All posts tagged "Premium"
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoBurford confident new-look Aylesford will deliver
By NICK VERDIER AYLESFORD are 80 minutes away from clinching a maiden Women’s Premiership title to go with their Cup triumph...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMajor concern regarding ‘Welshness’ of the squad
COLIN BOAG Welsh bias? Warren Gatland and his coaches At last we know who’s made the Lions squad, so we can...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoRed-hot Burns fires Gloucester into final
By GARY FITZGERALD Burn ’em up: Gloucester’s Billy Burns breaks away to score his crucial try PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER showed...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhen the Lions were truly on song
So it’s July 1977 and the beleaguered Lions, enduring one of the wettest, coldest winters on record in New Zealand and...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHow Marler and Sinckler got back on the front line
NICK VERDIER talks to Harlequins’ barnstorming front-row duo on mission to bring down the All Blacks NICK VERDIER Quins pair Kyle...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoIrvine’s treble is just the tonic for Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …46 Old Albanian …33 SO the relegation battle goes down to the wire. Ionians did what...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGeese come back and are still alive
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …21 LI Wild Geese…22 BEN Kitchen’s conversion of George Drye’s try in time added on proved to...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWizards struggle past lowly Quins
Welsh Premier By ALEX BYWATER Carm’ Quins …21 Aberavon …24 ABERAVON kept up the pressure on the leaders in Tier One...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
TEIMANA HARRISON, THE NORTHAMPTON AND ENGLAND FLANKER, PICKS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Mako Vunipola -...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPalma-Newport: Bath simply must end the 9-year drought
By NEALE HARVEY Demanding success: Kane Palma Newport LONG-SERVING prop Kane Palma-Newport reckons it is high time Bath shook off their...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBilly and I can mix it up in back row says Faletau
BRITISH & IRISH LIONS By NEALE HARVEY 12-PAGE GUIDE INCLUDING PLAYER-BY-PLAYER ANALYSIS TAULUPE Faletau insists he will have no qualms switching...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoRowntree: Quick ball essential to beating All Blacks
FORWARDS guru Graham Rowntree knows the Lions will have to match New Zealand up front if they are to win their...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLions are roaring against plucky Hinckley
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L ….49 Hinckley ……….12 LEICESTER Lions claimed local bragging rights with a comfortable one-sided win against Hinckley....
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHawks off to flyer to cruise to victory
By NICK PITSON Henley…52 Barnstaple…27 HENLEYHawks comfortably saw off struggling Barnstaple – scoring eight tries in the process at Dry Leas....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBlack & Ambers pushed all the way
By ROB COLE Bargoed…11 Newport…15 NEWPORT secured a Tier Two Premiership play-off place after they ground out a tough win against...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPlissons relishing Ford test
STADE Francais fly-half Jules Plissons is looking forward to once again lock horns with George Ford in the Challenge Cup semifinals...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWage bills will push clubs to the brink warns Cohen
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen warns Premiership finances could “fall off a cliff” unless a handbrake...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLozowski is ready to state case for England
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX Lozowski has declared himself ready to stake a claim for England’s coveted No.10 jersey on the back...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTigers comeback denies Chester
By BEN JAMES Sedgley Park 33 Chester…………29 AN INSPIRED second half helped Sedgley Park come from 22-12 down to beat Chester....
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
NICK SELWAY JERSEY HOOKER What did you make of the Championship season? It was disappointing to miss out on the play-offs...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSurvival secure in dramatic scenes at Narberth
SWALEC round-up By JAMES LLOYD NEWBRIDGEbooked their place in next season’s National Championship with a thumping 43-29 win away at second...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEddie on mission to bring back the grunt up front
WHATEVER happened to England’s forward power – the rock-like scrum, and unstoppable driving mauls that used to be meat-and-drink to red...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAll Black Williams fined again for buying cocaine
FORMER All Black lock Ali Williams has been slapped with another €1,500 (£1,255) fine for buying cocaine in Paris in February...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoSorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoScunny boost survival chances
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians……19 Scunthorpe ….25 A SCRAPPY affair saw Scunthorpe keep their hopes of survival alive with a marginal win....
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS LOCK JAMES LASIS James Lasis started the season as a loosehead but it is at lock that he is...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoScottish move for Morris to replace Richards
By JON NEWCOMBE LONDON SCOTTISH have lined up Loughborough Students’ Dave Morris as the man to replace Peter Richards as head...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGold fears more stars will follow Serfontein out of SA
By NEALE HARVEY GARY Gold predicts more South African stars will follow Jan Serfontein’s example by quitting the country because of...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WALLABY Tatafu PolotaNau is looking for a move to the Premiership when his contract...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSubscriptions…
You can subscribe to The Rugby Paper. Just fill out the form below and send your cheque for £20, £40 or...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoSurely Warren’s playing mind games
WARREN Gatland has had the entire season to pursue a single objective, identifying a team of 23 to win two Tests...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRoberts keeps his cool to secure victory
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….19 Caldy …………….20 THE final whistle was a relief to Caldy who clung on to win an...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoTonbridge finish top season as champs
National League 3 London & SE AS EXPECTEDTonbridge Juddians ended their campaign as champions and will complete in National Two South...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGodsmark is the hero as Melrose earn their revenge
By GARY HEATLY A TRY with three minutes from time won the BT Cup for Melrose as they gained revenge on...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSaracens show ruthless streak to stem tide of Foley’s red army
By NICK CAIN Powering over: Mako Vunipola charges through Keith Earls for the opening try PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Farrell was...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEngland fans face Puma tour black out
THE RFU are working to ensure that England fans don’t suffer a telly black out of the two-game summer tour to...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoThese All Blacks aren’t invincibles that they are cracked up to be
Nick Cain says Lions coach Warren Gatland is the man to convince his squad Kiwis are beatable Nick Cain By the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHartley in starting XV for prolific non-Lion Test stars
Dylan Hartley DYLAN Hartley’s fate has prompted his late inclusion into a team he would rather not be part of, the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoOtley safe after 5-try victory at Harrogate
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate …………15pts Otley ………………….35pts PETER Clegg has watched his side play open rugby all season but it was...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoHurst hails performances of youngsters
National League 3 Midlands BROADSTREET won the title in style with a merciless 64-7 battering of a Sandbach side that was...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoJustice as Montpellier put 50 past the champs
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Heavy artillery: Montpellier’s try-scoring wing Nemani Nadolo It was the postponed match that was given the go-ahead...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe are only going to get better says coach McCall
Pleased: Mark McCall SARACENS recorded their 17th Champions Cup win on the bounce to book their place in the final once...
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Features
/ 9 years agoChiefs join bidding war for Woodward
Wanted: Jason Woodward EXETER are believed to have joined the race to land highly-rated full-back Jason Woodward who has got a...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHowley backs power and pace of Lions
By NICK VERDIER All Black conquerer: Ireland centre Jared Payne ROB Howley will soon have to make his mind up about...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years ago“The tour book along with daily Press reports was how the Lions story was told”
Picture this: John Bentley holds aloft the trophy in front of Lions supporters after the third Test against South Africa in...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSuper Sale smash the Grasshoppers
By STEVE SMITH Sale …………….59 Preston G ……14 SALE FC are showing all the right characteristics in their fight for promotion...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoHuddersfield continue to smash records
National League 3 North HUDDERSFIELDhave taken the National Three North title with a record breaking 26 wins from 26 after beating...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExiles old boy relishing life amid ‘mad’ French
By NEALE HARVEY Upbeat: Josh Drauniniu HAVING dodged the demise of his old club London Welsh, Josh Drauniniu is revelling in...
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