All posts tagged "Wasps"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAtkinson feared he had thrown away Test chance
By ADAM HATHAWAY GLOUCESTER centre Mark Atkinson admits he nearly chucked away his chance of Test recognition because of his amateur...
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/ 4 years agoAmerican Indians call on Chiefs to change
NEWS EXTRA THE National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has called on Exeter Chiefs to drop their Native American branding. Last...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players CLAUDIA MACDONALD THIS WEEK... WASPS & ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Claudia MacDonald...
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/ 4 years agoEducation key in bid to diversify coaching says Khan
NEWS EXTRA By TOM SANSOM LONDON Scottish backs coach Ricky Khan has called for better education, and creating young leaders in...
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/ 4 years agoBarrow thriving on extra duties at Sedgley
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN SCOTT Barrow believes balancing his coaching duties at Wasps and Sedgley Park is accelerating his development...
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/ 4 years agoLovibond brace puts Bears in the clear
By JOHN JONES Bristol ..................33 Wasps ....................10 BRISTOL Bears put their cup campaign back on track after last week’s defeat against...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWasps join hunt for Chiefs’ Skinner
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WASPS are interested in talking to Sam Skinner, right,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players JENNY MAXWELL THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND SCRUM-HALF Loughborough...
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/ 4 years agoYapp puts faith in Warriors young guns
PREVIEW... Worcester Warriors v Saracens Sixways, KO 2pm WARRIORS have been a team on the rise this season, with victories over...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoBears’ toothless attack at the heart of disappointing form
Bristol Bears have had a less than ideal start to their Premiership campaign. Pat Lam‘s team reached the play-offs last season,...
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/ 4 years agoWasps pair show little respect
AT my old school it was drummed into us that Rugby Union built character based on the virtues of respect and...
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/ 4 years agoSwords at ready for Quins fight with Sharks
NEWS EXTRA By MATT MERRITT NEXT week sees the launch of the Allianz Cup, a new womens’s competition that sits alongside...
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/ 4 years agoThree months on, the game is crying out for clarity
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO the World Rugby Independent Judicial Panel will meet next week to consider misconduct charges against Rassie...
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/ 4 years agoBrown: I’m still ready for you Eddie
By PAUL REES MIKE Brown is primed and ready to add to his 72 England caps – even at the age...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOghre incident proves refs can make mistakes
COLIN BOAG Let off: Wasps’ Gabriel Oghre was given only a yellow card for this high tackle on Northampton’s Alex Mitchell...
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/ 4 years agoWasps 23-27 Exeter: Chiefs on warpath as Simmonds sizzles
EXETER Chiefs, with Sam Simmonds leading the charge in trademark fashion, poured on the pressure after the break to squeeze past...
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/ 4 years agoBlackett gutted by lack of reward
WASPS coach Lee Blackett felt his side did not get the reward they deserved. “I am pretty gutted. "Sometimes the amount...
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/ 4 years agoWe were destroyed in second half – Lam
PAT Lam urged his battered Bears to dust themselves off and come back fighting next time. The Bristol boss admitted his...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSevens stars return to ignite Gloucester attack
By NATHAN ROCHE PREVIEW... Wasps v Glo-Hartpury Today, 5.15pm, CBS Arena WASPS welcome back their GB Sevens trio of Abi Burton,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEngland women call up 11 debutants
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the...
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/ 4 years agoHard to replicate those post-war halcyon days
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools RUGBY success at Christ’s Hospital School over the decades has been...
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/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Marcus Watson playing for his future at Wasps
MARCUS Watson aims to start persuading Wasps he deserves a new contract by putting Northampton to the sword today. Constant setbacks...
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/ 4 years agoStars look to France as fee row rumbles on
BRISTOL Bears could be facing a fight to hang onto back row Nathan Hughes who has been offered to French clubs...
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/ 4 years agoNewcastle 18-14 Wasps: Eye gouge rumpus as Falcons lay a hoodoo
FALCONS Callum Chick scored from a spectacular late burst as Newcastle ended Wasps long home over them at a rowdy Kingston...
