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Tshiunza challenged to seal place in Exeter side
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:11
Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter has challenged Wales forward Christ Tshiunza to "make one spot his own" in the Premiership side.The 22-year-old missed a large chunk of last season with injury but had been playing as a flanker for the Sandy Park club.But Baxter said he was impressed with how Tshiunza played for Wales at lock in their summer tour…
'I'm a dream giver' - how Smith turned Warriors into winners
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 01:45
At his core, Smith is a people person. He understands what makes players tick. He has empathy and a softness that you do not see when he is in game-mode and is as intense as can be. He preaches the importance of joy because he knows what it takes to get there. The long days, the brutal disappointments, the physical…
Saints hope end of an era can be a new beginning
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 00:22
For most Northampton Saints supporters, that weekend in early June has a dreamlike, ethereal quality. It was an end to a season that felt too good to be true. A second Premiership title proved the perfect finish for those three great stalwarts of the club - Courtney Lawes, Alex Waller and Lewis Ludlam. An afternoon of agony and tension totally…
Championship clubs 'left out in the cold' by PGP deal
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Tuesday, 17 September 2024 22:26
Ampthills local rivals Bedford Blues feel similarly hard done by."We are extremely disappointed by the latest developments," said Bedford chief executive, Gareth Alred."It's hard to swallow the Premiership receiving a per-club increase from just over 2m to 3.3m each, when we have just suffered another blow."In the last cycle in 2016, we received 650,000 per club, now we are down…
'Different gravy' - the Londoner who won gold with Dupont
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Tuesday, 17 September 2024 23:04
And it came out perfectly.France had seized the moment, the momentum and the medal. Grandidier Nkanang, Dupont and their team, one which had failed to even qualify for Tokyo, had won the hosts' first gold of the Games.For Grandidier Nkanang, the long road to the city of lights started on Turnpike Lane.It was there, in Haringey, north London, that his…
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