All posts tagged "Premium"
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoYes, England are into the last four but we’ve not been tested yet
Pack power: England No.8 Sarah Hunter on the charge CATHERINE SPENCER Former England captain It’s job done for England. We’re into...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSouthern stars shine in their adopted skies
TWO more recruits from what used to be the British Empire take up residence this week in Scotland’s training squad. Anton...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoConfident pack will front up and get us quality ball – Ford
LEICESTER fly-half George Ford is relishing his return to Welford Road and linking up with old mates Ben Youngs and Manu...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPlease, let’s have an end to this phony war
COLIN BOAG It’s the waiting that’s the hardest part. The long summer break with next to no meaningful rugby is drawing...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHeavy artillery rolls through to give Harrison armchair ride
By COLIN NEWBOULT Leicester …47 Treviso …12 THIS convincing seventry victory set an ideal benchmark for Matt O’Connor’s troops to build...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWales win pool finale but coach frustrated by slack approach
Game 3 round-up WALESscored four tries in the final half hour to beat Hong Kong 39-15 and break their duck in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TOM DE GLANVILLE ENGLAND U18S & BATH CENTRE Tom de Glanville has one of the most famous rugby names in England...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
NIC WHITE, THE EXETER CHIEFS AND AUSTRALIA SCRUM–HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Scott Sio...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWarriors muscled out by Moseley lock stars
By ROGER PANTING Moseley…24 Worcester …15 WORCESTER suffered an embarrassing defeat in the incessant rain at Billesley Common but Moseley’s victory...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJonny on rampage Down Under
BRENDAN GALLAGHER REMEMBERS THE OUTSTANDING ENGLAND SCHOOLS TEAM OF 1997 It’s 20 years ago this month that one of the strongest...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWallabies smashed for six in first half blitzkrieg
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND dismissed Australia from their presence with a remarkable six-try first half burst in Sydney which left...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNev happy with Bordeaux crew
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Sale winger Nev Edwards is hoping history will repeat itself as he looks to grab a second...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYarde ‘hurt’ by Eddie’s snub says Kingston
By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins…47pts Jersey Reds…21pts JOHN Kingston admits Marland Yarde is “hurting” after being snubbed by Eddie Jones again for...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTest stars are back in best shape ever warns Pivac
By ALEX BYWATER Winners: Scarlets celebrate their PRO12 success DEFENDING champions Scarlets have sent out an ominous warning ahead of the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoYes, it looks like something is really starting to happen for Coetzee’s Springboks
By NICK VERDIER SOUTHAfrica did not have it all their own way like they did against France in the June Test...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPiratical Cully plots to storm Chiefs
HARRISON Cully is bidding to follow in the rapid footsteps of Stuart Townsend and Sam Simmonds by progressing from the bench...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaints strike late to rescue victory in Scotland
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Glasgow …19 Northampton…14 TWO tries in the final five minutes clawed back victory for Northampton and spoiled Dave...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLovobalavu power surge signals Wasps fightback
By JACK REES Ulster …15 Wasps …26 WASPS began their preseason showing great signs of resilience by coming back from behind...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMatson has total faith in rejuvenated Lion Joseph
By NEALE HARVEY BATH head coach Tabai Matson reckons Jonathan Joseph’s best is yet to come as the gifted outsidecentre looks...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CHRISTIAN LOADER FORMER WALES, SWANSEA, PONTYPRIDD, ROTHERHAM AND BATH PROP Believe it or not, I started out as a full-back at...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFekitoa hopes Test recall will follow French leave
ALL BLACK centre Malakai Fekitoa says his slip down the Test pecking order prompted his move to Toulon. At 24, he...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBig task ahead for Ackermann
By NEIL FLEMING Leinster …50 Gloucester …14 IT might have been only a pre-season game but Johan Ackermann saw what he...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClass tells from Faf but Cockerill pleased his new boys ‘puggy-up’
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Edinburgh …20 Sale …24 EDINBURGH flashed glimpses of a possible reversal of fortunes but ultimately Richard Cockrill’s first...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMalouf jets in to feed Tigers need for speed
