All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHumphreys focused on set-piece failings
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER rugby director David Humphreys is banking on the arrival of hard-nosed South African head coach Johan Ackerman...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHartpury’s history boys take top billing after finishing the term with honours
Star quality: Hartpury College’s former Italy U20 back row Jake Polledri HARTPURY College became the first team in history to win...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoNow it’s Newcastle’s turn to head abroad
NEWCASTLE are to play a Premiership ‘home’ game in Philadelphia next September which again shows how Premiership clubs care little about,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoCrusaders in the clear for a home semi-final
By NICK VERDIER THE Crusaders maintained their perfect record with a 31-24 win over the Chiefs in Suva on Friday to...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCounties’ June tours set to be scrapped
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoFranchising is not the way forward for English rugby
THE article last week regarding Mick Hogan’s concerns about rugby in the North is no doubt founded on genuine concern, but...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNakarawa demands high price for move
Expensive: Leone Nakarawa RACING 92 lock Leone Nakarawa could end up pricing himself out of a return to the UK unless...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSchmidt brings in new faces
NEWS EXTRA JOE Schmidt has included eight uncapped players in his Ireland squad for the three-Test tour of the USA and...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBilly can take No.8 play to a new level!
Lawrence Dallaglio tells NEALE HARVEY how Billy Vunipola can usurp Kieran Read as world leading No.8 Lawrence Dallaglio Blockbuster: Billy Vunipola...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoLions legend was just Sir to all of us
I SAW a piece in your paper about John Dawes and the Lions, but to a lot of people he was...
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Features
/ 9 years agoOut go Aviva, but who will sponsor Premiership?
PREMIER RUGBY are confident of having a new title sponsor in place to replace Aviva who end their sponsorship of the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoHants all set for a thrilling final with Leicester
Division Two Round-up By TRP REPORTER HAMPSHIREand Leicestershire will face off at Twickenham for the County Championship Plate next Sunday after...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER 2 FINAL:Neath 14 Newport 32
By ROB COLE GERAINT O’Driscoll stepped in to fill the Newport No.10 jersey and guided the Black & Ambers to the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSlimani’s coming back on again – and again
COLIN BOAG Controversy: Rabah Slimani, third from left, comes back on as Wales protest Cast your mind back a few weeks...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoGoode: We just want to get better and better
SARACENS full-back Alex Goode praised the composure of his teammates after scoring another late matchwinning try to seal victory over Clermont....
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Features
/ 9 years agoJack can be the lad to help swing it for the Lions say ex-England stars
NICK CAIN ASKS TWO LIONS WINGERS ABOUT JACK NOWELL – AND THEY AGREE THE EXETER STAR CAN BE A HIT YOU...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoKitchener confident Tigers can spring a surprise
Defiant: Leicester lock Graham Kitchener GRAHAM Kitchener reckons Leicester’s durability in adversity will enable them to ruin Wasps’ party and reach...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoPete at the treble to Swat Yorkshire
Northum’land 22 Yorkshire........34 By BEN PICKIN PETE Swatkins scored a second half hat-trick to inspire Yorkshire to a tight victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIronmen finally break RGC curse to maintain their title tilt
Merthyr ..........35 RGC 1404 ..........7 By ROB COLE IT WAS fourth time lucky for Merthyr as they finally beat RGC 1404...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoFrench World Cup record is big threat to England
Developing: Fly-half Camille Lopez could be a danger in Japan 2019 PICTURE: Getty Images EVERY international coach ranked 1-8 wanted to...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace
BRENDAN GALLAGHER No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJACK NOWELL UP CLOSE
Jack and the sea Jack Nowell’s father, Michael, is a trawlerman who runs a fleet of three boats out of Penzance....
