All posts tagged "Worcester"
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 months agoFantastic four face final tests
PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE NORTHAMPTON The Saints finished at...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 months agoDiamond out to add some steel
By PAUL REES Even someone without Steve Diamond’s coaching experience would have known that taking over at Newcastle was never going...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 months agoCloete & Van Velze to retire at end of season
Bath's South African forwards GJ van Velze and Chris Cloete will retire from rugby at the end of the season. Van...
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Dream Team
/ 11 months agoCamborne make impact but top two dominate final line-up
NATIONAL 2 WEST DREAM TEAM >> THE BEST XV FROM 2023-24 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR REPORTERS After Dings Crusaders’ National...
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoWilliams is still the centre of attention
By PAUL REES When Bristol signed Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Virimi Vakatawa last year to boost their midfield, few would...
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Letters
/ 12 months agoInclude Welsh sides in two-tier Premiership
A couple of letters in last week’s paper along with Nick Cain’s column got me thinking on these subjects of ring-fencing...
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Features
/ 12 months agoDean seeks platform
Ross Heppenstall finds out what Dean Richards has been up to since stepping down as Newcastle Falcons boss for more success...
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National League 2E
/ 12 months agoTop three dominate but real gems to be found across entire league
THE BEST XV FROM 2023-24 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR REPORTERS Following Esher’s National Two East title success, Ben Jaycock canvassed...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoI’m still supporter of relegation – Diamond
By PAUL REES Newcastle may be adrift at the bottom of the Premiership but Steve Diamond remains an advocate for promotion...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 months agoTime to put an end to marquee players
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ARE marquee players, or coaches, worth it, or are they just a Premiership...
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English Championship
/ 12 months agoCoventry denied by powerful Pirates
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ............ 22pts Tries: Hocking 69, Johnson 79 Coventry ..........................12pts Penalties: Tries: Houston 15, 18, 22, 51...
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National League 2N
/ 12 months agoTitans time their run to perfection and finish with the lion’s share
Following Rotherham’s late run to secure the National Two North title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to select...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoEight-year PGP deal expected next month
By PAUL REES The ground-breaking new agreement between Twickenham and the Premiership clubs is expected to be announced after next month’s...
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoReturn to Sixways still on agenda
Worcester Warriors Supporters Trust have welcomed news that the firm which owns the club has been sold. The new consortium, led...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 months agoThe ringfence which is encouraging open play
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE have been a few articles written about how the Premiership has...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoLangdon is quick to make his point
By PAUL REES Northampton have placed an emphasis this season on putting pace in the legs of their players and that...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoCrunch time for red lines
The crunch is coming as negotiations between the Championship and the RFU/Premiership over promotion-relegation intensify, with the Premiership ring-fence moratorium finishing...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoThe boys down west who know how to win
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED The way they see it down Exeter way, only one team is flying the flag for the...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year ago‘Ireland in blue’ will provide stiffest test
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Phil Dowson and Leo Cullen first crossed paths in European action 10 seasons...
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Coach to Coach
/ 1 year agoI want to get the best out of every individual
COACH TO COACH Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Scott Barrow, the head coach at Sedgley Park Tigers...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoPGP deal is nothing but a waste of time
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I can't help thinking that the new Professional Game Partnership (PGP) is...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCall to give support for Worcester revival
By BEN JAYCOCK Worcester Warriors’ Supporters Trust chairman Marcus Mulcahy is frustrated at the lack of empathy and support shown by...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons hooker Jacob Oliver
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle Falcons have endured a dismal campaign in the Premiership but tyro hooker Jacob Oliver believes the future...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoChudley to retire at the end of the season
Will Chudley has decided to bring the curtain down on his lengthy and storied rugby career at the end of the...
