All posts tagged "Saracens"
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoEngland prepared for Welsh backlash
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND U20s eased into their World Cup defence against Samoa but fly-half Max Malins is expecting to be...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBrits: Champions Cup must be season finale
By NEALE HARVEY SCHALK Brits has blasted the timing of this year’s Champions Cup final and insists bosses of Europe’s three...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoFaletau’s the clear pick of a sub-standard side
Physical: Alun-Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images NICK CAIN’S LIONS RATINGS 1. JOE MARLER Did not seize the initiative in the scrum...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoAs dress rehearsels go, this was far better than mob of 1971
BRENDAN GALLAGHER BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Oustanding condition: Kyle Sinckler The opening matches of Lions tours are hurdles to be cleared not...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHowScarlets boxed clever with Byron in their corner
PETER JACKSON Before the Scarlet champions could go out on the town in Dublin last Saturday night, Munster sent a congratulatory...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExiles signal Premiership intent with Nalaga signing
By NICK VERDIER LONDON Irish have celebrated their return to the Premiership with the capture of Top 14 try-scoring machine Napolioni...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Ali Crossdale – England U20s full-back
Ali Cossdale is living the dream by training with the best team in Europe every day and has learned that rubbing...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExiles bring in Top14 star wing and six others
London Irish have landed Top 14 winger Napolioni Nalaga from Lyon ahead of next season. Nalaga, 31, who racked up 105...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Exeter prove patience can be greatest virtue
It was Leo Tolstoy – who doesn’t offer appear on the sports pages – who once remarked that the two most...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Set Faletau loose and he can cause havoc for Lions
Taulupe Faletau is in the spotlight following Billy Vunipola‘s withdrawal from the Lions tour because No.8 is such an influential position....
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Featured
/ 9 years agoEddie’s in need of a big rethink says Lamb
France-bound fly-half Ryan Lamb says Eddie Jones‘ decision to exclude Freddie Burns, Danny Cipriani and Christian Wade from the tour to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: London Irish need greater finance to compete warns Crossan
London Irish owner Mick Crossan has launched a plea for new backers to step forward after admitting he can no longer...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoOf course Billy’s a loss, but others will step in
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The wailing and gnashing of teeth over Billy Vunipola’s withdrawal from the Lions...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLions must beware getting on wrong side of ref
WHAT was evident from the high-tempo Chiefs v Crusaders clash played in Suva, Fiji, last weekend was that forward passes in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBreathtaking, now let’s hope all regions can build on success
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WHAT A win, what a performance, what a team! Hats off to everyone at the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRobshaw and Ford will shepherd youngsters against the Baa-baas
CHRIS ROBSHAW and George Ford will co-captain an England squad featuring eight uncapped players against the Barbarians at Twickenham today. It...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSQUADS for Twickenham, kick off 3pm
ENGLAND: * new cap Mike Brown (Harlequins, 60 caps), *Nathan Earle (Saracens), *Sam James (Sale Sharks), *Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Jonny May...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWhat next for Yorkshire project?
