All posts tagged "Gloucester"
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoBrilliant Brian O’Driscoll is early charger for Lions place
Selecting a Lions team from the ranks of the Aviva Premiership and the RaboDirect Pro12 is a fraught business at this...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: It will be tougher now Welsh have shown their abilities
London Welsh got their first away win of the Premiership last week seven days after winning their first ever Premiership game...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWelford Road not shortlisted as RWC venue
England Rugby 2015, the organiser of the next Rugby World Cup, has announced the long list of 17 potential match venues...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoStuart Lancaster’s likely to turn to youngsters to fill Ben Foden’s gap
England head coach Stuart Lancaster is likely to put youth ahead of experience as he sifts through wing replacement options for...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years ago“Leicester Tigers exit paying off for me,” says Billy Twelvetrees
Leaving Leicester can be considered to be either brave or stupid but, after starting Gloucester‘s first four games this season, Billy...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership round 5 review
Bath (beat Sale 31-10) The West Country side were bidding farewell to Olly Barkley who is off to Racing Metro today...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Anthony Allen – Leicester centre
Good start for Tigers and yourself? Yes. We lost five out of six this time last year so we’ve bettered that,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership round 5: preview and predictions
Bath v Sale Olly Barkley, who is moving to Racing Metro on Monday, will start his final game for Bath Rugby...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoWe’re on the cuff of doing something special – Worcester Richard Hill
Worcester head-coach confessed it was hard to pick up the players’ spirit on Monday morning but he is adamant the Warriors...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership round 4: preview and predictions
Exeter v Saracens Injuries to Craig Mitchell and Tom Johnson mean Carl Rimmer and James Phillips come into the pack while...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream team: Andries Pretorius – Cardiff Blues No.8 and captain
1. Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira – The powerful Springbok has become one of the best front rowers in the world over the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years ago“I just had to cherry-pick Gloucester,” says All Black Jimmy Cowan
All Black scrum-half Jimmy Cowan revealed he has joined Gloucester because of the club’s ‘parochialism’ and argued that he heads to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership Round 2 review
Bath (beat Wasps 30-23) They arrived at the Rec on the back of an unconvincing win at Worcester facing the flying...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoInspirational Dylan Hartley lead Northampton to bonus-point win over Exeter
Dylan Hartley put down an early marker for a Lions selection with a superb performance to help Northampton claim a 24-21...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Watch out if Cowan makes Gloucester’s back line tick
I have a sense of huge anticipation for the upcoming Aviva Premiership mostly based on the rugby I’ve watched over the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership Round 2: preview and predictions
Bath v London Wasps Lee Mears will make his 250th appearance tomorrow in a Bath side with two changes from the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: A spat that ended with an all-Welsh Pro12 punchline
Phil Davies and Simon Easterby go back a long way, to a Third Division scrap in West Yorkshire during the pioneering...
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Moment In Time
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: Gloucester and the 2003 Powergen Cup Final
It is perhaps typical of Gloucester’s ill-fortune down the years that their 2002-3 campaign is best remembered for two complete and...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership preview (3 days to go): London Irish, Bath, Gloucester
With the start of the Aviva Premiership only three days away, we take a look at what lays ahead for the...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Freddie Burns – Gloucester fly-half
Big year for Gloucester? Massive! The way last year ended was a big disappointment but there are a lot of fresh...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPre-season friendly games results
Most of the teams were playing friendly games a week away from the start of the season. Here are some of...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoGloucester v Doncaster: teams
Gloucester and Doncaster have both named what looks like their strongest side for their final warm-up game before the start of...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoGloucester announce Fiji fixture in November
Gloucester have confirmed that Fiji will face the Cherry and Whites at Kingsholm on Tuesday, November 13. The likes of Australia,...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPre-Season friendlies results
As the start of the season nears, a lot a pre-season freindlies took place this afternoon. Read all the reports in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoElliot Daly’s rise means Dai Young won’t miss Dominic Waldouck
The emergence of Elliot Daly as a star for Wasps this year made director of rugby Dai Young‘s decision to let...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLet me wing it like Alesana says new Tiger Adam Thompstone
Alesana Tuilagi racked up more than a half-century of tries for Leicester at an average of better than one every three...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoWales teen wonder Tom Prydie aiming to fly high again
Tom Prydie and Kristian Phillips aim to relaunch their careers this season after falling into the international wilderness. The former Ospreys...
