All posts tagged "Premium"
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoUnderhill suffers as Bath run lukewarm
■By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder had mixed emotions after Bath made heavy weather of seeing off European minnows Benetton and failed...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoWhy no one is quite able to wing it like the All Blacks
Of all the assembly lines in all the world, there is none to compare with New Zealand’s mass production of Test...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEdinburgh can be sure of a warm welcome in Russia
■By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH face a trip into the unknown this coming weekend when they head to Russia to face European...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoCostello gives his kids their chance
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Blues Sunday, Kick-off 3pm, Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM head coach Ian Costello has retained just four of his...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTry-fest for Park as the points roll in
■By NICK DOYLE Otley 46 Sedgley Park 57 SEDGLEY Park edged out Otley in a 100-point thriller to deny them a...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRaiders stunned by late fightback
■By LIAM DAVIES Worthing 27 Cinderford 29 CINDERFORD produced a stunning comeback late on to defeat Worthing Raiders. The Raiders looked...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoIrish out-half McKinley makes Italy Test squad
■By SAM JACKSON Treviso star: McKinley IRELAND-BORN Ian McKinley, who lost the sight in his left eye six years ago, has...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years ago‘We must improve to beat Scarlets’
CHRIS Cook claims Bath must move up a gear or two if they are to be serious European contenders. The scrum-half...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoAlun-Wyn’s whingers put rugby morality to shame
IN SWANSEA last weekend, rugby surrendered another piece of the moral high ground they like to think separates them from football....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBurns gets three weeks
BATHfly-half Freddie Burns has been given a three-week suspension following his red card for a dangerous tackle on Worcester’s Josh Adams....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRugby ‘should tap gridiron talent pool’
JOE BYRNES finds an increasing link between two top Transatlantic sports Career change: Harry Innis in American Football mode and, below...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDevon’s a Constant threat for Lions
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians 3 Leicester L’ns40 A DEVON Constant hattrick for Lions saw them demolish Luctonians after the home side...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoLions roar again to extend perfect start with Bees in pursuit
PETERBOROUGH Lions continued their perfect start to the Midlands Premier with a bonus-point 31-20 victory against Newbold on Avon. Michael Watts...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMunster confirm signing of Bok ace Van Graan
MUNSTER and the Irish Rugby Football Union have confirmed the appointment of Johann van Graan as the new head coach of...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoDavies must spike big guns of Nonu and Bastareaud
■By ALEX BYWATER JONATHAN Davies is used to the big occasion. Six consecutive Test starts for the British & Irish Lions...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoIs art of post-match interview disappearing, like objectivity?
PLAYERS have been taking umbrage at post-match questions almost ever since Billy Webb Ellis ran off with the football at Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLawes tops September
NORTHAMPTON Saints forward Courtney Lawes has been named Premiership Player of the Month for September 2017. Lawes has been instrumental in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFearns out for season as English No.8 curse strikes again
■By SAM JACKSON CARL Fearns is out for the rest of the season after rupturing his cruciate knee ligament. The Lyon...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBroadley roars loudest for Tigers
■By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 45 Sheffield Tig 55 MACCLESFIELD came into this off the back of three straight defeats and found...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBeckett turn up the second-half intensity to trounce Trent
BUCS ROUND-UP ■By JOE BYRNES LEEDS Beckett should start a bus company. Having waited 12 months for their first BSR win,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPooler open up 12-point gap at the top
Championship round-up ■By JAY BAYFORD PONTYPOOL opened up a 12-point lead at the top following their 38-10 bonuspoint victory over Skewen....
