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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoEddie got ‘bullet train’ game back on track
The term ‘bullet train rugby’ – almost too fast for the eye, direct, unstoppable – beautifully describes Japanese rugby at present....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoYou are all my aces Naomi tells Blossoms
JAPAN’S players received a good luck message from local tennis star Naomi Osaka, right, ahead of today’s quarter-final against South Africa....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLeitch is new hero for man in sumo suit
Nick Cain looks at the impact Japan’s World Cup giant-killing is having on the whole country THE day after Japan had...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLet’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men
CAIN OPINION FROM JAPAN EVERY WEEK THE legacy of Gerald Davies and Shane Williams, the sensationally talented Wales and Lions wingers,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWe’re a very different team from four years ago warns Pollard
By ADAM HATHAWAY History men: Japan beat South Africa in Brighton in 2015 SOUTH African fly-half Handre Pollard has refused to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoIt’s about time the law makers got hookers to toe the line
NICK READ HIS EXPERT THE Not-Straight scourge is spreading. Having already devalued the scrum as a contest by allowing scrum-halves to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoJapan players will be humble even if they beat the Boks
By TOM BRADSHAW NEVERMIND the so-called Miracle of Brighton in 2015, when Japan stunned South Africa with their lastminute 34-32 win,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMarler becomes a PR for Saracens
JOE Marler kept a lid on his disappointment in Beppu this week after losing out to Mako Vunipola as the starting...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoScottish fans call for Townsend head but he’ll get Six Nations
By NICK CAIN at Yokohama Stadium Irrepressible: Keita Inagaki evades Stuart Hogg to score Japan’s third try THE knee-jerk reaction after...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoYoung guns set to bump off the old guard
Tom Bradshaw says the Scots let themselves down on and off the field Half-an-hour into their defeat in Yokohama, there came...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAmos eager to finally end his role as bridesmaid
By ALEX BYWATER HALLAM Amos made his Wales debut in 2013 and Japan is his second World Cup – but with...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBarrett brothers lead the charge
New Zealand…63 Canada……………0 NEW Zealand scored nine tries to record their second convincing win. Brothers Beauden, Jordie and Scott Barrett all...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBall’s back on steam in Welsh boiler room
By ALEX BYWATER Hard yards: Jake Ball on the charge against Australia FROM forgotten man to irreplaceable World Cup star, Jake...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBitter sweet as Fiji show us what we have missed
FIJI’S road from bust to boom at the World Cup was illustrated by some superb attacking rugby in their 45-10 trouncing...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBoks put the hammer down as Italy implode
From ADAM HATHAWAY Quick feet: Cheslin Kolbe gets past Michele Campagnaro on his way to scoring South Africa’s third try SOUTH...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMcKee plots to spoil pal Gatland’s party
By ALEX BYWATER JOHN McKee has known Warren Gatland for nearly two decades, but the Fiji head coach is still determined...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoSisi: Red turned match but we’ll stick by Lovotti
ITALIAN lock David Sisi refused to blame prop Andrea Lovotti’s sending off for Italy’s capitulation and offered support to the distraught...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoHope has turned into belief after Aussie win
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Word class rugby: Hadleigh Parkes score against Australia PICTURE: Getty Images THERE will be no...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWill we get the good, bad or ugly this time?
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Munched: Mick Skinner wipes out Marc Cecillon in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThese spoilt brats need to be pinned down
Nick Cain assesses France and discusses the key areas ahead of Saturday’s big match Double header: Jacques Brunel and Fabien Galthie...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAfter the blood and guts, a little gentle cooing takes place
WHO is this week’s jouer rugby gallant? Which little moment of class, poignancy and/or panache had you nodding in approval. Passing...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFanfare may be muted but England are on a roll
By NICK CAIN ENGLAND became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2019 World Cup and that is...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoHere’s another Mori who can take giant leap
WHILE the cat is away the mice can play. With all the attention on the World Cup there is an opportunity...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoDalyand Itoje helpkeep Eddie’s show on the road
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Quality: Maro Itoje sets the standard Consistent: Tom Curry, left, and Sam Underhill, right, were...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBench men spark late surge for bonus point
By NICK CAIN Breakthrough: Gael Fickou goes over for France’s third try PICTURE: Getty Images Super sub: Baptiste Serin celebrates scoring...
