All posts tagged "Schools"
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSeabourne tasked with steadying falling Tykes
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON The 32-year journey of Leeds Tykes has been nothing short of tumultuous. It’s a story marked by name...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoMartinovic: We need to focus on state schools
Alan Martinovic fears that the England Rugby player development pathway recently criticised by Eddie Jones will run into more difficulties if...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoWhy Is Rugby Gaining Ground in a Non-Traditional Market Like Kentucky?
Rugby, a sport often associated with international strongholds, is finding unexpected traction in Kentucky. Factors contributing to its rise range from...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRingland: Time to cut back on subs
By NICK POWELL Former Ireland and British and Irish Lions player Trevor Ringland has called for rugby to “de-physicalise” by reducing...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHill and Fisher helping out in Kuala Lumpur
THE Penguins international coaching academy continued its worldwide campaign by funding two coaches to work with schools and Cobra RFC in...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoAmateurs set for talks over their future at Hazelwood
By PAUL REES London Irish Amateur RFC’s chairman Kevin Flynn is this week meeting administrators appointed after the collapse of the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen I needed a helping hand…
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER You could fill a noisy bar with the journalists past and present queuing to buy David Emery...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago26-man squad for S Africa
Leader: England U20 captain Lewis Chessam Inset, new head coach Mark Mapletoft PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND U18 head coach Jonathan Pendlebury...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWork to do but Bill can meet the challenge
DESPITE efforts to improve the league structures, there are clearly problems that have not been resolved. In restructuring the leagues, the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoNew Zealand schools side in ’93 was the best ever
The greatest national schools team ever? That debate kicked off on Twitter recently and my mind immediately went back 30 years...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoAcademy at TJs thriving with Withers at the helm
By BEN JAYCOCK At a time when participation levels have fallen across the country, Tonbridge Juddians’ academy are revelling in healthy...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLeinster school system a major advantage – Ferris
Ex-British & Irish Lion Stephen Ferris says it will be a huge challenge for other Irish provinces and clubs across Europe...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoJeff’s right, we must support grassroots
JEFF Probyn is absolutely right in stating that the future of rugby in England depends on more resources being made available...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoPrep Schools
THE Prep Schools competition format of each team playing solely their group games continued into another year. If a winner had...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoU13 Boys
THE Welsh schools outperformed their English counterparts as of the 11 groups that had Welsh participation just shy of half of...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoRosslyn Park Sevens: U18s Cup – Harrow shine in the rain to take their first title
By NICK POWELL Harrow clinched their first-ever Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s U18s Cup title as they beat Brighton 15-10 in...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoRosslyn Park Sevens: U18s Vase – 76 years on and Rugby have reason to celebrate
Rugby School won a first title at Rosslyn Park for 76 years as they beat King’s School Macclesfield 36-12 in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoYoung guns show they are the best
U16 Colts HARROW continued to show the fruits of their early investment into rugby talent as they beat Bromsgrove 12-0 in...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoRosslyn Park Sevens: Under 18s Girls – Cardinal Newman make their mark
It is almost unprecedented for a team to dominate at Rosslyn Park quite as much as Cardinal Newman’s U18s did, but...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago11 Mixed
THE U11s Mixed Festival took place on Friday, giving a new day slot for the U11s and the chance for U11...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoTrinity stunned as Oakham seal first title for 20 years
SCHOOLS CUP FINALS DAY By NICK POWELL Oakham secured a first Schools Cup title since 2003 as they stunned Trinity 31-24...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDenstone lay down marker for National Sevens
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS THE Schools Cup Final takes place on Thursday as reigning champions Trinity face Oakham at Twickenham....
