All posts tagged "Premium"
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe French connection
THE French connection for Spain is not new, it’s just been a Catch 22 situation of Los Leones never previously having...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCalcutta king with rugby in his blood
MY LIFEIN RUGBY JON CALLARD FORMER BATH & ENGLAND FULL-BACK AND CURRENT SALE KICKING COACH Victory: Jonathan Callard celebrates after his...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHyatt confident Aberavon can stop their winless slump
PREVIEW: Llanelli v Aberavon By JONNY PAYNE Sunday, February 25. Kick-off 2.30pm, Parc y Scarlets ABERAVON head coach Jason Hyatt hopes...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCash needed to halt the exodus from south
COLIN BOAG Talking ahead of yesterday’s Six Nations encounter with Scotland, Eddie Jones responded to criticism of England’s style of play...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSpencer eager to capitalise on big chance to impress
By NEALE HARVEY Aiming for impact: Ben Spencer PICTURE: Getty Images POPULAR hooker Schalk Brits makes an eagerly-awaited return as Saracens...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoIt’s a Vale of tears… even for victorious Edinburgh
By ROGER PANTING DESPITE their bonus point win, Edinburgh’s director of rugby, Richard Cockerill, was scathing of Dragons’ decision to play...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBeefed up Barrett back after shoulder surgery
NEWS EXTRA By GEORGE LAWRENCE ALL BLACKS full-back Jordie Barrett will make his return to action for the Wellington Hurricanes development...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWarriors show why ring-fence is wrong
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With lots of razzmatazz last week, the clubs took over the headlines...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWoods hoping Vale will end Merthyr’s winning run
PREVIEW: Ebbw Vale v Merthyr By JAY BAYFORD Sunday, February 25. Kick-off 2.30pm, Eugene Cross Park GREG Woods is optimistic about...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoFarrell in Murrayfield tunnel row with Scots
By GARY FITZGERALD Grand Slam dream over: England’s Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph look dejected at the end of the match...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
GARETH OWEN, LEICESTER AND FORMER OSPREYS & SCARLETS CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Duncan...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoIrish remain defiant despite 16pt gap
Spencer, Cox, Arr, Hammond Back in the lineup: Johnny Williams ENGLAND midfield prospect Johnny Williams returns as London Irish aim to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLeinster kids cane Kings with 10 tries
By JOHN FALLON Leinster …64 Kings …7 LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen threw in his young talent with so many absent on...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders spark into life with late power surge
By OLIVER SINCLAIR THE Crusaders started the defence of their Super Rugby title with a 45-23 bonus-point win over the Chiefs....
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoScots blow the wheels off Eddie’s bandwagon
From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield In the game: Owen Farrell dives over to give England second half hope WINNERS are grinners...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlanelli produce shock victory in One West
Welsh Championship round-up By Daniel Phillips LLANELLI Wanderers produced a shock result in One West to beat the muchfancied Gorseinon 29-19....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJonny’s back to help Warriors claim survival
By ROGER PANTING Winning return: Jonny Arr scores No stopping him: Matt Scott scores Gloucester’s first try JONNY Arr made a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHalfpenny will need to dominate the skies
SHANE WILLIAMS Must start: George North impressed in his cameo PICTURE: Getty Images IT WILL take a very good team indeed...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn’s magnificent week on and off the field
PETER JACKSON Giving his all: Alun Wyn Jones in action against England One of the last things Alun-Wyn Jones did before...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRampant Knights win battle of attacks
By STEVE HOSSACK Making the game safe: Doncaster’s Adam Batt scores and is congratulated by Jack Bergmanas PICTURES: Gareth Lyons DONCASTER...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPiutau on crocked list
ULSTERwill be without Charles Piutau, Sean Reidy and Rob Lyttle for several weeks after the trio suffered injuries last week. Star...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoChinnor made to toil for their reward
■By BEN RODEN Old Redcliff’ 19 Chinnor 24 CHINNOR recorded a bonus-point win against a Redcliffians side that made them work...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWallaby flyer joins Saints but Brookes is moving on
NEWS EXTRA NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed Wallaby flyer Taqele Naiyaravoro from the Waratahs. The 26-year-old Fiji-born wing will join the Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoUnderwood the hero as Glos halt Sarries
■By ADAM MOYLES Saracens 29pts Glos-Hartpury 29pts MID-TABLE Gloucester- Hartpury came from 14 points down to prevent a Saracens victory –...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoIt’s a big lesson for us – Gloucs
GLOUCESTER’S head coach, Johan Ackermann, had no complaints about the result. He said: “We were not good enough and it’s another...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLucky for me Warren refused my kind offer in Cardiff
