All posts tagged "RFU"
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoSweeney urged to battle the ‘fat cats’
■ By NEALE HARVEY TAKING an axe to Premiership funding would earn RFU boss Bill Sweeney applause from the community game,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBrown’s got blueprint for long-term success
■ By NEALE HARVEY Rookie head coach: George Skivington, left, watches on as Gloucester warm-up for the Worcester match last week...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFrustrated Blackeath boss Shanahan calls for action
■ By WARREN MUGGLETON BLACKHEATH director of rugby James Shanahan says ‘stop messing about’ and get community rugby started again. NCA...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSaracens prop Alec Clarey calls for return of England Students
The England Students programme is on hold while the RFU exacts cutbacks in funding
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCalls for more volunteers to help maintain grassroots pitches
Time is paramount to prepare pitches at the local level for winter, says Grounds Management Association boss
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoClarey calls for return of students’ stepping stone
By NEALE HARVEY Progress: Alec Clarey SARACENS prop Alec Clarey believes the RFU must find a way of resuscitating the England...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGrassroots need more matches to kick-start interest
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SURELY the lower leagues,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: England Sevens scrapping sounds alarm bell for World Sevens Series
Brendan Gallagher believes the England Sevens programme did everyything for player development, but nothing for silverware on the Sevens circuit
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoEngland Sevens flyer Dan Norton becomes latest London Irish signing
The World Sevens Series tries record-holder has been on the circuit for the past 12 years
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSad to say but 7s had lost its way
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rare win: Dan Bibby celebrates with Ethan Waddleton...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRowe: Prem clubs will not survive without fans
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER chairman Tony Rowe fears Premiership clubs may go bust by Christmas unless crowds return and income levels...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby used to be for all sizes
THEgame has changed… if I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that, rich I might be. But has the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCommunity game is sadly bottom of list
THIS week we saw the excruciating decision by the game to make every community rugby coach and regional development officer redundant....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUse this dire situation to better our great game
TWELVE months ago we were poised to enjoy a groundbreaking World Cup being played in Japan away from the home of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoToby Booth earns big endorsement from Ospreys great
Former Wales and Ospreys prop Paul James believes the region have bagged themselves a 'big asset' in new head coach Booth
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWallace: ‘New expectations’ at Leicester Tigers under head coach Steve Borthwick
New signing Luke Wallace says Borthwick has already been inspiring the Tigers squad with a team meeting held in the stands...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Ed Griffiths must bin four-year promotion-relegation moratorium in proposal
The 76-page Championship revamp proposal drafted by Ed Griffiths would see promotion to the Premiership offset for four years
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership ring-fencing inevitable says Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
St Quinton is staunch in his belief that all 13 members of PRL should be in the Premiership
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTigers will be fierce again under Borthwick
By NEALE HARVEY Getting up to speed: Luke Wallace training with Leicester this week BACK row warrior Luke Wallace has shone...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBooth will be a big asset for Ospreys says James
By ALEX BYWATER All-rounder: Toby Booth coaching at Bath “CLASS ACT” Toby Booth has been backed to bring the good times...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘Heartland’ has chance of success but boost to 14 teams
AS Jeff Probyn wrote last week, if Ed Griffiths' comprehensive proposals for the future of England’s second tier are to have...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRing-fence inevitable says owner of Gloucs
By COLIN BOAG GLOUCESTER owner Martin St Quinton believes ring-fencing the Premiership is inevitable, describing the current situation of a team...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRFU should get grassroots playing again, not the Prem
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrum is danger area: Sixteen players in a tiny space breathng the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRFU must stop being transfixed on top level says Lewis
By JACK ZORAB BOURNVILLE director of rugby Dean Lewis has labelled the RFU ‘diabolical’ in their selection process for the women’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGriffiths’ plan gets the nod to carry on talking
By JON NEWCOMBE Blueprint: Edward Griffiths ED GRIFFITHS hopes his plan to restructure Championship rugby will help end “the Punch &...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlbion blast ‘culturally and spiritually illiterate RFU’
NEALE HARVEY PLYMOUTH Albion owner Dave Venables has accused the RFU of displaying “Dickensian authoritarian arrogance” after seeing his club docked...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWitcher wants Valkyries to ride on Roses success
By ADAM ELLIS Big plans: Mark Witcher PORTSMOUTH Valkyries head coach Mark Witcher believes the club is perfectly situated to heighten...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoIs Griffiths getting his own back on the Prem?
