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😍 Looking good
@Courtney_Lawes
😍
Add the
@RUWCOfficial
Pat Marshall trophy to the bulging cabinet.
What a player!
Look after Pat for us now, please?
#Pat2024
#RUWC2024
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The winner of the Rugby Union Writers’ Club Pat Marshall award for 2020 goes to
@Springboks
captain Siya Kolisi.
Huge congratulations to Siya from all at the RUWC.
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Congratulations to
@ExeterChiefs
director of rugby Rob Baxter who has been named the Rugby Union Writers' Club personality of the year for 2020. Our members voted for him following a remarkable year where he guided Exeter to the
@premrugby
and
@ChampionsCup
double.
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Hello
@sarah_hunter8
, we’ve been expecting you…
Presenting; your Pat Marshall Memorial Award Winner for 2022!
Red Rose legend, England caps record holder, and now
@RUWCOfficial
personality of the year.
Congratulations Sarah 🏆🤩
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We are desperately saddened at the loss of our much loved colleague Russell Hargreaves.
Russ was a wonderful radio journalist known across many sports, especially rugby union. His warmth and positivity will be so sorely missed.
We send love to Rachel, his family and friends.
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Our deepest sympathies go to Eddie Butler’s family after his passing.
A former Wales captain, distinguished journalist and broadcaster, Eddie will be an incredible loss to rugby and us all who counted him as a friend and colleague.
We will miss his voice, words and company.
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The RUWC 2020 Special Award goes to
@Scotlandteam
and
@lionsofficial
legend
@TomSmith_61
Sometimes it is the quietest of men who makes the biggest impact on us
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😍 The look of love 😍
@sarah_hunter8
spies her name engraved on our trophy, joining the greats of the game from Mervyn Davies all the way to Antoine Dupont via Beaumont, Campese, Johnson, O’Driscoll, Kolisi and many more!
A worthy winner!
🏆🏉
@EnglandRugby
@LightningRugby
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Congratulations to
@GiselleM18
who is awarded a RUWC tankard recognising her services to rugby - a legend of the sport and is the
@Waspsladies
DOR and the first
@Barbarian_FC
women’s head coach.
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The winner is…
🇫🇷 ANTOINE DUPONT 🇫🇷
🏆
@top14rugby
champion
🏆
@ChampionsCup
winner
🏆 European Player of the Year
🏆
@WorldRugby
Men’s Player of the Year
Now
@RUWCOfficial
Pat Marshall Memorial Award winner - our first French champion since Jean-Pierre Rives in 1981!
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The first person shortlisted by the RUWC for the Pat Marshall Award is....
@Springboks
and
@SaleSharksRugby
scrum-half Faf de Klerk!
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🏆🏴😇
Ladies & gents; your Pat Marshall Memorial Award winner for 2023-24.
The sensational Courtney Lawes!
An icon of
@SaintsRugby
@EnglandRugby
&
@lionsofficial
, he joins the pantheon of greats as our personality of the year.
Congrats
@Courtney_Lawes
!
#Pat2024
#RUWC2024
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Presenting your
@RUWCOfficial
Pat Marshall Memorial Award winner for 2021.
🇫🇷 The incredible
@Dupont9A
🇫🇷
#PatPourDupont
complete ✅
Félicitations Antoine!
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🗣️ 🏆
A word from the boss
@Courtney_Lawes
Our Pat Marshall Memorial Award winner for 2023-24!
#RUWC2024
#Pat2024
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We are delighted to announce that our new
@RUWCOfficial
Chair is…
🥳
@chjones9
🥳
Congratulations on your appointment Chris, with
@CharlieFelix
a fine vice.
And a heartfelt thank you to outgoing chair
@DuncanBech
for his incredible service in a challenging two years.
#RUWC
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Two to go…
Nominee 4️⃣
COURTNEY LAWES
@Courtney_Lawes
The legendary
@SaintsRugby
&
@EnglandRugby
star, who hit 100 caps, then retired after the 2023 World Cup as an all-time English great. Chasing a
#PremRugby
title too. Will he win ours?
📸
@GettyImages
#Pat2024
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🤩🏴
Time for our first presentation of the day.
The
@Investec
Special Award this year goes to an outstanding man of rugby…
Dr James Robson!
What a career for
@Scotlandteam
&
@lionsofficial
. Thank you Doc!
