All posts tagged "RFU"
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoChampionship is sinking: RFU won’t rescue it! | Nick Cain
Nick Cain's column focusseses on the apparent lack of resistence to ring-fencing the Premiership
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWider issues outweigh any need to ring-fence
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME One-way traffic: Exeter annihilate Newcastle 74-3 PICTURE: Getty Images As we come to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoShort moratorium will make England stronger
COLIN BOAG The debate on pro-motion and relegation is absolutely at the heart of the English game going forward. If you want...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGeorge is pulling up trees
Kyran Bracken reports on his progress of turning Wanstead No.9 George Hardy into a professional inside 12 months It is almost...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoChanging of the guard at Bedford but Geoff’s built a legacy to last
By JON NEWCOMBE IT’S a new era for Bedford after Geoff Irvine’s chairmanship officially came to an end this weekend after...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAcademy scattergun not best way to find talent | Jeff Probyn
Putting a value on EQP within the Premiership
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRFU cuts move Jersey Reds to consider switch to French rugby
How much more funding do clubs in the second tier of French rugby receive from the LNR?
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBath become latest Premiership club to announce intention to compete in Premier 15s
Bath aim to follow Exeter Chiefs and Sale into the Premier 15s with intentions to develop Bath Rugby Ladies
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoAmpthill feature: They’re only human… just far stronger and fitter!
Ampthill head coach Paul Turner and captain Billy Johnson are drawing on the pasts of Exeter Chiefs and Worcester to dream...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBrown in battle to play again for Quins
RUGBY SHORTS HARLEQUINS full-back Mike Brown will appeal against the length of the ban handed to him following his sending-off against Wasps...
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoThis lurking wolf will gobble up our game | Nick Cain
THE fantasists who believe that Premiership Rugby is ‘on fire’ with great games of the highest quality are in urgent need...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScott Robertson is set to decide on his future at the Crusaders
The Crusaders have made an offer to in-demand head coach Scott Robertson
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBBC and ITV set to renew Six Nations broadcast deal
The Six Nations is set to remain on free-to-air television for the next six years
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMartin Gleeson set to replace Amor with England
Amor's exit at the RFU comes after the union's Six Nations review
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU ignore fact the players voted for the name Saxons | Nick Cain
ONE of the dangers with diversity politics, as illustrated by the RFU decision this week to dispense with the name ‘Saxons’,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaints give thanks for their feeder school
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools WE have featured the likes of Campion and St Peter’s Gloucester...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKristian got the kit but no Lions recognition
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW They were born in different centuries on different sides of the Atlantic, one in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU need to source other players to end this ransom | Jeff Probyn
The past few weeks have provided interesting reading re Francis Baron’s thoughts of how things have got out of hand at...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRFU must guarantee loans for first time amid debts of more than £250m
Nick Cain reports on the first cracks of the RFU's financial predicament beginning to show as they lose Triple A rating
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoHere’s an England eight to take on best in world
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.3: The earthquake that hit football shows fans must be listened to in rugby
NICK CAIN concludes his far-reaching interview with Francis Baron, the man who was the most powerful figure in English rugby FRANCIS...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHow the RFU lost control of the Premiership in 1995
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the dust slowly set- tles on the player release for the Lions,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTwickers could be half-full for USA visit
ENGLAND could be cheered on by at least 41,000 fans this summer when they play the US Eagles and Canada at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCounty Cup would promote diversity
TO aid Ugo Monye in making the game more inclusive and reduce the dependence of the RFU on Premiership academies and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMust address drop in playing numbers
NATURALLY, many articles in these pages are about the Big Beasts in our sport: the RFU’s handling of the PGA and...
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoClubs must call SGM to hold RFU to account | Nick Cain
THE news that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney has had to go bowl in hand like some latterday Oliver to ask...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.2: As RFU democracy erodes, members have right to ask: Just who is running the shop?
The former RFU chief executive explores the rule of democracy at the union and how much of a say member clubs...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJuggling act with Japan doesn’t cry commitment
RUGBY MATTERS SO Eddie Jones was coining it over in Japan this January helping coach Suntory, and Beauden Barrett in particular,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWho is really to blame for player release furore?
I AM always fascinated by the furore that now precedes Lions tours and I always come back to the all-pervading influence...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAustin Healey and Ugo Monye detail online abuse #DrawTheLine
Premiership clubs, unions and cup organisers will boycott social media this weekend in a demonstration against online abuse
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBedford Blues chairman Geoff Irvine to stand down after 20 years
David Gunner will replace Irvine, who took the chair in 2001 at Goldington Road
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.1: This is how rugby can be saved from peril
Introducing a new series with the former RFU chief executive on how the union in England can right the ship financially
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoPromotion and relegation are essential at all levels of game – Francis Baron
What does former RFU chief executive Francis Baron think of CVC's growing influence in northern hemisphere rugby and the strategy plan...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRFU must rethink its policies and direction – Francis Baron
"I am passionate about the RFU and find it distressing to see it in such difficulties" - what to expect in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo place for basketball scorelines in rugby | Nick Cain
PREMIERSHIP cheerleaders itching to break out the bunting in support of ringfencing should think again. The successful football fan rebellion against...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoUgo Monye spearheads the fight for rugby diversity
FORMER England wing Ugo Monye hopes that as chair of a new RFU advisory group he can help make rugby more...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoAlex Mitchell has that Melville quality | Chris Hewett
BACK in the early 1980s, a time when there were no arguments about ring-fencing in England because there weren’t any leagues...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUgo Monye has a big battle to end elitist stigma of rugby | Jeff Probyn
Has the shift in development from its pyramid state two years ago to Premiership-pwned academies kept rugby's ability to reach more...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones is staying, so now it’s all up to the players | Jeremy Guscott
What next for England after Eddie Jones received the full backing from the RFU following a review into the team's poor...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRFU complete Six Nations review and reiterates its ‘full support’ of Eddie Jones
Bill Sweeney and the RFU have completed their review of England's poor Six Nations campaign
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 5 years agoCounty Championship reaches crossroads
The County Championship is at real risk of being axed by the RFU, with a survey commissioned seeking input from coaches...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRobshaw faces op on injured shoulder
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON CHRIS ROBSHAW’S debut for the San Diego Legion ended in agony as the former England captain...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: London Irish hooker Joe Vajner
The captain of London Irish U18 talks to Adam Ellis about his hopes of representing England at age-grade level this summer
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNow RFU must sack Eddie’s ‘yes men’, says Bracken
THE RFU must ensure Eddie Jones ditches some of his backroom staff ‘yes men’ if they do decide to stick with...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLess can be more for rugby insists Hogan
Should seismic reform to place in the Premiership? A reduction in the number of games would be a good start, says...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJapan is the Top League now, Quade Cooper tells Sanzaar
WALLABIES maverick Quade Cooper sees Super Rugby being turned on its head in the years to come as the growth of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDay BBC bosses made Inverdale rage | Brendan Gallagher
SO farewell then to John Inverdale, the BBC’s main rugby anchor for much of the last 30 turbulent years during which...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoThree gripes to put in Room 101
ALWAYS enjoy the Room 101 column, and I would like to share three rants with TRP. What is going on with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTime for RFU to get tough on top flight
COME the review of the PGA (Professional Game Agreement) in mid 2023, the RFU need to grab hold of negotiations with...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoBath lose banned captain Charlie Ewels for Challenge Cup clash
A one-week ban for his red card against London Irish rules the England lock out of Bath's trip to Zebre in...












