All posts tagged "County"
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/ 3 days agoMake it enjoyable so players come
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Sam Goatley, below, head coach at Newent RFC What is your playing...
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/ 2 weeks agoBowman’s boys set for a big show
Division 2 final preview Cheshire v Devon Today 3pm CHESHIRE and Devon clash at HQ today to determine who takes the...
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/ 2 weeks agoCharity sets record for long game
RUGBY’S mental health charity LooseHeadz have surpassed the Guinness World Record for the longest games of men’s and women’s rugby, subject...
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Features
/ 3 weeks agoStu Wilson, a Rolls Royce wing with a smart swerve
THOSE of a certain age will fondly remember All Black Stu Wilson, who died suddenly this week aged 70, as a...
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/ 4 weeks agoOne Way to Win: The Heol-y-Cyw Way
“There is only one way to succeed at anything: to give everything.” This powerful quote, the mantra of Heol-y-Cyw at the...
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/ 1 month agoDevon get set for Cheshire clash
Bill Beaumont County Championships Division 2 DEVON sealed their place in the Bill Beaumont Division 2 final with a thrilling 27-20...
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/ 1 month agoEastern Counties set sights on Twickenham
Gill Burns County Championship ■ By BEN JAYCOCK EASTERN Counties head coach Tom Harding says his players are fired up ahead...
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Features
/ 1 month agoSussex school’s growing the game
By BEN JAYCOCK KIT Claughton has enjoyed introducing rugby to a huge number of foreign students at Buckswood School and hopes...
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/ 1 month agoHerts force Leicestershire to battle to finish
Gill Burns County Championship ■ By MOSHER LEICESTERSHIRE booked a semi-final place in the third tier of the Gill Burns Cup...
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/ 1 month agoI really like the idea of Cup competitions
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Rudi Kochanowski, below, the head coach of Hampshire Men’s County XV (Division...
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/ 2 months agoLeicestershire and Herts on the march
■By GEORGE WELLBELOVE Division 3 LEICESTERSHIRE and Hertfordshire extended their unbeaten runs. Surrey and Essex also registered their first victories of...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 months agoThere’s honour and pride in playing for your county – Tony Hill
Steve Hill talks to Tony Hill, below, head coach of Somerset county men (Division 1) and Nailsea & Backwell RFC in...
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/ 2 months agoCross sparkles in Cheshire’s victory
Division 2 ■By LUKE JARMYN SET-PIECE dominance, some silky play in the loose and a man-of-the-match display by replacement back-rower Stuart...
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/ 2 months agoThe lame Bucks are so broken by Herts
Division 3 ■By GEORGE WELLBELOVE WITH the professional season drawing to a conclusion, attention turned to the grassroots stage as the...
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/ 2 months agoLoney lauds new-look Lancashire’s fine start
Division 1 ■By JOSH THOMAS Somerset ..........17pts Tries: Taylor 7, Carter 45, Bailey 61 Conversions: Elswood 62 Lancashire ...... 24pts Tries:...
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/ 2 months agoDevon cream their way past Gloucestershire
■By MO SHER THE Gill Burns County Championship got underway with three matches across its three divisions, with ties taking places...
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/ 2 months agoCulley concerned for game’s future
■By LUKE JARMYN WITH the RFU County Championships kicking-off this weekend, a former head of Northumberland and Dorset & Wiltshire men’s...
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/ 2 months agoDon’t delay until 18 to play contact rugby
THERE has been a recent call for the game of rugby to become a non-contact sport until the age of 18...
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/ 2 months agoBlackheath clash will be great, says TJ’s captain
By BEN JAYCOCK National 2 East TONBRIDGE Juddians’ title-winning captain Tommy Nicol is looking forward to renewing their Kent rivalry with...
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Features
/ 2 months ago150 years on and Baa-Baas go back
Sam Jackson reports as the Barbarians return to Durham University to celebrate an important anniversary on Saturday THE Barbarians will be...
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/ 3 months agoNew man planning to put Plymouth Albion on the map
By Mark Stevens He was the driving force behind Plymouth Argyle’s commercial rise, a man who turned ambition into revenue and...
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/ 3 months agoTJs get to celebrate in style this time
By BEN JAYCOCK Running free: Duncan Tout on the attack against Oxford Harlequins and, below, Tonbridge Juddians celebrate promotion PICTURES: Adam...
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/ 3 months agoAdam Dunne scoots to a double with London Welsh and North London Shamrocks
London Welsh’s Irish speedster Adam Dunne is celebrating a notable double having helped the Exiles win promotion into National League Two...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 months agoLytchett Minster 2s? Now they were decent…
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Anyone seeking to capture the essence of rugby’s transformation over recent decades need not wrestle...
