All posts tagged "Premium"
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTitans show strength with comeback win
By PETER HAYES Canterbury .12 Taunton T 21 CANTERBURY squandered a five-point lead as they lost at home to Taunton Titans....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWoods has win formula again to halt Commandos
By JAY BAYFORD Ebbw Vale 19 Pontypridd 5 EBBW Vale produced a professional performance to beat Pontypridd at Eugene Cross Park...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRed Roses romp in as Wales draw blank again
DEFENDING champions England made it two wins out of two with an eight-try thumping of Wales. The hosts scored four tries...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRing-fencing is no cure-all says Bath director Hooper
By NEALE HARVEY RING-FENCING the Premiership would not provide a silver bullet for slashing the number of overseas journeymen and improving...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBlues taken to the limit by dynamic Cheetahs
By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Blues kept their Champions Cup qualification hopes alive with a narrow victory over the Cheetahs at the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAnother Lam joins the clan at Bristol
Seilala Lam BRISTOL are set to get another Lam in time for the start of next season with Perpignan hooker Seilala...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFarrell in to help Ulster
IRELAND defence coach Andy Farrell is to help out at Ulster short-term after the Six Nations. Head coach Jono Gibbes needs...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBattling Strett still can’t get the win
By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor 25 Broadstreet 17 CHINNOR inflicted more pain on bottom side Broadstreet but the cold and wind meant...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSwansea celebrate as Wizards worry over Andrews injury
By PAUL HOPKINS Aberavon 7 Swansea 19 SWANSEA recorded backto- back victories for the first time since their return to the...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFree-scoring France get another try bonus
Scotland W …3 France W …26 WINGER Cyrielle Banet scored a wonder try as France beat Scotland 26-3. Sarah Law’s penalty...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPisi: We were going through motions at Saints
WINGER Ken Pisi admits Northampton’s players had been “going through the motions” before Jim Mallinder’s pre-Christmas dismissal. An instant revival under...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSecond half is pointless as Dragons defend heroically
By ROGER PANTING WONDERFUL defence from Dragons in a scoreless second half prevented a third consecutive league defeat at Rodney Parade....
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Features
/ 8 years agoCalum takes the short cut to helping dad
Now you see it: Calum before and during the shave QUINS academy scrum-half Calum Waters led his family in a charity...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCooper’s catalogue of injuries seems to be over
By JON NEWCOMBE KYLE COOPER is delighted to be finally making an impact at Newcastle after an injury-disrupted first season on...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoGeese get back to winning ways
By MATTHEW BALDWIN LONDON Irish Wild Geese snapped a fivematch losing streak as they put in an impressive display against Barnstaple...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMacdonald hat-trick not enough as Quins close out victory
DMP Sharks .22 Harlequins 31 A FLYING start by the Sharks was not enough. They scored two tries in the opening...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoPREVIEW Ireland v Italy
Today. Kick-off 1pm IRELAND welcome Italy looking to bounce back from the 24-0 defeat to France last weekend and coach Adam...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKings crowned by seven-try Ulster
By RONAN O’BRIEN Ulster 59 Kings 10 CRAIG Gilroy’s hat-trick got Jono Gibbes off to a glorious start as Ulster head...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWho will claim the last four places in RWC 2019?