#RUWC2024
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And how apt that
@EmilyScarratt
, our 2014 winner, was there with
@nickheathsport
to pass on the baton to another great of the women’s game.
All Hail
@sarah_hunter8
!
🏉 🏆
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Next up on the shortlist for the Pat Marshall Award is...
@danleo82
as recognition for his tireless work in the representation of Pacific Island players, including the release of the eye-opening documentary 'Oceans Apart'.
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We are incredibly sad to hear of Bleddyn Jones’ passing today.
A man with
@LeicesterTigers
in his heart, he was a fine player and friendly face at Welford Road for many years.
Our thoughts are with all that know him. RIP.
The club is deeply saddened by the news that Bleddyn Jones, a familiar face and unmistakeable voice around Leicester Tigers for more than half a century, has died at the age of 72.
Obituary 👉
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🌹🏆
A standing ovation for our 2022 Pat Marshall Memorial Award Winner
@sarah_hunter8
.
Fantastic to be able to celebrate her incredible achievements here.
Congratulations again Sarah!
#RUWC23
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🏆🤩
WAYNE BARNES
@WayneBarnesRef
The English referee who officiated his 100th Test match in 2022, and remains at the top of his game.
🏴
@EnglandRugby
📸
@GettyImages
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Lovely tribute to our late friend Gary Baker
@gloucesterrugby
today.
Gary was a regular at Kingsholm before his tragic recent passing.
Thank you
#Gloucester
from all at the club.
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We are devastated at the passing of the great Barry Newcombe. A former RUWC Chairman and President, Barry was a titan of the industry and an inspiration and dear friend to so many of our members. Our deepest sympathies go to Barry’s family.
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Thank you
@Harlequins
for this special tribute to Russ Hargreaves at The Stoop today, in his broadcasting spot.
What a kind gesture for a lovely man.
❤️🎙️
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So there's our shortlist for the Rugby Union Writers' Club personality of the year for 2020 - will it be Alun Wyn Jones, Nigel Owens, Dan Leo, Antoine Dupont or Rob Baxter? The winner will be announced in January.
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We are delighted to announce a new agreement with
@GallagherUK
who will continue to sponsor the RUWC for a further two years. The club is looking forward to extending its relationship with Gallagher as it seeks to help everyone in covering rugby union across all media platforms.
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The look of love 😍
Pat & Antoine met last night, and they were smitten from first sight!
🏆🇫🇷🏉
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"I don't mind telling you it took my breath away when I was looking at the various people who have won this in the past - not just household names but world famous names. It's a huge honour.” Our Pat Marshall Award winner for 2020 -
@ExeterChiefs
Rob Baxter
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It is with great sadness that we have learnt RUWC member and top journalist Gary Baker has passed away. He was such a popular figure on the circuit and will be very much missed by all of us. The RUWC sends our best wishes and condolences to his friends and family.
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🎈
A wonderful afternoon celebrating the incomparable
@JackoRugby
and his recent milestone in Cardiff yesterday!
Rugby writers & broadcasters past and present turned out for the great man.
…How many can you name?
📸 David Rogers
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Great to meet our new (and some current, and old!) members for an overdue informal social in London last night.
A long time since we’ve been able to!
Thank you to all that made it - from Cornwall, Manchester, Staffordshire and round the corner!
🏉🍺
@RUWCOfficial
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🏆🏴
Today the Welsh Rugby Writers presented their player of the season awards for 2022/23 to winners Jac Morgan and Sisilia Tuipulotu.
Llongyfarchiadau!
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The first of our RUWC Tankards goes to Lord Robert Hayward OBE, one of the founders of the
@KXSteelers
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🥳
A huge thank you to all who came to our annual lunch yesterday!
We honoured our Pat Marshall queen
@sarah_hunter8
, spoke to greats, and celebrated tankard winners
@AliceDCooper
, Bee Mocellin
@CheltTigersWRFC
Andy Tsui
@BrumBullsRFC
, David Emery
@TheRugbyPaper
& Phil Pask.
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What a brilliant evening at our second
@RUWCOfficial
charity pub quiz!
Thank you so much to all who attended, quizzed and donated to great causes close to the club’s heart.
