All posts tagged "Exeter"
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Features
/ 7 years agoLoughborough put on the style to pull plug on Bath
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP LOUGHBOROUGH celebrated Christmas early on Wednesday with a handsome victory 35-24 over Bath. The manner in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoThe beer swillers will make me an armchair viewer
NICK Cain is spot on with his opinion piece in last week’s TRP but alas, it’s not just internationals that suffer...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll-action Gloucester back row Ludlow flying high in top tackler race
The Gloucester back row is well out in front in the Premiership's tackle count stats
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoLeinster defeat shows we’re still learning our lesson in Europe – Rob Baxter
The Exeter Chiefs boss reacts to his side's first defeat at Sandy Park in a year
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Features
/ 7 years agoHartpury land first victory of season – and it’s so sweet!
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES HARTPURY gained revenge for their opening round hammering by old rivals Loughborough on Wednesday with a...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates wing Alex O’Meara
Alex O'Meara runs us through the best players he has played against in each position
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHill hoping Chiefs can do repeat after injury nightmare
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA EXETER midfield hitman Sam Hill has his heart set on a trophy clean sweep after the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLowe doubles up in Leinster stroll
By RONAN O’BRIEN Benetton 10 Leinster 36 LEINSTER fine-tuned their preparations for next week’s Champions Cup battle with Exeter as James...
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Features
/ 7 years agoExeter power pack on top in eight-try rout of Trent
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES LEADERS Exeter crushed rock bottom Nottingham Trent 50-7. Any hope the visitors had of avenging their...
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Features
/ 7 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER ■ EXETER CHIEFS look to have been successful in their battle to keep Australian-born forward Mitch Lees at the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFoundations in place to make Coventry great says Narraway
By JOE BYRNES Old school: Luke Narraway WITH11 league wins from 11 Coventry stand head and shoulders above the pack in...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBench men make big impact at Kingsholm
By TOM BRADSHAW THIS was an evening of implausible stories. It was implausible that Gloucester should beat table-topping Saracens despite having...
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Features
/ 7 years agoNorthumbria unfazed after Exeter throw down gauntlet
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES EXETER staged a stunning home comeback to leapfrog Cardiff Met in Topsham. The Welsh struck first...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFfitch stars as Loughborough get campaign back on track
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP IT WAS the travellers who reigned supreme this week as the BUCS big show rolled into...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYoung bucks star as Chiefs run in seven
By MIKE SINCLAIR Leaping in: Toby Salmon goes over for Exeter PICTURES: Getty Images THE Sandy Park production line churned out...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWhitten tops list of those who deserve more love
UNHERALDED, underestimated, underrated, overlooked, reliable, stalwart. It’s funny how some players – cracking in their own right – become typecast and...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
KRIS FULLMAN THE FORMER BRISTOL, LONDON IRISH, LEEDS AND OTLEY PROP The best years of my rugby career came while I...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWonder try by Foster sets up Cardiff for a famous victory
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP ROUND 6 of BUCS Super Rugby saw established reputations challenged and emerging ones burnished. The cameras...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoLet’s rejoice that Joy is unconfined
NOBODY’S star can have taken off on a steeper trajectory in recent months than Joy Neville’s. In reaching ever skyward, Ireland’s...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTough-tackling Falcons realising true potential
By NEALE HARVEY Improving: Newcastle lock Calum Green NEWCASTLE forwards coach Micky Ward reckons competition for places and a rock solid...
