All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOlver: Give kids a chance or risk losing them
By NEALE HARVEY DEPARTED fly-half Sam Olver has warned Northampton that more of their potential young stars could leave if denied...
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/ 9 years agoCheika wants axed Cooper to enjoy playing again
AUSTRALIA coach Michael Cheika has left Quade Cooper out of an extended pre-Bledisloe Cup training squad and cast major doubt over...
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/ 9 years agoMurphy: Young coaches have Tigers daring to dream
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER legend Geordan Murphy reckons the energy being created by their youthful coaching team can fire the Tigers...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWorld Cup stars left high and dry by RFU
By NEALE HARVEY RUGBY Football Union bosses have taken a sledgehammer to England Women’s hopes of winning next month’s World Cup...
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/ 9 years agoFrom hero to zero in less than six months
PETER JACKSON Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his...
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/ 9 years agoBoks reborn with Venter working for the defence
GARY GOLD The fact that the All Blacks drew the threematch series with the British and Irish Lions would have been...
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/ 9 years agoSigning winners shows Falcons mean business
By JON NEWCOMBE JOSH MATAVESI says that Newcastle’s ambition to be a real force in English rugby was one of the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoYoung rules out move for Halfpenny
By PETER JACKSON WASPS have abandoned plans to sign Leigh Halfpenny, citing the Welshman’s ‘indecision’ as the reason why he finds...
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/ 9 years agoStringer hands off Father Time
EVENfrom this distance, Worcester’s home match against London Irish on December 23 is worth ringing in red ink. There is every...
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/ 9 years agoLions will aim to give Ackerman a proper send-off
HAVING ended the regular season as top seeds on the overall Super Rugby standings, I believe the Lions can go all...
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/ 9 years agoHawk-Eye to combat concussion
THEPRO12 will try to limit the number of head injuries and concussions by implementing Hawk-Eye technology next season. As the league...
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Features
/ 9 years agoKiwis are world class at whining, but Poite was right
NEW Zealand are not just double world champions, they are world champion whiners when refereeing decisions go against them. The furore...
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/ 9 years agoWho’d have thought it? Sam a radio role model
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW No matter what happens from now on, nothing will stop Sam Warburton taking...
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/ 9 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Friday August 4 Clermont v Exeter Saturday August 5...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWales must start planning for life after Gatland now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The Lions tour told us many things about Northern Hemisphere rugby. It showed our sides...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBlink and you’d have missed these eight Test debutants
THE Lions having been the only game in town since the end of the domestic season, it would have been nigh...
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/ 9 years agoRobson quits Irish saying ‘I’ll be back’
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER London Irish lock George Robson refuses to rule out a return to top-flight rugby despite revealing his...
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/ 9 years agoTopsy warns Irish rivals: Joltin’ Joe is coming for you!
LONDON Irish hitman Joe Cokanasiga is ready to take the Premiership by storm, according to veteran Exiles winger Topsy Ojo. Cokanasiga,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoVintage crew quits Top 14
FOR the first time this century, a quartet of Test veterans will be missing when the Top 14 come under starter’s...
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/ 9 years agoBanned Sonny Bill goes on safari
SONNY Bill Williams is making the most of island time, as he waits to bounce back from his four week ban....
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/ 9 years agoRestyled PRO14 would ‘gain £10m TV deal’
By NEALE HARVEY EUROPEAN rugby supremo Simon Halliday claims his organisation have yet to be consulted over plans to induct two...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDid Poite let Lions off twice?
AMIDthe microscopic analysis of Romain Poite’s volte face on the penalty decision in the last Test, another question over the same...
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/ 9 years agoWhite: Cup snub will fire me up for Exeter
By NEALE HARVEY Pass master: Nic White releases the Montpellier backline PICTURES: Getty Images REVVED-UP Aussie maestro Nic White has revealed...
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/ 9 years agoEngland lads get ready for tour of S Africa
By SAM JACKSON ENGLANDUnder 18s have named a 26-man squad for their three-match tour of South Africa in August. England face...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CALLUM SIRKER ENGLAND SEVENS WING Callum Sirker ended the past two seasons at Twickenham but what a journey the last 14...
