Leicester Tigers step up the pace for big semi-final clash...
9 years ago by Leicester MercuryLeicester Tigers are gradually building the intensity as they prepare for their Aviva Premiership semi-final with Wasps at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday.The fortnight between completing the regular season...
Rob Baxter nominated for Premiership Head Coach of the Year
9 years ago by Exeter Express & EchoRob Baxter has made a three-man shortlist for this season's Premiership head coach of the year.Baxter has led Exeter Chiefs to back-to-back Premiership semi-finals and could be on course for yet another...
Aviva Premiership: End of Season Award Winners 2017
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe list of winners from the end of the season awards for the 2016/17 Aviva Premiership. Bath Rugby Forward of the Year and Players' Player of the Year - Nathan Catt Back of the Year and Supporters'...
Premiership, Pro12 and Top 14 rugby union play-off pointers | Michael Aylwin
9 years ago by The GuardianWasps and Exeter are the neutrals’ favourites, Leicester the underdogs, while Saracens need to maintain their intensityThere’s always that horrible, sceptical feeling when considering sides high on...
Saracens glory built on formidable English pack
9 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward ColumnSIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Great players consistently performing at their very best week in, week out is what marks Saracens out. That is very easy to say but very difficult to achieve over a long season. ...
Jeff Probyn: Young so lucky he has time to get Wasps buzzing again
9 years ago by The Rugby PaperOkay, I’ll admit it, even though I am a former Wasps player I don’t make the effort to travel to watch them play. But theirs is the first result I look for after the weekend’s rugby and I always...
Jonny May hopes ‘mixed bag’ Gloucester can complete Challenge Cup success | Paul Rees
9 years ago by The GuardianEngland wing urges his side to ‘cut out the soft moments’ in the final against Stade Français, where victory would earn them a Champions Cup placeThe European Challenge Cup is a means to an end for...
Freddie Burns says Leicester Tigers' winning run has helped build...
9 years ago by Leicester MercuryLeicester Tigers will be looking to "right the wrongs" before they head to the Ricoh Arena on May 20 for their Aviva Premiership play-off with Wasps.Nobody is arguing that Tigers have been perfect...
Jimmy Gopperth wins RPA player of the year award
9 years ago by Talking Rugby UnionWasps fly-half Jimmy Gopperth has been announced as the Rugby Player Association's Player of the Year following his consistent performances this season for the Aviva Premiership club.
Catch Kurtley Beale while you can before Wasps’ wonder returns to Australia | Paul Rees
9 years ago by The GuardianBeale brings a touch of the craftsman among the muscle of the Premiership and he will be missed in England, but the game in Australia will welcome him backSome marquee players fail to make a mark, others...
