All posts tagged "Saracens"
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoClark back to put on a show at the Gardens
■ By GARY FITZGERALD CALUM Clark clearly still has a soft spot for Franklin’s Gardens but he hopes to upset the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSaints flyer Naiyaravoro targets first half blitz
Force of nature: Taqele Naiyaravoro TAQELE Naiyaravoro aims to use his formidable pace and power to help Saints break free from...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRhodes cops three-week ban
FLANKER Michael Rhodes will miss Saracens Champions Cup quarterfinal clash against Glasgow after being suspended. Rhodes received a threeweek ban following...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJoe’s in right place at resurgent Quins
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Master poacher: Harlequins centre Joe Marchant scores against Worcester PICTURE: Getty Images Quins hero: Greenwood JOE Marchant...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSaints suddenly become sinners
AT THE start of the month, Northampton were in serious contention for the honour of finishing the season with the cleanest...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRhodes waits on citing officer
SARACENS flanker Michael Rhodes may face a postmatch citing. In the first half, he charged into a ruck with his shoulder...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MANU VUNIPOLA SARACENS FLY-HALF Manu Vunipola is not short of rugby pedigree. His father, Elisi, played 41 times for Tonga and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Falcon off to France NEWCASTLE centre Pedro Bettencourt, 24, will join French side Oyonnax this summer. The 24-year-old joined from French...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPriestland boot gives Saracens a kicking
By ROGER PANTING Marksman: Rhys Priestland kicks one of his six penalties PICTURES: Getty Images TEAMS BATH: Homer 8, McConnochie 6,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins avert scrum-half injury crisis with loan signing
Danny Care and Charlie Mulchrone are both nursing injuries
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoKyle’s critics know nothing about game, raps George
By GARY FITZGERALD JAMIE George has fired a broadside at critics claiming England’s Cardiff defeat is evidence that Eddie Jones’ men...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThat was ding-dong stuff says Baxter
EXETER boss Rob Baxter looked relived after his team had withstood Sale’s second-half pressure. Baxter said: “That was a ding-dong battle....
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago‘Control freak’ Ansell utilising his grounding at Letchworth
By ART DE ROCHE TOM ANSELL ditched rugby to chase a career in boxing but the welterweight contender says he is...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER NEWCASTLE, SCARLETS, LONDON IRISH AND SARACENS WINGER ANDREW FENBY My journey is a bit of an unusual one in...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSarries go easy after first half slaughter of Saints
By ADAM HATHAWAY MAX MALINS was the star of the show as Saracens returned to winning ways after last week’s defeat...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBoyd: We managed to stop bleeding
SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall admitted his side were kicking themselves for failing to put on a show in the...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby’s 12-team World League proposal shot down for casting away Pacific nations
The story of the year may have just hit the sport
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSchalk Burger to end Saracens stint and return to South Africa
Springboks legend to leave Allianz Park a 'happy man'
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Featured
/ 7 years agoChris Pennell FEATURE: I’d be crazy to leave Worcester Warriors
One-club man Pennell says there is a collective building at Worcester after a number of first-teamers extend their deals
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScott takes charge of new-look England
By SAM JACKSON Captain’s call: Harlequins second row Abbie Scott ENGLAND centre Emily Scarratt will sit out the women’s Six Nations...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCare staying positive that top form will deliver recall
By NEALE HARVEY Upping his game: Quins No.9 Danny Care PICTURES: Getty Images Leading the way: Dan Robson, left, and Ben...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFrancis on standby for another call from Eddie
FIT-AGAIN centre Piers Francis has vowed not to become one of England’s forgotten men by spearheading Northampton’s charge for the play-offs....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTodd: All gone in one mad minute
BATH’S late collapse left boss Todd Blackadder gutted. He said: “We didn’t exit properly and young Max (Green) will learn from...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBok beef pounds Saracens pack into submission
By TOM BRADSHAW Something to shout about: Ed Slater scores Gloucester’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images No surrender: Jackson Wray breaks...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMorgan: Soft tries take the gloss off
DOUBLE try-scorer Ben Morgan modestly attributed his brace to his team-mates’ efforts – and made it clear that Gloucester’s late lapse...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’d be crazy to leave Warriors now my vision is taking shape