Congratulations to the winners, captained by
@pauleddison
😍
And cheers
@royaloaktw1
😎
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🇼🇸🤩
Dan Leo
@danleo82
A second nomination in consecutive years for the tireless campaigner from
@pacificwelfare
, whose work brought reform to the sport's eligibility rules in rugby in 2021.
📷Getty
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It is with great sadness we’ve learned of the death of The Rugby Paper editor David Emery. As outlined by Nick Cain, it was a great honour to mark his enormous contributions to rugby union journalism at our recent lunch. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗡
"It is fitting that David’s sons, Matt and Sam, who have both carried on his legacy at The Rugby Paper, were there to see their father honoured among the great and good of the game"
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Now we begin with Rugby Journalist of the Year and our winner is
@AlexMLowe
of
@TimesSport
👏
#SJA2021
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🚨 Confirmed 🚨
Our Pat Marshall Memorial Award shortlist for 2021:
🏆
@zoealdcroft_
🏆
@Dupont9A
🏆
@AlunWynJones
🏆
@danleo82
🏆 Simon Middleton
🏆
@MarcuSmith10
Congratulations to all.
Who is your 2021 champion? The winner will be revealed soon...
@RUWCOfficial
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Who will follow in the footsteps of
@EmilyScarratt
in winning the RUWC Pat Marshall Award on Monday?
Will it be Faf de Klerk, Michael Leitch, Rassie Erasmus, Alun Wyn Jones or Siya Kolisi?
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In case you missed our big news yesterday… 🏆2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ 🏉
⬇️
Hello
@sarah_hunter8
, we’ve been expecting you…
Presenting; your Pat Marshall Memorial Award Winner for 2022!
Red Rose legend, England caps record holder, and now
@RUWCOfficial
personality of the year.
Congratulations Sarah 🏆🤩
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So who will follow in the footsteps of Jonny Wilkinson, Maggie Alphonsi and Johnny Sexton in winning the RUWC Pat Marshall Award?
The 2020 shortlist is: Faf de Klerk, Rassie Erasmus, Alun Wyn Jones, Siya Kolisi and Michael Leitch.
The winner will be announced on January 13!
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🏆👏🏼
Our first award of the afternoon.
There was only one man who we could hand our Special Award to this year.
The incomparable Kevin Sinfield.
Steve Borthwick tells us: “the way he cares is incredible”
Hear from the man himself here ⬇️
#RUWC23
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It is with great sadness that we have learnt RUWC life member and PA rugby reporter stalwart Terry Cooper has passed away after a long battle with illness. He will be very much missed by all of us.
The RUWC sends our best wishes and condolences to his adored wife Viv and family.
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Best of luck to
@danscho1
@MarkPalmerST
@mdmaylwin
@Nik_Simon88
@robkitson
&
@stephenjones9
- nominated for the Rugby Journalist award by
@SportSJA
#SJA2020
!
🏆🏉
✍️✍️✍️The writing shortlist for the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards is out. Congratulations to all. Chair of judges
@ColinExpress
says category judges blown away by the high standards in a difficult year.
➡️
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🏆🤩
SARAH HUNTER
@sarah_hunter8
The Red Roses captain, who became England’s most capped player in 2022, with her 138th during the World Cup. She also led England to their record-breaking 30-match unbeaten run.
🏴
@EnglandRugby
📸
@GettyImages
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What a fantastic afternoon it was yesterday for our 60th bash!
Thank you to all who came, hosted, ate, drank and chatted away.
It was wonderful to see you all.
Here’s to the next 60 years!
#RUWC60
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All
@RUWCOfficial
are sending love and strength to our friend Miles - a wonderfully evocative broadcaster whose voice and company will be much missed during the
#LionsRugby
series.
Get well soon!
Our much-loved colleague Miles Harrison is recovering from surgery this week for colon cancer. He has asked us to explain his absence from the Lions Tour line up and will be watching avidly from home as he rests and recovers. Everyone at Sky Sports wishes Miles all the very best.
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Congratulations to
@Nik_Simon88
,
@SportSJA
Rugby journalist of the year, with
@danscho1
&
@stephenjones9
second and third!
#SJA2020
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Huge congratulations to our members nominated for
@SportSJA
Rugby Writer of the Year!
🥳
@_AlexBywater
@AlexMLowe
@KateLouiseRowan
@mdmaylwin
@Nik_Simon88
@stephenjones9
Good luck to all on the night!