AUSSIE Sevens specialist Nick Malouf has vowed to pose a wing threat to England’s Jonny May as the converted flanker bids...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPortuguese pathfinder Vieira quits Italy for Rotherham
IT’S A brave decision to swap the sunshine of the Portuguese coast for industrial South Yorkshire, but that’s the choice of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSharples grateful as Hartpury step in
HARTPURY RFC will replace Yorkshire Carnegie as the opponents in Charlie Sharples’ testimonial at Kingsholm on Friday. The Scarlets will also...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStar-studded Irish ready for step up
By ROB STEEL London Irish …29 Ealing …6 LONDON Irish got a big morale booster two weeks from the start of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCoventry …57 Broadstreet…24
COVENTRY, fielding a largely development academy side, proved too strong for city neighbours Broadstreet, who were promoted back to National Two...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBeware, 27 has become a dangerous age for stars
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THINGS IF I was a betting man I would wager that Julian Savea –who currently...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMorahan happy Bristol match his ambitions
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Wallabies star Luke Morahan reckons Bristol’s signing of former All Black Charles Piutau has reinforced his decision...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTownsend overlooks Scott for Test camp
GLOUCESTER star Matt Scott has been left out of Scotland’s 41-man squad for a two-day training camp in St Andrews this...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChampagne rugby from Exeter’s forgotton centre Campagnaro
By ROGER PANTING Red hot: Exeter centre Michele Campagnao. Right: Sarel Pretorious scores for Dragons PICTURE: Pinnacle TEAMS EXETER: Bodilly, Woodburn...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCoventry …50 Sale FC …0
FULL-BACK James Stokes claimed a first half hattrick to set up an eight-try win over a Sale side that narrowly missed...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPoublan v Scarrett will thrill
THE list of classy modern centres from France is a long and distinguished one, ranging through Joe Maso, Denis Charvet, Philippe...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBedford toughening up for promotion bid
BEDFORD player-coach Alex Rae reckons adding grit to his side’s traditional running game will ensure Championship favourites Bristol do not have...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAbendanon: I could be onway back to England
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Nick Abendanon faces a decision on his future next month and has not closed the door on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
ETHAN WALLER WORCESTER LOOSEHEAD How’s pre-season going? Very well. We’ve kicked things off in terms of warm-up games and everything is...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPumas must let players go abroad
I HAVE never understood the rationale behind Argenina’s recent insistence on picking only from home based professionals in their Jaguares Super...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAlcohol abuse no laughing matter for players in Pacific
DAN LEO EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS I’ll admit, it hasn’t been a great month off the field for my fellow...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoResurgent Hibbard is eyeing Test recall
RICHARD Hibbard says he has “fallen in love” with rugby all over again as he seeks to build on his Player...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoExeter class tells in the end as Pirates battle on
Exeter …47 C Pirates…15 AN OMINOUS opening of two scrum batterings led to Carl Rimmer crashing over in just the third...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBrits hits treble to steady Sarries ship
By MATT WRIGHT VETERAN hooker Schalk Brits grabbed a hat-trick as Saracens eventually showed their class against a dogged Bedford side...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWales face more woe over Walker
By PETER JACKSON WALES are concerned over the immediate future of the wing they have been trying to pick for the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSuper Sene is as inspiration for Ireland and the Islanders
WITHthe Women’s RWC in full flow, one person who has left her mark is Kiwi-born Samoan, now Irish player, Sene Nauopu....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCipriani not giving up on his England ambitions
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY CIPRIANI approaches the ripe sporting age of 30 utterly convinced the best years of his troubled rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoProtheroe stars in first half before Scarlets bring on the heavy mob
By STEFFAN THOMAS Bristol…26 Scarlets …33 SCARLETS scored 21 unanswered points to inflict a second preseason defeat on Bristol. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoLack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
THE Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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