All posts tagged "RFU"
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Features
/ 9 years agoRFU are dividing the game says Maynard
COVENTRY managing director Phil Maynard insists his club will not comply with RFU salary caps for leagues below the Championship, which...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve
There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Saracens are great but can they keep going?
Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in last week’s Champions Cup final. They have made history and written the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Ritchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay
Ian Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU‘s chief executive this summer after...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoRitchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay
IAN Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU’s chief executive this summer after...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoSaracens are great but can they keep going?
Triumph: Saracens lift the Champions Cup after beating Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCounties’ June tours set to be scrapped
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act to reverse a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCastleford accused of breaching contract
DENNY SOLOMONA will claim that Castleford Tigers ‘belittled’ him as the case over his switch to Sale Sharks heads to trial...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMercer: I’ll prove why I should be in Argentina
By NEALE HARVEY TEENAGE back row sensation Zach Mercer aims to show Eddie Jones why he should have been on the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoTime to rethink the B&I Cup fiasco and offer real incentive
WITH the Championship stumbling from one crisis to another, due to lack of sufficient central funding, there is another aspect of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Will double-chasing Sarries’ Test stars remain focused?
I love this time of the season, with all the phoney wars over and teams now settled on just one thing:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Whitcombe dynasty now propping up England
When he left Cardiff before the Second World War, Frank Whitcombe could have had no idea he would be creating a...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: McCafferty cannot be allowed to cage Lions
Mark McCafferty is making a serious mistake in trying to push the Lions into a five-week cage while, at the same...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCafferty cannot be allowed to cage Lions
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MARK McCafferty is making a serious mistake in trying to push the Lions...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHill predicts more in Tier 2 will adopt part-time model
By JON NEWCOMBE RICHMOND director of rugby Steve Hill believes it is inevitable that more clubs will adopt their part-time model...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoRichards: RFU must bring in Championship age cap
London Scottish head coach Peter Richards reckons the Championship is failing English player development and says squad age limits are the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRichards: RFU must bring in Championship age cap
Doubtful: Peter Richards believes development is failing By NEALE HARVEY LONDON SCOTTISH head coach Peter Richards reckons the Championship is failing...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHartpury won’t be selling out for glory
Can the students of Hartpury be competitive in the Championship next season? Luke Jarmyn talks to CEO Russell Marchant Russell Marchant...
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Features
/ 9 years agoIt’s a chance of a lifetime say promoted Caldy
By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER nine consecutive seasons at level four, Caldy head coach Simon Verbickas admits the club is stepping into...
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Guest Blogs
/ 9 years ago3G – sow the seeds of future success
If Saracens can become reigning double champions, and set up another Champions Cup semi-final after beating Glasgow Warriors, what can other...
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National League 3
/ 9 years ago3G – sow the seeds of future success
IF Saracens can become reigning double champions, and set up another Champions Cup semi-final after beating Glasgow Warriors, what can other...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: I doubt that Gatland will be giving out Lions wildcards
Optimism, hypocrisy and concern. Three words that can be used to describe the game of rugby over the last week. Optimism,...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Solomona is quality, but don’t pick him
That Denny Solomona has had a phenomenal start to his Rugby Union career, with 11 tries in 11 matches for Sale...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSolomona is quality, but don’t pick him
THAT Denny Solomona has had a phenomenal start to his Rugby Union career, with 11 tries in 11 matches for Sale...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoI doubt that Gatland will be giving out Lions wildcards
Optimism, hypocrisy and concern. Three words that can be used to describe the game of rugby over the last week. Optimism,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWales will veto cut to 6 Nations
WALES will take a stand in Dublin this week against England’s call for the Six Nations schedule to be shortened by...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSolomona eligible for England and the Lions
Sale Sharks flying winger Denny Solomona is now eligible to play for England after receiving notification from the RFU. Being English-qualified...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHeem banned for two weeks for challenge on Le Roux
Bryce Heem has received a two-week ban for his challenge in the air on Willie le Roux on Sunday. The Worcester...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPremiership must take control of Championship
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward spiral unless Premiership Rugby are handed control of the league....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBow: Premiership must take control of tier two
By NEALE HARVEY Struggle: Nottingham in action against Cornish Pirates NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFylde hit out at ‘farcical’ attempts to cap wages
RFU plans to introduce wage caps into the lower leagues have been branded as “farcical” by Fylde board member Mike Brennand....
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoTop-flight veto plan for buddy system
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY CONTROVERSIAL RFU plans for Premiership clubs to ‘buddy-up’ with their Championship counterparts have collapsed after top-flight sides...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoNot enough, but Tier Two extra cash is right move
THE idea that English Premiership clubs have rejected the ‘buddy’ initiative with Championship clubs because they feared they were in danger...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDaly a must on Eddie’s teamsheet says Ashton
Neale Harvey finds a former England coach firmly in the corner of Wasps flier Elliot Daly No man is indispensible but...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDon’t kill off the county game, just get rid of the academies!
As Benjamin Disraeli once said: “There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies and statistics.” However, as with all things,...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Crooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking
What a fuss about nothing. As all hell breaks loose because of what Italy did not do, and what England could...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
Lichfield Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best club in the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoThe four dramatic times Scots beat their HQ hoodoo
Scotland wins at Twickenham are one of the great rarities in Six Nations rugby, there being only four since England started...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoCrooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking
Still a mess: World Rugby has a duty to sort out the ongoing problems in the scrum PICTURE: Getty Images What...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoSaxons coach Bates to take top RFU job
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER England Saxons head coach Steve Bates has been named performance manager and international performance coach by the RFU....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
By NICK VERDIER LICHFIELD Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Too high a price for ‘fame’ but it’s not the game’s fault
Writing this article every week often makes me think and reflect over my time playing, coaching, administrating and also watching the...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoTom Arscott EXCLUSIVE: I thought it was the end of my career
By JON NECOMBE Yorkshire Carnegie signing Tom Arscott feared he was “damaged” goods and might never play professionally again after his...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDiamond banned for six weeks
SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond pleaded guilty to abusing a match official and has been given a six-week touchline ban....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoRFU must not forget the grassroots game
AS a proud Cornishman I read with incredulity Neale Harvey’s article about the RFU’s potential “cost cutting” measures which could see...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoI thought it was the end of my career admits Arscott
By JON NEWCOMBE YORKSHIRE Carnegie signing Tom Arscott feared he was “damaged” goods and might never play professionally again after his...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoToo high a price for ‘fame’ but it’s not the game’s fault
Tragic loss: Wallaby star Dan Vickerman PICTURE: Getty Images Writing this article every week often makes me think and reflect over...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSteve Diamond hit with six-week ban
Steve Diamond has been banned for six weeks for verbally abusing the match officials after Sale‘s Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Harlequins...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWheeler lined up by RFU
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY FORMER England hooker Peter Wheeler is to become president of the Rugby Football Union in 2019, The...












