All posts tagged "RFU"
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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...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Newcastle Falcons extend Mateo Carreras contract
Newcastle Falcons have finalised terms with Mateo Carreras to extend his stay beyond the current Premiership season, TRP can reveal. The...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWarren Gatland on the radar as RFU probe boss Jones
THE RFU have sounded out Lions boss Warren Gatland and South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus as they seek Eddie...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy such MI6-style secrecy over Eddie’s RFU judging panel? | Nick Cain
Bill Sweeney told the media some of the people involved on the panel overseeing the RFU's debrief of England's Six Nations...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoOh no, the Beast has made a twit of himself! | Chris Hewett
Rugby has a new law – as if the game needed another one – and the way things are going, it...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBiljon: Feels like RFU are trying to grow the divide
Jersey Reds boss Harvey Biljon has something to say about clubs receiving almost £400,000 less this season from the RFU than...
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago‘It’s game-changing’ – new test can detect concussion through saliva
The University of Birmingham has had its study into a new concussion detection test published in the British Journal of Sports...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRFU will seek input from England players on whether Eddie Jones should remain
Bill Sweeney and Conor O'Shea will oversee a review into England's fifth-place finish in the 2021 Six Nations
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoEngland’s Lions hopefuls hit skids with Triple Frown | Brendan Gallagher verdict
Critics have raised the alarm bell over England's slump, so why hasn't Eddie listened? Brendan Gallagher's verdict on the loss to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPotential stars will quit ‘treadmill’ warns Jones
By NEALE HARVEY RICHMOND No.9 Luc Jones predicts potential England players will go part-time or quit the game unless the RFU...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU need a French lesson | Nick Cain
NICK CAIN ARGUES THAT THE FOREIGN INVASION IS HARMING HOME-GROWN PLAYERS – UNLIKE IN FRANCE THERE is still a field of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoArrogant Sarries deserved their Cornish pasting
SARACENS’ defeat to Cornish Pirates did not come as a surprise to those of us living in the far south-west and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoExiles centre Terrence Hepetema and Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley receive bans
Ollie Thorley contested his charge but will receive a ban longer than London Irish centre Hepetema
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRFU hunt down the furlough cheats
The RFU is investing intermidiaries who may have been claiming government cash while brokering player contract talks
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGovernment hand RFU £45m in survival fund
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney welcomes government support after revenues totalling £140m has been lost over the last year
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Features
/ 5 years agoClifton’s hackers caused public school stand-off
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALTHOUGH Clifton will reluctantly concede that the annual game between Edinburgh...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGrassroot rugby set to return at end of March
GRASSROOTS rugby in England is set to return at the end of the month. A statement from the RFU states: “Following...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLetters to editor: Rich clubs bypass Nat League salary cap thresholds
I COULDN’T agree more with Chris Taylor’s concerns (TRP Feb 21) at the distorting effect on community rugby of the lack...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGuildford make history in Daily Mail U15 Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GUILDFORD’S finest hour, and major claim to rugby fame, was winning...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNational League caps need stricter policing
I TOTALLY agree with the comments from Martin Hothersall last week but I think we need to look at why playing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWhy spend if academy system works so well?
Expensive import: Stormers back row Juarno Augustus is set to join Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images IT SEEMS to me that Premiership...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBT Sport favourites to show key Championship games
A source tells TRP how close the Championship is to getting a TV broadcast partner
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Features
/ 5 years agoBT money is crucial for the Premiership’s well-being
THE newly ring-fenced Premiership will be hoping that BT do not decide to reconsider their position over the new four-year £110m...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs fight ‘unfair’ RFU proposal to limit imports
The RFU will challenge the Chiefs on their recruitment of players from the US, Canada and Japan in a new policy...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoEdgy, the thinking man’s super hero | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett pays a very personal tribute to Bath and England No.8 David Egerton
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLack of leadership on and off the field | Jeff Probyn
Jeff Probyn points the finger at England's lack of leaders on the pitch for their loss to Scotland at Twickenham
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship clubs reject deal with Premier Sports
Warren Muggleton reports on the Championship's search for a TV broadcast partner to source a much-needed cash injection ahead of the...
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