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/ 9 years agoExeter coaches agree new deal to stay at Sandy Park
ROB Baxter insists there is a “burning desire” among Chiefs coaching staff to take the Devon club onto even greater things,...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoNow we have hope about RWC 2019
NICK CAIN SPELLS OUT WHAT EACH OF THE HOME UNIONS CAN LEARN FROM THE LIONS TOUR IN the stock-take of one...
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/ 9 years agoWe’re gearing up for a fast start say Exiles
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish face a race against time to be ready for their return to the Premiership but hooker...
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/ 9 years agoMyler relishes challenge from new Saint Francis
By NEALE HARVEY EVERGREEN Stephen Myler insists he has no interest in personal accolades as he prepares to face down the...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoBE PART OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST RUGBY AWARDS
Determined: Hartpury No 9 Jake Polledri on the march towards the Rosslyn Park try line in National 1 THE AWARDS This...
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/ 9 years agoKey’s Rotherham will have fear factor
By GUY WILLIAMS THE challenge facing Andy Key, Rotherham Titans’ new head coach, is huge: How to revive the reputation and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoSorry, Nigel you’re out of touch on this
I WAS shocked to see just how out of touch Nigel Wray is with the fans. To suggest the Lions play...
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/ 9 years agoTigers freeze ticket prices to aid O’Connor revolution
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER Tigers have backed Matt O’Connor’s on-field revolution by freezing season ticket prices at Welford Road in a...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSunwolves end season on a high as Keino binned
By ADAM ELLIS THE Sunwolves rounded off their second year in Super Rugby with a maiden win over New Zealand opposition,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoLetters that prove Poite made one of the great decisions
HAWKEYE should be used to ensure the right decision is made in highly pressurised situations in rugby. If you look at...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoScots can’t moan over Lions says Maitland
By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Sean Maitland SCOTLANDwing Sean Maitland reckons his countrymen can have no complaints over a lack of Lions...
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/ 9 years agoChange would put ‘superb’ Premiership at risk
PREMIERSHIP Rugby commercial director Dominic Hayes insists English rugby will not fall into the Super Rugby trap of expanding beyond its...
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/ 9 years agoSeniloli try treble sends Tonga into RWC
By SAM JACKSON Samoa 16 Fiji 38 TONGA qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan without having to play...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoRise up to end this scrum outrage
IT IS about time the unrecognised members of the rugby fraternity get listened to, namely the fans and enthusiasts. The people...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoTime for Gatland to change his style
By PETER JACKSON It’s him again: Jordie Barrett breaks away to score for the Hurricanes against the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHow Lions rated on tour – man by man
Nick Cain spent seven weeks touring with the British and Irish Lions, watching every minute they played. Here he presents his...
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/ 9 years agoNow let Williams off the leash for Wales says Byrne
By ALEX BYWATER Potency: Liam Williams makes a break against New Zealand PICTURES: Getty Images LIAM Williams must start at full-back...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDon’t be blinkered, the Lions are all about cash
COLIN BOAG How much money do you think was generated from the Lions tour of New Zealand? Your guess is as...
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/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
MATT EVERARD NOTTINGHAM CAPTAIN How’s your summer been? Studious. We had one week off at the end of the season and...
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/ 9 years agoFor consistency, Murray is your man
By JON NEWCOMBE CONOR MURRAY is without peers in the pantheon of great Lions scrum-halves – even the great Gareth Edwards,...
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/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■MMA star Conor McGregor, pictured, was on a worldwide publicity tour with Flood Mayweather...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCometh the hour, cometh the man
PETER JACKSON analyses the numbers to reveal the major Lions contributors PETER JACKSON Clocking time: Taulupe Faletau in action against the...
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/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER SELKIRK, SCOTLAND AND BRITISH & IRISH LIONS FLY-HALF JOHN RUTHERFORD When I made my Scotland debut in 1979 it...
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