All posts tagged "All Blacks"
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Features
/ 5 days agoJames Haskell interview: ‘You can lie to everyone else, but you can’t lie to yourself’
In this exclusive interview with the High Performance Speakers Agency, James Haskell discusses goal setting, selection pressure, injury, mental strength and...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoAll Blacks great Andrew Mehrtens reveals the simple rule behind making big calls under pressure
Rugby sells itself on pressure, but Andrew Mehrtens is more interested in what happens before the big moment: the habits, trust...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoPeter Jackson: It cost me £24m to win title – Brian Kennedy
Nobody knows the savage cost of trying to make rugby union pay in Greater Manchester better than Brian Kennedy.
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 weeks agoMulti-taskers who are pushing out specialists on the World Rugby stage
Contrary to popular belief, hybrid players – those who can play in the pack, as well as the backs – are...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoSteyn’s Warrior paint has been marked by the Mandela effect
■By MIKE MOORE FROM meeting Mandela to playing for the land of his mother, Kyle Steyn certainly has a tale to...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoAfter 18 years, Evans is to leave Quins
EXTRA NEWS Hall of famer: Nick Evans HARLEQUINS’ all-time points scorer and current attack coach Nick Evans is to leave the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 weeks agoChris Hewett: An epic drama? No, just drowning in tries
A quarter-final classic”, proclaimed the BBC. Hyperbole? Quite the opposite. As the avalanche of superlatives triggered by Bath’s victory over Northampton...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoEngland’s Honey Kerslake inspired by memory of her dad – All Blacks great Jerry Collins
Almost 11 years on from New Zealand flanker Jerry Collins’ tragic death, his daughter Honey Kerslake is using his memory as...
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International Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoRobbie Deans joins Barbarians coaching team for Wales clash at Twickenham
Robbie Deans will return to the Barbarian F.C. coaching team this summer for their blockbuster clash with Wales at Allianz Stadium,...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoDREAMTEAM
BEN FODEN, THE FORMER ENGLAND, SALE, NORTHAMPTON & RUGBY UNITED NEW YORK FULL-BACK, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE PLAYED WITH OR...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoFlankers who can cause problems
A TROUBLESOME breed, openside flankers of the silver-ferned variety – especially the top one per cent. The wonderful New Zealand captain...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 month agoBears find welcome in the hillsides
THERE used to be a time when every clubhouse in England marvelled at the magnetic appeal of the Welsh club scene,...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoWard happy to put his Kiwi training into practice
By CHRIS COLLYER DARLINGTON Mowden Park’s top points scorer Flynn Ward’s impressive form has seen him play in every game this...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 months agoWhat is the Nations Championship? Format, fixtures and how rugby’s new tournament works
The Autumn Nations Series is dead. Whether you think that is a positive or not, or even if you didn’t really...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoGlasgow stretch lead at the top
■By JOHN DAVIDSON Glasgow .........38 Leinster ...........17 GLASGOW earned a bonus-point win over a strong Leinster side to move eight points...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 months agoIt’s ten in a row for Hurricanes
nBy SAM JACKSON WINGER FEHI FINEANGANOFO SCORED A HAT-TRICK AS HURRICANES RECORDED THEIR 10TH WIN IN A ROW AGAINST HIGHLANDERS, 50-7...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 months agoPonty work hard to stay on top
Premiership round-up ■By CARL FIELD Ebbw had taken an ear-Llandovery, in third, break but a dominant sec-a play-off eliminator. PONTYPRIDD remain...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoFast Eddie & Co love tales of the unexpected
THERE are times you cannot help but conclude that some pro coaches have got so much time on their hands they...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWhen four tries by the Lions were kicked off the park
NEVEN MacEwan, left, played in the Test match which did more than any other to ridicule rugby as a running game,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 months agoPooler go close but Swansea hang on in the end
By CARL FIELD Round-up PONTYPOOL were made to pay the penalty at Swansea where they went down 20-18 in their rearranged...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: Dave Rennie should leave Brodie Retallick where he is
Let the fun and games begin. Dave Rennie, freshly-appointed head coach of the All Blacks with a World Cup looming large...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoRobertson is happy to coach Barbarians
FORMER New Zealand coach Scott Robertson will return to rugby by taking charge of the Barbarians this summer. Robertson, whose two-year...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Memories of All Black legend going under the hammer
In the bad old days when too many referees turned a blind eye to all manner of mayhem, Kevin Skinner built...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: ‘Fast, faster, fastest’ is Fabien Galthie’s new look for France
Rugby is a game of assumptions about the future, rooted in the here and now.
