All posts tagged "RFU"
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNational One clubs hit out at dual registration snub
By NEALE HARVEY ANGRY National One clubs have accused the RFU and Premiership Rugby of ‘damaging the integrity’ of their competition...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHow meaningful were those summer tours?
COLIN BOAG Now that the summer tours have ground to an end, what’s the verdict on how the northern countries fared?...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSeamless domestic structure? We have the exact opposite
THE RFU seem to have allowed ring-fencing issues to pervade all aspects of English rugby where the Premiership is concerned. 1....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBeaumont must go into bat for smaller nations
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Man in charge: World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAltitude fatigue was factor in England’s tour defeat
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Under pressure: Kyle Sinckler’s scrum technique needs tuning PICTURE: Getty Images As...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoDe Klerk puts mighty spring into thenew South Africa
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Idon’t think I’m alone in thinking that Sale’s Faf De Klerk could well have been the Premiership player...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThomas the Tank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete
Back in New Zealand after eight enjoyable years in England with the Chiefs and Leicester
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBath boss on thin ice when he raps Eddie
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IN two and a half years of England training sessions under Eddie Jones...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete
By NEALE HARVEY Off Down Under: Thomas Waldrom is heading back to New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images PREMIERSHIP crowd favourite Thomas...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMark McCall follows up Premiership title with new contract at Saracens
McCall will mark ten years at Saracens next year...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland on look out for their next tooth fairy
THE dentist’s chair has a number of sporting connotations – not least the conspicuous consumption of alcohol by Paul Gascoigne in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCrusader Day on quest to give players more power
By NEALE HARVEY PLAYERS boss Christian Day has launched a crusade to modernise rugby by bridging the growing divide between players...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSolomona insists he’s ready to make amends for those missing four weeks
DENNY Solomona had been told by his RFU minders to be on-message, and having blotted his disciplinary copybook twice within the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNorthern clubs break away from RFU league structure
By JON NEWCOMBE TWENTY-FOUR clubs in Lancashire have voted to break away from the RFU League structure to form their own...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoOdds are England will look abroad
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk MICK Lockwood (TRP May...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoCohen urges reform over second ‘marquee’ player
By NEALE HARVEY SOARING wage bills allied to a slump in the sponsorship market contributed to Premiership clubs reporting record losses...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoWales to get £1.25m payout from Lions tour of New Zealand
All is good for Wales, but Peter Jackson says all is not well as future Lions tours face threats
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSorry, but this Shields talk just smacks of desperation
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Pinning his colours: Brad Shields was part of the New Zealand U20...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoProbyn column: If this is how pros run our game, give me amateurs
Jeff Probyn takes at look at how the PR machines of national governing bodies and player Unions haven't got things right...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJohnson banned for drugs
WASPS forward Ashley Johnson has been suspended by the RFU after failing a drugs test. He is accused of testing positive...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIf this is how pros run our game, give me amateurs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over-zealous pursuit: Denny Solomona was sanctioned by the RFU PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCattle: Rugby needs a knockout cup
CORNISH Pirates coach Gavin Cattle has called for a FA Cup style knock-out tournament to replace the British & Irish Cup...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDisciplinary panels have entered silly season early
COLIN BOAG It’s disappointing that disciplinary issues keep distracting from the action in the Premiership. The season is coming nicely to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoItoje and Faletau’s agent banned by the RFU for betting spree
Matt Hart banned for 22 months for breaching RFU and World Rugby betting regulations
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClubs needs to get costs in sync with their revenue
JEFF PROBYN Wise words: former Harlequins CEO and Saracens director of rugby Mark Evans PICTURE: Getty Images You can tell we...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNewcastle Falcons flying high again
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle's commercial director Mick Hogan about the change in the club's fortunes
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMelville rubbishes Championship playoff conjecture
RFU professional rugby director Nigel Melville insists promotion and relegation between the Championship and Premiership will operate as normal in 2019,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrem must stand on its own so RFU can fund grassroots
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Grassroots rugby: Smaller teams are in need of RFU funds Sometimes the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland wing Denny Solomona charged by RFU over alleged homophobic comment
Sale back will appear in front of disciplinary panel next month over incident in match against Worcester Warriors
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoLondon Calling: Don’t miss out on Sevens action!
This year’s HSBC London Sevens will be a celebration of everything that makes the capital great, as the World Series visits...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEngland go on the road to find new supporters
By NICK CAIN THE RFU are set to take their England team on the road to make it more appealing to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBrown’s ready to ride the wave with Eddie
EDDIE Jones was sacked by Australia after a seven Test losing run in 2005. On Wednesday at Twickenham I asked the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRFU are right to let Eddie sort out this sorry mess
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Even before the echos of the Fields of Athenry had faded from...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRitchie confirmed as Kurdi successor
FORMER RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie has been named as Premiership Rugby’s new chairman. Ritchie, who oversaw the appointment of Eddie...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWhy not expand Premiership but split conferences?
ANY reformatting of the Premiership has to take into account many conflicting requirements. Ring-fencing the league is an aim for many...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBigger club squads would aid England
Potential stars: Lower league players like Jake Polledri deserve a chance PICTURE: Getty Images COLIN BOAG It’s been open season on...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSlow down Eddie and do job you are paid for
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones tipped a frying pan of egg over his face this week...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRFU’s shameful treatment of North
JEFF GAGE Eddie Jones says lessons will be learnt following England’s abysmal defeat against France. But the big lessons won’t be...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ FORMER RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie could be on his way back to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFun Bus gets set to roll out one more time
■ By MATTHEW EMERY Rival: Mike Ross Marathon man: Jason Leonard, ‘The Fun Bus’, on his way to his record 114...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLove, not money’s name of the Welsh now game for London
Brendan Gallagher charts the progress of London Welsh’s amateur side who maintain the great name It was Robert Browning, without a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhere are they now…Former top flight clubs who plummeted down the Leagues
ORRELL (1988-1997): Doughty battlers in the top flight for a decade and only a narrow final day defeat at Harlequins prevented...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEddie should realise he got his back row wrong
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME While the dust settles after England’s defeat and the Scots are celebrating...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoAll Black invasion will boost the Quins
NICK CAIN THE deal that Harlequins have struck with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to turn the Premiership club into a sabbatical...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoSix Nations needs no hype – it’s all genuine – and raw – emotion
IF Eddie Jones was not warned by his RFU minders about the pitfalls of buying a standard class rail ticket from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTop flight stitch-up nearing completion
JEFF Probyn wrote in last week’s Rugby Paper about the agreement between the RFU and Premiership Rugby under which ‘the Championship...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSaxons on schedule again ahead of World Cup 2019
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S second string Saxons will be revived next year with World Cup preparations in mind. Planning is at...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoMelville: 11-month season is non-starter
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND players no longer face the threat of an 11-month season as talks between Premiership Rugby and the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNewport ensure ‘Monkey’ sits at the top of the tree at last
EVEN now virtually 100 years after his death, Arthur ‘Monkey’ Gould retains a unique place in the Welsh rugby pantheon. He...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER BEDFORD, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND ENGLAND LOCK BOB WILKINSON Iwent to Wales versus Scotland with a friend last Saturday –...
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