Neil Squires

Leeds

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'We're different to football': Gloucester boss wary of away zone trial

1 week ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

Gloucester will pioneer the Gallagher Premiership’s away end trial this weekend with their Chelsea-supporting coach warning the sport should not end up like football. The Cherry and Whites’ travelling support will have the option of sitting in a designated away section at Saracens’ StoneX Stadium as part of an experiment run by the league over the next fortnight. The following weekend Harlequins fans will also have an away zone at Leicester’s Mattioli Woods Welford Road ground.
Leicester Tigers must rid themselves of their constant coaching instability

1 week ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

Back Leicester Tigers must rid themselves of their constant coaching instability Copied to clipboard 0 6:49am, 16 April 2025 Michael Cheika’s replacement will be Leicester Tigers’ ninth head coach in as many years. We are not quite in Watford Football Club territory but that statistic is still jarring. Instability has become the Welford Road watchword. If the hectic turnover was some kind of advanced Moneyball-style, modern metric-driven act of creative thinking then fair enough.
'He's one of the best professionals I've ever worked with'

1 week ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

Marcus Smith is ready to bounce back from his Leinster low and show Andy Farrell that he should be on the plane to Australia with the British and Irish Lions. The Harlequins playmaker suffered a painful personal afternoon in front of the Lions head coach at Croke Park last time out as his team were humbled 62-0 in the Investec Champions Cup. But Danny Wilson, his coach at Quins, says there has been no lasting damage. “He’s fine,” said Wilson. “It doesn’t matter who’s playing 10 for you.
Tom Curry boost, special treatment for 'highly-strung' Raffi Quirke

1 week ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

Tom Curry has given the British and Irish Lions a big boost after his Investec Champions Cup injury scare. The Sale flanker left the field after damaging his wrist in Sale’s defeat to Toulouse ten days ago, but scans have shown up no serious damage. Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson has declared him fit for Saturday’s Premiership trip to Harlequins. “Tom Curry is up for selection,” said Sanderson.
Leeds Tykes taking baby steps back to top after paying for over-ambition

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Neil Squires
Bogle puts Leeds back on top with crucial winner over Preston

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Neil Squires

Leeds moved back to the summit of the Championship after Jayden Bogle’s 13th-minute goal proved the difference against a dogged Preston. Burnley’s victory over Norwich on Friday knocked Leeds off the top but the full-back’s sixth goal of the season made sure that state of affairs was only temporary. The home side made hard work of it, wasting a stream of chances to make for an unnecessarily stressful conclusion but iafter six minutes of stressful added time it was job done.
'Caelan Doris... I’m not sure he gets in the Lions back row at the moment'

2 weeks ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

Maro Itoje’s new-found calmness under fire marks him down as the man to lead the Lions in Australia according to World Cup winner Mike Tindall. Tindall believes Itoje’s demeanor has “massively shifted” from on-field cheerleader to calm figurehead since assuming the England captaincy at the start of the Six Nations. He admitted he did not consider the Saracens second row as captaincy material before the championship but has been won over by what he saw.
Despite the Croke Park horror show, Marcus Smith shouldn't be discounted from Lions conversation

2 weeks ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

How much store should Andy Farrell set by a single game when it comes to his Lions squad? Not too much, Marcus Smith will be desperately hoping. Harlequins’ monstering at the hands of Leinster last weekend in front of the watching Lions head coach was a day Smith will want to forget in a hurry. In the sink-or-swim environment of Croke Park, the only trace of him by the end was the odd bubble coming to the surface.
How the Gallagher Premiership has become rugby's go-to league for thrill seekers

3 weeks ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

Back How the Gallagher Premiership has become rugby's go-to league for thrill seekers Copied to clipboard 0 11:01am, 02 April 2025 English rugby crusties used to look down their noses at the avalanche of tries in Super Rugby and complain it was just a candyfloss version of the real thing. No defence, set-piece simply as a means of restarting the game… a load of overblown fluff. The wheel turns full circle. The circus has come to the Gallagher Premiership.
Chris Ashton: 'There's a lot of firepower out there but wings are not the highest-paid group. I wouldn’t have stood for it.'

1 month ago | rugbypass.com | Neil Squires

Chris Ashton is not happy. He thinks the Premiership’s wings – the competition’s razzle-dazzle men – are being shortchanged. As a former wing of international distinction himself, Ashton is miffed that the finishers and the fliers command the second-lowest salaries of any position in the league. Only the poor, downtrodden scrum-half earns less according to the most recent Premiership salary cap report which Ashton, the league’s record try scorer, cannot understand.