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Features
/ 1 year agoComing to grief on the road to Morocco
Mark Stevens talks to Exeter chairman Tony Rowe about his love of classic rallying across all corners of the world WIDELY...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoHendy making most of having his legs on ‘back to front’ – Dowson
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson believes George Hendy is a wing unlike any other – because he has his legs on...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team with Billy Harding
The Blackheath, England Counties and former Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, chooses the best XV he...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoRFU needs a sense of proportion
The RFU has always maintained that promotion-relegation is sacrosanct, even though the RFU Council agreed in February 2021 to a so-called...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoAcademy players could miss out after cuts
By TOM JEFFREYS Last week saw another nail pinned into the coffins of Worcester, Wasps and London Irish as the RFU...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 1 year agoGrayson now has Japan in his sights
By BEN JAYCOCK The demise of Wasps, Worcester Warriors and London Irish has left just 10 starting fly-half spots across a...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoHalliday: New deal is within our reach
By JON NEWCOMBE Calls for a further relaxation of Premiership ground capacity rules appear to be gathering momentum as the protracted...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team with Jordon Poole
The Coventry and former Yorkshire Carnegie, Darlington Mowden Park & Exeter Chiefs hooker, chooses the best XV he has played with...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoWe’ve got to make sure we play the game our way – Baxter
EXETER boss Rob Baxter has made seven changes to the starting XV following last weekend’s bonus point win over Newcastle. International...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoTime for club owners to come clean on plans
NICK CAIN - READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SEETHING financial undercurrents are undermining the main pillars of the game in...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoRed Roses: Saracens second row Rosie Galligan
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Finchley, North London Date of birth: 30/04/98 Community club: Aylesford Bulls RFC Red Roses debut: vs Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBrothers decide to call time at Saints
NORTHAMPTON prop Alex Waller and his brother Ethan will retire at the end of the season. Alex, 34, said on Tuesday...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDon’t get trapped in bowels of a big club
Diamond’s warning to his young guns By PAUL REES Steve Diamond has warned his young charges at Newcastle to beware of...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoBaxter: Clubs will take Cup more seriously
By PAUL REES The Premiership will shut down next season during the two international windows, meaning more clubs are likely to...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoRelegation saga still a shadow over game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is so much that makes so little sense in the English club...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoI’m ambitious. I want to coach as high as I can
My Life in Rugby with Alex Rae - The former Northampton Saints, Saracens, Wasps and Bedford Blues lock, now head coach...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoRPNS7s – U13 Boys: Ipswich and Northants show their class
There was plenty of great rugby on display by players to watch in the future with 114 schools competing across 19...
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Coach to Coach
/ 1 year agoYou must reward and value effort
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Ryan Watkins, head coach of Luctonians RFC, currently second in...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoLamb loving life as Albion plan for the brightest future
By MARK STEVENS Head coach Ryan Lamb believes the foundations are being laid for a bright future ahead at Plymouth Albion....
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My Life in Rugby
/ 1 year agoIt’s a huge honour to play for your country
My Life in Rugby with Marcus Rose - the former England, Cambridge University, Leicester, Coventry, Harlequins and Barbarians full-back looks back...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoAt last! England find reason to be cheerful
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME We were waiting and hoping for a game that will define how...
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Coach to Coach
/ 1 year agoEach day, I can see the positive impact of rugby
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Alex Rae, below, the head coach at Championship side Coventry...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns: Sale Sharks second row Tom Burrow
By BEN JAYCOCK Towering Yorkshireman Tom Burrow has found his calling at Sale Sharks and, after transitioning from the U18s programme,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoWasps better off with URC – Sharp
By JON NEWCOMBE Coventry chairman Jon Sharp is convinced that Wasps’ future, if it has one, lies in the United Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLight Blues hold the line and take the honours
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Oxford................... 5pts Tries: Wilkinson 27 Cambridge........ 10pts Try: Heathfield 23 Conversion: Boothroyd 24 Penalty: Boothroyd 16 THERE has...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAspinall to lead women
GLOUCESTER-Hartpury’s Daisy Aspinall captains England U18 women in today’s clash against Ireland in Dublin. England last faced Ireland in the 2023...