All posts tagged "Premium"
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFreestyle Wasps are cut above the rest
By NICK VERDIER Back-to-back: Wasps lift the Premiership Sevens trophy for the second year running PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS will once...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPast glories will count for nothing say England
The memory of 2014 in France might still be fresh with us but women’s rugby has moved on apace and, a...
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/ 9 years agoDenton: I had to quit Bath for Test dream
By NICK VERDIER Hungry for game time: David Denton PICTURES: Getty Images DAVID Denton wants to wear the Scotland jersey again...
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/ 9 years agoFord’s no loss with Freddie at the helm says Banahan
By NEALE HARVEY Leaders: Freddie Burns and Matt Garvey, right MATT Banahan is convinced Bath have emerged far stronger from the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLivewire Randall presses case for first team action
PLATE ROUND-UP A BLISTERING start handed Gloucester a 22-12 win over Saracens to win the Plate at the Premiership Sevens in...
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/ 9 years agoBlack Ferns became the domimant force after early success for the U.S.
IN the early years the USA were a powerhouse and they duly won the inaugural World Cup in 1991, beating England...
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/ 9 years agoGold excited to have captain GJ back to lead battle
WORCESTER hope concussion problems to a trio of key players are a thing of the past as they look set to...
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/ 9 years agoMcMahon set to miss World Cup
HIGHLY-RATED Wallaby back row Sean McMahon has signed a ‘lucrative’ two-year contract to play for an unnamed club in Japan. The...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLate Collins try earns local bragging rights for Saints
BOWL ROUND-UP NORTHAMPTON won the first East Midlands derby of the season as a late try from Tom Collins helped them...
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Features
/ 9 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
Breaking through: Emily Scarratt takes on the Italians It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCharitable mindset has held back Pacific rugby
Fifty up: Akapusi Qera, with insets David Lemi, Census Johnston and Nili Latu PICTURE: Getty Images Much of the kiwi media-fare...
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/ 9 years agoJoseph has to reinvent himself now says Mears
Critic: Lee Mears LIONS flop Jonathan Joseph must take a leaf out of Brian O’Driscoll’s book by re-evaluating his game in...
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/ 9 years agoWhen Briggs made us all believers
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? BEDFORD 1975 THE RFU CUP WINNERS By NEIL FISSLER Mastermind: Pat Briggs DEREK Wyatt, the former England...
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/ 9 years agoSarries rocket helps Nick hit new heights
By NEALE HARVEY Impressive start: England boss Eddie Jones congratulates Nick Isiekwe after his debut against the Barbarians PICTURES: Getty Images...
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/ 9 years agoTigers swoop for England star May
BY NEIL FISSLER Tigers target: Jonny May ENGLAND wing Jonny May will this week complete his switch from Gloucester to Leicester...
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/ 9 years agoArscott excited by coaching challenge at Dings
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY DINGS Crusaders coach Luke Arscott believes the club’s impressive new £8m facility at Shaftesbury Park will...
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/ 9 years agoO’Connor: Sale culture can get me back to top
By JON NEWCOMBE Trust: Steve Diamond STAR signing James O’Connor says he wants to follow in the footsteps of good mate...
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/ 9 years agoTop Boks will follow ‘exodus to Europe’
By NEALE HARVEY Views: Edward Griffiths SUPER Rugby’s fading appeal is likely to provoke South Africa’s major provinces to follow the...
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/ 9 years agoWelsh Union set to step in for Halfpenny
LIONS full-back Leigh Halfpenny could be on the verge of finding a new club according to Blindside sources in South Wales....
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/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
RORY PITMAN, THE JERSEY AND FORMER SCARLETS AND WASPS NO.8, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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/ 9 years agoWallaby skipper steps down
AUSTRALIA captain Stephen Moore has decided to call time on his 12-year international career at the end of the season. Moore,...
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/ 9 years agoLydiate ready for action at Ospreys
By PETER JACKSON Gimme some skin: Christian Wade, left, and Dan Robson helped Wasps retain their Premiership Sevens title PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 9 years agoBaxter bolsters lock stock with Kings enforcer
TRANSFER WRAP PREMIERSHIP champions Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their squad ahead of the new season with the acquisition of South African...
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/ 9 years agoKnee injury ended my England hopes
MY LIFE IN RUGBY ANDY SAULL THE FORMER ENGLAND SAXONS, SARACENS, NEWCASTLE AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE FLANKER Saracens titan: Andy Saull shared...