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Worcester’s loyal servant Chris Pennell ahead of a huge game with Newcstle JON NEWCOMBE Warrior through and...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDennis enticed by European carrot
Ready to commit: Exeter Chiefs back row bruiser Dave Dennis PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER enforcer Dave Dennis is ready to turn...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
ALEX LEWINGTON, SARACENS, ENGLAND SAXONS AND FORMER LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM AND LONDON IRISH WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFrench camp gives Wales a taster for time in Japan
By ALEX BYWATER Fun in the sun: Wales train on French Riviera ALL focus will be on Cardiff on Saturday when...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNo World League without global season says Burger
By NEALE HARVEY SCHALK Burger predicts World Rugby’s grand plans for a Nations League will lie dead in the water unless...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhiffin: England have learnt from Irish loss
By NEALE HARVEY Chance to play Wales: Saracens play-maker Manu Vunipola Lessons: Richard Whiffin ENGLAND U20s attack coach Richard Whiffin insists...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTigers hungry for U18s repeat
LEICESTER include seven of the players who lifted the trophy last year in their team to defend the U18 Academy League...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoPicamoles pumped up for his Vunipola challenge
By GARY FITZGERALD LOUIS Picamoles is relishing the prospect of pitting his skill and strength against his counterpart Billy Vunipola. The...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoEngland outmuscle the world champions
By GARY FITZGERALD Let’s get physical: Ollie Lawrence charges into Julien Delbouis GLOUCESTER flanker Aaron Hinkley produced a dynamic display as...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoLeitch gets nod for ‘title decider’
By SAM JACKSON WORLD Cup winner Marlie Packer is rested for England’s clash with France after injuring her shoulder in the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRingfencing expected to take at least another year
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP Rugby plans to prevent relegation this season look doomed. At a summit meeting last week, Premiership Rugby’s...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSaints roar into final with nine-try salvo
By NEALE HARVEY Big contribution: back row star Lewis Ludlam scores the third try for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images RORY Hutchinson...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSaracens keep it simple to power past Warriors
By LUKE JARMYN Line in sight: Rotimi Segun beats the tackle to touch down for Saracens’ second try PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPowell: Future’s looking bright
SARACENS academy coach Adam Powell praised the quality of their development set-up and remains certain they can win the cup away...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe’ll try to push Daly into centre says Goode
By NEALE HARVEY Another jewel in the crown: Saracens signing Elliot Daly PICTURE: Getty Images Lion: Liam Williams LONG-SERVING Saracens full-back...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, SARACENS AND DUNGANNON LOCK PADDY JOHNS WHEN you get one cap you just want to get another,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEngland hopeful raring for a ruck with Tigers
GIN-LOVING England hopeful Michael Rhodes aims for the perfect tonic after injury as he plots a return for Saracens this Saturday...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
TONY FENNER, COVENTRY AND FORMER AUCKLAND, OTAGO, EASTERN PROVINCE, EDINBURGH AND BEDFORD UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR...
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European Rugby
/ 7 years agoCompetition: WIN tickets to Champions Cup & Challenge Cup finals!
To mark the end of this year’s Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup pool stages, we have teamed up with European...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSharks on target for 70 per cent English
TEENAGE Sale centre Luke James has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with the club, tying him to the Sharks until 2024....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership self-interest set to repeat
JEFF GAGE Europe’s second tier: Saints skipper Dylan Hartley “It’s time the rest of English rugby woke up to the fact...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoReferees must simply stop ignoring the laws
I WAS RFU President in 2013/14 and spent a few weeks with England U20s as they went on to win the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAussie ace Reid on radar for Saracens
Wanted: Jordy Reid SARACENS are looking to pounce on Championship high-flyers Ealing Trailfinders for their Australian flanker Jordy Reid. The 27-year-old...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFalcons fancy chances but it’s a tall order
■By JON NEWCOMBE WHILE Newcastle’s focus is firmly on Premiership survival, head coach Dave Walder insists the chance to win some...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors battle for home comforts
■By NEALE HARVEY High hopes: Worcester centre Francois Venter FRANCOIS Venter returns to spearhead Worcester’s attack knowing a bonuspoint win will...












