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Letters
/ 1 year agoParisse deserves place in pantheon
TALKING of “modern greats” – no, we’re not referring to the Oxford University degree course of the same name, which sporting...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoSuperstar Parisse signs off in style
By BEN JAYCOCK Glasgow............................. 19pts Tries: Steyn 55, 73; Cancelliere 68 Conversions: Horne 56, 74 Toulon ............................... 43pts Tries: Serin 4,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoParisse and Ollivon sparkle
NICK CAIN Toulon's 43-19 European Challenge Cup victory over Glasgow was notable not just for the style in which the French...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoNegri’s keen on Parisse clash
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Preview Toulon v Benetton Today. Kick off 12.30pm SEBASTIAN Negri is relishing the prospect of being on...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoParisse, a tower of strength at No.8
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It stank to high heaven at the time, as sins against sporting justice always do, and the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoItaly great Parisse to call time this summer
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Italy captain Sergio Parisse will retire at the end of the season. The 39-year-old previously announced he would...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoParisse has too much class as Toulon give Bath lesson
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Toulon .................29pts Tries: Wainiqolo 14, Rabut 23, Deavaux 37 Cordin 54 Conversions: Biggar 15, 24, 38 Penalties: Biggar...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEvergreen Parisse set to join the 500 club
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Amassing 500 matches among the European elite requires surviving an endurance test of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoParisse returns for more – at 38!
LEGENDARY Italian number eight Sergio Parisse has signed up for another year of Top 14 rugby with Toulon – at the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoParisse defies the odds… and gravity
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBigi gets the job of replacing Parisse
By GARY FITZGERALD NEW Italy captain, hooker Luca Bigi, hopes the arrival of Franco Smith will herald a successful era for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: England game provides Sergio Parisse with perfect curtain fall
Italy's talismanic No.8 can bow out on his own terms, with a stock of flourishing back rows ready to pick up...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEngland game provides Parisse with perfect exit
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Titan: Sergio Parisse is set to add to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoParisse’s farewell is worthy of the man
NO PLAYER in any theatre of international sport, however great, has ever had the right to dictate where and when he...
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Features
/ 6 years agoParisse deserves much more
A SHAME that the longest international career of the 21st century should have been condemned to the most anti-climactic of finishes...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoProud Parisse hopes for the best
SERGIO Parisse will start his record-equaling fifth World Cup by leading Italy out against Namibia. The 36-year-old No.8 will join his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup veterans put in the shade by Parisse
MAMUKA Gorgodze will not be the only player in Japan appearing in his fourth World Cup. A couple of them are...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoWainwright shows Parisse how to do it
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW SERGIOParisse has spent 17 seasons in the Six Nations without ever coming remotely...
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Features
/ 7 years agoItalian legend Parisse set for a thrilling final chapter
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to iconic Italy No.8 Sergio Parisse at the start of a huge 12 months Giant killer: Sergio Parisse...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoLock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Seb Negri for Italy
Brendan Gallagher suggests how Italy can transform themselves in time for the Japan Rugby World Cup
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Features
/ 8 years agoLock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Negri
Questions: Conor O’Shea Strong man: Sergio Parisse PICTURE: Getty Images Italy captain Sergio Parisse, who makes his 64th Six Nations start...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoParisse’s musketeers on target for Stade
DAVID BARNES The three musketeers of Stade Francais stood firm as ringleaders of the strike that killed off a proposed takeover...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPeerless Parisse leads his nearly men to glory
From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield STADE Francais have been Europe’s nearly men for so long they must have thought they were...
