All posts tagged "All Blacks"
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoTier Two deserve a fair shake of the dice
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED YOU don’t have to be a marketing genius of Steve Jobs magnitude to dream up a better...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoGood to see Bryn enjoying life at 93
PETER JACKSON Throughout his distinguished career for Wales and the Lions as the finest hooker of his generation, Bryn Meredith, right,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe tackle: Different options are available
Dafydd Jenkins’ yellow card last week for Exeter against Bayonne has caused much debate with most people agreeing that is was...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGallagher set for Munster return
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath full-back/winger Matt Gallagher is in advanced talks with Munster about a return to Thomond...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWallabies call for Schmidt
New Wallaby boss: Joe Schmidt PICTURES: Getty images FORMER Ireland boss Joe Schmidt has been appointed as Australia head coach, succeeding...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoSavea keen to take on Hurricanes
Former All Blacks winger Julian Savea has signed for Moana Pasifika from the Hurricanes. The World Cup winner is “looking forward...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoFarrell will use NZ experience to fire up Lions
By ADAM HATHAWAY Andy Farrell will use Ireland’s 2022 victorious tour of New Zealand as the template to guide the British...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoNo hiding place in those final trials
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For some reason, the good old days have...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe rock on which a team was built
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THOSE planning this year’s Golden Jubilee of the 1974 Lions would have considered...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoDean’s unbeaten Knights surge on at summit
JAPAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK Saitama Wild Knights continued their rampaging start to the Japan Rugby League One season with an...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoClass acts who have inspired a generation
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Jack Rowell, the man behind Bath’s “golden decade” at the back end of the amateur era, bore...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoBorthwick puts his foot on the accelerator
Paul Rees looks at how England, without Owen Farrell at the helm, could turn into an attacking force Steve Borthwick’s England...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoDazzling Penaud out for a repeat
Given what they achieved throughout the old year, perhaps only Mary Earps and Pep Guardiola had reason to ring in the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoTitcombe leads Quins to victory
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD CARMARTHEN Quins’ nine-game losing streak in the league is over after they got the better of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks destined to regain top spot
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT USED to be said in New Zealand that failure to win the World Cup endangered the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoBiden steals the show in RAG awards
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Contrary to common belief, rugby’s event of the year did not happen in...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoFarewell to these fine men of rugby
Come hell or high water, The Grim Reaper never fails to take a day off from scything through his grisly business....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoProud men who graced the game
Brendan Gallagher recalls the achievements of those from across the globe that the world of rugby lost in 2023 Sydney Millar...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoDay when the tears flowed for Devereux
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE Brewery Field in Bridgend last Wednesday night offered more than a few...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBoost for Quins and Tigers as Horne gets job
BY NEIL FISSLER World Rugby high performance director Peter Horne is set to become the Australian Rugby Union’s new head of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLa Rochelle beaten again as Libbok lands 81st-minute conversion
By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers...........21pts Tries: Loader 52, Venter 79 Conversions: Libbok 81 Penalties: Libbok 36, 41, 44 La Rochelle......20pts Tries: Kerr-Barlow...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoMillar knew how to keep ref onside
RUGBY MATTERS Dr Syd Millar was many things – Ballymena stalwart, redoubtable Ireland Test prop, successful Ireland coach and innovative rugby...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRyan has to wise up and show respect
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maybe one day James Ryan will find it in him to send a...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoSpears turn up the heat on new boys Mie
JAPAN RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Reigning champions Kubota Spears steamrolled past Division 1 newcomers Mie Heat 75-0 to secure their first...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoOlympics causing financial headache
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The new cycle of French senior men’s rugby starts here – a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Ella Wyrwas
SARACENS SCRUM-HALF Birthplace: Enfield Date of Birth: 07/03/99 Community Club: Saracens Minis Red Roses Debut: 2023 vs Scotland Caps: 6 Why...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSuper Steelers get off to strongest of starts
JAPAN RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK ALL Blacks Brodie Retallick and Ardie Savea each scored two tries to power the Kobe Steelers...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoJohn was the first to sidestep celebrity
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW OWEN Farrell‘s maternal grandfather had only just begun creating the ultimate Anglo-Irish dynasty...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoCane is on message as a Goliath
Sam Cane made sure of saying all the right things about the Japanese League on his arrival in the Land of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoA case of third time lucky for Neville
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sport is full of sliding doors moments,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoCane and Kolbe link up for Japan opener
By BEN JAYCOCK Just over a month since the Rugby World Cup final, 14 of the players who featured in the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoSouth Americans keen to build on new foundations
By JOE SANTAMARIA Now the dust has settled on the World Cup, the three South American nations will reflect upon a...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoFrance Gets Major Boost Ahead of Six Nations
After losing out in the quarterfinals in their home Rugby World Cup, France Rugby is about rectifying their mistakes and going...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoQuins could face fight to keep Millard
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Harlequins face a battle to keep hold of their director of rugby, Billy Millard, who...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Jess Breach
ENGLAND AND SARACENS WINGER Birthplace: Chichester Date of Birth: 04/11/1997 Community Club: Chichester & Pulborough Club: Saracens Red Roses Debut: 2017...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins back row Louis Schmid
BY BEN JAYCOCK Following in his father’s footsteps, Lucas Schmid took up rugby as early as three and after excelling at...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoAll Eyes on the Six Nations 2024
We’ve seen the Six Nations teams in action in France in the concluded Rugby World Cup, and based on form, it...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoLegends of the Oval Ball: Top 21st Century Rugby Icons
Rugby is a sport that has been around for over 200 years, and it has produced some of the most iconic...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoDeacon has designs on top job…but not just yet
By BEN JAYCOCK Louis Deacon led England to the inaugural WXV 1 title in New Zealand and having had a taste...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoGood to see Phil pick up whistle
So Phil de Glanville, an England captain in his prime and a smooth-operating sports administrator in the years since, has reached...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe day that Jonah paid his £3 to play
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Aberavon Naval Rugby Football Club exists in name only, an enduring exercise in...
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Features
/ 2 years agoUnassuming Charlie, the water carrier
One of the attractions of rugby union is that it is a game which provides a refuge for the likes of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen relegation battle was the key
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years ago‘Back then, there were a lot of quality fly-halves’
My Life in Rugby with Tony Clement: The former Wales and Swansea back talks about his life in the game Taking...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoMy best XV attacking players on the planet
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THIS is a World XV from the 2023 World Cup with a difference, because...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLegend of the ‘Bearded Beast’ Esteve
PETER JACKSON FOR sheer bloodthirsty brutality, no international fixture of the last half century has come remotely close to matching France-Wales...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoPerfect Pollard was the key difference
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE aftermath of South Africa’s record fourth win in the World Cup final...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Marlie Packer
BACK ROW, CAPTAIN Birthplace: Yeovil DOB: 02/10/1989 Community Club: Ivel Barbarians, now known as Yeovil RFC Club: Saracens Red Roses Debut:...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHalfpenny prepares to bow out against Baabaas
Leigh Halfpenny is set to make his final appearance for Wales, as Warren Gatland‘s men prepare to take on a Barbarians...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVenter: South Africa ‘unbelievably blessed’ in World Cup triumph
Brendan Venter feels South Africa benefitted from huge amounts of good fortune on their way to winning a fourth World Cup...
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