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoOspreys positive despite poor run
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Great challenge: Olly Cracknell OSPREYS back row forward Olly Cracknell is confident his team can put their woeful...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTiger Ryan stood down
LEICESTER Tigers flanker Dominic Ryan has been stood down for 12 weeks following repeated concussions. The 27-year-old has missed Leicester’s last...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBurger is face of Namibia’s fighting spirit
BRENDAN GALLAGHER traces the rugged history of Nambian rugby as it celebrates 150 years THE Namibian Rugby Union are celebrating their...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRobins ensures Sheffield wait for first win
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield 14 Chester 24 FOURTEEN points from the boot of fly-half Liam McGovern ensured Chester claimed their first...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPersistence paid off at age of 30
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL DOWSON THE FORMER ENGLAND, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER BACK ROWER Calcutta king: Phil Dowson, right, with his...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTreorchy downed at last but they still lead
Division One round-up ■By CARL FIELD ONE East Central leaders Treorchy suffered their first defeat of the season as they went...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoSix Nations lose £5m as sponsors slash deal
By PETER JACKSON THE full extent of the Six Nations title sponsorship loss can be revealed today – £5ma- year with...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoTime for Warren to blood new Dragons
NOW IS the time for Wales to roll the selection dice. Warren Gatland will name his squad for the November Tests...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■VETERAN Western Force prop Pek Cowan appears to be unlikely to be heading to...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFortnight off for Socino
JUANPablo Socino of Newcastle Falcons has been suspended for two weeks after striking Ian Whitton of Exeter Chiefs last weekend. The...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSchalk head-butted a lion, so
THERE has always been a sniff of the rugged about Namibia with the Namib Desert and Skeleton coast to the West...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoChuter is happy to take derby day spoils
■By LEE SIMS Hinckley 36pts South Leicester32pts HINCKLEY claimed derby day bragging rights with a bonus point victory at home to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFab five join exclusive Hall of Fame club
FIVE of England’s finest have been inducted into the Premiership Hall of Fame. World Cup winners Jason Robinson, Ben Kay and...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoYachvili: It’s got to be Sarries for Cup
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The name of Dimitri Yachvili is one that provoked apprehension, if not fear, in the ranks of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoGruff set for job swap with the Blues
■By STEFFAN THOMAS AND ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS backs coach Gruff Rees looks set to take up the same role with Cardiff...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMcNicholl not right for Wales just yet
I WAS delighted – and a little surprised – to read some excellent comments from Scarlets wing Johnny McNicholl this week...
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Features
/ 9 years agoScottish RFU could step in to boost Worcester
WORCESTER Warriots could find an unlikely saviour in the form of the Scottish Rugby Union according to Blindside sources. We understand...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCostly ban for Wilson
DONCASTERKnights winger Curtis Wilson has been banned for four weeks for a tip-tackle on Hartpury’s Harry Cochrane. The incident occurred in...
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Features
/ 9 years agoOpponents were no problem
To play and train with club and country – he played 24 Tests and appeared in two World Cups –Van der...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPerfect start maintained by the Bridge
■By BEN GODDARD Stourbridge 32 Huddersfield 17 STOURBRIDGE continued their perfect start to the season after overcoming a tough test against...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhy should club men take pay cut to help big earners?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the Champions Cup having kicked off, the focus is again on...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFalcons bring back good old days with sell-out for Tigers
■By JON NEWCOMBE England cap: Mark Wilson takes on Argentine cover NEWCASTLE are on course to achieve their first 10,000 sell-out...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoKruis confident he can regain his England place
■By GARY FITZGERALD GEORGE Kruis is convinced his injury nightmares and disappointing Lions tour are firmly behind him, and that he...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoBlues fail to cash in on supershow from Garyn
■By ROGER PANTING GARYNSmith took his chance to impress by spearheading Blues to a bonus point victory over the Top 14...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBath prop Auterac a target for Quins
Wanted: Auterac HARLEQUINS are believed to be heading a queue of clubs interested in signing loose-head prop Nick Auterac from Bath...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWorld Cup star retires
FORMERAll Blacks halfback Piri Weepu, 34, announced his retirment this week. The 2011 World Cup hero, who won 71 Test caps,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMy All-time Namibia XV
Chrysander Botha Tempting to pick Springbok great Percy Montgomery but in truth being born in Walvis Bay was his only real...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoWalker’s try gets Dale over the line
■By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale 7 Sale 5 A HIGH-scoring game was expected when second-placed Tynedale entertained Sale in third spot, but...
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