All posts tagged "Worcester"
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTug-of-war for Bath lock
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath lock Fergus Lee-Warner is at the centre of a tug-of-war between Premiership rivals Bristol...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIsrael banking on the Heat to build profile
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER One of the more unusual modern days...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoExeter reach semis after high-scoring win
Exeter Chiefs………..50 Tries: Feyi-Woboso 4, Cordero 13, 17; Tuima 26, 43; Frost 62, 69 Conversions: Jenkins 4, 14, 27, 44, 63,...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoIt’s a miracle Sweeney has kept the RFU afloat
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS great as the game of rugby is, it seems that there...
-
News Extra
/ 3 years agoHougaard to provide cover at Saracens
SARACENS have signed former Wasps utility back Francois Hougaard on a threemonth deal to provide injury cover on the wing. The...
-
News Extra
/ 3 years agoCup fixtures added so qualification is ‘fair’
TWO fixtures have been added to this season’s Premiership Rugby Cup to allow “fair” qualification for the semi-finals of the tournament....
-
News Extra
/ 3 years agoO’Toole’s consortium get two more weeks
ATLAS Worcester Warriors Rugby Club Ltd have been given two more weeks to finalise their bid for the relegated Premiership club....
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoSweeney ‘living in ivory tower’, MPs hear
By SAM JACKSON RFU chief Bill Sweeney has been accused of living in an “ivory tower” and asked by MPs whether...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoFuture of Leicester Tigers is strong says Borthwick
Leicester's defence of the Premiership title may have got off to a slow start, but Steve Borthwick believes the future of...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoHougaard’s ‘no’ to Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Wasps and Worcester scrum-half Francois Hougaard is set to turn down the chance of...
-
Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoCollins treble seals win for Northampton
Northampton..........45 Barbarians..............39 A second-half hattrick from Tom Collins helped Northampton edge out the Barbarians in an entertaining exhibition match at Franklin’s...
-
Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoWarriors relieved to return home
Preview Worcester v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 1pm WORCESTER Warriors women return to Sixways for the first time today since their...
-
Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoScottish World Cup stars back for Quins
Preview .Loughborough v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm FOLLOWING last week’s defeat to Worcester, Harlequins have been bolstered by the return of...
-
Top 14
/ 3 years agoFalcons lock Merrick heading for Top 14
Former England U20s lock George Merrick has left Newcastle Falcons with ‘immediate effect’ to join an undisclosed French club. The 30-year-old...
-
National League One
/ 3 years agoWarriors prop Owlett beefs up Esher pack
Former Worcester prop Jack Owlett has joined National One side Esher. Owlett, 27, joins following the financial collapse of the Warriors...
-
Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Joel Matavesi
The Northampton & Bedford Centre chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Harrison Walsh – Former Ospreys...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe must bring back relegation -Baxter
By PAUL REES ROB Baxter believes that promotion and relegation has to become a feature of the Premiership again even if...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoMarler calls for change of governance
By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler believes it may be time for a new “independent” organisation to be charged with repairing the...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoButt’s late winner makes it three in a row for Bath
By BEN JAYCOCK Bath...................................... 19pts Tries: Hill 29, Butt 81 Penalties: Bailey 3, 57, 70 Leicester............................ 18pts Tries: Nadolo 5, Cronin...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoDiamond may look at recruitment
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER COULD Steve Diamond’s next move in rugby be a job in recruitment after he indirectly...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years ago5 weekend matches in new fixtures schedule
PREMIERSHIP Rugby has rescheduled the league’s fixture list for the second half of the season after Wasps’ and Worcester’s expulsion. The...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoBuild-up to Varsity is like a Test match week, says Flood
ORGANISERS of the Varsity Match have decided to continue with the experiment of playing the historic fixture between Oxford University and...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoSale fighting hard to keep Tuilagi at club
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson hopes to keep Manu Tuilagi at Sale but admits the difficulty of fitting everyone into the...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoSmith steps up for Saints as Biggar departs
Fin Smith has started his Northampton career earlier than anticipated, but has settled in quickly at Franklin’s Gardens after suffering the...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoBath’s new pair will have big impact, says Annett
By JON NEWCOMBE Determined: Niall Annett in action for Bath Niall Annett has predicted that Ted Hill and Ollie Lawrence will...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoHill shows his worth as Falcons fall flat
By MIKE SINCLAIR Newcastle.......................... 10pts Tries: Radwan 6 Conversions: Connon 6 Penalties: Connon 80 Bath...................................... 17pts Tries: Hill 34, Lawrence 59...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoFreeman double as Saints grind out win
By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton.................... 26pts Tries: Freeman 31, 71 Conversions: Smith 32, 73 Penalties: Smith 16, 46, 52, 67 Exeter.................................. 19pts...