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/ 4 months agoNewcastle Falcons flyer Elliott Obatoyinbo on the crest of a wave
By Jon Newcombe Elliott Obatoyinbo is hoping he can ride the crest of Newcastle’s wave and return to the sort of...
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/ 5 months agoEllis was a rock that we’ll never forget, vows Old Reds’ Dan
By BEN JAYCOCK Well loved: Old Redcliffians hero Ellis Joseph NATIONAL League rugby was rocked last week when Old Redcliffians prop...
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/ 5 months agoStudent star Isaiah setting his sights on return home
By CHRIS COLLYER EXETER University top try scorer Isaiah Akpovwa hopes his efforts in the fourth tier can earn him a...
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Letters
/ 5 months agoBill Sweeney needs to run game for the good of us all
RFU CEO Bill Sweeney is head of English Rugby not England Rugby. His strategy is to make the England teams successful...
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/ 5 months agoIt’s important to enjoy the journey
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Jim Evans, below, the forwards coach at Harlequins Academy What was your playing background...
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/ 5 months agoSkipper Ali vows to turn around Hull’s recent slide
By BEN JAYCOCK Record man: Hull centre Ali Heard HULL captain Ali Heard has been left frustrated as his side have...
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National League 2E
/ 6 months agoHawks swoop to claim derby spoils
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley...................... 17 Oxford H................... 12 HENLEY HAWKS claimed the county bragging rights, but were made to work hard...
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/ 6 months agoPressure growing for SGM changes
The heat around an SGM is building, with the motion for the removal of Bill Sweeney as chief executive, and changes...
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Letters
/ 6 months agoBill Beaumont will need all the help he can get
A massive thank you, to the three ex chairs of the RFU Messrs Thomas, Cattermole and Baister and ex CEO Baron,...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoHundreds of voices cannot be ignored
FOLLOWING Nick Cain’s TRP articles and others in the national press, and the calls from the three former RFU chairmen for...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 months agoCalls for change gather support
THE process of convening an SGM of the RFU is a convoluted procedural affair, and this could be a useful ally...
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/ 7 months agoMatt’s learning from his rival as Redruth look to spoil party
By BEN JAYCOCK MID-table Redruth have experienced an inconsistent campaign but would love nothing more than to derail their rivals Camborne’s...
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Dream Team
/ 7 months agoDream Team – Grant Hughes
GRANT HUGHES, THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND STIRLING COUNTY WING, NOW WITH CHINNOR, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoGreat Things Happening Down At Heol-y-Cyw
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The Welsh rugby grassroots season is well underway, with the league tables across the country starting...
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Letters
/ 8 months agoI fear that young players will be lost to the game if chances missed
I REFER to Geoff Stalker’s letter of October 27 regarding schools rugby. Some points perhaps need to be amplified so that...
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Letters
/ 8 months agoTwo great games in one day
I SAW two of the best matches of the season last Saturday. The first was “live” between Stow on the Wold...
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Features
/ 9 months agoJONNOBALDING
YOUNG GUNS GLOUCESTER & ENGLAND U18 LOCK England U18s second row Jonno Balding is hoping performances for Radley College can impress...
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/ 9 months agoMinikin keen to use pain of last year as motivation
■By TOM KELLY Leader: Lewis Minikin HULL Ionians fly-half Lewis Minikin was “absolutely gutted” come the end of last season after...
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/ 9 months agoGwilliam’s ambition to build from the bottom
By TOM KELLY Boss: Taff Gwilliam PICTURE: Matthew Walker CANTERBURY director of rugby Taff Gwilliam is deter mined to grow the...
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/ 10 months agoSchoolboy mates working as a team
Steve Hill puts the questions to Chris Briers and Al Loney, joint head coaches at Fylde Why did you get into...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 months agoHard to pin the blame on unions
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby...
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/ 11 months agoAs fit as a Lion in the Congo
PETER JACKSON THEY stood outside a 7th century church perched above St Bride’s Bay for hours on Friday, the old Lions...
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Letters
/ 11 months agoLETTER: RFU not helping English rugby
Steve Borthwick is doing a great job in charge of the national side as are his players and our recent U20...
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/ 11 months agoFearless beach boy who ran with Lions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER Morgan’s day would begin at the crack of dawn on a Pembrokeshire...
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/ 11 months agoThe game is always about the players
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Will Knight, below, the head coach of recently promoted Havant RFC Why...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 months agoGood to see women winning more awards
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS disappointing that Team GB women’s sevens side were unable to...
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