All posts tagged "Wasps"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGopperth’s long and winding road
NOW that he’s beginning to make Peter Pan look like a grumpy old man, Jimmy Gopperth’s longevity requires further updating with...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDorking’s Tom Bristow believes props should keep their options open
By Ben Jaycock Experienced prop Tom Bristow is urging young front rowers to learn both sides of the scrum rather than...
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/ 1 year agoMy philosophy? Skills, skills, skills
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Aaron James, below, the head coach of Bath University How and why did you...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Will Glister
By Ben Jaycock Having overcome the demise of his beloved boyhood club Wasps, Will Glister has blossomed at Northampton and looks...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHoward: Set-piece is now our DNA
■By BEN JAYCOCK Probyn: I’m surprised that Bill Beaumont was the choice >> Page 29 JOE Howard feels Bedford Blues have...
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/ 1 year agoSteve Borthwick leads tributes to Tom Voyce
English rugby is mourning the death of 43-year-old former winger Tom Voyce. He went missing last Saturday night during Storm Darragh...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoCian Prendergast takes reins
By Ben Jaycock PREVIEW... Perpignan v Connacht Today. Kick-off 1pm, Stade Aimé Giral Connacht captain Cian Prendergast returns to lead his...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoI can’t believe the RFU chiefs will walk away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I CANNOT believe that anyone would expect that Bill Sweeney or Tom...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPolice searching for missing ex-England rugby star Tom Voyce find body in river
Specialist officers searching for missing former England rugby player Tom Voyce have found a body close to where he was swept...
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/ 1 year agoSearches continue for missing former England wing Tom Voyce
Searches are continuing for the missing former England wing Tom Voyce, who is believed to have died while driving across a...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLawrence Dallaglio says search for Tom Voyce echoes his own family tragedy
Lawrence Dallaglio has expressed his sorrow after his former England teammate Tom Voyce was apparently swept away while crossing a flooded...
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Features
/ 1 year agoRFU Council must make a stand for whole game
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game Now the Autumn Nation Series is over – with all...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMacDonald eager to get going
■ By MARK STEVENS ENGLAND international Claudia MacDonald hopes to put her latest injury nightmare firmly behind her as she sets...
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/ 1 year agoLee Blackett building next generation
By Jon Newcombe England A attack coach Lee Blackett is convinced it won’t be long before several of the players on...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Jimmy Gopperth
JIMMY GOPPERTH, THE FORMER WELLINGTON, HURRICANES, BLUES, NEWCASTLE, LEINSTER, WASPS AND LEICESTER PLAYMAKER, WHO IS STILL GOING STRONG AT AIX-EN-PROVENCE, CHOOSES...
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/ 1 year agoDickinson hits the 50-mark for Archers
■By CHRIS COLLYER Proud: Nottingham’s Jack Dickinson PICTURE: Alamy JACK Dickinson brought up his half century of appearnces in style by...
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/ 1 year agoThe one-man choir whose class shone like a beacon
STEVE Bale had more, far more than a voice worthy of the Albert Hall on the Last Night of the Proms...
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/ 1 year agoCollege helps Benning learn lessons for the big leagues
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Working hard: Henley back rower Will Benning HENLEY College has proved a useful pathway for the likes...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBorthwick needs to have a bigger pool
Winning feeling: Marcus Smith breaks clear during the victory against Ireland at Twickenham in last season’s Six Nations and, inset, Elliot...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoWR should fund free second opinion
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IMUST admit to being a little surprised by last week’s paper where...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoRestoration of trio cannot be justified
IT appears to me that the authorities at the RFU have lost their moral and ethical compass in inviting these three...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoReturn of the big clubs has my vote
I UNDERSTAND the arguments against offering an olive branch to the three ‘Phoenix clubs’, as detailed in Nick Cain’s column last...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoBrave Will Green does game huge service
Will Green is owed a significant debt by rugby union in England – and further afield – for his courage and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoConfused path to rules of combat
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Man in the middle: Former Wasps prop Will...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRams aiming to join elite
By Jon Newcombe Rams are confident they would add significant value to the Championship if they became part of a revamped...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoToo much debt is a cause for concern
WITH reference to Nick Cain’s column (Sept 29) on Premiership finances, it just goes to show that our game at the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPhoenix clubs locked in madhouse
THE RFU decision to invite expressions of interest from the three “Phoenix clubs” – Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish – to...
