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/ 10 years agoI want to be England’s starting No.1, Mako Vunipola tells Eddie Jones
Mako Vunipola is determined to be the No.1 name on Eddie Jones‘ first England team-sheet. And the 20st loose-head prop does...
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/ 10 years agoOlly Barkley is backing Danny Cipriani to stake England claim
Danny Cipriani has his “best chance” of claiming the England No.10 jersey according to former Red Rose fly-half Olly Barkley, who...
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/ 10 years agoTime to make Dylan Hartley England captain, Eddie
Hooker would make a superb England captain according to Northampton first team coach.
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/ 10 years agoEddie Jones has the brains to look beyond the brawn
Hugh Vyvyan reckons Eddie Jones‘ international nous makes it virtually impossible for him to fail as England head coach given the...
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/ 10 years agoWales bid to keep Shaun Edwards from RFU
Wales have presented Shaun Edwards with a brand new contract and asked him to sign on for four more years. The...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoLions Tour 2017: Schedule threatens to undermine pinnacle
Lack of prep time and finals of Premiership and Pro12 could prove major blunder in the face of rugby's biggest test,...
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/ 10 years agoEddie Jones rules out England role
Former Japan coach keen to stick with Super Rugby
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/ 10 years agoLancaster steps down as England coach
RFU suggests Lancaster step down after review panel reaches disappointing conclusion
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/ 10 years agoFailure to perform leaves Pacific Islanders in mess – Kahn Fotuali’i
Kahn Fotuali’i has described the possibility of Samoa failing to qualify for the next World Cup in Japan as “potentially devastating”...
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/ 10 years agoEngland moaners should keep traps shut blasts Danny Care
Danny Care has launched a broadside at anonymous members of England‘s failed World Cup squad for airing their personal grievances in...
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/ 10 years agoVIDEO: New Zealand beat Australia to win third World Cup
New Zealand have become the first country to win the World Cup three times after defeating Australia 34-17 in the final...
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/ 10 years agoGet Warren Gatland in and sort RFU mess says Mike Friday
RFU chiefs must pay whatever it takes to buy Warren Gatland out of his Wales contract, according to former England 7s...
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/ 10 years agoBasic errors by Stuart Lancaster cost us says Mike Friday
Critical pre-tournament errors in selection by head coach Stuart Lancaster and a failure to deploy X-factor players during losses to Wales...
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/ 10 years agoWales give moneybags England a £1.2m hand-off over Warren Gatland
Wales have issued a ‘hands-off’ warning to England over Warren Gatland. England have been urged to do everything they can to...
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/ 10 years agoPicking Sam Burgess upset England morale blasts Gareth Chilcott
England’s obsession with Sam Burgess should cost Stuart Lancaster his job.
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/ 10 years agoScott Spedding aims to rule skies in epic battle with Rob Kearney
France full-back Scott Spedding is expecting an aerial dogfight with Ireland rival Rob Kearney. Les Bleus will battle it out with...
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/ 10 years agoJames Horwill: Wales play into Wallaby hands
Wales‘ preference for open, attacking rugby could play into Australian hands on Saturday when the sides meet in Cardiff, according to...
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/ 10 years agoNehe Milner-Sukker can fire the All Blacks charge
Nehe Milner-Skudder has few peers at this World Cup when it comes to tripping the light fantastic down a rugby field....
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/ 10 years agoSteve Borthwick turns Japan into Land of Rising Scrum
Japan’s pack, once the butt of jokes and considered little more than a speed-bump on the way to the try-line by...
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/ 10 years agoAll Blacks by far the best 31 says Sean Fitzpatrick
England have no world-class players according to All Black legend.
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/ 10 years agoLaurie Fisher: Can Wallabies win five on the trot?
Gloucester coach questions Wallabies’ ability to turn up for consecutive big games ahead of two gruelling weeks in the Pool of...
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/ 10 years agoNick Farr-Jones: Wobbly pack is huge worry for Wallabies
Australia have a great track record of winning the World Cup in UK after victories in 1991 and 1999, but...
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/ 10 years agoJamie Roberts: We’ve done the prep to ace finals
Jamie Roberts reckons Wales have done their revision to pass their toughest examination yet. Wales have unfinished business at the World...
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/ 10 years agoShane Byrne: Joe Schmidt will get Ireland into last four
Shane Byrne believes Joe Schmidt has found a formula which could lead Ireland to World Cup glory. The former Ireland international...
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/ 10 years agoEngland will beat Fiji, but performance is key says Mike Tindall
World Cup winner challenged Lancaster’s troops to beat Fiji in style and send fear into their Pool A rivals.