#SJA2021
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Safe travels to our first two members
@GavinMairs
&
@SunJonnyFordham
now in Johannesburg covering the
#LionsRugby
tour.
A very different one this time, to say the least.
Here we go then - the 2021
#LionsRugby
tour starts here.
Strange old trip with just myself and
@GavinMairs
heading to South Africa.
The
#joburgtwo
will tour on for now.
#firstleg
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🚨 RUWC Lunch news 🚨
We are delighted to confirm our annual lunch will now be held at The Oval cricket ground on May 25.
All members, please note a change in venue & alert your guests.
We cannot wait to welcome you all to
@KiaOvalEvents
@surreycricket
!
Newsletter to follow!
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A perfect note to end on, Gill Burns talks to us all about the incredible rise of the Women’s game.
“In the past Women’s rugby was something quirky and maybe to laugh at; we’ll who’s laughing now?”
@Waterloonumber8
👏🏼👏🏼
#RUWC60
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Today the
@RUWCOfficial
@theofficialfwa
@sportsja
,
@bcomstweet
@sportsmediaLGBT
,
@theltwa
,
@bawa_athletics
,
@basketballbja
,
#cricketwritersclub
joined in asking the government to support freelancers with a base salary, sick pay, defer tax & rent & abolish IR35.
@OliverDowden
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The Pat has been handed to stellar names since 1976…
1976 🏴 Mervyn Davies
1986 🏴
@JiffyRugby
1991 🇦🇺
@Davidcampese11
1997 🏴
@dallaglio8
2001 & 2003 🏴 Martin Johnson
2009 ☘️
@BrianODriscoll
2014 🏴
@EmilyScarratt
2019 🇿🇦
@SiyaKolisi
2021 🇫🇷
@Dupont9A
2022 🏴
@sarah_hunter8
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What a night to raise more than £1,000 for
@CMRF_Crumlin
via our great friend
@RuaidhriOC
at our first annual pub quiz in Twickenham.
Thank you so much to all members who came along and donated so generously.
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Here are the winners to date... who will follow in their footsteps? 2020 winner announced at 5pm today!
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Some sad news to share.
Our good friend John Mason, life member
@RUWCOfficial
& former rugby correspondent of the
@TelegraphSport
, has passed away at the age of 89 in a hospice near his home in Hampton Wick, London.
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🥳 6️⃣0️⃣ 🎈
Today we celebrate the club’s 60th anniversary (two years later than planned…) with a gala lunch in London.
We cannot wait to welcome members and friends for an overdue celebration.
We’ll use
#RUWC60
- so if you’re coming or want to share memories please do too!
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Congratulations to our Pat Marshall Memorial Award winner
@sarah_hunter8
on her impending retirement, capping off a superb career. Have a wonderful day in Newcastle, Sarah!
🌹
All good things come to an end and I’ve had the absolute best….
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🚨🏆🏉
From Devon to… where?
Our prestigious Pat Marshall Award, for the
#rugby
personality of the year, is soon to be changing hands.
Keep your eyes peeled for the shortlist - as voted by
@RUWCOfficial
members - out tomorrow AM.
Who should succeed
@ExeterChiefs
’ Rob Baxter?
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🥳
Today is our special day!
The annual RUWC lunch, where we welcome friends and colleagues to London to celebrate, commiserate and commemorate looking at the year we’ve had.
We cannot wait to see you all later at the Oval!
Use
#RUWC23
throughout the day to share your pics.
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All set for the 2020 RUWC Awards here in London....
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Completing our shortlist for the 2020 RUWC Pat Marshall award is
@JRFURugby
captain Michael Leitch!
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Lovely tribute from
@Peter_Fitz
to our good friend Greg Growden. Much love from all at the
@RUWC
to Greg’s family and friends.
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Brilliant news that Miles is recovering so well that he will “call” the
#LionsRugby
3rd Test v
#SouthAfrica
🇿🇦
@SkySportsRugby
next weekend. Fantastic. All our best to you Miles!
This was always the goal and it is so nice to be able to say things have worked out to allow it to happen. Thanks again for your support helping me to get to this point. So, one more Saturday of pacing up and down and hiding behind the sofa, this viewing lark is not good for me!
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🥳 🏆
Congratulations to
@Nik_Simon88
, the
@SportSJA
Rugby Writer of the Year!
