All posts tagged "All Blacks"
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks win thriller after bizarre Raynal call
Australia.........37pts Tries: Valentini 25, Kellaway 60, 67, Samu 73 Conversions: Foley 26, 61, 68, 74 Penalties: Foley 18, 47 New Zealand…..39pts Tries: Taukei'aho 4, 41, Mo'unga...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDuo of changes for All Blacks’ Bledisloe opener
New Zealand have made two enforced changes in the only switches to their starting line-up for this Thursday’s Rugby Championship and...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoThe eyes have it for warrior Etzebeth
CHRIS HEWETT Stanley Kubrick would have loved him. Eben Etzebeth, that is. If the great movie director were still with us,...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks Coach Ian Foster Endorsed Through 2023 Rugby World Cup
According to Betonmobile.ru, The New Zealand Rugby Union has today announced All Blacks Head Coach Ian Foster will remain in his...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSmith backing Fifita to light up Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS Vaea Fifita has been tipped to take the United Rugby Championship by storm following his highprofile move from...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Christian Lewis-Pratt
Christian Lewis-Pratt, the former England Sevens, Northampton, Leeds & London Irish fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoNew Zealand unchanged as second match against Pumas looms
The All Blacks have opted against any changes to their starting XV for the second of their two games against Argentina....
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoBoffelli puts the boot into All Blacks
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER New Zealand....18pts Tries: Taukeiaho 10, Clarke 31 Conversions: Mo’unga 33 Penalties: Mo’unga 28, 46 Argentina ..........25pts Tries: Gonzalez...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half Sam Worsley
Having learned off the likes of AJ MacGinty and Callum Sheedy, ‘triple threat’ fly-half Sam Worsley is looking to make his...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoFaf De Klerk returns as South Africa change two for Wallabies
The Springboks have made two changes in the backline, as they bring back Faf de Klerk for the first of two...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Ealing Trailfinders utility back Gabe Jones
Ealing Trailfinders academy utility back Gabe Jones made his U20s debut for Scotland in the Summer Series earlier this year and...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoThe 4 Best Rugby Players In The World
Rugby is played by millions of people around the world and is particularly popular in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, France,...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoIkey fights to save life of his only daughter
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW In his line of duty for Wales and the Lions, Ian ‘Ikey’ Stephens...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoOne day,two defeats for All Blacks
PETER JACKSON THAT New Zealand once lost six international matches in a row is a fact but there is more to...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoFree-scoring All Blacks finish on high
■By SUZANNE CLEAVE Cornish AB............24 Barnstaple............12 RUGBY returned to Polson with a three-way friendly line up of the Cornish All Blacks,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Championship Previews: Round One
So often these days sporting competitions are given a tag of the ‘most unpredictable in living memory’, but it really seems...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoClarke returns as All Blacks look for much needed victory in SA
Caleb Clarke returns to start for the All Blacks this weekend as Ian Foster’s heavily scrutinised side faces the Springboks at...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGet-out clause sparks interest in Robertson
Premiership clubs and the RFU have been put on red alert after being tipped off that Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPlaying under one flag could threaten the union
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is just a game, as the saying goes, but that doesn’t mean it is bereft of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCommonwealth games Men’s 7s Preview: Tough pool start will be good for us, says Bowen
By BEN JAYCOCK England have landed in a tough pool for next weekend’s Commonwealth Games 7s, but Tom Bowen believes it’s...
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Features
/ 3 years agoPorter avoids ban
RUGBY SHORTS IRELAND prop Andrew Porter has avoided a ban after his citing case for a high tackle during his side's Test...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoAarvod revelled in Varsity culture
ALTHOUGH a fine schoolboy player at Durham, that nursery of many West players, Carl Aarvod went down to Emmanuel College, Cambridge...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMoment in Time – Midlands Counties West prove All Blacks were no supermen
Neil Fissler talks to Nigel Horton and David Duckham about the Midland Counties West Side that beat the All Blacks 16-8...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWhat the future held for beaten Kiwi XV
THIS was the seventh tour that the All Blacks undertook in the Northern Hemisphere and kicked off in Vancouver, Canada, on...