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoItoje hits century in good company
SHOULD he so wish, Maro Itoje could lay claim to completing two Test centuries in barely six months. His 100th match...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Award booming huge pens a full five points
We are losing so much from the game as World Rugby dumbs down in the professional era, which is bizarre considering...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPeter Jackson: Peter Squires, a true local hero
Peter Squires shall forever stand out among England’s true all-rounders, the first county cricketer to play a Test match for the...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoRyan made life tough for 1953 All Blacks
ENGLAND in the mid-1950s, not unlike now, had an abundance of back row talent which probably explains why former Cambridge University...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoWilson happy with law tweaks ahead of the big kick-off
Super Rugby Pacific Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Champs: Crusaders celebrate last year’s success PICTURE: Getty Images WALLABIES skipper Harry Wilson has...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoMapletoft set for Irish test
ENGLAND A head coach Mark Mapletoft has named a 26-player squad for the upcoming fixture against Ireland XV on Friday night...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoNewcastle boss Alan Dickens admits uncertainty over his future amid Red Bull rebuild
Newcastle Red Bulls’ blizzard of signings for next season means a number of players will be looking for a new club.
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoTalented duo who shared the same dream
PETER JACKSON HUGH Morris, below, grew up in the Seventies hoping to play No.10 for Wales at Cardiff Arms Park and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Small in stature but big on talent
Back in the day it became almost a cliché that All Blacks forwards were all rugged frontiersmen and farmers – world...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoNow the All Blacks need to crack on
THERE is something of the Clive Woodward about Scott Robertson, whose coaching career at international level has just disappeared off a...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoMcCrae enjoyed hitting heights
NOT many senior careers span four decades but that was the longevity displayed by former Scotland scrum-half Ian McCrae who died...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Scott Robertson sacked! Right call? + Brilliant Bristol Bears ft Paul Williams
In this week’s episode of the Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by rugby columnist Paul Williams.
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoScott Robertson removed as All Blacks boss
New Zealand are searching for a new head coach after Scott Robertson was forced to step aside following an internal review...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoRobertson is the boss – without doubt!
THERE was a bit of pass the parcel following New Zealand’s three 2025 losses against Argentina, South Africa (a 43-10 record),...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoJosh Hodge agrees three-year Newcastle Red Bulls deal
Newcastle Red Bulls have re-signed England A full-back Josh Hodge from Exeter Chiefs on a three-year contract.
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoDREAM TEAM
RICKY DAVIES, THE FORMER SCARLETS, BORDEAUX BEGLES, BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL AND WALES U19 PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoBordeaux-Begles will be a tough test says Northampton Saints prop Emmanuel Iyogun
Northampton Saints face a repeat of last season’s Champions Cup final when they travel to Bordeaux-Begles next Sunday, with Emmanuel Iyogun...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Fran Cotton recalls the ‘indestructible’ Tony Bond
Sport is full of sliding doors moments and that was certainly the case with former England centre Tony Bond, who died...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoNorthampton Saints second row Alex Coles out to seize his chance for England
Alex Coles has enjoyed a stand-out year with club and country, but is not getting ahead of himself as 2026 and...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoAlex Sanderson says it is ‘criminal’ to devalue the scrum
Alex Sanderson has called on World Rugby to allow teams to exploit their dominance in the scrum amid calls for change...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 months agoChris Hewett: Eben Etzebeth top billing in Springboks rogues’ gallery
Clint Eastwood knows a thing or two about cinema, but if anyone is to make a sequel to his Springbok-inspired Invictus...
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Features
/ 5 months agoPeter Jackson: England finish top but Springboks still No.1
They say the league table never lies, that like George Washington’s inaugural American presidency, it swears allegiance to the truth, the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 months agoChris Hewett: Key pieces might yet emerge for England chief Steve Borthwick
The World Cup is all that matters, right? Everything else is 50 shades of beige. If England’s second-string success in Argentina...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoGlobal rankings are funny old game
FUNNY things, rankings. Wales conceded a record number of points to the All Blacks on home soil last weekend – 55...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Bravo referee Matt Carley for taking no nonsense
Of all the subjects that have irritated me in recent years – apart from the hardy annual of blatant forward passes...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoEngland’s Freddie Steward says viral TikTok dance was meant to be private and not a taunt
Freddie Steward has revealed the TikTok dance by four England stars that has gone viral since the recent New Zealand victory...
International Rugby
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