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Features
/ 9 years agoParisse is preparing for famous farewell
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Stade Francais are preparing for their Challenge Cup showdown with Gloucester this week with, at first sight,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEllis unfazed by Parisse as Bath bid to end 9-year wait for trophy
By NEALE HARVEY Enjoying life in back row: Bath flanker Tom Ellis UNSUNG flanker Tom Ellis aims to complete a stellar...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 9 years agoGloucester make big money move to land Parisse
GLOUCESTER have emerged as surprise suitors for Italian skipper Sergio Parisse with Stade Francais struggling to stay in business. The Paris...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher comment: Why Sergio Parisse will always be a winner in defeat
Sergio Parisse fascinates me. He comfortably makes the top five all-round rugby players I have reported on over the last ten...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoCastro out but Parisse is back for Italy
Martin Castrogiovanni has been ruled out of Saturday’s clash with England but influential captain Sergio Parisse returns at No.8. The former Leicester...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSergio Parisse rested by Italy
Sergio Parisse has been rested by Italy ahead of Saturday’s game against Ireland. The talismanic captain picked up a knock in...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoDREAM TEAM
MATT ROGERSON, THE WORCESTER WARRIORS AND FORMER SALE SHARKS, JERSEY REDS, LONDON IRISH AND LEICESTER TIGERS BACK ROW, SELECTS THE BEST...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoChile make Italy work
■By SAM JACKSON Italy ................ 34 Chile .................19 ITALY won two autumn internationals for the second time in their history, but...
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 months agoThe Biggest Upsets in International Rugby History
Despite being dominated by a handful of nations, rugby is a sport full of surprises. Underdog teams have shocked the sport’s...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoPeter Jackson: Stat watch – Gareth Chilcott still top as French clubs racking up the most cards
Peter Jackson breaks the news to Gareth Chilcott that his six sendings-off during his career is still a record After more...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoThis Italian squad are good – but not quite their best side
By Brendan Gallagher Having reported on Italy since the early 1990s, I wouldn’t hesitate to nominate the current crop as...
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Guest Blogs
/ 11 months agoThe Greatest to Ever Play the Six Nations?
As the 25th edition of the Guinness Six Nations gets underway, a topic that every fan with Six Nations tickets wants...
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Chris Hewett
/ 11 months agoLet us permit No.8s freedom of expression
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed The great and good of World Rugby are clearly intent on turning scrum-halves into the...
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Dream Team
/ 12 months agoDream Team – Michael van Vuuren
Michael van Vurren, the former junior Springbok, Cheetahs, Stade Francais, Kings, Leicester, Bath, London Scottish, London Irish, Northampton, Bedford, Ampthill, Ealing,...
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Features
/ 12 months agoI was astonished when Leicester got in touch
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MICHAEL VAN VUUREN THE FORMER JUNIOR SPRINGBOK, CHEETAHS, STADE FRANCAIS, KINGS, LEICESTER, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LONDON IRISH, NORTHAMPTON,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoTime to recognise Etzebeth’s talents
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S THE World Rugby annual awards tonight, held...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDominguez helped Italy break into rugby’s elite
RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER TELLS HOW ITALY PLAYED THEIR WAY INTO THE TOP TIER OF EUROPEAN RUGBY Brendan Gallagher looks at...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDREAM TEAM
NATHAN BONNER-EVANS, THE FORMER WALES A, NEATH, SWANSEA, OSPREYS, SALE SHARKS AND LONDON WELSH BACK-ROW FORWARD, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV FROM...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoNorthampton’s brilliant trio are leaving the club in the best hands
BRENDAN GALLAGHER You don’t always get what you deserve in sport, not least when it comes to the send-off you dream...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLudlow’s up for the Sharks challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Despite suffering a 14-try whitewash last weekend and finishing second bottom in the Premiership for a second straight...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoTime of goodwill to all (well, nearly all)
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER hands out his Christmas goodies... HO HO HO. I’m normally more of a scrooge than a Santa...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoItaly crushed by rampant France
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER France.................................60pts Tries: Penaud 2, 37; Bielle-Biarrey 12, Ramos 21, Jalibert 46, Mauvaka 53, Moefana 63, 75 Conversions: Ramos...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks’ determination pleasing Fitzpatrick
Sean Fitzpatrick was surprised by the manner in which New Zealand dismantled Italy last Friday night, but is confident the All...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoBest Rugby Players of All Time
Rugby is a competitive team sport with a high level of physicality and strategy. The two main variations are Rugby Union...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoTime for an elite 16-team contest
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST OCTOBER 2003 was a busy old month, what with Mother Teresa being beatified by Pope John Paul...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoSorry we won’t see Hooper in France
CHRIS HEWETT Wayne Shelford lost matches as captain of the All Blacks as often as he finished second in hand-to-hand combat....
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoCrowley’s quick exit was not deserved
NICK CAIN The most discordant note struck in the international game this week was Kieran Crowley’s axing by Italy. Crowley’s contribution...
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