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/ 1 year agoStruggling Chiefs close to clicking, says Baxter
By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE suffering the worst start to a domestic season in 15 years, Rob Baxter believes his Exeter Chiefs...
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/ 1 year agoLoyalty paying off for Alex Lozowski
Short of borrowing Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and strumming his way through a few chords of O Sole Mio, Conor O’Shea could...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSorry to say, but it’s their own fault
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE is something I always admired about the RFU, it has always...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoJohnson: I’m still upset by Wasps demise
By MARK STEVENS ALMOST two years to the day since Wasps went into administration, former fans’ favourite Ashley Johnson admits it’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoChris Holland submits Worcester Warriors plans
Worcester Warriors owner Chris Holland has submitted plans to redevelop the wound-up former Premiership club’s Sixways home with a commitment to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDebts pushing game towards cliff-edge
The measure of how much rugby union in England depends on the international game was laid bare this week. It arrived...
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Features
/ 1 year agoI came on against Italy and made a difference – Lee Dickson
My Life in Rugby - Lee Dickson Enjoying life: Lee Dickson playing for Northampton Saints PICTURES: Getty Images Lee Dickson the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBalding thinking big as Moseley set sights on Championship
By CIARA FEARN FOLLOWING a strong showing last season, Birmingham Moseley have made a fast start this term and have their...
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/ 2 years agoHelping Wasps would be a ‘slap in the face’
By Jon Newcombe London Welsh board director Jonathan Shankland says allowing Wasps to remerge from the ashes of administration and go...
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Features
/ 2 years agoJust being paid to play was a dream
DAN BAUGH MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER CANADA AND CARDIFF FLANKER, WHO COACHED CARDIFF, WALES AND WASPS AND IS NOW GEORGIA’S...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBridgend need to get winning habit -Baldwin
By ROB COLE Probyn: Are England’s women heading in the wrong direction? Page 39 SCOTT Baldwin picked up plenty of tips...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMather steps up as GB head coach
GISELLE Mather has been appointed Great Britian women’s head coach following her departure from Trailfinders. World Cup winner Mather, who won...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDo nothing and another Prem team will collapse
THE game of rugby football in England hangs by a thread. The Rugby Football Union depends on the Premiership to provide...
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Features
/ 2 years agoI couldn’t let my old club go to the wall
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WEST HARTLEPOOL PLAYER, CAPTAIN AND COACH, WHO ALSO REPRESENTED DURHAM, THE NORTH AND BRITISH POLICE JOHN...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRPA says dozens of players still in search of a contract
A squad's worth of Premiership players are still without a contract with just three weeks to go before the start of...
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/ 2 years agoHolmes hoping to make his mark with Scottish
By MARK STEVENS WHEN it comes to player movement this summer, English rugby’s normal merry go round has been somewhat of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPlaying in Cardiff will help us – Lam
By Mark Stevens Pat Lam has told Bristol supporters who are unhappy next season’s home Premiership fixture against Bath has been...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoThis has been the best year of my life
Mark Stevens talks to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso about his rise to the top for Exeter and England Even by his own admission,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPorter: I’m going to fight hard for that No 9 shirt
By Adam Hathaway Will Porter has been learning from the old master Danny Care at Harlequins but is ready to paint...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLaunchbury: It’s down to players on pitch
By Adam Hathaway Joe Launchbury has urged his Harlequins side to man the barricades or face another season of near misses...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCoventry face rivals Birmingham Moseley in first pre-season game
Coventry are only a week out from their first pre-season game against Birmingham Moseley and the pulse is starting to quicken.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoI can’t remember a thing after I was kicked in head
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS WE all take a break for the summer and thoughts of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMatthews stepping into Pellegrini shoes
By BEN JAYCOCK REPLACING World Cup star Pat Pellegrini could be perceived as a daunting prospect but Coventry new signing Tommy...
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