-
Letters
/ 4 years agoSorry, but I can’t find ‘materiality’ in the law book
I AGREE with Mr Rowden (letters, October 23) that no referee deliberately manufactures situations to even up games. But I do...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoMitchell delivers as Saints walk tall
By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton.................... 45pts Tries: Mitchell 14, 20; Sleightholme 29, Salakaia-Loto 31, Proctor 43, Grayson 70 Conversions: Smith 15, 21,...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoMoore leads way for Ulster
By JOHN FALLON Munster .............. 14 Tries: Daly 67 Penalties: Crowley 10, 48, 54 Ulster ................... 15 Tries: Murphy 4, Stewart...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoSix-try Warriors get revenge
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow .............. 37 Tries: Vailanu 10, 57; Cancelliere 36, McDowall 39, F Brown 48, McLean 72 Conversions: Miotti...
-
Miscellaneous
/ 4 years agoBulls v Sharks
Preview Today. 1pm SHARKS director of rugby Neil Powell believes last week’s postponed game against Ulster may aid his team today...
-
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoWarriors put to the sword on return to battle
By SAM BYTHEWAY Gloucester-H..........48 Worcester W.......... 15 Gloucester Hartpury stole the show at the Alpas Arena with a big cup win...
-
English Championship
/ 4 years agoAnfield legend Fowler among Caldy fan club
By BEN JAYCOCK Caldy are ‘relishing and revelling’ in their inaugural Championship season and director of rugby Gareth Davies hopes it...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoSweeney is left carrying the can
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME They always say that hindsight is 20/20 vision, making it easy to...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoWasps results for the season to be expunged
RUGBY SHORTS Wasps have been suspended from the Premiership and Premiership Cup for the rest of the season. As with Worcester,...
-
Features
/ 4 years ago‘Talented’ Hill signs long-term Rec deal
RUGBY SHORTS Former Worcester captain Ted Hill, 23, has followed Ollie Lawrence’s lead by signing a long-term deal at Bath having...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoBaron calls for radical review to save game
By NICK CAIN Francis Baron, one of the most authoritative figures in Rugby Union administration, has called for a radical root-and-branch...
-
Nick Cain
/ 4 years agoDitch the skulduggery and dismantle the cartel
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The most critical element of any reorganisation of England’s professional club league structure...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoVeteran Care keen to extend his time at Harlequins
By PAUL REES HARLEQUINS are to hold talks with Danny Care about extending his career at the club which started 16...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSuitors lining up to tempt McCallum
ON THE BLINDSIDE Scotland prop Murray McCallum is weighing up his next move after getting offers from clubs on either side...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFury sets his sights Morecambe
Former Worcester Warriors owners Colin Goldring and Jason Whittingham could be set to lose another sporting team after offering World heavyweight...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoJohnson shows his bottle to kill off Tigers
By NICK POWELL Try time: Alex Tait crossed twice for Falcons LOUIE Johnson’s late conversion earned Newcastle Falcons a first away...
-
Young Gun
/ 4 years agoYoung guns: Gloucester lock Arthur Clark
Six Nations U20s Grand Slam winner Arthur Clark is thriving at Gloucester and has stressed the importance of the Premiership Cup...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoPremiership Cup round-up: Falcons end long wait with dramatic late winner
Louie Johnson’s late conversion earned a first away victory in the Premiership Cup for Newcastle Falcons since February 2019 as they...
-
Club Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘Nuclear’ option on the table in financial crisis – Sweeney
RFU chief Bill Sweeney has said the 'nuclear' option of central contracts is on the table as English rugby wrestles with...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoLamb wants to get back in the thick of it for Harlequins
By PAUL REES Ready for action: Second row Dino Lamb DINO Lamb is putting the frustrations of last season behind him...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoLawrence on a mission to make most of life at Bath
By JON NEWCOMBE Having gone through “a rollercoaster of emotions”, Ollie Lawrence is determined to make the best of his good...
-
Letters
/ 4 years agoDon’t hold club games on international days
SURELY there is a time to re-think Premiership rugby, with the disaster of mismanagement at Worcester and Wasps and falling gate...
-
Letters
/ 4 years agoRob’s right – bring in a 10-team Prem
THE sad news that both Wasps and Worcester have been suspended from the Premiership is a sorry indictment of rugby union’s...
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
The best betting sites
