All posts tagged "London Welsh"
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Features
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
MIKE DENBEE, THE OLD ELTHAMIANS AND FORMER LONDON WELSH BACK ROWER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE NEATH AND WALES FULL-BACK PAUL THORBURN Born in Germany but Welsh through and through, to captain my country on ten...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWakefield’s wily RAF ‘juniors’ are still punching above their weight
BRENDAN GALLAGHER celebrates the heroes of RAF Rugby since its inception 100 years ago THE RAF is officially 100 years old...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLove, not money’s name of the Welsh now game for London
Brendan Gallagher charts the progress of London Welsh’s amateur side who maintain the great name It was Robert Browning, without a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
TONY GULLIVER THE FORMER COVENTRY LOCK AND CURRENT TEAM MANAGER All I wanted to do once I started playing rugby at...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
ADRIAN DAVIES THE FORMER WALES, NEATH, CARDIFF, CAMB UNIV AND RICHMOND FLY-HALF In five years of Test rugby I played under...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhirlwind year for new Irish prop star Lovejoy
By NEALE HARVEY AFTER beating England cricketer Gary Ballance to become Zimbabwe’s UKbased sports person of the year for 2017, unheralded...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCanucks record breaker forced to call time
NEWS EXTRA AARON Carpenter confirmed his retirement from rugby, bowing out on medical grounds following a series of head injuries. The...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER CARDIFF BLUES, SALE SHARKS AND NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS FLY-HALF NICK MACLEOD Whenever I found myself in pressure situations, and...
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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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Features
/ 7 years agoDon’t miss this night of Lions magic
SPECIAL OFFER Tour heroes: Sam Warburton, centre, hails the fans TWO great Lions captains are coming together for a night to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoFrom Exiles junkyard to Test starter for Scotland
Neale Harvey talks to Scotland new cap Darryl Marfo about his time with the Exiles and working with Richard Cockerill
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew lock star Salmon aiming for big catch
By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoHill calls for Championship expansion and axe for cup
By LUKE JARMYN EXPANDING the Championship to 14 teams and scrapping the British & Irish Cup is the only move that...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStop moaning and enjoy game says heroic Ed
Neale Harvey meets a former player who is defying the medics after a cruel accident Today’s fighter: Ed Jackson Former Dragons...
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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 agoTop-flight career taken off nicely for McNally
LONDON Irish lock Josh McNally is too tall to the fly the fighter jets he services as a corporal in the...
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Features
/ 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...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPremiership need plan to stop the big crash
COLIN BOAG The news, broken in last week’s Rugby Paper, that Worcester Warriors are up for sale, or in the PR...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIt won’t be a cakewark for Cov’s cash warns Brightwell
NICK VERDIER previews the battle for promotion from National One where big-spending Coventry start as favourites Birmingham Moseley back-rower Chris Brightwell...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLondon Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan
The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExiles double act with a five-year masterplan
NICK VERDIER meets the new men charged with leading London Welsh’s revival Passioante about Welsh: Sonny Parker, left, and Cai Griffiths...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ben Gotting – former Wasps and Worcester hooker
To play in the 2004 Premiership final and make a significant contribution to our 10-6 win over Bath was undoubtedly a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRichmond captain Warden on full alert for next test of endurance
Richmond retained their Championship status last season but club captain Will Warden reckons doing so again will pose a greater challenge....
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER WASPS, WORCESTER, LONDON SCOTTISH & LONDON WELSH HOOKER BEN GOTTING To play in the 2004 Premiership final and make...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNew dawn at Cov under Winter’s rule
WHILE Wasps are basking in the success of their move to the Ricoh Arena, Jon Newcombe finds that Coventry RFC are...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
DOUGIE FLOCKHART DONCASTER WING Back in training yet? We’ve been back for a week now. We’re trying to ease the players...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMarfo’s off to join the Edinburgh front row
By NICK VERDIER PROPDarryl Marfo has left Bath to join Edinburgh on a one-year deal. The loosehead, 26, started last season...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEdinburgh sign prop Marfo from Bath
Prop Darryl Marfo has joined Edinburgh Rugby from English Premiership side Bath on a one-year deal. The loosehead, 26, made three...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHomespun Exeter turning sights on Euro domination
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER captain Jack Yeandle reckons a rapidly increasing level of international recognition offers compelling proof of why the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND, SARACENS AND LONDON WELSH CENTRE STEVE RAVENSCROFT LOOKING back on my playing days I feel incredibly fortunate to...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoNational League One Dream Team
Hartpury College became the first team in history to win 30 from 30 in National League One as the West Country...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
EALING CENTRE JOE MUNRO How do you look back at the semi-finals against Yorkshire Carnegie? We self-imploded for 20 minutes in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEngland call caps stellar six months for injury-stricken Warrior Spencer
ENGLAND new boy Will Spencer has revealed how close he came to quitting rugby before battling back from a trio of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Seb Jewell – former London Welsh full-back
I fell into professional rugby and then fell in and out of love with it several times along the way. Originally,...
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoCorker gives Parker a Welsh seal of approval
By NEALE HARVEY SONNY Parker is the ideal man to spearhead London Welsh’s charge back to the National Leagues, according to...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoIrish hold most aces, but there were plenty of kings in the pack and backs
by Nick Verdier London Irish were head and shoulders above any other side during the regular season but many individuals have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPart-time would be end of promotion
IN TRP last Sunday, Jon Newcombe quoted Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill as suggesting more Championship clubs will choose the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYes, time has come to ring-fence Premiership
COLIN BOAG Facts of life: Rob Baxter speaks sense about the state of the game The Championship play-offs illustrated perfectly why...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHill predicts more in Tier 2 will adopt part-time model
By JON NEWCOMBE RICHMOND director of rugby Steve Hill believes it is inevitable that more clubs will adopt their part-time model...
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20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Steve Hill – Richmond DoR
How about that for a first season in the Championship? The boys were desperate to prove they deserved to be in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPlucky Richmond star out to seize his big second chance
NEWCASTLE-BOUNDNo.9 Sam Stuart will always be grateful to Richmond for helping him win a remarkable battle against injury. Stuart was once...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHow Richards rates the Championship contenders
PETER Richards reckons only the pressure of the play-offs can prevent London Irish from making an immediate return to the Premiership....
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Features
/ 8 years agoHartpury won’t be selling out for glory
Can the students of Hartpury be competitive in the Championship next season? Luke Jarmyn talks to CEO Russell Marchant Russell Marchant...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBoyce determined to leave Carnegie a farewell present
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Yorkshire Carnegie v Richmond Today. Kick-off 3pm, Headingley HARLEQUINS-bound prop Lewis Boyce insists there is no panic...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Rotherham to appoint Andy Key as head coach
By JON NEWCOMBE Rotherham Titans have wasted no time in lining up a successor to Justin Burnell with former Leeds boss...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPremiership must take control of Championship
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward spiral unless Premiership Rugby are handed control of the league....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarpenter: Knights are charged for play-off run
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Doncaster Knights v Yorkshire Carnegie Today. Kick-off 3pm DONCASTER’S Canadian star Aaron Carpenter is predicting a titanic...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBow: Premiership must take control of tier two
By NEALE HARVEY Struggle: Nottingham in action against Cornish Pirates NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoMunster to be tested by Ulster experience
PREVIEW…Munster A v Ulster A Today. Kick-off 3pm, Musgrave Park, Cork MUNSTER A will put their unbeaten Cup campaign to the...