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRhodes now relishing life as colossus of Saracens
NICK VERDIER meets the black sheep who’s turned into a starring wolf for Saracens It can be a daunting prospect for...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCrowe soaring high to help Cheshire bounce
Cheshire ..............32pts East Midlands ..24pts By JAMIE RUSSELL Speedy service: Alistair Baker gets the Cheshire back line moving. Right: Joe Daniel...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFamiliar foes ready to battle with higher stakes
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Aberavon v Bedwas Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, Talbot Athletic Ground THEY met at the Talbot Athletic Ground last...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRef Owens makes it tougher for Cup heroes
Clermont 17pts Tries: Lamerat 27, Abendanon 52 Conversions: Parra 28, 54 Penalties: Parra 60 Saracens 28pts Tries: Ashton 13, Kruis 22,...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAbendanon: It’s not a nice feeling but we’ll be back again
NICK Abendanon was left gutted by Saracens’ stunning finale after his side had fought their way back into the match. He...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSteenson hoping for some Clermont pointers
By NICK VERDIER EXETER find Saracens on their path to Premiership glory once more but talisman Gareth Steenson reckons they could...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEpic finale beckons as Cornwall cruise
Devon ............11 Cornwall........56 By NIGEL WALROND CORNWALL set up a winners- takes-all showdown with Hertfordshire next Saturday as they ruthlessly swept...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoProsser’s late show sees Black & Ambers snatch the win
By JAMES LLOYD A LAST-DITCHMatt Prosser try saw Newport dramatically book their place in the Premiership Tier Two final with a...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
CLERMONT 1. RAPHAEL CHAUME Did his duty at the scrum, and did not stint at close quarters Rating: 6 out of...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoWorld Cups need more pools of death
HERE are the cold hard facts. There is only one “pool of death” in the 2019 World Cup draw made in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExeter ‘wanted £250k’ for Blues to sign Francis
WALES have abandoned plans to sign Exeter prop Tomas Francis because his club demanded a ‘silly’ transfer fee of £250,000. The...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWales lads get in gear for Scottish warm up
By SAM JACKSON OSPREYS flanker Will Jones will captain Wales U20 for the World Rugby championship in Georgia, which pits them...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoTom Terrific helps Kent edge thriller
Surrey ..............17 Kent ..................18 By GRAHAM COX AN ENTHRALLING finale to a tight match saw Kent overturn a ninepoint lead to...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys hold the edge but face tricky test at Neath
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Neath v Cross Keys Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, The Gnoll IT IS 2-1 to Cross Keys against Neath...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoBrown had to take off his passing blinkers to be a Lion
YOU would have to have an ice block rather than a heart not to empathise with Mike Brown, and all the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSubscriptions…
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMercer: I’ll prove why I should be in Argentina
By NEALE HARVEY TEENAGE back row sensation Zach Mercer aims to show Eddie Jones why he should have been on the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBanks impresses in Herts demolition
By TONY FIELDING Hertfordshire 46 Gloucs ..............19 HERTFORDSHIRE overpowered Gloucestershire as they ran out comfortbale winners at Hertford. Sam Barnes grabbed...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTop gong to Piutau
ULSTER’S Charles Piutau was named players’ player of the season in the PRO12. Leinster’s Joey Carbery was named young player of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPeerless Parisse leads his nearly men to glory
From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield STADE Francais have been Europe’s nearly men for so long they must have thought they were...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFlutey: Lions must play keep ball to stay alive
As the only man to play for and against the British & Irish Lions, Riki Flutey gives Jon Newcombe his unique...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOld Elthamians targeting top-flight says boss Lach
By NEALE HARVEY OLD Elthamians have set their sights on capturing the hearts and minds of rugby fans in Kent after...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEssex given a big scare after the interval
Division Three Round-up By CHRIS HUGHES ESSEX moved top of the Pool One table in Division Three as they held off...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStade sale begins as club await new owner
Stade Francais turned the winning of the first European trophy in their history into a farewell party for some of their...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoGlaws rue high penalty count
WITHGloucester losing out not just on a third Challenge Cup title, but also a chance at play-off qualification for next season’s...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPerelini blasts England for selecting Solomona
Relief: Apollo Perelini SAMOAN legend Apollo Perelini has applauded World Rugby’s decision to raise the residency ruling from three years to...
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