🥈
@GavinMairs
🥉
@_AlexBywater
Well done all!
Making its return year, we have the Rugby Journalist of the Year, and the winner is
@nik_simon88
! He was praised for a 'game-changing' interview on racism. Well done Nik! 🏉
#SJA2023
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🏴🤩
Zoe Aldcroft
@zoealdcroft_
The
@EnglandRugby
Red Rose,
@Glos_PuryWRFC
lock,
@WorldRugby
Player of the Year and a key part of the 18-match unbeaten run that sees the English No 1 in the Women's rankings.
📷Getty
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Desperate to hear new measures for freelancers from
@RishiSunak
tonight. A base salary is essential. There are millions facing ruin due to a glaring shortfall in support for freelance workers.
@RUWCOfficial
call on
@OliverDowden
to support our industry
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🇫🇷 En route à Toulouse &
@Dupont9A
🇫🇷
Follow the Pat Marshall trophy’s journey to our winner from 2021 this weekend with the hashtag #️⃣ ⬇️
#PatPourDupont
🏆
@FranceRugby
@StadeToulousain
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Former Romania captain Mircea Paraschiv is awarded a RUWC Tankard recognising his services to rugby. One of European rugby’s legends.
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🥳 What a lunch!
Fantastic to host you all
@surreycricket
Congratulations to Pat Marshall winner
@Courtney_Lawes
,
@investec
Special Award winner Dr James Robson, tankard winners Tim Grandage
@future_hope
, Allan McGregor
@yorkshire_rfu
@RFU_Refs
& Sue Day
@englandrugby
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🏆🤩
SHAUN EDWARDS
The France defence coach who helped lead them to a first
@SixNationsRugby
grand slam in 12 years - his 52nd career trophy - and an unbeaten year of internationals.
🇫🇷
@FranceRugby
📸
@GettyImages
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Presenting...
🏆 The shortlist for
@RUWCOfficial
's Pat Marshall Memorial Award - as voted for by our members.
Here are our fantastic 4️⃣ from 2022, in alphabetical order... ⬇️
#rugby
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Congratulations to
@RUWCOfficial
members David Rogers &
@Dan_Mullan
who have today been shortlisted for
@SportSJA
Photography awards as part of
#SJA2020
.
Here are some of their
#rugby
snaps for
@GettySport
.
Good luck guys!
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🏆🤩
ANDY FARRELL
The Ireland coach, who masterminded their first ever series win in New Zealand and took his team to No 1 in the world rankings.
☘️
@IrishRugby
📸
@GettyImages
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🤩 Our Fab 4️⃣ in 2022 🤩
ICYMI, here is our four-person shortlist for the Pat Marshall Memorial Award.
Winner to be revealed soon…
🏆🏉
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Baxter topped the annual poll of the club's 250-plus writers, photographers and broadcasters, with other popular nominees including Dan Leo, Nigel Owens, Alun Wyn Jones and Antoine Dupont.
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Sad news from New Zealand; Peter Bush, one of the greatest and best-known rugby photographers, has passed away, aged 93.
'Bushy' was much respected & honoured in his homeland, and he was a Life Member of our club, many of whose members he counted as friends.
Love to his family.
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🏴🤩
Marcus Smith
@MarcuSmith10
The boy-wonder who inspired
@Harlequins
to their first
@premrugby
title since 2012, then went on to star with
@EnglandRugby
and joined the
@lionsofficial
tour.
📷Getty
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Out on December 31 - the shortlist for the 2020 RUWC Pat Marshall Award given to the man or woman who has made the biggest impact on rugby over the last year. Johnny Sexton took home the trophy in 2019 - who will win it this year?
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Salubrious suburban setting for this afternoon’s crunch cricketing clash between
@RUWCOfficial
&
@premrugby
at
@Richmondcricket
!
All supporters welcome down to Old Deer Park — first ball around 4pm.
Pitch report to follow… 🏏
#RUWCvPRL
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Jonathan Sexton won the 2019 Pat Marshall Award - a trophy recognising the player/coach who has made the biggest impact on the game over the last year.
Tonight we announce who the RUWC members have voted for to win the 2020 edition...
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More
@RUWCOfficial
members and friends nominated for
#SJA2020
, this time broadcast awards!
