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Columnists
/ 7 years agoRadradra has been my player of the tournament
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK WALES must be licking their lips with the prospect of France as their quarter- final...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGive us more top level games, plead Uruguay
By ALEX BYWATER URUGUAY captain Juan Gaminara has told World Rugby the South Americans must take on the game’s best sides...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFans have spent £5,000 and not seen one game
THEREwere thousands of disappointed England fans milling around Tokyo after the announcement that their Pool match against France was cancelled because...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSadness behind Klim’s big journey
Alex Bywater talks to Namibia’s Lesley Klim about the problems he faced in his early life World stage: George Bridge of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy hotel was swaying like a huge concrete tree
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A PART from the spatterings of rain on the glass window of my...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMake Pacific Islands rugby’s West Indies
SO another World Cup is barely halfway through and all the Pacific Islands are on the way home – or rather...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDiane’s smile caps a glorious debut for Scotland’s star man
ALL sorts of contenders for the jouer de rugby gallant t-shirt this week. The ever smiling Schalk Brits enjoyed what could...
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Features
/ 7 years agoOwen and Billy are Eddie problems
Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo to find Eddie Jones confronted by some big selectorial decisions Not at their best: Owen Farrell,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoForce majeure…life is a calculated risk!
Brendan Gallagher recalls other cases when extreme weather or random events have affected sport THE great and the good, not to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCancelled game will help Welsh chances
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS WALES are battered and bruised, but they are also battle-hardened for the World Cup’s quarter-finals...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoAvoiding England could give French a shot in the arm
SO England top the Pool and escape an attritional game and potential injuries by avoiding France, who can rest up ahead...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s a shambles and that’s all down to World Rugby
COLIN BOAG It’s six years since the Oxford English Dictionary first included ‘omnishambles’ in its pages, and there can rarely have...
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Features
/ 7 years agoKamikaze man Siggy has made real impact
Just before the collision it is essential that you do not shut your eyes for a moment so as not to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScotland’s law threat is wrong says former star
By TOM BRADSHAW SCOTTISH Rugby are “completely wrong” to have raised the threat of legal action over World Rugby’s handling of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSports lawyer: Sadly, Scots will have to accept it
BEN Ticehurst, a senior associate at Howard Kennedy solicitors in London and part of the firm’s Sports Law group, told The...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSharks must show more bite in attack
Brendan Gallagher assesses the runners and riders in the new Premiership title race More firepower: Mark Wilson is on a one-season...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEddie gets a reminder from super Spencer
By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Spencer shrugged off his World Cup snub to showcase his prodigious all-round skills and help secure Sarries...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCan anyone stop these All Blacks?
Nick Cain evaluates the chances of the last eight teams in the World Cup quarter-finals England v Australia: Matt Toomua, left,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIt’s a shock but Eddie did warn us says Jamie
From ADAM HATHAWAY ENGLAND hooker Jamie George has backed head coach Eddie Jones’ inside knowledge of the Japanese way of life...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAussies are dangerous – I know says Robshaw!
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones may feel the ‘typhoon gods’ have smiled on England by gifting them more quarter-final preparation time...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones really doesn’t care if Scotland miss out on World Cup quarter-finals
England head coach Eddie Jones has said only Scotland will be to blame if they fail to progress out of their...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhat to do about minnows?
The Rugby World Cup has caught the imagination of the spectators in Japan as well as audiences on television across the...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: The truth about why Mendez punched Paul Ackford
The first shock result of the World Cup fittingly provided by the hosts, Japan, against Ireland will certainly have focused the minds...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs keeping an eye on Welsh scrum-half Rhys Webb
Current first-choice scrum-half Nic White will leave Sandy Park at the end of the season and here's why Webb could leave...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby cancels England’s clash with France as ‘violent’ Typhoon Hagibis stays on course
Tournament organisers cancel two matches with concerns now being raised about Scotland's crunch match against Japan
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: England v Wales in World Cup final, says John Gallagher
As the first Englishman to win the World Cup and the only one to retire unbeaten, John Gallagher made the most...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: There’s no pleasure in Domes full of sweat
Nick Cain explores the sweltering conditions of Japan made more energy-sapping by the closure of the roof at stadiums such as...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNic White to leave Exeter Chiefs and make Brumbies return
White is currently on duty with Australia at the Rugby World Cup
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFast games suit super-fit Wales says training guru
How sports science has Wales ready to be unbroken in the humid conditions of Japan
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Hope has turned into belief after win over Aussies
How Wales' win over the Wallabies changed their outlook for the rest of the World Cup
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoBilly Vunipola to have scan on ankle and won’t be risked for France clash
An ankle injury England are acting unconcerned about and a Super Typhoon which people are concerned about
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Featured
/ 7 years agoProblems will exist in the Pacific until we get a professional team, says Fiji coach McKee
John McKee reflects on the issues facing Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, with all three nations set to exit the World Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoChiefs keep eye on Webb
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Coming home? Rhys Webb RHYS WEBB could be set to leave Toulon at the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 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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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFord: That Tigers toil has made me better
By ADAM HATHAWAY Determination: George Ford breaks away from Matias Moroni and Emiliano Boffelli to score against Argentina PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoThe blond Russian bombshell ambitious to explode at top level
By TOM BRADSHAW Wig-wam man: Gadzhiev FORMER MMA fighter Tagir Gadzhiev has been turning heads in Japan with a series of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWelsh hold key to Scots progress
WHEN Scotland face Russia on Wednesday, it will be the tactical nous of two Welshmen that will go a long way...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, SCARLETS, KOBE STEELERS AND NEWCASTLE LOCK SCOTT MACLEOD BILL McLAREN taught me at primary school and I played...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMoon eager to put Sarries in the shade
By NEALE HARVEY Motivated: Ben Moon in pre-season training DEFIANT prop Ben Moon will not allow his World Cup disappointment to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTruth about why Mendez decided to punch Ackford
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Flashpoint: Federico Mendez flattens Paul Ackford The first shock result of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFrance call for the new poster boy Barassi
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN New star? Pierre-Louis Barassi is hailed as the answer to France’s midfield problems France coach Jacques Brunel...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoJoker Eddie laughs off big Billy’s injury scare
From ADAM HATHAWAY Crunch: Tomas Lavanini got a red card for this high tackle on Owen Farrell PICTURE: Getty Images Concern:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoGatland: Win well to scare the rest
WARREN Gatland has urged his Wales side to gain a psychological advantage over their World Cup rivals by putting Fiji and...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 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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