All posts tagged "RFU"
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon’t kill off the county game, just get rid of the academies!
As Benjamin Disraeli once said: “There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies and statistics.” However, as with all things,...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Crooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking
What a fuss about nothing. As all hell breaks loose because of what Italy did not do, and what England could...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
Lichfield Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best club in the...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSaxons coach Bates to take top RFU job
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER England Saxons head coach Steve Bates has been named performance manager and international performance coach by the RFU....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
By NICK VERDIER LICHFIELD Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe four dramatic times Scots beat their HQ hoodoo
Scotland wins at Twickenham are one of the great rarities in Six Nations rugby, there being only four since England started...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoCrooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking
Still a mess: World Rugby has a duty to sort out the ongoing problems in the scrum PICTURE: Getty Images What...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTom Arscott EXCLUSIVE: I thought it was the end of my career
By JON NECOMBE Yorkshire Carnegie signing Tom Arscott feared he was “damaged” goods and might never play professionally again after his...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDiamond banned for six weeks
SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond pleaded guilty to abusing a match official and has been given a six-week touchline ban....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRFU must not forget the grassroots game
AS a proud Cornishman I read with incredulity Neale Harvey’s article about the RFU’s potential “cost cutting” measures which could see...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoI thought it was the end of my career admits Arscott
By JON NEWCOMBE YORKSHIRE Carnegie signing Tom Arscott feared he was “damaged” goods and might never play professionally again after his...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoToo high a price for ‘fame’ but it’s not the game’s fault
Tragic loss: Wallaby star Dan Vickerman PICTURE: Getty Images Writing this article every week often makes me think and reflect over...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSteve Diamond hit with six-week ban
Steve Diamond has been banned for six weeks for verbally abusing the match officials after Sale‘s Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Harlequins...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWheeler lined up by RFU
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY FORMER England hooker Peter Wheeler is to become president of the Rugby Football Union in 2019, The...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBuddies? No, these are Championship’s worst enemies
THE buddy-system between Championship and Premiership clubs being proposed by the RFU looks to me like a deadend for the second...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPremiership stars join England U20s staff
LOUIS Deacon, Ian Vass and Tom Williams have joined the England U20s management team as part of a new agreement signed...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: RFU made Welsh survival ‘impossible’
By NEALE HARVEY London Welsh chairman Gareth Hawkins has blasted the RFU over his club’s demise, accusing English rugby‘s governing body...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRugby opportunities in the north-west
The Rugby Football Union’s Return to Rugby programme is one of many initiatives currently helping sports enthusiasts in the north-west to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTom Arscott speaks out
Following his release by Sale Sharks, Tom Arscott released the following statement: It read: “While I am extremely disappointed with the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBen Ryan heading to Wales
Fiji’s Olympic 7’s gold medal winning coach Ben Ryan has joined the Welsh Rugby Union in a consultancy role with immediate...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRFU under fire for failing England Saxons
England‘s failure to extend their Saxons programme could have a catastrophic effect on player development, warns former RFU performance coach Jon...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSale player investigated after leaking team tactics
Sale have made a complaint to the Rugby Football Union after information was allegedly leaked to opponents Bristol on New Year’s...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSale investigated over possible Ioane concussion
Sale are being investigated by a Concussion Management Review Group over their role in the handling of TJ Ioane in the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSam Underhill joins Bath
Flanker Sam Underhill will be eligible to represent England this summer after his move to Bath on a three-year deal was...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoRFU face revolt over Council numbers
Rugby Football Union bosses are facing a rebellion from furious Council members over proposals to slash their representation on the management...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPisi banned for two weeks
Bristol’s Tusi Pisi has been banned for two weeks after an RFU disciplinary panel found him guilty of taking out Worcester...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRFU statement: London Welsh
London Welsh Rugby Football Club Limited formally entered liquidation today. A new company has been given a temporary licence by the...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Eddie Jones will stick with Dylan for as long as he needs to
Disciplinary wonders never cease! Two Welsh disciplinary officers – Simon Thomas and Rhian Williams, and another from Italy, Marco Cordelli –...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks grab £3m jackpot at Twickenham
The All Blacks will be turning up at Twickenham next year after all for what promises to be the richest match...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Premiership giants will ‘buddy up’ to save the Championship
By NEALE HARVEY Premiership Rugby could assume control of the Championship as part of revolutionary plans to overhaul the top two...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Clear this fog over North for the sake of others
Northampton‘s attempt to shroud the crucial issue of George North being knocked out against Leicester last weekend in a fog of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMartin Corry joins RFU Council
Martin Corry has been elected onto the Rugby Football Union Council taking over from Richard Hill who recently took up the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Advantage Kruis now with Launchbury left in limbo
Opportunity: it’s something everybody needs and deserves, but not all can use it to achieve their full potential. Injury has been...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLondon Welsh face job losses to keep club from the cliffs
London Welsh‘s players face an uncertain future after new chairman Gareth Hawkins revealed the troubled club are abandoning their Premiership dream....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBrookes hit with two-week ban
Northampton Saints and England prop Kieran Brookes has been banned for two weeks for making contact with the head of Newcastle‘s...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Erik Lund – former Rotherham, Leeds and Biarritz lock
Fighting Mamuka Gorgodze on my debut may not have seemed like the best career move I could have made but it...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Let’s not get carried away by win over these Boks
After a ten-year wait England have finally laid the Springbok ghost to bed with a resounding win by 37 points, including...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Stay put George, it’s your best move of all
George Ford had a weird training week as part of the England team preparing to take on South Africa. First, a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Saracens prove benefits of having home-grown talent
What an unusual start to Europe, with most of the French teams not turning up mentally and suffering the embarrassing consequences with...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Premiership gets richer; others can go swing!
Salary caps are causing strife again, with dire warnings emanating from the Premiership elite as well as from clubs in National...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoChris Ashton speaks out after biting ban
After the decision from an independent RFU disciplinary panel to suspend Chris Ashton for 13 weeks for biting Northampton prop Alex...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: RFU face uproar over wage cap proposals
By NEALE HARVEY Controversial RFU plans to impose swingeing wage caps on clubs below the Championship from 2018-19 are set to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Gracie Matthews deserves support from Injured Players fund
The second National Rugby Awards took place on Thursday and what a day it was, as professional clubs, grassroots clubs, schools...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoGuy Mercer will keep Bath honest
So here’s a question. You’ve just jetted in from New Zealand tasked with turning around the talented but clearly underperforming rugby...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will have to dig deep to keep that No.1 tag
By the time England are next scheduled to play New Zealand in the autumn of 2017 it will have been three...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Big yes to a Sevens World Cup in between Olympics
As the dust settles on Fiji’s fantastic Olympic win and World Rugby looks forward to what it believes will be a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Martin Cooper – former Moseley and England fly-half
If anyone had told me when I was first starting out at Wolverhampton RFC that I’d get 11 caps for England,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Rugby as a whole won’t benefit from this new deal
With the RFU and the Premiership congratulating themselves on reaching an eye-watering £200 million plus funding agreement, there are some voices...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoLeicester chief slams new Premiership deal as ‘flawed’
Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen believes Premiership Rugby‘s policy of linking the salary cap to central funding is wrong and...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoClubs face meltdown in spite of cash boom
Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan fears Premiership clubs face financial meltdown unless steps are taken to curb rampant wage inflation. Vaughan’s...
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