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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor
New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.
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/ 1 year agoNew Zealand and Canada get act together
SEMI-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL NEW Zealand booked their place in the final with a convincing second-half performance to claim a...
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/ 1 year agoBattling China put down a marker for future
QUARTER-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL IT WAS always going to be a difficult challenge for this valiant China side as they...
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/ 1 year agoGolden girls put in final flourish
By WILLIAM GUPWELL New Zealand................ 19pts Tries: Pouri-Lane 2, Blyde 8, Waaka 13 Conversions: Pouri-Lane 2, King 8 Canada ........................... 12pts...
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/ 1 year agoBronze for USA as they grab dramatic win over Aussies
3RD-12TH PLACE WRAP By SAM JACKSON Joy: USA celebrate winning bronze EMILIE Bydwell became the first female head coach to win...
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/ 1 year agoPortia takes her leave in fine style
By PAUL EDDISON at Stade de France SEVENS queen Portia Woodman-Wickliffe bowed out in the perfect manner as New Zealand retained...
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/ 1 year agoPOOL A WRAP
NEW Zealand cruised through their pool with big wins over China (435), Canada (33-7), and Fiji (38-7). Michaela Blyde scored four...
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/ 1 year agoPOOL B WRAP
AUSTRALIA topped the pool with three impressive wins. They got off to a flying start against South Africa with Maddison Levi...
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/ 1 year agoPOOL C WRAP
FRANCE’S Seraphine Okemba followed in Maddison Levi, Michaela Blyde and Perry Baker’s footsteps, becoming the fourth player of the 2024 Games...
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/ 1 year agoHastings opens up options for Townsend
By JOE SANTAMARIA IF YOU were to ask two different Scotland fans for their assessment of the tour of the Americas,...
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/ 1 year agoSouth American quintet who could sparkle in Europe
BRISTOL made headlines this week with the signing of Argentina U20 full-back Benjamin Elizalde, below, ahead of the new season. Elizalde...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoJoe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions
Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...
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/ 1 year agoFrance show us how to do it – again
NICK CAIN THE 2024 Olympic Sevens was a massive showcase for Antoine Dupont’s extraordinary sporting talent, but also for rugby union,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoWhy SVNS makes sense for the future
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in...
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/ 1 year agoWallabies need to get back in swing
SO here’s the question: will they be any good? The Wallabies, that is. Joe Schmidt, the latest New Zealander to cross...
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/ 1 year agoFANTASY RUGBY 2024/25
PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...
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/ 1 year agoFarrell loves it, says Robinson
■By JOE HARVEY JASON Robinson always knew that his Wigan Warriors teammate Andy Farrell would go onto great things as a...
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/ 1 year agoDREAM TEAM
TOBY FREEMAN, THE FORMER EXETER, ORDIZIA, ROTHERHAM, NOTTINGHAM, CORNISH PIRATES & HARLEQUINS LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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/ 1 year agoHastings backs Russell
■By JOE HARVEY Class act: Finn Russell in action for Bath and, inset, Gavin Hastings PICTURES: Getty Images FINN Russell might...
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/ 1 year agoFearless beach boy who ran with Lions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER Morgan’s day would begin at the crack of dawn on a Pembrokeshire...
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Features
/ 1 year agoLions must work for pack
A YEAR AHEAD OF THE 2025 LIONS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW ANDY FARRELL’S TEAM MIGHT LINE UP...
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/ 1 year agoCall me The Stag – but I was stuck with Bambi
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND GLASGOW HAWKS/WARRIORS, WATERLOO AND BEDFORD BACK ROWER RORY McKAY IT’S been great...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoIt was good to see Scotland support for T2
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Captured: Gus Warr in action against Canada PICTURE:...
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/ 1 year agoIncrease the teams in Olympic Sevens
SOMETIMES you just have to say well done. To witness six days of raucous sell-outs at the Stade de France for...
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/ 1 year ago’74 Lions failed to impress the doyen
NO sooner had I finished my trip down memory lane last week with the 1974 Lions than I stumbled across John...
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/ 1 year agoMcCall out to build new dynasty at Saracens
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES FACING EX-CHAMPIONS AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE WITHOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO LAST season marked the end of...
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/ 1 year agoFijian speedster leading the way
Ben Jaycock reports on the comings and goings in England’s second tier ahead of the new season which kicks off next...
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/ 1 year agoNew leaders for old rivalries
The Rugby Championship preview Paul Rees predicts that New Zealand and South Africa will battle for top spot - but it...
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/ 1 year agoYOUNG GUNS
CAIOJAMES WALES U18 & GLOUCESTER FLANKER Pocket rocket back row Caio James is unusually short for his position among the piano...
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/ 1 year agoMitchell names 40-player training squad
Top of the world: Red Roses with the WXV 1 trophy PICTURES: Getty Images JOHN Mitchell has named a 40-player Red...
