All posts tagged "Wasps"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPirates captain De Battista on mission to make up for lost time
MIKE SINCLAIR NICOLAS De Battista is aiming to make a big impact this season with a new-look Cornish Pirates side after...
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/ 4 years agoZero tolerance is still way forward insists Blackett
■By PAUL REES LEE Blackett believes there should be no let-up in the drive to eliminate dangerous challenges after referees showed...
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/ 4 years agoWasps ace Gopperth gunning to join golden oldies club
■By JON NEWCOMBE JIMMY GOPPERTH hasn’t ruled out the possibility of becoming the first back to play Premiership rugby past the...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
TOM PALMER, THE FORMER ENGLAND, LEEDS, WASPS & GLOUCESTER LOCK AND CURRENT VANNES FORWARDS COACH CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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/ 4 years agoWorcester 52-39 Connacht: New-look Warriors get monkey off their back
IT MAY have been only a pre-season friendly but Worcester recorded their first win since November 21. Since then they have...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCornish Pirates 55-3 Royal Navy: Blackmore injury leaves Pirates light at hooker
NEW recruits Carwyn Penny, Callum Sirker and Caleb Montgomery made impressive debuts as the Pirates sunk the Royal Navy with an...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCoventry 21-52 Wasps: Thomas Young puts his toe down for Wasps in 11-try thriller
A SCINTILLATING 90-metre sprint to the line by Thomas Young was the pick of the 11 tries served up by Wasps...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoPremiership clubs like look of Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
'Several' Premiership clubs are interested in young Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
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Features
/ 4 years agoAndy Titterrell swots up on the new England U20s crop
Andy Titterrell took all of two days off to unwind from the scenes of England’s U20 Six Nations glory this summer,...
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/ 4 years agoCarlisle answers call to help Titans rebuild
By JON NEWCOMBE JOEY Carlisle’s love of rugby may have been tested in recent years but the 33-yearold former Premiership player...
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/ 4 years agoLast man standing Moon eyes more glory
■By PAUL REES AND then there was one. Ben Moon is the last survivor from the squad that won Exeter promotion...
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/ 4 years agoPre-season round-up: Dave Ward gets Bristol Bears off to winning start
A look at some of the matches played by Premier 15s and National One teams this weekend
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Wasps centre Will Simonds
Will Simonds appears well set to excel at Wasps this season with John Mitchell now joining a coaching group that puts...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRichard Cockerill now in frame to replace Eddie Jones
Set to become England's forwards coach this week, where does Richard Cockerill's arrival leave England's plan for post-RWC2023
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/ 4 years ago‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan
The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith
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/ 4 years agoCut subs to force front five to get fit, says Cardiff S&C guru Trystan Bevan
Trystan Bevan shares the view of Ian McGeechan and Willie John McBride that the number of replacements must be reduced
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoEddie’s rolling the dice with Gleeson
YES, Wasps’ attack has been pretty good over the last couple of years but I do not understand how former Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRed Roses appoint Louis Deacon as forwards coach
Deacon had been forwards coach at Coventry, but will now join Simon Middleton's staff
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoCraig White calls time on Sale Sharks job
FORMER British & Irish Lions conditioning coach Craig White, who joined Sale Sharks when Alex Sanderson took over at the AJ...
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Features
/ 4 years ago‘Lucky’ Ed Jackson motivated by a desire to inspire
The ex-Wasps and Dragons No.8 is back on his endurance trail with a bid to climb Mont Blanc four years on...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoHero Howley hits turbo to land European glory
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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/ 4 years agoNow head analyst quits Eddie Jones staff
John Mitchell will be followed out the door by England head analyst Joe Lewis
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoJohn Mitchell departure gives RFU elbow room
Eddie Jones can remould his coaching staff how he would like in biggest overhaul of his tenure
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Features
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Harlequins and England full-back Ellie Kildunne
A new recruit at Harlequins after leaving Wasps this summer, the England full-back explains her shift in mindset to focus on...
