All posts tagged "RFU"
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGeorge Kruis cited for dangerous tackle
George Kruis could be handed a ban following a dangerous tackle on wing David Halaifonua on Friday. The Saracens lock, who...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Ritchie keeps the faith with Lancaster…for now
Ian Ritchie delivered an intriguing line in double-speak as he delivered his verdict on England‘s autumn return of two losses and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoTwo “supporters” banned from Twickenham for homophobic abuse
Two individuals have been banned from all matches at Twickenham for a period of two years after being found guilty of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Player welfare is all about how coaches want to play
The Autumn Internationals may be up and running but for the clubs its business as usual with the LV cup holding...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoPlymouth Albion demand review of concussion protocols
Championship club demand a review of concussion protocols after B&I Cup incident.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Professional game must not take the Blockheads literally
To paraphrase Ian Dury, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll is all that rugby needs. Sex is the easy part...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Was it really about driving standards or lining pockets?
New name, new trophy, new management but same old European tournament as all but the rank outsiders in their group (such...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Get Martin Johnson on board to pass on lessons learned in 2011
So Martin Johnson is reliving the nightmare that was the 2011 RWC England campaign. Although it has been virtually three years,...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: The RFU are right to back Lancaster’s long-term plan
There has been interesting debate surrounding Wednesday’s announcement by Ian Ritchie, the RFU chief executive, that Stuart Lancaster and his assistant...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Now Stuart Lancaster has a licence to gamble
If Stuart Lancaster sees out his full term as England head coach he will have been in the post for an...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Hanley – former Sale and England wing
I must be the only person to have started a season playing junior rugby in the old Fourth Division (North) and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Injuries mount – the way fitness guru Rex warned
A cracking start to the season has seen some high scoring games and some unexpected results, including big losses for Leicester...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Discovering the secrets of those great schools XVs
What makes a great schools rugby team? And which were the best ever school XVs? Two perennial questions that always enliven...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Thanks so much Roy, whoever you are!
Roy Giddings had been on the WRU Board for so long that when he started Margaret Thatcher had just become the...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Martin Johnson’s out and firing – at wrong targets!
Martin Johnson broke cover for the first time in the three years since he resigned as England manager when he gave...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoVersatile Henry Slade can take Toby Flood path to top
Exeter backs coach Ali Hepher believes Slade's ability to play anywhere in the backline can only enhance his Test prospects.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoRFU and Premiership Rugby reach agreement over World Cup row
THE Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby have agreed a range of measures to address the demands of the Rugby World...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Expect Saracens to cash in on the World Cup wobbles
It’s great when the season restarts and the politics takes second place and we can get on to actually playing and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGeoff Parling frustrated by World Cup talk
As England launched their new kit for the upcoming season, lock Geoff Parling revealed he gets frustrated when asked about the...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoChampionship clubs can cash in during World Cup
Championship clubs hoping for a World Cup bonanza.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Delayed start to season will benefit clubs in long run
Here we go again, as soon as there is the slightest potential to extract some money from the RFU, the Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoRFU to expand women’s game
The women’s game is set for an unprecedented boost after the RFU announced plans to introduce rugby to 100,000 women and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Well done girls, but let’s keep it in perspective
I read somewhere this week that the Women’s World Cup was a tipping point for the sport. As much as I...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Delaying EPS selection is big step in right direction
It has taken time but at last there has been some common sense from the Premiership in their relationship with the...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Let’s draft top young talent each season
What do Dan Cole, Billy Twelvetrees, Tom Youngs and Owen Farrell of the current England squad have in common? The answer...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Clubs in threat to play during World Cup
Simmering tensions between Premiership Rugby and the RFU over World Cup compensation set to explode.
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Scott Barrow – former Worcester, Orrell, Rotherham, Glasgow, Leeds & Fylde centre
If helping to keep Leeds in the Premiership in the 2010 was one of the highlights of my career getting relegated...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoTyson Keats EXCLUSIVE – I felt like a black sheep but it wasn’t my fault
Scrum-half breaks silence over fake-passport affair that led to London Welsh’s relegation from Premiership.
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European Rugby
/ 11 years agoTwickenham to stage inaugural Champions Cup final
The inaugural Champions Cup final will be hosted at Twickenham it was announced today. The Challenge Cup decider will go ahead...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland name side for WRWC semi-final against Ireland
England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has made six changes for Wednesday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final clash against Ireland at the...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland change seven for final WRWC pool match
England have made seven changes for their final Rugby World Cup pool match against Canada in Marcoussis tomorrow. Lichfield’s Sarah Hunter...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Warburton would be perfect fit at Kassam
Despite the fact we are in the ‘Dead Zone’ and there is no rugby to watch, there is still much bubbling...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ian Davies – Cornish Pirates DoR
I wasn’t as good as my old friend Scott Quinnell playing for the New Dock Stars as a youngster but I...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Alan Martinovic – Hartpury College and former Colston’s director of rugby
There was a no grand plan when I joined Colston’s. The first XV won only one game in 1986 so to...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoGlint of gold sustains Ben Ryan on Fiji’s rocky road to Rio
TRP meets Ben Ryan after one year in charge of the most famous Sevens rugby team.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Girls go full-time and and full-on for big prize
Without fanfare or fuss a minor revolution has been taking place in and around Surrey Sports Park in Guildford this summer...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoMike Friday: Top tier link-up is a must for Championship
Takeover by Premiership Rugby would transport the second tier on to a different level.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: England must get fit to compete
Stuart Lancaster will have learned some important lessons on this tour, first and foremost that you cannot chop and change a...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSteroid user hit with two-year ban
Ralph Cooke has been suspended for two years for an anti-doping violation by the RFU. The Blackheath player tested positive for...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoClifton College Rugby Course with Ryan Jones
The aim of the course is to improve the player in four aspects technical, physical, mental, tactical. Technically the course will...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years ago“I can break down coaching’s male only culture,” says Giselle Mather
London Irish academy manager has her sights on becoming the first female Premiership coach.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Top 14 cash could tear apart the All Blacks
The suggestion that Aaron Smith, the New Zealand scrum-half, has been sounded out by Toulouse about joining the French club after...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to England full-back Mike Brown about his remarkable transformation
Mike Brown is England‘s torch-bearer, but one with a difference. He is the man at the back, rather than the front,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Tour from Hell did English rugby the power of good
Isn’t it strange how a perception of history over time can appear to alter what actually happened? Like all the fuss...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoNorthampton Saints fear exodus of stars unless salary cap is raised
President Keith Barwell fears Northampton may struggle to keep top stars in future unless salary cap restrictions are lifted.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Regional academies would reduce number of lost players
So that’s the end of European Rugby Cup Ltd’s involvement in Europe – and what an end, as both teams ensured...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why Bruce Craig’s vision for global season will fail to see the light
Last week’s interview encapsulating Bath chairman Bruce Craig’s vision of the future of global rugby showed some interesting, if slightly naive...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Less use of the TMO? Then stop these ref witch-hunts
Hard to believe that it is just a week since Leicester‘s Richard Cockerill called for referees to be less reliant on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: A couple of England-Wales tickets, sir? That’ll be £630
The last England-Wales match at Twickenham grossed around £5m in ticket money. The next one will top £20m. For the World...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: IRB must raise qualification period to at least eight years
The two biggest spending clubs in France and England, Toulon and Saracens, have proved that money can buy success. Although it...
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