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/ 4 years agoDeano: Gopperth made a meal of it
NEWCASTLE boss Dean Richards insisted Tom Penny was the innocent party in the eye-gouging incident. “Tom is distraught as he didn’t...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBristol 25-20 Bath: Radradra blow can’t halt Bears revival
BRISTOL cushioned the hammer blow of losing their Fijian superstar, Semi Radradra, for a lengthy period by sneaking a victory over...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSharks slaughter gets Loughborough off mark
By NATHAN ROCHE DMP Sharks ......0 Loughboro L....59 LOUGHBOROUGH notched their first win of the Premier 15s season with a thumping...
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/ 4 years agoTom Cruse is writing his name large at Wasps
ONE hundred games into his Wasps career and the novelty of having his own name on the back of his jersey...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBT should make games available to the fans
COLIN BOAG Arugby fans we’ve been spoiled during the pandemic with BT Sport showing every Premiership match, but we’re now suffering...
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/ 4 years agoWasps 44-8 Bristol: Wasps turn on turbos to thunder into season
WASPS made up for lost time after sitting out last weekend’s opening round with a startling performance, based on an uber...
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/ 4 years agoLam: We know we can bring this back
WASPS boss Lee Blackett was delighted with the win but wants his side to back it up against Newcastle next week....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoEarle: Brownie recruited me for the Falcons
■By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Newcastle v Harlequins Sunday September 19, Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park A CHANGE of life style and environ...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoDai is ready to bring son Thomas Young home to Wales
WASPS are bracing themselves for a raid by former boss Dai Young who is eying up a family reunion with son...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoSirker’s debut double gets Pirates on the front foot
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates..33pts Tries: Bolwell 6, Duncan 22, Cant 36, Sirker 48, 52 Conversions: Robson 6, 22, 36, 52...
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/ 4 years agoWasps 26-22 Worcester: What a thriller as Wasps’ defence holds firm
THIS encounter saw thrilling action from the start with Wasps scrumhalf Claudia Macdonald opened the scoring two minutes in and Florence...
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/ 4 years agoBassett can’t wait to join the party
By GARY FITZGERALD Buzzing: Josh Bassett can’t wait to get started this season PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS have been left kicking...
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/ 4 years ago‘Nut case’ Martin Gleeson will sort out England
ENGLAND’S new attack coach Martin Gleeson is a ‘mad genius’ – but a world-class operator in breaking down defences. That is...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDe Chaves joins Wasps
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS brought in lock Sebastian de Chaves on a short-term deal two days before the Premiership season started. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoQuins name Big Game
RUGBY SHORTS BIG GAME 13 will mark Harlequins’ second-ever Double Header, with both the club’s Men’s and Women’s teams in action...
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/ 4 years agoAre World 12s a good idea for the game?
COULD BE SAYS JOE LAUNCHBURY JOE Launchbury has strong reservations about the newly-proposed World 12s tournament and insists: “They would have...
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/ 4 years agoWalker to hooker. Graham is captain
DONCASTER have confirmed their leadership group for the new season, with flanker Sam Graham taking on captaincy duties. The former Bristol...
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/ 4 years agoAMPTHILL
Head of Rugby: Mark Lavery Captain: TBC Ground: Dillingham Park Capacity: 3,000 Mo Botha has gone back as forwards coach to...
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/ 4 years agoCORNISH PIRATES
Head of Rugby: Alan Paver/Gavin Cattle Captain: Nicolas De Battista Ground: Mennaye Field Capacity: 4,000 Pirates are going to be one...
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/ 4 years agoRICHMOND
Head of Rugby: Steve Hill Captain: Cameron Mitchell Ground: Richmond Athletic Gd Capacity: 4,500 A lot depends on what Steve Hill’s...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFoulkes sees Coventry cast off their millstone
MOMENT IN TIME COVENTRY 1982-83 SUNDAY TELEGRAPH MERIT TABLE WINNERS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO DAVID FOULKS AND PETER ROSSBOROUGH THE Seventies...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoScarratt surgery strikes Lightning plans
By ADAM ELLIS Preview Loughborough v Wasps Today, Kick-off 2pm LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning will attempt to get their season up and running...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWasps miss out on lock Meihuizen
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Searching: Blackett WASPS’ plans to get a second row into their squad before the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSarries show class to grab bonus point win
By MATT MERRITT Wasps ................20pts Saracens ..........26pts IT MIGHT be the first week of the season, but this game had a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe brooding Lamaison is victim of a bar brawl
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players CLARA NIELSON THIS WEEK... EXETER HOOKER Hooker Clara Nielson describes...












