Premiership

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

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MP
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D
L
PF
PA
P
1
12
11
0
1
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255
52
2
12
9
0
3
255
232
43
3
12
6
0
6
255
255
31
4
12
6
0
6
255
255
31
5
12
6
0
6
255
255
30
6
12
5
1
6
255
255
29
7
12
5
0
7
255
255
29
8
12
4
0
8
255
255
26
9
12
5
0
7
255
255
26
10
11
4
0
7
250
255
23
11
11
3
1
7
237
255
21
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Robson’s practice pays off for Wasps

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ……..21pts Tries: Moyle 54, Penalty 72 Penalties: Hastings 15, 37, 59 Wasps …………….27pts Tries: Umaga 45, Oghre 53, Atkinson 67 Conversions: […]

That was pathetic, blasts Diamond

STEVE Diamond ripped into his Worcester players after they suffered a record Premiership defeat to a Newcastle side that had gone 11 league matches without […]

Chuffed to leave with win -McCall

SARACENS d irector of rugby Mark McCall was thrilled with his side’s commitment to the cause as they responded to last week’s sub-par display against […]

Davies fluffs chance to be the hero

Premiership By ANTHONY WILSON Swansea …………..24  Pontypridd ……….25 JAMES Davies had the chance to be the hero for Swansea with a last gasp conversion, but […]

Spirited fightback pleases Boyd

NORTHAMPTON boss Chris Boyd was planning a celebratory St Patrick’s Day Guinness after what he described as a classic game of four quarters. “They say […]

Gopperth keeps his nerve to grab glory

By ROB WILDMAN Wasps …………….27pts Tries: Robson 24, Launchbury 40, West 66 Conversions: Gopperth 24, 40, 66 Penalties: Gopperth 52, 77 Newcastle ……..24pts Tries: McGuigan […]

Sale’s poor footwork opens door for Bath

By MIKE SINCLAIR Bath ………………..24pts Tries: Underhill 20, 25, de Glanville 39 Conversions: Cipriani 20, 25, 39 Penalties: Cipriani 76 Sale ………………..24pts Tries: L James […]

Spencer blames penalty count

BATH skipper Ben Spencer hailed his side for a “brilliant first half ” and admitted: “I would have been gutted to lose it if that […]