,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJoe certain ‘team man’ Cips will sing for Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS captain Joe Launchbury dismisses any notion that Danny Cipriani is not a ‘team player’ and expects the...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoGrenoble go back up by routing Oyonnax
DAVID BARNES Back up: David Mele delivered on his promise to Grenoble FRENCH COLUMN Grenoble will join Perpignan in the Top...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGreatest? No way, but Hartley had his moments
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones is not averse to stirring the pot, and he did so...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEDDIE JONES ON…
… Danny Cipriani He has got nice talents. He shows that all the time – but can he translate that to...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoAt least Bent had actually set foot on Irish soil
SIX years ago Ireland caused a stink by rushing Michael Bent, a New Zealander, straight from the arrivals hall at Dublin...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGustard, Edwards on Quins’ wanted list
ENGLAND defence coach Paul Gustard has emerged as a contender for the head coach role at Harlequins, along with Wales counterpart...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTigers top despite end to playoff run
Peter Jackson reveals his exclusive table of European rugby’s best supported clubs For those in Tigerville still smarting over their team’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNZ are hypocrites in their fuss over Shields
IF there’s one rugby nation that England should not take any lectures from when it comes to adopting players from other...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoWhat price for loyalty?
LONG after football abandoned the value of the one-club man, rugby is doing the same. Matt Banahan’s exit from Bath after...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSwift bamboozled by Banahan’s departure
CLUB record try-scorer Tony Swift admits he was as puzzled as anyone when he found out fellow Bath legend Matt Banahan...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MATT WILLIAMS LONDON IRISH CENTRE In the rush to write off London Irish as a potential Premiership force, it easy to...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoAnscombe hits late winner to crown famous Blues recovery
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER CARDIFF Blues gave departing coach Danny Wilson the silverware his sterling efforts deserved in this pulsating Challenge Cup...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSarries’ forward thinkers taking game to new level
By NEALE HARVEY DECISION-MAKING forwards allied to more lenient refereeing has led to a glut of Premiership try-scoring says Saracens back...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTry-happy Charlie looking to make it a family double
By JON NEWCOMBE DEAN RICHARDS isn’t the only member of his family in line for silverware this season with son Charlie...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStunning comeback puts Crusaders top
By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBystander Ben wants Six Nations redemption
By NEALE HARVEY BEN Youngs is a man on a mission to right the wrongs of England’s sub-standard Six Nations campaign...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoAckermann rues another lost final
FRUSTRATED Gloucester coach Johan Ackermann questioned why decisons were not always referred to the TMO following Garyn Smith’s somewhat controversial score...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGuernsey building University bridges
PROMOTED Guernsey Raiders are banking on an innovative venture involving Loughborough and Cardiff Universities to bolster squad numbers for their first...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSurprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops
JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHougaard putting Boks on ice for Warriors
SPRINGBOK ace Francois Hougaard will not rule out a return for the World Cup but says he is “at peace” with...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStats show Goode and Gibson should be on the plane
I HAVE both a love and a healthy scepticism regarding statistics generally but the end of season Opta stats are always...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoProlific Coventry earn top billing as Ampthill lead chasing pack
Coventry took the league by storm but our Team of the Year shows there’s plenty of talent throughout Multi-talented: Coventry full-back...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Cross Keys …28 Pontypridd …56 PONTYPRIDD ended their Principality Premiership season in style by hammering Cross Keys for an eighth consecutive...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMistake to leave Welch at home says Vickers
By JON NEWCOMBE SOON-TO-RETIRE Newcastle prop Rob Vickers believes Eddie Jones has missed a trick by not including Falcons captain Will...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBlackadder’s Euro premonition comes true
TODD Blackadder was a relieved man after the game having secured a Champions Cup spot on the final day of the...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoJersey sign Premiership youngsters
GLOUCESTER forward Charlie Beckett and Bath scrum-half Will Homer are to join Championship side Jersey Reds. The pair, both 22, have...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoWarks back to winning ways at long last
■By HENRY HOLLAND Division Two Round-up WARWICKSHIRE failed to secure a victory in the Bill Beaumont County Championship last season but...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPerfect Leadbetter has the key to unlock jaded Newport
■By IAN GOLDEN Newport …19 Cross Keys …35 CROSS Keys overcame Newport in a scrappy Principality Premiership affair at Rodney Parade....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCaptaincy must be real reason Shields is on the fast-track
IT SEEMS everyone is missing the point on the Brad Shields debate. Of course he’s good enough, of course he’s eligible....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoEarly yellow card can’t derail Foden farewell
By NEALE HARVEY Fans’ favourite: Ben Foden scores on his last appearance for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Foden rolled back...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoDe Jongh will get down and dirty
MIDFIELD linchpin Juan de Jongh knows Wasps’ must shore up their defence if they are to claim the Premiership title. Wasps...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoMinken’s speed is great for Yorks
■By JAMIE RUSSELL Cheshire…27 Yorkshire…34 THE perfect summer’s day ended in disappointment for Cheshire as they were losers to an efficient...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWalsh the hero as Ponty edge scrappy contest
■By GEOFF CHAMPION Pontypridd …18 Cardiff …8 A LATE try by Geraint Walsh clinched victory for Pontypridd after plucky Cardiff fought...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoMorally correct, but legally inconsistent
I’M confused what the correct decision is as the laws stand. At the Exeter v Sale game Jack Nowell clearly knocked-on...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDickens: Still a lot of belief at Saints
WITH two wins and a narrow loss at Wasps to finish the season, Saints interim coach Alan Dickens said: “Ninth is...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoInjury issues may scupper Gloucester’s bid for glory
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next week’s Anglo-Welsh finale of the Challenge Cup Decisions: Johan Ackermann As somebody once said...
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