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/ 10 years agoSerge Betsen backs Chris Robshaw and England to make it to the final
England’s back-row is not in the same class as Australia and Wales but the legendary French flanker is still tipping Stuart...
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/ 10 years agoLegend Jason Robinson backs Anthony Watson to win it for England
World Cup winner reckons Bath flyer is England’s best winger.
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/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson tells England: be clinical, seize the day
England will have to score at least three tries a game if they want to avoid an early exit from the...
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/ 10 years agoWallabies can exploit Red Rose uncertainty says Matt Burke
Wallabies legend believes Australia can make it a hat-trick of World Cup wins on UK soil.
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/ 10 years agoWorkaholic Henry Slade was never going to be fazed
Exeter academy manager Robin Cowling has backed rookie Henry Slade to take his World Cup call-up in his stride. Slade’s superb...
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/ 10 years agoNemani Nadolo plans Pool of Death opener shock for England
Fijian juggernaut Nemani Nadolo has England in his sights and intends to blow the World Cup wide open with victory on...
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/ 11 years agoOpenside duo key for Wallabies says George Smith
Breakdown master George Smith has backed Australia to cause England and Wales no end of trouble in the ‘Pool of Death’...
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/ 11 years agoMike Friday: England have no midfield X-factor without Kyle Eastmond
Kyle Eastmond’s World Cup omission betrays a startling lack of England ambition, according to former Sevens boss Mike Friday. Friday says...
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/ 11 years agoPool of Death holds no fear for Nikola Matawalu’s classy Islanders
“Fiji mean business at this World Cup”
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/ 11 years agoOutsiders Fiji will take a big scalp warns Bob Dwyer
1991 winning coach adamant Fiji will be England or Wales at World Cup.
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/ 11 years agoSam Hidalgo-Clyne Is the man for Scotland – Scott Hastings
Scott Hastings says it is time Scotland ditched skipper Greig Laidlaw to give Sam Hidalgo-Clyne his chance at scrum-half. Hidalgo-Clyne, 21,...
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/ 11 years agoWing king Anthony Watson has hero Quade Cooper in his sights
Anthony Watson could face one of his boyhood heroes when England clash with Australia in their crunch World Cup qualifier at...
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/ 11 years agoJamie George is England’s form hooker, says Alistair Hargreaves
Alistair Hargreaves has backed Jamie George’s World Cup bid, claiming boss Stuart Lancaster would “make a huge mistake” if he omits...
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/ 11 years agoEngland in need of big Semesa Rokoduguni’s physicality says Matt Banahan
Semesa Rokoduguni deserves a shot at World Cup glory according to Matt Banahan, who insists his Bath colleague would offer England...
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/ 11 years agoDean Mumm opens up about World Cup dream
Dean Mumm is nothing if not determined. Having packed away his boots after leading Exeter Chiefs to a resounding victory over...
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/ 11 years agoMike Brown fit and firing says Andy Farrell
Mike Brown is winning his fitness battle ahead of England‘s opening World Cup warm-up game after emerging unscathed from his first...
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/ 11 years agoRichard Haughton targeting World Cup… as a referee!
Former Saracens and Wasps winger Richard Haughton is aiming to follow the Glen Jackson route to refereeing stardom after taking up...
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/ 11 years agoEngland and Wales stars being ‘shot to bits’
England and Wales have been warned that their players will be ‘shot to pieces’ before their three-Test series in Australasia at...
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/ 11 years agoHooper cited for incident in Wallabies’ win over Argentina
Australia openside alleged to have struck opponent in the lead-up to Dean Mumm's superb try
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International Rugby
/ 11 years agoSchmidt extends deal with IRFU to 2017
The IRFU have confirmed that Joe Schmidt has signed a new contract to 2017. The former Leinster coach has gone from...
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International Rugby
/ 11 years agoSpringboks change eight for New Zealand clash
Heyneke Meyer has made eight changes for South Africa‘s match against the All Blacks this weekend. Of the three changes to...
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International Rugby
/ 11 years agoBoks made to sweat on Coetzee and Matfield as injury list mounts
The defeated Springboks are waiting on injuries to Marcell Coetzee and Victor Matfield ahead of their clash with New Zealand on...
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/ 11 years agoFight to the death will bring best out of Billy Twelvetrees
Billy Twelvetrees insists he is excited rather than daunted by the battle raging around England’s coveted No.12 jersey as the clock...
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/ 11 years agoVersatile Henry Slade is ready to mash the monsters
Henry Slade insists taking on world rugby‘s midfield monsters would not faze him, with the versatile England back saying he would...
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/ 11 years agoCalum Clark takes Richie McCaw as his World Cup inspiration
Northampton flanker insists his days of worrying are over and he will let his performances do the talking
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