Finally, the Champi-onship has a championin Edward Griffiths,who is going to shine alight at the end of thelong tunnel that hasbeen...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMorris: My Dad told me I needed to work twice as hard at life because of the colour of my skin
Harlequins full-back Aaron Morris on the ever-pressing need for rugby to do more for BAME coaches and more representation at board...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoCardiff Met implore WRU to lead the fight against racism
Club chairman John Pugh has documented to WRU what needs to be done to eradicate racism in Welsh rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoMultiple NRL clubs take interest in England head coach Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones has not coached in Australia since leaving the Reds for Saracens 13 years ago
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoYorkshire Carnegie academy product Alex Rieder livid at programme’s collapse
Former Wasps flanker Alex Rieder labels the disbandedment of Yorkshire Carnegie's academy 'a joke'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Championship clubs plan massive shake-up following review by ex-Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths
Is the Championship heading towards a collective bargaining agreement and upheaval of its structure?
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoClubs plan massive Tier Two shake-up
By NEALE HARVEY REVOLUTIONARY plans for a new Championship league are set to be discussed. Clubs in Tier Two have spent...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoI’m gunning for you, Mike, warns Aaron
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS fullback Aaron Morris aims to see off the challenge of Mike Brown and nail down the No.15...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMemo to PRO16: Dublin to Cape Town is 15 hours
COLIN BOAG If Coronation Street is our longest-running soap, then the PRO14 is doing its best to rival it. Its chequered...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPreston Grasshoppers head of rugby Gareth Dyer proposes blanket salary cap for National Leagues
Gareth Dyer lays out the options available to National League clubs and why an even salary cap is suitable all round
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: RFU ban destroyed Steve Pilgrim’s shot at Red Rose
Exiled from ever playing for England for going on trial to feature for Leeds Rhinos Seconds
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Yorkshire Carnegie disband academy as RFU pull funding support
The likes of Stuart Hooper, Danny Care and Jordan Crane came through the academy at Leeds
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIt’s official: Sale Sharks have signed Manu Tuilagi
Tuilagi keeps his England career alive by remaining in the Premiership with Sale Sharks
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWelsh trio caught in rugby’s growing ‘minefield’
By ROB COLE Banned: Jesse Patton,Maredydd Francis and Mike Burgess WELSH rugby was back in the dock last week after bans...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRFU ban destroyed Pilgrim’s progress
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Talent: Steve Pilgrim playing full-back for Wasps In their final rage at the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoOwen busy rebuilding Old Reds for shot at promotion
By ADAM ELLIS NEW Old Redcliffians director of rugby Craig Owen is grateful to have time on his side as he...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWhenever play resumes,listen to Hewett
THE RFU released their ‘return to rugby roadmap’ last week,concerning the return of the community game. It shows there has been...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCut again,Sweeney and Jones!
WE are told that the 149 redundancies announced by the RFU will be shared across the the workforce,but there are fears...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Gary Reynolds offers a staunch opposition to ring-fencing
The Rams chief executive shares the big ambitions of the National One club and his opinion on how the RFU is...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFormer Labour MP calls on RFU to sell Twickenham Stadium
Derek Wyatt believes the RFU should sell Twickenham and lease it while they build a new, better-situated stadium
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Premiership players test positive for COVID-19
The Premiership has carried out 804 tests, with a total of ten cases diagnosed
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBill Sweeney confirms RFU to make 139 staff redundant
RFU to push ahead with option to reduce workforce by almost a quarter
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDiversity sounds good – but are the people there?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On the climb: Bill Beaumont was elected as one of the first...