WARREN Gatland will coach Wales for the 100th time against Ireland – a remarkable achievement and he deserves all the accolades...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSir Nick had a way of stopping Scots pulses
SIR Nicholas (call me Nick) Shehadie had a chuckle to himself once every four years whenever Scotland turned up for the...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPack power sets platform for backline fliers
By LUKE JARMYN UNBEATEN Bristol’s forward physicality and backline dynamism outclassed London Scottish to seal a try bonus-point within half-an-hour and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCockerill to clear decks
SCOTLAND trio Cornell du Preez, Sam Hidalgo- Clyne and Duncan Weir as well as Welshman Jason Tovey will leave Edinburgh in...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWatson’s hat-trick of tries puts TJs in charge
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J 25 Worthing 21 IT was a real game of contrasting halves at The Slade with Worthing...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlooding kids has been key to revival – Savage
■By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA JOHAN Ackermann’s determination to blood fresh talent is inspiring Gloucester’s charge for a first Premiership title,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMobbs-Smith wants strong defensive display
■By DAVID PORTER PREVIEW: Richmond v Firwood Waterloo Sunday February 18. Kick-off 2.30pm RICHMOND head coach David Mobbs-Smith wants a strong...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWe’re close to letting rip now warns Deano
By ALAN HEDLEY Fast start: Sinoti Sinoti goes over for Falcons’ first try after four minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Acrobatic finish:...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHastings guides Warriors towards playoffs
By ALEXANDER McLEMAN Glasgow 37 Cheetahs 23 GLASGOW guaranteed themselves a PRO14 playoff place after sweeping aside the Toyota Cheetahs 37-23....
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGatland saga has taken the old hostilities to a new level
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next weekend’s often spikey encounter at the Aviva BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bragging rights: George North scores...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBrave call by Wigglesworth allows Eden in for winner
By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAMrecorded a first win in 2018 thanks to a dramatic last-ditch penalty goal after Pirates looked assured of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoThree more sign NDCs
SCARLETS Jonathan Davies, Jake Ball and Gareth Davies have all signed national dual contracts with the Welsh Rugby Union. National dual...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoA treble for Ducker as defence is cast aside
■By BILL HOOPER Eye for the line: Rob Coote dives over to score for Redruth. PICTURES: Simon Bryant Redruth 49pts Henley...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTuipulotu looks set to pledge allegiance to Wales
■By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA WALES look to have won a tug of war with England for the services of one...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago’Boro up to fourth as they defeat Sharks
■By JACK UNWIN L’borough 21 DMP Sharks 15 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning made it three wins in a row with victory over Darlington...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThat was pathetic admits Bath boss
DIRECTOR of rugby Todd Blackadder’s succinct appraisal of his side’s performance was “pathetic” as he said sorry to Bath fans after...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBlues on course for Europe’s top table
By ALEX BYWATER DANNY Wilson believes Cardiff Blues are in a good place to qualify for the Champions Cup after they...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSix epic encounters on Irish soil
Nerveless: Leigh Halfpenny celebrates after kicking the winner in the 2012 thriller 1914 Ireland 3 Wales 11 Wales were gathering a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTrailfinders withstand Reds’ late onslaught
By TOM INNES TRAILFINDERS turned up the heat with a 25-point burst either side of halftime that set up a bonus...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTongan flyer hit with ban
NOTTINGHAM wing Viliami Hakalo has been banned for three weeks for a dangerous tackle on Hartpury’s George Boulton in their 39-20...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSam’s the man as Dons cook the Geese
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Wimbledon 46 London IWG 21 SAM O’Leary-Blade’s double led Wimbledon to a dominant victory over a sorry Wild...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPatience game starting to pay off for Sharks flyer Charnley
■By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA JOSH Charnley admits he was “clueless”when he first crossed over into Rugby Union but, 16 months...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOwens eager to bring Gats’ ton up in style
By ALEX BYWATER Previous: Ken Owens in action against Ireland last season KEN Owens insists Wales remain in a good position...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoLiam takes honours – and a yellow card
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Looking good: Liam Williams scores for Saracens PICTURES: Getty Images No way through: Sale’s Danny Solomona is held...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLowe stars but Scarlets show grit to earn bonus
By BILL KIELY False dawn: Scarlets’ Johnny McNicholl goes over to score PICTURE: Huw Evans SCARLETS head coach Wayne Pivac praised...
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