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International Rugby
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson charts the league stars who moved to union to become dual internationals
Martin Gleeson’s planned conversion from Rugby League comes eight years after England earmarked him for their defence of the World Cup...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoSerge Blanco lets me know if I’m kicking too much says Iain Balshaw
World Cup winner Iain Balshaw knows all about instinctive rugby and would love England to show more of it. We meet...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLong wait is over for new Gloucester prop Huia Edmonds
Hedging his bets in trying to reach the Premiership and play for Australia in the World Cup almost scuppered Gloucester hooker...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoExeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”
When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his side whom he...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Pendlebury – former Leeds, Gloucester and Rotherham lock
As a 20-year-old lad who had only been playing rugby for four years, it was a dream come true when I...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoRyan Walkinshaw: “I aim to make Gloucester a flagship club in Europe”
Ryan Walkinshaw is a remarkable young man. Thrust into the cut-throat world of global business at the age of 23 following...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Stuart Barnes and the 1992 Pilkington Cup final
During the dying embers of amateurism, Twickenham on Cup final day was a very special occasion, and more often than not...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Cowan’s arrival can help put Burns in England shirt
Jimmy Cowan’s arrival at Gloucester could be part of the breakthrough that the club has been waiting for. Cowan is a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoCharlie Sharples : “Ducking out on England was my best career move”
Charlie Sharples insists it was a simple decision to miss England‘s summer tour, even if he concedes he admits he has...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNew Gloucester coach Nigel Davies reckons Mike Tindall will help make Gloucester great
Nigel Davies, Gloucester‘s new director of rugby, is banking on the experience of Mike Tindall to help fire the club towards...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNorthampton Saints winger Vasily Artemyev can help take Russia towards the top of world game
Henry Paul has hailed Northampton wing Vasily Artemyev as an inspiration for aspiring Russian stars and reckons the country can become...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoGive our tier-two English coaches a chance says coaching guru Kevin Bowring
The RFU’s Head of Elite Coach Development, Kevin Bowring, wants to see more English-qualified coaches follow Glenn Delaney’s example and make...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Titterrell – former Lions, England, Sale, Gloucester and Leeds hooker
Sale became the first team to finish top of the league and win the Premiership final in 2006 and we could...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Tristan Roberts – Bristol fly-half
1. Nathan Williams – A good strong ball carrier. He was an important part of the pack when I was at...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Gareth Evans – Gloucester No.8
Gloucester No. 8 Gareth Evans hasn’t told his Welsh father yet but he considers himself English and if things go to...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Don’t believe the spin, we still have long way to go
If the mission statement of Clive Woodward’s 2003 world champion outfit was, “To Be The Best”, then the one that comes...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago2O Questions: Andy Hazell – Gloucester and England flanker
Been anywhere nice on holiday? I went to Portugal with the wife and kids, which was nice and quiet. Then I...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: David Barnes – ex-Bath and Harlequins prop
Are you missing rugby? I thought I would, but I’m happy as RPA chairman. You miss the camaraderie with the guys...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Jim Hamilton – Gloucester and Scotland lock
1. Cian Healy – He is everything you look for in a modern-day loosehead – he can scrummage and carry the...
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Moment In Time
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: Leeds and the 2005 Powergen Cup final
An epic day for the Tykes. Bath, whose record in senior Cup finals prior to this read played 10, won 10,...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoEngland battle to win in France
England produced a heroic performance to defeat France 24-22 in Paris on Sunday afternoon. Tries from Manu Tuilagi and Ben Foden...
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