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/ 4 years agoEngland defence coach John Mitchell makes shock switch to Wasps
Eddie Jones' longest-serving assistant coach quits role as defence coach with England
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDream Team: Biarritz and ex-Harlequins fly-half Brett Herron
Brett Herron, the new Biarritz signing and former Harlequins, Jersey, Ulster fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoSpringboks plan early mayhem against the Lions
Daniel Gallan looks at South Africa A's win over the Lions on Wednesday night
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
CHRIS WOLFE-ELDER, THE FORMER WASPS ACADEMY, PLYMOUTH ALBION, LONDON WELSH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, CHINNOR & RICHMOND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoWhat carnage as All Blacks hit a century against the troubled Tongans
■By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand..102pts Tries: McKenzie 2, Papalii 5, 37; Weber 7, 16, 50; Jordan 9, 20, 47, 55, 68;...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWasps beef up the pack
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed All Blacks back five forward Vaea Fifita for next season and have re-signed Nizaam Carr from...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPirates pilfer two more
CORNISH Pirates have signed Ampthill’s former Wales U20s hooker Syd Blackmore and Wasps winger Callum Sirker on one-year deals. Sirker, 23,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Ashley Johnson: World Cup snub led me to Wasps
LIKE any black player growing up in South Africa, you couldn’t be mediocre, you couldn’t just be another talent, you had...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEngland interim assistant coach Ed Robinson to leave Jersey Reds
Jersey Reds have confirmed backs coach Ed Robinson will be leaving the Championship this summer to join an unnamed Premiership club....
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEx-Wasps wing Callum Sirker lands at Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates have announced the signing of former Wasps flyer Callum Sirker on a one-year deal. Sirker was released by Wasps...
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/ 4 years agoWasps sign All Black back-five forward Vaea Fifita
Wasps have announced the signing of All Blacks back-five forward Vaea Fifita, who will join the club for the 2021-22 season....
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/ 4 years agoNizaam Carr cuts short Bulls deal to sign for Wasps
Wasps have signed Nizaam Carr for a third time in a move designed to ease the loss of Jack Willis to...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoExclusive: Robinson lands the job as Wasps’ new attack coach
RISING coaching star Ed Robinson has been chosen by Wasps to become their new attack coach. Wasps have a vacancy because...
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/ 4 years agoPremiership trio go in search of second rows to add for 2021-22
WEST Country trio Gloucester, Bath and Exeter are all looking to strengthen their second rows for next season. But they are...
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/ 4 years agoSurely Robson’s ready for a first start now, Eddie
By NEIL FISSLER Pushing for his first start: Dan Robson takes on Paolo Garbisi during the Six Nations PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 4 years agoSean O’Brien urges Ireland to blood players in Premiership
SEAN O’Brien believes Ireland should relax their rule which all but bars players being selected for the national squad if they...
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/ 4 years agoSo many reasons why game is less competitive
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Iseriously wonder if the effect of lockdown has dramatically changed our perception of...
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/ 4 years agoEddie calls back as Josh Bassett hits 150 for Wasps
JOSH BASSETT is set to become the oldest England winger to make his Test debut for 70 years after getting a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Craig Hammond: ‘Robin Hood’ rides to Nottingham’s call
I ONLY ever intended to go to Nottingham for six months back in 2001 and I ended up staying for a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWasps 31-38 Leicester: Wasps pay for their spirit of adventure
LEICESTER outstayed Wasps in an all-action finale to clinch a European Champions Cup place next season and reward Steve Borthwick’s squad...
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/ 4 years agoWe learned a lot from Ricoh thrashing says Borthwick
BOSS Lee Blackett praised Wasps for how they had “scrapped and worked” to salvage their season. After reaching the Premiership final...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSimon McIntyre’s on his way back to the Sharks
SALE Sharks have agreed a deal that will see Wasps prop Simon McIntyre, 30, return to the club he...
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/ 4 years agoSaints wing Ollie Sleightholme leads charge for Vesty’s young guns
OLLIE Sleightholme has the mental strength as well as the blistering speed to thrive on the top international stage. Northampton may...
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/ 4 years agoJonathan Davies leads new-look Wales into battle
JONATHAN Davies will captain Wales in their summer Tests against Canada and Argentina. Coach Wayne Pivac has named five uncapped players:...
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/ 5 years agoWillis: Fightback sets up ‘Cup final’ at Tigers
HAVING snatched one ‘Cup final’ game at the death yesterday MOM Tom Willis insists Wasps will be approaching their key match...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWasps search for Paolo Odogwu replacement
The Premiership club confirmed earlier this week their breakthrough wing/centre had ruptured his ACL
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