AND then there was four. Uruguay’s impressive 70-60 aggregate win over Canada in their twolegged qualifier for the Americas 2 spot...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPeter’s theatrics steal the show
By BRIAN TILLEY TYNEDALE overcame a South Leicester fightback to claim maximum points. The Midlanders, 45-14 down on the hour, fought...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
LEICESTER TIGHT-HEAD PROP JOE HEYES As a budding tighthead prop at Leicester Tigers, you’d imagine Joe Heyes would look no further...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoControversy over ‘no try’ as Russia fall to Spanish
By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up RUSSIA’S chances of taking the direct route to Rugby World Cup 2019 were left in tatters after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWhat a great start to the Six Nations
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FROMthe feast of tries...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDepleted Sarries still too good for Falcons
By GARY FITZGERALD Victory complete: Max Malins slides over to score Saracens’ final try PICTURES: Getty Images SARACENS are breathing down...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBennett lifts Scots after bench press
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh 29 Leinster 24 MARK Bennett scored a late winner to clinch a thriller at Myreside which puts...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAccident-prone Graham never let injury stop him
FORMER Wellington and New Zealand flanker Graham Williams, who was fondly recalled at a memorial service this week, was known throughout...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoField out of ideas as Dale dominate
Wharfedale 43 Huddersfield 5 By ROBERT FORT WHARFEDALE’S recent good run continued with a comprehensive bonuspoint victory. Playing down the hill...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExeter edge Leeds to stay in contention at the summit
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP A SEE-SAWencounter at Topsham saw Exeter edge Leeds Beckett 24-19, missing out on a bonus point...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBrunel rap for putting Jalibert in harm’s way
Mega-boot: Lionel Beauxis is back at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images It didn’t take long for the club v country rows that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGatland raps TMO as ‘no try’ row rages
By GARY FITZGERALD WARREN Gatland hit out at the Twickenham TMO last night after his Welsh team were denied a crucial...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNeutral doctors will retain HIA integrity
WE ARE all fully supportive of the HIA protocol, but abuse raises significant issues. Nigel Owens, clearly aware from the several...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDeano: They still had bit of stardust
MARK McCall heaped praise on his Sarries stand-ins after they put pressure on Exeter Chiefs at the top of the table....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWe can keep our title insist Scarlets
Preview Benetton v Scarlets Today, Kick-off 1pm JONATHAN Evans hasn’t had much game time with the Scarlets this season, but he...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sexton’s was good, but Jonny’s was great MUCHdebate this...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers tamed as Otley assume control
By NICK DOYLE OTLEY clawed back a 14- point deficit to run out comfortable winners against a spirited Sheffield Tigers side....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTwins will peak for England – Seymour
By JON NEWCOMBE Ultra competitive: Ben Curry has impressed Dave Seymour, below PICTURE: Getty Images NEWLY-RETIRED Sale flanker Dave Seymour has...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn: We can bounce back against Ireland
Defiant: Alun Wyn Jones ALUN WYN Jones vowed Wales will bounce back from their Six Nations defeat to England when they...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoJudo horror injury will force Sam to quit at 26
By NEIL FISSLER SAM JONES is set to hang up his boots after failing to recover from an horrendous injury he...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSort out the crooked feeds and backchat
WHY is it beyond the capabilities of most scrum-halves to roll a ball straight for a metre and why are more...
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Premiership
/ 8 years ago‘Berbatov of rugby’ resigns to give Quins a boost before big Wasps re-match
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS captain Dave Ward has hailed Tim Visser’s re-signing as a “massive boost” before a match against Wasps...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoScottish are denied by Foley’s late contribution
By GUY WILLIAMS A LATE penalty from replacement fly-half Charlie Foley earned Doncaster a narrow victory at Castle Park against an...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe day Emily became the ‘suffragette’ of Rugby Union
THE centenary celebrations of the Women’s Suffragette movement have been much in evidence this week which set me thinking –who were...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStop-start but Stour whistle a happy tune
By DAVID LAWRENCE Stourbridge 23pts Leicester Lions 12pts STOURBRIDGE celebrated a hard-fought victory over their battling East Midlands visitors with director...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoThorley’s looking to keep on improving
GLOUCESTER flyer Ollie Thorley may well be in the try-scoring groove, but the winger says he needs to sharpen up his...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland won arm-wrestle as Wales paid for their errors
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE …EVERY WEEK England won this arm-wrestle of a contest by playing the conditions better than Wales,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIreland’s Italian romp marred by injury fears
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND duly accumulated an impressive total against Italy which helped boost their points difference immeasurably – but it...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRFU should build 24-club pro league
LOSSES of £21.1m, dependency on benefactors, excessively high wages for players, at most only 13 clubs capable of continuing in business...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWarriors make history with victory at Exeter
By ROGER PANTING On target: Chris Pennell lands a penalty for Worcester PICTURES: Getty Images WORCESTER pulled off the shock of...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBristol hold on against an Ealing onslaught
By MIKE JAMES BRISTOL ground out a crucial victory with a nail-biting victory over Ealing Trailfinders at Vallis Way. Pat Lam’s...












