All posts tagged "Premium"
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoSouthern stars rush to beat deadline
By PETER JACKSON MORE than 30 Southern Hemisphere players will qualify for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales before the longer residency...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFantastic Franks turns the screw on Carnegie scrum
By NICK VERDIER Y Carnegie 18pts Tries: M. Mayhew 17, Holmes 27 Conversions: Ford 26 Penalties: Ford 3, 64 London Irish...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoHat-trick hero Tom inspires fightback
By GRAHAM COX Devon 20 Kent 28 A SUPERB second-half performance, led by skipper and hat-trick hero Tom Stradwick, saw Kent...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoWomen’s Lions team on agenda
A WOMEN’S version of the British and Irish Lions could be launched some time after 2019, according to Lions chief operating...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSo sweet for Wasps as Bassett lands the final thrust
From NICK CAIN at Ricoh Arena Wasps 21pts Tries: Beale 7, Bassett 77 Conversions: Gopperth 8 Penalties: Gopperth 2, 23, 39...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNext week’s final promises to be an absolute cracker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Go forward: Thomas Waldrom and Guy Thompson, celebrating with Thomas Young, got their teams on the front foot...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoBoks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve
There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out....
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoSuper Sam on form in Glos rout
By TONY FIELDING Gloucs 56 Surrey 12 SAM Goatley scored a hat-trick as Gloucestershire ended their Bill Beaumont Cup on a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLeo: Islanders need a professional pathway
By GRAHAM JENKINS FORMER Samoa lock Dan Leo has urged World Rugby to dig deep to stem the flow of talent...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig Joe was just immense says Dai
DAI YOUNG paid tribute to his side after their last ditch win. “I was very pleased with our composure –we never...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoRitchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay
IAN Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU’s chief executive this summer after...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoRhodri understood the passion of sport in Wales
RHODRI Morgan’s Welsh ancestors left an indelible mark on the sporting life of the USA long before the man himself got...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBucks denied top spot by Oxford walkover
Division Three Round-up By TRP REPORTER A LAST-MINUTE try for Buckinghamshire fly-half Alex Shearer earned them a narrow 22-17 victory over...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAngry Maggs takes swipe at Moseley
KEVIN Maggs remains disappointed by the ‘shocking’ manner of his exit from Moseley but is relishing his new role as a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoScarlets grit it out after first half red for Evans
By DECLAN ROONEY Leinster 15pts Tries: Ringrose 24, Conan 64 Conversions: Nacewa 25 Penalties: Nacewa 19 Scarlets 27pts Tries: S Evans...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoChampions lie in wait as England target big finale
By NICK VERDIER Proud: Simon Amor LONDON SEVENS ENGLAND are certain to finish second in the World Series and are still...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
MAX CLARK BATH CENTRE Enjoying the off-season? It came a bit earlier than we were expecting as we missed out on...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSimpson sold on Wasps potential
By NEALE HARVEY SEEING Saracens become top dogs in Europe has only heightened Wasps’ ambition to supersede them, according to scrum-half...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoZebo is magic man again for Munster
By DECLAN ROONEY Munster 23pts Tries: Saili 26, Zebo 61, Conway 75 Conversions: Bleyendaal 62 Penalties: Bleyendaal 40, 66 Ospreys 3pts...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLow key NZ Baa-baas tour paved the way for ‘87 All Blacks success
Unearthing a gem: All Blacks flanker Michael Jones starred on the NZ Barbarians tour THE most predictable thing about the inaugural...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALI CROSSDALE ENGLAND U20s FULL-BACK Ali Cossdale is living the dream by training with the best team in Europe every day...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGenge eyes overtime as stars near game limit
By NEALE HARVEY Wrecking ball: Ellis Genge PICTURES: Getty Images LEICESTER prop Ellis Genge is committed to going the extra mile...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoWe need Bomb back coaching OUR props
Brain’s trust: Graham Rowntree talks with Adam Jones during Quins training PICTURE: Getty Images I’VE ALWAYS had a lot of time...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRebels vote to break old guard’s resistance
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back 30 years at how the inaugural Rugby World Cup came to pass Inner circle: Wavell Wakefield It’s...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBath figures swell with move to HQ
PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to reveal a big climb in Europe’s attendance numbers PETER JACKSON Thriller: Bath’s Anthony Watson...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDestination Argentina for much-improved Harry
Names in frame: Will Collier and Paul Hill SELF-CONFESSED former fat boy Harry Williams reckons physical improvements and working with the...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoChampions Cup really will be for Europe’s elite
IT’S about time that the qualification format for the Champions Cup was changed, so I was delighted to see the announcement...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBlackadder takes swipe at below-par Bath stars
By NEALE HARVEY BATH rugby director Todd Blackadder has put his star players on notice after admitting standards of professionalism had...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoSaracens are great but can they keep going?
Triumph: Saracens lift the Champions Cup after beating Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoI can’t wait to get back to Leicester says Ford
By NICK VERDIER Homecoming king: fly-half George Ford GEORGE Ford is focused on another succesful summer in white before returning to...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoFrench firepower proves too much for Blues
Stade Fr 46 Cardiff Blues 21 CARDIFF Blues will play in the Challenge Cup for the third consecutive season after defeat...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHarry hoping to follow dad’s lead in Argentina
By JON NEWCOMBE New boy: Northampton’s Harry Mallinder is looking forward to playing for England in Argentina PICTURE: Getty Images HARRY...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
JIMMY RICHARDS THE FORMER BEDFORD, WORCESTER, LEICESTER & HARLEQUINS HOOKER. Growing up in a small fishing village in North Pembrokeshire, it...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoO’Connor confident Tuilagi will recapture match-winning best
MANU Tuilagi is nearing a return from injury and should complete a full preseason according to Tigers boss Matt O’Connor. Tuilagi...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoConnacht feel force of bonecrusher Courtney
By NEALE HARVEY Northampton 21pts Tries: Mallinder 2 Groom 60 Conversions: Mallinder 2 Penalties: Mallinder 16, 25, 71 Connacht 15pts Tries:...
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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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