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/ 6 years agoFarrell stays so cool as Zen-like England fly under the radar
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Handbags: But Owen Farrell, No.12 far left, stays out of the melee Cast your mind back exactly four...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBrunel rues high penalty count
FRANCE coach Jacques Brunel praised his replacements for changing the game and securing a bonus point but lamented an error-strewn display....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoPod-life is teeming
THERugby Paper have been sampling down-to-earth accommodation in Kanda in Tokyo this week – living in a pod. The capsules come...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoEngland v Wales in final says Gallagher
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Try machine: John Gallagher scores against Fiji in the 1987 World Cup As...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoIreland’s school of rock
RUMOURSof Ireland starting their own rock band while on tour are circulating after centre Bundee Aki was spotted with a guitar...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoCourageous Pullin turns up again in a new book
OF ALL the speeches made by all the captains of England at post-match dinners, John Pullin’s towers above the rest for...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLingerers beware!
ENGLANDhave been stay- ing in the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district but fans were given strict warnings about approaching...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFiji flyers put on the style after half-time
Georgia……………10 Fiji……………45 FIJI ran in six second-half tries to record their first win of this World Cup and ease past Georgia...
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/ 6 years agoIreland find something to have a beef about
Retort: Andrew Conway IRELAND did not hold back in enjoying the local cuisine while staying in the world capital of prime...
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/ 6 years agoTownsend’s lads keep chase with bonus win
Samoa……………0 Scotland……………34 SCOTLAND revived their hopes of progressing from Pool A with a bonus-point victory over Samoa. Gregor Townsend’s side needed...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMore tackle problems for Cheika’s Wally-bies
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Cutting the line: Tevita Kuridrani runs in Australia’s fourth try PICTURE: Getty Images AUSTRALIA cruised to a comfortable...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWelsh are small fish in this pool
World Cup diary Wales size: But this Lake Biwa monster evaded the Welsh players WALES’ players claimed a big scalp with...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBlossoms’ late score puts heat on Scotland
By GARY FITZGERALD First blood: Timothy Lafaele beats the tackle of Alapati Leiua to score Japan’s opening try Big score: Matsushima...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoGeorgia turn on the power to bury Los Teros
Georgia……………33 Uruguay……………7 GEORGIA scored five tries to bring Uruguay crashing down to earth at Kumagaya Stadium following the South Americans’ shock...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoHiromi ensures we’re not lost in translation
THE English Press pack were not impressed when they turned up at Tokyo’s £500-a-night Conrad Hotel for a Japan media conference...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoOur belief is growing with each game says Lubuschagne
FLANKER Pieter Labuschagne can feel- Japan’s belief growing with each game. The Brave Blossoms’ South African-born captain enthused: “We wanted to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWales withstand Wallaby revival to claim epic win
By SAM JACKSON Diving in: Gareth Davies goes over to score Wales’ second try WALES held off a fierce Wallaby fightback...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAnother big prize in Japan
LAST YEAR’S Melbourne Cup was won by Cross Counter, trained in Newmarket by Charlie Appleby, and more Brits got their hands...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoIreland blow hot and cold after captain Sexton exits
From TOM BRADSHAW in Kobe Relief: Andrew Conway scores the bonus-point try A TYPHOON was threatening to blow into Kobe in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoDan will be ‘ready to go for Fiji’
DAN Biggar should be fit to face Fiji after a head injury forced him off. “As far as I understand, he...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoPocock the tree-hugger
AUSTRALIAN flanker David Pocock is wellknown for his stance on environmental issues and he was flying the flag ag ain in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLyn: We’re raising bar in Russia
RUSSIA coach Lyn Jones heralded the performance as a leap forward for Tier 2 rugby. He said: “The whole occasion was...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFast games suit super-fit Wales says training guru
By ALEX BYWATER Belief: Ryan Chambers WALES’ World Cup campaign couldn’t have gone much better to date and off the field...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThere’s no pleasure in Domes full of sweat
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ”Closing the roof of a stadium in a country with such high humidity...
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/ 6 years agoPolledri power puts the Azzurri on front foot
JAKE Polledri led the charge as Italy scored seven tries to secure a bonuspoint win against Canada. Forwards Braam Steyn and...
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