JON NEWCOMBE talks to ex-hooker Rob Rawlinson about the dilemma of his former club Yorkshire Carnegie JON NEWCOMBE THREE years ago,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoValue of try currency on the rise in Europe
PETER JACKSON reveals how two clubs have pushed try-scoring rates to new heights PETER JACKSON There was a time not that...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND, SARACENS AND LONDON WELSH CENTRE STEVE RAVENSCROFT LOOKING back on my playing days I feel incredibly fortunate to...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTRANSFER WRAP
SCOTLAND wing Sean Maitland has signed a contract extension with Saracens until at least 2020. Sarries will have to do without...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGreenwood: Owen is key man, not Sexton
Opinion: Will Greenwood PERMUTATIONS for the Lions back line are pretty extensive but Owen Farrell must be given a jersey regardless...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCockerill faces his old rivals in the final
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Richard Cockerill, Nick Abendanon and David Strettle, rivals for so long in different colours in their homeland,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEddie’s in need of a big rethink says Lamb
By NEALE HARVEY FRANCE-BOUND fly-half Ryan Lamb says Eddie Jones’ decision to exclude Freddie Burns, Danny Cipriani and Christian Wade from...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCowan-Dickie eyes Test spot
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie has vowed to turn up the heat on England skipper Dylan Hartley during next...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoChampions! Now Chiefs boss demands Euro glory
By NEALE HARVEY Best in the land: Jack Yeandle and Gareth Steenson hold the trophy aloft for Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSlade has new spring in his step thanks to mentor Wilkinson
HENRY Slade has revealed how confidence gained from working with boyhood hero Jonny Wilkinson helped him deliver the kick that killed...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFollow our lead, Pivac tells Welsh rugby
By PETER JACKSON THEScarlets marked their coronation as PRO12 champions last night by challenging Wales to follow the dazzling brand of...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoExeter prove patience can be greatest virtue
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT It was Leo Tolstoy – who doesn’t offer appear on the sports pages – who once remarked that...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHow Wasps have fared since the club moved to Coventry
In 1999, professional rugby union outfit Wasps RFC changed their name to London Wasps to differentiate themselves from amateur side Wasps...
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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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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEngland name side for Barbarians clash
Eddie Jones has named his England squad to face the Barbarians on Sunday at Twickenham . The starting XV will be...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain’s Premiership of the Year
Saracens’ exceptional European Cup double explains why they have almost half the starting line-up in my 2016-17 Team of the Season....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoBlackadder takes swipe at below-par Bath stars
Bath rugby director Todd Blackadder has put his star players on notice after admitting standards of professionalism had fallen below his...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Premiership final promises to be an absolute cracker
So after 22 rounds and two pulsating skin-of-your- teeth semis Wasps will play Exeter in the Aviva Premiership Final in a...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Brendan McKibbin – London Irish scrum-half
1. Tom Court – Nothing to do with his rugby abilities really, it’s just that he’s so old he can be...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoChiefs rock champs to land final with Wasps
By SAM JACKSON Clincher: Josh Bassett breaks clear to score the decisive try for Wasps IT’S Exeter Chiefs versus Wasps in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoSouthern stars rush to beat deadline
By PETER JACKSON MORE than 30 Southern Hemisphere players will qualify for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales before the longer residency...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNext week’s final promises to be an absolute cracker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Go forward: Thomas Waldrom and Guy Thompson, celebrating with Thomas Young, got their teams on the front foot...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALI CROSSDALE ENGLAND U20s FULL-BACK Ali Cossdale is living the dream by training with the best team in Europe every day...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBath figures swell with move to HQ
PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to reveal a big climb in Europe’s attendance numbers PETER JACKSON Thriller: Bath’s Anthony Watson...
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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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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBilly can take No.8 play to a new level!
Lawrence Dallaglio tells NEALE HARVEY how Billy Vunipola can usurp Kieran Read as world leading No.8 Lawrence Dallaglio Blockbuster: Billy Vunipola...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Chiefs to beat Saracens but Wasps for title
There’s no guarantee a cracking regular season will produce two semi-final play-offs to remember next weekend but, frankly, it will be...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: We’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace
No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it was slightly...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoFrancis out to prove his versatility in Argentina
Gobsmacked Auckland Blues fly-half Piers Francis has revealed how he thought a 5am phone call from Eddie Jones advising him of...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSteenson hoping for some Clermont pointers
By NICK VERDIER EXETER find Saracens on their path to Premiership glory once more but talisman Gareth Steenson reckons they could...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOld Elthamians targeting top-flight says boss Lach
By NEALE HARVEY OLD Elthamians have set their sights on capturing the hearts and minds of rugby fans in Kent after...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBlues bolter out to prove his versatility in Argentina
By NEALE HARVEY GOBSMACKED Auckland Blues fly-half Piers Francis has revealed how he thought a 5am phone call from Eddie Jones...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
BRENDAN McKIBBIN, THE LONDON IRISH & FORMER WARATAHS SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Tom...