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten Oakham book final date with Trinity
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Oakham are heading to Twickenham for the final of the U18s Schools Cup after beating Finborough...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoNot enough rugby is played in our schools
I WAS very interested to read last week’s article by Chris Hewett regarding the dwindling numbers playing competitive rugby. I understand...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoChrist College take Brecon 7s
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Christ College laid down a huge marker ahead of the Rosslyn Park 7s next month after...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoSamuel Whitbread winners at Ipswich
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Samuel Whitbread Academy began their sevens season in style by winning the second edition of the...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoMillfield take the honours following poor start
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Millfield kicked off their 2023 7s campaign in style as they were crowned champions at the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRugby School launches 200th celebration
SCHOOLS RUGBY RUGBY School will begin celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the creation of the game by launching The Global...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Peter Walton
Peter Walton, the former Scotland, Newcastle & Northampton flanker, picks the best XV he's played with or against 1. Nick Popplewell...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoGordon’s begin with a bang in Spring League
SCHOOLS RUGBY By ELISE HAMERSLEY The inaugural NextGenXV Spring League continued on Wednesday with a Surrey derby seeing Gordon’s secure a...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Jonny Roddam
Jonny Roddam, the former Harlequins, Sale, Doncaster, Sedgley Park & Fylde hooker and current head of boys sport at Kirkham Grammar...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU has no right to deliver this low blow
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The RFU has just introduced one of the biggest changes to the game...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoThe golden voice… that glorious try…
RUGBY MATTERS WE are fast approaching the 50th anniversary of what many consider the greatest try ever scored and frankly there...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoBlundell’s power through to semis
SCHOOLS RUGBY By ELISE HAMERSLEY Blundell's have progressed to the semi-finals of the Schools Cup after beating a spirited Marlborough College...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoEducation links pay dividends for North Walsham
By BEN JAYCOCK National Two East side North Walsham have developed strong local educational links in recent years and are starting...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoTiffin girls beginners kick off the year in style
By ELISE HAMERSLEY School's rugby has begun a slow return after the winter break, and with the 15s league season drawing...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMoody defiant in battle against brain tumours
Lewis Moody shared the inspiration and goals of his charity as they continue their goal of raising awareness in the fight...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoHow baseball kept Bish on right track
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ken Poole, the head of economic development for...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoTrinity stay in running with Harrow win
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Trinity kept their hopes of winning back-to-back National Schools Cups alive as they ended Harrow’s unbeaten...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoKnockout contests starting to get serious
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Tuesday saw the last eight draw for the National Schools’ tournaments with the quarter-finals of the...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoCoverage ‘a double-edged sword’
SCHOOLSRUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Millfield director of rugby and former Bath player John Mallett says his side have ‘overachieved’ so far...
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Nick Cain
/ 4 years agoWaltzing Dempsey’s false step
NICK CAIN Crash ball: Jack Dempsey playing for Australia against Fiji at 2019 World Cup PICTURE : Getty Images The last...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMillfield retain festival title
SCHOOLS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL MILLFIELD secured their eighth St. Joseph’s National Schools Rugby Festival title, and became the first school...
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Schools / Universities
/ 4 years agoChamps Trinity give Dulwich a 50-point mauling
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL The first round of the Schools Cup is now complete, with several exciting fixtures lined up...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half Sam Worsley
Having learned off the likes of AJ MacGinty and Callum Sheedy, ‘triple threat’ fly-half Sam Worsley is looking to make his...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoNo need to read beyond the headline with Jones
Colin Boag Eddie Jones, master of creating headlines and tweaking tails, did it again when he suggested that the English independent...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWhy Bash Street kids are left at the gates
EDDIE Jones? What a bounder. Anyone who thinks he can waltz in from the colonies and criticise our private school system...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWe need to get more alternative opportunities
Former Hartpury College DoR Alan Martinovic joins the debate EDDIE Jones has had opprobrium heaped on him after his claims that...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoRugby has a proper fight on its hands now
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Anyone out there remember Sean Kerly? It’s just about possible, but only if your joints are seizing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoJones calls for resilience
ENGLAND head coach Eddie Jones believes English rugby’s reliance on private schools has led to a less resilient culture among the...
International Rugby
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