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Features
/ 3 years agoKirk gets his hands on inaugural World Cup
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLam’s double edges Samoa to glory
PACIFIC NATIONS CUP Seilala Lam scored two tries as Samoa produced a dramatic 23-20 comeback victory over Fiji to win the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRed cards are now haunting All Blacks
Peter Jackson In their first 112 years of Test rugby, the All Blacks got by without any more than three players...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoSimple way to avoid cards, obey the laws
IT IS a sad day for rugby union when a leading coach criticises referees for strictly penalising players cynically ignoring the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoMore balance please
WHAT a pity Colin Boag should spoil an otherwise well argued piece on how the All Blacks tend to be treated...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCoastal pride and bursting with history
Brendan Gallagher Fylde have been producing significant players on the northern circuit for many decades and if big time honours have...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAki in for Ringrose as Ireland look to make history again
Bundee Aki comes in for the concussed Garry Ringrose as the sole Irish change ahead of their series decider with New...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRespect! Anscombe the hero as Wales get it right this time
By PETER JACKSON South Africa ....12pts Penalties: Pollard 6, 44, 52, 59 Wales..................13pts Tries: Adams 78 Conversions: Anscombe 79 Penalties: Biggar...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTime the laws applied to New Zealand as well
COLIN BOAG It’s quite possible that Saturday’s Test between New Zealand and Ireland will turn out to be hugely significant for...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTonga get a tonking as Fiji rain on Folau’s parade
SOME 10,000 miles away in the South Sea Islands, the second coming of Israel Folau has turned out to be the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHeady days at Falmouth when Jackett boys wore the jersey
CORNWALL has always been a rugby stronghold in England and Falmouth – now Falmouth Eagles – have been part of that...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFiji unfazed by new-look Tonga
PACIFIC CUP NATIONS Fiji dampened the hype surrounding Tonga’s new all-star cast as they blew away their Pacific Island rivals 36-0....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks give Irish a lesson in control
■By JOHN FALLON New Zealand ..42pts Tries: Barrett 21, Reece 30, Tupaea 36, Savea 38, 53, Sowakula 70 Conversions: Barrett 22,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFarrell: Plenty of positives, but we have to fix set-piece and be clinical
Andy Farrell is confident Ireland can pick up the pieces from a frustrating opening Test and have a right crack at...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSullivan stars as Maori AB call shots
@therugbypaper Maori AB ........32 Ireland ............17 IRELAND made a poor start to their tour as they were well beaten by the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoSlammin’ Sam just won’t let story end
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Three decades and a thousand miles down the road, die-hard All Blacks supporters still unfurl their “Bring...
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Features
/ 3 years agoPride of the Maori shines through
It is not the optimum moment to wonder whether there is still a point to Barbarians rugby – the reincarnation of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMuch changed Ireland take on Covid-hit New Zealand
Ireland make 14 changes from the team who lost to the Maori All Blacks, as Cian Healy is passed fit enough...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoMaori All Blacks hammer Ireland in opener
Maori All Blacks 32-17 Ireland XV Ireland's tour of New Zealand got off to a poor start as they were convincingly...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoTop 20 Incredible Facts About Rugby You Didn’t Know Before
Do you root for your favourite rugby league teams during the gameplay at telly time? Rebecca Martin reveals coveted rugby secrets,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCrusaders and Blues share spoils in dream team
THE Crusaders outclassing the Blues to claim their sixth piece of silverware in as many years with the inaugural Super Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCrusaders crank up the power to claim their 11th title
By SAM JACKSON SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC Champions: Sevu Reece celebrates his late try CRUSADERS powered their way to an 11th Super...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThere has never been another quite like ‘Benny’
Peter Jackson pays tribute to Phil Bennett, one of the all-time greats for Wales and the Lions During those golden days...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSouthern Hemisphere leads again
IF the people running the URC cared less about the planet, they’d be dead. The same goes for the individuals on...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEaling in talks with Wallaby prop Sio
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EALING Trailfinders appear not to be letting their snub from the Premiership stunt their plans...
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Features
/ 4 years agoPerfect poise and balance of Nepia
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...