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/ 9 years agoSmith taking a breather
ALL Blacks star Ben Smith is set for a sabbatical following next month’s back-to-back Bledisloe Cup Tests against the Wallabies. Smith...
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/ 9 years agoRobinson: I couldn’t quit even after club axed Dad
BRISTOL flanker Olly Robinson has revealed why he decided to stay at the club in the wake his father’s sacking as...
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/ 9 years agoMy love of risk-taking has landed me in U.S.
Big oak: Toulon’s Mathieu Bastareaud PICTURE: Getty Images The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner...
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/ 9 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Thursday August 3 Leicester Lions v Coventry Friday August...
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/ 9 years agoWales still a target for new Scarlet Prydie
TOM Prydie is relishing the start of a new chapter at the Scarlets after joining the PRO12 champions from Newport Gwent...
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/ 9 years agoOld pals Catrakalis and Swiel set to battle it out
By NEALE HARVEY Order of the boot: Demetri Catrakilis shows his kicking repertoire for Montpellier against Quins PICTURES: Getty Images NEW...
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/ 9 years agoJoe ready to take his chance alongside George
ONE downside of going to America is that I won’t be able to see George and Joe play for Leicester as...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoReplace women’s contracts with individiual match fees
World cup captain: England No.8 Sarah Hunter, World Rugby’s player of the year for 2016 PICTURE: Getty Images As I prepare...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoWhatever the price, they aren’t machines
DAVID Short’s letter about Premiership club owners is rehearsed at every gathering of supporters. Whatever they get paid, the players are...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoBreak the bank to keep Dan at Ospreys
Key man at Ospreys: Dan Biggar PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S MY message to the Welsh Rugby Union; you have to try...
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/ 9 years agoBall targeting leadership role for club and country
By ALEX BYWATER Calling the shots: Jake Ball JAKE Ball says the pain of missing out on the Scarlets’ PRO12 title...
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/ 9 years agoLean, keen and ready to fight for England dream
By NEALE HARVEY World beaters: Johnny Williams scores against South Africa at last summer’s U20s World Cup, with Joe Marchant in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoMy rugby SOS: Save our Scrums from annilihation
I WRITE in support of Colin Boag’s piece from July 21 regarding crooked feeds in to the scrum. This is an...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoHandling of expansion has become a shambles
I COVERED the expansion of the Guinness PRO12 in my column last week, but seven days later we’re no closer to...
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/ 9 years agoKalamafoni confident he’ll crack it at Tigers
By NICK VERDIER Physical specimen: Sione Kalamafoni PICTURES: Getty Images New boss: Matt O’Connor POWERHOUSE back row Sione Kalamafoni will not...
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/ 9 years agoCaptain Sam gets Wembley honour
SPURS have invited Sam Warburton to be guest of honour at Wembley for their opening home match of the new Premier...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoIt’s called Premiership Sevens for a reason!
PREMIERSHIP rugby has to rethink the rules of the Premiership Sevens and force Premiership teams to actually pick Premiership players. The...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhy help Kiwi coaches? They wouldn’t dream of helping us!
Q&A ALI HEPHER ON THE RECORD Recently promoted Exeter head coach Ali Hepher tells NEALE HARVEY how the Premiership champions are...
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/ 9 years agoNavidi charged for positive season after Test recall
JOSH Navidi insists he’ll play anywhere for Cardiff Blues if it helps him add to his three Wales caps. Back rower...
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/ 9 years ago‘World class’ Vunipola flying again – Sanderson
Rested: Billy Vunipola BILLYVunipola is ready to brush off his Lions disappointment and reassert his position as the world’s dominant No.8,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCall me a misogynist but I’m backing RFU stance
COLIN BOAG Thuggery: Sonny Bill Williams hits Anthony Watson The furore over the RFU’s decision not to renew contracts to the...
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/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MATT WORLEY RACING 92 FULL-BACK It was a PR stunt that took Matt Worley from Hong Kong to Racing 92, but...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoJohnny lost to Wales because of his colour
Halifax record-breaker: Cardiff’s Johnny Freeman They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
ROSS NEAL L. SCOTTISH CENTRE How’s pre-season going? Pretty well, thanks. We’ve been training at the Lensbury Hotel which is a...
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/ 9 years agoRFU: Players knew their contracts would end
IN relation to the article ‘World Cup stars left high and dry by RFU’ there are a number of points we...
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