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Features
/ 8 years agoUnbeaten Exeter go it alone as big guns falter
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES LAST season Leeds Beckett played 14, lost 14 while Cardiff Met and Northumbria had little to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWhitehouse had a difficult game and needs assistance
WITH reference to Brendan Gallagher’s report last weekend of Clermont v Northampton, it sounds a little like sour grapes to me,...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGoode on you, says McCall as Alex turns it round
Saracens44pts Tries: Vunipola 10, Farrell 46, Williams 59, Wyles 61, Earle 66, 80 Conversions: Farrell 10, 47, 60, 62 Penalties: Farrell...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoChiefs remain patient to grab Turner prize
Sale Sharks 6pts Penalties: De Klerk 34, 57 Exeter 10pts Penalties: De Klerk 34, 57 Tries: Turner 44 Conversions: Steenson 45...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDiamond blasts ref over late decision
STEVE Diamond was frustrated with the final penalty which potentially cost Sale the chance of winning the game. Craig Maxwell-Keys deemed...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoChiefs set for toughest assignment in Europe
By SAM JACKSON Familiar face: Nic White EXETER captain Jack Yeandle has challenged his men to take it to the mammoth...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSexton sizzles as Leinster front up
By RONAN O’BRIEN Rumbling over: Cian Healy scores his second try of the game for Leinster PICTURE: Getty Images JOHNNY Sexton...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMorgan boots Cardiff to epic win over top dogs Hartpury
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP THE BUCS Super Rugby season is starting to take shape nicely with Round 4 beginning to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMore to come from Marchant with mentor Evans on board
By NEALE HARVEY FLYING midfielder Joe Marchant hopes the influential part he is playing in an improving Harlequins attack can thrust...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSimmonds leaves it to clinch Chiefs win
■By ROGER PANTING EXETER made hard work of getting their Cup campaign off to a winning start as it took them...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSavage: Cure travel bug and we’ll soar
■By NEALE HARVEY SOLVINGGloucester’s abysmal away record holds the key to challenging for a Premiership play-off place, according to lock Tom...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTuohy relishing his stint with Leicester
ON-LOAN Leicester lock Dan Tuohy says he has an open mind over his future after joining the Premiership giants from hometown...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFortnight off for Socino
JUANPablo Socino of Newcastle Falcons has been suspended for two weeks after striking Ian Whitton of Exeter Chiefs last weekend. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoByron McGuigan’s out to steal march on Scotland
By Jon Newcombe BYRON McGuigan is hoping his terrific try-scoring form with Sale Sharks will catch the eye of the Scotland...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExeter remain unbeaten but Northumbria run them close
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES THE points came thick and fast as the second round of matches opened with a thriller...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAll for player power but the fans are key
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk COLIN Boag and others...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSurely consistency across the board is not too much to ask
WHEN will the RFU take action regarding ongoing inconsistency of refereeing. In Sunday’s Wasps v Bath game, Nathan Hughes, when charging...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAll White for Chiefs as slick Nic helps put them top
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER’S former Australia scrum-half Nic White produced two inspired moments which left Newcastle, this season’s Premiership shock side,...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSam gets tipped for England call-up
EXETER forwards coach Rob Hunter would be delighted to see No.8 discovery Sam Simmonds force his way into England contention as...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoCome off it, Vern…Montpellier can cash in this year
VERN Cotter started jockeying for position this week as his Montpellier side, who have blasted their way to the head of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoByron’s out to steal march on Scotland
By JOHN NEWCOMBE Try machine: Byron McGuigan hands off Henry Taylor of Saracens to score for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images BYRON...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago‘I’m dangling on a rope and they’ve lit the rope’ says Haskell on England future
By Adam Ellis James Haskell admits he will have to work hard to get back into Eddie Jones‘ selection plans after...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTop, but Richards sees only Exeter
DEAN RICHARDS glossed over the fact his team had gone top of the table – for 24 hours at least, knowing...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCollier’s late kick claims unlikely win for Beckett
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP BUCS Super Rugby returned this week in the wake of a breakthrough 2017 season. Tournament organizers...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago…but Greenwood wants more pace at outside-centre
By NEALE HARVEY WILL Greenwood has urged England boss Eddie Jones to think hard before handing Henry Slade the keys to...
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20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Freddie Gabbitass – Richmond fly-half
What do you make of you first two games? For whatever reason we didn’t turn up against Bedford in the first...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAtmosphere at Gardens hits right note for Horne
By NEALE HARVEY ROB Horne says it took something special to turn his back on Australia for a new life in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWho will fight for a play-off spot in the Premiership?
The new Aviva Premiership season is well underway, with many fans asking just who will be lifting the trophy at the...