👏🏼🏆🏉
Congrats
@Sonjamclaughlan
,
@MrAndrewCotter
,
@andNickMullins
and
@chjones9
&
@ugomonye
for
@5liveSport
#Rugby
Union Weekly Podcast
@SportSJA
📹🎙️It's here. Shortlists for the broadcast categories in the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 2020, sponsored by
@tnluk
and
@CanonUKandIE
#SJA2020
➡️
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The
@Springboks
captain Siya Kolisi is next up on the RUWC shortlist for the Pat Marshall Award....
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Wonderful shift from
@simonrug
leading our Welsh 🏴 arm for six years!
And welcome
@_AlexBywater
to an important role making sure everyone has the best access, facilities and support they need to execute their journalism.
Diolch yn fawr Simon 👏🏼
So, after six years as chairman of the Welsh Rugby Writers Association that’s me done. It was a good way to sign off tonight as compère at our 50th anniversary dinner at the Arms Park, with some great guests to interview. A lovely evening. It’s been a blast!
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It’s time for the 2020 Rugby Union Writers’ Club shortlist for the Pat Marshall Award.
The honour dates back to 1976 and is handed to the player or coach who has made the biggest impact in rugby over the last year...
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Keep your eyes on this Twitter account at 5pm (GMT) when we announce the winner of the RUWC Personality of the Year!
Will it be Dan Leo, Rob Baxter, Nigel Owens, Antoine Dupont or Alun Wyn Jones who wins the Pat Marshall Award?
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Our friends over in Ireland have announced their award winners for 2020-2021.
🏆 Congrats to Robbie Henshaw & Béibhinn Parsons!
We're delighted to announce our winners for the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Awards for the 2020/2021 season.
Robbie Henshaw has been voted men's Player of the Year and Béibhinn Parsons has been named women's Player of the Year.
Congratulations to Robbie & Béibhinn!
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Presenting…
Your Pat Marshall Memorial Award famous 5️⃣ for 2023-24!
Nominee 1️⃣
WAYNE BARNES
@WayneBarnesRef
Back on the shortlist, as in 2022, having retired from refereeing after taking charge of the 2023 World Cup final. A great servant to the game
📸
@GettyImages
#Pat2024
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Fantastic to see so many members take part in our AGM this morning.
Important topics aired & discussed thoroughly with friends and colleagues in good spirits.
As always we aim to represent and further the interests of our membership & will continue in that vein!
🏉🗞🎙💻 🏉
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All at RUWC are incredibly saddened to learn that our friend Robin Davey has passed away.
Robin was a great servant of the Argus for more than 40 years and will be missed.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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Presenting...
🏆The shortlist for
@RUWCOfficial
's Pat Marshall Memorial Award - as voted for by our 280 members.
Here are our sensational 6️⃣ from 2021, in alphabetical order... ⬇️
#rugby
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Thank you to all members who took the time to vote. The winner will be revealed soon!
Who would be your rugby personality of the year for 2022?
#rugby
Wayne Barnes
446
Shaun Edwards
61
Andy Farrell
89
Sarah Hunter
145
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✍🏼 🏆
Congratulations to members
@Nik_Simon88
&
@AlexMLowe
for their
@SportSJA
nominations for their rugby writing!
There is no rugby category this year, but they’ve made it anyway. 👏🏼
🎙️Elsewhere
@chjones9
’s
@5liveSport
Rugby Union Weekly up for the podcast prize!
#SJA2022
🌟 Wrapping up the
#SJA2022
Writing shortlists, here's Specialist Correspondent...
@AlexMLowe
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@TimesSport
@jcorrigangolf
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@TelegraphSport
@Athersmike
- Times
@Nik_Simon88
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@MailSport
@riathalsam
- Mail
@seaningle
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@guardian_sport
Tmrw: Broadcast shortlists 👀
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🏴 🏆
Congratulations to Morgan Morris - our Welsh Rugby Writers' Association young player of year for last season!
“I’m very pleased,” he said. “It’s you guys [the media] who keep us in jobs so this is good! If people think I’m getting better every year it's nice to hear.”
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🏴🤩
Simon Middleton
@EnglandRugby
Red Roses coach, mastermind of the their 18-match unbeaten run that saw the women rise to No 1 in the rankings, beat the
@BlackFerns
by record scores twice, and him crowned
@WorldRugby
Coach of the Year in 2021.
📷Getty
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